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Mmmmm, do I love me some sushi. It’s healthy living for the most part, though I’ve found that a lot of sushi places are using more mayonnaise based sauces and avocado’s in their dishes. And those dishes *are* delicious, but they’re adding that western “fat” feel to everything, kind of like adding the bic mac […]
Oh man, Ottawa graffiti is seemingly better than Toronto graffiti, maybe all the old graf community members from the T-dot moved up there or something, but when I walk the Queen alley nowadays all I get are painted nudes. Boring.
I feel pretty comfortable in the Subway system in Toronto, I find it easy to navigate and relatively clean. Granted, I have lived here my entire life, but aside from the typical “guy jerking it in the corner”, or loud teenagers trying to act tough, the TTC is my preferred method of transport.
I can just see the poor kid who has to drive his toy car out on this balcony. I picture him being the ignored, self indulged child, who will play quietly by themselves mumbling to their imaginary friends as they drive in a very slow circle surrounded by walls of bars.
I checked out Faith’s band Fidget at the Silver Dollar a few nights ago.I had ordered a new lens, the Canon 85mm f/1.8 with this show in mind, I needed a faster shutter if I was going to shoot in the dark, but it didn’t come in time. I think I still managed okay (my […]
I can’t comment much on the City Centre here, it’s a bit of an ugly complex out in Ottawa down the street from Xtina’s place. Man, that girl lives in a dump.
A few peeps from work; right to left: Lindsay, Leanne, and Alexandra. They’re the stewardship team and they’re sure to STEWARD your ass. On another note, did you know that the Polish call Easter Monday *Dyngus Day*, and that they exchanged gifts under threat of getting splashed with water. So check THIS out (I’ll quote […]
Puppy alert! I’m in Ottawa so bask in archive cuteness.
What the? Kingsway park has a shite backdrop; who put that apartment there? I think Glenda told me her ex boyfriend sold/bought drugs from someone here once, but the park isn’t even as big as my living room, so maybe I’d have a better chance of scoring down there…
Apartments offer affordable social housing, but at what price? In a way they’re more communal than the pop-up townhouse neighbourhoods you see growing out of your major urban areas, but they lack community. You don’t know the people who live at all 4 sides of you any more than I know the guy down the […]
I don’t understand why it’s called the Black Creek, it’s more of a viaduct or sewer channel now. Calling it a creek when it’s concrete reinforced and the basin for all the sludge coming out of our area is just naively optimistic.
You can often find a different perspective on the places you regularly travel when you go to them at irregular times. I shot this pre 6:00 am (which is *very* early for me) on my way to a physicians meeting. Am I a doctor? You bet I am.
Chalkfarm Drive isn’t the most “desirable” of Toronto locales, but my friends Raissa and Adam live up there so I decided it would be a nice safe night to walk around the neighbourhood eat some eats, then walk back flaunting my expensive Camera equipment. But nobody stepped to test my merit; if you don’t start […]
I am terrible at calling people. In fact, I hardly ever do it.I will have to be extremely compelled to raise my hand to even begin to start dialling; it’s apathy at it’s finest.
I am elated that I will be spending Easter weekend, in it’s entirety, in Ottawa. But I have to hope that the Easter bunny will be able to find me so he can bring me easter presents. I wonder if Jesus knew there was a rabbit laying eggs on *his weekend*.
I don’t understand why people bother to feed squirrels, they are rodents that live in our trees. If we saw someone with their gigantic pet New York rat, feeding it some bread crumbs, peanuts, and trying to get it to come closer, people would look at me like I was crazy.If *The Great Outdoors* taught […]
Claire seems to be pretty understanding (mostly) of the people around her, or so she claims. Let’s see if she’s understanding of my need to diptych these images.
Boy, Macro photography sure is fun.I borrowed my mom’s man’s 60mm F2.8 EFS lens this week and I’m walking around taking close up shots of everything. Look a flower! Look a candle! Look a used condom! I tell you, everything is fascinating through the eyes of this lens.
Not George Clinton…Bill.
I could write at length about how I had a poor and depraved childhood, how I mixed with the wrong crowd, but truly I didn’t. However this little piggy did; nobody likes a fatty. JUMP!
I’ve got a pair of Green shoes that I’ve only worn once. They’re AF1 high tops and are pretty comfortable (except I’m not a big high-top fan); I wore them when I dressed up as Aquaman; no joke, they went with my green tights and black hot pants well. My bleached blonde hair could be […]
It’s uh, not like I have a theme going or anything, I just haven’t gotten around to processing anything else this weekend so you get more ice from the Humber.
