longlive.

RIP Alexander McQueen.

divine.

A peek behind the scenes of Vogue's September 2006 cover. I'm obsessed with the time period, movie, Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola and the costumes.
I still have this issue of Vogue.

inside.

I'm fascinated by the things we carry around with us. What is the most important object to have on you at all times? Cell phone? Wallet? IPod? If you could only take one, what would it be?

bueller.

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

trademark.

It's interesting how people define themselves. When you're filling out an application for something, and you are asked about the occupation you have, is what we write really true? Myself, along with thousands of others, would write "Student" in that little box.

Obviously, there are all sorts of students - undergraduate, graduate, arts, sciences, fashion, engineering, etc.

What if there are sub-boxes? Just a thought.

When you meet someone new, we define ourselves, to them. Why is it then that legally we become universal characters, but personally we are now "Sam the soccer player" and "Juliet the dancer". As much as we are all different, there is a universal connecting thread of defining characteristics.

Doesn't it make more sense to define ourselves by interest instead of being shut into certain categories? Perhaps then, things would be more tailored or something in means of who we are as people, not just economic status.

star-crossed.

"I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life, closed in my breast,
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But he that hath the steerage of my course
Direct my sail!"- Romeo, Act I, sc. iv, lines 106-113 Romeo and Juliet. Written by William Shakespeare.

embrace.

chords.

I have a love/hate period with the exam period.

The plus? My program doesn't have any exams. With only electives to worry about, things aren't nearly as stressful (for those of you in intense programs with seven finals and want to hit me with a machete, there were definitely points when we had projects, papers, etc. that were worth large amounts of our final grades - i.e. we have already somewhat done our finals throughout the semester).

The minus? Lots of friends are in those programs that require many, many hours of studying, so the social scene has died down a wee bit. Of course, school is the most important, and the reason why a majority of us are here, so it is completely understandable.

There's that old saying, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," - well, when I'm spending time studying for my electives, I need calm, interesting and quiet music to help me engage and shut out the world.

People are always going through my Ipod and commenting on some of my weird artists that I hunt down to choreograph to, and have had several requests to make a list. I try to shuffle the songs throughout my blog music, so you may have heard a few of these before.

Right now I'm loving:

"Biscuits" - Fink
"Possibility" - Lykke Li
"Each Moment New" - Lou Rhodes
"Werewolf" - Cocorosie
"Maybe Not" - Cat Power
"The Blower's Daughter" - Damien Rice
"Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover)" - Ray LaMontagne

Enjoy and let me know what you think! Tweet me, comment, etc.

symbols.

Public art in Toronto, Vancouver, and Kelowna, B.C.
By Portia Favro.

passage.

“The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

inked.

B&W7.