so are you guys coming? i have no idea about what's going on. i guess i'll find out soon though, since if you are, you must be on the road now.

anyway, 6 of us from the journal went down to the toronto star mentoring workshop yesterday, and i loved it. it was really, really fantastic. we had to leave for toronto at 6 a.m. (and i was kinda late), but it was worth it. we thought we were late (an hour!), but it turned out alright.
i could go through a looong and detailed (and most likely tediously boring) account of it all for you guys, but i'll resist temptation and say this:
- we came the farthest (every other paper there was from toronto--ryerson, york and u of t had like 2 or more papers each--except wilfrid laurier's paper, which is only an hour's drive away)
- we got to ask investigative reporters, editors and sports editors questions, and they told us about how they got into journalism and how they started at the star...but the best person we got to talk to was peter howell, the film critic that i've been reading since i was in high school. he was so damned cool, and he answered a lot of things that were really important to know about entertainment writing. i used to e-mail him, and some of the stuff he said was the same stuff he'd told me back then.
- we got a tour of the newsroom, which was awesome, and we saw the entertainment section of the room, and it was hilarious to see how messy it was--all the desks had STACKS of stuff spilling all over the place...promo dvd's, press kits, cd's...crazy. our a&e asst. eds were so relieved to see that. we got to meet some of the photographers and look at all the famous pics taken for the paper...
- they fed us so much food!!! it was crazy. we had breakfast, lunch and a sort-of dinner at the reception after the tour. writers, editors and photographers joined us, and there was wine, beer, chicken satay, spring rolls, a cheese platter, pizza...crazy. we mingled w/ the other student papers, alison and i went nuts when we saw christopher hutsul (a life section writer)--we were both such toronto star geeks--alison got intoxicated enough to talk to him and now can use him as a contact, which is awesome, it was just really surreal.
- the 5 others i was w/ represented us well--they asked the speakers great, intelligent questions and we were friendly to everybody. we were also always the first to crowd around a table of food and probably the most intoxicated ppl at the reception--w00h00.
- ooh--and they gave us souvenirs! stainless steel coffee thermos things and toronto star beer glasses! heehee. wesley was jealous, 'cause when he went to their vaughn press centre last year, all he got was a pen.

anyway, i'm glad i got to go. i think it'd be awesome to work at the star (which is what i think the star was trying to make us think, and yep, it sure worked on me)--too bad it's so competitive to get in. i think i might try to apply for their youth employment program thing next year though...

yeah marc, i left my phone charging tonight and was at a fam jam.
my godson is down and was pretty damn cute. i think his best display of his vocabulary and skills is when he needs someone to put in a scooby doo tape in for him.

marc, so if u don't mind me driving rustina... that would work.
is she healthy enough for the drive?
i'm talking to marcin now
...il probally tell my parents we are going to see amanda..... or guelph.
marcin is in.
i asked if he would bring his absinth ; )
.... i could grab my appletons but il see what i feel like in the morning drinking.

i saw a bit of Oprah today and they were going through healthy and unhealthy organs. i love how the liver heals.

cameron bay.

umm my middle name is mark so it's english, although it should be marc as a shortform to my grand dads name marcalene.

cgal, my family has lil name games too. one family of 5 R names.... thus the 5rs. there is also a lil thing with the women on my mom's side of the family (8 siblings). they need to run through 5 or more names before they say the one they meant to. crazyness is when everyone starts doing it. =p

i have a fam jam tonite but i hope u enjoy the snow. i'm all smiles.

marc, i don't know if it's going to snow or not. if weather is cool i'm defenetly in for saturday. email/blog this thing out if i dont get a chance to hear from u today.

i loathe even the thought of working.
so
no snow for me, i'll be @ work.

marc-the thought of you trying to shove yourself into an old snowsuit made me laugh so hard!! there, there, it'll snow again, all nice and fresh, and when it does, just go jump in it! who cares if you get wet;)

everyone keeps talking about friendster, addictive i'm supposing.

my family didn't make a joint decission to muffy-mouse rhyme us & scar us for life (kidding, we actually have great fun over hearing everyone make attempts at calling one of us), it just happened that way. first was taline, so she's the first, no bugging her. then came me, who was supposed to be named 'maral' after my aunt. when i was born, though, she had just moved to chicago & my dad thought naming me after her would make my grandfather all emotional, being a reminder of the daughter who was now really far away, so i suppose they got the idea 'galine' from another armenian name 'gariner' (i have no clue how to spell it) mixed up with the 'aline' from taline. there you have it. now when this happened, my aunt who was pregnant and due in the summer, was angry because she said 'i want to name my daughter aline!' my dad said , 'so, do it, her name isn't aline, it's galine'.

insanity, i know.
my middle name is maral, & even though i dislike the mispronounciation of my name constantly, i'd much rather that than 'maral'. oh, the hacking up of that name that would have been caused.....trauma i tell yah..;)

the sex and philosophy class i find really brings out self relevations and things to ponder
ohh cam, only you. only you.;)

on my dads side of the family, there are 5 girls. out of the five, three having rhyming names. there's taline, the eldest, galine (me) the one in the middle, and aline, the younger of the rhyming trio. recently two cousins (not first cousins, 3rd or something or other, just easier to call them 'cousins') came from palestine to live in toronto. it's a brother and sister, and the sister's name is, none other than ALINE. so it's a horrible sight at family gatherings, everyone getting flustered, a bunch of us saying 'what?!' at the same time, a constant 'GAL, AL, TAL, GAL, AL, GAL, ALLLLLLINEEEEE!!!!' (screaming at the end out of frustration).

so you see,
there's the rhyming bit.
my family has no creativity whatsoever.;)
although my name WAS supposed to be maral, we'll save that for another day.

;)

cgal, thanks for that culture report.
i got confused with your 'aline' rhyming bit. i thought you were ryhming 'palistine' with "a_line". anyways, do continue... how old? she could be the 3rd armenian i have met *l*

anyone have any projected costs of the cochella trip?

kay, i dunno how u function in panda mode. i was a mess today.
8am class, fell asleep
assignment i needed to hand in, i had left it at home and thrown in the garbage with scrap. had to make a 2nd trip to humber for it.
renewed my license, lost the ministry's location and for got the form at home.
...... then i have a project that was bugging me all day.

besides the blunders, i do feel myself becoming a bit more wiser everyday. some good experiences and lessons. the sex and philosophy class i find really brings out self relevations and things to ponder. i will have to post more about that later, but i have no time for a novel now.

ttys bloggers

i picked up the bell jar and cannot put it down. it's as if she's written about all i'm feeling in this moment. i was up most of the night/early morning reading & re-reading her words, got myself up to the fifth chapter until i forced myself to make attempts at sleeping.

while typing, my eye caught cameron's use of 'armenian'. ah, so the armo is one of the divas? not suprising. the majority of armenians are materialstic monsters. i've only just recently met a cousin who's come over from palestine (of course, adding on to the rhyming club, her name being 'aline', yet another) who is a dream. she's unlike all armenian women, so much like me, and i only wish i had her to grow up near. she's wonderful and crazy and dresses the way she chooses (aka. not like another skank off the street) is funny and makes jokes regardless of if someone gets them or not. she's political and has history and a background, has substance, unlike so many. i adore her. what a rant i went on, all about a culture i'm part of. i love the language, love the beauty, love the history, not-so-in-love with (most of) the people.

my entire week consisted of a 'snow day' with today being the exception. only to be absolutely annoyed, enough to make me crawl into bed for a lifetime.
i upped from bed this morning, after a sleepless night, dragging myself to get ready for tutorial. out into the cold to catch the bus that never came, i ran back home (thankfully being at a stop 2min.from my house), could hardly open the door as my hands were red & frozen. joel drove me, i got to tutorial, only to have it be myself, my friend kendra, and 2 others. i asked if they went to lecture, both replied what i dreaded 'no'. we'd obviously missed out on something & i had come for absolutely nothing. a trek to york, wasting gas and relaxation. i bought joel lunch to compensate for the mishap. a growing hatred for all things school-related, for all things york.

marc-it pleases me enormously that you are 'pro-snow'. calming and relaxing indeed, it's soothing. and hell, jumping in it is great (so i didn't shovel and played instead:)

christina- i thought the stars show was so far in the future, pleased to realize it's a couple weeks away! i'm loving the sound of this venue. it's off college & dovercourt which is a signal for beautiful times. we will stalk the constantines (drummer, or guitarist?) ahead of time. british djs?! woot woooot! a reminder to bring a camera, and not to wear the same shirt;) hahaha. it will be a great night, i'm looking forward to it, and seeing you!

this has become a novel indeed.

crissandra-i'm glad you enjoy the snow as well and NO, it's not because you're canadian (who said that?! weren't THEY canadian? lol). and shawne (wthell kinda spelling?) is leaving?! HOOHAA!! too many complaints, perhaps? what a geek. i should push him off the curb before he leaves. violent, yes, but it should be done.

