If you laugh you're horribe, just like me
Growing up we played on a wooden structure with a huge tire swing
it had a huge slide when I was really little, too
but some kid fell off it so they took it away
though the play structure stayed there for most of my childhood
despite kids getting slivers, and bashing their faces & limbs from swinging around on the tire swing
sometimes we (me) even flew off because we lost our grip
but the times are a-changin' and playgrounds aren't what they once were
now they're plastic, and 'safe'
except this one
if I ever have kids I hope there's no Spinning Mushroom of Death in the playground near our house
because I'd look like a really bad parent for laughing at the stupid kids trying to use it
Library Voices at the WECC
In the glory that was MEME I totally forgot to mention: I won tickets to see one of my favourite bands, Library Voices, at the West End Cultural Centre on July 14th!
So excited! Look at all those synths! (keyboards? Whatever. So stoked)
Thanks a mil UMFM, I really appreciate you guys hooking me up!
(Belated) Hip Hop Sunday #5 - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Sorry for the delay, I wound up spending all of yesterday glued to the couch - three days of being nonstop on-the-go at MEME 2011 caught up with me -maybe it was wearing that polyester onesie in the sweltering heat all Saturday?
Regardless, the festival was an amazing success! I'm so proud to have been involved, every single day was packed to the gills at outdoor stage at The Cube, and at every evening venue. Thanks a million to everyone who worked so hard at making the festival such a resounding success, and everyone else who came out to celebrate electronic music with us :)
Speaking of which, I have untold amounts of pictures to start editing...
What's in your bag?
Today I launch into full-blown MEME mode, heading out to The Cube in a few minutes and then jumping between three venues tonight - The Zoo, Ozzy's, and Alive. Which party will you be at?
Usually I rock a purse but events like these require some serious camerawork on my part, so I'm trading in my fashionable accessory for the massive camera bag that houses my Canon. I figured you might want to see what I'll be carting around with me:
Cab's here! The madness begins!
Alyson vs Pom Wonderful
The insanity that is MEME begins tonight! I'll be at Whiskey Dix all night tweeting the event, come down and say hello, and buy me a drink while you're at it ;)
The forecast here sucks
but I probably wouldn't mind so much if Tom Hanks did the weather every morning
Weekend Recap 06.21.11
Skipping Sunday and starting with Thursday and #secrethandshake
I always go but I never blog - the Lo has garbage lighting for taking photos unless you hang out right next to the bathrooms or in them
Post Lo Pub Ty, @cenquist, and @cjgibson84 and I went to scope out Latin Night for Jazzfest and drink awful beer in the beer tent
we also took this picture?
additional company was provided by @khemlab and his lovely wifey Kendra, as well as the awesome @GordLeClercCTV
Friday was Project Evening in which Ty did projects and I watched Casino Royale, some episodes of Big Love, and this:
Super glad we stayed in otherwise we might not have had the juice to spend the day lounging in the sun with @JohnnyBroadway, @ckomus, @morleyrigged, Kat and Shawna.
It's our first beach outing of the year and it was heaps of fun, there were some NSFW shots of pretzels that I have safely stored on my phone (haha!) and being out in the sun with great friends is really pumping me up for the camping trip we have planned for Canada Day long weekend -I've never been out of the city for the long weekend, but it's going to be insane, I can tell.
and yikes! Only one more day until #memefestival2011! The festival begins Thursday night at Whiskey Dix at 9pm on the patio! I'll be live tweeting the event (and blogging, if the time allows) for the entire four days of the festival from our twitter at @memefestival so pick a time and come out and say hi!
seems
funny finding myself
here
the empire
meticulously constructed
crushing beneath the weight of your boot heel
shattering like glass
splintering like wood
like broken dreams
like broken hearts
sometimes you just don't know what to
say
better
then
to say nothing
The Weeknd - What You Need
Deviating a bit, today's RnB rather than Hip Hop.
Best emo, effed up songs evs.
Props to @Alexridley for the link.
So Gene Simmons will be in the 'Peg today
He's being awarded with the key to the city.
Though I have no idea why.
A statement from the mayor's office explained that "Gene has spent his life and career overcoming challenges and creating success in business and family by remaining true to his roots and values", which baffles me since this is the guy who has claimed to have slept with over 5,000 women.
Though that being said, other recipients of this "prestigious award" include Henry Winkler aka The Fonz, and Bob Geldof -the guy who co-wrote 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'.
It seems like a really cheap, sad ploy for attention from the mayor's office to go handing out Keys to the City to any B-list celebrity we can find
(and yes, at this point in his career I fully consider Gene Simmons to be a B-list celebrity -once you do reality TV, that's what you become, I'm sorry)
and what baffles me is that we have regular, A-list celebs that come through here shooting movies and whatnot all the time, and these are the people we choose to honour? I think it really speaks to how out-of-touch our mayor is with the times if he can't present an award to someone who was hip when he was in junior high.
Maybe we should start a trend towards awarding awards like this to people who actually do things for Winnipeg or represent the city in a positive way, like Jon Montgomery who was given the key to the city after winning the Gold Medal in Men's Skeleton in the 2010 Winter Olympics (intense!).
What about someone like Guy Maddin, Fred Penner, Wanda Koop, Burton Cummings (not that his ego needs it), or even freaking Anna Paquin from True Blood if you want a current celeb?!
There are actually a whole whack of famous and interesting people who were born and/or raised in Winnipeg (like Tommy Douglas! Represent!) who could be given this award, and honestly this whole event feels like an opportunity for the mayor to have an excuse to meet someone he thinks is cool, and isn't genuinely beneficial for the city itself at all.
So good job Sam Katz! I'm glad that being mayor has provided you with yet another opportunity to inflate your massive ego.
