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Tower of Goodness

2011-07-15T15:18:00.004-04:00

Everyone gets cravings for food that simply isn't good for you, for some it's something salty and for others it's something fried but I have terrible sweet tooth. This is paired with a love for baking. I only make baked goods every now and then. Last week I made strawberry shortcake since Quebec strawberries are in season and they are absolutely declious and sweet by themselves but paired with

Curious little Monkeys

2011-07-13T02:43:00.004-04:00

This is such an unusual story and I couldn't help but post it. It's about a group of curious black macaques from Indonesia who picked up a photographers camera and decided to stage their own peculiar photo-shoot. The images are fantastic and definitely check out the article which features amazing photographs along with the complete story.(Source Mail Online)

X-Heat

2011-07-06T23:40:00.009-04:00

When it comes to my hair, I tend to let it run wild. I rarely blow-dry it or use a flat iron but sometimes I need to do my hair and I always turn to my best friend for styling advice because she is an amazing hair dresser and I've always trusted her opinion on how best to care for my hair.A few years ago we went shopping for a flat iron and I spent a good deal of money for a professional quality

Summer Reading, Part II

2011-06-29T15:02:00.005-04:00

I just http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giffinished Girl who played with Fire a few nights ago - it may or may not have been 4:30 am - but I immediately ordered the next volume from trusty amazon. I should be receiving my package within the next few hours. I'm just hooked on these characters and want - need - to know their fate.I also ordered another book, The Help, which is going being released

Ciao, Bella

2011-06-29T14:32:00.006-04:00

Over the years I've become increasingly comfortable in my own skin, I'm not saying that all my insecurities about my dress size have melted away but I'm definitely not ashamed of who I am. I've always had a love for fashion but the idea of paging through magazines and admiring women who have the shape of lanky boys is not appealing to me. In the last few days I've begun looking for fashion advice

Summer Reading

2011-06-26T22:19:00.004-04:00

I used to spend so much time devouring one novel after another but with such intensive reading during the school year, and not always the most captivating texts makes it difficult to enjoy reading during my down time. I have decided that I plan on reading at least ten books during my summer break. They might not be Pulitzer prize winning novels, grand classics of English literature or books that

Life

2011-03-31T00:21:00.001-04:00

It's been a long time since I've done anything with this little project. Life has a bad habit of taking over and priorities are rearranged. This happen to fall on the back burner.

Not My Mother!

2009-03-10T21:40:00.002-04:00

The New Mother Mother album is fantastic, I'm even tempted to say that it's pretty kickass. It still has the high energy of the first album, but the sound is more refined and more complex. It's really great, here's a small sampling.O My Heart, which is also the albums name.And Hayloft, which you just have to listen too.They're playing a show on tomorrow night at Club Lambi, tickets are 12$ at the

Moments

2009-03-10T21:21:00.003-04:00

Have you ever been caught lip syncing or even worst singing out loud while listening to music with headphones on.It happens to me all the time, I can't help myself sometimes and it just happens. Errm, like yesterday when my boyfriend was working on his essay, I was listening to my music, quite loudly, so I didn't hear him when he was trying to ask me a question and he caught me in a pretty

:) Art

2009-01-22T23:33:00.003-05:00

This may seem a bit silly, but I'm quite excited about the fact that I got 97% on my art history essay. My subject matter was Titian's themes and mythologies and now for my next essay I need to find a new subject for my research paper this semester.

Thumb Picking

2009-01-22T23:11:00.004-05:00

I used to listen to CBC radio 3 on a regular basis, as my life got busier I didn't have as much time to sit and listen to the streaming radio and then I got so backed up in the podcasts that I almost gave up. Not to mention the incredible amount of space they take on my computers hard drive. But the other day I downloaded a few podcasts and forgot how much I liked them and listened to a "session"

Learning Something New: Aikido

2008-09-23T21:28:00.004-04:00

To graduate from my program i have certain basic courses I need to complete to get my diploma, like English, French and phys. ed.. Now, I have to admit, that I don't have a natural tendency for sports, I was terrible at it in high school, so I tried to pick something a bit different for my gym class.I ended up taking combative fitness which is a few different kinds of martial arts and combative

wacky waiving inflatable arm flailing tube man

2008-09-23T21:21:00.000-04:00

I just need to share this. Try saying that 5 times fast.wacky waiving inflatable arm flailing tube man