i'm tired.
cgalxxxx

yes, we shall watch the storm to see if kingston is doable or not.
andria, looks like she is semi pro at it.
you like corry too? i'm at a loss.

marc, good job on the drive way. my court really got cleaned out well (other the the towering mountain in the middle)

we were surprised to learn that we would be in groups of 5 for our 40% project in international marketing. 1 buddy and 3 girls. 2 of the girls are somewhat (EC) diva likes and one warned me that this one girl was not going to be our partner. the joker beside me told me take them both so they can both go at it. sure enough i got them both because i saw no reason to say no her. they seem so alike, i hope things ballance out. i think this is only the 2nd Armenian i know after cgal.

uncle jesse and Jack white. i just saw the biography on him.

hey. i only started feeling sick when i was lying on the couch. and everything went directly into the toilet and nowhere else. unlike mike!!! mwahahahhahaa

oh, i talked to him, andria. or it was more like, he spots me, i see him and feel like a deer caught in headlights, he says, "hi" and looks like he's going to laugh, i go, "hey!!" and just keep walking on, not stopping to chat 'cause i don't wanna talk about saturday, and when i've passed him i start laughing at myself b/c i'm such a dork.

btw, cgal--apparently the venue for the stars show (studio 99) is a film studio! and there are going to be dj's (the british dudes behind ukula, the entity hosting the show) playing before and after stars perform...it really sounds like it's going to be an interesting night!

last nite was a bit nuts, but pretty hilarious. i took over the late shift (it was after my night class...around 10:30 p.m.) for one of the other copy editors 'cause i felt bad about hardly doing anything during my own shift, but little did i know that the paper wouldn't be finished until almost 2 a.m. we thought one of our news staff writers had gone AWOL 'cause we hadn't heard from her since she'd called to say she was in the process of writing an important front page story for us...we kept checking to see if she'd e-mailed the finished story and there was nothing...so ppl left about a gazillion msgs on her machine 'cause no one was picking up...we called campus security and the hospital to see if anything had happened...some ppl drove down her street to try to figure out where she lived (hahahaa...smart one)...and the weirdest thing is that this isn't the first time something like this has happened. last year our news editor went missing, and wesley even ended up calling the police to file a missing person's report. but everything turned out fine both times. believe it or not, the news editor had just gone over to a friend's house and taken a nap, and she hadn't told anybody and wasn't answering her cell phone. as for last nite's scare, at around 1 a.m., we got her article in the inbox, and it turns out she had sent it at 9:30 p.m., but the stupid mail server had taken forever to deliver it. we later discovered that she had been over at her boyfriend's house the whole time. AHHHH. by this time, the news team had already tried to write their own article to replace hers (although they were doing it by memory...the piece was supposed to be about a student government candidates debate...it was pretty funny to see them going insane as they wrote it...although it was pretty good for its circumstances--they called ppl up to get quotes and everything), so in the end they just sort of blended the two articles together.
the last straw was when the paper was being looked over once more before sending it off to the printers, and i noticed that the date on the front page said, "january 27, 2003." i was like, "DOES THAT SAY 2003?!?" hahahahahaa...it would've been so fantastic if it had gone out like that.

crissandra--i _always_ get hungry after drinking, so we always get something to eat, but the weird thing is that i usually have bubba's poutine and not pizza...so should i blame it on the pizza? poutine has always served me well. even on hallowe'en when i thought my head was going to explode b/c of that danged cigar...
is your sister getting MARRIED?! holy shite--how did i miss that fact?!?!

yaaaaay, cgal, you like stars!!! i'm so glad!!! i'm absolutely in love w/ 'em. ieeeee...their shows are only a few weeks away! can't wait. it will be bliss.

but today, i have so much fecking shite to do that i have no idea how i'm gonna accomplish it all.

Omg, Christina your post made me laugh sooo hard. I don't know if it was on purpose that you were going to a wine + cheese and had to bring wine + a new friend. *lol* And who the hell pays $90 for a toque? I find after a night of hard drinking that I get hungry and that sorta settles the score and I don't get sick. Unless you screw up the timing between eating and drinking, or eat something with such a horrid stench the only option is to throw it up, food is one's best friend after a long night of serious drinking.

Cgal, I have to admit I was anti-snow for a while. Only because of all the car accidents that result in horrible driving conditions, due to heavy snow fall, usually. I got into a car accident last winter because of a white-out, I got rear-ended (teehee) and now my insurance is throught the roof. So I associate all my money and driving problems on the snow. lol, until yesterday when I stepped outside of work for...uh...fresh air...and all the snowflakes were just settling on my black jacket. It was so peaceful and quiet outside and the snow seemed to just cover all the dirt and all the busyness of the plaza, it was almost serene. As soon as I walked back into the store the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "isn't the snow wonderful!". I was also gonna make some hippie-ish comment about it being fabulous that not one flake is exactly the same until I was hit with a "that's because you're Canadian" reply. So I kept to myself and enjoyed the presence of the snow. I have the biggest urge to eat a handful of snow, I really do. Btw, Shawne is transferring out of my store, lol. Thought you'd enjoy that speckle of news. Feb 16.

I'm really excited about this snowboarding trip, I hope everyone can make it. I really need to invest in a pair of goggles. I have such windburn on my cheeks, right underneath my eyes. The little part of my face that wasn't covered could've been fine if i had goggles on. We went toboganning last night :) I loved watching my sister's boyfriend take off up the hill carrying a GT snowracer while little 11-year-old Irvin tried to keep up and tripped in the snow like 3 times. Terry didn't even notice or look behind him, he was too busy running up the hill, lol. Omg, that guy makes me crack up!

The only Dickens I've read was Oliver Twist. That always reminds me now of that comic that's in the newspaper and it said "How Dickens came up with his next novel" and then it had a bartender asking "olive or twist?", haha. Anyway, Cgal, there's tonnes of resources that are willing to sum up any book for you. Hope it turns out better than you thought.

I handed my bridesmaid dress design in to my sister's dressmaker, I'm so excited! Go, May!!!

Holy, I'm gonna stop typing now...If I hadn't scrolled up just now, I could go on and on and on....

i didn't click on your link to critics and didn't see cgals post (sorry to hear about the cptn). i was interested in how the stripes placed and the critics knock down on them.

yeah, i was mixed up on the stars detials. same promoter, same place, but but there free event is different from the stars concert. their ad had a tricky laoy out.

i love you, christina.
i was going to make that exact comment, but thought i'd leave it up to you;)
i've checked out some stars tracks & am in love. further more....the postal service is addictive.
(ps-great story! (minus the puking..ugh,i always make the mistake of eating after drinking &it never proves to be a good combination) you drunk=great times, so when you're back, we're definitely going drinking;)

i'm frustrated with all the anti-snow comments that i've been hearing lately. it's WINTER and in the winter it snows. i think von is the only one who can agree with me on this one, as we've yet to get together on our 'play in the snow' date, but i think it's absolutely gorgeous. it's a gift that we should appreciate & enjoy...yesterday i spent the entire day just watching it inch higher, falling down in thick fluffy flakes.

rachums-i do not have the billy talent cd, but i'm sure you could find all the tracks online, no problem;) & if you're serious about catching a live show, i'll take you up on that! having kids at our age seems insane to me. as much as i love them, and really cannot wait to have children, i know i have years ahead of me to do so. right now i'm too caught up in enjoying my youth & doing things for me. having children is a blessing, but at the same time a commitment you'll have for the rest of your life, leaving little time for you. babies are cute, sure, but they don't stay that lovely for long;)

i've become somewhat of a coffee junkie, leaving me with the jitts for parts of the day.
i finished requiem for a dream & reccomend it to anyone who enjoyed the film. there's so much more depth to it that you can only imagine in the film, touching on a world of issues. i'll definitely be picking up more of selbys work for future reading.

has anyone read hard times by dickens..? not much of a dickens fan, i'm hesitant to pick it up (even though it has to be read by next week).

mmmm snow.
all my love,
cgalxxxx

CAM--do you READ my posts?? i posted the eye mag music link waaaaaaay down there. i commented on all the critics' names being familiar. and where the heck did you see a listing for a free stars show? i really doubt that's happening...since they're having a show on the 13th of feb. and cgal and i already have tkts.

dammit--andria, i never see will on campus. but of course, today i'm walking through mac-corry and who do i see coming in the opposite direction? uh huh. i think he was laughing at me. maybe. ahhh...never let me drink wine again!!!

lol, your quick andria.
i can't tell if your be sarcastic "You threw up! That's awful!) " it looks like a winking emoicon at the end. !)
next time i think you should hold her hair.

rach, none now? =o)
in one of my classes they said the avg is now 1.6 in canada. that's so much lower then b4. i know one girl at humber that wants 10 babies. i don't know why but it's just one of the first things i knew of her.

kay, if you need cookie help... i know a pro cookie maker

stina, u check eye?
constantines picked #1 album of the yr, #2 white stripes. stars play a free show feb 7th i think and the day after matt barber does a show i think at the rivoli. (its all in eye). i think it's the real stars this time and not "the stars"

