I used to be your favourite drunk...

there she goes again, mixing melody with the memory

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:36:04 GMT

Remember Leftover Shoes? Well, I do. Apparently he makes (short?) films now.

PS: More radio tonight (of course). It's a handclap extravaganza!

All I want from you was one french kiss

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:04:03 GMT

Radio again tonight, kittens. It's a permanent gig for now, the co-hosting deal. I love it already and I can't imagine I'll tire of it soon. As my lovely frere put it to me, "You've been doing this all your life, in one capacity or another. Just be yourself."

In any case, the theme tonight is summer songs. I've crafted the perfect little compilation that's sure to get you bopping. Listen online at ckcufm.com or at 93.1 FM in Ottawah-wah. Stoked!

xoxox.

PS: How are you? Yes, you.

do you two know each other?

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:32:26 GMT

So.

There is a sweet boy who does a sweet radio show every Tuesday night at eleven p.m. EDT. And, by some strange stroke of luck, I shall be accompanying him this evening and programming half of the music. You know what that means... a hell of a lot of canindierawk (translation: canadian indie rawk/rock).

The theme may or may not be music to fuck to...

Listen online: http://www.ckcufm.com

Should be grand. Feel free to throw some last minute suggestions my way, if you feel so inspired.

<3.

the place is dead as heaven on a saturday night

Tue, 26 May 2009 17:00:30 GMT

'Or maybe memories are like karaoke-- where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling across the screen's bottom, and with everybody clapping at you, that you didn't know even half the lyrics to your all-time favourite song. Only afterwards, when someone else is up on stage humiliating themselves amid the clapping and laughing, do you realize that what you liked most about your favourite song was precisely your ignorance of its full meaning-- and you read more into it than maybe existed in the first place. I think it's better to not know the lyrics to your life.'

I'm going to see Leonard Cohen tonight for the second time in the span of a year. I feel very, very lucky right now.

Control yourself

Sat, 16 May 2009 19:03:38 GMT

I am getting really, really sick of being Single White Femaled. It's creepy, so quit it. Now.

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

i need a lover with soul power

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:53:49 GMT

oh how i miss sloop john b closing the night[s] at zaphod's.

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:21:26 GMT

if words can still move me, i can survive.

Got my fingers dirty at the school of rock

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:09:26 GMT

Am I the only one slightly disturbed by the message Rihanna [or however the hex you spell her name] is sending out to young women in battered/abusive relationships? Seriously. doubleyouteeeff.

LJ "Memories"

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:19 GMT

This journal has been deleted and purged.

This sentence is making me incredibly sad this morning. I hate when beautiful writing is lost [to me] forever.

just like it hasn't been three years

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:32:36 GMT

One should probably not find shit one wrote 34908340983 years ago on the interweb. Like, whoa. Hilarity.

& hi, vertamae. <3.

so let's toast the last romance

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:04:31 GMT

I don't recover easily; I never have.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:35:29 GMT

I am officially banning the use of the first person plural pronoun "we" in my presence.

Oh, I must have been crazy to have stayed with you

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:33:22 GMT

Really, Ottawa, I've had enough of women that I've never even met hating me just for existing. Deal with your own shit, yo.

I am. Iron Man. [a la Buck 65]

Sun, 18 May 2008 22:18:01 GMT

'Robert Downey Jnr charmingly steals every scene he is in with such likeable ease I’m not sure if I want to be him, be his mate or just plain fuck him with a geek het crush so strong I had to resist the urge to sigh every time he appeared on the screen.' - Edge Trinkets

teehee. The only complaint [which it isn't even, really] I had about the movie was the fact that I could not stop that Buck 65 line [from Blanc-Bec] from running through my head throughout the entire film.

They Don't Love You Like I Love You

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:56:11 GMT

I'm kind of glad I didn't go out last night, as originally intended. doubleyouteeeff, Ottawa, doubleyouteeeff.

[puts knife back in pocket].

I Stumbled Out Of Bed, I Got Ready For The Struggle...

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:35:44 GMT

David Cronenberg, I <3 you. So so much.

Also: The water is inexplicably off in my apartment. This does not bode well for a cleaning spree today. First world problems, yeah!

Also as well: I am going to be an aunt again. Wee! I'm not so big on the little ones myself, but I am happy for my brother. [He said I couldn't put it on Facebook, but he said nothing about Livejournal ha ha. Mostly because he is not modern enough to even know what it is, really. Sneaky!]

Also again: I am in love love love with my summer classes. Sign language? Hawt. Third Wave Feminisms? Hawter! Both profs that are all 'it's summer.... it's a fun course!'? Hell yes!

