A thought on Hedonism, originating from John Stuart Mill stated, "the more elaborate beings tend to spend more thought on other matters and hence lessen the time for simple pleasure."


I'm still thinking about this one.

dreams everlasting

i'm floating on clouds
and my feet won't touch the ground

ROUND TWO

HIIEEE, I LIKEY THAT [GHETTO]TECHY.



...MEET ME AT THE MARRIOTT... WITH PACKS OF PALIAMENTS.
DON'T FORGET THE VITAMIN WATER... IT'S GOING DOWWWWWWWWWWWN.

2008, RECOGNIZE:
ARON-CARL FEAT. VERONIQUE & DJ E. DUBB
ALEX SMOKE -live
ALEX UNDER -live
ALLAND BYALLO
ALTON MILLER
BENNY BENASSI
BIG JOE HIX
BRIAN KAGE & LUKE HESS "REFERENCE"
CARL CRAIG -live
CASSY
COBBLESTONE JAZZ -live
DARKCUBE -live
DAVIDE SQUILLACE
DBX -live
DEADMAU5 -live
DEEPCHORD PRESENTS ECHOSPACE -live
DEREK PLASLAIKO
DERRICK THOMPSON AKA DRIVETRAIN
DIESELBOY & MC MESSINIAN
DREW POMPA
DUBFIRE
EGYPTIAN LOVER -live
ELECTROBOUNCE.COM PRESENTS DATABASS GHETTO TECH
ERIC JOHNSTON -live
GABE REAL
GIRL TALK -live
GUILLAUME & THE COUTU DUMONTS -live
HALF HAWAII -live
HEARTTHROB -live
JAMES ZABIELA
JERRY ABSTRACT
JORIS VOORN -live
JOSH DAHLBERG -live
JOSH WINK
JUSTIN KRUSE AKA KRUSE KONTROL
JUSTIN LONG
KEITH WORTHY
KENNETH THOMAS
KEVIN SAUNDERSON
KONRAD BLACK
LAWNCHAIR GENERALS
LEE BURRIDGE
MAGDA
MARCO CAROLA
MARK FARINA
MATHIAS KADEN -live
MATTHEW HAWTIN
MICHAEL GEIGER
MIKE GRANT
MILES MAEDA
MINX
MOBY -DJ SET
MR. DE' -live/DJ
NEWCLEUS -live
OSCAR MULERO
PAR GRINDVIK -live
PAUL RITCH -live
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF
PETE ROCK
PUNISHER - DJ SET
REGGIE "HOTMIX" HARRELL
REX SEPULVEDA -live
RICHIE HAWTIN
RICH KORACH
SHAWN MICHAELS
SOUNDMURDERER
SPEEDY J -live W/ SCOTT PAGANO VJ
STACEY PULLEN
T LINDER
TECH ITCH
TERRENCE PARKER
THE COOL KIDS -live
TWONZ
TYCHO -live
ZIP


...you like dat, huh.

Vice said it right

Picked up The Fashion Issue yesterday. Looks bomb diggy - skimming through it and noticing all the 'hipters' practically look the same everywhere you go in the world ...weird (unless it is the fault of the stylists?). The only differences I can spot are skin colour and the ratio of cool to nerd factor.

edit * I'll stop my hasty generalizations and apologize to the crafty writers at Vice. After looking at the pictures and reading the write-ups the 'people' in various metropolis' around the world, I do find their iconic-influenced styles are quite eclectic. I do fancy those [boys] from Amsterdam and Antwerp...
If it's necessary I'll update this completely useless post later tonight.

Anyway, I just wanted to quote whoever wrote the Montreal '08 Trend Report:

"Thift stores in Montreal are a fucking gold mine. The only problem is that you have to sift through tons of crap and get your hands covered with old-people particles before you find the good stuff. Luckily no one from Montreal between the ages of 18 and 28 has a real job, so they have tons of time to waste finding vintage mink coats, veiled hats, granny cardigans, high-waisted pants, and old leather boots. A whole outfit like this probably costs less than a sandwich does in New York."

Truth. I hate using internet lingo but I must say, EVA B, FTW!

last exam tomorrow,
new specks coming soon,
and many sunny, sunny days ahead.

i stand by all previous comments on my fav model... she continues to be thee best.

Models Talk Spring Summer 2008 (the only model that got a two part show, and seemed the least bit interesting)






Here is a FashionTelevision clip of the Chanel Paris-Londre pre-collection, with Irina, starring in the show ("spewing brilliance just as other models spew their food") in quite a rather special way.

i'm catching up, on what i like to call, my 'internet-ing'.

