Category: movies / music / tv

  • First Person Plural

    We need to abandon the idea that each of us has one cohesive identity. Everyone possesses multiple personalities, each with their own set of motivations, goals, and quirks. Call them what you want, but there’s always the rational part, the mind, driven by cool rationality, always thinking it’s calculated what’s best for you. Then there’s…

  • Concerts, Connections, Careers, and Coffee

    At the beginning of 2010, I sorta half-wished for a less boring, more dramatic year than 2009. So far the universe has not failed to bend to my wishes. Case in point: this past weekend was chock full of good times with many of my favourite people1. After a night of drinking with my besties…

  • Guns N’ Roses (with Danko Jones & Sebastian Bach) at the John Labatt Centre, Jan. 25 2010

    I got a wonderful last-minute surprise yesterday when I suddenly found myself with tickets to a Guns N’ Roses show (thanks to @London_Events on Twitter; yes, I somehow won again). The lineup at the John Labatt Centre was longer than Slash’s top hat (LOL SEMI-APPROPRIATE METAPHOR) so we missed most of Danko Jones. I have…