September 5, 2010
Undo your mind
I wish.
Click here to read the latest installment of I’m a Good Story. It’s a bit…er…scattered, but that’s okay because it’s perfectly reflective of how my life has been in the last month.
So. Yeah. I’m back in Vancouver after a really fun east coast tour of Montreal, North Hatley and Toronto. My grant’s done, I’m sorting out the next chapter of my life and things are interesting, which is basically another way of saying I’m suffering from severe anxiety. Who’s got a solution for that? Anyone?
Here are some highlights of my trip…
Had a hearty bro-down with my bud Adam Gollner. We talked all things writing. I totally needed that for my writerly soul.
Adam is such a committed writer, he has a bed in his office with a hospital computer rest thing so he can write any which way he pleases. That’s some serious stuff. My hero!
You know those days when you leave the house and you hope to run into someone you know, but not a crappy ex-boyfriend? That happened in Montreal. I randomly ran into Dan, who was getting drunk alone on Prince Arthur. It was great!
Poutine with a side of cheeseburger.
The French believe in The Secret too.
Hung out with Gerard, after a lengthy and hilarious email build up, which one day we may reveal to the world, if the world is lucky enough.
I always make a point of visiting Reema at her amazing cupcake shop. Not to be missed if you’re in Montreal.
Day of the wedding, I got to ride up with this little critter. She was awesome.
When we arrived at the property (which was so big and beautiful) I immediately went upstairs to change into my ceremony dress. These were the first people I saw upon arrival…the sunny and unflappable Jenna and the beautiful bride Laura.
Then I went downstairs and waited for the ceremony to start. I was lucky these guys were there or else I would have felt really uncomfortable and alone.
These guys played music while the bride and groom walked down the aisle.
The stunning bride’s maids. Boy, did they pull off that yellow.
And the bride. With Tom, who was there to tell us why Canadian films are more important now more than ever! (I stole that line from the MC, the bride’s brother. I love this family.)
I think I want to be an ordain.
After the ceremony, a bunch of people went to the dock to go swimming. Summer time wedding fun!
More importantly, Boosh arrived!
I changed into my Dace dress, which is the dress that keeps on giving.
Then I got a bit tipsy and stopped taking photos. There guys were drinking without a glass. Commitment!
This guy ruled. He knew how to party, which was a good thing since I totally forgot.
Cut to the next day. No photos of the sweet cabin I stayed in, or the delicious breakfast I forced myself out of bed to go eat way too early. Here, however, is a picture of my dear, old friends Laura and Ronit.
Then I found myself in Toronto. Luckily with Jess Way. Eating Mother’s Dumplings.
My new awesome feather shirt. Feathers hold serious symbolism in my life. I see them EVERYWHERE. It’s great.
Then Jess and I met up with my dearest darling Atha at Ronnie’s.
Atha took this shot, looked at it in the screen and was like “Oh, that’s a great photo!”
I stayed at my folk’s place, which is my childhood home. There is so much I love about it. Like the carpet in my sister’s old room.
I absolutely love their basement. Where do I begin? The old advertisement of my mother? Marimekko pillows? Wallace and Gormit? The Gemini Awards? No…
The fucking wallpaper. Epic shit.
The weird installation stuffed animal art isn’t so bad. And my mum’s old modeling photos.
My mum feeds me well. She’s so good at that.
My folks in all their artsy cultured glory.
The Witch’s park in the backyard. Also known as my childhood haunts.
I was lucky enough to have lunch with Tom Alderman, my yoda, before I headed home.
And now I’m home. Figuring things out. Any pointers?
August 26, 2010
Trying, Trying Times
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Sooooooo. It’s been quite the time.
The past few weeks have been mighty intense times. Dramatic statement? Yeah, probably. Not sure how else to put it. Man of war. I’m just coming out of a whirlwind of events and am just about to wrap my head around all of it but I can almost promise it will be written about eventually. Lots of ups and downs. Mostly ups.
So I’m just going to post pretty pics…
What I strive to be, all the time, everyday.
Went to Gabriola to hang out with Abby, Grampa and my dog on the beach.
Have you been to Gabriola? It’s really special.
Swamp heart pond.
It’s hard to take a bad photo of Abby.
I got a new camera and did a whole series with arbutus. I really love them. Probably ’cause I have eczema and I can relate.
I have a thing for magic.
Speaking of which, I had the most magical walk with Cesar aka my Filipino saviour.
We came across these girls. Dancing in high heels. Ces was all over it. Magic, right?
It was Ali’s birthday.
We went to the races!
The whole family was there.
It was mighty good times.
Now I’m in Montreal. Hanging with the Boosh.
