My Interview with the Junction last Spring :)

Ah... the dating game continues!

Door Number 1
He's the vice-president of his daddy's company. He's a Montrealer - flirty and fun - but has a bit of an aggressive side which poses he will be the challenge some gals like. He doesn't drink, but he used to deal pot and made a mint doing it. He moved to Russia to marry a girl he met online, but he's a smartie - because she had Hepatitis B, so he backed down. Heeeeeere's Eddie!

Door Number 2
He's fresh out of school working in the same industry as you, so you have a lot in common right off the bat. He's not flirty at all, but will please your every whim without a peep. He will pay for dinner, he will give you akward hugs and he will never call, but will text you sporadically. Heeeere's Jonathan!

Door Number 3
This guy is a bit of a youngun, about 5 years your junior, but he is in his sexual prime! He's a plumber, lives with his parents and your conversation will always veer back to sex because that's all his life revolves around! He's short. He's quirky. He's got all his hair! Heeeeeere's Jordan!




... Is there a door number 4?

Pumped Up Kicks

My summer tune :)

Another tune of their you might have heard is Helena Beat:

It's amazing to think this band has only been around for two years and they've already achieved such success. Makes me pity the bands who have been touring around the GTA forever praying to even get a track anywhere on the Billboard list.

I guess this band is further proof that if you make good tunes, news spreads fast. Let's hope they won't disappear in another two years like The Killers did.

Lights.

This tune is always on whenever my brother has a party. I'm always stuck on it for a week or two following Jason's shin dig's.

And of course, after listening to this, I am craving some Tron Soundtrack for some reason...

My brekkie was a snap decision, but a good one!

My date went a LOT longer than I planned on last night. I wanted to get home by 11pm. I ended up at home by 12:30am. He was very insistant adn I wasn't aggressive enough. So now I'm angry at him abotu it, when really I should be angry at myself for letting him push me around.

So this morning I woke up tired and angry. I couldn't be bothered to make breakfast so I had a tall glass of orange juice instead. When I went to my local Starbucks to get my usual Tall Americano, I saw the food and decided it would be in my best interest to eat breakfast after all. My snap decision turned out to be a healthy choice, which surprised me later when I go tto work and decided to check out the nutritioinal content online:

I'm still not happy with how last night played out, but at least I won't be a zombie this morning!

Summer is winding down - Time to get inked!

I was at my colleague's Salon Grand Opening party on Saturday when I ran into some people from work who were asking where they should get inked. I sent them an email this morning and thought to post it here for those of you who are looking to get inked in Toronto. 'Tis the season!

There are three things you need to look for:

1. A super clean tattoo parlour

2. An artist who understands the vision of what you want. This is really important if you want custom work (for them to design your own tattoo instead of picking from the wall art)

3. Price. Price depends on custom work too. You shouldn't pay more than $100-$150/hr. Anything under $100 is questionable.

　
All the below parlours are very clean

　

I got my tattoo done at Passage. My artist Tyson. You can see his work here. I paid $600 for my ink. And it took 6 hours (split between three days)

　

An amazing place is Seven Crowns Tattoo. It's a little more expensive than passage, but the work is amazing. I'm going to get my next ink there. The place is very clean.

　

Another place I just checked out last week is Forever Yonge Ink. The place is clean, but very small. Not ideal if your work takes more than two hours.

　
New Tribe is very popular. Very clean. I've walked in a few times with friends who have been inked/pierced. Not my favourite though. There are too many drop in's. the place is always crowded.

　
Adrenaline Tattoo is also very good: I had a piercing there (tragus), they were very clean. Not sure about price for ink though. Go online and look at the art work to determine which artist you think will best match the creation of what you're looking for.

If you want good custom work - you're going to have to pay for it. Anything less than $90/hr is very questionable. Paying for a senior artist is ideal as the healing process will likely be a lot easier.

Ask friends where they got their ink done. If when you drag your hand across their ink, you feel the skin is raised, they had a bad artist as he/she put too much ink under the skin.

Most of all, go with your gut. You'll more often than not be right. :)

And it's been another while. Summer of 'Tine.

Yes, it's the summer of 'Tine: Sun, Fun, Men, Friends, Food & Wine. Can it get any better?

Maybe, if I won the lottery, lol.

Been hitting up patio's all over town. Did a wee radio spot. Went to a couple BBQ's at friend's places. Invested in a new alternative wardrobe. Americano's on my balcony. Good dates, bad dates, weird dates. Cottaging, Beaches, wine with the gals, wine with the fam, gymning, working, training, working, and writing. Meeting new people in random places. Catching up with old friends. It's been a fabulous summer.

Still, I guess perhaps that's no excuse for lagging in my blog posts, but I'll use it anyway!

Now there's a rage about Girl Talk, which I don't get. Reminds me of the old boardgame. But apparently they're a mash-up band. I dig mash-up bands, but they're getting old. It's all about Dub Step now.

I find it hilarious how only now Dub is catching the wave above ground. It's been an underground deal for at LEAST 10 years. My buddy Dubian had been traveling around, spinning his Dub since I met him 9 years ago and it was so severely underground that he was tranveling all across North America and even South America if I remember right. Back then I wondered what the big deal about it was.

Now I finally get it.

I, like everyone else, finally got it.

I wonder if people in Europe are smarter. I mean, it takes so much longer for us Westerners to 'get' new music.

Just something to think about...