I am saddened that Toronto Life will no longer publish a summer fiction issue. Now normally Toronto Life is a yuppie rag filled with articles about people dholokov does not know and about things which dholokov cannot afford. But their summer fiction issue was really good and rivalled even the New Yorker (especially when the latter published works of fiction written by its attractive young...
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I am upset at the amount of police presence for Caribana, Toronto's annual black/Jamacian festival. Friday there were cops everywhere along Yonge St. They certainly didn't have that many uniformed officers on hand for the Gay Pride March. (not that they weren't in evidence, just not so much). The only conclusion that one can draw is that the police consider North Amercia's largest party...
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valcapone:
Which superconglomerate is that? Devils Inc.?
valcapone:
So you're a part of it, too, are you?
I think you are officially old when you realize what a great song "It's different for girls" by Joe Jackson is and how you could listen to it on repeat for hours.
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dogslife:
Liking Joe Jackson at all is a sign of age. To wit, I only recently purchased my first JJ album, Look Sharp.
tonkakatt:
now thats a plan
At work today the manager was forced to institute a new policy "no attempting to summon beetlejuice during work hours"
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superflea:
You know, it would be just my luck to land a pimp gig only to be swallowed whole by the very earth.
subrosa:
Thank you kindly. 
Note to self: no matter how tired you are at 6:30pm, do not decide that the answer is a big cup of coffee.
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tonkakatt:
been there done that
robotsatemyhair:
The answer is always blowjobs and napping.
You're a silly man!
You're a silly man!
The NIN and bauhaus show was nifty. Despite the fact that I have been to that concert venue several times in the last few years, I took the wrong streetcar and missed almost all of bauhaus. On the other hand, it was kind of neat because the venue is set on some fairly desolate waterfront property, and because I took the wrong streetcar I walked...
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robotsatemyhair:
Mayhap mayhap!
What is it about Canadians and smut?
What is it about Canadians and smut?
lakme:
WELL, THEN I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT SONG!!!
THANX FOR THE INFOS!!!
LAKME
THANX FOR THE INFOS!!!
LAKME
just to keep up on the always going to concerts thingy, I got a ticket for NIN and bauhaus on Saturday.
also, apparently, "I still like you and I'd like to keep dating you but take things more slowly; i feel like I need more 'me' time" means "I don't want you around anymore". Even more embarrassing, everyone else learned this at the age of...
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also, apparently, "I still like you and I'd like to keep dating you but take things more slowly; i feel like I need more 'me' time" means "I don't want you around anymore". Even more embarrassing, everyone else learned this at the age of...
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_sarah_:
I didn't mean all at once, smartass. 
Third in an uninterrupted series of "concerts I just went to" updates. On Saturday night I saw cellist zoe keating. She is really neat and sounds like the instrumental stuff from Berlin era Bowie, but played on cello. Live she uses super-nifty little loops so that she is able to layer her sound while still playing everything herself.
Because I had 23 days of vacation...
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dingoes8:
Hey, I think Zoe Keating used to be in Rasputina. They're groovy.
runk:
Bel Biv DeVoe, circa 1990.
As my division of the mighty Thomson juggernaut has been in denial of being part of Thomson since the merger 10 years ago, we don't hear much about the Royal Family.
I was very surprised to hear the old man was still lucid & active...I always thought he looked like Mr. Burns and spent his time silently in a wheelchair, only to leer & grab at his nurse occasionally.
As my division of the mighty Thomson juggernaut has been in denial of being part of Thomson since the merger 10 years ago, we don't hear much about the Royal Family.
I was very surprised to hear the old man was still lucid & active...I always thought he looked like Mr. Burns and spent his time silently in a wheelchair, only to leer & grab at his nurse occasionally.
At the behest of some friends last night I used their spare ticket to see Imogen Heap. I had only heard a few songs of hers on my friends car stereo before, but she was amazing live, in fact much better than on her CD. I'm now upset that she had to cancel as the opening act for a Tori show that I saw quite...
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boyblue:
You should have seen/heard the life I was living in Athens, then you would understand, in the words of Depeche Mode "enjoy the silence." 
snowbear:
That upset? Really?
I saw the Charlatans UK last night, 16 years after their biggest hit. Even though your average persons remembers only one song of theirs, if that, they actually have like ten albums. They were OK but very, very loud. During the opening act we amused ourselves by thinking of the most obscure "Madchester" song we could remember (winner: open up your mind" by the real...
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dingoes8:
I was pretty much perfect in the first Logic course. But this one got more advanced. Instead of just working with the proof rules, we had to prove semantically that the rules themselves were sound and complete. That part really gave me trouble, but luckily, it wasn't worth as many points on the final.
paintedbat:
Well at least you have the balls to do it.
And if it was only that easy to get my hampster back
And if it was only that easy to get my hampster back
Yeah, I tried. They rejected me. No surprise, not enough friends.
I'll be at the SFX show Saturday, gothed out with my hair dyed red and a black box coat on (Dark City style coat). If the hair dye takes that is.
I posted the show in the Science Fiction group but something inexplicable happened to my event. Dunno.