Sock drawer, file cabinets, winter to spring wardrobe migration ( Read more... )

June 29th is the big date for my exam.  That's really close to the start date for the Halifax program.  Intimately close.  As in, I could conceivably be wearing the same underwear.  I haven't quite thought about all that yet.  I'm just so thrilled that I'm going to be finished with my Fields ( Read more... )

No Frills opens at nine.  I had a coffee in hand and there was a line outside.  I asked a small group of old men for the time, and the one with the growliest accent said "two minutes".  I stood back from the group, smiled at them and sipped my coffee ( Read more... )

Now that everything but my exams and a trip to Miami are crossed off my list, I'm starting to plan ( Read more... )

Well, who would wear zippers on their asses, anyway?  And why would they try to talk to me ( Read more... )

Oh, why do they flee, those moments of glee ( Read more... )

Susan Stewart on Immanuel Kant:

"we practice apprehending persons in themselves and for themselves without a prior sense of outcome or goal in that encounter. In this respect the aesthetic is deeply political and makes serious demands on us."

"For me, art leads. Art is before culture, because culture is an aesthetic activity."

Say the word enough ( Read more... )

The Free Screen at Cinematheque Ontario ( Read more... )

I felt like a little kid on assignment at the school library. Find a book to write a report on, and I know only that I'm not supposed to judge a book by a cover ( Read more... )

I'm on the binder plan. I have a three ring hole punch and a purpose to put to all my mindless scribbling on scribbling ( Read more... )