I live here now

November 17, 2011 - 3:24am - by admin

okay not really but it feels like I do. classes end last week(ish) and I'm stressin' hard about getting everything handed in on time which is stupid because most of it is done/on the way to being finished and how hard is it to write a couple of papers, really? not hard at all. but papers combined with two exams on the same day have me crawling up the walls and probably driving poor Tyrone insane with my manic stressing-out, I can't wait for this term to be done so I can spend a month working and playing video games and drinking beer in the n00d in the middle of the day.

manic panic thoughts.

time to dance it out.

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Hip Hop Sunday #22 - Geto Boys: Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta

November 13, 2011 - 5:43pm - by admin

the use of this song is one of the best parts of Office Space

besides the scene where they smash the printer

enjoy your Hip Hop Sunday

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sometimes it's hard to get out of bed in the morning

November 10, 2011 - 7:39pm - by admin

maybe you have a meeting you don't want to sit through

or a review with your boss that you aren't looking forward to having

it might be really dark & cold outside and you bed is the only warm place in your whole house

you might be heartbroken and the only option is to hide from it

maybe you ran out of coffee yesterday

or have a report you didn't write that's due

you might be over-tired

under-rested

sick

or depressed

but just remember

even after destroying any (very) slim chance he might have had at winning the GOP presidential nomination

Rick Perry still has to get out of bed in the morning



so suck it up.

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I'm so out of touch with kids these days

October 27, 2011 - 5:55pm - by admin

like for example

when did little kids start wanting to dress up as electronic music producers who dress up with big mouse heads?

when did they start listening to drum n bass?

and more importantly... why is an awful remix of Ghosts 'n Stuff being played at a children's Halloween dance?

I don't even know what's happening anymore.

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this is what I looked like when I woke up today:

October 22, 2011 - 5:42pm - by admin

this is what I'm listening to right now:

this is what I'll be doing later:

(except without the misogyny)

Enjoy your Saturday, skids!

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Every night is an adventure

October 21, 2011 - 8:31pm - by admin

even though I obviously don't remember all of my dreams, I always feel like I wake up remembering a significant portion of part of a dream story (regaling poor Tyrone with my weird dream-stories in the morning is one of my favourite things to do :))

that's why I was happy to find this cool vid on Tumblr today:

I've actually been creeping on this dude's youtube channel for the last little while. I love videos that teach me things.

this has felt like the longest week ever (again). being in school and working has a weird way of sucking up all your free time & energy and leaving you wondering where it all went. tonight Tyrone and I are going on a dinner & movie date and we're seeing this and I am excited.

going to go on a coffee run in a bit I think. I've been manning the reception at my office and wearing a scarf from Rome that my Grandma gave to me and some 50s station is playing in the background, so I'm feeling positively retro today. busy weekend full of fun activities but what else is new?

this is how I feel right now :)

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Some ways I can make today better:

October 21, 2011 - 2:26am - by admin

Listening to my favourite Chilly Gonzales track.

watching more Boardwalk Empire



eating ice cream (but not this much or I'll get sick)



getting hugs from this fine gentleman:

and crying.

I said goodbye today
to someone who means the world to me
my heart is breaking
and all I can do
is tell you that I love you
and be glad that we still have each other
xo

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Welcome to my office

October 17, 2011 - 4:51pm - by admin

it's gloomy outside but I'm all sunshine in here. got a coffee with my boss first thing this morning and worked on some hand-outs listening to This American Life all morning. love that show, Ira Glass is one of my heroes.

had a session today where I helped the sweetest lady look up the tiny town in Italy that she grew up in. she hadn't been back to visit in over 45 years and started to cry when we found her elementary school because she was so happy to see it. it's reasons like that why I love The Internet.

last night Tyrone and I had a home-made pizza party.


we got most of the ingredients from this fantastic locally-owned Italian store called La Grotta del Fromaggio on Sargent Ave and witnessed the sassy Italian cashier (possible owner?) argue with three of the other older men working there because the computer connected to the register wasn't working. we wound up being there ten extra minutes because they were sassing each other, but it was so worth it. I love locally-owned businesses specifically for that reason, you see the authentic side of people and it's such a better experience as a result.

plus I got a massive hunk of prosciutto for only 9$ :)

busy day today. have another training session in ten minutes and a jam-packed afternoon followed by class this eve. this is my jam today:

love this video, love Dan Mangan, love you. xo

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don't say I've never done anything nice for you

October 14, 2011 - 12:48am - by admin

because after sharing that piece of grilled cheese video wisdom you can't ever be mad at me again.

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This is my pretty friend Rhonda

October 4, 2011 - 4:09am - by admin

she's standing in front of a mural at Nuit Blanche in the Manitoba Museum.

the museum was a 'dry event' which we didn't know about and decided to make the best of it by traipsing around the museum half-cut which was great until we went on The Nonsuch and I found out it never even sailed the seas (!!!) and Rhonda got yelled at for touching a rope so we booked it out of there asap.

last year's Nuit Blanche was substantially better for me considering we actually got in to the WAG unlike this year where there was a lineup 400 people deep by 10:30pm. riiiight. we tried to sneak into Stella's but our waiter half-confronted us and Shawna said "oh we came in through that door" (obvious back door) so that didn't go too well. I spoke to some peeps on campus today and some people waited an hour and a half to get in to the WAG are you kidding me? unreal.

in hindsight we could have gone to the party that was apparently happening in the Exchange District but to be perfectly honest none of us knew what was going on down there which is odd since Tyrone and I spent a good chunk of time trying to plan an itinerary which was consequently ruined by the dry event we didn't know was a dry event.

ideally next year will be more of a success and we will camp out at the WAG all night and just not leave like we did last year (should have learned our lesson).

I worked all day and had class all night and am tired and worn our and cranky can you tell?

Tyrone is getting frustrated with Super Paper Mario so I am going to go console him here is a video to make up for all my whining:

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