"And pray for the thunder, And the rain, To quietly pass me by"
-Sweet Child o' Mine, G n' R (someone bring it out for Cinqo)

Remember this?
Yeah, me neither.

Never get Old- David Bowie
80's Life- The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
Love You More (Record Collection)- The Hours
LDN- Lily Allen
Flathead- The Fratellis
Happy Together- The Turtles
Fun Loving Nun- Of Montreal
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville- REM
Cupid's Chokehold- Gym Class Heroes

It should also be noted that I saw Larry Mullen Jr. Jr. on the street yesterday. I did what any normal person would do: I ran into a store selling buttons and hid. He got on his bike, I continued on my way to work without purchasing any buttons and before he could tell me I was "beautiful" and ask me to be his movie buddy.

No thanks.

Eve and I are going out for sushi and karaoke tonight to practice for Cinqo. I'm sure more people will assume we are lesbians on our first date. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (unless you are Isaiah Washington)

"Where do we go...Sweet child o' mine"

“Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.”
-Dashboard, Modest Mouse

Oh my God.

Longest week ever! No, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth: I have been without internet at work for 8 days. It’s unbearable in terms of having nothing to do and in falling behind in work since 75% of what I do requires internet.
Of course, Blogspot never works on my home computer (hence the lack of update, and Heidi, I did read your blog a week ago but couldn’t comment on it!).
Either way, here we are, finally having emerged from the Dark Ages (NEVER change your business account from Bell to Primus or you’ll be without internet for eons). And I'll post the results of that outdated poll tomorrow.

“Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know.Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio”

In summary then of my time not connected to the outside world:

-Kaiser Chiefs ruled! As did The Walkmen, who opened for them and of which 3 out of 5 members uncannily resembled Dirk. KC’s skipped over any song that couldn’t be jumped up and own to, which made for a great show- for sure one of the best I have seen. And I now have an ever bigger crush on singer Ricky Wilson, who fulfills the “not too meaty not too firm” category to a T. Ricky dove into the crowd- I don’t think I have seen anyone crowd surf since 1996. I touched his hand and his shoe. I feel special. I have pictures and video to upload eventually. Some of my pictures are already on Facebook.

-I won the Zip.ca weekly reviewer contest again and pocketed another $100. I also had my review with the National Post’s Popcorn Panel last week. And then I won the reviewer contest again. That’s 3 times now.

-Dan and I saw Year of the Dog. I’ve said it a million times, but to reiterate: I love Sarsgaard.
-I am thoroughly suntanned (and not burned to my own surprise) after a weekend spent outside on the deck and walking around Queen St.

-we are planning a pirate-themed deck party for later in the year, and a cottage weekend, all to be commenced sometime between now and mid-July.

-The Dance Cave Saturdays have surpassed Fridays as being the better night. You just have to put up with Spice Girls and Smashing Pumpkins….no, really. It’s actually kind of depressing. Its time to find somewhere new…possibly Revival. If only we all weren’t so cheap.

-Mr. Merv Griffin is apparently against showing any skin below the knees since he keeps biting my calves when I expose my legs via shorts or a skirt. You’ve been warned to wear pants if you come to visit.

-karaoke practicing for Cinqo has commenced. And Dirk and Natalie have scheduled a tentative arrival date of May 3rd which means a ludicrous long weekend of binge drinking, old-fashioned freak-outs, gallivanting, Dance Caving, steamrolling, and shopping.

“Oh, we talked about nothing which was more than I wanted you to know”

And, le piece de resistance:

-I got the weirdest email I have ever received. It’s so crazy, I actually had to forward it to people for confirmation that this dude was nuts. Remember back in the day when I went on a “date” with Larry Mullen Jr. Jr? Apparently, Larry isn’t too bright to pick up on my hints- ie. I’m too busy to meet him, I don’t have internet at home, I’m going away for the weekend, I broke my phone. I didn’t want to have to come out and say, “Dude- you’re crazy!” but apparently that’s what was required.
After not returning Larry’s phone calls or email for since pre-Easter, I get the weirdest rambling email ever which contained gems like (which are totally based on memory since I deleted this creepy email):
-“I’m no relationship expert, but I guess I am not Rachel material. You’re gorgeous.”
-“I’ve deleted your phone number from my cell phone so I don’t get drunk and call you because that’s what I do. I don’t want to call girls who don’t want to talk to me.”
-“I guess the reason I never heard from you to say ‘happy birthday’ to me was because you don’t want to talk to me.” (it should also be noted that Larry didn’t actually know when his birthday was…he forgot that it was the same day every year I guess.)
-“Remember when I said I was moving to Vancouver? I’m not”
-“Our dates were so good…why the change of heart?” (it should be noted that we had 1 date that was “meh” at best and a second one because I felt bad for him and spent the total of 120 minutes at a party trying to get away from him, not talk to him, and would inch further and further away from him).
-“That’s fine if you don’t want to talk to me again. Good luck in life.”