Moving On

2008-09-23T21:13:00.002-04:00

It's been about a month that I've been back to school and its a lot easier then the first time around even though things have been turbulent lately, I've still managed to keep a steady schedule. Though, I'm a little out of practice with school and my drawing does not seem as good as it did previously but that'll get solved with practice and time. Speaking of time, its something that's quite short

Pop Montreal 2008 Is Coming

2008-08-11T17:53:00.005-04:00

It's that time of year again where I talk about Pop Montreal! Yay!Well it is the best time for indie music in Montreal so it's impossible that I ignore it.They've only announced a handful of artist performing at the festival so far but the ones they so have confirmed already promises a kick ass festival season. I'm already excited about these bands and I can't wait to see the full blow Pop

Will You Be My Sim?

2008-08-11T17:36:00.005-04:00

I can't say I'm an avid gamer, but there are a few that I enjoy playing. One of which is The Sims, and yes, I know, its sort of a classic girlish game. It was exciting when they came out with The Sims 2 since there was such a dramatic improvement from the first version. They honestly dont even compare, the way of playing is different, with goals and emotions. Well we already now this, the game

Pampering

2008-08-10T02:00:00.006-04:00

A few weeks back a friend and I met downtown to see the Yves Saint-Laurent exposition at the Museum of Fine Arts. It was a well put together and it really showcased his style and quirks. Some of the dressed o display were gorgeous and as a regular citizen would have never have come close to a designer dress of this stature in normal circumstances. I believe the expo is still on, its well worth

A Safari! Here??

2008-07-26T01:15:00.003-04:00

There has been lots of posters and talk about these White Lions at Parc Safari, which is about 45 minutes away. The White Lions of Timbavati from South Africa. I honestly didn't know white lions existed, well I could have guessed since most species has a lighter and rarer gene. So, we've been wanting to go and check this out but its been tricky since we both work.Its quite fun since you can drive

Walking Down the Aisle

2008-07-26T01:03:00.003-04:00

I used to post a lot, but lately I've been distracted by a few other things. Mostly good things and as life is, there is some bad stuff as well. A lot of the things that were part of my normal routine, have now been changed. I don't read as much as I used too and I dont paint as much either. But I still sketch quite a bit, sometimes in the wrong places, like at work. Well its quiet and there

Odd Phone Calls

2008-06-29T16:37:00.004-04:00

Life has been very odd recently, and that's just how life is. This morning, while I was sleeping, the phone rang, and I didn't pick up but whoever called left a message. So just now, I decided to check my messages and it was this random Roger's answering machine recording. The same kind I get when I pick up my messages. It was very odd. I didn't recognize the number nor the area code and decide

England Part 5

2008-05-18T13:16:00.002-04:00

The last few days have been ultra lazy. On friday we were supposed to meet some of Chris's friends at a pub, though we're not in the same city as them so it was a bit of a hassle to get there so we decided to meet them on Saturday. It was Karim's birthday, Chris's best pal and they had planned to go paintballing, I wasn't a big fan of this plan, but I went along with it. We were rather late,

England Part 4

2008-05-13T17:52:00.003-04:00

Finally did something today, after 2 days of laziness. We went to Plymouth, without much of a plan, we thankfully took the train and pretty much caught the train leaving with a few minutes to spare. It took about 45 minutes to get to there. As I said, we didn’t have much of a plan and we got there at about 2:45, we walked about checking out different shops and such. We walked down one way, which

England Part 3

2008-05-10T16:47:00.002-04:00

This is one of those days, where things start on the wrong foot and things just stay that way. After finally getting up at 11:00am to catch the bus to make it to Totnes or as we’ve renamed it Totesnes – inside joke – though it seems we were confused with the bus times, thinking it passed at 11:40 when it passed at 11:35. So we missed it by a few minutes, which is not a great way to start things

England Part 2

2008-05-09T16:13:00.003-04:00

Well, it was awhile before anything interesting happened, since I’m not in the best habit of getting up early. Though there have been slow improvements with that. Though, finally, on Friday, we went into town, Newton Abbot that is. We have been playing to go into Totnes for the last few days, but we keep getting up too late. So we walked about town, grabbed a drink and took a “nature” walk from

England Part 1

2008-05-07T14:56:00.001-04:00

Day 1-Montreal to New-yorkThis is pretty much the more boring days, since it’s basically hanging out in airports and jet setting across the country/world. It was nice that Christopher (I need to find a way not to get them confused in my journal) drove me to the airport and hung out with me there. The last time, I was basically dropped off by my dad and he stayed for about 15 minutes. At the

Everyday Normal Guy

2008-04-20T17:49:00.003-04:00

This is a really funny video, this guy, Jon LaJoie, is from Montreal and he does the funniest sketches/songs and some of them are terribly funny. Just wanted to share a few of my favourites.This first one is called Sunday Afternoon, the perfect time to get those chores done and maybe pay a little visit to your parents. The bit about the porn cracks me up.This second one, Pedophile Beards, is

Which Scene Are You In?

