tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34900253490713746082011-07-30T07:53:17.958-07:00It's my body. I do what I want.maeganthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056723183422479349noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490025349071374608.post-14456066566423233582009-12-08T17:01:00.000-08:002009-12-08T17:03:29.686-08:00

I'm trying out Tumblr for my posting addiction.Maybe I'll stay here for long form stuff, or post my angst or something.Anyway, it's just to prove iknowaboutstuff.

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Apparently it’s a big thing. So, in the most inexplicably far fetched idea for entertainment ever, a friend shows up with a copy, some for-adults-only snacks and we let the journey begin. I’m not going into the movie because I don’t want to offend the INTERNET with how I felt. Let’s just say, before it was conceptual and now it’s real – sad face. Anyway, that’s not the point – the point is

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“SOME Texans are worried that a constitutional amendment against gay marriage they passed in 2005 appears to ban heterosexual marriage as well.” This popped up on my friendly neighbourhood social networking sight and I just had to share: a brief note from the Economist’ s “columnist on American politics” Lexington in “Lexington’s notebook“. The blog post is brief but powerful, hilarious and

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(it's not 100 words but the pun is worth it)Found in space (a story in artifacts): 1 - bouquet daisies3 - unsent postcards5 - pebbles from that one beach2 - tickets3 - keys on a silver panda chain15 - unread magazines tied with string1 - returned undeliverable notice6 - birthday cards7 - cookies left in the pack1 - purple sneakerwhole bunch - ashes

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Man, this is a pretty awesome, weird, maybe homophobic but I don't think so, music video that features a cute song and some cuter butts.Valley Lodge "All of My Loving" from Valley Lodge on Vimeo.Weird but satisfying.

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This is another of my attempts at a recurring theme. This time it’s an interview with Hilary Clinton, photographed by my favourite over-rated (i.e. I like her but come on) photographer, Leibovitz. Again Vogue, has placed the fashion of a woman – and her looks – in highest priority over her accomplishments. Not so bad really, if it was an auto-mag, the focus would be on her cars. This is what

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The New York Times recently looked into a growing trend of teachers selling their lesson plans online. Some use the proceeds for supplement their classrooms, some for their own lifestyle. Corporate copyright issues are not brought up in the article, though I’m sure someone will try to apply them eventually. But even more disturbing is the lack of questioning of WHY would people sell their lesson

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Totally Dope! We will not tone it down! The Stephen Colbert “feud” with Miracle Whip got actual news coverage by the Chicago Tribune. The only thing they really added was that Kraft, who produces Miracle Whip and supported this advertising detour (of GENIUS) also owns competing mayonnaise brands. Also WOW THIS IS BORING. But, it’s gets better (promise). Because it’s always better with Colbert. [

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A new strategy game, which you can play (but please don’t) at The United States of Earth (founded by Ron Paul supporters), shows the downfall of Obama’s “regime.” The scenario is like something out of the James Bond – or any number of 1990s American - movies with the evil communists and freedom-fighting Americans. So pretty much what you’d expect out of my first sentence. The description of the

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Some question for all the ladies (and men who like that sort of thing) (SEXISM!):Is GQ the perfect women's magazine?Is Annie Leibovitz's new spread "good"?Is Dane Cook a Jerk or a Genius?

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Manta Ray-Gun, photo by Kate HendersonI reviewed a show for local music mag Discorder - pretty awesome.Also, here's a quick question about live music from MagMe.MUSIC.

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Coupla posts coming AT YOU.On dinosaurs and the new technology freak out, 60 Mins should not be your source for "wave of the future" news.Some sweet Twitter quizzes to pass the time.

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New posts up in yer face.US Speed Skating Joins the Colbert Nation.C'mon Canada, open your mind(s).

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If there is no other reason to watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (and I could argue either way) it is for the guest stars. Yougot yer Rainn Wilson, you got yer Hilary Duff, you got yer that guy who was the anti-mutant leader who was turned into a mutant in that second X-Men movie.Carol Burnett has a semi incestuous relationship with Matthew Lilard guys. GUYS Big Boi. Two dudes from OZ,

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I watch quite a bit of TV. Good and bad, male and female oriented, above and below my intelligence level; I could say that you can't comment on pop culture without experiencing it but that would be only half true.So I have a couple of questions for TV but go easy on me because I'm exposing my bad habits here. Here's the first edition:Why can I always call who is going to sleep with whom based

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I'm not being polite: that is the actual title, and yes, you are supposed to fill in the vowels when you say it.This one man show played at the Vancouver Fringe Festival but I saw it on its second last night at the Firehall Arts Centre in East Vancouver. It's a cute but sparse theatre that lets you take your liquor from the in-house bar to your seat. Fittingly enough, the performance was cute,

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Here's a couple of posts: the sexism of the internet and on that Georgetown kid who hired a personal assistant.No girls allowed?Jerk or Genius: student hires PA.