*yawns* i'm sleepy. not looking forward to any more snow falling today.

congradulations stina, join the club =p
i had a feeling things would end up there when you had no cheese. sounds like you did well til the end.
"there weren't really any journal ppl there, except for cameron, kate, wesley and me" there normally more??

i saw the video yesterday. it had some good scenes in it =)

rach, i read one of your quizs today. 0 OR 3 kids, first girl; alexandra.
:)

Cameron Bay.

aww, too bad. the link worked yesterday. it was the charlie brown characters doing "hey ya." :)

oh, man. this guy named cameron (not you, cam) had a wine & cheese at his house yesterday, and it was a little crazy. each of us was supposed to bring a bottle of wine and a person that not everybody knew. wesley brought his friend will and i brought andria. christine's housemates and mike the lesbian didn't really bring anybody new (christine didn't go 'cause she went home this weekend), but they sure did dress up! for some weird reason, when mike the lesbian cleans up and puts on a suit, he looks like jon k! :D
anyway, by the time we got there (will was pretty late...he had to shave or something), there was no cheese left, except some really foul-tasting goat cheese spread. so we just ended up drinking a lot of wine. mostly white (i remember having mine--a hillebrand gewurztraminer from niagara-on-the-lake, wesley's "butterfly" wine from pelee island, some of will's--not sure what it was, and black tower--my parents' fave).
i noticed there weren't really any journal ppl there, except for cameron, kate, wesley and me. oh well.
after creating some slightly erotic poetry w/ the fridge magnets in the kitchen, we went down to the basement to play foosball, bringing along a not-so-great bottle of red wine.
it was me and wesley against will and andria (or, as andria called it, asia against germany...and dutch and british), and asia ended up kicking their butts. we also somehow ended up smashing a glass on the floor, but when we told cameron, he didn't seem to mind very much (maybe being intoxicated helped a bit).
andria and i spoke to some guy smoking a cigar outside (he was from huntsville and knew pete, cameron's housemate w/ the moped), i talked to some girl who was a copy editor for golden words (engineering humour paper), christine's housemates ended up finding out about andria's crush b/c at the time i felt she had betrayed my confidence (it turned out alright in the end though), andria and i talked to this guy who was alone in cameron's room playing tND's first cd, and then before we left, i complimented this girl who was wearing a chainmail dress that she'd made herself. she told me she was in fine arts, and i asked her if she knew JP...she said no...then someone said "JR," and i was like, "oh, yeah! that's it." so yes, i was pretty friggin' drunk. cameron left his own house to go smoke up at someone else's place (btw, they've got a really cute bird which is supposedly named mango...not sure if i believe whoever told me that was its name though), so the four of us went back to our (wesley's and mine) place, bringing along 2 bottles of wine.
one of the bottles was already opened, and i think it got smashed on our way home...
i could barely walk straight by this time. everyone offered to carry me or piggyback me home, but i thought i was too heavy. :D we went upstairs, will requested that we play a bjork cd, we realized we didn't have a wine opener, so the bottle got opened in some haphazard way, and the wine ended up having specks of cork in it...ew. blahblah blah, i don't really know what we did next, although i doubt it's of any interest...although i somehow ended up w/ a pile of my cd's on my bed...
then i decided i was hungry, so andria said she'd go w/ me to get food...will was gonna go home, so we all left (except wesley). i remember trying to steal will's toque from off his head, a toque which he claimed was a gift from his mom and cost something like $90 (wtf?!)...he left us in front of bubba's where andria and i got slices of pizza (bad idea). we headed over to andria's, had pizza, sent incoherent msn msgs to mike the lesbian...then andria called a cab for me while i phoned wesley over and over and i believe annoyed the shit outta him.
the cab came, all i remember is that the cabbie was russian and he was joking around w/ me, and i asked him if he knew mikhail baryschnikov.
i went upstairs, knocked on wesley's door and asked him to tuck me in on the couch (since my bed was covered in cd's). i felt pretty sick though, so after awhile i stumbled to the kitchen to get some water and then i took some tylenol. and right after that, i ran to the washroom and hurled up all the pizza. disgusting. i haven't puked since high school, when i was on a plane coming back from hong kong and i hadn't eaten for 18 hrs b/c the smell of instant noodles on the plane made me feel queasy. this is the first time i've thrown up b/c of alcohol. stupid wine.
i felt pretty good when i woke up this morning though, and i had to head straight to the journal house 'cause i'd told kate that i'd edit her supplement.
ugh. and next week it's gemma's last big blowout before we all head in our separate directions. andria invited just about everybody we saw yesterday, so it should be good.

soo cuuute! :D

cgal, which stars link isn't working? the new music canada one works fine for me. or is the kcrw one not working? or the zed one?
as for the postal service, that's what i was asking for at soundscapes, remember? and it was sold out? the single they listed in eye is good (district sleeps alone tonite). i have that one and a few others.

i liked tND's appearance on play much more than on the TO show. wish i'd been there! i think their road managers were asked if they thought the trachtenburg family slideshow players would make it big...hahahaha...i like them, but i guess they didn't so much. and darren was hilarious! did you see him playing w/ one stick at the end 'cause he couldn't find the other one? now that's talent! :D

i watched 3 hrs of experimental student films tonite. crazy. but some were worth it.

captain kangaroo passed away..i remember that show vaguely, but loved that man.

as i opened up the jan22/04 issue of eye, the 'music critics pole', i laughed to see the 'constantines' listed as the number one band, and in the article a photo of the band included. i felt special because i recognized a member, and laughed over christina's excitement when we saw him at soundscapes. hmm..maybe i should buy the cd now...?;)
christina-have you heard any of 'the postal service'? i'm hearing lots about 'em, but haven't checked them out. just wondering since your the music guru and all..;)

as for the stars, it's still not working, so i'm going to work kazaa in hopes of finding something.


the ROM was pleasing, those i went with provided good laughs. the highlight being the overuse of the term 'rococo', some early mod period of sorts. all i remeber is it being a 'fashionable' period, rococo!!!! we snapped a picture of us mouthing the word, as well as one of trevor & i molesting a dinosaur bone with the plack above saying 'PLEASE, TOUCH'. you have to take advantage of signs like those..especially in a museum;)

and now i'm out for a few with joel.
it's cold & windy & my teeth are frozen.

cgalxxx

oh, and listing broken social scene's 'stars and sons' as a best single was an excellent choice...ooh, i just noticed they listed the stills 'still in love song' bravo my friends, bravo.

38 hours and 6 minutes

I'll post more later...Tooo lazy.

HAHAHHAHHAA...he listed jason mraz!!!! :D

you don't have to host it, cam. i'm gonna tape it tonite. i heard darren and dan (play) fight on the show or something? ;D

oh, man. he's got an e-card and a msg board now. yikes. i can't believe i gave mraz one of his now ltd edition (only 500 copies!) cd's. geez. and he's gonna be on the toronto show next month.

ok, mapquest it sometime.

i encoded tND on play but missed most there preformance. the interview was more interesting then it anyway. *i didnt have space to encode it all.
the show repeats at 8 on fri and 7 on saturday.
tND are on in the last 15mins.
i could host it on my ftp again....

nite

the drive to indio, CA would probably take a day. why don't you mapquest it? and it's definitely cheaper to drive than to bus it or fly, since we could split the costs. trust me, i'm the roadtrip queen.

coachella, how long would that drive take?
would busing or flying be other options??

tND on play, that would have been interesting. bit of short notice =p
there is an interesting documentary on CBCn now. looking at the Toronto Punk scene back in the day (83/84) and where the hardcore punks are now.

and crassy, i was a metro boy.

no adam green tonight:(
joel is very sick & has to work tomorrow (wakes up at 5:30am)
so it's a no go.
i'd go alone
but
it's freezing & really..i want to laugh.
buuut
there will be another time.
and next week is danny michel, so i don't feel too deprived.

christina-the stars stuff isn't working for me:( i'll keep trying...&i watch the daily show. definitely something i'd love to check out, he's incredible. boy's album is not the greatest, but it's not awful either. my two favorite tracks would have to be 'sea of alcohol' & 'hollywood' (+ 'hollywood (reprise)).

the walkmen..oooh i'd love to go. if i can find someone to go with i'm there (oh, wait, the only person that WOULD go isn't here!;)

the captioning stating it was the 'special' olympics is absurd. it looks like he's running a marathon, period. special olympics should be no different than olympics. if anything, it's more remarkable. it's just something close to my heart, and to read bullshit comments like that is frustrating.
but criss..
our love.
it IS unconditional.
nothing could ever taint it...ever. 'tainted love..woaaah!'

i feel like i've ballooned.
ROM tomorrow for school...i really don't want to go, because well, it's HOMEWORK. i'll probably take more time checking out the dinosaurs than what i'm there to do...lalalala

cgalxxx

tND are gonna be on play tonite!!! geez, not very advanced notice, huh?

the walkmen are playing the horseshoe on march 3!!! nooooo.........i'm gonna miss 'em again!!!! :(((

it's weird how i know, but don't really know, some of these critics...one used to be an a&e editor here, one is the current a&e editor's brother, one i met through tND and i think another is andrea nene's cousin.