2008-04-20T17:25:00.004-04:00

Only two weeks left before my little trip over the pond, I hate the fact that the exchange rate is so high, and even though the Canadian dollar has gone up, the rate is still pretty much 2-1 which is making a dent in my funds. Anyways, when I get back, I need to jump back on the job wheel.So in the meantime, I've been spending time going to concerts and meeting friends. Its hard to believe the

Memories of Summer (to come)

2008-04-12T04:45:00.003-04:00

Life has taken a few interesting swings at me over the last few weeks and has placed a few dents in some of my plans, though as humans, we're built to change and adapt, so that's what I've been doing. In a few weeks time, I'm taking a little trip over the Atlantic to visit a friend in England, should be a good opportunity to take a break from all the drama. Though as the city begins to thaw out,

Understatement

2008-03-23T04:01:00.003-04:00

I tend to go through odd phases when it comes to music, there are times where I would listen to only 100% Canadian music and hardly vary outside of that and then I would hear a song randomly and it would remind me to look outside of that. Kind of what happened the other day, when I was reading the Filter newsletter, and they were talking about this band called These New Puritans, so I followed

These New Puritans

2008-03-11T23:29:00.002-04:00

This is one of the coolest videos that I've seen recently, and I mean music videos. I often find most kind of over done and boring, but this one really caught my eye. The idea behind it is great and it suits the song perfectly which is electronic and moody although face paced. The band is called These New Puritans and the song is called Elvis.

Second Life in Real Life

2008-02-26T19:50:00.002-05:00

This is hilarious, if you've ever played Second life or heard about it. Watch this, its great, and I'm going to start doing this stuff in my day to day life.

Acces

2008-02-26T14:39:00.002-05:00

At the moment I'm on my lunch break from work, using the free internet in the Eaton Center which is connected to where I work and no need to wander outdoors. The only real disadvantage to it, is the internet is often terribly slow, so it does restrict what you can do but it is still practical. They also have power outlets set up around the food court if you plan on hanging out for awhile. I

Maybe a Poem

2008-02-23T19:03:00.003-05:00

This is something I wrote before going to bed, well actually thought of it in bed and it made me get out. I suppose its a poem, not really sure but thought it was interesting and worth something.AgainI glanced up. The clock ticked. The phone rang.My heart thumped once, twice, thrice.The phone rang again. The needle clicked again.The Blood continued to flow.All telling us the time.Time is short on

Coughs

2008-02-19T12:02:00.003-05:00

I've had the flu these last few days, cross that, I have the flu. I'm still currently suffering the malign effects of the virus which I could have picked up in many of the lovely place I frequent nowadays. I've lost quite a bit of weight due to this and to the fact that I can't eat anything without it wanting to come right back up again. How lovely; I know. So my days have been spent rather

Whoa Mac

2008-02-15T01:55:00.001-05:00

Happy somewhat belated Valentines day for those of you who actually care about it and for those of you who dont, might as well check this video out where some guys drill a hole through a MacBook after the announcement of the MacBook Air which is completely insane. More about the MacBook Air.And the standard commercial.

Just Nonesense

2008-02-09T18:44:00.000-05:00

Oh someone sent me this to watch, its pretty funny, I have never heard of the game, but enjoyed it anyways. Just nonesense.

Bright White Teeth

2008-02-03T14:21:00.000-05:00

This is pretty cool, but someone actually wrote a song for me, and it's kind of about me and him. He's a really good friend of mine and probably the person I'll be trekking with across Canada with. I can't post the actual song because of the format but I can post the lyrics to the song. It's really catchy and upbeat. At the moment it was recorded with an acoustic guitar, but I believe he has

Forward

2008-02-03T14:09:00.000-05:00

It's February 3rd today, which is a little hard to believe and its the Superbowl today, if your into football at all, it might not be as exciting as the past years, since the Patriots are undefeated up until now, and I suppose we all secretly want them to lose. Though, I wont be watching the game, its not my thing anyways, and I have to go into work. Yes, I work now, I have a job as a sales

Quick and Jumpy

2008-01-29T14:21:00.000-05:00

I was just wandering about youtube, and stumbled across this music video for a band called 'vampire weekend'.The video and song are quick and jumpy, something you could easily rock out too. I quite liked it, thought I'd put it down here.

