Top 5 Bands I've seen this year (for the first time)
1. The Arkells
I saw this band 3, count'em, 3 times in 2009. The last time, in November, was the greatest, as Heath and Rach were there to share the experience with me. The best band to come out of Hamilton since...well, has there been another band?
2. Great Bloomers
I saw this band in Toronto oh, 3 times? and then once more in Winnipeg with my sisters, both of whom felt a deep like for them! They are the closest genre to country that I will admit to liking and even still, I would consider them more pop than anything else, as they are great to dance to!
3. Jet
I've been waiting to see Jet for the loooongest time and I got the shock of my life when they actually came to Toronto when I was there, and an even bigger shock when they came to Winnipeg in the fall. They are great live! And their Scottish roadie is ridiculously nice!
4. Jamie Cullum
Jamie was FAB-u-lous! Any man that will open up his piano, pluck the strings, and then jump on top has my vote as a great entertainer. He also has the same birthday as me, and gave me cheek kisses when I informed him of this! *swoon*
5. AC/DC
Been waiting to see this band since at least 2001, and got the chance to see them twice in 2009, once in Fargo, once in Winnipeg. For a band that has been around this long, it's great to see that they are still great performers. Angus is INSANE! and you've gotta love stage gimmicks like giant tattooed boobular women.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I am landlocked
Darn you, Hanson, for only coming as close as Minneapolis in your fall tour! if I had SOME money right now instead of being up to my elbows in debt, I'd totally hit that. Here's hoping they decide to add some Canadian dates: specifically, Winnipeg. I bought tix for JET, who are coming to Winnipeg--going with all my in-laws (mother, father, brother), but curiously not the boyfriend.
The first week (Well, first day) of school went about as good as could be imagined...except for my room mix-up for my first class--luckily, I realized it was the wrong room before the prof closed the door! I think I'm on track with the readings so far, even though it takes me a ridiculous long time to read anything as I'm distracted with Doogie Howser, M.D., How I Met Your Mother, and keeping up with my other stories. Though,I haven't started reading my textbook for Computer Usage 2 yet...I bought it new for $122 and then discovered I could use an older edition, hello $38 on Ebay! I didn't want to wrinkle any pages knowing I'd be returning it. I have started reading the notes for the class though. Whoot for Powerpoint and secure FTP sites.
I lucked out with my TA shifts and I only have to be in the labs on the days I have classes (Tue/Thur), which maximizes my chances for shifts at TM. That is excellent, as I have to maintain/increase my hours in order to eliminate my debt. Sigh. Hopefully, the number of events in October, November, and December will be good to me.
Time for bed, second day of school tomorrow! Rise and shine at 9am
The first week (Well, first day) of school went about as good as could be imagined...except for my room mix-up for my first class--luckily, I realized it was the wrong room before the prof closed the door! I think I'm on track with the readings so far, even though it takes me a ridiculous long time to read anything as I'm distracted with Doogie Howser, M.D., How I Met Your Mother, and keeping up with my other stories. Though,I haven't started reading my textbook for Computer Usage 2 yet...I bought it new for $122 and then discovered I could use an older edition, hello $38 on Ebay! I didn't want to wrinkle any pages knowing I'd be returning it. I have started reading the notes for the class though. Whoot for Powerpoint and secure FTP sites.
I lucked out with my TA shifts and I only have to be in the labs on the days I have classes (Tue/Thur), which maximizes my chances for shifts at TM. That is excellent, as I have to maintain/increase my hours in order to eliminate my debt. Sigh. Hopefully, the number of events in October, November, and December will be good to me.
Time for bed, second day of school tomorrow! Rise and shine at 9am
Friday, July 10, 2009
high voltage
Wednesday, June 24th: I got my hair cut at this place that was having a promotion, but the service was meh...the stylist had trouble cutting my hair so that it was even on both sides, so I definitely won’t be giving him any referrals. I then prepared dinner for Meg and I...roasted garlic parmesan asparagus and pasta with sirloin beef strips and a rose sauce. It was delicious and so filling!