Listen.

c/o weloveradio

this makes me want to put my biggest pair of sunglasses on, lie down on my über comfy queen size bed whilst staring into the bright sun on a lovely summer early morn.

enjoi.


"Libra (Sept. 23 — Oct. 23)

Miracles can and do happen every day, but we fail to notice them because we let negativity overwhelm us. You're about to discover the sky is determined to give you the best."

Noted.

***********************************************************************

Miracles and all of life's possibilities start HERE:




THE AUGUSTA HOUSE
152A Augusta Avenue
Toronto, ON X0X 0X0

Ticket obtained. Proper seatage.
5th May 8:30PM @ Massey Hall - take a puff, see you there.

sexcitement

every-so-often i get excited about going out. but not that typical 'omgimgonnaegetsodrunkanddancewithmybitches' excited - i'm talkin straight the fuck up 'imgonnagetmadcrunkntwosteproundalldembitches' ecstatic... and you should be too. get ready for some straight up skankin' tooooooooo!!

hiatus passed

as i struggle in the library to start writing my final paper for the school semester, the birds eye view of the Toronto Life [rainy] Square does nothing to stimulate my brain, or fingers for that matter. alas, i procrastinate and fill a temporary void by surfing the interweb ...my findings have ensued utter loveliness and also have finally let me write about something, that of which is truly blogworthy.

it has been announced that Comme des Garcons will be collaborating with H&M to produce an affordable line for the working middle class (wo)man. Rei Kawakubo's avant-garde style is said to attract an older, more mature crowd versus the line-up of teeny boppers (except i) that awaited the cheetah printed pieces of crap (X my satin collared blazer) from the previous Roberto Cavalli for H&M line, that came out last Fall 2007.

more information can be found HERE and HERE

Fred PerryxEmma Cook / regret

From left to right: loose-fitting polyester hoodie (£90), a rollneck dress with tipped sleeves and hemlines (£115), scoop neck polo (£80), sixties style mini-dress with drawstring hem (£100)

I can't stop staring.

Another reminder to serious shoppers on vacation overseas, though both you and I already know this, if you know you love something you see and for some reason feel uneasy buying it, ignore that feeling and whack out the quid, pronto. smile, leave, wear your shit back home and flaunt like a motherfucker.


Ben Sherman's WOMENS footwear - style: jag

upset.

R.I.P

you gave me many good times,
but not once while in london.
you almost burnt out,
and wasted space in my luggage!

...as the spring season of wavy hair rolls through, my first attempt at those luscious curls has failed.


R.I.P. my hot rollers =*****(

Tatler's Best Dressed

Her personality is a bit whacky and there has not been much written on any of her interests, but her skinhead/mod/punk influenced wardrobe has definitely made a name for itself within Britain's definition of street fashion. This chick totally earned her spot as #1 on Tatler's Best Dressed List. Kate Moss has officially received the boot (for the howmanyth time?)

Check the article HERE

london review

my bad about the tardiness with the posting of the pictures. midterms, proposals and papers are done for now... and i'm just getting back into the "school" vibe.

i'll give you a breakdown on the nine days of loveliness...
you can coordinate the photos (click the link on the right) with this description (yea yea, i'm a crappy blogger, shut up)

friday 15 february - arrival at London gatwick airport
attempt to ask the dude at the info desk where to go
i don't understand him but i find a ticket and take an express train to victoria tube
cabbie to livs
nap
chill
rhythm factory with new friends

saturday 16 february

OUTRE by darren johnston at Queen Elizabeth Hall

sunday 17 february
HAPPY BDAY CEEJ
the most expensive (English) breakfast at Med Kitchen
walk along the canal
tourist sites
Dali exibit (we got it for cheap), skipped Picasso cause he a racist

monday 18 february
V&A museum
browse at harrods
uniqlo!
cut the day short - was a tiring weekend!

tuesday 19 february
buckingham palace (somehow missed it the first two times?)
hyde park
Sloane St. (you know YSL didn't have my 450quid sweater in stock!)
antipasto for lunch at spaghetti factory
vivenne westwood visit (met a fellow canadian by the name of Lisa)

wednesday 20 - showed a bit too late at portobello market. everything was closed!

thursday 21 february
thai lunch with livs
soho/carnaby street/covent garden/regent + oxford
you can figure out what happened there

friday 22 february
british museum
fish & chips!
back at carnaby street
BOXFRESH!
FWD>> at The End with Skream, Kode9, Benga, Plasticity, Youngsta and a whole whackload of other artists

saturday 23 february
last minute stuffs
enjoyed the last of the fresh air
tapas for dinner
called it an early night

Harper's Bazaar March 2008

Though I despise receiving my monthly subscription two weeks after it hits stands, I refuse to complain as cover pages are a special shot for all subscribers. This months issue is a BIG one - Spring Fashion & Lindsay Lohan. Though she has been recovering in rehab, making up with daddy, attending self-help meetings and recreating nude Marilyn Monroe shots, she never fails to continue her long affair with all that is high fashion (always making it look classy). LEGGINGS BE GONE!

