We are creep-magnets!

So I have been here in TO with S since Friday morning and we've been having a ton of fun... we've traipsed all over the city and seen and done and EATEN a lot (man, how can anyone live in this city and not eat out EVERY DAY?!).

I like the city and the area S lives in but don't think I could live in a city... too claustrophobic!

Anyways, one thing we have discovered is that between the two of us, we are huge magnets for creepies and weirdos. Saturday, in the subway station, we somehow got pulled into the crazy ranting of a lady who obviously was not in her right mind. We've tried to avoid eye contact but as S says, "You can't take the Maritimer out of the girl!". The lady at the subway was pretty harmless as there were lots of people around, but it isn't always so!

We traipsed to Cabbagetown today to go to the Riverdale farm (I think that's what it's called), mostly to stretch our legs, and because it's free and also so we could try out a streetcar and make my TTC pass pay off... we were the only people crazy enough to be tramping around a stinky barn in the cold, wet, icky weather we have today... or so we thought. We were coming up a path and a guy told us to be careful...

We thanked him for his concern, but then we were trapped, and man he talked about anything under the sun, and everything, too! He wanted to know if we were Canadian, and I kind of shirked him by telling him I didn't live in the area (I figured he was looking for a wife since he told us about the pottery class he takes at the farm that has "lots of Canadian women" in it)... then proceeded to (accidentally) throw S under the bus by saying she lived in the area and I was visiting her. Then he wanted to know if she was married, when she said no, he wanted to know about a boyfriend... she hesitated, so I said "Sort of", and I think he got the point. But before he left us, he complimented how long S's neck was (he kept telling us to look at things up on the cieling and at cobwebs and stuff). No one else was around, I was completely sure he was going to try and follow us home... and was trying to think of how I would have to be mean and tell him off if he didn't leave us alone.

Geeze louise, I think we just have signs above our heads "If you don't have anything appropriate to talk about, talk to us!". This city, I am telling you!

At the same time, though, I don't like that people's craziness is out on display of everyone. I don't think it's the crush of people that bothers me so about the city, I think it is the fact that all of your weaknesses are on vast display for everyone else.