Friday, June 26th: Meg’s birthday! So much fun! I made a white chocolate raspberry oreo cheesecake for the occasion, and despite it being my first attempt at cheesecake, the feedback was excellent. I’ve saved the recipe so I can make it again (though it’s fairly expensive, as many of the ingredients aren’t always lying around one’s pantry/fridge). I got a hot red dress for the occasion, which I will likely be wearing for my birthday too. The chosen bar was actually decent, as far as top 40 bars go; at least the bathrooms were nice, and they played Thriller and a whackload of other MJ songs (I know, this ongoing memorialisation is getting old but I do like a good MJ dance now and again).
We didn’t get nearly as much sleep as we required that night, so the next morning, we stumbled, tired and hungry, to the distillery district to meet my parents and aunt and uncle for breakfast at the Mill Street Pub. An omelette has never tasted so good! We had to drop Meg’s friend off at the bus depot, and afterwards, walked to Kensington Market to enjoy a cool drink in the shade while waiting for our rents to finish touristing. Our groups met again at a wine tasting held in Nathan Phillips Square for the Jazz Festival, before Meg and I headed out once more, to change and liven ourselves up a bit. The fams met once more at Avli, a Greek Restaurant just off Chester and Danforth. It was delicious. Tired, but not yet wanting to pack it in for the night, we decided to try finding a patio; well, it was impossible for such a nice Saturday night, and after trying Milestones, Jack Astors, and Imperial Pub, we settled for indoors at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Sunday Morning, I woke up early (what? 9am is early for someone who doesn’t have a job!) and met my parents at their hotel. From there, we went to our first Blue Jays game. We got free ballcaps when we entered, and many free Gillette samples upon exiting, and were gouged out our ears for snacks inside. Fitting, I suppose. Mum wanted to hit up Chinatown, dad and I walked slowly, bored at watching mom buy cheap knickknacks and consider buying 6 t-shirts for $10. I wanted to go to East Side Marios for dinner, as I hadn’t been yet. We were not impressed with their service, but you can’t argue with bottomless breadsticks and salad.
Monday, June 29th: The rents wanted to go to Niagara Falls, so we caught a bus around noon. We ended up getting great weather (in jeans, I was quite warm for the majority of the day). The Falls were nice to see, the rest of the town was kind of dumpy-looking. We didn’t look at a lot of the tourist attractions though, so I have something to see when H comes to visit! We didn’t eat before catching a bus back to Toronto, and as a result, our stomachs were growlin’ something terrible. Luckily, we stopped at the most awesome Chinese Restaurant on our way back to the hotel...it was seriously 5-10 minutes from ordering to getting our food, hot, fresh, and delicious. The service was excellent and I’m thinking my dad tipped big that night.
Tuesday, June 30th: I actually got my parents into H&M! Haha, my dad bought like, 7 shirts (he really can’t resist a good price), and mum bought some stuff too. We dropped off their purchases at the hotel, and off we went again. We hit Queen Street West before stopping at Jack Astors for lunch. From there, we walked to King Street and took a streetcar yet again to the distillery district. We were able to do a bit more walking around than the previous visit, and also saw two different wedding parties taking pictures. It was a pretty location for the shots. Mum bought some flowers/plants, and then we took a walk to St. Lawrence Market, which I haven’t been to since our last trip to Toronto back in...Grade 11? Yeah. Finally, I left my parents to their own devices and went home to get ready for the Jamie Cullum concert.
Opening act was kind of boring; they were good, just not at all into plainly instrumental music, especially jazz. Jamie was fab! Just as I imagined he would be (and, living up to the recorded performances I’ve seen on tv and youtube. I hung around after the show to try to meet him and it paid off. He mentioned during the show that this would be his last performance of TwentySomething because he was turning 30 in August, and he mentioned to someone around me that in fact, his birthday was on the 20th. I told him my birthday was the same day as his and he gave me 2 cheek kisses, which I handled awkwardly because of my non-british ways and plain awkwardness. Still awesome, though.
Wednesday, July 1st: Canada Day! Also, my parents’ last day in Toronto. I helped them bring their luggage to my house at checkout time, met Meg for a quick lunch together, and then we all headed off to the airport to see them off. All in all, it was a good visit. I think they both enjoyed Toronto. At last, Meg and I headed to Mississauga for their Canada Day celebration. We arrived a tad early, as we really only wanted to see Sloan, but it gave us a change to just hang, check out a bit of Mississauga, and get a good spot (nearly at the front, centre) for Sloan. They were great, but just stuck to singles. The fireworks were spectacular, I guess to make up for the nearly 20 minutes of shoddy music they played. We nearly got stranded in Mississauga for the night, too, when they didn’t send enough buses to get us back to the subway. Lots of angry people, including us. ½ hour later and we wouldn’t have made the subway!
