Fashion of the Day

I was unsure of what to write this evening. I had a very pleasant weekend thus far, with great company and good food. Now I am once again alone and pondering what to write on my little bloggy-blog here...

Several weeks ago I met with some friends to dig up a time capsule that we buried in 1996. I was just a wee piglet then, still finding my place in this world. Originally, we had planned to dig it up at the 10 year mark but found that getting all the original participants together was too difficult. Three of us decided to dig it up without the others because we had used an old camper cooler to bury the items in, and started to fear that the contents would be damaged. There was indeed damage, with the exception of some items places in a bucket within the cooler, and we threw many things out. All of us had forgotten what exactly was in the time capsule so we were surprised by what our younger selves considered significant. Basically, we found a lot of magazines, notes that we passed in class, drawings and other oddities and creations. There were also letters to our future selves and some trinkets. In future, I may post a series of photos that we took to document the contents. For today, I have included two of the ones pertaining to fashion. The bottom one is from a 1996 edition of the now defunct YM magazine heralding 'Genius jeans!'As you can see, you would have to be a genius to pick such fetching ensembles! The top picture is my own attempt at drawing a fashion line...please keep in mind it was the 90s!

Ciao darlings et a bientot! (insert accents in necessary places)

Tonight's song: Tom Waits 'Real Gone' album

Free Museum Day is Not a Piece of Cake...and Pie!

Here is the picture of the raw, vegan, apple pie as promised!

Yesterday was Sunday, May 31. It was also Free Museum Day here in Montreal. Each year I gleefully imagine all the fantastic (free) things I will witness on this day. Each year I strategically pick out which museums are the most worthy of not receiving my hard-earned cash. This years honoree was the 'Irish O'Quebec' exhibit at the McCord Museum. Ange came along to experience her first Free Museum Day. Just like every year, the museum was absolutely packed. We fought the crowd to see perhaps a quarter of the first floor of the exhibit. Reading each sign required a valiant effort as did each attempt to move through the crowd without getting bumped off course. As I do every year, I gave up after half an hour and left...

As Ange put it, museums just aren't the same when they are over-crowded. To really enjoy them you need enough room to proceed at your own pace and read as much or as little as you please.

Today's song is The Smiths 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'.

Ttfn darlings
xx

Imagine, Baby!

I shall start with tonight's song: Make the Girl Dance, Baby Baby Baby. This is not the style of music that I usually like but this one is stuck in my head.

I made raw vegan apple pie

Baby Baby Baby

It was so delicious I could die

Baby Baby Baby

I will post awesome pics soon

Baby Baby Baby

Probably at the start of June

Alrighty, enough of that. I am not a poet. You can find the music video for that song on youtube. Most men will appreciate it. Some ladies too.

I finally went to see the Imagine exhibition at the Musee des Beaux Arts here in Montreal. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it is an exhibition about John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I think it is intended to commemorate the honeymoon Bed-in for peace that they did at the Queen E. I love that it is free and people are encouraged to touch things, leave notes on tags hanging from trees, take pictures and upload them to a Web site, etc. I didn't like that even though I went on a Thursday afternoon, there were so many people that it was hard to really look at anything.

Now, as a poor artiste allow me to bitch a tad about art in general...a few of the pieces were testimonials to the fact that fame changes artistic standards. What I mean to say is that if an artist who wasn't famous had done the same drawings then they would probably just be dismissed. The fact that John Lennon made those sketches makes them interesting and historically significant. This is a half-hearted bitch because I am in awe of the longevity of both John Lennon and Yoko Ono's mystique. Modern day celebs try to move from music to art, acting, fashion lines etc. and though they might make a go of it, they probably will never reach the icon status or be remembered in 30 years. All the same, it would seem the key to life is fame. It can also be the key to destruction.

If you want details on the exhibition go to: Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal.

Baby.

Good-night!

P.S. Omigod! I was watching Donnie Darko last night and even though I've seen it before, this time I realized that Seth Rogen was in it. He plays a bully. He's one of my favourite actors.

Hooray for Vegetables!

I have not uploaded new pics as planned so here is a picture of cake. Mmm cake. I bought that at Pekarna in the Old Forum (Atwater metro station). I love cake and that is one of the best places. Their prices are decent and they always have a nice selection of tempting treats. You can usually buy an entire cake or just a slice, whichever you prefer.

