Winter Signs

This is a piece done by Aubrey Bearsley. He was a Nouveau illustrator, inspired by the grootesque and Japanese illustrations. His stff is very beautiful. I found it while looking up one of my all-time favorites, Poe's "mask of the Red Death".

I also fell in love with Theo Dimson, a Canadian poster designer who went to OCAD and was pretty big in the 70's, mostly for doing theater art. Pretty great.

Hannukah party tonight at some cousins' who I've never met! Is it tacky to bring Krispy Kremes???

I've been in Toronto for over four months now. A lot has happened, I guess. It's always nice to learn a new city. Listening to the Smiths now, on my pretty MacBook Pro. I am still working at Sun Media and I think it's driving me crazy. I work from 4-9 Monday to Friday. I work alone pretty much, with some funny old ladies. The York Mills office is completely deserted by 6 pm. I try to read as many different news sources as possible while I make my 300 calls.

There are other good things that are happening in my life right now though. There are some video/movie/web/sound projects starting with new people that are very exciting and encouraging.

Today I went to OCAD to check out their masters' programs. I got a great vibe, especially while looking through a classroom window of a class watching the British Queer as Folk in a film and sexuality class. I used to tape that show. Stuart Jones, played by Aiden Gillen is exceptionally sexy.

My feelings of inspiration/confusion are heightened. I am taking quite a few supplements these days. My favorite song, found on Sunday:

http://soundcloud.com/clone-nl/cjfd05-harmony-funk-cant-let-you-go

Vital Lies, Simple Truths

I am blogging again for the first time in almost a year. Life has changed dramatically. I have a lot of opinions and feel the need to rant and analyze; I am happy to have a forum for it.

I moved back to Montreal at the end of November to work at a film production company, which I did until April. In July, I moved to Toronto, where I am now working at Sun Media. I call people to see if they've received their copies of the National Post.

I've had serious culture shock moving here. In some ways more than when I moved to NY. When I moved to NY, I was sort of in awe of all that was going on around me. Here, it seems too easy to be critical of this place. It's Anglo, unhip and quiet. Last week's general feeling was that of jumping out a window. This week it's not so bad.

I work with funny ladies. I have a huge room. I bought a pair of Birkenstocks. I ran away from a bad date and jumped into a bar where I happened to know five people from Montreal.

Great song and video, especially when watched on Itouch.