Between The Strings

2008-01-29T14:01:00.000-05:00

I've mentioned talented indie-folk singer Joanna Newsom a few times over the years, though, it's hard to describe her music and shove it into a single category. It's soft and whimsical, harsh and fast, emotional and dark, these are sometimes represented within only one song which is amazing when you think about it. Her songs off her last album 'Ys' range from 7 minutes long to about 17 minutes,

Musical Moods

2008-01-25T18:13:00.001-05:00

I've amazingly missed a few great gigs in Montreal over the past week, well that's what happens when you don't pay attention to local events, even if its for a short period of time, you miss out on beautiful music. One of the acts that I had wished I had seen was Basia Bulat, if your at all into folk music and delicate melodies, then I would highly suggest her music. I've been going through some

Joy

2008-01-25T18:05:00.000-05:00

Well it seems I am no longer a bum without a job. I went job hunting yesterday afternoon and I'm hired today, it went certainly faster then I expected to be honest but thats a really good thing, so now all the money I make will be going to my trip. I certainly hope I can make all the money I need before leaving, if I' short of my prospected budget, I'll just shorten the trip a little and make it

Almost Like Exercise

2008-01-22T04:21:00.000-05:00

I had a bad day yesterday, well still technically today, since I haven't slept yet, so I did a few things to try to feel a little better, cried my heart out was the first step while explaining what happened to my closest friends, once I had finished that step, I took a bath and listened to the Basia Bulat album which is excellent. After drying off, I set myself to watch a movie a friend suggested

Backpacking For Beginners

2008-01-19T03:23:00.000-05:00

Backpacking for beginners Contrary to the belief of most people, backpacking isn’t scary or difficult; it’s only a cheaper way of travelling. Though, there are a few things that you absolutely need. · Comfortable Walking shoes: a lot of people would say that a backpack is the most important, but from my trips with friends, there was always a few

4:30 AM Rambling

2008-01-17T04:15:00.000-05:00

I'm not usually prone to futuristic ideals or intensely speculative questions about the world, since I prefer to live in the moment and day by day, but every now and then my mind does wander into the unknown. I just finished reading a short story in "The Courage Consorts" and the first story is titled the same, and Catherine the character by whom we see the world often talks about sleep, insomnia

Paradox

2008-01-16T15:13:00.000-05:00

I have a decent library just for one person who reads every now and then, most of the time I tend to read more when I was to commute a lot or if I'm working since you always have a bit of free time to do something but nothing and reading often fits in perfectly. Since I've been doing neither lately, I haven't been reading much, I just began reading a small book called "The Courage Consorts" by

Off into the Hinterlands

2008-01-14T17:48:00.001-05:00

My friend Emilie lives in Mont St-Hilaire, which is truthfully in the country and about 2 hrs from where I live, which is why I stayed the whole weekend instead of just going over for a single day. It's a lovely place, with a nice view of the mountain from her house, there are only a handful of houses where she lives, quite different from my surroundings. Of course, I always have my camera with

What Will They Think?

2008-01-13T00:56:00.000-05:00

The Olympics are always a big deal for the country with the chance of hosting them, whether it’s the summer or winter version, the prestige is equally impressive, not only on a athletic standpoint, but it becomes the ultimate tourist attraction and promotional tool for that country. This year, in August, China will have its chance of showing off to the world. I’m certain they will be dressed to

This Was A Party

2008-01-09T01:21:00.000-05:00

Thought you might be curious about what kind of New Year’s Party I was attending. Well, I took a little video when I was there; it’s pretty much a good representation of the whole party. We danced in the crowd for awhile, partied on the sidelines, wandered to the back for some drinks and watch people stumble by drunkenly. It was quite the event and overall a good bash. I think next year, I might

Need to Grab my Balls. Yeah. They're Still There

2008-01-09T01:12:00.000-05:00

I've realized something recently, I'm afraid of hard work, I'd rather I could do everything from my room, that I wouldn't have to make social and professional compromises. I've been in this state for quite some time now and really need to kick myself in the ass. I'm not big on resolutions, but I do have a couple of things I need to accomplish in 2008.This is how my so called list is going:Get a

