Diary of a Love/Rock Fiend

Snippets from the past...

2010-07-19T15:03:00.002-04:00

Hello hello.
Your fair-weather friend returns to blog another day.
My life's been all topsy-turvy lately. Busy working and making poor decisions in my personal life as always (some things will never change).
Been getting the bug to start trying my hand at music again. Seeking out guitar lessons and trying to start writing again are my first steps. I really miss being creative - it feels like ages have gone by. I don't want to lose it. It's kind of everything, isn't it?

Anyhow, today I started flipping through old sketchbooks and notebooks and finding bits and pieces of songs and poems and lines written over the last 7 years or so, just trying to find some inspiration. Found some interesting stuff, some bad stuff, some good... thought I'd share some with you here. Why not?

There you are, the star
Consumed by my guitar
But I don't mind, not this time
'cause it makes me feel you're mine
Somehow

We're inspired, we are
You and my guitar
My pen and I
We are art.
We are beautiful, right now
For now.
This moment
Circled by smoke, and hope

That one was written when I was 18 or 19. I was dating a guy in a band and I was over the moon for him. He used to pick up my guitar and play it all the time - sometimes it would annoy me because he was in his own little world - but apparently not this time.

Still questioning every step I take towards you
But I can't stop my feet from moving forward
You're everything I need from 3000 miles
And I'm missing you for 3000 miles
And 3000 things I dare not say
because my heart's locked up in iron gates
So I'll put pen to page and hide it away.

*sigh* LA boy... that was written after a boy I fell for whisked me to Los Angeles to be with him. I wrote this when I got back and was missing him so. I think this was around the point where I started to get foreboding thoughts that things were about to sour. And they did. It's funny how I always know things will turn out, and yet still forge on despite it all. I was right to have my heart locked away in this instance. Didn't change the outcome though.

Hey lady put those sad eyes away
Don't let him see the salt streaks running down your pretty face
We've been through this before now don't you cry
It's always hard the second time you say your last goodbye.

Hmmm apparently I only write about boys and unrequited love. What a theme. That one I wrote in New York City where I traveled to visit a boy in the band that I had met and fallen for here in Canada while they were touring through. It was the morning I had to catch my train back to Toronto after a whirlwind of NYC fun. I was lying there beside him while he slept, tears falling down my face. I didn't want to go home. I got up and sat by the window, lit a cigarette and wrote those lines.

If I ever turn these into songs I will have a mean episode of VH1 Storytellers ready to go.

x and o - Miss A

Oh you pretty things...

2010-05-25T20:27:00.005-04:00

Oh hai...

I didn't die. I swear.

I'm sorry to have left all three of you hanging. Please forgive me.

SUMMER IS HERE - and I'm a happy happy camper.
A while back I received an AMAZING package in the mail via my friends at matchstick.ca:

I may or may not have squealed when I unwrapped it. This beautiful black case came filled to the brim with Maybelline makeup, including the gorgeous shadows and liners from the new EyeStudio line.
Now I'm generally a big M.A.C girl - but these shadows are brilliant - they go on smooth and vibrant, and although they have a creamy consistency, they don't gather in creases like most cream-based makeup.
Below are some shots of my experiments with the line. Sadly the webcam pics don't do justice to the vibrancy...

As usual - Maybelline are on top of the mascara game. A loyal user of their classic GreatLash mascara (you know the pink and green tube), I was excited to try the four (yes FOUR) mascaras that came in this kit. Needless to say I'm in love. The extensions and curling ones are amazing.

Well done, Maybelline. I am officially converted. Love these products.

More to come this summer - I've decided it is the Summer of love and it will be full of road trips, music, sunshine and fabulous friends old and new!

x&o - Miss A

Oh Salty...

2010-04-18T00:44:00.003-04:00

This series of commercials makes me want to cry. I am IN LOVE. Too bad the salt and pepper shakers are mega sold out and to pre-order from the new batch you are to allow 16-20 weeks for delivery!

Poor Salty!!

x&o - Miss A

Bathroom stall truths.

2010-04-03T01:13:00.002-04:00

Far too poignant. My first return to the Orbit Room since October (when I was swept off my feet by an American boy and flown to L.A. and told all the right things...and then disappeared on...) and this is written on the bathroom stall...

I'm not sure I believe in coincidences.

x&o - Miss A

Whiskey Walk

2010-03-30T10:12:00.005-04:00

Brand new video from American Bang, one of the bands I fell for at Coachella a couple years back.

I dig.
Too bad these bands never come to Canada...

Big things are afoot so I apologize for being a bit MIA. All will become clear in time...

x&o - Miss A

Yes.

2010-03-23T15:29:00.000-04:00

Love is when you want a kiss and you get bit

2010-03-06T03:34:00.001-05:00

Life is better in the front row...

x&o - Miss A

pants optional

2010-03-04T02:28:00.002-05:00

I should never have bought a new camera...

Now instead of seeing friends on my day off I will be busy stealing my roommate's tripod and having pants-optional photo shoots...

Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts

2010-02-26T13:55:00.005-05:00

Sweeet yet another person posts a video of them singing in their bedroom on the internet!

lame? maybe...

x&o - Miss A

UPDATE:

Here's the original Paul Simon song:

Peter's version:

We are family

2010-02-24T10:22:00.009-05:00

Hello lovers and strangers,

My little sis came to visit me for a couple days this week. Entertaining a young'en is hard - especially hard when she's the most silent young'en the world has ever known, but she's my baby sis and I love her fiercely - some claim too fiercely (I jump to her defense even when it's unnecessary and tend to answer questions for her since I know she's shy). Sorry Kaykay. Love you.
Night one, we chilled in and lit a fire, and sat around with our laptops doing dick all. Norma was very happy to have a new face in the house and refused to leave her alone (she's such a slut).
Cozy, non?
Day two we went to my work for lunch with Jess, then I took her to Forever 21 for the first time - her eyes lit up like a christmas tree and she finally got to use the gift card I got her for her bday. Post-shop we went tanning, got our nails did (I'm very happy with this wacky bright sorbet-type color!) and made FAJITAS mmmmmm...

Post fajitas we went to The Central to visit the infamous Raymi and teach sis a little bit about big city livin'

The minx is looking like a smokin' babe these days... I may have to stop hanging out with her to avoid jealousy, especially now that she's single and livin' it up. She's officially my pimp (as seen in her recent blog post.)
My sis is too pretty for her own good. Gentleman watch your hearts - she's gonna break them.

Miss you, sissy-poo. Come back again soon!
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In other news... guess who's going to see Peter Gabriel perform Scratch My Back in Montreal?

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

2 tickets purchased, suckas! Good seats too! Not sure if even the toughest waterproof mascara will withstand the face rivers that are sure to come from such an epic show!!!

x&o - Miss A

P.s. I bought a super fancy new camera (Canon Power Shot SX20) so my blog is officially back in business!

Peter Gabriel releases "Scratch My Back"

2010-02-18T17:42:00.007-05:00

In case you haven't heard, I love Peter Gabriel.

I also love the fact that this album is here and I have it in my hands. I'm a song and a half in and my heart is already swelling.

As previously reported, Scratch My Back is a collection of cover songs from artists like David Bowie, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, and Radiohead.

