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Books I'm bringing on my trip

Dec 31, 2008 in Me Me Me

So I’ll be in Vancouver from Jan. 1-9 (drop me a line if you want to hang out) and I’m looking forward to getting a lot of reading done at home (on the bus, at coffee shops waiting for people, walking from place to place). A few things I’ll be reading:

The Withdrawal Method, Pasha Malla

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A collection of short stories by former Toronto author Pasha Malla. A nice guy, I’ve met him a couple of times and a few of my friends speak highly of the work.

Revolutionary Road

The Magic Roundabout movie

Othello film , Richard Yates

Because who knows when I’ll see the movie.

The Show That Smells Kindergarten Cop move , Derek McCormack

The Lion King ipod Torque divx

So I can finally tell the lovable schmuck that his book is actually not that bad at all.

Fear of Fighting

Tripping the Rift: The Movie full movie

, Stacey May Fowles and Marlena Zuber

Because they are fabulous ladies and I should’ve read their book already

Blown Away full movie

The Wind move

When I’m through with all of this I will probably want a couple of really good hits of non-fiction.

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2008 wasn't all bad

Dec 31, 2008 in Me Me Me

I realize over the last few weeks that I’ve really soured on 2008. The year started great and just seemed to really fall apart sometime in late October or early November. But right until then it was actually pretty awesome. So just in case things get really grim in the next few months, and they might. I thought it would be a good idea to remind myself of all the really amazing, fun, memorable things that actually happened this year.

Hooligans movie

In no particular order:

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  • Listened to great music (Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, etc.)
  • Reading more than my fair share of great books
  • Held tons of dinner parties with great friends
  • The new dutch oven
  • Really grew to love cooking
  • Brunch, bike ride in the park, art galleries (repeat)
  • Picnics on the Island
  • Late-night drinking session in the bowl at Trinity-Bellwoods
  • A rainbow over Manhattan
  • Checking out the gardens at P.S. 1 Plaguers dvd
    Love Happens hd
  • Being freaked out by Finnish art
  • Eating burgers after a rainstorm outside MOMA
  • Bocce at some random bar in Brooklyn
  • Receiving more birthday wishes than he knew what to do with
  • Having his sister visit
  • Making it back to Toronto for Fake Prom with two hours to spare
  • Having lunch with Junot Diaz
  • Slowdancing with more than one attractive woman
  • Seeing his friends become actual working journalists before his very eyes
  • Drinking with said work buddies (stir, repeat)
  • Seeing nattily dressed columnist Peter Kuitenbrouwer rock out on the dance floor at the Spacing 5th anniversary party
  • Putting his Swedish friend in a room with attractive women…
  • Summer nights on the Ronnie’s patio
  • Kissing more than one beautiful woman
  • Playing basketball so hard that I strained a dozen muscles
  • Coming back the next week to do it again
  • ‘Bullets Fever’
  • Dim sum with the basketball crew
  • Working Super Tuesday, Election Night, Debate nights and more with really great co-workers at nationalpost.com Get Rich or Die Tryin film
  • Writing letters at the Regional Assembly of Text
  • Passover dinner at Jonathan Goldsbie’s house
  • Seeing Jonathan move out of his house
  • Hannukah party at Jonathan’s apartment
  • Covering the TTC strike
  • Picnic at the Scream in High Park
  • Bocce, bread and booze in the park with Craig
  • Track Meet(s)
  • Seeing Jon-Rae in the city again
  • P.S. Kensington
  • Winning a fashion competition with a very ridiculous Col. Sanders get-up
  • Mad Men
  • Live-blogging the Emmy’s
  • Live-blogging the Olympic opening ceremony and then going to work
  • Geek bonding at The Trekzac Festicon
  • Not getting threatened by random drunks at Nuit Blanche
  • Drinking in the newsroom watching Jesse Jackson cry as Obama gives his victory speech
  • Christmas pot luck with a roomful of people from B.C. I hadn’t met
  • Summer bike-rides
  • Finding the perfect, cute red Peugeot
  • Lunches with Jenn Polk
  • Drinks with Mats
  • Feeding my friends
  • Countless bowls of soup
  • Still having my health
  • Still having all my friends (and a few new ones)

See ya later 2008.

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