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Saturday, October 31, 2009

A ghoul's best friend

My sister and current roommate, Jane, has gone on a Halloween cookie baking frenzy this past week and I have become her assistant.

Don't be jealous of our mad decorating skills.


Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Dizzy autumn days

I love haikus. So short and sweet. Enjoy.

Fall
Like the changing leaves
Love's a bruise waiting to heal
Watch the colours dance

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chew on this

I had a pretty good time at the dentist last week.

After going through the notions with my dental assistant and having a routine "What are you doing with your life?" conversational check-up, our dialogue quickly turned to the topic of writing.

To make a long story short, my dental assistant ended up reciting me one of her poems. It was about turning 40 and it was exceptionally witty, charming, and hilarious.


It's unexpected moments like these that inspire me to continue writing.

Time to dust off the ol' poetry notebook.

(You can cue the cheesy music anytime now.)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Texts from this morning

As you may know, Bill 118 came into effect this past Monday, making it illegal for Ontario motorists to operate their cell phones while driving.

And while The
Toronto Star spotted 26 people in one hour breaking this new law at one downtown intersection, I witnessed something a tad different — yet equally as dangerous — while walking to work on Monday morning.

Here is what I saw: A woman in her late twenties/early thirties texting with one hand while walking down a busy Bloor Street sidewalk, oblivious to the pedestrians and obstacles in front of her.

Now some of you may be thinking, what's so dangerous about that? Sure, she may bump into a few people and generate a few evil stares, but we texters have all been there before.

Perhaps I should mention that she was also carrying an infant in her other arm.

One false move and that baby could literally be scarred for life.

And to add fuel to the fire, the woman's nanny/friend was pushing an empty stroller right beside her.

All I can say is, either play with your phone or hold your baby — don't try to juggle both at the same time, especially while walking down a crowded street. This is not a useful example of multitasking, my friends.

Kinda reminds me of Britney Spears' near baby drop.


Moral of the story? Practice safe baby holding.

Womp womp. The end.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

I have been seduced by the dark side blogosphere.

It seems like everyone and their 'dawg' has a blog these days. And as a former media studies student, I have often felt inclined to jump on the digital bandwagon. But if you reader(s) should know anything about me right off the proverbial bat, it would be this: As far as technoculture is concerned, I am the underdog

Allow me to briefly expand on this brilliantly original sports analogy: I didn't get my first cell phone until the ripe old age of 20, I don't own an "i" anything, and my Facebook friend count remains under 200, yet I still know what it means to tweet, bbm, and podcast, I am always the first to "Google that shit," and YouTube is (sadly) one of my closest friends. In other words, while I may not be an internet sensation yet, I'm still hella good at weaving my way through the interweb.

So fret not, friends (and potential employers creeping on me), I'm completely revved up and ready to get in the game. Watch out for jersey 2.0

Better late than never, right? 

Let's play ball.