What I wasn't aware of, is that this album is entirely orchestral - no guitars, no drums. As such it is beautiful, sweeping, lovely and dark. Gabriel has once again set the bar and done something brilliant, unique and cutting edge.

Even more exciting is the companion album that is set to follow this, in which the artists who Gabriel has covered will cover his songs. Needless to say, my mind is BOGGLING at what David Bowie will cover and if my mind and heart will be able to handle it.

And to top everything off, Gabriel will be performing the album live at only 3 venues in North America this spring. New York City, Los Angeles and Montreal... I believe I must attend, if only I can find someone who shares my passion for Peter that is willing to spend the money to get there - lord knows it will be worth it.

I'm still taking it all in - more to come.

Tracklisting:

1.	"Heroes"	David Bowie
2.	"The Boy in the Bubble"	Paul Simon
3.	"Mirrorball"	Elbow
4.	"Flume"	Bon Iver
5.	"Listening Wind"	Talking Heads
6.	"The Power of the Heart"	Lou Reed
7.	"My Body Is a Cage"	Arcade Fire
8.	"The Book of Love"	The Magnetic Fields
9.	"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"	Randy Newman
10.	"Après moi"	Regina Spektor
11.	"Philadelphia"	Neil Young
12.	"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"	Radiohead

x&o - Miss A

beer-tequila-jagermeister-vodka-gin

2010-02-14T04:27:00.003-05:00

I will blog in lieu of a regrettable drink-and-email episode.

Knowing you're in town hurts.

Knowing you're in town and I won't hear from you hurts.

Knowing I'll never see you again hurts.

But in the end, I know it's no fault of mine and life carries on.

I just want this weekend to be done with.

Zooey to play Pamela in new HBO series!

2010-02-04T03:31:00.005-05:00

Oh my word! It seems Zooey Deschanel is set to star as my fave-rave Pamela Des Barres in a new HBO series based on I'm With the Band - the fabulous memoire of Des Barres' life and loves in the 60's and 70's (and my favourite book of all time)!

I've always wished to play the role of Pamela, but I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather lose that role to than Deschanel - she's the perfect actress to capture Miss Pamela's charm.

This will be the best show ever made. I cannot wait!

x&o - Miss A

Homeward bound?

2010-01-30T01:23:00.005-05:00

I'm in the midst of a transitional period in life. Trying to decide where my future lies. All I know is it's not in Canada. I have no desire to stay in this country but remain torn about what to do to remedy this.

I have a love affair with the US which no one really understands. When I lost my job in November I made a wild plan to save as much money as possible and take off on a 6month road trip across America. I intended to blog the entire experience and share it with you all.

I've also always had a supreme love for England. My father was born there and when I visited in 2008 I certainly left a piece of my heart. Now friends are moving there and it's making me wonder if that is a better choice for me.

When it comes down to it - I have no chance at eligibility to legally live in the USA, apart from marrying someone, my chances are slim to none. When it comes to the UK I'm likely to be eligible for citizenship or at the very least right to abode since my father and his family are from there - if not I can get a holiday visa entitling me to live and work there for 2 years.

I am still torn because I think the road trip would be such an incredible life experience - though it may just be a tease as I'll never be able to live in the places I visit and will ultimately have to return to Canada, broke and miserable. The UK is also extremely far away and if I am denied citizenship I will have to return to Canada as well, with a broken heart...

What do you think I should do?
Have your say:

x&o - Miss A

Bargain Bin times

2010-01-29T00:18:00.005-05:00

New goal: to do it with Viggo Mortenson circa Walk on the Moon.

Seriously? Seriously.

Then again, you put any moderately attractive male actor in a role set in 1969-1973, make him grow some hair and sideburns, maybe a handlebar mustache, and I'm bound to enjoy it. Ohhhh so predictable.

Sometimes my bargain bin movie shopping pays off. Sometimes it doesn't. Today was a score.

Some past hits and misses in my bargain bin dvd collection:

Hits:
-A Walk on the Moon
-Trust the Man
-Singles
-Rumor Has it

Misses:
-Pretty Persuasion
-Suburban Girl (Alec Baldwin is in it so I figured I'd love it. Wrong.)
-A Guy Thing

I will never understand why you read my blog... It's so ridiculously random, but I love you for it!

x&o - Miss A

The Ultimate Cover

2010-01-22T12:18:00.004-05:00

My Dad, being the coolest man on earth, just emailed me a link to this CNN video.

Ummm... Peter Gabriel singing David Bowie? My 2 favourite musicians? I'm floored. It sounds so beautiful as well - especially considering Heroes is one of my least favourite Bowie tunes.

Even more heartwarming is that it's been done for a great cause. Download this and other songs now at www.musicforrelief.org and proceeds go towards Haiti earthquake relief.

Who says music can't change the world?

x&o - Miss A

I'm a solo artist...

2010-01-01T23:22:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year, lovers and strangers.

It is 2010 somehow and while normally I don't get too over-the-top with the dawning of a new year (or decade in this case) I have SUCH an incredible feeling about this year.

I've never started a year in such good spirits. I'm happy - excited to start fresh... this year is the year my life really begins I think...

In other news, I just watched Cameron Crowe's Singles, which for some reason I'd never seen before... Crowe really is a genius. The man just knows how to say it as it is. His films are so unbelievably poignant for me.

For the first time in ever I am TRULY happy being single - we all say that sometimes I think in an effort to convince ourselves, but the past couple months have been so liberating - I've made so many changes and big plans that I just feel like I could take on the world. I really do.

I also need to find somewhere to get this song, iTunes store doesn't have it:

Happy 2010!

x&o - Miss A

Festivus Loot.

2009-12-26T20:43:00.002-05:00

Hello darlings,

Hope you all had a marvelous festivus! I had a lovely time at my Dad's (nothing I love more than hanging with daddy-o) and I scored some sweet loot both gift-wise and boxing day up-at-6am-walking-around-stores-like-a-zombie-but-scoring-sweet-deals wise...

See below:

Diamonds are a girls best friend - especially in earring form! Spoiled.

BEATLES-opoly! Who wants to come to game night? I call the walrus pawn!

You can't make it out with shitty webcam pix (didn't get a new camera for xmas - humbug) but this is a pretty necklace with english-themed charms! There's a teapot and cup, big ben, a crown and a royal guard! Loooove it.

I had to wake up at 5:30 am and drive to walmart to wait in line - but I snagged me a sliiccckkk Tom Tom GPS and I'm geeking out so hard...

Now I can yakk while I drive without being pulled over! Hoorah!

Boxing day boots!

Music. The gift that gives and gives... Rubber Soul, The Ultimate Joe Cocker collection, and Tom Petty greatest hits - stoked.

I CAN EAT!!! (Wait... I'm supposed to BUY food with these? Not eat them? Ohhhhh...)

I managed to keep a festive attitude despite some pretty shitty developments in my Dad's ongoing health problems... I don't know how the greatest man in the world deserves these constant afflictions, and it breaks my heart. It's the worst when something happens suddenly (as it did on Xmas morning) and I'm forced to put on a brave and unaffected face when all I really want to do is cry and curse out the gods for being such douches to my amazing father.

*sigh*

Anyhow, it could be much worse and I must be thankful for that.'

