U2 are playing four shows this week in Toronto. And on the day of the first one I decided that I would like to see them sometime and that there was no time like the present. Normally I have very good luck waiting around the venue until the opening band is playing or finished, and picking up decently priced tickets from scalpers getting desperate to...
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freakpirate:
5'10" actually... Is that tall?
freakpirate:
Wow. I always pictured you taller than that.
It's probably a sign of how old and pathetic I am that I am excited that I get to organize a charity Scrabble tournament at work. I'm also really excited that the new Scrabble 4th edition dictionary containts the words ZA and QI
Which is all pretty
when you think about it.
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paintedbat:
wow that's kinda cool
andvari:
If there were pictures I would post them. Too bad that camera's were not allowed.
my ipod was on shuffle and it played "do the manta ray" by the Pixies, then 'sea ghost' by the Unicorns. That's two songs in a row about mythological creatures, sung by bands named after mythological creatures, in a row.
The world is probably going to come to an end or sumthin.
The world is probably going to come to an end or sumthin.
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_sarah_:
I'm trying to think of other songs/bands like that. Hmm...
hellomrworld:
are those cool songs??
I was walking down the street, and I saw flyers posted to telephone poles and streetlamps looking for, of all things, egg donors. I'm gonna take a picture when it's light out tomorrow.
Richard Simmons on Larry King Live last night, on the damage in New Orleans from the broken levee: "New Orleans is so culturally important. It's like the Venice, Italy of...of the world,...
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Richard Simmons on Larry King Live last night, on the damage in New Orleans from the broken levee: "New Orleans is so culturally important. It's like the Venice, Italy of...of the world,...
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chris_sick:
Make it stop,
please.
Between you and Abbie's suggestions for site addresses I just might...
I don't know,
kill myself?
Yeah, that's the phrase I was groping for.
please.
Between you and Abbie's suggestions for site addresses I just might...
I don't know,
kill myself?
Yeah, that's the phrase I was groping for.
i think if a city is going to be completely wiped out by a hurricane, it should be completely destroyed and submerged until the only signs are ripples on the otherwise calm lake. I mean, it's wrecked anyway, so it would be cool to see it completely destroyed.
chris_sick:
I could berate you for your indifference to other's tragedy, but let's face it, that's not really my style.
Today I saw video footage of a fire burning underwater, the flames rose to the surface and were surrounded by bubbles from the boilding of the water. That was eerie.
And about the Pepsi logo,
you don't think we can do better than that?
Today I saw video footage of a fire burning underwater, the flames rose to the surface and were surrounded by bubbles from the boilding of the water. That was eerie.
And about the Pepsi logo,
you don't think we can do better than that?
chris_sick:
I got what you were saying, I think possibly it just came off as a touch insensitive, but that's why I was chiding you, for how it came off, not what you meant.
Meanwhile, more site details on the journal, please give thoughts/feedback.
Meanwhile, more site details on the journal, please give thoughts/feedback.
I saw Tori Amos last night at the Molson Amphitheatre. She was excellent, but probably disappointed a lot of casual fans by leaving out crucify, God, and Cornflake girl. On the other hand, she was obviously aware that she was playing in Canada, because she covered if you could read my mind and both sides now. The venue was less than half full, although...
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andvari:
This?
Very much no....unless there is another logo somwhere.
Very much no....unless there is another logo somwhere.
andvari:
ahhhhh...................
still no.
still no.
Know what would be fun? Running around to people's the empty journal's who aren't on my frineds list and writing "there are no comments for this journal entry." Because it would be grey, so it would look just like the regular message, but with 'dholokhov says' above.
Every summer I like to judge the Toronto Life summer fiction issue against the New Yorker summer fiction...
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paintedbat:
yeah you're right. I get lots of comments. It's a lot of work!
miamaze:
you cant see the painting till its finished!
It's the rules.
But hopefully in the next few days....
It's the rules.
But hopefully in the next few days....
OK so I got my foot checked out and they have no idea what is wrong with it. The doctor said it looks a little like gout, but I have very few of the lifestyle issues associated with it, I have average uric acid levels, and I'm not, like, 80 years old. On the plus side, it's almost completely gone away, so he said not...