Karen...you get to bake 210 cookies for homework! Damn! Lucky.

I guess it is kinda politically incorrect for the caption to state that Thom was in the "special" olympics but, secretly, I think it makes it even more hilarious. Don't feel bad Marc, I laughed out loud too...but I was at home. lol, sucker. Forgive me, Cgal. I know our love is unconditional...but don't let my political incorrectness taint our love. lovelovelovelovelove!

Chris, of course you can borrow the tape. $5. lol, just kidding.

Yvonne and I were talking about Coachella yesterday (don't worry Chris we won't seriously plan anything til you get back...this is just brainstorming), and we came up with the idea of renting an RV. Until I thought about it this morning and thought that we'd probably have to be not-21 to rent one. So then renting a car or 2 was Plan B. Again, being 21. So, taking our own damn cars: Plan C. What do we think? lol, although I'm sure that was already the initial plan, so really we came up with nothing. This was the most pointless story ever.

"How about never. Is never good for you?"

more stars stuff. hot-guitar-man from BSS is in the elevator love letter vid, too! :) if you search for cuff the duke, there's some vids for them as well. my 2 fave cdn bands of the moment. *sigh* unfortunately, the sound isn't very good.

does anybody watch the daily show? i like jon stewart. him and conan are the two that i'd wanna see if i ever took part in a studio taping in ny.
did you guys see howard dean's reaction to losing iowa yesterday? it was friggin' hilarious!! and now there's a remix version of it, too! :D

unfortunately, although the boy album is cheap, i'm not that big a fan of it. i like him live better.

some STARS songs. i wish i'd given you a copy of my "sadness, whimsy, love" mix cd. some great stars songs on it. on morning becomes eclectic. i loove them.

crissandra--can i borrow the toronto show tape when i come back?? i wanna see!!! i really can't believe they cut out martina though!! although, i do think they were kinda off when they performed that one that nite.

as for coachella--let's seriously discuss it in feb. when i get back!!!

brrrrr.
christina: yeay for play. (ooh, look at my rhyme skills;) i'm excited. is there anywhere i can find tracks from the stars? i was going to purchase their cd today, until i saw the stickered price of $18.99. a bit steep for me in this moment, so i opted for boy's $7.99 price instead;) broken social scene members on friendster?! are you joined somehow...i'm sure you would be..;) FREE danny michel cd!? now i'm really mad!!;) it's priced to high here, although i'll definitely wait until the show next week, where prices will probably be reasonable.

cam-me first and the gimmie gimmie's is not really punk so much as it's pop-punk :). that was a soundtrack (of many) to this past summer for joel and i. they consist of fat mike from nofx. good stuff, although more of a summer vibe to it.

coachella...mm. sounds tempting. i've talked to joel and he said he's interested. how will we put this together? we need to figure out prices/where we'll stay/etc. driving won't be so bad, and we can all chip on gas. if we tent..that'll cut off much $.

i don't see why they had to make the caption stating he was in the 'special' olympics & not the 'olympics' in general. i find it quite offensive.
(and the comment isn't out to you criss...because i f*cking love you)


i've an inclass essay tomorrow i don't even want to make attempts at.
there's no benefit from forcing students to rush-write an essay in 45 minutes. no matter how prepared you are, it ends up a mess.

/sigh.

That site "Your Band Sucks" is hilarious. Wrong. But hilarious. You should check out the hair on Chris Martin from when they were first born into the world at an NME awards show. I love this pic because of its caption.



"You will notice that if we replace the microphone with a ribbon being broken, Thom Yorke appears to be winning the special olympics."

Chris, I taped the Toronto Show on Friday! Unfortunately I kept on getting distracted by my sister and Terry, who was eating cookies, that I missed some bits of the show. I didn't get to see any clips of us fake-clapping or laughing but I did keep on seeing the girl with the curly hair who was talking to the Golden Dogs lead-singer. They cut out Martina!! What the?!!? I made my sister stay just to hear her sing (even though the cd's just in my car). How disappointing.

As for Coachella, if you guys are serious I'm totally in. We can even make a stop in Vegas (it's about 2-5 hours from LA if I'm remembering right) and fucking gamble! We're 21! We're 21! We're number 1! As for complications, I think it would only be who would want to drive (taking turns of course). Then there's cost for the tickets, gas / car rentals and accomodations (which I think Chris said we could spend in a tent, with the exception of Vegas where we can spend a night). We can even go to Mexico! Wow. Someone really wants to get outta here....

Cam, you went to Metro Andrei? My little cousin goes there now!

stina, your correct. "The Stars Here" are playing, not the "The Stars". damn commas =p

i still find it crazy. last week i thought it was cool bc i wanted to talk to this girl and she found me hours later in another class. today i found out we knew each other 13 years ago, not a week *l*(find me, she's below)


kay, i was listening to vibe radio today on my 7 hour break. that's where i heard the "me first gimmie gimmie" song.

our hockey team got are but wooped today. it's non contact but collisions happen, a guy on my team dropped running into me and i smoked a guy on the other team. god, if it was contact i would have clocked a few people at will. competitive hockey is crazy.

Cameron

some of it's pretty funny. and even though i like most of 'em, some of the stuff he says is slightly true.
apparently, some university in california now has a whole course on radiohead. shite, sign me up!

stars are definitely not playing the 360 this weekend. why would they play the 360?!?

the girl i met at the wheat/liz phair show finally sent me stuff--got it today! she not only sent me the sarah harmer cd, she also gave me sam roberts (which i already have), danny michel and kathleen edwards! w00! :))

i don't know how i'm going to get through this week, but i'll try.

while i was in the lab earlier attempting do work i had some more discoveries.

me first and the gimmes gimmes punk cover of BoysIIMen End of the Road.

i think The Stars are playing at the 360 saturday night and Broken Social Scene is added to the coachella line up. alot of ppl have the chemical brothers on there wish list... wise ppl. i'm pretty sure i would be down especially if the prodigy were rolling out.

my first class was cancelled today leaving me on spare til 2:30 pm (i have been here since 7:30). The good think about the break was it let me have breakfest with the new friend i made last week. she has a boyfriend but we discovered through our conversation that we were in the same grade 3/4 split class in 93. it was pretty trippy.

just as strange was meeting a guy on the couchs in the morning. i started talking to him bc he was making fun of the tallents but had something nice to say about the salads. he slightly recongized seeing me before at the shows. he knows all the guys and some of the guys in clarkanova. i think rach would have been excited to talk to him about some bands.
he doesn't have any business books and it looks like he will buy all of his off me.

now it's already 11 and i escaped to the lab to work on that report or find anyone else off. i think i might stay actually in this lab and do some work. the girl in a skirt beside me is.

stina, i thought you were going to try focus harder on classes. friendster *l*
is your degree of speration to emm gryner made through the umbrella.com girl?
... if i were to join 3 degrees may seperate me from her eh?

week 2 starts. i need to buy books for my classes and hopefully sell some.
eep

oh man. nora conned me into joining friendster. :( i am connected to emm gryner by 2 degrees. :D

cgal--play--definitely.

ahhh...coachella's looking soo good. radiohead, the pixies, kraftwerk, and now there are strong rumours about broken social scene, although it'd be funny to travel to CA just to see 'em. (btw--a few of 'em are on friendster! hahaha) there have also been some rumours about pj harvey, the constantines and the darkness...i actually wouldn't mind seeing the darkness live. :D i've always wanted to visit CA...

cam, i thought big day out was in australia?

danny michel was on play.
i didn't go.
but i'll see him soon:D
how cute is he?
joel wants to go. how exciting is that?!

xx

i want the stills to come so i can check them out live.
i think it's funny that bands that have THE fixated in front of the name, tend to look alike.
christina: stars tickets, yeay!!! only $16 too. *wow* and it's off college. do you know what this means?! goooood times will be had that night. and beautiful faces;)
(cough, trip to soundscapes? cough) alright, now, about the damien rice tickets....my paycheck wasn't so fantabulous as expected, & i'm not going to be able to purchase tickets until later on, because, well, i'm somewhat broke. do you want to wait to pick them up? or.....lemme know. i feel really bad about this. update moi.oh and when you come PLAY for sure? it's free at least:D

kingston trip sounds good in april. exams will be through, hopefully decent weather. *high five!*

a road trip to coachella sounds more difficult the more i type...i think it's something that needs to be discussed in person if people are actually interested.

cam-glastonbury. lol . you're really going to travel to see that? coachella is so much finer, no? noooo??

tv is non-existant to me.
my mind is saturated with quotes/images from movies & books.
schoolwork has also been snuffed out....only bad can come of this.

everything is so random.

