I'm working on a story about piercing, so I spent yesterday talking to body piercers. I don't get creeped out very easily, but I learned about dermal bars, and all kinds of below the belt piercings, and things that can happen with piercings and actually ended up cringing quite a bit ( Read more... )

On the weekend, I walked around downtown and went into a bunch of stores that I'd never been in before. It turns out that there is some pretty cool shopping in GP. One store was selling Frye boots and another was selling Mat and Nat (vegan designer) bags ( Read more... )

Yesterday I did a schwackload of errands, then went to see Sweeney Todd, which I wanted to like much more than I actually did. I loved the aesthetic and the general mood of it and thought the acting was great. I just didn't really get into the story ( Read more... )

2007 was a big year for me, mostly because I released my first book and moved. It wasn't an easy year, but in retrospect, there were a lot of amazing things that happened.

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I was just about to leave work today when I got a phone call from a nice woman who had found my cell phone. I wasn't even aware that I had lost it, but it fell out of my pocket while I was taking a photograph in front of my house ( Read more... )

1. The Canada Day parade goes right by my house, so I will be able to step outside and catch some candy ( Read more... )

Courtney tagged me to spill five things about myself that you may not know ( Read more... )

I'm still on antibiotics and still feeling run down. This weekend has been all about catching up. I finished writing my article on Jeni Legon, and edited a piece for Ricepaper. I did my assignment for editing class, ran a bunch of errands, (and ran into farpotshket's auntie in the process) and read the many magazines that were sitting on my floor. Now I'm ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of research on various places in Canada and I have come to the very obvious conclusion that our population base is ridiculously low.

Just look at some of these figures from the 100 largest urban areas in Canada by population . You see, I know that I am ultimately a person who needs to live in a major city and unfortunately, ( Read more... )

One of my favourites spots to eat Chinese food in Vancouver is the "New Town Chinese bakery". It's a Chinese bakery/cafe that looks like it should be a diner in a small town, except that it serves dim sum and is completely filled with old Chinese people. I go there a few times a month to eat shrimp dumplings and turn overs. Yesterday the place was ( Read more... )