“You like me, and I like it all”
- Rebel, Rebel, David Bowie

Interesting highlights of the weekend: The Cat Show at the CNE.

Yeah, truthfully that’s it. Migraine on Friday derailed my nightly plans and got me out of work for the day.

And now, a recap:

Thursday: I won passes from Dose for a preview screening of The Brothers Grimm. Kate and I went, ate new York Fries and heckled things. I’m on a winning streak of things lately. The passes go hand in hand with my Sno-Cone maker, book of recipes from the National Pork Council, and a keychain. Yes! Anyway, save your time and your money in regard to the dear old “Brothers.” If you want to know what it’s like, put Sleepy Hollow, The 10th Kingdom, and Lost in la Mancha on and watch them all at once. Terry Gilliam, you disappoint me.


“You want more and you want it fast”


In more exciting news (at least to me!) I joined zip.ca to rent all my movies from them. It is by far the best thing ever. I’m so impressed. I got my movies in less than 24 hours. However, the movies I rented were, um, well….let’s start with The Center of the World. Now, my love of Peter Sarsgaard is legendary , but even I can’t love this film. Rent it if you will, but I was expecting more than soft core porn. Call me foolish. (See: Dorff vs. Sarsgaard)

Friday: I think I watched Casa de Los Babys and The Salton Sea (again with the Peter Sarsgaard). I knew there was a reason I put Val Kilmer on my underrated list so many weeks ago….I can’t remember Friday. Meh.


“They put you down, they say I'm wrong, You tacky thing, you put them on”


Saturday: New iPod day! Thank you Apple warranty. This U2 iPod actually works. And I’ll take better care of it. Kate and I went shopping and to ARBY’S! (“I’m so hungry, I could eat at Arby’s”- Sheri or Teri, The Simpsons). I recall watching Moulin rouge and SNL (only to see Keane, again). I told you it was a slow weekend.

And I bought Toronto Film Festival gala tickets for Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Not my first choice (Proof and Elizabethtown were sold out) but at least I get to see my high school crush (circa 1997-1999) Ralph Fiennes see old email address “rfiennes_fan@yahoo.com”), as he is one of the voices. Yes I know, I am odd, being the only girl in high school back in the day who was not in love with the Backstreet Boys or Leo DiCaprio. I laughed when he dies in Titanic. Either way it will be exciting! I do love Wallace and Gromit.

We’re also having a stalking contest at work for stars during the festival. I hope Maggie Gyllenhaal brings her boyfriend, Peter Sarsgaard….(obsess much? Just for this week anyway)


“Hey babe, let's stay out tonight, You like me, and I like it all, We like dancing and we look divine”


Sunday: When there’s nothing else to do, CAT SHOW! And buy things on eBay- As part of the Peter Sarsgaard themed weekend: Empire and Shattered Glass. And Primal Fear for no reason at all.


This week will prove to be chaotic enough:
-Last softball game with work (we’re not in the finals because we keep losing…only one win)
-Nayeli is moving in YAY!
-Eve is moving to Japan BOO!
-Montreal for the looooong weekend!
-Green Day on Sunday!


“You love bands when they're playing hardYou want more and you want it fast”


I’m in a listing mood today so here goes:

Best/Worst concerts I have seen:

Best:
U2. Obviously. Okay to narrow it down to one out of the 4 (soon to be 6) times I have seen them: Montreal. October 2001 with Shane. Garbage opened. Best. U2. Concert. Ever. It had to be good: They played “Out of Control.” I yelled “Take off your pants.”

Stars/The Organ. Ottawa. Forget the Organ. It’s all about Stars. April 2005. Right after Natalie and I wrote our art history exam! We went with Mairin, Dirk, and Shane. As usual, given our company, we had a great time.

Keane. February 2005. Montreal. With Heidi, Dirk, Shane, and Rusty. They were really good. Bonus points for The Zutons as openers.

The Bravery. The Dead 60’s opened. Toronto. With Eve. They were better than expected, especially because they threw in an old school U2 cover of An Cat Dubh.

Bush. December 1999. The Warehouse (Kool Haus). With Dan. I came home with bruises. It rocked.

Honourable Mentions- Duran Duran (2000), Madonna (2004), Bon Jovi (2001), Nelly Furtado (2004).

As I make this list, I realize that most concerts are good.

Worst:

Britney Spears. August 2000? With Dan. Okay, we paid our $20 as a joke. The entire premise was to answer the question of whether we could tell if she had breast implants.

Bush. May 2002. With Miranda in Toronto. No matter what, Bush just wasn’t as cool in 2002. Points are taken away because Robin Black opened.

Third Eye Blind. October 1997. I didn’t really go to see them on purpose but they opened for U2 when I went with my Mom. And we heckled and booed them. And while we're on the subject of support acts: PJ Harvey. WTF?

No Doubt. Toronto. With Dan and Hillary. Now I like No Doubt. But not live. Sooooo bad. Stay away when Gwen Stefani does her solo tour. And Black Eyed Peas (pre-Fergie) opened. I don’t have any recollection of them actually performing.



OVERRATED: The centre of the World. Okay, not really, since it didn’t have good reviews. But it didn’t need to go masquerading around as an actual film. All it needed to say was Peter Sarsgaard. Soft core porn…I still would have watched, but I would have been better prepared.
UNDERRATED: The Salton Sea. I love movies about drugs. For an extra depressing time, watch it in trilogy form with Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream. Then stay off drugs.


“You wanna be there when they count up the dudes”