Love you all. Be well.

x&o - Miss A

Merry Christmas Everybody!

2009-12-25T01:20:00.004-05:00

Merry Christmas, darlings.

Forgive my neglect - I've been working non-stop as of late, and the holidays are always so time-consuming.

I'll be sure to fill you in on any exciting gifts I snag from under the tree later this morning, but for now enjoy my favorite holiday tune by SLADE:

I know I'm looking to the future... it's truly only just begun, hasn't it? So much is upcoming I can't wait to fill you in!

x&o - Miss A

Living just to find emotion

2009-12-16T10:11:00.001-05:00

Sometimes they play this video on like 80 tv screens at my work...

Sometimes I LOVE my job.

I can understand how she amuses...

2009-12-15T10:30:00.003-05:00

Ever have one of those days where you wake up with songs from Jesus Christ Superstar in your head?

No... I'm pretty sure that's just me...

Festivus is coming...

so are more extensive blogs from me, but for now... off to work!

x&o - Miss A

City of A-holes

2009-12-06T23:09:00.003-05:00

As you can tell by my prior post, I was in a really good mood this morning before I headed out to work this morning. THEN I went down to my car and THIS is what I found:

Some f***ing a**hole piece of sh*t keyed the grandpamobile!
My sweet beloved boat of a car was ATTACKED in the dead of night - I am SO angry and upset... can't even believe it.

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is for you to restore my ship to her original glory... and mame the douchebag that hurt her!

x&o (with a side of tears) - A

new things!

2009-12-06T10:31:00.003-05:00

New red lips courtesy of M.A.C - I often feel I look like a clown with red lips. My lips aren't small and red tends to amplify them to the umpteenth degree - and make my teeth look a beautiful shade of yellow while it's at it, but with the help of my friend Ashley I found a colour that works and now get to rock the festive holiday red with the best of them!

Color: dubonnet
Store: M.A.C

Another fun find. What time is it? TIME TO ROCK (obviously) - mad cheesy guitar-shaped watch for like $8.00 (2 for $15). God bless the mall.

Store: Ardene
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Training at my new job pretty much every day - so forgive the lack of posting - I'll be back in action when things settle down!

x&o - A

He must be happy in his world

2009-12-03T02:28:00.003-05:00

Sometimes when you're driving home from work at 2am and you've been too lazy to plug in your iPod and settled on the radio, someone calls in and requests a song that is SO perfect.

Tonight it was this one:

XTC - Making Plans for Nigel

Absolutely love this song. Haven't heard it in so long.

Forgive me for being absent - there is A LOT going on for me right now. Job training + working pre-existing job = no sleep and no time.

Big things are coming soon - life changing plans (not for Nigel) are being made - excitement is building.

Stay tuned, darlings. I'll fill you in.

x&o - A

DIsneyfied...

2009-11-29T21:07:00.005-05:00

I really think Disney World is the happiest place on earth (as it claims to be). I was certainly in a more jovial mood for the duration of my visit, as can be seen in the select photos below:
Made a stop in the Hundred Acre Wood to visit 2 fine gents.

Oh Tigger... us wild redheads must really stick together.

Stupid silly grins.

Lilo taught me some sweet moves to pull out next time I go dancing...

Donald Duck as a Mexican... who knew?

Oh yes... souvenir autograph book was a must.

Just before taking in the holiday parade I stumbled upon Tweedledee and Tweedledum! Obviously my long lost soulmates...

x&o - A

Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks!

2009-11-26T10:50:00.005-05:00

Before you watch, take a moment to laugh at the incredibly unflattering frame blogger has decided to freeze on... sweet god.

x's and o's galore - Miss A

A whole new world...

2009-11-14T11:36:00.006-05:00

Well the time has come. I leave for Florida tomorrow morning. Gonna be hanging out with these kooks (see above) for a week.
I have learned that Disney's internet is ridiculously overpriced and thus am not likely to be online at all during my visit to provide you with real-time updates.

Stay tuned, there WILL be ridiculous photos of me with every Disney character I can find coming soon (that is if I don't get kicked out for flirting with Tigger behind the teacup ride).

I'll miss you!

x&o - Miss A

and the WORST MONTH OF LIFE award goes to...

2009-11-12T10:31:00.003-05:00

NOVEMBER, 2009!

I've taken some particularly hard hits this month, both personally and professionally, but it's amazing how resilient one becomes over time - you learn to cry it out, mourn it, and then get on with it. Life is too short to stew in misery.

I went out to my sun deck just now to have a cigarette and ponder recent events and next steps, when suddenly from somewhere below me, the first piano notes of "Tiny Dancer" floated up to me.

How can you not think of this beautiful scene in this beautiful film when hearing that song? This movie has always been most poignant for me.
I AM Penny Lane.

So what does it mean that such a song would come to me at such a time? Perhaps I need to hit the road with a rock and roll band?

Time will tell...

What do you think?

x&o - Miss A

Romancing America

2009-11-10T22:19:00.004-05:00

The new game plan for life unfolded tonight in a gchat conversation with Jess (more like AT Jess). See the fruits of my daydreaming below:

Me: Let's all just sell our shit, take off in the grandpamobile and sell arts and crafts for drug money haha

Jess: u don't do drugs

Me: I might start

Jess: *sigh* say no to drugs

Me: fine we'll spend it on food and shelter then

Jess: the responsible choice
and where would we go?

Me: across America - Jack Kerouac stylez

Jess: sounds like you have it all figured out

Me: for sure we'll bring a camera and a laptop - start a blog of our adventures

Jess: I'm on board, if i can bring odis (odis is her dog)

Me: ...which we'll publish later as our memoires
We'll call it "Romancing America"

Jess: u have put too much thought into this

Me: I dream
big dreams

Jess: haha

Me: S can come too - all scorned women
we can blare "you oughtta know" whilst cruising the I-90

Jess: haha I dont even have to live it, you can just tell me how it turns out

Me: come on I'll bring my guitar - you can learn to play it we'll busk on the santa monica pier.
I'll enter in karaoke contests and win us gas money to keep going

jess has gone offline.

hmph.
Anyone else think this is the best idea I've ever had? Who's on board for the journey???
Raymi, I'm looking at you.

x&o - Miss A

Retail therapy

2009-11-08T23:59:00.005-05:00

Why does shopping hurt so good?
Spent waaayyyy too much money this weekend on pretty things. It's been FOREVER since I've had a little money to spend on myself. I may have overdone it, but I'm so happy with my new possessions!

Some treasures from my weekend shopping excursions:

Boho top.

Black lace gloves.

Gucci-inspired studded heels - oh how I LOVE THEM.

We should play a little "price is right" - you'd never guess that the most expensive of these 3 items cost only $29.99! Oh Winners, I adore thee...

This happy camper is going to sleep now - to sleep perchance to dream of pretty trinkets and bobbles that make a day less dull.

Goodnight, darlings!

x and 0 - Miss A

One last lament.

2009-11-06T19:12:00.003-05:00

Oh Jeff Buckley...

You left us too soon.
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I would now like to make a public apology to my body for sustaining it on coffee, cigarettes and little else for the past 2 weeks. It's crazy how ones body reacts so intensely to ones emotions.

