Doesn't appear to have a lot going for it. The ire of America for being above them in the geographical sense, the ire of the World for Celine Dion. Except more antagonism, what does Canada have to offer the world?

Not hellish much, but Jewelia is a good start.

Now, some entries are riddled with spelling mistakes, and the oddly inconsistent use of capital letters - enough to make the MA purist cry out "What's the big idea?", but there's something about her writing that transports you into her world; for 2 hours, I was but a passive observer in her life, from the smoke-filled apartment in Montreal, to the exotic China. She somehow evokes the reader to construct illusory images of her life, how her apartment looks, what she's wearing, what she looks like, how she is feeling - which is what I did enjoyably for those 2 hours to a stirring background of "suitable" music, creating scenes of unutterable beauty and all because of the main strength of the writing.

What interested me less however was the human aspect to it all; namely her acquaintances, her loves and her loves lost. I know this is a harsh thing to say, but what can I be but truthful? She's better at setting the scene than expounding on the humanity, in my opinion. Perhaps it is because she is accomplished at creating provoking scenes that anything else is a tad disappointing. Do I feel bad about saying such a thing? Do I feel that in some way I am disparaging her? No, it's not meant to be like that, I just find her more enchanting than her associates.

I can forgive her that, though. It takes a lot to get this one reviewer to smile whilst doing a review - mostly I find myself just sitting and reading whilst making no facial movement whatsoever (a most distressing state of affairs) - yet you, Jewelia, made my tripping face crack, and made this site look like it's going through some weird sort of happy hour. High scores? Whatever next...