July 2009
1 post
#11 - My iPod
Chances are if you run into me on any given day in public, I have my iPod in my front pocket and my earbuds attached to my head. Prior to getting my iPod for Christmas 2007, I had gone through countless cheap-o MP3 players. My iPod is my favorite electronic, maybe even my favorite worldly possession.
I love the shape of the 3rd generation nano above any other generations. The almost square...
April 2009
4 posts
#10 - Anime
I’ve always had this massive love for anime, ever since I was a kid. I had of this beta tape of “Warriors of the Wind”, which I played over and over again when I was a kid, much to my young brother’s dismay. It was a little dark for a kid to be watching, so he’d often hide it on me so I couldn’t watch it. I loved the form of animation, but in high school it...
#9 - Lawrencetown Beach
Located just outside Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Lawrencetown Beach has been one of my favorite places since birth. There are few places that have had a larger impact on my life. For most people the beach is about sunshine, tanning and swimming, but for me Lawrencetown is a very different place.
I’ve spent countless evenings walking the boardwalks talking and thinking. This is my dramatic...
#8 - The Arafat (aka Desert Scarf or Keffiyeh)
I visited Urban Outfitters for the first time in May 2007. Montreal. I was baffled by how freaking cool the place looked (we had nothing like it backEast). One thing that stuck out were the desert scarves. I didn’t have the money to pick one up, and didn’t see them again until I started working at D-Tox (where we called them arafats) a year later. Yeah, Nova Scotia’s a little...
#7 - Your Garbage
I think this stems from growing up with my father. My father never through anything out, and figured everything had its worth. “Your garbage is someone else’s treasure.” Someone else being me, of course.
I’ve found everything from cases of cassette tapes to massive fish tanks, shelves, deck sets, table/chair sets (pictured above), and even a small light table. Honestly,...
March 2009
6 posts
#6 - Golden Grahams
True story: You can’t buy Golden Grahams on the East Coast of Canada anymore. I don’t know when this atrocity took place, I just remember one day going to buy Golden Grahams and finding none. It’s a tragedy, really.
Golden Grahams is one of my favorite cereals, and has been for as long as I can remember. I was the grocery one day here in Toronto and saw a box of it. I bought...
#5 - The Horror Movie Section
As a child there’s was that one thing you weren’t allowed to do, and it drove you crazy. Not being allowed to do it only makes you want to do it more. In my case I was forbidden to watch horror movies. The closest thing I could get to them was the horror movie section at my local video store. Every time I would go to it (which was often), I would head straight to the horror section...
#4 - Tazo's "Zen" Green Tea
I was first introduced to green tea while working at Smitty’s, a breakfast restaurant. I found our how healthy it was and I wanted to drink it every morning. Then, one my boss/the owner (props, Heather!) brought in this newgreen tea, “Zen” by a company called Tazo.
It wasn’t until later that I realized all the hipster drank it at Starbucks (and paid obscene prices for...
#3 - Belt Buckles
Belt buckles are a new thing for me. I only started wearing them over the past year. They’re a subtle way to up my hipster levels (or in my case geek levels, with my space invader, cassette tape, and *gasp* Darth Vader belt buckles). But. Don’t buy star belt buckles. They stab you (true story)..
They’re the coolest thing to show off and easiest thing to hide, much like a...
#2 - Gizmo
“Gremlins” was a movie I’ve been watching since birth. I was the closest thing to a horror movie I was allowed to watch until my teens. Although it was the source of most of my childhood nightmares, I watched it all the time. One reason being Gizmo.
He’s cute, he’s furry, he’s fun. Gizmo was what you wanted every pet to be (minus the evil mutating...
#1 - Klaxons Live At Glastonbury 2007
I discovered Klaxons in early 2008. I had been through hell at that point, a good friend of mine and I had our second falling out in 6 months (this one was permanent), and something about their music just clicked. It was rock, it was electronic, it was light, and it was dark. Their album “Myths Of The Near Future” was the perfect kaleidoscope for me to work through my recent woes.
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