cgalxxx

rach, Coachella is in Coachella *l*
(cali). i have been waiting to see who the 2nd headliner is. I'm pretty sure i will be taking a big trip and i would love to see a fest....... but maybe not california. i was looking at glastonbury which is set up near BDO and i think may be sold out. i wonder if that will cause some big conflicts. if prodigy do get there album done on time, im pretty sure they will take a spot at the fests.

stina, yw. i was sure if i should do it vcd or a higher form like (DVD, SVCD, etc). i dont think they did the other song, i looked back to crassy and your blog reviews and was a bit surprised.

i went out for diner with my parents and my sister's best friend in guelph. she a cool girl and lives in a beautiful house. supposedly it is haunted but its an easy place to love. the home has a name and cbc brodcasts a concert from it every year.

i have been watching alot more then normal while you were out and trading spaces. half bc they have been showing some good designs and the girls are rather cute *l*

Cameron

cam, did they not air the martina sorbara segment w/ tND?? weiiird.

rach--so many questions!
coachella takes place in indio, CA on may 1 & 2 this year. i don't know how much it's gonna cost in total, but a fest pass is probably around $150-$200 CDN.
my reading week is feb. 16-20.
the best time to come visit k-town is probably when the weather gets nicer, which is most likely in april...maybe after exams?

i dunno if i feel like going to either thing tonite...argh.

oh yeah--crissandra, the toronto star workshop thing...i think we're gonna be doing workshops in writing and reporting and whatnot...and they might critique our paper. ooh, and probably a tour of the building. i'm looking fwd to it!!

cgal, i bought the stars tkts!!! $16 each, including s&h. that show is gonna be faantastic.

cameron, thanks for encoding it!! :))
crissandra, did you tape the whole show? can you see us in any of the shots??

i got to watch some pretty well-done short films yesterday at the focus film fest. last weekend, mostly film students split into 10 groups and had a weekend to come up w/ a film based on a theme about time. they screened 'em all yesterday. it's fun to watch stuff created by ppl you actually know. :)

today the journal is having a poker/euchre night, but so is christine. i don't know if i want to go to either...

hello hello my loves,
note: it's F*CKING COLD!!!!!!!!!
so cold that i didn't even bother picking up my adam green tickets, something i need to do soon!
christina: you're incredible!! how wonderful would it be to win that contest...thanks for the link!:)

crissandra: you're back!! don't be a big sister who watches over, be one who cares to write...fill us in;) i did indeed say 'freezing my nips off' cold & was quite dissapointed that nobody caught on..stewie says that in an episode of 'the family guy'. tiiiiiiisk. (j & i are far too obsessive over the show...tee) a new SB vid?! incredible. and i KNOW what that means! "bring it aroooooooound, bring it arouuuuuuuuuuund towwwwwwwn!" *heart* &as for movies that are overhyped..i tend to rent them later on...it's usually like that, the films w/the most buzz around it are absolute crap. but igby goes down was definitely an exception. &although it had some flaws, i really enjoyed it. maybe you should watch it again?;) ps. chris & 'gwen' (evil name) will be taken care of eventually. you know, if we just so happpppen to swing by england *wink wink


i have to work today and don't want to.
it's always the same story.
but i think i need a month off work.

cgalxxx

i have tND encoded in VCD and compressed to smaller 10mb files each. I have them up here in 2 forms.

i hate that host, enough for me never to watch the show.

week one done at school. i was happy to meet mos the ppl i wanted to in school and have had some good times. got a free lunch today at school.

cameron

Hushhhh...I'm still reading our page every day! (just think of me as Big Sister) And I'm way ahead of ya Christina. I was so dead set on not forgetting to tape the Toronto Show that I almost rushed home last night to do it. lol, I'm really excited to see the performances again. And what kinda stuff do you get to do at the t-star workshop at 1 Yonge?

Cgal, you did not just say "freezing my nips off type cold" did you? *lol* And you thought no one noticed...tsk, tsk. ;) My little Spongebob buddy, I too, think of you when I see our little friend. His new dvd just came out I think it's called Seascape Adventures? Or something like that. Anyway, it's at Rogers for $14.99 I think. Boo ya! AND IT'S GOT BUBBLE STAND ON IT. Do you *know* what that means? I don't really know either but I thought it'd be fun to ask.

I find that interesting too Marc (when guys divorce they always marry younger). I find it interesting that a lot of rock stars tend to go out with older blondes...like Justin/Cameron, Jack/Renee, My Chris Martin/and "Gwen"....I'm sure I'm just picking this out of magazines I've read.

I remember watching Igby Goes Down when it just got out of the film festivals and such. It was over hyped and I was looking really forward to watching it only to be mildly disappointed. Damn you, buzz! That always happens to me.

okay, i will get the tkts today. anybody else want in??
yaaaaay shows.
i finally went to pick up my journal honorarium today. yaaay, $$.
pour cgal.

can someone tape tND on the toronto show tonite?? (CRISSANDRA--WHERE ARE YOU???) 10 p.m.--channel 15.

ahh shucks.
i saw the price for the other flyer, and figured they were the same. but $15 is still a wonderful price, so that sounds like a plan. you get the stars tickets, i'll get the damien rice ones. how exciting...2 shows already lined up, yeay!

i'm seriously considering..how great would it be?! that would be one hell of a road trip. and damn, the pictures we could take, and fun and excitment it would be....so let's see PEOPLE! WHO'S UP FOR A ROAD TRIP TO COACHELLA??! i know this was thought of last year, so maybe this year it can be reality instead of dreams;)

marc-it's so true, the men who divorce always marry younger. it's probably because they figure all women their age would mirror their wives in expectations, (body figures?;) etc. & he probably figures he can dominate the younger ladies more easily, because many of them are googly-eyed about their 'older man' situation.

crissy?! where the heck are you?! twin?! i saw a spongebob shirt yesterday w/him smiling that goofy smile (that always makes us laugh) and guess what was on top? the IMAGINATION rainbow!!! yes, i laughed. thought of you. then thought 'damn. i miss crissy'. come backkkkkk!

today i'm going downtown for a well needed escape.
coffee & photographs (maybe palmerston street again..;)
in love with it's beauty.

xxx
cgalxx

STARS are coming to k-town!! feb. 11. i'm there. the toronto show, too! w00h00, that week is gonna be good.
but cgal, it's actually $15, not $5. so it's cheaper to get online than at RT or SS. do you want me to get 'em? you can get damien rice for the time being. :) anyone else in for stars??? perfect for valentine's day time!

oh, and if yer seriously considering coachella, i'd seriously consider getting in on it too!!! that could be so damn fun.

i think i'm going to some toronto star campus paper workshop on jan. 30. we get to tour the 1 yonge building! yay!

christina: me! tickets are only $5? is that what my eyes saw? lol, everyone should go to this. want me to pick up tickets tomorrow?
yeay for getting the shoes! they are very cute, very you (and will rock a skirt/jeans very well)
**dont read for anyone who hasn't seen the movie**igby goes down: i didn't guess about the father issue. although throughout the entire thing i thought DS (fuck, is that his godfathers name?) was far too extreme with his generousity for igby, always stressing that he was his 'godfather'. what a way to end the movie, his mother spitting that out while eating the poision...i love the fact that it didn't change who he was though; still loving the father he grew up knowing. i felt that that being the outcome (DS was his actual father) was a bit too tragic/pushing the evil intentions of his mother too far/igby as a victim of his mother..but it still played out nicely.
ahh contemporary lit, the class i most desperately wanted into, with no luck. but am glad for it, because the prof ended up being a robot & talked about sciencefiction more than anything else *phew*.
as for coachella..that's the 2/3? day gig in cali' or something, right? we should go, seriously. we all talk about ROAD TRIPS but never put one together. what a trip it'd be, we'd carpool/figure out where to stay early (campout?) i think it'd be an adventure, something to always remember. hm.

cam-i knew about jude law and the horrific 21yr old for awhile as well. she's not kinda hot at all. infact, she's quite average. boo on her (for having the hottest man in the world) although i doubt it'll last (because that's what i have to believe;) ahh brandstetter, i should have figured that one out. that man was mental (in a good way) thanks for the link!

i stayed home again. -34 weather and unplowed roads this morning ...forget it.
what am i doing with my life?

cgalxxx

WHO'S COMING W/ ME??? i love them. seriously. i hope it's the stars i'm thinking of. i will wait 'til i get confirmation somewhere. they might be playing here (k-town) on feb. 11, too. yaaaay. if it really is them, then i can get tkts online. i think it's even cheaper than going to SS or RT or whatever, 'cause they charge 10% per tkt, and s&h online is $2 flat.

oh, and kelis is opening for britney spears. dammit.

i knew he was going out w/ that sienna miller girl a long time ago--it only clicked today that i was the same age as her. :D

i think i will get the shoes. except i won't be able to wear 'em until who knows when!

igby goes down...did you guess about the father thing, cgal? some ppl told me they'd figured it out from the start, but i can't remember if i had or not.