Weekend involved...not sure? Karaokee with roommates x2, watching Grandma’s Boy with commentary with Meg on Sunday, and catching up on Weeds episodes (I’m almost up to date—it’s so good!).
Monday, July 6th: JET!!! Gah! They were fantastic! Meg came with me and we had an awesome time. To quote Meg’s facebook status, “Jet concert = four dirty Australians and one very happy girl”. Well, make that 2 happy girls. They played Timothy, which I didn’t think they ever did live, I met them all after, and the super nice Irish/Scottish roadie gave me lots of guitar picks with which to make earrings...whoot! I also made friends with a pair of sisters, who I hope to hear from soon (they took a picture of me with the drummer as my camera decided to die after only one band picture)
Since Monday, I’ve been biding my time until HP#6 comes out in theatres. I read books #1-6—just finished the last one an hour ago—and will likely take’r easy this weekend. My one knee is hurtin’ a bit so I put a pause on running, so it’ll be guitar time this weekend. I also work tomorrow (yay, money coming in!) and it’s 7-11 which should mean free small slurpees? I shall see.
And there you have it, Hoho.
Friday, June 26th: Meg’s birthday! So much fun! I made a white chocolate raspberry oreo cheesecake for the occasion, and despite it being my first attempt at cheesecake, the feedback was excellent. I’ve saved the recipe so I can make it again (though it’s fairly expensive, as many of the ingredients aren’t always lying around one’s pantry/fridge). I got a hot red dress for the occasion, which I will likely be wearing for my birthday too. The chosen bar was actually decent, as far as top 40 bars go; at least the bathrooms were nice, and they played Thriller and a whackload of other MJ songs (I know, this ongoing memorialisation is getting old but I do like a good MJ dance now and again).
We didn’t get nearly as much sleep as we required that night, so the next morning, we stumbled, tired and hungry, to the distillery district to meet my parents and aunt and uncle for breakfast at the Mill Street Pub. An omelette has never tasted so good! We had to drop Meg’s friend off at the bus depot, and afterwards, walked to Kensington Market to enjoy a cool drink in the shade while waiting for our rents to finish touristing. Our groups met again at a wine tasting held in Nathan Phillips Square for the Jazz Festival, before Meg and I headed out once more, to change and liven ourselves up a bit. The fams met once more at Avli, a Greek Restaurant just off Chester and Danforth. It was delicious. Tired, but not yet wanting to pack it in for the night, we decided to try finding a patio; well, it was impossible for such a nice Saturday night, and after trying Milestones, Jack Astors, and Imperial Pub, we settled for indoors at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Sunday Morning, I woke up early (what? 9am is early for someone who doesn’t have a job!) and met my parents at their hotel. From there, we went to our first Blue Jays game. We got free ballcaps when we entered, and many free Gillette samples upon exiting, and were gouged out our ears for snacks inside. Fitting, I suppose. Mum wanted to hit up Chinatown, dad and I walked slowly, bored at watching mom buy cheap knickknacks and consider buying 6 t-shirts for $10. I wanted to go to East Side Marios for dinner, as I hadn’t been yet. We were not impressed with their service, but you can’t argue with bottomless breadsticks and salad.
Monday, June 29th: The rents wanted to go to Niagara Falls, so we caught a bus around noon. We ended up getting great weather (in jeans, I was quite warm for the majority of the day). The Falls were nice to see, the rest of the town was kind of dumpy-looking. We didn’t look at a lot of the tourist attractions though, so I have something to see when H comes to visit! We didn’t eat before catching a bus back to Toronto, and as a result, our stomachs were growlin’ something terrible. Luckily, we stopped at the most awesome Chinese Restaurant on our way back to the hotel...it was seriously 5-10 minutes from ordering to getting our food, hot, fresh, and delicious. The service was excellent and I’m thinking my dad tipped big that night.
