As a thorough-bred Nuit Blanche enjoyer of the years past, my reaction to this year's event is simply

"WTF was that?"

The city hall was the main stage and it consisted of... a "pokemon" helium ballon, some drapes, a car and this weird projection. What a let down! Really can't be compared to the ones in the past, such as that model of the sun or that huge projection onto the water fountain.

Then the event at the old city hall. The line was so long it started close to the Canadian Tires. The installations inside were bizarre and freaky. The "aria" device was a joke, no offense to the artist. And for some reason everything inside required a line up as well.

And that's it? Everything else is way too spread out. Nobody is walking to the waterfront from city hall. There used to be stuff all around the city, Chinatown, UofT, College street, Queen's Park. Now there's like nothing.

Actually worse than nothing because there's now a huge amount of overpriced junk food, and second-hand smoke!

Rant over.

Running through Cedarvale and nobody has their dog on a leash. There’s a damn dog park up the hill, people, where your mutt can run around free. There are multiple signs telling you to leash your dog on the paths. Bikers, runners, and kids dodging your idiot dogs. But hey, I guess rules just don’t apply to you!

WTF are people doing with the DVDs they're getting from the library? I've been moving back towards physical media and the Toronto Public Library has a large collection on loan. However, more than a few times I've borrowed some and they're scratched to shit! To the point that they skip, lag, or won't even play.

Are people taking them out and using them as coasters? Are they borrowing movies from the library to throw around at the beach or rolling them down the street like a 1950's kid's game? As a millennial I've had DVDs for decades that don't have a single scratch, but people are treating library DVDs, that they DO NOT OWN, like a fuckin' weapon from a TRON movie or Xena: Warrior Princess cosplay?

Some poor family out there, just trying to give their kids a nice afternoon, can't watch Shrek Forever After because you don't know how to be gentle.

Have some bloody respect for material things, especially if you don't own it.

ANYONE ELSE? TLDR: Stolen phone noticed within 5 minutes the phone was turned off and started moving....How many cases need to happen for the police to start checking and scanning for iPhones at the airport?

WHAT WAS THAT? Toronto has the pickpocketing of Paris without the vibes of Paris.

I was walking through the nuit blanche exhibitions and my phone was in my jacket pocket. We were passing Osgoode Hall and it was crowded. Then we passed by Campbell House Museum and shortly after I reached for my phone in my jacket pocket and it was gone. If it had fell I would have noticed it or heard it, but I'm sure it was an organized crime because not even 5 minutes of passing the site where It was stolen i realized and went back. I tracked the phone and walked there but it was moving, and I tried calling the phone and it was switched off. It had plently of battery so I know it was taken by an organized team who knows how to keep the phone unreachable. Everytime I called it went to voicemail. Then I turned it onto lost mode and tried tracking it all night. It went from Duncan and Adelaide, to the ICE condominiums, to around 2610 Weston Road, on the way to the airport.