the only plath i've read was in engl 269 (contemporary lit). we read "daddy" and "the beekeeper's daughter." that class was great.

ahhhhh...coachella looks so damned tempting this year...radiohead, the pixies, the velvet underground?! wicked stuff.

cgal. be nice, the miller chick is kinda hot. ppl knew about jude and her on nov1st (info not from the sun =p)
brandstetter allowed me to do a comparison of plath vs dylan thomas for my oac eng lit project. we also reviewed plath's poem the mirror in class among others.
prodigy news is what the sound will not be, what happened with the album, what's been kept, release date, possible white lable, etc....... neko interview.

i'm in love with this winterwonderland (just minus the freezing my nips off type coldness!)

christina: damn ticketbastard! alright, most likely i'll purchase tickets this weekend as i'll be getting paid. glad to hear i'm not alone in my 'plan rant' but i know that summertime will bring tonnes of fun seeing that you'll be around more!:D billy talent is indeed playing @ queens (jerks) i'm not quite sure if i ever want to see them live again. their groupies frighten me (childish) & i'm still angered at the underground fiasco..although wondering if it's my schools fault (most likely IS). as for the YFS controversy..i'm appalled. ok, i'm lying. i have no clue what's going on!! i'm not in touch with yorklife. i go (if even that) and come home. the entire school is controversial, a filthy pit for student rejects..
next cd to purchase may be the stills then..hmm. thanks for your input! and i'm groaning for the karmaloops link. i was sickly addicted to the sight & let me tell you, if i had a creditcard then i'd be broke. i avoid it now to be free of dissapointment & desire...the jacket is nice (woot!hop on the faux-fur hooded jacket train!) but you can find them anywhere and for 1/2 the cost. the shoes are lovely though, i'd spend the $ on that, they scream your name!
and lastly (shit, this is long!) i thought the same thing about jude law. & did you see the chick? ugggly. definitely a rebound.**wink

camioli-read post to christina about BT. and the bell jar is supposed to be incredible, so check it out if you're interested. i'm jealous that you actually read plath in oac. which course was this? a catholic school allowing her works?! i'm laughing...what's the big prodigy news?

marc-yeah! focusing on school! it's grrrreat!!! (lying;)

if the snow keeps up i refuse classes tomorrow. gobuses were delayed by 1/2 + hours today (thankfully i left school @ an earlier time). but no thanks.

i bought film for my camera & am excited to begin.

..and i watched igby goes down, it was like viewing real life on screen. raw emotions; the relationships between the characters were all intertwined and connected to each other somehow. it was real life experiences, something that you could watch and instantly connect with, have your heart reach out to. the father/son relationship was so beautiful & sad; a perfectly done performance. and..i cried in the end. it just leaves you breathless, thinking 'wow', as your mind attempts to sift through all that was taken in. & if anything, it's great for the lines, igby stating his brother was a 'evil niblet fuck'. i wont say too much as i don't want to give it away for those who haven't watched it yet a must see though!!

and i'm off to dream.
all my love
cgalxxx
so die young and save yourself..this is so messed up

hey, this sounds interesting:
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he played on mayer's new album. :D

does anyone even know which is which olsen twin?!
oops. sorry. i typed it incorrectly. it's fixed now. :)

why don't you ask her out, cam??

i'm drinking chocolate milk right now. i've run out.

hymmm one likes chocolate. funny addy, although i was receving a "bad gateway" error .

so i was at school from 7:30am and got home after 8pm today. i only had 2 classes but playing games and meeting up with marc for the morning made time go by fast. one of my teachers gave us a 4% assignment we did in class although we didn't learn anything yet. we only have 1 open book 15% test in that class so i guess it leads to situations like todays class.
she's a rather strange lady who could use a makeover, but seems pretty happy.

the 2nd proff was an old man who you believe would be too old to make it up the 3 floors of stairs and hardly be in condition to teach. that would be wrong though, this old man is sharp and one quick sob. i have never seen any person dish out insaults at the rate this guy does. it's pretty funny but he makes you feel pretty dumb sometimes and is rather mean. some of his lines were:
-"rule 1, leave your cell phones in your locker, well maybe not your locker bc some ppl here have light fingers. leave them where the sun doesn't shine"
-he did the abe simpson thing like calling a chinese guy Ping Pong instead he called him Hank something. His name is not close to that but he said it doesn't matter, your hank now. ppl laughed but were all thinking wtf.
-"prof: are you ready now? (said to the late student)
student: yeah, anytime is good for me
prof: that's what the wife says too.
- "if your going to be late to class, just call and tell me "your driving down to barrie to get your pot"
etc, etc, etc.
i just put down the jokes but i learned alot of things which we all probally should know.

the bigger surprise then the bad talking teacher was having crystal sit in the row behind me. i probally first blogged about her last year at this time. i walked with her out of class and she's still charming.

just mail the conan ppl anything...they just auto-respond. i'm gonna try sending from different addies.

for cam. :D it's a funnee site.

oh there is hope for you stina, your still young til april =Þ
what subject line, blah blah, do you fill in for the conan tickets. the New VR has contests running for them and i'm sure there will be a bunch of other promos to get it.

white stripes to perform at the grammys. they will also be at the brit and NME award.

the guy beside me at the humber computer lab had his hotmail inbox filled with msgs from ashleyandmadison.com. i found it pretty surprising seeing that he looked like a paper boy. he seemed pretty agitated that someone (cough i) might see his screen and he didn't open any of them =p. ummm for those who don't know, ashley and madison is an adult page that comes of being sophisticated for couples wanting to add a partner, but to the point it's for women to have affairs. (they have ads on tv and funny catch phrases ).

i still don't know people in my classes. a teacher i have for 2 classes doesn't really have tests. (we have one 15% open book test). we did a 4% of our final grade today and we have lots of small mark things. it's strange that she marks us before teaching us a single thing. any chance that Berry GReen from UTM might be at humber. There is a guy i can see from this computer lab in an office that resembles him.

Cameron Bay.

to get conan tkts, you have to e-mail conanintoronto@nbc.com -- they're gonna have a lottery or something, but you can only get 2 per person. enter!! if anyone has an extra, i'd really wanna go! of course, i'm gonna enter myself as well. it sounds like it's gonna be hard to get in.

and--can somebody PLEASE tape the TO show for me this friday??

is there still hope for us? jude's dating a 21 year old. :D

the t.o show - January 16th at 10pm
The New Deal; The Golden Dogs; Layah Jane; Fraser Young; Jason Rouse; Ron Sexsmith

marc, good job on your test.
"SWG in my bed.. ohhhhhhhhhhhh right"
sounds like your taking things a lil too far.
i find your reaction to my mouse still having a cord funny.

nice outfit stina.

i like this chelsea parka except they've run out of the colour in the picture in medium or small, and i'm not sure if i want it in another colour...or if medium would fit me okay. and it's kind of expensive to just guess. dammit.
i also like these shoes.
i want some $$ to go shopping. :(

bell jar, i read it in oac with other plath books.

i am rather chipper, maybe even more so then after a few drinks *l*

some big prodigy news came out with an interview done with liam and an old prodigy fan i used to chat with. same girl i was warned shortly ago was a nut *l*.

ticket master is not a user friendly search sight. i tried to find west side story tickets offered and it's a pain looking up shows.

marc--you're funnee. i love west side story. i want that new 50th (i think) anniversary edition dvd they're selling...i saw the show at stratford w/ tyley ross as tony and ma-anne dionisio as maria a looong time ago, but i dunno about any current productions--sorry! the only cd version i own is the movie soundtrack i got from melvin and shaun one year for my b-day.
so is it okay if you just passed the test(s)? i hope so! if it is, then congrats!

cam--the bell jar's by sylvia plath. cgal mentioned it a bit further down...scrooollll...

cgal--yeah, i think only tktbastard's selling damien rice tkts. :( his pre-sale sold out a long time ago. boo. but i definitely have the tegan & sara cd somewhere here...when i find it, i will bring it when i see you next. i don't have the stills cd, but i heard most of it at the radio station when i was classifying cd's last month, and it sounded pretty good, actually.
excited about damien!!! it's gonna be my b-day gift to myself!!! :D
and i totally agree w/ you about yer plans rant! :P
oh, and billy talent is coming to play here...he might be the last gig to ever play alfie's...hahhaha

our school might have a lot of unionized staff go on strike at the end of this week...we might get a week off from classes...i wouldn't mind that, actually...

oh, and at our last ed board we were discussing the york federation of students controversy...pretty crazy...have you heard about it? what do you think? while reading articles on it, i discovered that our a&e editor from last year is writing for the globe and mail now! maybe she's interning...?

we've been finishing the paper pretty early so far...hope it continues going this way! we might be having a poker/euchre night on saturday at the journal house...i think we're even playing for $$...nickels and dimes only, though.

cgal, the bell jar?
that by margret attwood, the title seems familuar.
Did you ever go so billy tallent?
He's playing sheridan college (oak) this thursday, 20$ for guests. Your york/sheridan connection may work.

i had a good first day. i don't know anyone in either of my classes but i was happy to meet one girl who happens to be in both of them :). the way that all worked out made my day and i got a free sundae!

