Retail therapy

Nothing cures the blues away like a day of shopping :P

I went to the new Sephora store with my mom and sister... we got a bit carried away... got new eye shadows, lip gloss (though my candy cane from Vicky Secret stays my favorite :P) and a selection of body wash, the best ones being dark chocolate (ayayay!) and a mix of tropical fruits that actually smells more like green apple.

I also found a lovely dress, black with lil white and yellow dots, rockabilly style... now I only need yellow shows to complete the outfit hehehe...

In the dead of night
I still see your face

In the dead of night
I still hear your voice

Even though you're gone
Even when months have passed

And you don't see me
And you don't hear me

I still talk to you
In the dead of night

how to massacre a classic

Time keeps on slippin slippin slippin
into the summer
time keeps on slippin slippin slippin
and I'm waiting

I wanna fly-y my Falcon
in the sea
I wanna fly-y my Falcon
let its thrusters carry it
I wanna fly-y my Falcon
till I'm rich
Oh, Lord, through the Caribbean

It's official, I've gone mad from the wait for that first f***** job. :P

trading conscience

Fuck Jiminy Cricket, I want mini-wheat as my shoulder conscience!!!

Naturally 7

from l. to r. : trumpet+vocals, turn tables, drum, guitar, vocals, vocals+flute/trombone, bass

Last show I saw at the Jazz Festival was Naturally 7, on Wednesday. Man these guys kick ass!!!
A cappella, beat box, R&B with a twist.. call it what you will, they are excellent!

No instruments of course, it's kinda impossible to describe it, you have to listen to it. Sadly, their albums are a bit of a let down. The energy on stage didn't transfer to the studio and the songs are too mellow :S

Anyway, CHECK THOSE LINKS!!! and if they ever come to town for a show GO SEE THEM!!!

"Say you love me" is now part of my top 5 of the most beautiful love songs ev-er! I recorded it at the show, only half the song cause I thought I'd find it on the cd... but it just doesn't sound as good (how many time do you actually say that? it sounds better live?!?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPGyfwnzB7w


update! I found the complete song live... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2FHoUGuKk


The song that made them famous worldwide, recorded in the metro de Paris, a cover of Phil Collins "in the air tonight". Ho how I wish I'd been there... a serious case of "I don't care that we're at my station, I'm not getting out of here until they finish!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY

more update... to see the coolest guitar solo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfyJ2y2RdA

a rose by any other name

Weird but pretty... or pretty weird? :P

Last night I went to see Bran Van 3000 at the Jazz Festival. The show was great, especially the beginning... thought the end dragged on a bit too long but anyway that's not what I want to talk about :P

As usual, I'd parked my car on the corner of St-André, where Muï lives. When I got back to it, at 2:30am, I found a rose on my windshield, the stem stuck under my whipper.

I looked around and inside the car, in case there was also a psychopath holding an axe and waiting to finish me. :S But there was no one there, only a black cat looking at me intently, that didn't want to tell me anything.
I know it's probably just someone who was walking by and didn't want it that put it there but I still looked a bit more often in my rear-view mirror going home to make sure no one was following me.

I think I've had too many psychos/stalkers in my life....

Anyway, to whomever left it there, thank you, it's very nice, but next time leave a note or something.

more cartoons, I have no life :P

...or there's just a lot of funny cartoons around these days :)

"Every American has the right to bear arms"

Maybe that will reduce the amount of idiots down there if they all start shooting each other? but yeah, fat chance... more likely the morons will shoot the few good ones left...

Where do I sign to resign from the human race?

Sushi done right

Fish are friends not food! Leave the few left in the ocean to the sharks, to whom they rightfully belong anyway. :P

Nemi always gets it right

BONNE ST-JEAN!!!

Summer in Montreal is party central... with all the festivals, parties, holidays and street sales, it's a wonder how people find time and energy to go to work...

This year the city decided to close part of Ste-Catherine street to circulation permanently, from June to September. Considering that it was closed every other day because of all the festivals anyway, it just made sense and now all the restaurants and clubs have built extended patio up to the middle of the street. a-w-e-s-o-m-e!

I celebrated St-Jean with a bunch of anglos this weekend. It was a lot of fun, got to rediscover pubs and celebrations I had missed for a couple of years. Night of the 23rd (which is always a drunken debauchery since the 24th is a holiday and all offices are closed) was up to par, with plenty of beer, shots, music and food, starting at 3pm and ending in a heated pool at 6am (with more beer, tequila and sunrise :P).

Sean, Sue, Davon and me set out for *late* breakfast at Cora on the 24th, missing the parade, but hey do we really feel that strongly for parades anyway? We strolled to Parc Maisonneuve afterward to check out the crowd and preparation for the big St-Jean show. it was great until it started pouring rain for 20 minutes.. buckets of ice cold liquid dropping on everything.. and nowhere to hide!!! no tarp, no tent, no umbrella :( we ended up soaking wet... water dripping all over, and decided to give up and go home.

I stopped by Mui's place, borrowed a sarong and drop my clothes in the dryer. Bert showed up (he didn't know our traditional bbq had been canceled this year) so we had pizza and burgers with sangria for them, chocolate milk for me (I've had my share of booze for a while thank you).

So now it's officially summer. Jazz festival is on its way, then Just for Laugh, then Nuit d'Afrique, then Gay Pride... plus the tam jams, and piknic electronic and all the regular nights at Passeport... and the micro breweries, La Distillerie, Baloo's... so many options so little time!

all is well 'cept I still don't have a job and money is getting tight... luckily all those festivals are free... I might have to invest in a flask to booze up at cheaper price :P
Anyway, I will get that job soon... I have to!!! I want to flyyyyyyyyyyyyy again! fuck I miss it!!!!

*all those parties and festival will end up in my lastest pic album posted right there --->*

A mess every ten years

Last Tuesday a huge thunderstorm hit my town. Howling wind up to 120km/h, heavy rain as if a bucket had been turned over, lightning and thunder like a heavy metal show!

It lasted about 20 minutes and managed to completely destroy my neighbors' front yard. Two massive trees were cut at the base by lightning (there actually is a point to that "do not hide under a tree during a storm"!) and one of them uprooted 2 others when it fell. With leaves and branches everywhere my street looked like mother nature's war zone!
I uploaded some pics I took right after the storm...

Someone must have put in a good word for us to the ol' mom though cause none of our trees were damaged! Not even one broken branch! And we got electricity back after 2 days, unlike some in St-Hilaire who stayed in the dark for 4-5...

It's a bit weird though, in 87 we had a massive flood, in 98 the ice storm and in 2008 this apocalyptic thunderstorm with hail the size of tennis balls... is it the new pattern for Montreal? One big crap every ten years?

in this club

Could someone please tell me where the fuck is this damn club so I can send a bunch of dominatrix to shag Usher for good so he can stop WHINING!!!

honestly...