This weekend I did a lot of napping and dancing. I think i had 3 or 4 naps in 2 days.. plus sleeping in. What can i say, it's been a long week!

I finally made it out to a club this weekend. I went to Buddies on Sat night. I've been meaning to go but haven't gotten enough of a kick to actually go down. It's always so much "easier" to stay in, or do something less exhausting on the body/$$.

But I am really glad i went out – it turned out to be a great time! They played a lot of fun top 40s pop music, which is a good change to pounding monotonous circuit music at other clubs! Some sizzlers were Spice Girls, and a 4-in-a-row sling of Madonna/Brittany/Christina/JLO. Surrounded by saucy twinky bois who're looking to pick up other twinky boys.. oh yes, Fun times indeed. As long as you keep to yourselves and enjoy the music, it's a good time.

There were some great costumes, including Willy Wonka, Edward Scissorhands and the Golden Girls! There were a lot of sailor outfits (figures!). I didn't end up dressing up, and good thing b/c my idea of "prom king" was done by someone! Next year an idea would be "FOB PROM KING 2006". Heh.

Ended up going for some late night Chinese afterwards - it was like old times indeed! This time however I did feel a lot older as it seemed to mostly been drunken or stoned university students around us. I preferred the stoners since they were nice and quiet and excited to dig into their greasy food; the drunk ones, however were a lot louder and rowdy. No worries, one of them accidentally dropped a $20 by my chair--a guy said i dropped a $20 which was really nice of him, although it wasn't mine! I left it on my table incase someone actually did come around and ask if it was mine-- Somehow if i walked around asking "Did anyone drop a $20?" I think i'd get into a bit of trouble!

Today I was at Salsa class, learning some cool new moves. I got to wear SBF's jazz shoes. They remind me of running shoes: when you put them on, you have an innate desire to go running. With these shoes, i felt like dancing and spinning! Turns our we're the "model students" in the session, which is mostly b/c SBF is a dancer and makes me look good as a follower :) If it were the other way around, it would be ugly! Thankfully this time i didn't get dizzy, which i am very proud of since i did a lot of spinning today. I'm starting to spot better now which is great. Let's hope on the real dance floor i'll be able to keep it up.

...all you need to do is buy me a ticket for this (and airfare). Only a cool USD$999 each for a double room, although since you're buying, i'll take the suite (USD$2399 per person)

http://cruise.davematthewsband.com/

:)

Take care,
RE

"eat drink and be merry"

[Photo by Sam Javanrouh]

It appears i'm a bit behind on writing about 2 concerts that I've been too these past few weeks. And I have another one this Saturday! Arugh. I hope to write about them, so i can look back and remember the experience, and also see how my feelings about the band has changed since then.

Anyway, I wanted to write about this incredible photo blog that I came across a few months ago. I can't stop talking about it because of how eye-popping and inspiring it is to someone who loves photos of everyday life. I have a digital camera and love taking tons of photos; since getting it last year i've taken over 5,800 shots. Crazy eh?

There is a site called "Daily Dose of Imagery" which is a project by a guy named Sam Javanrouh who posts 1 photo a day. There are tons of these out there now-a-days, but he's been here for a few years. What differentiates his site from the rest for me are a few things:

First, he takes ordinary scenes/locations from Toronto and makes them extraordinary. He can find the beauty out of garbage cans, sidewalks and cement. I guess you could relate it to the famous 'plastic bag' scene from American Beauty, but with still photography. It's one thing to take breathtaking photos in places in the far east or in Africa, but to do it in my back yard? Every day? THAT's something impressive. He's also given me new persepectives to places in Toronto that i've seen my whole life.

Second, he makes himself accessible to his adoring viewers by telling us some of the tricks and techniques he uses, so we can take a stab (pathetic in my case) at elevating the quality our own photos. He also tries to answer as many questions as possible, and even has posted some "how-to's in photoshop" on a few cool and essential techniques on his forums page. It's inspiring and makes everything feel that much closer and tangible for everyone.

Enough of my babble. Let your eyes do the rest. Check it out, and be sure to look at all the archives. There is even a display of his work being displayed at a gallery in the Distillery District downtown, so check it out if you can!

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Take care and happy viewing!

-RE

I saw the iPOD NANO [black version] in real life today on the TTC.

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