Cameron Bay.

hello darlings & where has everyone gone?
am i the only one disregarding school?
it snowed again today. oh, how it made it so easy to say no. to burry myself in my pillow.

christina-you're welcome!! i'm telling you, i'll go to anything so long as it's reasonable. i'll get your ticket no problem, maybe i'll pick them up this friday when i get paid. seems like they're only being sold by ticketbastard..damn. but that's alright. that review was wonderful (even though i haven't heard any of matt barber's material). I was frankly not very excited to potentially soil my CD player with his presence. I'm sorry Matthew Barber. I was wrong. wonderful! guessing i should check him out? as for PLAY seems like it'll only happen when you arrive. where are the replies people!? everyone says yes to going until plans become solid & then it's all magic games and everyone seems to have dissapeared. humbug. *edit* christina, did you say you had an extra copy of the tegan&sara cd? i was going to purchase it but stopped myself b/c i thought i remembered you writing that..if not..i must buy;) and do you have the stills cd? is it any good? i'm loving the songs i could find, but $18.99 isn't such a great price, so i want to know if it's absolutely worth it;) thaaanks.xx

selby's 'requiem for a dream' is gorgeous. i'm amazed at how well the movie mirrors the book (so far). much of the dialogue was taken from the book, but i suppose that's the case seeing that selby himself assisted in writing the script. i'm itching to start up 'the bell jar' but have promised myself one book at a time so as not to get completely confused & drive myself insane.

as for school reading..yea...no.

talk soon & lots of love
cgalxxx

this review of means and ends made me laugh. :D

first day going back, i hope i get ppls name right. my scheduale isn't bad but i may adjust it based on profs and friends ;)
should be the first time (excluding this post) that i write down the year 2004.

Cameron Bay.

are u?
looks like the link i clicked on for him was to a video of him playing in a church. sneaker pimps played a church here one time and it looked pretty nice.

marc, we forgot to see david porteous play b4 new years =S

family guy is fricken funny. i have been looking into clone high for season 2 and found the clonehighusa.com page. it's pretty funny as they have layed jokes all through it. they creators google 'clone high' supposedly regulary. i wonder if they spotted our blog?

i _am_ good at this stuff! matt barber just got signed!

galine--THANK YOU!! i'm already looking fwd to april. yikes. it doesn't matter to me when you get tkts (can you get mine too? i'll pay ya back), but i do know that his show at the elmo last year sold out, so we can't wait too long.
if you want to listen/see some stuff, check out his appearance on kcrw. it gets really good when the girl (lisa hannigan) joins in w/ him about halfway through the show. cam, you'll like her--she has headphones on. ;P she has a fantastic voice. my fave song is the last one they play, "volcano." the recorded version of it off his cd, "o," is on my latest mix cd, and i keep putting it on repeat. i'd first heard of him early last year, and that was when i'd d/l-ed most of his songs, but at the time i kinda thought they were too sappy/cheesy. but now that i re-listen to 'em, they're beginning to sound really comfortable/familiar. it's weird. cognitive dissonance? who knows. and after seeing him play on morning becomes eclectic, he kinda reminds me of thom yorke. which makes me like him even more. :D the fact that he plays a cover of "creep" kinda helps too, i guess. anyway. i'm excited now.
more stuff:
npr
"volcano" video from aol (he looks kinda good here!)
bunch of mp3's
official site
he kinda reminds me of a mixture of jeff buckley, ryan adams and radiohead influences.

as for the math&poetry class, i took it 'cause it sounded fascinating to combine the two subjects, which are my two subjects. :) we'll see how it goes, i guess!

i'm in!
just let me know when to buy tickets, and i'll save up some cash (do you think it'd sell out?)

we will go to a taping of play on your reading week! and if nobody wants to go, you and i will! pi was wonderful, i'm still trying to take it all in though (extremely intense! and maddening). i love the movies i purchased...and love that price! i've read bits of sylvia plath's work & loved it. it was a good price, so i figured i'd pick it up. you can borrow it from me once i'm finished if you like? (although i dont even know when i'll get the chance to start it). your math&poetry class sounds insane (i remember telling you this before) did pi interest you in taking the course by any chance?;) i took a canadian fiction course as well, and was suprised with all the wonderful lit' out there. i'm sure you'll enjoy it!

tonight will be spent reading lit' of my choice.
maybe watching igby goes down.

xx

would anybody be interested in going to see a guy named damien rice play in a church (trinity-st. paul's centre) on my birthday? i think it'd be cool to see him play there. the venue is beautiful, and is supposed to have excellent acoustics. i missed him the last time he came (last fall) to play at the elmo, but i know a girl who went and she said it was really great. it's a bit pricey though ($30). try to win tkts! he plays pretty mellow stuff. i can recommend some songs if you're interested...

i'm stuck in limbo right now.

hey cam--yeah, i knew about coffee & cigarettes--did i not mention it here? i have a whole list of stuff i'm interested in seeing every year (after browsing through the humongous program book), and it was on my list. bob dylan and bunch of other musicians are in it as well. i think i might've posted it on the wedge boards--i listed all the music-related movies: c&c (music factory--haha, j/k), lost in translation, mayor of the sunset strip, etc, etc...

cgal--i have taken note of the fish & chips poutine place and am looking fwd to checking it out the next time i'm back. your thurs sounded insane! i wish i could go to a taping of play. :( you bought some wicked movies! i have pi on dvd...i need to see it again--haven't watched it in awhile. and you got the bell jar! i wanna read that too! although i'm pretty happy w/ the new english courses i'm taking now--one's about cdn short fiction and i'm really enjoying it so far. right now we're reading margaret laurence's _a bird in the house_.
i think i'm also gonna really like my mathematics & poetry class, although it's not what i expected. they don't actually teach both at the same time--half the class is spent doing poetry and the other half doing math. but supposedly in time you begin to see connections btwn the two. i think i'm already beginning to see a few...

it snowed an edward scissorhands type snow on thursday. how beautiful. *acts out scene where wynona rider twirls around in the snow* *hums music*

thursday wasn't all that i expected it to be. it was chaos.
-morning: guy backs into my moms car/i turn into my father, screaming like a lunatic/it wasn't that bad thankfully/it was cold
-went to purchase my monthly pass for the GO. sold out.
-what do you mean it's SOLD OUT?!
-debated whether or not i should attend school. went. paid $9 for a day pass (money wasted)
-joel picked me up. coffee & purchased 'requiem for a dream' by hubert selby jr.
-poutine from mississauga fish&chips (christina..next time you're back...)
-chilled out
-went to york to see BT
-massiveassed lineup, majority being bastard wee children
-the underground is tiny (j, myself, cameron & von know this)
-ended up selling our tickets to some knownothing kids for $12 (some profit 'cause tickets bought at $8)
-went downtown to go to system soundbar
-snow was really bad/didnt' end up going (poor joel driving as the snow got worse)
-went to dennys!
-laughs. such laughs.
-my gloves aka 'big hands'
-crissandra i love you
-von & BUTTERED toast.

whaaaaa?
yeah. that was my feeling for the day. driving back home the streets were deserted and joel and i were tripping out
(& i do believe denny's laces their food w.something)

i still don't understand it. what was set out to be just another day turned into madness. crazy isn't it? you just never really know.

work at 2pm. i want to sleep.
last night i found treasure in my home..an oldschool 35mm. camera that was once my dads from jerusalem. meaning he was 15-17 yrs of age.
it's history!
&now i get to play around with it & learn with it...leaving me to be able to purchase my own camera later on.
i'm thrilled.
i also bought sylvia plath's 'the bell jar' for $14.99. my pile of literature/cd's are becoming mountains, but i don't mind.

adam green tickets still to be purchased, as well as danny michel.
anyone up to going to PLAY this coming thursday?? danny michel will be performing:D

all my love xx
cgalxxxx
*edit* how could i forget friday?! j&i looted rogers (all thanks to CRISSCROSS!RESPECT!). we raided the vhs, $1.99 a piece (and thanks again to crissy for making it even less) claiming such titles as pi, igby goes down, death to smoochy, empire records, far from heaven, some spongebob, amongst a load of others!!!! and all we were planning on doing was renting pi. exciting.
as for pi-criss, so right. intense.

stina, when u did your TIFF work did you hear about the stripes being in Coffee and Cigarettes?
i didn't it was to debut here.

hymm the battle continues with my PC, but there was some good hope. thanks for the help marc.
good nite out after and impressive driving skill.

good good times.

thanks,
i credit you guys for looking good and having fun =p

mmmandy more is on exposed again.

i slacked this entire week. i tried work on my computer, but even that is not resolved.

any ideas for the weekend?

today was chaos.
explanations later.
but...
BILLY TALENT in a few at the underground

oh yessssssssss!