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Hey you guys:read all this and then read it again so I get PAID.In with the old...combine with the new (some fun viral videos utilizing old techniques I've found).Reverse Engineering the Brain (neural nets!).While you're under my roof...(Olympic housing!)

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Regina Spektor goes "Far"

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Olympic Security - Secure for Whom?

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Update to my opinion on how useless Lady Gaga is (except at making people talk about Lady Gaga):"Lady Gaga speaks like an "intelligent" "person" - which makes everything she says more terrible. She is going to take opera mainstream! The Monster's Ball! Wow! NO. It will be terrible.Let's just say that in the world of making esoteric or overshadowed arts popular, she is not So You Think You Can

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Over at MagMeA revolution in lifeblogging - just what we need!

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New posts from MagMe:Pay phones: a symbol of our cultural bias.2010 Medals: finally, something Vancouver be proud of.

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OK, first of all, how did anything Whedonesque get by me without knowing about it?!?Second of all, I don't care the potential criticisms (and there are many, and they are obvious, which means they probably know and don't care), Nathan Fillion sells it - he is cheeky and self-aware.And I'm a knower of the "savants": House, The Mentalist, Lie to Me are all on my watched list (though not all are as

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Dear Spike Jonze,Thank you.Sincerely, MaeganOh, you wanted more? You wanted me to go on about the CG (it was mostly puppetry!), the soundtrack (it was subtle! Karen O!), poignant (tears welled!) and totally appropriate for kids but made for adults (!)? Well I won't!What I will do is repeat is my response to the criticism my fave blogger Molls (pre-having seen the movie) which is stated around 2:

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Here's my review of Night Five of SHiNDiG, CiTR's battle of the bands.There are some typos I have to fix, but there it is.Also, I'll be doing another review for Discorder next week, and will be running their Twitter as of soon! YEAH!

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I just finished emailing in a statement about the death I witnessed yesterday.Oh, and some new posts are up at MagMe.Are passwords soooo over?Things I Want.(All kidding aside, it was pretty shattering. I didn't phone everyone I have ever known because that is so morbid and how do you even start that conversation?)

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Hey HEY hey....Here are some new posts on MagMe:Cyborgs are the future...and the future is now.Matt Good's Vancouver - a review.Do not listen to Lady Gaga. Do listen to Dragonette.

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hey MILLIONS OF INTERNET USERS and TENS OF INTERNET USERS WHO ARE MY READERS...I will now be blogging for MagMe. Basically, it's a blog to support their upcoming venture that will let people read magazines online fo' freesies.I'll be linking from here and from twitter, but it will probably take over whatever time I put into posting here. That being said, it's similar subject matter so my opinions

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from stiletto revolt:Religious States Have Higher Teen Birth Rates.Coincidence?

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New series I'm creating "Who Wants to Read a Crazy Person?"This woman. Is. Dangerous.REALLY!!!!?!

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District 9A simply great example of sci fi, though dirtier and more in your face in look and feel than movie goers are probably used to. Sci fi readers probably were less shocked.Sci fi gives us a glimpse of our present truth unimpeded by the vision blocking paradigm of "how things are now." The setting of Johannesburg is problematic - contextually and historically it is a relevant and pointed

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This is the worst thing: the Klondike Man Cave.WHAT YEAR IS THIS? Is it 1987? 1923?Note to self: buy freaking SnagIt only to be able to easily post this:More shots at Jezebel.com who turned me on (off) to this in the first place.Another note: at the bottom of the screen there is this: This web site is directed only to U.S. consumers for products and services of Unilever United States

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I like everything by Chuck.Like his History? I like it.His Ideas? Like'em.This Fucking Person? What's not to like?And when he teams up with molls, that's just....well, that's pretty effing likable. (and offensive).Look at this fucking person living in the United States.

