when does this ever happen?
what's the catch? no, seriously, WHAT'S THE CATCH?

the guy said it was absolutely free. must get more details.

(FREE studio space! in a good area! close to me! with drums! why? WHY?)

i'm excited to play music again.

my dad got me free tickets to the sadies at the commodore on the 22nd! yayyyyyyyy! :D

ah, the using and abusing of connections.

it's supposed to be 24 degrees and sunny tomorrow. i don't know about these vancouver weather complaints, but this is awesome!
(i realize it'll probably start raining nonstop in a few months, but for now, yay!)

i just played drums for awhile in my apartment, and no one's complained yet! *knocks on wood*

okay, what else to do to avoid schoolwork?

there's construction/garbage day/other really loud stuff that happens a lot outside my window really early in the morning. it's really hard to sleep through, and today i was unsuccessful. i actually debated sleeping in the front closet, because that's the only "room" in my place (not including the closet in my room) that doesn't have a window. ( Read more... )

on saturday i went to see the winks, a vancouver-based band, play their last vancouver show before most of them move to montreal. the show was at the mount pleasant community centre, in a large room that looked like a gym. there were balloons and party favours and candles and plastic chairs. it was a fun show, and tyr (the cellist/one of the ( Read more... )

just got back from trying to find some type of concert to see here (unsuccessfully). it ended up that there were a few things going on, but they were too expensive or our timing was bad. it wasn't a bad night, but no music was seen or heard, and i'm insanely jealous of those of you who were at the sadies shows tonight and/or last night. the ( Read more... )

"There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept," said photographer Ansel Adams. That advice should be uppermost in your mind as you follow your bliss to the next fork in the road. Although you've got good intuitions about the hopeful scenario that's fueling you, the fantasy still needs to be fleshed out a lot more. Unless you ( Read more... )

i like driving around vancouver with my ontario licence plates. partly because it makes me feel different, and mostly because people assume i don't know where i'm going and let me go. (i sometimes don't know exactly where streets are, but i think i'm getting a hang of it slowly. at least streets around my area ( Read more... )

most people go to vancouver and don't get strep throat. i am not one of those people.
at least now i know what this is and can start feeling human soon. go antibiotics!