Today was Victoria Day. I’m usually very clever yet I don’t really know why it is significant. Queen Victoria’s b-day perhaps? I could simply google it to find out but I am feeling rather lazy this evening. In any case, most people that I know just think of it as an extra day off of work.

Since I was free all day, I went to the bookstore with Ange. I have been dying to get my hooves on a book called Rawvolution. It is an (un)cookbook with raw vegan recipes. If you are unsure as to what a raw vegan is, the really simplified explanation is that it is someone who is vegan (does not eat or use anything that comes from animals) but also does not use cooked food. If you want a better and more complete definition then check out Wikipedia! I am neither vegan nor raw vegan but I really want to try a couple of recipes that I heard about. I am intrigued by the raw vegan diet and how it makes me re-think food. I did find the book but decided it was too expensive. I am really feeling the pains of the starving artist lifestyle. If I had bought the book I would not have had money left to buy groceries! That would be silly. Instead, I shall try recipes I find free online. BTW, the cakes in the pic are most certainly NOT vegan…just delicious.

Whilst at the bookstore I also took a little looky-look at Russell Brand’s My Booky Wook. I have already read it (twice) but I got my copy in the UK. I like the UK cover better but the American edition has more pictures. Perhaps I have mentioned this book before? If not, it is an interesting read indeed.

Tonight’s song is Morrissey ‘I’m Throwing my Arms Around Paris.’ I love Morrissey’s music and the fact that he is such a curmudgeon in interviews. Also, see how I managed to mention two fellow vegetarians in this post? While I’m at it, Russell Brand is a fan of Morrissey and named his cat after him. My leap in logic has lead me to think of singing cats and now I have that damned ‘Jingle Cats’ song in my head…

Sweet dreams darlings!

Riding Through the Farm on my Hobby Horse of an Arm

Good evening my dears! You may have noticed the fantabulous photo of moi and the pineapple that I posted last time. I was going to include a story about the pineapple but decided it would be more fun if you send me your own conclusions about what it means! Give me your comments!

I recently returned from a trip to Alberta where I spent a few days on a farm. I always have mixed feelings about being on a farm…on account my vegetarianism and all. Perhaps you thought I was going to say it’s on account of my being a pig? There were not any pigs on this particular farm and although I think pigs are lovely, they are not really my kin. I am simply a hand puppet in the form of a pig (which if you are wondering, protects me from the swine flu as well!) I am very self-aware. I know that someone’s arm protrudes from my butt and controls my actions. See the pictures that I have included from my trip? See the arm? In fact, I highly recommend that each one of you do a little self-exploration. Is there an invisible hand up your butt controlling your actions?

Who controls your thoughts? Mine are my own.

Sleep well my dears!
xx

Tonight’s song is ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ by the Arctic Monkeys.

Holidays are Over...

Greetings all! I hope that everyone had a lovely holiday season! I have been busy busy. I am still working on the painting of the buildings. As well, my friend Chris acquired numerous art supplies from a friend and was kind enough to pass a very large roll of canvas onto me. Thank you Chris! My head is swimming with all the possibilities! Part of me wants to try a really huge painting (something I have never tried before), and part of me wants to just make as many moderate size pieces as possible.

Tonight's music is the MGMT album 'Oracular Spectacular.' I bought it because I liked a couple of the songs and I find that the whole album is fantastic! You can get the whole album on itunes for under $10.

ttfn!
xx

Flat

Last Sunday I went to the Expozine in the Plateau. I wanted to enjoy myself but it was in a church basement and very crowded. It was hard to get in close to look at the different works or talk to the artists. Maybe I will try again next year.

Yesterday I rented 99 Francs as part of my attempts to improve my French. I had never heard of the film but was pleasantly surprised. It is certainly not family-friendly but that is maybe what I liked about it. It basically is a critique of our consumerist society and the role that advertising and marketing play from the perspective of a coked-up French ad exec named Octave. Most of the film had the pace of an advertisement as well. I definitely recommend renting it if you like dark humour and don't mind gratuitous drug use and sex.

I am still working on my painting of the buildings. I was quite pleased with its progress initially but now I feel that I have muddled the colours and need to get back to a more restrictive colour palette to make it work. I am too much of a perfectionist sometimes. The hours that I have dedicated to that piece would probably add up to almost a week.

