Monday, September 27, 2010

revelations and elevations



We Can Still All Be Free

 There's all this pressure and hysteria attached with approaching the mid-twenties. Like having a sense of direction and a general idea of  your "purpose".  People I grew up with are beginning to have real jobs, like being playboy bunnies and stylists and working in offices...kay, never mind. But at least they know what they want. Meanwhile I'm still um, waiting tables and all I know what I want is a car. Not even a fancy car, just some shitbox that can take me places. And I know that I want to see lots of places. And have adventures. And before I started worrying about "becoming an adult" I had all that. And I was having the time of my life. So then I went through all these old photographs of when I was care free and realized that well, my life has been pretty awesome so far and it's time to stop caring about what people are telling me to care about. Just live my life and stop worrying about useless shit like how the hell am I ever going to buy a house and have babies and a have husband and be a driven career woman going absolutely fucking insane because that shit is so unrealistic and I don't even think that's what I want but am expected to want.

So here's to all the dreamers, under-achievers and believers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqfOWcQ0gU




Sunday, September 26, 2010

when we were free

My Neighbours

My room-mate

Tofino

16 in Trois Rivieres
Things I got nominated for

Getting around

Newfoundland

Ropeswinging

Montreal

Om Fest early 2000s

Elk

Banff

Sea to Sky Highway

Car turned tent

Brohm Lake

Leah

Roof rack

Woody

Secret Tunnel

Secret Lake
Secret Lagoon

Boat Eater

Jesus Car Mascot
Dance Party

War Paint
High Five

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Boyfriend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y40TsOIpuEU

So I heard this song at work yesterday and it's been stuck in my head ever since and I'm in a kurfuffle over how I feel about it. I mean I like it but I don't, if yaknowhatimean. It's called "boyfriend" by the band Best Coast. First of all, I don't like the band's name but that's a personal issue I feel about the term not the band's (can you tell that I'm a die-hard east coaster?) I mean, I LOVE the west coast too but I think that I should go into detail about this subject some other time.  Back to the song. I love the dream-like nostalgic quality of it but I don't like getting depressed when I listen to music and I'm not going to lie, I got a little depressed. Maybe it's because the only person that wants to be my boyfriend right now is a 50 year old toothless stand-up bass player that lives above the bar and gets drunk all day (winner), he even... *gasp in horror*... wrote a song about me. Don't want to think about that right now.
Okay, never mind, the more I listen to this song the more I like it, the best coast song NOT the toothless bass player's song. Best Coast is going to be playing Toronto this Saturday so I just might drop on by.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnddd as usual, with a song I've attached a photograph (courtesy of moi) that I feel goes well with the song. I took this a few years ago with my then-boyfriend. I know these types of shots can be cheesy but for some reason I REALLY like how this one turned out.


Antennas

Monday, September 20, 2010

King Night

 running down the stairs 


So I think it's safe to say that summer is over, and when summer is over we all know what that means...HALLOWEEN!!! Well, i shouldn't think that far ahead but i really can't help it. I was meaning to post this track that i found on Halloween because I think it suits the holiday the same way a fat kid suits cake. Yet knowing myself I'll probably get distracted, bored or simply just forget about it and start thinking about something completely different. Hence, (what a strange word) I've decided to post this photo I took and the track up right now in honour of the most fun holiday of the year and maybe some of you can get inspired and start thinking of get-ups a little earlier. And please, no slutty witch or vampire or mouse or a goddam cat because that shit is just SO lame. But if you REALLY want to dress in a slutty costume then why don't you be a sexy trout or donkey or something at least.

The track is by Salem and it's called King Night. I don't know how to post it with the video yet, i'll ask someone tech savvy soon, but for now you guys are going to have to deal with the Youtube links, ALRIGHT.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISub-86SHAE

Friday, September 17, 2010

It's always sunny when im watching "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"

Day Man vs. Night Man
So I'm absolutely fucking obsessed with this show. No, seriously, like insanely hooked on it the way 50% of Vancouver is hooked on crack. Yes, THAT kind of hooked. And what's even more awesome is that in one episode a few of the characters actually do crack so that they can qualify for welfare. Not that I'm promoting crack or going on welfare or doing crack so you can qualify for welfare. And I am definately not promoting Vancouver for that matter, because that place is a just a giant shit hole. I just think that this show has the ability to make people laugh about things that are viewed upon as horrible and depressing and just plain wrong. Like dumpster babies. But why don't you guys just check it out for yourselves, no seriously, do it, do it NOW. Oh, and by the way, it's been around for like, 6 seasons so there's a lot of catching up to be done, bitches.

I'm not done yet.

Soooooooooooooooooo just to rave about this show a little more, I found on Youtube an out of this world remix that this guy put up of the "Dayman" song from the show. But you won't know about the Dayman song unless you actually watch the show. So watch the show, listen to this remix, and thank me later for enlightening you.

Have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSSOIRfM0FQ

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Moonshine

 into the night
pencils

flower garden at night

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

falling

                                                         
               some relatively recent work

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Parks and Recreation



Man in blue sleeping in park