Tuesday, June 30th: I actually got my parents into H&M! Haha, my dad bought like, 7 shirts (he really can’t resist a good price), and mum bought some stuff too. We dropped off their purchases at the hotel, and off we went again. We hit Queen Street West before stopping at Jack Astors for lunch. From there, we walked to King Street and took a streetcar yet again to the distillery district. We were able to do a bit more walking around than the previous visit, and also saw two different wedding parties taking pictures. It was a pretty location for the shots. Mum bought some flowers/plants, and then we took a walk to St. Lawrence Market, which I haven’t been to since our last trip to Toronto back in...Grade 11? Yeah. Finally, I left my parents to their own devices and went home to get ready for the Jamie Cullum concert.
Opening act was kind of boring; they were good, just not at all into plainly instrumental music, especially jazz. Jamie was fab! Just as I imagined he would be (and, living up to the recorded performances I’ve seen on tv and youtube. I hung around after the show to try to meet him and it paid off. He mentioned during the show that this would be his last performance of TwentySomething because he was turning 30 in August, and he mentioned to someone around me that in fact, his birthday was on the 20th. I told him my birthday was the same day as his and he gave me 2 cheek kisses, which I handled awkwardly because of my non-british ways and plain awkwardness. Still awesome, though.
Wednesday, July 1st: Canada Day! Also, my parents’ last day in Toronto. I helped them bring their luggage to my house at checkout time, met Meg for a quick lunch together, and then we all headed off to the airport to see them off. All in all, it was a good visit. I think they both enjoyed Toronto. At last, Meg and I headed to Mississauga for their Canada Day celebration. We arrived a tad early, as we really only wanted to see Sloan, but it gave us a change to just hang, check out a bit of Mississauga, and get a good spot (nearly at the front, centre) for Sloan. They were great, but just stuck to singles. The fireworks were spectacular, I guess to make up for the nearly 20 minutes of shoddy music they played. We nearly got stranded in Mississauga for the night, too, when they didn’t send enough buses to get us back to the subway. Lots of angry people, including us. ½ hour later and we wouldn’t have made the subway!
Weekend involved...not sure? Karaokee with roommates x2, watching Grandma’s Boy with commentary with Meg on Sunday, and catching up on Weeds episodes (I’m almost up to date—it’s so good!).
Monday, July 6th: JET!!! Gah! They were fantastic! Meg came with me and we had an awesome time. To quote Meg’s facebook status, “Jet concert = four dirty Australians and one very happy girl”. Well, make that 2 happy girls. They played Timothy, which I didn’t think they ever did live, I met them all after, and the super nice Irish/Scottish roadie gave me lots of guitar picks with which to make earrings...whoot! I also made friends with a pair of sisters, who I hope to hear from soon (they took a picture of me with the drummer as my camera decided to die after only one band picture)
Since Monday, I’ve been biding my time until HP#6 comes out in theatres. I read books #1-6—just finished the last one an hour ago—and will likely take’r easy this weekend. My one knee is hurtin’ a bit so I put a pause on running, so it’ll be guitar time this weekend. I also work tomorrow (yay, money coming in!) and it’s 7-11 which should mean free small slurpees? I shall see.
And there you have it, Hoho.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
we've sacrificed our purities and crafted new identities...
Have so much to tell!
Thursday, June 4th:
Steve arrived! soooo happy!
Friday, June 5th:
Thank goodness for good weather! We took the ferry to Toronto Island, rented Quadricycles (which were traded in for regular bicycles when we realized how difficult it was to ride the Quadricycles), and took in the day. Upon returning to downtown Toronto, we headed to Yonge-Dundas Square, where the Luminato Festival was kicking off. We met an older Torontoian couple in the beer gardens, who brought with them interesting conversation. It was going to be awhile until Randy Bachman hit the stage, so we decided to go eat dinner at Imperial Pub on Dundas St., just East of Yonge. It was pretty good, and very filling...and beer was served in these giant mugs!
Randy Bachman was awesome, and though it was hard to stand on concrete for so long, I think Steve enjoyed it too. Jen met us for his set too, which was awesome because we started singing the songs to each other.
Saturday, June 6th:
Canada's Wonderland day! Much to my body and internal clock's dismay, we [Meg, Steve, me] woke up really early to make sure we were at the park fairly early on. Despite arriving 1/2 hour after the park opened, it was a Saturday and full of kids, thus we still had to wait an hour and a half to go on our first ride. We got in about 3-4 rides, plus the waterpark, so I guess it was worth it....Next time, it'd be more worthwhile to go on a weekday before school lets out. We also had foot long hot dogs (haven't had that in a while!) and I got an ICEE, my first one in a number of years.
