Paste; Cut Copy; Tornado

PASTE magazine. Available online and in print. Comes with a CD and DVD sampler. Currently browsing issue #17. Vive les media papier.

Cut Copy. Don't know what the cool kids are calling it, but it sounds good to me.

A tornado warning has been issued for Toronto and the surrounding area. I'm just enjoying the thunderstorm.

Ciao, Edie

Went to Ciao Edie's Sunday night party for the first time last night. Very fun. Poor Toti, though. He and Ariel made Conk and me a wonderful dinner of tabouleh, raw beef (what is that called? not tartar, I'm pretty sure), Icelandic 'cocktail sauce,' and yeah. Also very nice.

Right now I'm just waiting for the house to wake up. It's starting.

Leslieville

Have you noticed how quickly Leslieville has started into its gentrification? Maybe it's because of my age or lack of political awareness in the last few years, but it only started to dawn on me about a year.five ago that this section of Queen is getting really slick. Every visit gives me little shivers of developer-itis. Hah; despite the fact that I owe more than I own. Regardless, Leslieville in is a good state at this point. It's still fairly mixed with grunge, faux-grunge, and upperscale. At least one store in the area (or it's fringes, at least) has a site: UpToYou.

Canoes

Today and tomorrow are my two days off and I've done well in wasting one already. Tomorrow morning I think I'll head up to Haliburton to spend some alone time in a red canoe on Lake Fortesque. Fingers crossed for a sudden and unexpected drop in gas prices.
I'm also considering taking a short solo trip up in Algonquin for 3 days. I'm just concerned that I won't be able to far enough into the park, paddling by myself, to really feel isolated. I need some strength.
But yes; Nanna's cottage tomorrow. Day trip if that's what happens. Still worth the visit.