Meet the newest member of our family

July 6, 2011 - 5:37pm - by admin

yesterday we brought home a Canon T1i with a new stock lens and a 75-300mm lens

I wanted to name it "Hansel"

like Ansel, but so hot right now

by Ty nixed it - he doesn't name things

we got him it after my old cam started cutting out and eventually went swimming in a puddle

(RIP Bill)

but he lasted 4+ yrs which is pretty good considering I lugged him to almost every party, Connect, Montreal, MEME, and all over the city with me whenever I went out

looking forward to new adventures with Hansel, too

just maybe I won't take him to Florida

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Last Friday was Canada's Birthday

July 5, 2011 - 4:20am - by admin

my lovely country turned 142 years old.

William and Kate celebrated it by coming and hanging out in Ottawa

some of the MEMETIC crew spent it on the UnBurger patio

randoms spent it dancing in the streets

some friends spent it in beer gardens

I spent it at Grand Beach

eating smokies

drinking beer and wine from a box

jumping in waves

getting sunburnt

with some of the people I love the most

and today is July 4th

when the US turns 235

and Fox News' twitter got hacked

and Obama was reported dead

(which he isn't)

which makes me wonder

who celebrates the birthday of their country by making up lies about their president?

though Fox getting hacked is

of course

hilar

 

 

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Hip Hop Sunday #6 : Blackstreet - No Diggity

July 4, 2011 - 1:04am - by admin

back home

burnt to a crisp

bob no diggity

 

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Recently someone told me

June 30, 2011 - 7:13pm - by admin

"I didn't even realize you and Ty were dating"

earlier, during the weekend, someone commented to me that we don't

'act like a couple' in public

and honestly it was starting to bother me

maybe there was something wrong with us?

shouldn't I want to always be sitting with him?

holding his hand? kissing his cheek?

when we go out together we'll spend most of the time socializing with other people, and while it's totally normal to me I'd never considered that others might find it odd

apparently it's unusual

I found this today, though, that made me feel better

it's from an article on autostraddle featuring wisdom from Emily Post, and this is how it goes:

Great love is seldom flaunted in public, though it very often shows itself in pride—that is a little obvious, perhaps. This underlying tenderness and pride which is at the base of the attitude of each, only glints beneath the surface of perfect comradeship. Their frank approval of whatever the other may do or say is very charming; and even more so is their obvious friendliness toward all people, of wanting the whole world beautiful for all because it is so beautiful to them.



I couldn't agree more.

I feel better now :)

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no this isn't our cat

June 29, 2011 - 7:16pm - by admin

it belongs to some friends of ours

his name's lil' Frank Lapedus

('Peedy' for short)

he walks on backs and nuzzles faces

and purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs

and now, because I'm a sucker

I want a kitten, too

I'm-a name him Bill Paxton

or

Big P

P Dawg

P-Diddy

or Pax

for short

get on it Ty

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If you laugh you're horribe, just like me

June 28, 2011 - 6:51pm - by admin

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

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Library Voices at the WECC

June 28, 2011 - 3:50am - by admin

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!

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(Belated) Hip Hop Sunday #5 - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

June 27, 2011 - 6:57pm - by admin

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...

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What's in your bag?

June 24, 2011 - 10:11pm - by admin

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!

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Alyson vs Pom Wonderful

June 23, 2011 - 3:30pm - by admin

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 ;)

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