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I won't really understand this until I can afford a smart phone. We talk of the technological revolution, but the gap is still there for access, even spoiled brats like me.Twitter is not really useful to anyone not connected as long as they are ...awake. And while I'm often on the INTERNET, I'm also at the movies, the park, the coffee shop etc. and my phone can barely text.

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Do you use the "C-word"?No. I say cunt.As some have pointed out, "cunt" is a pretty common slang term for a guy in areas like Scotland and England - occupying an area somewhere between "dude" and "fuckface." But European ubiquity is not an excuse for use - there or here. Cunt it is still one of the last offensive words in North American culture. Or, rather, it's one of the last words that both

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Bad news everyone: Reading Rainbow is doneskies.Enjoy these tributes. But you don't have to take my word for it! (drumriff for such a good joke!)reblogged from Videogum.

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UPDATE: There are things going on here too people (here is Vancouver, B.C). Health care guys! Woooo!Love it. "End of death counseling" PEOPLE. PEOPLE DIE. IT HAPPENS.Just watched a clip from Colbert Report his insurance program for the show has it included. Betcha most of the ppl who have insurance and are yelling "death panel" have it.So these "death panels" are only killing grandma by ACTUALLY

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NERDY and correct.

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looks like I, like internet It-girl Molly Macaleer, cannot count:By the time I actually graduate it will be SIX (6) YEARS!Shit.

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This is frustrating, but I'm not going to indulge in the "American's are so racist and teribbler-er than us (Canada)" because we have our own deep-seated, perhaps more passive nowadays but no less historically blood soaked, intolerances. Watch this and cringe and yet, hope:I think it's silly to use the fact that Sotomayor called herself an "affirmative action baby" - she's saying that to show the

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If you feel the need laugh and then cry and then curl into a ball of fear and loathing, read the Storyboards from Michael Bay's The Great Gatsby.Ok, breathe, it's a joke.But this is why I won't see Transformers 2. (And why I need to take a firmer stance on what movies I'll pay to see or even see with someone else's dollar.) Because this boat (the boat in this instance being Michael Bay's creative

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Farah, Michael, Ed.Coincidence?

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"You Are Free" remains the best one. Maybe because it sounds different and honest?Also, it's just objectively better. I am the arbiter of objective btw.

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I am not sad (nor happy) that Michael Jackson is dead.And while he was quite the character and deserved respect, not really taking a moment for Mr. McMahon.OK, I took (a little) pause at the news of David Carradine, but let's be honest, that's because of my personal interest in him making more movies for me to watch.It's not that it's not sad at all...it's just that I am not feeling any actual

maeganthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056723183422479349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490025349071374608.post-3606233988186386422009-06-25T12:17:00.000-07:002009-06-26T22:30:48.077-07:00

well, now, in fact, you, ummm, do...know it. Is what I'm sayin'.Watch this.

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If you speak to me irl (that's in real life for people who speak properly), you know that I have certain...feelings...dismissive ones...vaguely disgusted ones...about the UFC. Don't get me wrong, these are athletic, tough, determined fighters who have trained and fought their way to success in their field. But blood sports are just not my thing and I don't get them - cannot our gladitorial

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A very long time ago (i.e. several weeks) I wrote these poems and they were put in a journal and I read them and they are ok I guess.Here are two, and I hope to combine them with some other stanzas into something longer but also I just might talk about doing it.**** did you see how fast he ran? how hard she's standing still? can you hear them quietly screaming? bleeding all over their

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If something is real, it lasts - if not in body, then in relevance and mark.Good lyrics are personal, political, singular and universal.So these are good.Here please forgive meCould we escape all the bitterness piled upon bitternessHeld in the face of the things that I don't understandIntellectualize over and overThis helplessness suits usFunny how quiet has slipped to our cornersWorn all our

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This may be the funniest thing I've ever internetted:reblogged from videogum:Paul Rudd is on my list.

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Another installment of everyone's favourite game where we ask: Coincidence?Me getting sick.Three days off after finally completing a six day work week.Several important events to attend this week.Coincidence?