It's also crazy how a seemingly wonderful scenario can crash and burn faster than you can blink an eye. Such is my life sometimes... but today is my last day of moping. As of tomorrow nothing but positive vibes coming out of this kooky redhead!

In 8 days I will be in Florida with my Dad, Stepmom and younger brother, soaking up some sun and gallivanting with Disney characters! I can hardly wait. I need a vacation after my last vacation... A little wholesome family fun and a regression into a more childlike state of mind should do me some good.

x&o - Miss A

Who needs sleep, anyway?

2009-11-05T20:56:00.007-05:00

Hello darlings,

My little counter just hit 11,000 views today. Thank you all for reading my neurotic ramblings over the years - it is a strange thing, but I'm a bit proud of it!

These days I've stretched myself a bit thin by taking on a second job. 3 of my weekdays now consist of waking at 7:30am - working 9-5 at the day job, coming home, napping for 2 hours, getting up, dressing up and going to work for another 4-5 hours (hostessing at a restaurant/lounge).

On top of all this I'm finally getting ready to launch a vintage shop online - something I've been wanting to do for a long time now. With help from my lovely roommate Azil, Vintage Heart will be launching this month!
Check out our blog (yes another one) by clicking the image above for a sneak preview of the goodies we'll be offering in the next few weeks!

Off to job #2 now, thanks again for your views!

x&o - Miss A

Life's a gamble

2009-11-04T12:30:00.003-05:00

When gambling, my strategy is to lay all your cards on the table.
With conviction.
Let it ride, and when it looks like your hand is going to lose, bow out gracefully.

This strategy only works when gambling with your heart. I'd be crap in Vegas.

x&o - Miss A

Office Antics

2009-11-03T16:44:00.004-05:00

The second annual Dale Speaking Halloween scare-a-thon.

I of course, am the only person in the office whose reaction both times involved several expletives.

I'm charming.

Excellent job, Demetrius. You've outdone yourself this year.

x&o - Miss A

I'm the ghost of city life

2009-11-02T17:00:00.010-05:00

A copy of the new Alberta Cross record landed on a colleagues desk today. I'd been meaning to buy it, but as circumstance would have it, hadn't gotten to it yet. And there it was, shiny and new - filled with songs that weren't strangers to me, but that I hadn't heard in a while. Old friends waiting to be revisited.

And there they were, in fine form. Petter, Terry, Alec, Sam and Austin - darling boys I drove around with that one time. Darker and heavier than their debut EP, Broken Side of Time is a stunning full-length record that goes down nicely with a bottle of red wine, a few hundred cigarettes and a head full of nostalgia.

I won't bore you with some wordy and pretentious review about this particular guitar solo, or that tortured lyric or the artistic principles employed... the album speaks for itself and you're smart enough to form your own opinions.

I could not give you an unbiased review of this record if I tried. Anyone who knows me knows I gave my heart to this band when I first stumbled upon them at All Points West in 2008. Every song attaches itself to a memory. Living room slumber parties, stolen bananas, singing along under an umbrella on a rainy Thursday in Buffalo, dark highways, squealing brakes, getting pulled over in Woodstock, NY, hotel rooms with decor unchanged from 1964, the loudest snoring you've ever heard... and the laughter.

Well done, boys. Well done.

While there are better songs to showcase the mood of the record, this song is speaking to me in particular today. I'd forgotten how moving it was. Beautifully captured:

x&o - Miss A

How does that feel?

2009-11-01T22:58:00.003-05:00

I know that liking The Tea Party is sort of a no-no 'round these parts. It's certainly frowned upon... and I have more reason than most to dislike this band in particular, but this song came on my itunes in the car yesterday - first time I'd heard it in years and my god did it sound good.

I blared it in the grandpamobile - I'm sure the pedestrians LOVED it... ha.

Don't judge me. I still love this band.

x&o - Miss A

Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back Features Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Bon Iver Covers - Video - Stereogum

2009-10-29T14:12:00.004-04:00

Whoa.

My beloved Gabriel is returning!?

Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back Features Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Bon Iver Covers - Video - Stereogum

Check it out - this sounds AMAZING.

x&o - Miss A

21 things I want in a lover...

2009-08-18T14:08:00.006-04:00

I was recently ranting to a coworker about what I wanted in a man. "IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!" I yelled, frustrated after stating a few simple wishes. Her response? "Write it down. There's something about writing it down." Apparently both her husband and her had to do this funny little exercise at some point in their young lives before they met. "We're each others list," she said. Apparently they match each others list down to eerie detail.

The concept reminded me of an Alanis Morissette song called "21 Things I Want in a Lover" from her third album Under Rug Swept.

So as Alanis says, "These are 21 things I want in a lover. Not necessarily needs, but qualities that I prefer:"

1. love and passion for Music. Appreciation for all genres.
2. gorgeous eyes. I'm a sucker for eyes that crinkle when you smile. (gross).
3. good hair - preferably longer...
4. articulate.
5. love for travel.
6. musical talent (yeah yeah yeah, I tend to date guys in bands - get over it)
7. a smile that makes my knees weak.
8. healthy sex drive ;)
9. great lips, excellent kisser.
10. good sense of style.
11. sense of humor, dry wit, sarcasm
12. can quote Almost Famous as well as I can.
13. tattoos - at least one.
14. love of reading.
15. impulsive, spontaneous
16. nice arms - not bulky and huge, but nice, strong...
17. genuine interest in my friends and family (and of course in me)
18. retro sensibilities, love of the music, film and culture of the 60's and 70's
19. passionate in everything he does
20. sense of loyalty
21. just the right mixture of sexy and adorable

Wow... that was not easy. At all. What a strange thing to come up with.
Here's hoping one day I can check all of these off...

x and o
-Miss A

I get by with a little help from my friends...

2009-08-15T00:31:00.003-04:00

This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the Legendary Woodstock Music & Art fair held in 1969 at a 600 acre dairy farm in Bethel New York. A weekend of free love, incredible music, and general hippie-dom. The festival has gone down in history as one of the most important moments in rock history and rightfully so. Here's a few of my favourite videos from that fabulous weekend. I'm pretty sure I was there in another life.

Joe Cocker. I had the incredible honor of watching him rock it from front-of-house in Hamilton a few weeks ago. A living legend. The man has still got it. There's no mistaking him.

Crosby Stills and Nash covering Blackbird. Ridiculous.

CCR Born on the Bayou. Magic.

If only our current society weren't so fucked up, and our music scene so barren...

I wish we could do this again.

x and o
-Miss A

Back from Chi town

2009-08-12T23:53:00.003-04:00

Hey guys,

remember me? I went to Chicago... and I'm tired now. Zzzzzz

Gotta find a way to infiltrate America. Must escape Canada. Any tips on Visas/Citizenship would be greatly appreciated.

Check this band out: Dirty Sweet

They rocked it.

Pix to come. Sleepy now.

x&o - Miss A

Dear Toronto City Strikers,

2009-07-16T23:48:00.006-04:00

Dear Toronto City Strikers,

I hope you're enjoying your vacation... whilst I (and thousands of others) work my ass off 5 days a week, 8 hours a day - commute 4 hours daily to get there and back, no benefits or raise for 9 months, a handful of sick days and I probably take home less than half of what you do annually.

