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Early camera tests with Mackenzie for his short film RIDE, which...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:15:23 -0800

Early camera tests with Mackenzie for his short film RIDE, which we shot this weekend. Includes footage of me failing to longboard.

Shot this with Alex for documentary class.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:37:00 -0800

Shot this with Alex for documentary class.

so I kind of really missed tumblr I guess

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:41:50 -0700

but I don’t really have anything interesting to say to you right now?

Do Canadian art people also kiss each other on the cheeks as a greeting? Or, as in the U.S., are we looking at a Toronto / rest of the country sort of split?

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:48 -0700

I should probably preface this by mentioning that my maternal grandmother is French, that my whole mother’s side of the family is therefore very kisses on the cheeks-y, and that I grew up in Montréal, a city which, regardless of your thoughts - if any - on the whole Quebec issue, is not only undeniably different from all other Canadian cities, but also, especially - all cities are different, duh - stakes a big part of its cultural identity on this ‘being different’. My knowledge of social norms within English Canada isn’t totally accurate, then.

Also worth mentioning: the only time I ever spent in Toronto was a 4 hour layover on my way back home from Vancouver, I was 12 or 13 and it was my first time flying alone. I do though instinctively sort of dislike it.

So, then, cheek kissing: there’s a lot less of it here in Vancouver than in Montreal, where I’d say it’s pretty prevalent, and not entirely limited to art people. The people I’ve witnessed doing it here are definitely mainly art people, though, or more like Art People and of a like very specific type. Vancouver is a big city, with a moderate/big art scene and I suspect there’s more of it here than in like Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan though I have absolutely no proof of this.

——>My point: yes, art people cheek kiss in Canada. Also: French people.

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"But first Ray must do his charade, which is Confucius. “Okay, I’m ready,” he says,..."

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:39:20 -0700

“But first Ray must do his charade, which is Confucius. “Okay, I’m ready,” he says, and begins to wander around the living room in a wild-eyed daze, looking as confused as possible, groping at the bookcases, placing his palm to his brow. And in that moment, Therese thinks how good-looking he is and how kind and strong and how she loves nobody else in the world even half as much.”

- Lorrie Moore, Charades

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Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:23:03 -0700

pasty/sneezing

I am an ungifted frisbee player, but shhhhhhhhhh! no one needs...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:48:33 -0700

I am an ungifted frisbee player, but shhhhhhhhhh! no one needs to know.

go, go see this

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go, go see this

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Trailer for ‘The West Coast Booby’ written &...

Wed, 18 May 2011 18:27:43 -0700

Trailer for ‘The West Coast Booby’

written & directed by Alex Lasheras

cinematography by Charlie Allison

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"if anyone at first found the writing startling he could pertinently remind himself how startling it..."

Mon, 16 May 2011 16:27:29 -0700

“if anyone at first found the writing startling he could pertinently remind himself how startling it would be to lose his own body”

- Robert Fitzgerald in the introduction to Everything That Rises Must Converge

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