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Dear Henry,I made a list of things you likecuntennuibeing racist (Tropic of Cancer)individualismcuntcollar buttonsbeing very racist (Tropic of Capricorn)drinkingcuntcomparing oneself to Jesusinanimate objectsolfactory descriptionsrye bread (sour)cuntand a list of things you are mesmerized byall of the above andmoney.Henry, are you a megalomaniac or have you made yourself a totem?xoxoxoxMaegan

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There are at least 3 of you who follow me. Not counting my grandparents (who I pretend don't read it or would not be able to talk to them without blushing).So leave a comment or follow me so when I send potential employers to this site they see that this isn't just masturbation. Well, you know, or that people are watching it - which makes it porn, but people get famous from that who are way less

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I finally saw Watchmen. So yes this is outdated and irrelevant.But I was told to share this.Here is an actual (approx) phone conversation I just had with Ms.ZMe: So we saw Watchmen instead. It was awful. Just terrible.Z: I liked it.Me: No. No, you didn't.Z: I mean I liked see the graphic novel come to life, the special effects, I liked that part of it.Me: Well that's not liking it, that's liking

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A new thing I'm trying - Coincidence?I don't promise inspiration but I do promise coincidence presented without comment. It may be interesting, useful, fated or perhaps just a, well, you know. Today I present:The movie The Warriors.Duddy Kravitz of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler runs a "gang" called The Warriors.Coincidence?

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Sarcasm is the refuge of small minds or so they say. There are so many quotes and quips denouncing sarcasm that to list them would take two internets.But it gets damned more than it deserves. I'm not completely endorsing it - rather I'm defending the necessity of unpleasant things. Some people are sarcastic because they are terrible, others because they feel terrible, and sometimes it's the habit

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So this is a little bit fantastic. And the point about "haven't yet figured out how to safely and easily kill sperm" is moot because the resources haven't been put into finding one. Same for a lot of things that rich white men aren't really invested in. (ouch) Why Is There No Sperm-Killing Birth Control Pill?[from Scienceblog via Jezebel.com]Greg Laden at Science Blogs tests the theory that men

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I can't believe! Of course I've been paid to write before! It wasn't a major corporation but a small one, a not for profit BIA from which I learned a lot.These profiles, Burnaby Dental, On the Rocks Curling, DeliJohn Market, Urban Seafood, Custodio Photography, Making Memories with Scrapbooking are by yours truly. They aren't permanent pages so I'll have to get a new strategy for this post soon,

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So I'm tempting the corporate gods by posting this but I'm so damn proud of myself.I don't care that it's not high faluting, and I don't care that it's corporate, and I really don't care if writing for a utility is not your idea of creativity. It takes another type of creativity to do this, think about it like problem solving. But I wrote something and a major corporation allowed themselves to be

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Here is another Peak gem, this one about a cool lady, Alison Norlen, and her exhibition at the SFU Gallery.Alison Norlen takes us to sensational placesBy Maegan Thomas, Associate Staff Contributor“Roller Coaster — it’s a great symbol for this exhibition. A roller coaster is not just a physical journey, it’s a psychological journey. Roller coasters can be exciting, fun, but also scary and a little

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Here is a review I wrote for The Peak (SFU's Student Newspaper). I originally had a lot of block quotes but you guys just need to read it. You guys. Read it. Sit back and kick upBy Maegan ThomasThe Idler's Glossary by Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell, Illustrated by Seth“Let us agree that life can be boring.” Yes, indeed let us. I’m now in the illustrious and much coveted 5th year of my degree and

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Hello again to all my friends,I'm glad you came to play.I'm back.My goal is to do one a week min, guys.ONE A WEEK.You know what would be awesome? Well, I'll tell you then.Send me a reccomendation for a book, album, movie to review.Old, new, terrible, amazing, send me a reccomendation (better yet the objet d'art itself) and I'll review it (honestly and without bias). It'll be fun, I'll build some

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Well, I guess I dropped the ball on this one...As one of my faves, Molls, points out, blogger is for peeps who write for a month and get bored.But 2009 guys! 2009 is it!Here's a little something to remember this year by:

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I would totally pass this test.http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tor/763102764.htmlJust so you all know. Especially you, in the back. Call me.

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And I mean that in terms of this blog, and emotionally.I still want to get to some of it but here is a little update - going back to school, still writing for a cmns dept. and....um....this comic: Yup, welcome back to Communication Maegan: prepare for 1st years telling you what you already now. Pedantry now!