I Can't Stand By And See You Destroyed

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:38:04 GMT

You know I'm bored ... I have to do something while I track down handclap songs for jessiepink

LAST PERSON WHO
1. Slept in a bed beside you? I think I will decline to answer that one, ha. It's not really a well-kept secret anyway.
2. Saw you cry: Maybe Julie?
3. Went to the movies with you? Oh, fuck. It's been a while since I went to the movies. Kate, maybe? Or Julie?
4. You went to the mall with? Alex? [Apparently I can't remember any of this]
5. You went to dinner with? Kate.
6. You talked on the phone? According to my phone, Sheena.
7. Said 'I love you' to you and really meant it? Andy.
8. Made you laugh? Rob.

WOULD YOU RATHER?
1. Pierce your nose or tongue? Nose.
2. Be serious or be funny? Funny.
3. Drink whole or skim milk? Ew neither. Deadly.
4. Die in a fire or drown? Drown.
5. Spend time with your parents or enemies? Parents... although, with enemies could be torturous [for them] in a fun way...

ARE YOU..
1. Simple or complicated? Complicated.
2. Gay? No.
3. Hardcore? Hell yes!

DO YOU PREFER.
1. Flowers or candy? Neither.
2. Grey or black? Black. And white, you know.
3. Color or Black and white photos? Colour.
4. Lust or love? LUST.
5. Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise.
6. M&Ms or Skittles? Skittles... because I think I can actually eat them.
8. Staying up late or waking up early? Staying up late, hands down.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY !!
1. Do you like anyone? Yes.
2. Do they know it? Probably not.

DO YOU PREFER...
1. Sun or moon? Sun.
2. Winter or Fall? Fall.
3. Left or right? Left.
4. 10 acquaintances or having two best friends? Two best friends.
5. Sun or rain? Sun.
6. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream? Vanilla soy gelato.
7. Vodka or Jack? For shooters? Jack. For mixing? Vodka.

ABOUT YOU!
1. What time is it? 11:31 a.m.
2. Name? Jessica
3. Nickname(s): Jess, Jessary, Jessrawk
4. Where were you born? Otta-wah-wah
5. What is your birthdate? September 23, 1981
6. What do you want? To dance?
7. Where do you want to live? Winnipeg. Iceland. Toronto. Victoria. Take your pick.
8. How many kids do you want? None.
9. What would you want to name a girl? See above.
10. What would you want to name a boy? Ditto.
11. You want to get married? Marriage is for suckers.

UNIQUE
1. Nervous Habits: Biting my lip.
2. Are you double jointed? No.
3. Can you roll your tongue? Yes.
4. Can you raise one eyebrow? Yes.
5. Can you cross your eyes? Yes.
6. Do you make your bed daily? Usually. Depends how hungover I am, though.
8. Ever thrown one at someone? Thrown a bed at someone? I'm pretty sure I would not be able to do that. Unless, you know, a sleeping bag counts as a bed, in which case, yes, I probably have.
9. On the average, how much money do you carry on you? Forty dollars or less.
10. What jewelry do you wear? One Union Jack earring [which is actually a belly button piercing piece].

DO YOU
1. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it? Twirl.
2. Have you ever eaten Spam? I don't think so. I used to adore canned ham when I was a kid, though.
3. Favorite ice cream? Soy mint chocolate chip mmm.
4. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet? One, if you count oatmeal.
5. What's your favorite beverage? Bolthouse Farms' Vanilla Soy Chai. [Thank you, Lethbridge!]
7. Do you cook? Yes, I'm an adult.

IN THE LAST MONTH, HAVE YOU… (YES OR NO ONLY!!!!)
1. Had a b/f or g/f? No.
2. Bought something you didn't need? Yes.
4. Sang in front of people? Yes.
5. Been kissed? Yes.
6. Been hugged? Yes.
7. Felt stupid? No.
8. Missed someone? Yes.
9. Got drunk? Yes.
10. Done something you regret? No.
11. Danced Crazy? Yes.
12. Gotten your hair cut? No.
13. Lied? No.

Remember How I Made You Scream

Sun, 11 May 2008 14:16:33 GMT

Man, I would just about kill for any copy of Danny Michel and Luke Doucet covering Tom Waits' 'In the Neighbourhood.' Granted, I know it was years ago that they toured together and did it as a duet for an encore, but... someone must have a copy, right? I have the lyrics scribbled down by Luke [to remember them on stage], but they hardly have the same effect.

Why? Because, as the brainchild of the lovely krk, there will be a superb cover songs party in the not-too-distant future!