Fuck you - suck it up - go back to work. Stop ruining summer.

x and o
-Miss A

Storytime with Miss A - Girlfriend in a Coma

2009-07-04T21:07:00.003-04:00

So I thought of doing a video blog - as something different. I quickly realized I didn't know what to say - so instead of rambling on about nothing I did this:

Whilst watching this I noticed several things about myself that I didn't know before:

The crookedness of my bottom teeth is way more noticeable than I realized.
I'm shiny.
I do have a Canadian accent. Much as I have argued my Yankee friends when they've pointed it out (or should I say OOT), I now see that they are right. Boo.

In conclusion, HOORAY LITERACY! STAY IN SCHOOL!

x and o
-Miss A

P.s. please let me know if this was actually interesting and should be repeated or if it was way lame...

All your sins are hooked upon the sky

2009-07-03T20:55:00.004-04:00

Reason number 423086 why David Bowie is a genius:

Upon hearing this song/watching this video (from the Glass Spider tour) you would have thought "Oh Bowie, you cheesy devil - way to make ridiculous pop music"

But you would be mistaken.

See him singing a beautiful stripped-down version of the same song below:

Oh how my heart wrenched when I first saw this a couple years back - tears were definitely involved.

That voice. My hero.

x and o
-Miss A

20 Questions about my musical taste...

2009-07-01T14:25:00.004-04:00

I've been neglecting you, the 8 people that read my blog, and for that I apologize.
I still feel uninspired as far as blogging goes. The Garbage Strike stinks, MJ is dead (I'm not going to get started on my thoughts on that), Farrah Fawcett is gone (that I'm more sad about)....

So here's a total cop-out blog post of a quiz I stole from facebook... creativity at it's best.

1. Who is your favorite band/musician?
David Bowie

2. What was your first concert?
Alanis Morissette "and friends" (said "friends" included Dinosaur Jr, Frente, Wild Strawberries and Our Lady Peace)

3. What was the first CD/album/8 track/tape you bought?
The first tape I owned was Peter Gabriel's "SO" (amazing). The first tape I purchased myself was The Tea Party's "Edges of Twilight" (no comment).

4. Who would be the musicians in your “ultimate super group?”
Arghhh. That's a ridiculous question.
Let's just say the best Genesis lineup (Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins) and have Bowie and Gabriel sing dual vocals. Phil Collins must stay behind the drum kit though...

5. If you could meet any music celebrity, who would it be. (Dead or alive)
Just one? David Bowie. (also Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Chris Robinson and as far as dead goes, Jim Morrison, Keith Moon)

6. If you could see any band/musician no longer playing, who would it be?
Genesis with Peter Gabriel - my fingers are crossed.

7. What is your favorite music movie/documentary?
Does Almost Famous count as a 'music movie?'
As far as docs go, DIG is great, and The Ziggy Stardust Concert Film is classic. Also just saw Foo Fighters Skin & Bones and really dug it a lot.

8. What band/musician/song is a guilty pleasure?
HA. Come have a look at my CD collection. I know every word to every Spice Girls song, but I really don't feel guilty about that. I suppose I would have to admit that I own the first Pussy Cat Dolls record - and I actually put it on from time to time and sing along and dance like an idiot.

9. Do you play an instrument?
I play guitar quite poorly but I hit a mean tambourine.

10. Have you ever named a child or a pet after a song, musician or musical reference? If yes, what was it? If no, would you?
Once had a cat called Ziggy - it's quite surprising that's the only one I can think of... My next cat will be named Penny Lane, which has an obvious musical reference.

11. What or who was an influence over your love of music?
My Dad, without a doubt. Who knows where I'd be without him.

12. What is the best concert you have ever seen?
David Bowie (obviously), Black Crowes were fantastic as well.

13. Have you ever missed work/school because of music? (concert, ticket sale, CD release, etc…)
HA. Many times. I have my priorities straight.

14. Have you mistaken the lyrics of a song to be something other than what they actually were?
In the first verse of the track "The Last Song" on Foo Fighters' record In Your Honor, it fully sounds like Dave Grohl is singing "Alllisssssoooon" - sadly, he's singing "I listen"

15. If eBay was the only place you could find a copy of your favorite song, how much would your maximum bid be?
I already have several copies of my favorite song.

16. Is the ring tone on your phone a music download? If yes what is it ?
It's not a download, but it is a song. It's currently "Oh My Heart" by Mother Mother

17. What song title best describes you?
"Alison" by Elvis Costello (ha!). One L off from describing me perfectly...

18. What was the last song you listened to?
Foo Fighters - The Last Song (had to check the title)

19. What band/musician would you like to see be, “The next big thing?”
Alberta Cross, The Parlor Mob or The (newly reformed) Wildbirds

20. If you could own any piece of music memorabilia, what would it be?
Anything David Bowie wore on the Ziggy Stardust Tour

Bonus question...what's the most played song on your iPod?
I have a shuffle, so I don't know - according to the 'top 25 most played' tab in my iTunes it's "Hard on Me" by The Wildbirds, which I don't believe, followed by "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello, which I DO believe.

Bonus question #2...Best musician in a reality show?
Storm Large - contestent from Rock Star Supernova

snooze news.

2009-06-28T19:28:00.003-04:00

My mom says I have Moxy.

...

She's probably a bit biased.

...

I need to increase my credit limit.

...

I need to sleep for 20 hours - but I can't.

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I suck another breath to the hearts of the Revolution

2009-06-15T20:49:00.004-04:00

Had a bad day yesterday... a very bad day.
I allowed myself to stew in negativity and anger and self loathing on the condition that I wake up today, brush myself off and move on.

After all, why shouldn't I be happy? At 22 I have my health, I have a job in the music industry which I've wanted for as long as I can remember, I've been to Mexico, London, California and New York. I have money, not much, but enough to get by. I've been on adventures most people will never get to experience. I have some really great friends and some incredible memories.

So yeah, I've got some zits... and men are assholes sometimes... and the bank can mess up and give you a Visa with no money on it and ruin your plan to cheer yourself up with the purchase of a festival ticket... But hey, skin clears, there are other men out there and voila the bank can fix thier fuckup pretty quick and you'll have that ticket tomorrow.

So there.

Happiness prevails.

x and o
-Miss A

I'm the underdog, live my life on a lullaby...

2009-06-14T17:57:00.003-04:00

Bask in the utter joy that is the new Kasabian record. West Ryder Pauper Asylum is fantastic start to finish. I'm so happy to be so excited about music - it's been awhile since I was over the moon about a record the way I am about this one and the Company of Thieves debut...

Yes, that is Noel Fielding from the Boosh in the last video. Fabulous.

P.s. good on you Tom Meighan for growing out your hair. Looking fit.

x and o
-Miss A

Dear Doug...

2009-06-13T00:36:00.002-04:00

Dear Douglas Coupland,

Thank you for writing a new book, and thank you for setting it for release in the month of my birth... what a lovely gift!

"In the near future bees are extinct - until five unconnected individuals, in different parts of the world, are stung. Immediately snatched up by ominous figures in hazmat suits, interrogated separately in neutral Idea-like chambers, and then released as 15-minute-celebrities into a world driven almost entirely by the internet, these five unforgettable people endure a barrage of unusual and highly 21st-century circumstances.
A charismatic scientist with dubious motives eventually brings the quintet together, and their shared experience unites them in a way they could never have imagined.

