February 2012
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“But for the more competitive of New Yorkers, even for me, the summer is there to...”
– Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
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January 2012
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“I focused on the living animal in front of me and tried to make her love me. I...”
– Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
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“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I...”
– Émile Zola
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the little things -- January
Now:
- I’m super mega lovin’ the musical stylings of Florence + the Machine, Kimbra, and Gotye. (Click through to listen to my favourites)
- Reading up a storm! I’m trying to be more active on Goodreads, mostly for an easy way to track how many books I read in a year. I’ll be curious to see how many I’ve finished by the end of 2012…
- cooking some Spicy...
December 2011
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amazing.
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
Watched this while eating a grilled cheese sandwich.
The sandwich is now cold and barely touched.
This video blew me away.
I like that sometimes, puttering through the Internets leads me to something truly awesome and beautiful like this.
November 2011
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“Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art....”
– The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Sometimes it’s nice to be in the hands of a control freak.”
– Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson
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“Days spent under duvet covers unable to speak or move, nights sprawled upon...”
– iTunes Store writeup for Cat Power iTunes Essentials
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October 2011
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the little things -- october
- i can’t wait for the weather to turn chillier, so I can wear my new beautiful coat! Who would have thought that the day would come that I’d actually be looking forward to Winter?!
- spending time with new and old friends, in new and old ways. Impromptu yet epic roast beef dinners, sneaky karaoke-ing, fall bike rides through Wolseley, and long photo walks, for example
- i stocked up...
Tonight, someone told me that I was the Troy to their Abed. How awesome is that?!
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“A realm of intimate, personal power is developing — power of the...”
– Stewart Brand, from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
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I’ve really been feelin’ the Coldplay vibe lately…
September 2011
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back to the bay
I’m all packed for a weekend roadtrip, to my hometown.
I may only be going for five days, but I’m bringing my Holga, my iPad, and three books.
How is it that every time I need one, I can never find any bikini tops?
I’ve made a To Do list, and unsurprisingly, most items on it revolve around food.
See you soon, NW Ontario :)
August 2011
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“Being a somewhat dark person myself, I fell in love with the idea that the...”
– Laurie Anderson, Notes on Melville’s Moby Dick (via loveyourchaos)
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“You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say...”
– William Shakespeare (via rsummerhays)
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can't stop
July 2011
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wanderlust
(from Californian Academy of Sciences — we’re underwater. And my legs are um, missing)
It’s been three weeks since our trip to San Francisco, and I haven’t been able to get the city out of my head. How can I even begin to describe it? To experience the Pride Parade, in all it’s Lady Gaga-blasting, no pants wearing, rainbow flag-waving glory? Or the exact colour of...
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“I don’t think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated)
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coming soon...
We went to the Farmer’s Market this morning with Steph & Ivan. One of my favourite things about my schedule is that I always have Saturdays off. It’s swell.
In addition to cherry jam and roll kuchen, we now have enough fruit & veggies to make all of this awesome stuff. Coming soon to a kitchen near… me!
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake from Honest Fare
Absurdly Addictive...
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… the man who never reads...”
– A Dance With Dragons by George R.R Martin
June 2011
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aside
The Weakerthans are a huge part of my Winnipeg. I’ve loved lots of their songs over the years (One Great City!, Plea From A Cat Named Virtue, The Reasons), but this remains one of my favourite songs, of all time, ever.
Circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty. Armed with every precious failure, and amateur cartography, I breathe in deep before I spread these maps out on my...
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twenty four
I’ve been feeling inspired by Kyla Roma’s birthday list all week long, and have been adding to my own list throughout my not-so-surprise birthday weekend visit from my BFF and her fiance. It was a fantastic weekend, filled with farmers markets, beers and board games, and a LOT of delicious snackables. And a tiny smattering of girl talk, of course :)
Anyhow, here goes. My list is in...
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“For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in...”
– Ian McEwan
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“It’s like doughnut holes. Whether you take a doughnut hole as blank space...”
– A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
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“Some people have big feet, some people have big eyes, and some people have...”
– Andrew W.K
(first read on the lovely Chelsea’s blog, dearilou)
May 2011
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month of may
I can’t stop listening to this song. So what if it’s practically June??
PS It makes a seriously snarly Genius Mix :)