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_sarah_:
Lollapalooza 1994
Main Stage:
Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys
George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars
Breeders
A Tribe Called Quest
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
L7
Boredoms (1st half of tour)
Green Day (2nd half of tour)
Second Stage:
The Flaming Lips
The Verve
The Boo Radleys
The Frogs
Guided By Voices
Lambchop
Girls Against Boys
Rollerskate Skinny
Palace Songs
Stereolab
FU-Schnickens
The Pharcyde
Shudder To Think
Luscious Jackson
King Kong
Charlie Hunter Trio
Shonen Knife
Blast Off Country Style
Souls Of Mischief
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Cypress Hill
Black Crowes
L7
Tibetan Namgyal Monks
Nope.
We saw some great bands, though, unlike the Lollapaloozas of recent years. 
I miss the old days.
Main Stage:
Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys
George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars
Breeders
A Tribe Called Quest
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
L7
Boredoms (1st half of tour)
Green Day (2nd half of tour)
Second Stage:
The Flaming Lips
The Verve
The Boo Radleys
The Frogs
Guided By Voices
Lambchop
Girls Against Boys
Rollerskate Skinny
Palace Songs
Stereolab
FU-Schnickens
The Pharcyde
Shudder To Think
Luscious Jackson
King Kong
Charlie Hunter Trio
Shonen Knife
Blast Off Country Style
Souls Of Mischief
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Cypress Hill
Black Crowes
L7
Tibetan Namgyal Monks
Nope.
We saw some great bands, though, unlike the Lollapaloozas of recent years. I miss the old days.
_sarah_:
Oh. Front 242 was 1993, by the way. I missed it that year. I saw 1991, 1992, and 1994.
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[Edited on Aug 23, 2005 8:22PM]
Go listen to the jazz pop version of Time After Time recorded by Tuck & Patti for their 1988 album Tears of Joy. Do it now. Steal it from the record store if you must.
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chris_sick:
Cool beans.
tonkakatt:
I can't....it makes me think of Cyndi Lauper....which it turns makes me want to vomit legwarmers, so I'm blocking the whole thing from my mind
Replacement roommate for guy who was going to move in Sept. 1 bailed! It's not that no one wants to live here, it's just that they keep backing out after they agree, which has cost a total of 12 days that I could have been showing the place, and $80 for having to replace the ad after cancelling it. I now have exactly 14 days...
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andvari:
Good luck. I hated having roommates. 
Every time I take some time off work something bad happens to my body. In december, I booked a week off and had a flu for four days of it.
So I was going to go to Ottawa on Saturday to see my parents and stay until Wednesday. But when the new roommate bailed I had to stay in town to find a new one...
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chris_sick:
That's a possibility, but one I strongly doubt since many of the hardest abusers I know have either paused to take stock or have all sorts of fun medical benifits and tests and things that tell them they're fine. Sure, as a group, we're statistically more likely to have more scar tissue than anyone else, but we do all right otherwise. I just got my first cold in two years. I think your body has a thresehold for abuse, and when you yourself make every effort to met and exceed that thresehold than your body just works double-time to keep everything else the hell out of the way, since the quota's already been filled. But what do I know, I'm drunk all the damn time....
paintedbat:
dude I'm in the States on vacation, that's why I wasn't at work....silly
uh-oh. room-mate for September 1 bailed. Must find new room mate in 21 days. Here I go....
Plus now $650 for new glasses and contacts. boy is my prescription strong
place is rented after being on market for three days. It's neat to live across the street from U of T.
Plus now $650 for new glasses and contacts. boy is my prescription strong
place is rented after being on market for three days. It's neat to live across the street from U of T.
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freakpirate:
I'm like... three blocks from the Jane and Finch mall. So pretty much any time you see "X Street and Finch" on the news in connection with some kind of shooting I can probably walk there.
Lucy and I are hoping to be able to find a nice cheap place somewhere less dangerous in the future.
Lucy and I are hoping to be able to find a nice cheap place somewhere less dangerous in the future.
freakpirate:
Yeah... I know where at least one drug dealer here lives. He's in one of the townhouses in the complex we're in. It's a little... bothersome.
Once you get past Keele on Finch it's pretty nice. Everything past Bathurst actually looks a lot like Fort McMurray (where I'm from). I wouldn't mind moving a bit more that way. But once you get to Finch/Sentinal, Finch/Jane, etc... it's just shit.
Once you get past Keele on Finch it's pretty nice. Everything past Bathurst actually looks a lot like Fort McMurray (where I'm from). I wouldn't mind moving a bit more that way. But once you get to Finch/Sentinal, Finch/Jane, etc... it's just shit.