A painting of me
  • Slow and unreliable, TTC is no longer the Better Way. 

    “The majority of city councillors are transit hypocrites and crass opportunists with little concern for the TTC other than as a means to curry favour with the huddled masses waiting down below for the next train to arrive.” Sounds about right.

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Man of Steel

   2 July 2013, early afternoon

I watched the new Superman movie last night. It was god damn incredible. How has this film been getting mixed reviews? The “cold-open” of the film takes place on Krypton, and is thoroughly kick-ass. From there we move to the present day, where Superman is living like a drifter, helping people and trying to stay under the radar. His life on Earth is revealed over the course of the first half of the film as a series of flashbacks, mixed in with his discovery of his true origins. The second half of the film is Superman punching shit and it is so unbelievably fantastic. It’s all Kyptonians fighting Kryptonians, and the destruction one would expect from that. I loved this movie.

The official Man of Steel website.

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Google Reader: RIP

   2 July 2013, early morning

So google.com/reader now sends you to a page letting you know the site has shut down. I knew this was coming, but it still leaves me feeling wistful and let down. Google Reader was so god damn fantastic. I’m curious to see how the competitors that step up to take its place fare. Feedly seems quite nice, and looks to be the early favourite amongst my friends. I’m actually still not sure what i’ll switch to. Right now i’m using Fever once again. Goodbye Google Reader. You will be missed.

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  • Before Midnight. 

    “In a conversation moderated by Phillip Lopate, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke discuss their new film Before Midnight as well as their nearly 20-year collaboration that now spans three features.”

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  • Then & Now: Turbo. 

    I was at Turbo on it’s opening night, with my friends Steph and Chris. I wanted to see DJ Zinc. That place was amazing. (Also worth a read is the history of System Soundbar.)

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Kamakura

   25 June 2013, late morning

First song about the sun, the moon and the stars.
Never thought you’d make it but here we are.
So we dance.
And we sing.

Kamakura is the opening track to Modal Soul Classics II: Dedicated to Nujabes. It’s by far the best album of Japanese hip hop I own, and is probably one of my favourite albums period full-stop. Nujabes died in a car crash in February of 2010. This album came out at the end of 2010. It’s so god damn soulful. This track is really stand out. Pase Rock sings about his friend, and it is good.

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  • How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby? 

    A surprisingly long time, apparently. (Though I suspect you’d have more energy to raise them in your youth. Hah!) This article makes the case that a lot of the information we have about having children later in life is more or less flat out wrong.

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