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You guys have to check out of these guys - canadians in new york, founder of vice magazine with that guy from those truth smoking ads.street fashion, blog, tv clips, radio show etc etc.quote...begin:"Chloe's boobs? everyone's seen them...""ok wait. I pronounced the word vagina wrong. have you ever seen her vagina."from the 90's revival episode at http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/radio/

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Dear Regina Spektor: Will you marry me?xoxo,MaeganThis is not a full review because I don't have time.And I know that these are lyrics rather than quotes.And I know that I am probably the last person to find this woman.But for quotes of the moment (which should be my moment because they are not up to date or relevant) I submit: every lyric of the album Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor.To wit:"That

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This one is for the ladies. Stereotypically, men don't have a problem with casual sex. Or, rather, it isn't demanded of them that they do. But I know a number men that have qualms with casual sex. So maybe this is for the gents too.Anyway, those who know me know I love the boys (the all grown kind) and if ever asked to justify my nature I'm confident enough as a women to admit it. I adore men. I

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this is quickly becoming an archive of stuff I like that you should too.or maybe just a way to not forget what I come across.which, I guess, makes it like all the other blogs out there.but hey, it's my body I do what I want.

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perhaps one of the best things ever, written on one of the worst things ever (in a never really been exposed to anything really terrible sense):I present a compendium of Douchebag, an ubiquitous urban genus:EtymologyGenus: Douchebag - a zoological studyGenus: Douchebag, Species: The Deep Vc/o RadarOnline

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sometimes I read something and I think, damn, write that down.ummm, so I did.in this installment: Umberto Eco, genius Italia(many gems, here are a few)on ambiguous symbols: "A secret is powerful when it is empty...it can be filled up with every possible notion, and it has power."on Dan Brown: "I suspect that Dan Brown might not exist."(there is context to this, but it's better without)on so

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I was just reading in the Georgia Straight that White Whale Records is officially out of here and off to Ontario (but we already knew that: "The Lodge" packs up house") - well the Octoberman frontman and Havdale are going so, defacto, the label is going.Man, locals love these guys...am I crazy? Well, yeah, but about this? They are talented musicians but they just don't have that oomph that brings

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if you notice that things I write for the illustrious SFU student newspaper The Peak are a little different from my personal work, well, good call.I've discovered that writing for an audience often actually means writing for what your editor thinks the audience is. according to the Peak this means business students. hells if I know why, but there you go. and according to the Peak, business

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here is a blurb I did on Tegan and Sara's The Con for a larger piece on The Polaris Music Prizes. Here's the published version. the uncut version is below:I had Tegan and Sara’s The Con spinning for weeks after it was released and I still have bouts where I just repeat all for days. The T&S are an acquired taste for many, and even fans are often pitted against each other in clichéd “old vs. new”

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I'm adding links to old published material (when those links are available) - if I think it's good, or needs context, I'll post the article and link to it as well.some of it is pretty bad, but someday I'll be prolific enough to pick and choose. well. probably not.and sometimes, especially with my SFU newspaper pieces, whatever I post here will probably be longer and generally more awesomes so

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Dear Martha,How's it goin? I was thinking we should grab a bottle of Bordeaux and have an honest and off kilter heart to heart about this crazy world and the mad men living in it. Oh, you already had that conversation and set it to music? Nice.First, you were right – love IS "savage and it's cruel and it shines like destruction, it comes in like a flood and it seems like religion, it's noble and

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FYI, I add my fave stuff in the re: also awesome section.while some is intended to demonstrate my intellectual chops, it mostly includes silly, entertaining sites, products, comics, blogs etc. not all of it is particularly serious or deep - but not everything in the world is, okay? okay.also, if it says explicit or NSFW this usually means it's something I wouldn't want my grandparents knowing I

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Last week a friend and I, shoeless and be-wined, discovered Todd Rohal’s The Guatemalan Handshake at the VIFC. Because I am generally bad at life, I had never heard about this film until that afternoon, over two years after its release. This was probably why the audience was small, but that just gave my companion and I opportunity to loll about (with aforementioned shoelessness) and broadcast our

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This blog has no subject. No subject, various formats, and a guiding principle: I come across a piece of art or information that moves me - I write about it here. I foresee arts reviews, brief essays, poems, rants and raves, musings in general. So it'll be basically you know, a blog.But oh god, no tearful melodrama. That's for my journal and my Mr. Smooches.There will be (most likely ill) crafted

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