July 2008 Archives

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Whoa, this actually looks totally awesome. Even Paris Hilton is putting herself to good use in Repo! The Genetic Opera. Edit: I thought it was so cool that I wrote about it on the National Post arts and life... continue reading this post »

Overheard at Hollywood Gelato

On the patio at Hollywood Gelato on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Guy #1: "Yeah, last night I met David Archuleta." Guy #2: "Who?" Guy #1: "Oh you know, that little faggot from American Idol." Pete, Andrew, Courtney and I were... continue reading this post »

Polysics - I My Me Mine

Europe is so pissed off that Asia made this video first. Via MeFi.... continue reading this post »

Hanging Out on Saturday Night with 15-year-olds at Denny's

Wow, so was that Denny's All-Nighter Warped Tour afterparty ever the worst assignment in history! I mean, not that I thought that hanging out on a Saturday Night with teenagers and crappy pop punk bands in Mississauga was going... continue reading this post »

Bourgeois Slavery for Honky Crackers

Stuff White People Like has a post up today about unpaid internships. In most of the world when a person works long hours without pay, it is referred to as “slavery” or “forced labor.” For white people this process is... continue reading this post »

National Post Week 1 Wrap Up

Tonight, I'm going to go hang out at a Mississauga Denny's and have Katy Perry and some other Warped Tour performers serve me an All-American Slam. Seriously. It's for the Denny's All Nighter series. So I'm one week through... continue reading this post »

My Lost High School Movies

If you knew me back in high school, you probably thought, "Hey, that tall chick with glasses is always sticking a video camera in my face. That's pretty annoying!" Well sucks to your assmar, because all that annoying video... continue reading this post »

Internship at the Post

My first article for the National Post is up on The Ampersand and should be in tomorrow's print edition. I'm embarrassed to say that I wasn't really sure who Robert Plant was until I got the assignment, but I think... continue reading this post »

Sayitwithpie: Now guest blogging at Mightygodking

Chris Bird is having an "internet situation" and wanted guest bloggers for his popular site, Mightygodking, and since Bird is into equity and such, he wanted a couple of those guest bloggers to be female. Oh, and also awesome.... continue reading this post »

Tea will never go cold again!

Karen Whaley, Blue Tea Cosy #1, 2008.... continue reading this post »

I Watched Camp Rock...And Liked It

Yep. So now that that's out there, I'm going to spend the next 1000 words or so justifying it. Camp Rock: it's exactly like High School Musical, except it's at a summer camp. And Zach Efron is being played... continue reading this post »

Happy Canada Day (or, Self-Important Urbanite Hatred For Street Festivals)

Happy Canada Day (not Spain winning the EuroCup, as pictured above)! While millions will leave their houses in search of free concerts, tiny flags, and fireworks today, I will be staying in. Probably folding laundry and making bread. Trying... continue reading this post »

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