Month: April 2006
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Angkor
Cambodia, that name alone for me, summons up images of death and destruction, skulls lying in fields of mud, brutality born of ignorance and the name of an unseen dictator that sounds like a child’s name for a pet parrot. These images are from the past, today Cambodia is trying to catch up with the…
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times they are a-changin’
I don’t know why, but it feels lately that Google’s searches are less relevant. I used to be a whizz at finding things online; I’d go to Google and type in a phrase related to what I was looking for, and voila! I’d have an extremely specific, accurate answer in a matter of moments. Now,…
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noche flamenca
My flamenco teacher, Valerie Scannura, also runs her own dance company. Saturday night, I saw the company perform the concert Noche Flamenca at the Al Green Theatre here in Toronto. And what a rousing performance it was! From the very beginning, I wanted to get up and dance along with them (I don’t have the…
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rice crispie square mastery
After months of experimentation, I think I finally made the perfect batch of Rice Crispie squares. This is saying a lot for someone who barely ever bakes and hates cooking. I realised, after many failed attempts, that achieving this perfection involves the optimum ratio of butter to Rice Cripies, and marshmallows to Rice Crispies, not…
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ladytron in toronto
The boy and I attempted to scalp tickets to see Ladytron. But at $60 bucks a pop, we decided we’d just walk around and see if anyone else had tickets available. It turned out they didn’t, but the experience of doing that was far greater than it would have been had we just gone in…
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moving right along
I finally took the plunge and installed WordPress to maintain my blog. Joomla just wasn’t cutting it for the functionality I was looking for; plus, I much prefer the “feel” of blogs. I read numerous blogs on a daily basis, and I want to be able to contribute just as easily as I see everyone…
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my seemingly monthly update
Happy Easter, everyone! Things on the home front are going well. I’m still working full time, and it looks like my contract is going to be renewed at the end of April, which means employment for the future as well! I’m also doing a lot of web design on the side now. All my spare…
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videodrome 2 @ mocca
Last Saturday night, the boy and I were given the task of showing his cousin and his friend how great Toronto is to party in. We wandered around Queen St. W., but none of the bars appealed to them. Eventually, we stumbled across the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art outside of which, on the sidewalk,…