And these two lovely people. In Jew talk, we’d call them menches. (This was taken no less than an hour ago.)
You know what I absolutely love about Montreal?
Le Metro.
Time for bed.
August 8, 2010
Come What May
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The above photo is dedicated to that fine, young man I met on Friday. That’s about all the effort I’ve got.
Here’s a bunch of photos and attempts of witty commentary of some decent to good times that have been inspiring me lately…
I went to the wiener dog races for the second year in a row…
…with these two fine looking cats…
…wiener, wiener, wiener…
…wiener, wiener, wiener…
…WIENERS!
I hope when I grow up, I turn into this lady.
I spent a lovely afternoon somewhat recently with my two lovely friends and a lovely spread, courtesy of Olivia Mowatt, rad mom extrodinaire.
Did you know that Louise Burns is a major babe? Here’s proof.
Olivia levitated for a bit.
Group shot, which consists of 80% ME!
Ayma and I were in LA…
…where lots of interesting things happened…
…Matt loves me…can’t you tell?…
…I was trying to make this shot kind of like an upskirt…
Matt threw us a party, that mostly consisted of the Amazing Alphabet People’s Coalition and friends…
…and Nathan (and his roommate Levi, not pictured.)
It turned into a dance party, naturally.
The next night we got to see my friends Wolf Parade perform. I’d never seen them live so it was a real treat. It was the final show of their North American tour. 
It had been a long, long time since I was last backstage at a show. How times have changed.
Hi Ayma! Just how big was it?
Speaking of Ayma…I love her. Can’t wait to do more writing. Look out world. Here we come!
I came home to my best friend Chris, who’s staying with me. He leaves me reminders of this fact throughout my apartment.
I think that’s about it. Well, it’s not, my life is waaaay more interesting than a blog entry but that’s all I got for now. I’ll leave you with a video I’m really feeling. I love the story, the costumers, the set design and her boobs.
July 22, 2010
Episode 25
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Phew. It’s taken a while to put that one podcast together. But it’s worth the wait. On this episode we have two stories. The first one is about one friend’s encounter with her loud amorous neighbours and their pesky equally loud pet. It got me thinking about what the etiquette is for dealing with loud neighbour sex. I had a year of dealing with that shit, which inspired this story, but I chose to move out, rather than face the problem directly. It was the worst. Have you had to deal with loud neighbour sex? If so, let me know how.
The second story is a chat I did with notorious Vancouver street artist, Devitt Brown, aka the Dark. I originally interviewed him for Dazed and Confused but we got off topic and started talking about the time he got arrested…and how he wasn’t sorry for what he did.
Anyhow, enjoy! I plan on taking my Edirol on all my trips in the next month so hopefully I’ll collect some good stories from my adventures.
PS That house was once lived in by my friend Zoe Verkuylen, then it burnt down and turned into an art project. I have spent a lot of time inside that art project, watching America’s Next Top Model.
July 16, 2010
Dog dayzzzzzzz
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So the above is a composite of what my summer has consisted of thus far. A whole lot of sitting in parks with dogs, doing a whole lot of nothing. And it’s not that I don’t have anything to do. I have shitloads of work that needs doing. But I just don’t have it in me at the moment. It will all get done but for now, I just want to be bored. (Photo by Abby Campbell, the dog on the left’s mama.)
A few things of note. Remember my husband from this video? Well, he has a show on CBC Radio this summer called This is That, and it’s very funny. Margaret Atwood is a fan (she tweeted about it) as well as the National Post. Kind of like As It Happens meets Punk’d.
Rain City Chronicles had a great meeting this morning. Things are coming together quite nicely. In case you didn’t know, our next event will be at the Anza Club on Friday, Sept. 24th as part of Olio. The theme is…drum roll…SURPRISES! That’s the theme. Surprises. Kind of like Punk’d.
My dearest Louise Burns has posted new music that you should listen to right now.
Remember I told you about my friend Murray’s film Carts of Darkness, which you can watch online for free? Well, it’s been voted as best NFB film online. Holy crap. eh? It even beat the Log Driver’s Waltz! Wha?! I’m massively impressed. You should watch it. It’s profound and inspiring.
I’m doing a bunch of travelling in the next little while. Might be heading to a sweet destination within BC in the next few weeks, then LA, then Montreal, then North Hatley, then Toronto. So mentally preparing for that.
Things that have made me happy as of late…
Light summer lunches.
Two pound Pomeranians, that squeak.
Dutchie being taken for a walk by Olive, the half Boston half Wiener.
This part of my job.
Rukiya Bernard and Malikah!
The park is calling me. I’m out.