C'mon... doesn't that sound stellar? A [dance?] party based solely on an amassed collection of weird and wonderful covers of just about any and all songs you could imagine.

Feel free to suggest some of your favourites in the comments. Aww yeah!

Students!

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:40:25 GMT

Hello my fellow student-y minded friends. They are offering a wonderful course at Carleton this summer [May-June], but they are currently just shy of enough people being enrolled for it to run. Hence, consider this a somewhat desperate [ha ha] plea for anyone looking to take a summer course. It's a third year women's studies course on activism. The prof is awesome and the reading list makes it look like it will be a barrel of monkeys.

Edit: Got the prof to email me the actual description again:

WOMN 3003 A: Selected Topics on Gender and Women's Studies: ˜Third Wave Feminisms: Monday and Wednesday, 18:05 â€“ 20:55. This seminar explores feminist thought and action which is being called third wave feminism. We will examine readings and cultural products â€“ films, videos, music, â€˜zines, websites, etc. â€“ to interrogate what this label means, and how theories and practices intersect in third wave feminism. Students will explore underlying concepts of third wave including generational age, ideological position and historical moment. The course is structured around theory and writings from anthologies including Listen Up, To Be Real, Colonize This!, Manifesta, Third Wave Agenda, Catching A Wave and Turbo Chicks, as well as from key articles that make connections to past feminist movements.

Please pass on to anyone who may be interested. Please!

High Fidelity Blues

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:36:35 GMT

This is absolutely priceless and perfect. The fact that it includes Magnolia Electric Co, Okkervil River [even if they spell it horribly wrong] and High Fidelity all in one article? Oh, and did I mention it's about making the perfect mixtape? Oh yes. Amen.

Everything You Ever Thought About Love Was A Lie

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:45:20 GMT

If Shawn can post web comics, so can I, right? Haha. I'm nicer than that, though. I'll just link to it.

Ta-da: Today's Married to the Sea comic is about the geedee Dewey decimal system. It was totally fucking written for me. Well, me and other nerds like me, ha.

I <3 the Dewey decimal system. And yes, I can spit out my favourite call numbers. What's so weird about that?

We pulled too many false alarms

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:07:07 GMT

Sometimes [I don't know how, really], I forget how bloody obsessed I am with words.

I Never Would Have Got Here If I Followed My Heart

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:58:23 GMT

So. Mon ami potatobread is having a fairly rough go of it at the moment. There isn't much I can do from this far away except this:

Picked Up My Guitar And Made A Chord: A Cheer Up Christine Mix

1. The Boy Least Likely To - I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star
2. The Islands - Jogging Gorgeous Summer
3. Danny Michel - Tennessee Tobacco
4. Boats - Classic Rock Weekend
5. Beulah - If We Can Land A Man On The Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart...
6. Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games
7. The Weakerthans - Tournament Of Hearts
8. Joel Plaskett - Nowhere With You
9. The Bees - Chicken Payback
10. The Ataris - Boys of Summer [Don Henley cover]
11. Bright Eyes - Another Travelin' Song
12. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice?
13. The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes [The Postal Service cover]
14. The Postal Service - Clark Gable
15. Luke Doucet - The Lovecats [The Cure cover]
16. The Ditty Bops - Sister Kate
17. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
18. Junior Senior - Shake Me Baby
19. The Magnetic Fields - I'm Sorry I Love You
20. Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling
21. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
22. Peter Bjorn And John - Young Folks

These are all super-duper-happy-fun-pop songs that never fail to make you smile, no matter how miserable life feels at the moment. Enjoy: yousendit links part one and part two.

PS: Muxtape is not really that much fun, what with its twelve song limit and whatnot. Maybe soon...

Wouldn't It Be Nice If We Were Older...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:34 GMT

This seems to be the conversation I've been having the most often as of late:

'What does your tattoo say?'
'Which one?'
'Uhhh...'

I'm sorry. I'm not a word geek for nothing, I suppose...

I've also been totally nerding out on the Doctor Who lately and loving it. Maybe too much, but c'mon! And thanks to the ever-lovely clockworkboho, I now have a zillion and one Doctor Who songs. Sometimes, I'm spoiled.

And, like everyone else, I cannot express enough how bloody stoked I am for this gorgeous and delicious weather. Everyone's welcome on the balcony anytime. It's not as though I ever step off it from morning to night. Mmm sunshine and tunes and internerding.

David "I Just Made You Gay for Me!" Tennant

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:24:40 GMT

Hey guys! Remember makeoutclub? I do! So old school, it's laughable.

Also, this: Applicable tattoo hilarity

Speaking of...