The trip was fabulous.  I spent a lot of time in the backseat of the car of course, thinking, reading, listening to the radio like people used to do in their parlours, hanging on to every word and note ( Read more... )

I am the the worn-out muffler, the wrinkled face.
These brake pads need changing.
Take the garbage out.
Turn around, lay down.

Well it's over.  I worked four 12 hour days in a row.  I enjoy working a lot, it keeps me out of trouble, and constantly working gets me in a groove that makes the job somewhat seamless.  There is always something to do in a restaurant (or coffee shop, apparently), and I just keep moving.  Nevertheless, I am tired and feel a little empty; I haven't ( Read more... )

Today I'm preparing myself for a long couple of days coming; I work at the Espresso bar and at Garden's Gate tomorrow to Sunday.   I'm catching up on laundry, reading, relaxing, I may crack open my Spanish textbook, even.  Actually I think I need espresso first ( Read more... )

This morning I watched "Thumbsucker" a movie about an akward 18 year old and his struggle to find "normalcy" in his life.  Near the beginning of the movie, he is hypnotised by his orthadontist to stop his habit of thumbsucking, and then begins searching in his life for something to fill the gap left by this old habit.  He acts out in school, pushes ( Read more... )

Today this man came into the Espresso Bar, wearing a brown vest over a dark purple shirt, with greying long thick curly hair, and a large triangular silver pendant with a blue stone dangling from his neck.  I ended up talking with him for a little while, he is an astrologer, a jewler, traveller and general mystic.  He showed me some of his pendants ( Read more... )

So worked today 6:30 to 2, it was actually really busy during lunch for once; was moving and grooving.  After work I watched a weird weird movie called Fur.... with Nicole Kidman,  did not turn out at all like I had expected, set in about the 40s or 50s, she's a docile mother with a supressed wild streak who falls in love with a man covered head to ( Read more... )

....so the dance was last night, it was pretty bizarre, even weirder than I expected, in the arena, just loads of people, everyone I know basically standing around, some dancing some sitting, all drinking beer, leering at young girls and trying to start fights with each other.  There were cowboy hats and cowboy boots, cowboy music, coffee shop ( Read more... )

Last night I partied with the Mindemoya crew, it was pretty fun, back in a field behind the tennis courts in town. They had a sweet setup back there, portapotty, shower, tent with a generator, lights, music, the whole bit.  I played the party photographer for a bit, people were doing keg stands, dancing, playing with sparklers, and all sorts of ( Read more... )

 The weather forecast calls for more showers this weekend.... I am really ready for summer to begin, all this cloudy nonsense is just getting old.  Pearson Cup weekend will probably be a bit of a downer, baseball and rain are like oil and water.  Well rain really IS water.  Anyways there is not a lot of motivation to go outside lately, which is too ( Read more... )