Supper Conversation

2008-01-04T15:14:00.000-05:00

Last night, I had supper with my father, it was just the two of us and we were discussing the situation in Iraq and the oncoming American elections, which should be more then interesting from a social and political point of view. Whether the Republicans will be able to keep their seat of will a Democrat take their place. I haven't taken a look at the result for the Iowa caucus, if they're out, to

NYE

2008-01-01T04:48:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year, or should I say, happy post new year....I know, I know, I'm a little late, well I do have a good excuse, I was out celebrating in style. We went to the I Love Neon Party which was the shit. (Sorry still a little affect, maybe I should continue actually tomorrow).

Myths

2007-12-29T20:03:00.000-05:00

We all get the comments from our parents like turn on the light or else you'll go blind. I usually scoff at these and continue to read in the dim light without concern for my eyesight. Though other people take these to heart along with a few other myths.hese well-worn theories are among seven "medical myths" exposed in a paper published Friday in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally

Distractions

2007-12-27T16:58:00.000-05:00

All the holiday buzz and cheer has passed leaving us with a stomachs about to burst, a hang over and possibly some illness in some cases. Though, hopefully we all have fond memories of the people we saw and had in our houses, I know I do, how can I forget the 20 people in our place at the same time. I think this Christmas, was one of the most memorable, sure I didn't get as many gifts as other

X-Mas

2007-12-24T04:05:00.000-05:00

For the holidays and the rush that sometimes comes with it, I'm going to be taking it a little easy on the blogging. Happy Christmas or whatever you celebrate!

God, The Weather

2007-12-23T06:04:00.000-05:00

I so don't understand the weather at the moment. I just checked the weather network for what we should be expecting today and we're expecting rain and lots of it with some serious wind. I know that the weather is really unpredictable but this makes no sense to me. There's also the very unpleasents thought the the aftermath of this freak rain storm, slush everywhere, which is 100% worst then snow,

Time Moves Forward Even If You Don't

2007-12-22T03:22:00.000-05:00

I'm currently having trouble believing that its December 22nd and that the year will soon be coming to a close. It seems that we were celebrating the start of 2007 just yesterday. This has been one very turbulent year for myself, moving into a new house, dealing with a lot of past issues, working a new job during the summer, trying to keep this blog functioning (which I seem to be failing at over

Recently Discovered

2007-12-19T18:09:00.000-05:00

Its always an exciting when new sub-species and even new species are discovered under thick brush or dark waters. It proves to us that our planet has many secret that it's still withholding from us. Recently, in the Foja Mountains in the Papua province in Indonesia, two previously undocumented animals came to the attention of the researchers working in the forest. What they found was a giant rat

This Is England

2007-12-19T03:25:00.000-05:00

I just finished watching this movie my friend Chris suggested that I watch, called This Is England, I have to honestly say, that it was one of the best movies I've ever seen. It's a sad and touching story about a 12 year old boy in 1983, who loses his father in the Falkland war and goes through some subsequent bullying trouble at school. He falls into the skinhead and punk gang which solves one

No One's Necklace

2007-12-17T02:24:00.000-05:00

I couple of weeks ago I posted something about Marie-Attoinette and necklace of pearls and rubies that onced belonging to her were going up for auction. Well they did, but they failed to make the reserved, so maybe they'll come up again.Speaking of auctions, this is rather interesting about alcohol auctions in the USA, where a 1926 Macallan Scotch Whiskey (which one of the best whiskey out there)

High Voltage!

2007-12-16T17:09:00.001-05:00

Sometimes you forget songs and when you rediscover them you remember what got you hooked in the first place. This is what happened with Electric Six, when I got my new computer after my old one died on me, I couldn't remember all the songs that I had in my inventory but now I have them back and want to share some of their videos, since they're pretty hilarious. Gay Bar. Yes its a song about a gay

Snow Storm

2007-12-16T15:15:00.000-05:00

At the moment, I'm sitting in bed, bundled up with a warm laptop on my knees, watching the snow fall, admittedly sideways because of the forceful wind and shivering at the thought of leaving my warm and cozy house. We are suppose to go out for dinner for my birthday - mother nature seems to have wanted to celebrate with me - though I'm not sure if I want to leave now, I know that we probably wont

Disaster

2007-12-16T00:26:00.000-05:00

Sorry, I've been a little busier then I'd like to be, and its encroaching on my blogging time, not to mention dealing with some personal issues.Happy Birthday to myself on Monday - celebrating alone this year, do to some unfortunate events. Well not totally alone, my brother and myself will be taking a trip down to Le Divan Orange on Monday to see Plants and Animals which should be a good show,

Oh Alberta!

