December 2008
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Now I can skim through world news in between your pictures of the Olsen twins and videos of cats in crocheted booties.
Treated recordings cassette project →
Three artists/bands participate in each event, each playing two of these shows, and for a third taking on the role of ‘sound engineer’ [using] one or more four-track cassette recorders, and one or more rapid cassette duplication machines […] for the live manipulation of the performed set.
Please bring a blank cassette to reproduce your own copy of the treated recordings. You...
I leave Halifax the day after tomorrow
and I promise there will be significantly fewer posts about shopping and clothes as soon as I get home.
Bra fitting tips
After today’s fitting with the “bra angel” (as my mother refers to the Polish woman at Sear’s) I have learned several things about finding a good bra.
Measure all the way around from under where your bra would sit. Add two inches and round up to get your number measurement.
Get a much larger cup than you would think. I’ve been wearing As and Bs my whole adult life...
Hire me for all your bored/angry/awkward modelling...
My mom's playing my band's cd for her friends in...
I guess this was bound to happen at a certain point in the trip. But gah! I’m hiding in my room like a pre-teen.
Only in Halifax
would I leave my wallet at the bar and return by cab 20 minutes later to find it in the exact place I left it.
Related: Only in Halifax would I have been dancing to funk music with my high school bests in a crowd of teens to 60-year olds with my wallet under my arm in the first place.
Musicians protesting the use of their music for... →
WatchThe Nutcracker was playing on CBC Radio earlier today when my mom and I went grocery shopping. As a kid, I was once in a ballet production of it. Listening in the car, I could still see what each character was doing, so I told the story to my mom while she drove.
Next year I would loooove to get tickets to see it.
I’ve embedded this version by the National Philharmonic Orchestra as a...
Royal Canadian Geographical Society awards... →
Cummins-Russell joins a number of geographers who are studying the cultural economy of cities, focusing on industries that have emerged in recent years to replace the declining manufacturing sector in some cities of the developed world, such as clothing manufacturing in Montréal. Among the rising creative industries are multimedia, video games, dance and drama. He hopes to be among the first to...
The phone rings in an empty house
Telemarketer: [pause]
Me: [checking caller i.d., noticing the call is from a 1-866 number]
Telemarketer: Yes, could I speak to Mr. Gold?*
Me: Um, no.
Hanging up the phone I thought about how little patience my mom has for telemarketers. She never answers their calls. I also thought about how 50% of my friends in Montreal work phone jobs in customer service, surveys, or sales.
*Incidentally, the only Mr. Gold in my family is my zaidie, who passed away 2 years ago this week.
“With most people I know, Tumblr is like this secret world that makes no sense...”
– britticisms
The days get longer from now on...
