| Future City, Toronto and the World |
[Dec. 8th, 2009@10:24 am] |
Toronto has just been chosen as one of 10 cities worldwide that will be showcased to international environmental leaders during the COP15 Climate Summit and the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors. Toronto has been chosen based on our growth as a green, climate-conscious city, with the idea that true environmental change must start from cities first.
Toronto is being showcased as an innovator in leading green solutions along with Barcelona, Copenhagen, Jakarta, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York City, and São Paulo.
"Through their commitment, investments and actions these cities are setting an example with regard to developing and implementing innovative climate solutions in wind, water and solar energy, in waste and recycling, in transport and buildings."
View the Future Toronto video below - skip to 45 seconds in to catch the beginning of the true video.
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| You're a Monster |
[Dec. 1st, 2009@08:02 pm] |
Just got the new EP. This is the song of the night. Brilliant.
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| 9:31 |
[Nov. 27th, 2009@09:31 pm] |
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I want to move to Toronto. Things have been busy but not new, so I can't say anything different. I hope everyone has a great weekend. |
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| Crystals |
[Nov. 25th, 2009@12:01 am] |
They all judge me because they think they know more.
And they question my experience, my fortitude, my strength.
And when truth makes an appearance, they are confused and put off,
And they question why I am the way I am, when I could be something else.
But they can't see life like I see life, because they are different people.
And maybe they are better than me, but our values and our decisions hold separate weight.
The weight of who we are and where we've come from.
Maybe I am worse but I value myself for the perseverance I've discovered,
for the enchantment of my dreams and my absurd attempt at art,
for the love of many different people, from different places, doing different things,
and for the memories of the discarnate that were once vivid and amazing.
They all judge me as if I don't know who I'm supposed to be because I am different.
But they are the lost, swimming in the epic muzzle of banal normality,
wishing for nothing more than the prescribed, manufactured ideal.
Because they themselves don't know what else to be. |
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| Berlin |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009@12:35 am] |
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Great day today. |
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| Tomorrow |
[Nov. 20th, 2009@08:53 pm] |
Wedding Party 6AM
Work all day
Shopping
Then dinner on the Danforth.
Hopefully Sunday all this holiday anticipation will materialize physically as we try to put up lights outside.
I also got snazzy new glasses but these haven't arrived yet, so although I'll be perusing the streets in style I'll be wearing these 7-year old, taped-up shit frames until the snazzies do. Urg.
Next week we're all supposed to get completely shit-faced at Dave and Buster's but I honestly don't know how I'm going to get home considering I live in the middle of the desert.
All's well outside my head. |
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| 1954 |
[Nov. 16th, 2009@07:34 pm] |
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| The Spirit |
[Nov. 15th, 2009@09:59 pm] |
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When I was younger life was this beautiful, lyrical concession of feelings, words, and images. I can't even begin to imagine who I was back then, because when I look upon it it is so ethereal and abstract, and there are subtle points of scattered art, mysticism, poetry, and darkness. And there were these incredible bridges I built between myself and other people, joined by words and images and photos. It was almost bohemian in a sense, like we were truly connected through this thin, frail trust in one another. And an undying belief and worship of all that art and humanity was. Being young felt that way for me. Now I find myself trying to think of what those moments were, and getting tedious and overly anxious in the process. I lose myself to prescriptions and manufactured art, and the beautiful moments that were once so personal to me become old stories and forgotten significance. People used to tell me that what I had wasn't important, that it couldn't be anymore than what it was. But the problem I had was that it was so much more. It was heavy to hold, it was incredibly painful, and it was colourful, vibrant, and full of love at the same time. To me, that significance only grew. My devotion was absolute in my pain, I felt a martyr in his kingdom. But at the wake of it all, I just ended up growing up faster. Growing up brings a bit more of a leveled-head, but it tries so hard to push logic over love. I feel as if I've let go of that. And though it saved me, it still hurts. Who needs sense, right? We just need each other. |
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| The Appearance of a Man |
[Nov. 14th, 2009@07:29 pm] |
"I saw a dream which made me afraid.
And the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head trouble me.
Visions of my head...trouble me."
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| It Was Mine |
[Nov. 11th, 2009@11:10 pm] |
I hope I will get to a point in my life when understanding how to be myself, on every level, won't be such a struggle. And I don't think that's a negative thing to say to the person I am now, because the person I am now is more aware than I've ever been. It just takes time, a lot of time, to shape yourself and to actually grow. And it's so easy to be impatient, with every factor in life (which goes especially for me I suppose), but it's a silly impatience when there is so much to look forward to. Everything seems to take time, it's like this great Universal rule of being. Time creates, time heals, time develops. I am stronger than I was yesterday. I just want to leave the rest behind.
Anyways, here's Lady Gaga's new video for "Bad Romance", my latest Gaga-related love. The video features some classic pop-icon elements and angles, but the art direction and costume work is unbelievably fantastic and brilliant. It even features the premiere piece of Alexander McQueen's latest Spring/Summer 2010 Collection which debuted in Paris earlier this year. Yeah, and she gets to wear the entire piece, which is potentially worth as much as the entire music video itself. Enjoy.
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