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This part was for her, does she remember?
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This is how I feel today. Quiet but not. Maybe a bit sad? I'm not sure.
I blame the weather. It's grey and raining and a bit chilly and maybe if I wasn't sitting in my underwear with the balcony door open I could solve that problem but I love the smell of the wet air, the evaporating rain.
Leftover pizza is in my tummy, hair is in a bun, time to start painting.
It's the only thing worth doing on rainy days like this.
scratch your legs in the park
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Wore this dress today and it was a great success; I've been looking for a cute sassy dress in one of the obnoxious flower patterns that are hot right now for a while and stumbled across this gem the other day. A few seconds before I had an awkward run-in with Ty's ex and proceeded to be very nice while she was very rude, so I figure this dress is the universe's way of rewarding me for being the bigger person.I like this picture of it more, but it doesn't really focus so much on the dress as it does cleav and me looking sort of sassy.
I need to learn to pose for pictures properly, more like Danielle of 356 Outfits A Year, she's awesome (and so stylish!).
Had the Parental Units over for dinner and it was a great success; they brought me my luggage for my impending Montreal trip and an air conditioner, and I in return made them delicious sole fillets and home-made mashed potatoes with asparagus.
Now my tummy is full and my apartment is cool, so I can eat ice cream and watch Lost comfortably in my underwear just the way I like to.
Every time I wonder why
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It's all about the little things. Home-made honey dijon chicken leftovers, cups of coffee in the morning, reading novels on the grass in the sunlight on your lunch hour in a park, grabbing a snack with a friend in the afternoon. Stuff like that.Had trouble sleeping and woke up at 6:30am to a bird chirping super loudly outside my window over and over. All I could do was lie there and remember my high school science teacher telling us you know when you hear birds singing those pretty songs? They're actually saying FUCK OFF to all the other birds around.
I watched all my castles crumble down
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Spent most of last night sipping Chai and checking out my new David LaChapelle art book Heaven to Hell. It used to belong to Gord's (now ex) girlfriend; he gave it to her and she didn't even know who LaChapelle was and it hurt my soul that she didn't appreciate it. Well as a result of the breakup it wound up back in his hands and is now in my (appreciative) possession. His work amazes me, it inspires me, it makes me want to paint and draw and take pictures and make everything into an artistic endeavor. It's a good feeling.The neighbours had a shouting match that lasted most of the later evening and basically drowned out any music I played at an acceptable volume. So I cranked some Phoenix and enjoyed how much they remind me of Jamiroquai which I really like.
Un chanson pour moi, un chanson pour toi
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Happy Monday, friends.Posting gets so challenging on weekends with so much to do; even if I'm not really doing anything super exciting and blog-worthy it's still time away from the computer (and out in the sunshine! Yay summer!) and that's excuse enough for me.
Nothing says "Summer Saturday" like double rye & coke's on the patio at Cousin's Diner.
Roommate Supreme came back into town for the first time since we moved in together and filled up the apartment with his ridiculousness and personality and it felt suddenly way more like home. He's gone back up North to work for a bit and I'll miss him while he's away.
We were solicited once but twice by The Toonie Lady! Her name explains it all, and unfortunately I didn't have a toonie to give her. Maybe next time.
Saturday also marked Free Stuff Day which is also exactly what it sounds like -people leave stuff on their lawns for people to come and take. I'd never participated in it until today (Gord took us on a walk) and Ty found a boombox that found a new home at Morley's place.It's such an odd phenomena, to my knowledge it's just spread around by word-of-mouth (some radio stations mention it) and I don't know if it happens anywhere else?
A meal well-deserved.Now if you'll excuse me I have magazines to read, tea to drink, french songs to listen to and my trip to Montreal that is two weeks away today. I can't wait!
Much love xo
Morning's coming on
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Yesterday was a total write-off day. After spending a super busy Saturday out and about (pictures to come eventually) Sunday consisted of sleeping in until 3pm, eating cheese and tomato sandwiches while playing Okami, and not straightening my hair after my shower.