Check the photos here and pick up the issue!

not sleeping, i'm still dreaming

chill on this for now.

Londontown in about 36 hours

The next ten days will be exhilarating, invigorating, breathtaking, electrifying, overwhelming, rousing, sensational, stimulating, titillating, wild and to say the least, zestful. I will do all, see all, be all I can be. It may get a tad bit out of hand, but only trouble comes with the letters l.i.v.s.+.l.e.s.l.i.e,
innit?

Hoping I'll get to catch the last of the action from Fashion Week...

It will go a bit like this:














and maybe a little bit of...

DISGUSTINGLY BAD ASS.

currents
thinking of: London
enjoying: tea
learning: snail paced
writing: not ever enough
indulging on: slow death enhancements
listening to: Keith P's Bass Music for We Shot JR
tonight: we'll numb it out

mangoes

sweet, ripe and always cut into little squares, are quite the delight.

Mango's Spring Collection is a sweet recollection of everything lovely for the urban Bohemian.

My pick for a wedding I am attending in March cannot be found anywhere on the site! Think bold, aqua, curve hugging maxi dress. Minimal never looked so good.

Pick up the catalogue, and do your closet a favour.

bloghouse & bashment & boyzboyzboyz

This is all I could come up with:

-myspace is lame and won't give me my password until i send them a picture of me holding a paper with my username on it
-facebook's "temporarily unavailable" notices are really annoying
-i am not looking forward to tomorrow evenings storm, consisting of 20cm of snow
-the fourteenth of February is not approaching fast enough (i intend on spending my evening in complementary first class)
-Rogers fucked up my router a month ago and i cannot figure out how to fix it =(

'tis a new year

taken at the SAT. friendly reminder to fat chicks getting felt up in the back of the club... YOU'RE NAAAAAAAAAAASTY

and for the second NYE in a row, i have gotten sick!

new years eve spent in montreal was a success, except for the storm during the drive back home. dinner at Donnatella's was lovely, hotel was five minutes from the club, celebrations (post countdown) were enjoyable and i do like the fact that i actually remember most of the night!

also, i am continuing my yearly review in the form of 25 questions. see below

2007

1.) Where did you ring in 2007?

a random loft we spent five minutes at after the countdown. off to the LowKeyNYE at the White Orchid

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?

single and incredibly drunk at The Social

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Yes, and still going.

4.) How did you earn your keep?
still that insurance company

5.) Did you ever have to go to the hospital?
yes, thanksgiving monday night, where i almost died

6.) Have you ever encountered the police?
yes, after putting on the biggest 'daddy's girl' act, he removed the charge for my ticket

7.) Where did you go on vacation?

Detroit, Montreal

8.) What did you purchase that was over $500?
clothing which was probably worth it, a few times; a bedroom set and a desk

9.) Did you know anybody who got married?

yes

10.) Did you know anybody who passed away?
no

11.) Have you ran into anybody you graduated high school with?

always. most memorable was bumping into a close friend from elementary school

12.) Did you move anywhere?
unfortunately not, yet

13.) What sporting events did you go to?
i don't recall going to any

14.) What concerts did you go to?

-Little Brother at the Mod Club

-The Clipse at Tonic

probably a few more that i just can't remember

15.) Are you registered to vote?
of course

16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7?
if that was the voting date, yes

17.) Where do you live now?
Mississauga

18.) Describe your birthday.

drunk at Spin Gallery ft. Shammamered, Alias, Melissa Bathory and Sinden. Thanks for the bday guestlist Nav!

19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006?
let me get back to this one

20.) What is one thing you regretted this year?
I don't regret anything.

21.) What's something you learned about yourself?
think before you talk, always.

22.) Any new additions to your family?
too many

23.) What was your best month(s)?
early spring/summer

24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by?
LinLoh out of rehab for the second time and Britney Spears' crippling career until Blackout came out which was quite a success (not on my terms, but according to music charts)

25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)?
nine



Happy and Prosperous New Year to all!