Author: Knitravel
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champion of the animals
Ever since I started working at my day job, people calling me have been attempting to reach the Toronto Humane Society (THS for the rest of the entry). I don’t normally get phone calls at work; my job is mostly email-based. So when I arrive in the morning and my phone blinks to inform me…
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not a wakeup call you want every day
This morning I dreamt that a man, deep in the midst of feeling sorry for himself, attempted to commit suicide on the driveway of my house. He shot himself through the mouth into the back of his head and it was incredibly messy (think Fight Club). He didn’t die, however, and wandered about moaning pitifully…
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i was in a commercial!
I got my first real, paid modeling job! Today I was shot in a commercial for The Beauty Supply Outlet. It’s going to be on tv “soon” (no idea when). Pretty exciting, I have to say. My makeup was done exceptionally well by a Ms. Jenna Treat. She was very patient and sweet with me…
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cataloguing books
A service has emerged called LibraryThing. For free, you can list up to 200 titles from your own private library. For a fee, you can join the site and list as many books as you like – from your library, your wishlist, ones you want to read but not own etc. Apart from the fact…
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this is a book everyone must read
I first read about Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, by George Monbiot, on several of the book blogs I keep up with. I heard about the marketing associated with the book: how Random House shipped free copies of it along with fluorescent lightbulbs to reviewers. I heard about how everyone should read…
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oooh, those brussel sprouts…
All I can say is… so true!
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giller light review
Last night I attended the Giller Light Bash, courtesy of my workplace. It was held at the Steam Whistle Brewery and was a semi-swank affair attended by the public, book industry types, minor celebrities like some runners up in Canadian Idol, Chantal Kreviazuk and Ben Mulroney (I stood behind Kreviazuk as Mulroney interviewed her live…
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leveling the playing field, a little bit
Kudos to Reversa for turning around the “hot women as an incentive to buy products” in advertising. This is a really good one. Check it.
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poolside stories
I used to be a lifeguard. While I’ve read many times and in many places that lifeguarding is the perfect job for lazy people, the job itself was a constant source of stress for me. Every day I went to work, terrified that some random accident would occur, I would completely forget all my training,…
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mcmichael gallery’s 16th annual autumn art sale
Tomorrow – Friday, October 20th starting at 6 PM – is the opening night of the Autumn Art Sale put on annually by volunteers at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinberg. The sale lasts all weekend, but come out tomorrow evening to meet the artists and mingle with volunteers. I’m going to support a…