And another thing,

I also hate your foundation.

True Story 2013

I hate you Himashi.

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No fun

Gonna try my annual coffee strike again. Let's see how long PV lasts.

polish girl

Whoa, this is different. I'm using the new Blogger interface. Another reminder of how times are changin' I guess.

Couple weeks back I went to Eaton Centre. I was reluctant to go in, but decided to after awhile. I went in through the Queen subway entrance. First thing I noticed was the south food court was completely boarded up. The convenience store next to Black's had been turned in to debt machines, and everything felt unfamiliar and familiar at the same time. There was a just a few people, the mall had been closed for some time.

I walked towards the middle, where the fountain is. The fountain was still there, looked the same, thank god. The home décor store by the fountain was gone though, I forget what replaced it, but it was some retail store. I decided to take the escalator up to street level. Night crew were working on assembling that same old Christmas tree up here, and there was more people. I noticed some more stores were gone again, Victoria's Secret took up their spots. I walked towards the stairs leading up to Chapters.

Malls are different at night. Especially really busy ones like Eaton Centre. During the day its filled with people and noise. At night its so bare and quiet. Naked. I've never walked on an empty highway at night before, but I'd imagine it would feel similar.

First thing I noticed on the third level was the Chocolate store was gone! I think it was Godiva. Some high-end bag store replaced it. I could see from where I was standing the McDonald's I used to work at would also soon disappear. It had banners saying "We're Moving". I wonder what would replace it...

I figured I should take a picture. So I did. I'm not against change. Change is good. And if history has taught me anything, it's that, change is inevitable and unavoidable. I'm just a jerk running forward, backwards.

There's no one I can be honest with, and I'm starting to wonder if that'll ever change with me. Okay, maybe I'm becoming pessimistic. I feel the same though, everyday feels the same, like everyone else is different day-to-day but me. Gotta focus, instead of staring at the dirt, I guess.

Strange ass dreams I'm having. Last night I dreamt I was at a church garage sale. There was a black GameBoy Pocket I really wanted, it had some nail-polish splashed on it. Also aliens were invading earth, disguised has humans, I'm pretty sure that was both in the same dream. My dreams aren't usually imaginative, and usually feature people I know. Lately, they've all been pretty random, and I'm usually the only person I know in them.

Everything that made me happy, doesn't seem so exciting anymore. WTF is wrong with me.

1 good camera, 1 good jacker, and no belt. Belts hold you back

Exams almost over. I miss the past, hate the present, and am afraid of the future. Crappy.

I gotta get outta here this summer. Road trip somewhere. Nova Scotia! Far away from the cities.

I wish I had time to take pictures and develop them. Need more time in a day.

Looking at old pictures is not a good idea. I miss everything.

Studying for two exams tomorrow, and there is an assignment due tomorrow that I haven't even started. I'm crazy. I'm trying very hard to focus, but so much things are running around in my head. I wish I could just shut everything up! It's like a parade of emotions in my head. Random memories pop-up.

I keep thinking about something my high school physics teacher said to me. I was arrogant to him in my response. Now I feel like my whole life I'm still trying to prove him wrong. I've accepted he was right, but that hasn't helped me from getting passed it. It's been years.

Honey Honey

Life never goes as expected, thats for sure. You're suppose to learn from your mistakes and hopefully never make them again. That's usually good enough I guess. It's when you don't even do that, that's when you're really fucked. Even Crazy.

Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I'd heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine
Oh, you make me dizzy

2011

This year will be a good one. Apparently it's suppose to be for me, according to my mom.

I haven't posted anything here for almost a year. Nearly; shy less than a week. Well I'm back. I don't think anyone I know comes here anymore, so I can maybe even get away with posting what's really on my mind here. Plus, we've got history.

FA-FA-FA-FA-FUCK YOU!

The past

I'm really getting in to old shit lately. I've been listening to classic rock and stuff, but now, my tastes for the past are beginning to grow past just music. Movies! I wish I had Turner Classic! I wanna see Midnight Cowboys soon, and Gilda.

I FEEL LIKE SHIT.

Never too early for film talk

Couldn't sleep, well I did, but I woke up. I also got a stomach ache. A friend of mine once told me, "Don't force yourself to sleep if you can't", so I'm not. I'm not just going to be here rambling, I'm gonna do some net surfing too, and listen to this new Richard Marx album I got.

I fixed up this picture a little in Photoshop before I posted it. Nothing serious, just raised the color a bit, and sharpened for the screen. I really like film. Film does an incredible job with handling such a great dynamic range of light. Exposures with film, I know I don't have to worry about the background so much, especially the extremes, such as the sky or the shadows.

With this picture, you can see the sky isn't blown out to some super ugly white sky, or the dark areas of the buildings in the background aren't just completely black. When I shot this, it was an overcast sky and the sun was getting ready to go down. The film I used for this shot was Fuji film Provia 100 I think, it's a 120 roll. I took this from a friend of mines' building. Something about this light pole, when I saw it I knew I had to take a picture of it.

I wish I had a good medium format scanner, and lots of $ for film and development. I really like shooting medium format and film in general. They better not stop making it. I plan to use it as long as I can. There's something special about it I can't explain. It's like the difference between running on a treadmill in some crowded stinky gym or running barefoot outside on a sandy beach, feeling the cool air against your body and hearing the sounds of waves approaching the shore. LLLaammeeeee... I know shudup. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it's more human.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go take a shit. Goooodnight!

Starbucks

It was nice going for a walk, the sun was out and it wasn't cold. After shoppers I decided to get some tea at the new Starbucks they built by my place. I've always been a Timmies person, and was bias towards Starbucks. I always thought the people in there looked snooty. You know, those "artsy fartsy" types, with shiny macs on their laps, thick frames, and clothes that look like it was either bought at a garage sale or a thrift store, probably both. Go here to see what I mean : http://www.yourscenesucks.com/.

I don't know why I didn't like those types. I think it might be because I see so much of them, they all sorta look the same. When there's so much of the same and they are always together in the same areas, they just come off like fakes, posers, just trying to look "hip" and be part of a crowd. It didn't bother me, it wasn't like I'd see them and think "aw fuck, I hate those guys". I wasn't totalllly ignorant. I mean, who knows, maybe every single one of them loves Apple products, loves mixing wacky retro clothes together, loves that sturdy feeling thick frames can only provide, and especially loves hangin' out at Starbucks like no tomorrow. Okay that's totally mean, I guess what I'm saying is, I want to still give them the benefit of the doubt.

Either way, I just figured I didn't want to be around them, maybe I felt like I wasn't going to fit in or I just really liked Timmies. Besides, I really didn't like that whole "venti, grande, tall" bullshit. I get it, I get it, its all Italian and shit, and "venti" is twenty in Italian, and a "venti" is around 20 ounces at Starbucks, but geebus come on.

Anyway, I sorta liked just sitting there drinking my tea today. It was nice, they had nice music playing. That's what's very different than Timmies. Music really adds to the atmosphere. Of course their interior design is pretty nice too. I'm not saying I hate that very utilitarian style of Timmies, it's all about function with Timmies. Starbucks is about pleasure I guess. The crowd's always like 15 years younger than your common Timmies crowd, which is sorta nice. I was really getting depressed being surrounded by old people. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, it was nice. Plus, this Starbucks wasn't really packed with a lot of scenesters.

I cleaned and organized my room a bit, it has been a mess lately. I took a picture of my little coffee table, which I now use keep some books. I need to go to Ikea or something, get one of those book braces that holds a pack of books together from tipping. Yes, I took a picture of it, I liked how it looked.