"Generation A" mirrors the structure of 1991's 'Generation X' as it champions the act of reading and storytelling as one of the few defenses we still have against the constant bombardment of the senses in a digital world. Like much of Coupland's writing, it occupies the perplexing hinterland between optimism about the future and everyday, apocalyptic paranoia, and is his most ambitious and entertaining novel to date."

Can't wait to crack you open! Yay!

Just watched GHOST on the W Network and cried my face off. Why do we do this to ourselves?

x and o
-Miss A

Live like it's the style

2009-06-07T21:36:00.003-04:00

I love this band... and you need to love them too.

Had the opportunity to do the PR for their first Toronto show last week and was absolutely stunned by their performance. The frontwoman, Genevieve has an incredible presence. She's this tiny little firecracker with a huge voice and an intense charisma. The room was in awe - something that rarely happens on a Tuesday night at the Drake.

I must say it gave me the itch to perform again. I pushed my rock star dreams aside some time ago... I pushed a lot of dreams aside. Things are creeping back into my brain though...

ahhh will I ever be satisfied?

I'd like to die with the songs I love stuck in my head

2009-06-06T12:30:00.009-04:00

It's Saturday afternoon. 12:30pm. I am sitting in my mothers house drinking a Stella I brought home with me from last weekend's adventure. It is the last of 2 Stellas that I smuggled back into the country with me. The last of 2 Stellas that bring memories with every sip.

Memories like these:

I spent a weekend driving around New York State and Vermont with my darling fave raves Alberta Cross. We went from Buffalo to Woodstock Mountain Jam to Burlington Vermont. It was my first real road trip adventure - and it was wonderful. I even somehow found myself onstage with the band in Woodstock and Vermont
(this is the only photographic evidence of it that has surfaced thus far).

Alas, all good things must end and I'm now back in the middle of reality... and while reality is pretty good for me right now, it's certainly not magic. I find myself wondering what I can do/where I can go to create some magical existence for myself where every day is an adventure. Is it too much to ask?

I guess I'm just waiting for that moment of clarity when it all becomes so obvious and I finally know what I want.

I think I'll be waiting a long time...

x and o
-Miss A

HAPPY TOWEL DAY!

2009-05-25T16:17:00.005-04:00

Happy Towel Day to all!

Towel Day originated on May 25, 2001 just after the death (RIP) of British author Douglas Adams, who wrote the classic Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.

"A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

While I was in England a couple years ago - I got the chance to visit Highgate Cemetary where Douglas is buried. I was saddened by how small and unadorned it was - so I picked some flowers from a nearby park and placed them on his grave.

So long Douglas, and thanks for all the fish!

x and o
-Miss A

Summer lovin'

2009-05-18T17:11:00.002-04:00

Planning the summer wardrobe along with the summer plans... the following are my current must-haves.

summer wishlist by Kooky473 featuring Yves Saint Laurent Sunglasses

destroyed jeans
vintage sunglasses
white tunic/dress
brown gladiator sandals

Yes Please!

You say you're leavin' on a 7:30 train...

2009-05-18T00:52:00.002-04:00

The beagle has been dubbed JASPER. Thanks for your suggestions, they were all wonderful - but you know how it is, sometimes a great name just doesn't fit the personality!

I'm browsing olllldddd journal entries (if you go to the very first post in this blog you'll find a link to my old livejournal, and in the last post on that you'll find an archive of my old myspace musings as well)... it's very strange how vividly you remember some things... and how others fade.

I've made the decision that this is going to be an EXCELLENT summer, and I refuse to be told otherwise. First road-trip is in just over a week, my dear partner in crime Britt and I are off to Buffalo (glamourous, I know) to see Alberta Cross on a Thursday and then see where the rest of the weekend takes us... then Lollapalooza in August - and hopefully several weekend jaunts in the interim. It's going to be a summer to remember. I can't wait.

BEAGLE

2009-05-09T17:25:00.003-04:00

Soooo we got a puppy today... and it's possibly the cutest thing ever (aside from my cat, of course). His eyes look blue in this picture but they're actually a pretty shade of green. Also he's even cuter in person than this picture... hard to believe but very true.

We've been trying to name him, but nothing has stuck yet.

Some of the ones we're liking:

Jersey
Hershey
Cooper
Tucker

Suggest more or tell me what you like!

NAME OUR BEAGLE!

x and o
-Miss A

Get on your bikes and ride!

2009-05-08T00:23:00.000-04:00

That's right. I'm tough.

Big Time - I'm on my way I'm making it

2009-05-04T22:16:00.006-04:00

There are very few things in this life that are more satisfying and entertaining than a trip to Costco. I had not been to this magical retail wonderland since I was a kid... but Sunday the Mom and I took a drive to London and boy did we have ourselves a time!

Observe the abundant glory of COSTCO:

Holy stomach ache batman! Who gets THIS sick?

For the fish lover in all of us...

this thing weighed as much as an 8 year old child...

Dirty hair much?

A homeless man's dream. (The Listerine, not me... or maybe both...?)

**

Another great thing about Costco is the fact that there are about 15 sample stations throughout the store. I got to taste some guacamole, some roasted red pepper hummus (bought 2 tubs - YUM!), a 3 bean salad and a blueberry turnover! Free lunch!

We also went to Value Village. There is nothing better than non-Toronto Value Villages because they're not picked over by hipsters. I found THE MOST AMAZING DRESS. Black suede (genuine) figure hugging with fringe... for $9.99 - Just have to find a place to wear it. I cannot wait!

x and o
-Miss A

With your buttons and your bows...

2009-04-30T08:00:00.005-04:00

Hey look! I got new fun things!!!
A new hippie ring <3

Some new ghetto gold earrings

Hipster shades! (I just like turquoise)

As if my already overwhelming collection of sunglasses needed any additions...

I've been marathoning Sex and the City with my mom for the past 2 days. Is it wrong that I don't miss the city yet? Is it wrong that I'm finding it quite relaxing spending my weekend drinking wine with my mother and watching TV? I'm sure there are more 'exciting' things I could be doing on a Friday/Saturday night... but this is a lot easier on my stress levels, and my wallet...

My heart, checkbook and kidneys have been battered about enough by Toronto... time to take a breather.

Bright and sunshiney day!

2009-04-27T23:00:00.003-04:00

Wheee! I wore a skirt today - for the first time in a bazillion years! Bare legging it for the first time in 2009 feels so damn good. I must invest in more dresses.
Warm weather makes me moderately... dare I say it? HAPPY?!

Another thing that makes me happy is the Lollapalooza lineup. Finally a festival I can attend! 2009 shall not be a waste after all. I'm going to drive down to Chicago with a girlfriend or two, blaring 70's rock and roll the entire way - classic road trip. I cannot wait. LOU EFFING REED is playing!

I suppose this means I have to start working on the "bikini bod" again... I hate eating properly. Why can't a balanced vegetarian diet consist of cheese pizza and Coca Cola? I don't get it. Perhaps I never will. I have zero will power. As my darling Oscar Wilde says "I can resist everything except temptation." The man was wise.

One thing that DOES NOT make me happy is the lack of special features on The Wrestler DVD. According to the packaging the ONLY special feature is the Bruce Springsteen music video... THAT'S IT!??!?! Not even a theatrical trailer? Or an interview with Mickey?

