colourless green ideas sleep furiously

meet jillian lukiwski, aka the noisy plume. her work is...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:32:13 -0500

meet jillian lukiwski, aka the noisy plume. her work is absolutely breathtaking.

photo: james drummond.

want. and the rosy revolver’s giving it away,...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:26:00 -0400

want. and the rosy revolver’s giving it away, sweepstakes-style!

tiles from the 70s at the motel chez tony in amos, PQ.

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:30:18 -0400

tiles from the 70s at the motel chez tony in amos, PQ.

shopping kids'

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:22:00 -0400

new MEC fleece hoody! the youth 10 (49$) fit even better than the ladies’ xs (98$). slightly different, but fine with me. woohoo!

want.

Sat, 23 May 2009 02:25:00 -0400

want.

OC transpo = win! (dedicated bus lanes on the highway!) treeplanting sketchiness = fail. (will find...

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:40:38 -0400

OC transpo = win! (dedicated bus lanes on the highway!)

treeplanting sketchiness = fail. (will find out on monday, hopefully, whether or not i need to hop on a bus to cadillac wednesday morning).

update [trees and the like]

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:42:34 -0400

so i may not be fucking off to quebec as soon as i thought. now, to figure out if the boy meant “the wednesday next” as may 27 or june 3. definitely making myself at home at his parents place, without the boy…

phronk: More pie (via @Fracture98)

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:38:36 -0400

phronk:

More pie (via @Fracture98)

carlton cards

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:56:00 -0500

90% off boxed sets sale? i have holiday cards for the next year. or two. or three. win!

make a point to go parasailing sometime. (i swear those little...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:46:25 -0500

make a point to go parasailing sometime. (i swear those little blobs in the sky are us.)

and i’d argue that you can grow up with a similar idea even if your parents should have parted...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:40:20 -0500

and i’d argue that you can grow up with a similar idea even if your parents should have parted ways long before they did.

brokengentleman:

“If you have a good relationship with your parents, you grow up with the idea that love is very simple.”

—

Magic Molly (via vasta)

Actually, I’d argue that if your parents have a very good relationship, you grow up with the idea that love is simple. The major example in my life is of two people who have been madly, almost embarrassingly in love for thirty-odd years. As a consequence, that’s how I think love should be: consistent, enduring, and worth fighting (with each other) for.

we will be food critics at some point in our lives. and get paid for it. i get unreasonably happy...

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:29:32 -0500

we will be food critics at some point in our lives. and get paid for it.
i get unreasonably happy hearing french in this place - a table of quebecois behind us at dinner 2 nights ago, parisian ladies at the souvenir shops. we switched to french with the parisian best day agent (with whom we booked a snorkeling excursion); she seemed pleased.
one of my favourite moments thus far: being subject to an ear-ful of “i want to fuck you now” as a 60-something year old rounded the corner up the stairs after her husband, her sheepishly apologising with “oh! excuse me!” to which i countered with “have a wonderful night madame.”

i seem to be unable to use the camera on the boy’s laptop...

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:14:27 -0500

i seem to be unable to use the camera on the boy’s laptop to get a proper view from our balcony. you get the idea. squee!

mission: xmas present for boy’s parents mission: scratching post of sorts for serif

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:31:36 -0500

mission: xmas present for boy’s parents

mission: scratching post of sorts for serif

danke crowley-man!!

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:24:55 -0500

brokengentleman:

Got almost all of my friends Not A Paper Cups. Verdict = Win.

wishlist.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:42:00 -0500

for those who have asked (in particular, family), here is a wishlist (that will be continually updated).

for me:

rectangular sterling silver earrings in meetalls etsy shop.
fat: an appreciation of a misunderstood ingredient, with recipes. by jennifer mclagan.
gin.
film. a roll or two or three. i’m going to find uses for my lovely x-700 that’s sadly collecting dust.

for us:

a waterstone. specifically this one! 250/1000 grit combination, this is much more competatively priced than the henckels twin sharpener. our knives are way too dull for it to be safe in the kitchen.
a rasp for zesting and grating cheese. i get the feeling that lee valley will become a favourite soon. and i haven’t even actually set foot in the store yet!
coffee/espresso. the boy mused the other day that we splurge on coffee. which is true, and to be fair, in line with our regular $ allocation to food. we discovered kicking horse, and love their kootenay crossing (a medium blend) - many fantastic americanos have been pulled in the AM. although we found kick ass to be too acidic, we’d love to try their other roasts too! also can’t go wrong with illy beans.
a knockbox (it’s the thing used espresso grounds get “knocked” into. you’ll probably be familiar with the commercial ones at cafes everywhere. we are on the prowl - will post when we find something to our liking (because we’re picky like that. very.)
a coffee grinder. don’t have a wide enough knowledge base to select one yet; again, we’ll post something more specific when we find something to our liking (again, because we’re very picky).
kitchen hand soap. we’ve gone through a bottle of coriander & olive oil, and have just finished the last of our sanguinelli orange & fennel hand soap from fruits and passion. courtesy of my aunt on previous festive occasions, maybe she’ll have a refill in store for us this year! (by the way, as far as their body products go: i’m really not a fan of their melon line).
toilet paper. i’m serious! one of the most practical things ever (on that vein: tissue paper too). none of the shitty 1-ply stuff either. white swan, charmin, etc. PC makes a pretty competitive “ultra” (and their 2 ply isn’t bad either) - just stay away from their green line. i may be environmentally conscious, but i also dislike taking the skin off my bum. and i’ve planted enough toilet paper (“shit ticket”) forests that i feel justified in this stance.
definitely not for now, but when we have a “real place”, whatever that means: hicat. if i were a cat, i’d want most of the stuff featured on moderncat. i suppose when we have 4-figure leather couches and 7-piece sets, we can spoil serif too! and hopefully by then, hicat will be shipping outside of the UK.

montreal CKOI's masked avengers...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:12:42 -0500

palin prank!

hilarious.

click me click me click me!

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:56:31 -0400

artist statements

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:36:00 -0400

stumbled upon a random’s album on facebook who obviously uses the medium to showcase his work. gut reaction: each photo’s blurb took away from the art, and superficial explaination is trite and unneccessary. would i be less irritated by more esotericism?

can you miss someone you’ve only met once?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:15:54 -0400

can you miss someone you’ve only met once?