Thursday 25 November 2010

Violence might just be the answer...

I few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending an evening at the Mod Club... Big space, wooden floors and a square of mats with two pillows strategically popped up in the middle with PILLOW FIGHT LEAGUE printed on them... Despite the size of the venue, the event itself was quite intimate. I was, to my apprehension, little more than than 1m from the action. At one point I was barely spared a few bruises of my own as Eva Destruction flew dangerously close to where I was seated. Honestly, I am more of a Roller Derby fan but seeing as I have yet to see such a bout in person Pillow Fight League is definitely the next best thing. I have to admit, however, that there was a hint of tacky, over-acting but for reasons unknown it didn't bother me. Must have been the lack of silicon and the utter hilarity of some genuine humor on the part of the fighters. Fingers crossed I'll be attending the championship fight on December 4th because I definitely haven't had my fix just yet...












Friday 12 November 2010

Capturing something...

Although I don't love what I have done, I'm going to post to photos from my first and second Art Direction for Photography assignments. My teacher genuinely disliked the accessories shoot which I understand to a degree but without much guidance and little positive reinforcement I was sort of left in the dark when it came to this assignment. I shouldn't whinge and suck it up and take responsibility for its lack-luster-ness but it's one of those days and, well, I feel like being a sook...




 Thoughts?...

Wednesday 10 November 2010

Scouting for Boys??

I have an American Boy Scout shirt that I picked up from Episode on Sydney Road earlier in the year and, just quietly, I love it!! It's totally random but I have a crush on khaki and the shirt reminds me of old mate Brett so it holds a near pole position in my wardrobe. Anyway, I was just trawling through my bloglovin' list and came across this... I admit I'm reading the title of the first few books the wrong way but other than that the covers are v cute!






Images via Scout&CATALOGUE BLOG

One Day on a Sunday...

Tonight, crazy eyes set in a little earlier than usual and, as crazy eyes has a tendency to do, they have rendered me unable to communicate through words. However I feel the need to post something so as a trade off, here are some yummy pics to kill the craving...

Hannah's birthday present! 

Illustrator and Comic Artist - Alex Boake

Clyde

Picked myself up a disposable camera... I don't hate it

Roaming during Nuit Blanche

Art at Nuit Blanche

Downtown - Queen St W

View in the sewing room...

Old photo picked up in a vintage store...
Sunday in Kensington Market...

Tuesday 2 November 2010

For the Good

Seven days ago my boyfriend went into a plexiglass box... For the following 5 days and 4 nights, that is exactly where he remained. As well as being a magician, motivational speaker and - to my nail-biting, edge of seat kind of distress - an escape artist, he is also a social activist. If I wasn't so busy basking in his radiating goodness I'd probably be feeling pretty crap about my lack of skills and goodwill. Anyway, on Sunday the 31st of October (Halloween for the aussie's who could care less about the day) - and, just quietly, to my internal but no less ear piercing YIPEE! - he came out of the box. But not after raising over 18,000 pounds of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto for a cause called 'Halloween for Hunger' - an annual food drive initiative run by non-profit organization Free the Children. It was the most extraordinary thing to watch the overflowing and uncensored kindness of all the people who donated to the cause! If I were feeling at all cynical about the world last week, the enormity of those donations would have instantly changed my mind. Mostly, however, I am just so f-ing proud of bf - aka Scott Hammell - for not giving up when it was 6 degrees max during the day and god knows what at night and for being willing to answer the bazillion questions that passers by had for him all the while with the most genuine smile! He is most definitely a better person than I and a lot of people I know.









More pics of the final day and the mountain of donations to come...