And as if you thought that was the end of it, it ends with this bit:

“We can still be movie buddies if you want and see movies together. We can chat online and talk about film. I’m always around in the city if you want to see a movie. I like talking to you because you are beautiful and funny.”

So bizarre. And hence, I am giving up on blind dates. And am guessing that I will hear from him again in one way or another since he seems stalkingly persistent. That being said, forward your single straight male friends on to me, lest even more people begin to think that Eve and I are lesbians (there’s actually a lot of them who do).

“Oh, we talked about nothing which was more than I wanted you to know”

"Progress is so good, you got to keep it moving"
-Race to the City, the Cinematics

I've been so neglectful to my blog lately. A lot of it is due to being increasingly busy at work and the the rest of my time is being spent on my new mistress Facebook since she's so new and easy to update.

Eve and I had possibly the worst Dance Cave experience ever on Friday- the place was filled with 19 year old girls in a female to male ration of 5:1, which is not what single girls like us want. The evening started off well with the usual music and the usual crowd of regulars including Enzo, Shane's Son, and that guy who tried to pick-up Eve. Somewhere the tides turned and we bailed around 12:30, only to get catcalls from lesbians on the street before on our way for sushi.

"Everything will be alright if you just have some fun"

Saturday brought an eventful trip to Dufferin Mall, an old roommate reuinion dinner at Cafe Diplomatico, and the Mod Club. In an awesome coincidence, we met up with the rest of our group- Lauren, Patrick and The Todd- on the street and were able to head over together. I stole a lot of these pictures from Lauren's Facebook!

The Mod Club was "meh" due to a) the random band b) the DJs coming on later than usual c) no "Start Wearing Purple." A highlight was a group of drunken bachelor party attendees who jumped on the stage to shake what their mama gave them for the crowd, before one of them pulled down his pants and mooned the crowd, only to then fall off the stage and be escorted away for a lecture by security.

And because I am clearly insane, I just picked up tickets for The Bravery and The Cinematics at the Opera House in May, bringing my grand total of concerts in May to 5. And I have an extra ticket for whoever wants it.

"Try to leave it all behind, but you can't get enough"

"Sing a song of six-pence for your sake, And drink a bottle full of rye"
- Handbags & Gladrags, Stereophonics

Choose 6:
	Bad Time to Be Poor- Rheostatics
	Never Get Old- David Bowie
	Love You More (Record Collection)- The Hours
	Cupid's Chokehold- Gym Class Heroes
	(Don't Go Back to) Rockville- REM
	LDN- Lily Allen
	Flathead- The Fratellis
	Fun Loving Nun- Of Montreal
	80's Life- The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
	Happy Together- The Turtles
pollcode.com free polls

This poll will stay up for a week, owing to the fact that I'm busy at work. And we're all getting lazier so more voting time. That and I've screwed up the regular routine of posting polls on Fridays.

I really am busy at work and can't make it to that movie waaaaaay up North (I know Lauren doesn't think it's that far) so if anyone wants my free passes, let me know. Severly in need of a drink last night afer a crazy day at work, Eve and I met at the Red Room then discovered a new karaoke place in Chinatown, which is the reason for my raspy man-voice this morning. So many memories of Japan...

And I really want to go to London in July for Live Earth, except of course, I've already seen all the good bands listed but there's always the hope that someone awesome will be added. Either way, it beats Toronto's Virgin Fest.

"So once you think you're in, you're out"

"I'll dance my little dance till it makes you smile "
-Never Let Me Down, David Bowie

I'm sorry. I'm really bad. This blog is falling by the wayside. Combined with a super busy 3 day work week last week, a hefty final assignment in my film marketing class (remind me never to be a student again), and the emerging obsession that is facebook, I haven't had the time.

But I will update soon, end of the week, I promise. I'm slowly compiling my London trip on my travel blog. Saturday is my belated birthday party possibly at the Mod Club. Revival has a "new" Saturday night which is pulling me in with a large picture of Bono on the poster, but the bold "80's Pop" is making me cringe, when you know for sure that over at the Mod Club, you are guaranteed to hear "Start Wearing Purple". And yes, this is pretty much the biggest decision I have to make this week.

My winning streak has slowed lately, except for the Zip.ca Weekly Critic win...but today I won screening passes to Disturbia. But it's all the way up at Empress Walk, which is almost more of a burden than a prize. You know how much I hate travelling North of Bloor. I've never even gone that far North on the subway before. We'll see how adventurous I'm feeling and who I can wrangle into coming with me.

And I'll put up a playlist poll tomorrow, so last minute pitchers, pitch now...

"And though my days are slipping by ..."