2007-12-13T19:40:00.001-05:00

This might sound like a rather uninteresting pass time for most people, but I really do enjoy planning trips, so much that I spent most of my night yesterday doing just that. (Maybe this should be an interesting career choice). With the size of Canada continuously baffling my mind at the vastness of it and the immense difficulty of getting from point A to point B in some instances is really

Resonably Enough

2007-12-11T04:33:00.001-05:00

I've mentioned a few times on this blog that I'm far from being religious and would consider myself agnostic by all means. (Though if anyone says that's a religion, it is not, because agnostics don't have a book we follow or congregate.) My views about religion tend to be on the neutral side since I simply think everyone is allowed to practice what they like as long as they don't impose their

Sorry

2007-12-11T04:22:00.000-05:00

I've been a little busy lately, sorry for the lack of updates. I've been splitting my brain power between the Canada trip and making clothing in Second Life. Both moving along quite well but consuming all of my possible time along with a few other things that need not be mentioned.

Yule Tide

2007-12-11T04:07:00.000-05:00

We finally put up our Christmas decorations, we're a little late this year in comparison to previous ones, maybe we're just not really in the mood yet, I'm really dreading spending any money but that's life. I think our decorations look better then in past years, though, I think that's only because of our living improvements made since last Christmas. I took a few pictures, but they're mainly of

Tab Away

2007-12-07T01:00:00.000-05:00

Every time my brother sneaks a peek at my computer and especially my web browser, he often complains at my overabundance of programs and tabs open. I suppose, thinking about it now, it might be a little too much when considering at the moment I have Excel, iTunes, Firefox, My Pictures, MSN messenger and Second Life open all at once. Of course the tabs are always a little worst. I believe there

Always Fun

2007-12-06T22:13:00.000-05:00

I just made myself a cup of hot chocolate since I was feeling a little chilly and for some reason unable to warm up despite my sweater and pants. So this was a good solution and seems to be helping along with the warming computer in my lap.I had a rather unorthodox day considering most of my days and this included a cow heart. (More info here and pictures)Not to mention on my way back from

Lonesome Travel Ideas

2007-12-05T19:03:00.000-05:00

I wish I had something interesting to write about but I'm feeling a little drained lately, but its probably not for the reasons you would think. I've been pouring over my Canada guide book and trying to come up with some kind of comprehensive course of travel, things are going alright, I suppose. I still haven't gotten past Vancouver Island as far as the schedule goes, and I have practically a

What's the Census?

2007-12-04T21:48:00.000-05:00

Its always interesting to see how language and cities balance each other out and how they change over time. During the last census, this was analyzed and turned into a lovely chart for us to ponder over.If we look at Montreal, 20% of the city's population is foreign born, but the bit that I find most interesting is the one about language, and how only 64.9% speak french at home, with 11.9

Globally Mapping Dinosaurs

2007-12-04T20:50:00.000-05:00

While reading the National Geographic's website, I came across a few interesting stories that might be worth your attention.I assume that when we were kids we all had some kind of interest in dinosaurs, from seeing the gigantic fossils at the history museum or in my case at the Royal Ontario museum, and standing in awe at these gigantic creatures of the past. They still looked ferocious without

A Real Icon

2007-12-01T05:38:00.000-05:00

I just finished watching Girl With a Pearl Earring starring Scarlette Johansson as Griet, the main character and Colin Firth as Johannes Vermeer, the rather famous Dutch painter during the 17th century. During this period, some of the greatest paintings were created and especially in the small country of Holland. The Dutch, in particular, had a great aptitude for the perception of light on their

Other Hobbies

2007-11-29T08:51:00.000-05:00

It seems I've been negligent in my blogging duties over the past couple of days. I've been somewhat preoccupied by several other things, among them, I've been trying to figure out how to make some decent looking clothes in Second Life and I think might have just managed something reasonable.Previously, I was doing some rather simple work with cutouts and textures, which was never really

Super Awesome

2007-11-27T18:47:00.001-05:00

My brother often bugs to watch videos and flash animations on the internet, sometimes I refuse because most of the time they're a little too silly for my taste, but last night I let him show me because it had been awhile. As it goes most of the time, he asked to search something and then decided it would be easier to go on this website called Newgrounds which is famous for flash animations and

Quirky Quirk

2007-11-27T02:36:00.001-05:00

I love these Oddly Enough bits on Reuters and I always check that section first before moving on to more serious news. Its always kind of quirky and well odd. Check out this video version of it, I quite like the bit about the pandas, quite cute.

