buuuuurp.

over the weekend i finally watched 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' in the theatre room of our buildling. the movie was really great and i really liked the themes that it touched on (fate, uncontrollable attraction, jealousy). i also liked the movie b/c despite the sadness there is a lot of hope and optimism. yet i found myself burping a lot through the movie. i was starting to feel really queazy and it wasn't until 3/4 of the way through that i realized that michel gondry's wibbly/bouncy/unstable hand-held handicam cinematography technique was making me motion sick. (everybody seems surprised when i say this, but i didn't even feel this sick watching the blair witch project)

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my lovely supercapacity desktop calendar arrived! such nice holga pics.

critiques please.

this week's topic is flight.

yes (you guessed it!) i'm sick again! this time with the flu. at least i got to see keane on sunday night before becoming bed-ridden :P wow! tom chaplin can sing, he sounds better in person than he does on the album. and not to discredit richard hughs on the drums but tim rice-oxley really is amazing on the keyboards (flailing arms and sweaty brow included). listening to the album i didn't realize it was just three instruments - vocals, drums and keyboards. the music is so full and rich with so little instruments. crazy. AND they were SO thankful. the number of time tom chaplin thanked toronto for coming out, supporting the band through the year with their debut album, strangely made me feel very humbled.

waiting in -10 weather was definitely worth it.

gong hey fat choy! this week's illustration friday topic is 'the year of the rooster'.

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50/50 tickets! get your 50/50 tickets here and support kids help phone!"

i thought for sure by the end of the night, after yelling out to potential gamblers to purchase 50/50 tickets from us i would lose my voice. fortunately i didn't, but i'm dead tired. amazingly our group of 30 or so volunteers (including 'a' and myself) were able to raise over $6000 in a little under 2 hours at the raptor's game tonight. half of the pot goes to raptor's foundation charities, which includes kids help phone. after our stint we went up to a box and received free pizza and drinks. humm quite satisfying~

on another note i only have 16 days left before my lomo coupons expire ... should i go for a camera that will be free but takes those cheesy 4-in-1 pics or should i pay an extra $35US to get a russian deadstock with a rangefinder? i think i know the answer, but i don't want to shell out the extra cash.

over the weekend i finished 'the time traveler's wife' and as i mentioned before, whenever i finish a book (a good book) i feel like the characters from the book have suddenly died and have been taken abruptly away from my life. so in my quest to quench my thirst of all things clare, henry and audrey niffenegger, i turned to my favourite entertainment tool (the 'net) and found some interviews with audrey niffenegger:

• from book slut
• from about.com (advanced apologies for the pop-up)
• from msn
• bookbrowse

despite the fantastical feat of time travel the amount of everyday detail that niffenegger put into the lives of clare and henry really grounded this book. reading the book you can tell that niffenegger knows about paper making, she loves music and she's lived in chicago. i also like the fact that clare is an artist, although, i would have liked a bit more insight into her art and her reasons for creating.

hmmm, maybe i'll read the book again, but this time around i'll skip out on the truly sad parts. even though 'a' has said that he will read this book, i want him to start now! (mr. wong when are you coming to TO? heh heh heh)

a very tardy illustration friday submission. ah well. this week's topic is 'friendship'.

this illo is loosely based on my high school friends.