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Name: L
Country: Canada
Birthday: 1/11/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: meeting fun people, reading interesting blogs... you've inspired me to start my own...
Expertise: well, I suppose that would be music :)
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Art
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Member Since:
1/23/2003
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| Got back from a long weekend at a friend's
cottage. It was quite the
weekend of shock and relaxation! It was a 3 hour drive to get there.
About 10 minutes away from the cottage, our friend the driver lost
control of the car on a dirt road and the car accelerated into a hydro
wire off the side of the road in a small ditch. I was in the backseat
sleeping, my boyfriend and driver in the front. I woke up to a really
fast downhill roll. After the crash, we all got out and no one had any
injuries. I walked away with a light bruise on my chin and a few
scrapes on my fingers. I'm totally fine, but was in a bit of shock
afterwards.
Lesson to be learned? Don't speed or make sudden movements with the steering wheel while driving on dirt roads.
Everyone
who drove by was nice enough to stop to ask if everyone was fine and if
we needed any assistance. The whole ordeal took 3 hours to resolve: get
help, look for tow truck and getting assesments, and back to the
cottage from the our friends the cottage owners. After the shock, we
had good food and drinks, relaxed by the water, played an insane game
of monopoly, got eaten by black flies on a hike, and went paddling in a
peaceful lake in a canoe. Incredibly smooth traffic on our return
considering the long weekend and the high number of cottage-goers.
Be safe!
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| It's been a while since I've posted here! I've started a blog for my knitting and a separate one for my ebay sales. I will try to update here once in a while!
Here they are:
Knitting
http://www.xanga.com/knitnstuff
Ebay Blog
http://www.xanga.com/prettyfashionfinds
My Store
http://store.auctiva.com/knitnstuff | | |
| A friend of mine lost 2 of her flutes at a Toronto concert we were
both in. On Friday May 5th at 8pm we were participating in a
celebration concert with the Toronto Youth Concert Winds at Univeristy
of Toronto's music building. We performed in the first half of the
concert, and went into the audience to watch the rest of the first
half until intermission. At some point after she left her belongings
in the common room, her 2 flutes and a purse were stolen. I don't
know the exact models of her flutes but I do know that one was a
Powell flute (at least $10,000) and a Yamaha intermediate (at least
$2000). She left her flute closest to the door of the common room.
About 150 musicains participated in this event and everyone stored
their instruments and belonging in this unlocked room. I don't
believe it was a musician who was in this organization, but there were
many signs at the school informing students of recent theives.
I thankfully did not have anything stolen, but I did leave my purse in
this room. I fortunately took everything with me once my performance
was over. Everyone could've been an easy target that night. I feel
horrible that this happened to my friend.
Please be on alert, in case these flutes get resold somewhere. And
please take care of your belongings! I don't know if this could've
been prevented in anyway. If we stored our belongings immediately
offstage, it could've been preventable... or even a locked room with
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| So I wasn't the first person to come up with capturing the eccentricity and charms of Queen St. Kevin Steele does a much better job than I.
He captured a huge strip of Queen St. in several photos placed side by side (make sure you scroll left to right).
Gladstone Hotel before and after.
Different takes on the Wedding Invitations store.
This strip of photos are taken closer to my house.
The more I look at his photos the more obsessed I am with his site :) Check out his brand name garbage photo collection. He loves cats too. He also has more panoramic shots of Queen Street.
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| It only took me 5 months, but here they are :) Photos I took of Toronto
back in Christmas 2005 with
my trusty disposable camera. Most of the
street photos are of Queen Street West, my neighbourhood.
A lot of
condos are starting to pop up, but there are still lots of unexpected
charms waiting to be found.
A few reasons for these photos. a) I
needed an original gift for my secret Santa (It wasn't one of the rules
to get an original gift. It was just a criteria I made for myself).
b) I was inspired by my boyfriend's photography.
He usually likes to
find odd things in Toronto to photograph.
Note:
I didn't do any photoshopping. Just cropped and resized photos. It
was a Kodak 800 disposable with a flash.
I tried to arrange the
photos chronologically from east to west as best as I could.
Enjoy!
Toronto's entertainment website and website headquarters.
(King and John St, I believe)
I don't know how historic this building/archway is. (King and Bathurst St.)
And the Queen St. quest begins.
A good proposal indeed. My disposable camera just couldn't handle the width.
(I'll put it side by side another time)
This "tabloid" graffiti has been on this abandoned store front for ages.
When bikes are stolen, they go to bike heaven. And yes, vote hound. Four legs good.
A quaint 1950's style restaurant sign. Totally chic restaurant and expensive menu.... for a student.
The reoccurring "tabloid" graffiti on a grungy appartment building door.
Queen St. is changing as we speak. This Bomb Shelter rehearsal space
has been converted into a doggie accessory store. I didn't realize there
was a kitty in the doorway until I developed the photo.
This abandoned print shop apparently prints reasonably priced
wedding invitations. If you walk by,
you can see mounds of paper
stacked messily on tables, printing equipment, miscellaneous items,
etc. P and I were trying to find a sign of life, but no luck yet.
A sign for a mom and pop's Chinese restaurant. Their son is a clever artist,
trying to entice hungry customers to stop by for a bite with his awesome sign.
He has paintings from his childhood and professional works displayed in the diner
styled restaurant. Just ahead is the Drake hotel. A definite must be seen place for
hipsters.
mmmm breakfast.
Galaxy Donuts is a chain donut and coffee place. It's kinda depressing from the inside and or out.
This was taken on my university campus. (London, Ontario) I just couldn't help snapping a shot.
Here's Hero doing her silhouette pose. Very poised as always.
She's such a good cat model. P sometimes works on the CTV.ca website
(CTV is a canadian tv station).
But she get's caught red pawed. The plant is no more. P failed
many times trying to grow plants in the apartment.
But at the end of the day she's a good kitty and likes to cuddle.
And that concludes our Queen St. adventure, with some detours on King St. (The only photo with
a bit of snow in it).
Join us next time for more...? | | |
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