Painting Saga

2007-11-26T04:04:00.000-05:00

I just wandered into my basement to work on my paintings, and when I pulled them out into the open and set my paint on my pallet deciding where to put the first stroke, I realized that I couldn't bring myself to change anything. I really liked the spontaneity of it which is impossible to recreate even if I forced myself to try. When my brush approached the canvas I said to myself, "If you touch

Metric Conversion

2007-11-26T00:18:00.000-05:00

Oh my god!I was at this Metric show, seems so far away now, but it was honestly one of the most amazing shows I've ever been too. I was stand right beside the stage, could practically touch them, well I could certainly touch their equipment. If you don't believe me, I have photos to prove it. It was really quite the experience, and I saw them a couple of weeks later in Bristol where I got the

Up, Up and Away

2007-11-25T04:43:00.000-05:00

I've been - somewhat lamely and irregularly - checking my profile views. Ever since I've returned to blogging regularly last May, I remember looking at my profile and being a bit in awe at the number of views. I wrote about it because I thought it was a strange thing jumping to 190 to 260. (original post here) Mind you, I don't check very often, and I'm not entirely sure the last time I updated

Only Crumbs in my Box

2007-11-25T02:56:00.000-05:00

A few months ago I posted something about our email inbox, and how - mine in particular tended to overflow with old messages. Well I was inspired to try to do something about it when I read a Mental Floss artical about trying to keep your inbox at the elusive zero. (read more here) Well I'm glad to say, that my inbox never has more 2 stagnant messages lingering. The email's get deleted as they

Travel Chit Chat

2007-11-25T01:02:00.000-05:00

I spent a few hours this morning trying to come up with some kind of comprehensive itinerary, I can say that I'm getting a better idea of how difficult it is to travel across Canada if you don't have a car but its part of the challenge which in my book is a lot more fun.Anyways, I think I'm repeating myself.Often times people think that it's pointless and a waste of time coming up with a schedule

Supercalafra...No its not

2007-11-24T03:44:00.000-05:00

Mary Poppins is very scary....

Are You Planning a Trip?

2007-11-22T04:32:00.001-05:00

Traveling is one of my greatest passions coupled with art and literature, oddly enough these three tend to work well together. Like writing or painting, I regard traveling an acquired skill, some people have a natural aptitude for travel and while in others are simply hopeless.I'm currently in the process of planning an extravagant trip across Canada with someone I've never traveled with, so it

Work Work Work

2007-11-22T03:20:00.000-05:00

Over the past few days I've been buffering and testing the job market, in all honesty I'm scared of getting back into the normal working scene, well because I'm rather picky when it come to jobs or at least it seems that way. Its all for the greater good, and for travel. At the moment, I really regret spending so much money during the summer but that's behind me and now I have to find a way to

A New Direction

2007-11-20T17:41:00.000-05:00

I was feeling more than restless last night, I went for a walk in the middle of the night, came back feeling good although a little cold. Then pattered on the internet for awhile when a sudden thought came to me. I had recently primed and prepped some canvas and it was idly waiting for a first coat of paint. So I descended into the basement with no clear idea of what I wanted to do with these

Winter Concerts

2007-11-19T17:31:00.000-05:00

With the onset of winter, which is brutal by our standards, often deters bands from visiting our frozen cities during these next couple of months. The only bands that have the courage to face them are artists obviously unafraid of a little cold or are simply foolish. Unfortunately good gigs are rare to find during December through to February, so you really need to keep an eye out for those

Vote Your Pants Off

2007-11-19T05:58:00.000-05:00

I urge everyone to go vote for their favorite artist in the Bucky awards! Kind of a tongue and cheek award show, nothing very serious, from the folks over at CBC radio 3. But still go vote for best bass line or best song to listen to in the fetal position.You never know, you might find something new and interesting that you like. I sure did!Place your vote! The beaver is counting on you! There's

Calling Out!!

2007-11-18T01:53:00.000-05:00

Oh, I wanted to say, if anyone out there has any odd pens or pencils, I'd love to get some photos of those to put on my blog.Calling out weird Pens and Pencils!! I want some pictures!!