WHAT THE WHAT?!

I'd go the whole wide world

2009-04-25T20:41:00.003-04:00

Stranger Than Fiction was on TV tonight. Such a brilliant movie. The scene that includes the song above just makes my heart swell.

It's been a very long time since I've been in love - or close to love. I do adore being single, as recent attempts at dating have proven to me, but sometimes, you watch a film or a tv show, or you see a sweet couple at a restaurant or on the subway and you remember what it felt like to feel like that... to be over the moon, excited, terrified.

I'd go the whole wide world to find him... but he's being an elusive bastard.

Alec Baldwin is a prick...

2009-04-24T16:05:00.003-04:00

I've begun to decorate my new desk.
Meet my new cactus, Alec Baldwin.

Kiss kiss bang bang

2009-04-23T23:43:00.004-04:00

IN RECENT NEWS:
The bangs are back. Couldn't ditch 'em. they're like this integral part of my head or something. Stupid.

Also - nice rack, Raymi.

We went to Watusi for Gillian's birthday last night. Nice place, cool decor, menu looks yummy but I wasn't feeling so hot. No food, no booze, and I somehow survived being in a room with a lot of drunk people for several hours. *pats self on back*

IN OTHER NEWS:
I'm preggo with Rourkey's love child.

...

just kidding!

I felt the bartender was going to hate me for not ordering anything that actually cost money... so I decided I would temporarily be pregnant (at least for a photo). Plan backfired because

#1 I look REALLY pregnant in this picture - I don't know how I managed to pull that off. Talent + camera angles?

#2 she served my water in a tumbler - so I just look like an alcoholic white-trash mom.

sweet.

Day old blues

2009-04-17T12:58:00.003-04:00

This time last year...

...I was in California, at Coachella, watching amazing bands, reuniting with old friends, discovering new places.

*sigh*

The travel bug is biting hard. I haven't been away since NYC in October. Last year I went to California, NYC twice, Jersey. The year before that I went to London and NYC. The year before that was Mexico. I need to get on a plane. I need to go!

But alas, I start my new (and wonderful) job as Publicity and Promotions Coordinator for a kickass Entertainment Publicity firm downtown on Monday, so travels aren't on the horizon for me just yet. There are tentative plans to hit up Summerfest in Milwaukee over the Canada Day long weekend and see my dear old friends from the Wildbirds, but those have yet to be confirmed (fingers crossed)!

I thrive on traveling, hopefully when I get my license back I'll be the queen of weekend road trips. I just wish I could take off now.

Sorry for being neglectful - going through a big transition with the move, and the lack of a working camera to document it has left me pretty uninspired as far as blogging goes. I'll try to get better.

KINGS OF LEON ON TUESDAY! Wheeee!
x and o
-Miss A

Don't get any big ideas

2009-04-11T00:06:00.003-04:00

...They're not gonna happen.

I can't sleep. So here's me singing Radiohead - for public scrutiny.
Piano found here

RIP - 15 years.

2009-04-08T12:43:00.004-04:00

15 years ago today the world received some sad and shocking news. I'm not going to go on a huge tangent about Kurt. We all know the impact he had on the music world, and on millions of fans. He is not soon to be forgotten.

I didn't want to post some tribute video or anything over the top. Just this performance, which remains one of my favourite Nirvana moments. Something about this particular one has always captured me, at 4:48 the way he looks up and takes a breath is quite haunting. Less than 5 months after this recording, Kurt was gone.

Rest in Peace, Kurt. We miss you.

It wears me out

2009-04-05T19:12:00.006-04:00

Do not listen to Fake Plastic Trees while packing your life into boxes. It leads to severe melancholy.

My life is going to be very different soon. Very PG. Very clean. This will be good - but I'm sure at times it will become quite frustrating. My "love life" (ha) will certainly take a hit. No more 2am text messages...

hmmm...

The pirate look is key when growing out bangs... just be prepared to expose your "rough" eyebrows (thanks again for the constructive criticism "anonymous")!

Does anyone have an old digital camera kicking around? I find this blogging thing quite bleh without the ability to take photos, and the blackberry thing just isn't quite good enough.

x and o
-Miss A

tardy again

2009-04-04T12:07:00.006-04:00

90's Redux shopping mission: ACCOMPLISHED

I successfully nabbed:

Pearl Jam: VS
Pearl Jam: Vitalogy
Soundgarden: Superunknown
Live: Throwing Copper
Temple of the Dog
RHCP: Blood Sugar Sex Magik

$50 for 6 badass CD's? I love Sonic Boom. I'm gonna miss being able to walk there :(

I'm probably one of the only people around that still buys CD's. Most people have gone the way of the digital download but I just can't wrap my head around it. I grew up on cassettes, CD's and even Vinyl, and the first thing I couldn't wait to do when I ripped open the packaging was to take out the inserts and look at the artwork. I love having the product in my hand. I will buy CD's until they become extinct.

Last night I went over to Raymi and Fil's place to wish Raymi the happiest of birthdays. Hooked her up with some sweet tanning goodies and some much-needed estrogen (the place was just a sausage fest until I arrived).

We played Truth or Dare Jenga (this does exist) which had some pretty interesting outcomes I would really like to know who invented some of the questions they printed on those blocks. For example, at one point I pulled one out which read "Pretend you're riding." Pardonemoi!? Riding WHAT exactly? Apparently this game doubles as some sort of twisted foreplay... weird. Luckily I had a sweet "riding" skill up my sleeve (get your minds out of the gutter). See video of it here on Raymi's blog.

We then played Asshole, which I LOVE... but somehow out of like 5 rounds I wound up the Asshole EVERY TIME!

There will be a rematch... look out.

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops

2009-03-27T14:04:00.003-04:00

The following screenshot fully describes the current state of mind of myself and my dearest Jessica:

The "real" us:
We have fallen head-first into a pile of NINETIES. The symptoms?

Watching Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged circa '92 TWICE in one night and giggling like school girls over Eddie Vedder's hotness.
An intense desire to wear plaid
Missing our old combat boots with a vengeance
YouTubing old music videos and sighing in unison at the memories they bring
Trying to find an attractive way to wear overalls again (this is still very questionable)

We are heading to Sonic Boom (every music collectors' haven) this evening to shop for our long-lost 90's rock loves.

The shopping list at present:

Beyond excited. I've got my chucks laced up and my plaid button up. I'm ready to shop!
Any suggestions to add to our shopping list?

x and o
-Miss A

TEN

2009-03-24T17:50:00.004-04:00

So apparently Edge102 did their job as far as brainwashing goes - I stopped in HMV on the way home from work and picked up Pearl Jam's TEN - reissued deluxe edition. My my is it ever pretty. First disc is the original record - remastered. Second disc is TEN REDUX - the remixed version plus 6 bonus tracks, and it also comes with a DVD of Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged (previously unreleased). All in a beautiful little book with tons of classic pictures, notes, artwork and doodles from the band.

I'm listening to the first disc and it sounds bloody brilliant. One of those records that really stands the test of time.