Tonight's song is 'Last Goodbye' by Jeff Buckley. I really like that song...

End of Week? End of Weekend? Indeed.

Greetings all two of my faithful readers! I have been keeping busy as usual. I still haven't finished the buildings painting.(I love the word bildungsroman. hehe. Yes, that is random.) I have modified some of the colours and added new elements-four to be exact. The work progresses.

On Friday I hung out with Ange. We went for $5 Veggie Chili and shared a pitcher of Sangria. Outings can be cheap if you know how to prioritize! Nicely buzzed we went to the Old Forum to watch Rachel Getting Married. It was an interesting movie but I don't think I would watch it again. I liked the music and it had a very eclectic wedding in it. (I hate weddings though.) In some ways the movie just seemed pretentious, from the over-the-top wedding to the handheld camera work throughout... As well, the movie was full of all these characters who are supposed to be worldly open-minded creative types. It helps that they all seem to be independently wealthy as well. (It is much easier to fully indulge creativity when money is not an object.) Anyway, as you may have heard, Anne Hathaway plays Rachel's sister who leaves rehab to attend Rachel's wedding. The same open-minded, worldly people mentioned before have trouble accepting Rachel and her relapses, drama etc. I guess maybe that is the point. I just felt that the movie wanted so badly to be good, deep, meaningful and give a message that this self-consciousness leaked through and ruined it for me.

Yesterday Miss and Mr. Dish came over for stew, Caribbean Sunsets and hockey. I don't particularly like the hockey but had a delightful evening nonetheless. Today I must tackle the post-fest mess. Yippee.

Music:
Death Cab-I'll Follow You Into the Dark
the Strokes-Juicebox

A Bit About A Band (Oh! I like how that sounds)

I am very verbose today! I met up with Ange this evening at Shaika cafe on Sherbrooke West in NDG. It is one of my favourite cafes! Tonight they had live music and I was very impressed. The two performers (guitarist and drummer) were from a group called Mount Elephantus. The guitarist and singer, Ian, played extremely well and between the two of them they managed to create a layered sound that varied from song to song. I believe they would be considered Indie/rock/pop. Check out their myspace: Mount Elephantus
There are three songs on the Web site that you can listen to, but they are not nearly as good as how they sound live.

Good night darlings!

Broken Laptop and Collected Events

I broke my laptop a few days ago. All my pics are on the laptop and I can't post them until it gets fixed. The laptop itself is actually fine, (yippee!) but the power cord is wrecked and I can't charge the computer. It broke when I tripped on the cord with my dainty hoof and pulled the laptop off the table onto the floor. As luck would have it, the cord detached from the laptop but then the laptop landed on the little thingie that attaches the cord to the computer. It is squished almost flat and I fear I shall require a new one altogether. Being an artiste can be hard on the pocketbook and so I must wait for a little money until I can fix the darn thing.

Today I am having a good laugh because my roommate is playing on his PS3 as usual and he is discovering Playstation Home. What a dreadful world! He can make someone that sort of looks like him and do stuff like go to the mall and go bowling. Never mind that he would not do these things in real life. So far it seems that Playstation Home World should change its name to Sausageville. The ladies are few and far between.

This week was quite busy. I went to a lovely play on Thursday night with Lilia. The play was called 'Bookshop'. It was family-friendly romantic comedy stuff. All the actors did a great job and it was a pleasant evening. I am a little disappointed that I can't find more info. about it online. It was at the Segal Theatre on Côte St-Catherine and the tickets were free at la maison de la culture on Côte de Neige. I heard that the play is translated from French. If anyone knows what I am talking about, please e-mail me!

On Tuesday I met up with another artiste from the group I joined and played model. If you have seen my pics on here, you know that I love to model!

Last Monday I also went to an event with Ange. It was a night of poetry and music with an Inuit theme at la Sala Rosa on St-Laurent. I had a terrific time there as well. The performers all did a great job, esp. Moe Clark who did some really cool a cappella stuff. She made multi-layered songs by recording different sounds on-the-spot. I am not a music expert but I liked what I heard.

I have finished the book Success by Martin Amis. 'Twas an enjoyable read except for the last page or so. I don't quite understand what happens to one of the characters.

Today's Song: PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke-The Mess We're In