I'm leaving for the Portage Store on Tuesday. I'll be there until labour day, with the possibility of a trip to my dad's cottage at some point in between. I'm glad to be going: I need a job, the ppl are nice, and it's a great environment. But it's also a little sad because it's more time that I won't have my parents nearby, and this year at school amounted to an eight month stint of romanticizing and yearning for my return to Toronto. I don't feel like I've have my fill of the city yet at all. And then there's the friends situation. Sitting in my living room tonight with ppl who have known me for me for years, have an idea of where I come from, know my parents, knew my sister...well, I really appreciate that. And I sort of missed that at school this year. Now, that's not to say that the one or two friendships that I found this year are anything less than things to cherish. No. It's just that having old friends in my life is really important to me. So, the fact that I'm abandoning these three things (family, friends, city) again is a little 'what the hell am i thinking?-ish'. Hopefully some great things will happen this summer in Algonquin. I think that there could be new friends to be found up there. As for next year, well, Hasdeep is a great person to know, and hopefully there will be one or two other people who I will meet in classes or clubs or randomly outside of school. I have high hopes for the apartment I'll live in (location TBA). There will be speakers, a radio, a CD player, possibly a record player (if I can find one cheap at a garage sale), books, and a computer. I have yet to decide whether I'll have internet: the price of access is an issue, as is the amount of time that I waste online. I can always work checking my email into my on-campus routine. I reeeeaally hope that finding a place works out, and I manage to find somewhere that fits the idea of what I want. (What I want is small, clean, with character, sane landlord, and good location, under five hundred a month inclusive.)
- posted by K. @ 2:35 a.m. |

June 19, 2003

 
long time no type. yeah yeah yeah. ok,
music that makes me:
shiver -- The Gossip
imagine -- Isan
appreciate the bloop -- I Am Robot And Proud
happy while i drive -- Modest Mouse
remember jessie -- The Be Good Tanyas, Joni Mitchell, and Mary Lou Lord
want to visit/move to Montreal -- Stereo Total
- posted by K. @ 11:58 p.m. |

June 08, 2003

 
soulseek
user: ksavo
files number: one and a half thousand
files type: indie, glitch, rockabilly, riot, pop, gypsy jazz
- posted by K. @ 1:36 a.m. |

June 05, 2003

 
Emily Haines be Googled
I was reading a review at Pitchfork on Broken Social Scene and Emily Haines was mentioned. Having no idea of who this woman is, I thought I'd look her up. Apparently everybody who writes about her art sees her talent along very similar lines. Check this out --
-->"Emily Haines' chameleon warble"
-->"Emily Haines' seething vocals"
-->"Emily Haines' melting alto"
-->"the soaring vocals of Emily Haines"
-->"the the luscious vocals of Emily Haines"
At least this guy managed to put more than two words between her name and the ensuing descriptors with "Emily Haines teases out all the suffocating peer-dependent loneliness of teenage-girlhood, capturing a kind of heartbreaking solipsistic neediness".

- posted by K. @ 9:02 p.m. |

June 01, 2003

 
Bon Voyage, Jerry
Went to Jerry's going away party on Friday. Decided that Stella Artois smells like weed. Pinky swore to share a place in Vancouver with Dan if he ever moves out there. Met a guy named Richard who teaches middle school and snorts coke. Ordered hot and sour soup and spring rolls at New Sky on Spadina with Dan afterward. Was very impressed to learn that the restaurant stays open until 5 in the morning. Also learnt that "cold tea" can mean beer. C-o-f-f-e-e...b-e-e-r. Took a 17 dollar cab ride home. Got home shortly after four. Answered the phone at nine twenty something.

Holga, ya?
Took in my first roll of 120mm film to LabLighting on Queen on Friday afternoon. Will have the prints on Tuesday. Hope they work out. I bought more film, b/w this time.
- posted by K. @ 8:46 p.m. |


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