*pelvic thrust!!!!*

thanks crassy

Aw Cam you did such a good job on Good Times. Congrats!

I don't mind taking pub transit to your school, Cgal.

Christina, I think I have an article to write for the next issue of Thirst. I'll email it to you when it's done...you can tell me if it's a waste of space or not.

Anyway, I don't really have anything else important to post. However, I am really wired. (Not weird). I think I'm gonna pay some bills.

The over-eccentric tambourine player,
Crassy/

Hey guys,
I made a little last gift to close of 2003.

I rounded up what I thought were some of the highlight pics of the year and put this package together.
Good Times 2003
^^right click, save target as. (5 MB)

There shouldn't be any big shocks. I tried make it tasteful =p. Almost all images are on imagestation and storries posted here ;)

(If you can receive it over MSN from a friend that would be great, I do have a bandwidth limit)

mittens. awww indeed.

stepbrother guy (jareet) sounds like a jerk. here i was thinking he was good people. the nerve of some people's stepsiblings.

days off are so wonderful.

here's the news:
joel's car is acting wonky & i don't think he wants to drive all the way to my school
thinking we may take the subway?
but he was half asleep
so i'll let you know more when he's fully concious;)

xx

virtual stapler

I havent blogged inawhile. I have beem trying to fine tune my computer.
1. 2nd harddrive, down
2. dvd audio problems
3. ram pricing

24 is on tonight :), so are the leafs.

i still have one project to do and some christmas/new year wishs to do.

pearl/sugar friday..... most fun i have had at a club since good days at phoenix.

I'm off tomorrow! So I'm freefreefreefreefreefree.

Stepbrother guy had other plans so I don't think he's even going to make it to the concert. I can't remember what he said he was doing but it sounded pretty lame of him to back out for whatever reason. Birthday or something.

Aw, mittens. You're so cute.

STOP SNOWING, ALREADY!!!
at least i finally got some mittens.

have fun at billy talent, ppl! are you going w/ the stepbrother guy?

billy talent tomorrow!
so let's get this rollin'
crisscross-are you working tomorrow?

doors @ 8:30pm

i'm going to give von a call tonight-so hopefully this will be set out instead
of chaos @ the last minute:) fun times to be had!
(sad how that's what's bringing me to school..instead of classes...ah well!)

will check in/call later-
cgalxxx

"After six years of playing together, Kid Menace has decided to breakup.

We would like to thank all of those people who have supported us since
we
formed this band in the fall of 97. New responsibilities and extended
distances have prevented our rehearsing opportunities. We have also
lost the
enthusiasm for our particular style of music. We still have close to
fifty
copies of our debut CD; if youd like to pick one up for free from one
of
the band members please email us. The entire album will be posted at
Soundclick.com in a week or so. The new EP will not be released. The
majority of the new tracks lack vocals (except Redemption). The
unfinished
tracks are Saddest Ones, Back From Mexico, Exit Through the Front Door,
and
Face to Face. We apologize to those people who have patiently waited
for our
new material. Keep your eyes open for Kid Menace members somewhere in
Canadian music in the future.

Im sure this is not a surprise for some of youI just wanted to send out
an
email to make it official. Unfortunately, we will not be performing a
final
show. Recently weve been occupying ourselves with other musical
endeavors-
Haig and Peter have recorded their second country/avant-garde album,
and
Ive been producing some artists in my home (such as the Christian folk
band
Last Train Home).

The realization of the Kid Menace conclusion definitely saddens meI
mean,
we all grew up while playing in this band. Thanks for coming to shows,
purchasing merchandise, checking the website, spreading the word, and
supporting our music. I havent been without a band since I was 13 or
14. I
really appreciate you guys cheering us on- even when we sucked, even
when
you werent a fan of our music or musical style. Ive always identified
myself with this band, and its sad that we finally had to grow up.

Kid Menace has now come to an end."

-Sean and the KM guys

up at 2pm.
sipping on coffee since.
cat power on repeat (yes, i finally purchased it, even though at an unreasonable price, but it's absolutely well worth it).

slipping back into old routines is so easy. done carelessly.
as soon as i heard it was supposed to snow all night + morning i told myself i wasn't going to school. didn't even bother to make an attempt.
so first day back-and i missed it. scary thing is i don't seem to care much. and i should.

i'm playing out the pro's and con's of taking a year off endlessly in my mind.
& i think i'm leaning more towards the 'year off' although still uncertain.
any advice appreciated.

&to those who attended uoft @ mississauga...what are your views on it? how were the courses/profs etc? is it more laid back?
i really despise york.

off for more coffee.

christina i thought you wanted to be twins and wear the shirt together? i'm crying...;) the $8 skirt was hot. very nice. the flower belt w/star buckle is fantastic' wear it and think of our crazy adventure;) you must love that we went to 'utopia' seeing that members of the constantines dine there (it's even better now, isn't it?)
mark castro was so not flirting with me. i'm laughing though. if he was 'flirting' as you say, look at his hot (pick-up)lines "you look like a woman who would like goat cheese". upset that i didn't purchase the adam green tickets. buuut it's good because it gives me an excuse to make another trip to toronto. shoe museum next time FOR SURE and a visit to see you is a must. let us know when it's best for you..and we're there!!!


with love (and in love with the snow)
cgalxxxx

i beat beyoncé! funnnn. :D
hahaha...you have to play nsync! they're so funny...joey keeps answering everything...lance just ain't as quick.

heehee, tND kissing microsoft's bum.

i'm back in k-town now.
thanks for yesterday, yvonne and cgal! i had fun. i missed toronto. i hadn't been to kensington market in soo long, and i can't believe i found that skirt for $8! it was wicked of that lady to give us a little discount on those shirts, too...just remember, we can never wear them together! i have the flower belt on my cords right now...ahh...i miss shopping.
wandering down college was great, too. we've gotta go back to that utopia place again. i think that guy who reminded you of mark castro was flirting w/ ya, cgal. :D and now i know where one of the guitarists from the constantines gets his takeout. ;P too bad soundscapes was friggin' sold out of everything we wanted to buy. they did have yer adam green tkts for sale though. or at least the horseshoe's site says so. that bartender was a total jerk. but funny.
anyway, yay for holiday TTC group passes!!!

let's do it again in feb. and actually make it to the shoe museum this time.
and you guys should come here to visit after that. it's your turn to take a roadtrip!

will update later
BUT
this is for christina

I WAS RIGHT!!!!!

what a jerk.
'anne murray?'
ADAM GREEN you fucktard!
now i have to go back to toronto for one bartenders stupidity.

at least it was a laugh, though;)

(update: 6pm. i put in the 'vice' free cd. you were so right, the stills are on it.)

Pearl Loung pics
it was a really good nite.

the 2 car group of us first went to the neighbouring club to pearl lounge sugar. the line for pearl was long and we would be stuck in the rain but jen, a nice flyer girl, gave us VIP to sugar. it wasn't to fun there although the mixing wasnt bad, drinks fairly cheap, and the light rather snazy. after 12 we headed out in the rain to pearl.

it was PACKED on the floor but the crowd was really moving, it felt like a rave at bits. we danced there til almost 3. i would go back to that club for a nite of good dancing and maybe a few drinks. i regret not meeting one lady. the night out ended to grabing mark and visiting dennys til 5am.

good nite, im heading to the leaf game tomorrow night so consider me out. a chance if your in sauga i can meet up with u after but i'm a maybe at best.

i hope u kingston ppl have safe travels back home.

crassy and cgal, thank you girls for your lovely text msgs. hehe i was at home crazy gals, u could have rang. it was nice surprise.

hey rach, i was thinkin clubbin too.
sounds great.
places will be packed as it's most ppls last weekend out b4 schools end.

other nye pics

haha some of those games are tough. good bye kitty is the ever famous "neko". it was the blogger pet for a period of time here.

had a great new years, i hope you all had the same.


Cameron Bay.

i dunno if i can go clubbing anymore, since i'm leaving pretty early on saturday...i might go, but i'd probably have to leave really early. :(

this year (this isn't a "new year's resolution," but it's a new resolve of mine in general), i want to concentrate on school. i'm completely serious. i'm pissed at myself for being so dumb about it so far. i actually want to do well this term. so i'm gonna try to have less distractions. i want to be on the comp less. so if you see me posting on here a lot, yell at me! thanks. off to bed now.

last day of fun when i wake up! yaay, toronto!

happy new year lovers!
&now, onto the coffee diet for the next month or two.
my uncle is over & i'm throwing the chocolates at him. no moreeee!!!

last night was lovely. spent with friends, quiet and loud, lots of laughter the way it should be.
cam-post pictures soon. crassy one must be enlarged;)

toronto tomorrow avec christina & von (&crissy if not sick?)
so thrilled.
already talked to my manager about not coming in;) how great.

iforgot what time we said we'd leave though? leave at 12? or be there BY 12? christina?!?!
;)

lotsa love
cgalxxx

Happy new year!!!!! (Bonne annee!) (Are you new here!)