I always partially regret days like that because I feel like I should constantly be accomplishing something or working on a project but sometimes it's just needed, you know?
Tonight it's back to the Gym Grind though, so rest period is over.
It's a terror knowing what this world is about
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It's always nice to go out with friends mid-week and do something super chill; it's a nice push towards the weekend and something that I really forgot was important to do once and a while. In the past few weeks I've had no time to chill let alone breathe so a night like last night was much-needed.
Luckily for us Lo Pub happens to serve super cheap beer. My Stella and Ty's Stir Stick Stout cost less than eight dollars for both.I definitely kept having to remind myself that I worked in the morning.
Generally I'm iffy on any graffiti of the non-Banksy variety but I can make exceptions for really kickass bathroom stall graffiti like Tiger Face here. The door also said, among many awesome things, that's what she said so that gets major props from me as well.
Lo Pub has a rockin' new vegetarian menu so we indulged in some vegan poutine with the best miso gravy I've ever tasted. The guy in line behind me ordered a mushroom nut burger that I'll have to come back and try sometime for sure.
Intense convos.I spent all night trying to take a candid shot of them but Jabez kept moving so much I couldn't snag a snap that wasn't blurry without using my flash, so this is the best I could do. As you can see Meg of Po Mo dropped in for a visit as well and we finally met in person. Shout out to you if you're reading, Meg! It was lovely meeting you.
Look ma, no DJI'm not sure which of the opening acts this was since there wasn't really anyone behind the stage at all. Does it count as a "set" if you don't actually play anything? Oh well, whatever they had set up to play was decent.
I love this photo, it's so cozy and friendly and basically encapsulates the whole evening.
Your hero.In fact I had a heroic moment when, while I was up buying beer, the owner came around asking everyone already there to pay cover if they were going to stay and see the show (not sure how I feel about that, btw...) and everyone ponied up their 8$ but yours truly because I was off indulging my vices. Success!
"No: Bud, MGD, Blue, Kokanee, Shitty Beers etc."Hehe.
Shuttle.When you chill with super-talented people like Komus it's hard not to over-analyze and judge other DJs but I really liked this guy's set. It didn't seem to have a unified theme, which was a really nice break from other DJs who stick to one genre specifically. Very tech-house and sort of dubsteppy at times? Whatever you want to call it, I liked it.
I'll come out and hear this guy play again for sure.
Peaches... and guacamole
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Just got in from Lo Pub after an evening of beers, conversations and sweet musics.Posts to come about it, obviously.
But for now... gyoza before bed, and Check It Out with Dr. Steve Brule.
Rolling like thunder
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Very long day that started too early but hopefully won't end too late, I'm tired and my feet hurt.Ty and I discovered that the best way to kill time while doing cardio at the gym is to get one of the machines with a TV in it, then watch a show about real estate or renting with no audio and come up with outrageous ideas and theories and opinions about everyone on the show. Hell, it made my 30 mins on the cross-trainer fly by.
Afterward we hit up Sun Wah, my favorite cheap-as-hell Asian grocery store. Check out these sweet scores:
The gyoza are always on sale, 3 bags for 10$. Can't go wrong, right?All this ish cost under 30$, the gyoza being the most expensive. I also got us a bottle of red iced tea and some BBQ pork buns to have on the way home. Cheeeeeeeeeeeap! The one in Winnpeg is located in Chinatown (duh) on King St by Higgins Ave.
I've noticed that since the new Lucky Asian Market opened up -which I have yet to visit since it's not conveniently near downtown- Sun Wah has been stepping up their game a bit; getting fancier lighting, a new and more crisp layout, and giving away free snacks and candies:
Who says no to red bean candies, right?
Well... upon inspection (and a test by Ty) we realized why they were being given away: the wax paper was practically glued onto the candy and impossible to remove.
Oh, good.
What a waste.