My Family

2007-11-18T01:08:00.000-05:00

There have been some odd things happening in my family of late. I think my father has been regressing into a teenager in his 50th year of life. It might be one of those midlife phase or crises that men seem to have, but I'm not sure, it might simply be that he wants to be interesting. I don't know, but it's all started with this thing called Second Life, which he begun playing in about April, in

More Cash in Our Pocket

2007-11-16T20:20:00.000-05:00

I haven't yet complained about the price differences in books and well everything between the United-States and Canada, especially since we are still paying more for the same products when our dollar has surpassed the US dollar, which is something most people weren't expecting. I remember most economists saying that they doubted the looney would surge any higher than where it already was. Of

Woot Woot

2007-11-15T18:07:00.001-05:00

This is awesome, I'm currently just cooking some chicken for the family, and have our new tv and sound system on the electronic music channel on our digital cable, and I've got the awesome sub woofer on, its pumping some great beats. The song that's currently playing is a remixed Tiga song, "You Gonna Want Me", its sounds amazing. Well definitely much better then listening to it through my laptop

Montreal Sunset

2007-11-14T16:34:00.001-05:00

I went for a walk the other day down by the Saint-Lawrence and took some photos while the sun was setting, and have to admit some actually turned out quite good. These are a few of the ones that I liked the best, and modified two of them to make a kind of interesting background for your computer.These are my shots, completely unmodified.And the funky retouches. If your interested in them, just

Talk About Signs

2007-11-13T05:41:00.000-05:00

I think astrology is something that makes most people curious, some people blatantly rule it out as lies and others embrace it with open arms. I tend to find myself in the middle, somewhat unsure which to believe in, so every time I ask myself I wonder what my horoscope is today, I go look, sometimes it’s quite close to what I had planned to do and other days a bit off field. Though something

Scavenger Hunt

2007-11-13T01:21:00.000-05:00

I don't know if any of you understand any of this Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt because I'm completely lost, even after watching this video which is meant to catch everyone up and now I'm completely out of the loop. Oh well, this happens when you don't pay attention.

A Brand New TV (in a bob barker voice)

2007-11-12T21:40:00.000-05:00

Every time I go out, it seems that something goes wrong with the metro, well that isn't totally unusual, like today, I went to meet a friend downtown and on my way home the metro stops running. The metro works great most of time, though the only complaint I have about the system is that its completely impossible to figure out what the STM says when something does go wrong. It just sounds like

The Joker

2007-11-12T20:57:00.000-05:00

My brother kindly pointed out to me that Heath Ledger will be playing the joker in the next Batman movie. I was surprised to hear this considering the fact that the majority of his movies, he's always kind of a good guy or a dramatic role like, but I've never really seen him play as a villain. This should be interesting, and I have to admit, the first Batman Return was well made for a superhero

A Nugget of Gold

2007-11-11T14:07:00.000-05:00

Joanna Newsom is one of my favorite artist's, but I've honestly haven't looked into her much and I only know her latest album, YS and I'm not really familiar with her earlier works. But recently, a friend on mine, has opened my eyes up to her earlier songs from her previous albums like 'The Milk-Eyed Mender' and 'Sprout and the Bean'.There really is something special and captivating about her

Sleepover with the Big Boss

2007-11-08T05:46:00.000-05:00

Sleepover with the Prime Minister anyone? This is a funny interview with Rick Mercer and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, its quite funny, and he is quite the hospitable host.Sleepover with Stephen HarperAdd to My Profile | More Videos\Oh and I need to post this other video as well from the Rick Mercer Report, its so funny. We've all noticed the people who spend a lot of time looking and using

Very Sad Indeed

2007-11-07T20:55:00.001-05:00

This is very saddening, there was a school shooting in Finland today, and nine people died. This is more then horrible and I can completely sympathize with they students and parents trying to cope with what has happened because of my own experience with something similar, the shooting at Dawson College.For more information on what had happened, please view this article from Reuters.

My Top 10 Favorite Art Museums

2007-11-07T02:08:00.000-05:00

I've been to many museums over the past few years and some where memorable experiences while others have kind of faded into my memory. So I wanted to share with everyone the list of my most memorable art museum visit.1. Is an obvious choice, the Vatican museum (above), the Sistine Chapel and St-Peter, these all count as part of the visit since they're all attached. Since I'm not very religious it