After going home and freshening up, we hit King Street for dinner, trying the Red Tomato (the second time, for me)...again, it was delicious and the price was right. We were all pretty exhausted, so we headed home for good afterwards.
Sunday, June 7th:
Steve's last full day in Toronto :( We didn't want to do anything too strenuous because we were still tired from the last few days, so we grabbed some cheap candy (thanks, dollarama) and met Meg at the theatre to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine which was really good--now I have to see the other X-Men movies!
In order to limit required walking, we ate dinner at Spring Roll, also very good.
Monday, June 8th:
Took Steve to the airport! Saaaaaad face. Had a relatively slow day, besides going to another job interview that evening.
Wednesday, June 10th:
Met H's friend A, who took me around to the restaurant districts in Toronto, gave me pointers on applying for jobs, told me where NOT to apply, etc etc. Much appreciated, and hopefully it comes in handy.
Friday, June 12th:
Had 2 interviews, one went well but job turned out to be ridic, one went terrible, based on my non-experience at serving. The day redeemed itself when I bought Jet tickets--they're playing Toronto July 6th! In addition, Meg and I went to the Thea-tah to see The Hangover...seriously hilarous!
Uneventful weekend, But I have been reading quite a bit, as well as watching a lot of movies. I watched He's Just Not That Into You, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, Penelope, and The Soloist.
This weekend, on the other hand, has been much more exciting, but I want to get outside and enjoy the sun for a bit...I'll try to update again later today!
Thursday, June 4th:
Steve arrived! soooo happy!
Friday, June 5th:
Thank goodness for good weather! We took the ferry to Toronto Island, rented Quadricycles (which were traded in for regular bicycles when we realized how difficult it was to ride the Quadricycles), and took in the day. Upon returning to downtown Toronto, we headed to Yonge-Dundas Square, where the Luminato Festival was kicking off. We met an older Torontoian couple in the beer gardens, who brought with them interesting conversation. It was going to be awhile until Randy Bachman hit the stage, so we decided to go eat dinner at Imperial Pub on Dundas St., just East of Yonge. It was pretty good, and very filling...and beer was served in these giant mugs!
Randy Bachman was awesome, and though it was hard to stand on concrete for so long, I think Steve enjoyed it too. Jen met us for his set too, which was awesome because we started singing the songs to each other.
Saturday, June 6th:
Canada's Wonderland day! Much to my body and internal clock's dismay, we [Meg, Steve, me] woke up really early to make sure we were at the park fairly early on. Despite arriving 1/2 hour after the park opened, it was a Saturday and full of kids, thus we still had to wait an hour and a half to go on our first ride. We got in about 3-4 rides, plus the waterpark, so I guess it was worth it....Next time, it'd be more worthwhile to go on a weekday before school lets out. We also had foot long hot dogs (haven't had that in a while!) and I got an ICEE, my first one in a number of years.
After going home and freshening up, we hit King Street for dinner, trying the Red Tomato (the second time, for me)...again, it was delicious and the price was right. We were all pretty exhausted, so we headed home for good afterwards.
Sunday, June 7th:
Steve's last full day in Toronto :( We didn't want to do anything too strenuous because we were still tired from the last few days, so we grabbed some cheap candy (thanks, dollarama) and met Meg at the theatre to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine which was really good--now I have to see the other X-Men movies!
In order to limit required walking, we ate dinner at Spring Roll, also very good.
Monday, June 8th:
Took Steve to the airport! Saaaaaad face. Had a relatively slow day, besides going to another job interview that evening.
Wednesday, June 10th:
Met H's friend A, who took me around to the restaurant districts in Toronto, gave me pointers on applying for jobs, told me where NOT to apply, etc etc. Much appreciated, and hopefully it comes in handy.
Friday, June 12th:
Had 2 interviews, one went well but job turned out to be ridic, one went terrible, based on my non-experience at serving. The day redeemed itself when I bought Jet tickets--they're playing Toronto July 6th! In addition, Meg and I went to the Thea-tah to see The Hangover...seriously hilarous!
Uneventful weekend, But I have been reading quite a bit, as well as watching a lot of movies. I watched He's Just Not That Into You, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, Penelope, and The Soloist.
This weekend, on the other hand, has been much more exciting, but I want to get outside and enjoy the sun for a bit...I'll try to update again later today!
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