Playing hooky on a school night

December 1, 2011 - 5:08am - by admin

okay not really because my classes are finished for this term and I have a day off tomorrow, but still

was feeling antsy after spending so much time hunched over my desk writing papers yesterday that we hit up the now-infamous Pop Soda's for some of the good stuff

namely this:


and this:


the best part of the night was getting to hear Smoky Tiger aka The Manitobanditz, who honestly I'd never heard before. I love weird quirky music (#Winnipeg is great for this) and managed to Keek some of their cover of Nirvana's "Come As You Are"


Keek.com

we didn't stay to hear all of Jicah's set afterwards, but if you aren't already listening to them I highly recommend their stuff. Solid prairie music.

now we're home and I'm drinking hot chocolate that Tyrone made from scratch and we're listening to this:



nightnight! xo

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Today is Jon Stewart's birthday

November 29, 2011 - 5:55am - by admin

I've gotta type this quick because it's only his birthday in my time zone for ten more minutes

so

happy birthday to one of the funniest
most clever
articulate
and
intelligent
political satirists around

thank for you making giving me the lulz daily

for your well-researched and well-informed (hilarious) commentary

and for destroying Chris Wallace on his own show



HBD Jon Stewart

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Hip Hop Sunday #23 - Bernhoft - C'mon

November 27, 2011 - 11:30pm - by admin

for Teri <3

Tags: Bernhoft Hip-hop-sunday Uncategorized

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we don't have Black Friday up here in Canada

November 26, 2011 - 11:32pm - by admin

not that I'd go if we did

I don't believe in camping and fighting and lining up

just to get a good deal on something I probably don't need anyway

(the only exception to this is my iPhone, but I needed that ;) )

so instead I spent my Friday working and hanging out with my friends

instead of shopping

because I don't need more stuff

and you know what one of the greatest thinkers of our time had to say about that

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Are you one?

November 23, 2011 - 2:37am - by admin

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the nerds will get this post

November 22, 2011 - 3:48am - by admin

I'm not buying Skyrim because, sorry, I get super fed up with Oblivion and just put it down

I don't believe in the "strike once, back up, lunge forward & strike again" routine

give me V.A.T.S. or give me death

or just give me Skyward Sword.

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Hip Hop Sunday # 23 - Bastard - Occupy These Streets

November 21, 2011 - 1:23am - by admin

"Winnipeg hip hop artist Jeremy Hughes, aka Bastard, performed this tribute to the worldwide Occupy protests live on CKUW University of Winnipeg radio on October 21, 2011."

big ups, Bastard! :)

get informed: OccupyWallSt.org

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today was crazy

November 19, 2011 - 1:15am - by admin

I spent all day helping host a luncheon at my work for nearly 100 people and it was hectic and crazy and I spent my entire day running back and forth and up and down floors and buzzing like a bee all around the giant dining room and now my calves and feet hurt and I am celebrating it with red wine. we're making chicken parm and it's snowing outside and somehow it feels whimsical in here. maybe it's the wine.

last night was the first Barley's Angels meeting at HalfPints. what is that you ask? women who love beer getting together and socializing about and over beers. hosted by the lovely Nicole aka Sweet Nikki of HalfPints.


vanity

ladies

Stir Stick Stout floats
 empties

apparently kat and john are coming over to play cards (which is worrisome considering the wine I've has and since I don't know how to play any card games besides go fish) should be fun.

ciao! xo

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Pat Martin dropped the f-bomb on Twitter today

November 17, 2011 - 4:41am - by admin

for you non-Winnipeggers Pat Martin is the New Democrat MP for Winnipeg Centre (my riding! big ups!) and has been the MP here for nearly fourteen years. lots of people don't like him because, admittedly, he's known for being a bit of a loudmouth, as was demonstrated during this exchange on Twitter just now that has a lot of people getting upset:



I'm sorry... no matter how unprofessional it may be, it's still the best response ever. I think it's great.

Now I understand that profanity is an iffy thing, even in social media, and that saying "fuck you" directly isn't the most 'professional' way to handle it, but when someone tries to go about trolling you by dragging religion into it, frankly I can totally understand why he said it. You can't feed the trolls, the best way to deal with them is to deal with them quickly and directly, which the response certainly was.

And let's be honest: despite being a loudmouth Pat Martin is undefeated in his riding since he was first voted in, so obviously people appreciate that there's someone out there with the balls to say what needs to be said, even if he may not always be diplomatic in saying it.

@shawncarthy sums it up best:



You can follow tweets from my badass MP here: @PatMartinMP

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Enjoy

November 17, 2011 - 3:53am - by admin

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