Listening to it makes me remember the hardcore crush I had on Eddie Vedder in the 90's when I was just a young lass. The video for Jeremy did me in hardcore:

...*sigh* still does.

x and o
-Miss A

Feels like the very first time

2009-03-24T14:27:00.003-04:00

Hop on in my Delorean all - cuz I'm time travelling!

No but really - it seems that way lately. A couple weeks ago I found myself back at the Bovine with a crowd of people I met there in 2004 drinking copious amounts of Jagermeister (which I don't drink anymore BECAUSE of how much I consumed back in those days).

Then a couple days ago I decided to try listening to Edge102. I normally don't listen to anything but Q107 (classic rock) but I thought I should check in on what "rock" music was sounding like these days.

This is the hour of music I got:

Um... apparently I've now time travelled past 2004 and straight into the mid 90's. EASY THERE DELOREON... Let's not get carried away! As if they went from a full hour of Pearl Jam (TEN was re-released today - so that makes sense) into BACK TO BACK NIRVANA?!?!

It seems like the Edge thrives on playing a bunch of 90's music with some MGMT and Kings of Leon thrown in for kicks. Seriously.

I think I have to go back to Q107... and somehow find my way back to 2009?!

HELP! I need somebody...

2009-03-22T12:02:00.005-04:00

Hello lovlies,
I require your assistance in making a MASSIVE LIFE DESICION...

...to grow out the bangs or keep the bangs? THAT is the question...

I was all gung-ho on growing them out until two people on two separate occasions in one week told me that my bangs are like some sort of trademark look for me or something. Now I'm questioning it all... bangs, life, the universe. It all seems so befuddling.

HELP!

BANGS:
NO BANGS:

x and o
-Miss A

Wish I could close my eyes and make it go away

2009-03-17T10:28:00.004-04:00

Happy St. Douche's Day!

St. Patrick's day has to be my LEAST favourite of all the holidays. Let's give idiot frat kids another excuse to go out and drink excessively! I refuse to go out on March 17th. I can't stand being surrounded by the drunken stupidity that ensues. I did however, by pure coincidence, grab my U2 Greatest Hits 1980-90 this morning on my way out the door, and it wasn't until a few songs in that I realized how cliche I was for listening to it on this of all days. At least I didn't accidentally wear green - that would have been overkill - especially as a redhead.

Went to my first ever fashion show on Friday night with 3 of my fave gals. The opening show of Toronto Fashion Week - Greta Constantine. I quite enjoyed it. The show was great - lots of strong pieces that I would definitely wear.

(Photos: blogTO)
I loved the feather and fur details. I might kill a man for that black fur vest. For serious. The only unfortunate thing about the show (aside from the fact that we had to stand) was that fashion industry people and their hangers-on really do live up to their stereotypes. I saw so many noses in the air and double-cheek-kisses that I wanted to jump off the nearest balcony. Needless to say, we made a quick escape.

I met up with my dear darling Laney who has moved back to Toronto just as I am leaving (JERK!) and met her Scottish/Irish friends known as Skibunny who were in town for CMW. Awesome gang - but sadly I had to miss their show due to birthday parties that required my attendance.

Moving prep is coming along - although I moved backwards a bit when I suddenly had an urge to re-read some Douglas Coupland and had to open 3 of my nicely packed boxes of books to find him!

If you go out tonight I wish you godspeed and good luck. I'll be curled up safe at home with some Oscar Wilde and Easter chocolates. (WAY more awesome than you...)

x and o
-Miss A

Na na na na Hey Hey Goodbye

2009-03-14T12:47:00.005-04:00

Alright so I'm late on the news. I'll get back in the swing of this blogging business soon, I swear.

My big announcement, the one you've been waiting for with much anticipation... is that after 6 very intense/crazy/fun/bad years in Toronto I'm finally packing it in.

It's been a good run but I'm just not happy here anymore (as I'm sure many of you have noticed over the past year or so). It's time to make some big changes and big decisions so I'm moving in with my Mom in Woodstock for a while to save some money and clear my head.

Not sure yet where I'll end up, but it will most likely be the US or UK. I plan on doing some traveling to further pinpoint the final destination.

I have met some of the greatest people in the world in this city, and to say I won't miss parts of it would be a lie, but I'm eager to sort my life out and figure out what makes me happy - because apparently it's NOT Toronto :S

Of course there will be a goodbye party - details to follow.

x and o
-Miss A

Better late than never...

2009-03-10T13:47:00.006-04:00

I disappeared. I'm sorry. It began as not posting out of grief at Rourkey's Oscar loss... and embarassment of the reaction video and how enormously nerdtastic I am... and then a lot of shit happened and I just didn't get around to it. Snowball effect in a way.

I promised a reaction vid - so here it is. My obsession has mellowed by now so you won't be getting a zillion Rourke posts in the coming weeks...

Oscars - Best Actor reaction from Allison Dee on Vimeo.

I had worked myself up a lot for that moment - and was tres disappointed with the outcome. But all is over now and there are bigger fish to fry.

You've missed a lot in the past few weeks. Great live shows (Parlor Mob/Alberta Cross), good outfits, funny anecdotes. My camera decided to break down halfway through the Oscars (obviously a sign of the upcoming disappointment) so I don't have much in the way of photos from any of these events, and for that I apologize.

I have some rather large news to share with you... and will update in a couple hours with it as I'm on my way to work at the moment.

I've missed you!

x and o
-Miss A

"If they don't have the balls to bring it, Fuck 'em!"

2009-02-22T13:22:00.002-05:00

Okay I KNOW you are all tired of my nonstop Mickey love but I can't NOT post this.

BEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH EVER:

Can't wait to see what he brings tonight. Cuz lord knows he's taking home the big prize!

GO ROURKEY, GO!

And the Oscar should go to...

2009-02-20T21:45:00.004-05:00

Oscar weekend is upon us, folks! As you know I've watched most of the films nominated this year - it's been a strong year in film and these awards are going to be tough to call, but here are my hopes and predictions...

BEST PICTURE

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* “Frost/Nixon”
* “Milk” (Focus Features)
* “The Reader” <-- would love for this to win as well
* “Slumdog Millionaire” <--strong chance of winning, but I think this film was overrated

BEST ACTOR

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
* Sean Penn in “Milk” <-- I fear he might take it
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (SURPRISE!)

BEST ACTRESS

* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Josh Brolin in “Milk” <-- also deserving. Excellent performance.
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” <--we all know he'll probably take it.
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Amy Adams in “Doubt”
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
* Viola Davis in “Doubt”
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”
(All of these performances were fabulous. All of them deserve the award, but I gotta root for my fave movie here.)

BEST DIRECTOR

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, David Fincher
* “Frost/Nixon”, Ron Howard
* “Milk”, Gus Van Sant <--- mega close second
* “The Reader”, Stephen Daldry
* “Slumdog Millionaire”, Danny Boyle

What are your predictions?

This Sunday I'm having folks over and we're dressing up Oscar-style to watch the awards. Many photos to come, and a video-reaction to the Best Actor category, which will either consist of me yelling, swearing, and throwing things at the television, OR (hopefully) tears of joy!

Stay tuned...

x and o
-Miss A

R.I.P Little Loki

2009-02-18T10:20:00.004-05:00

I am so sad to learn that my fave rave Mickey Rourke's little pup Loki passed away this week. Mickey is known for giving his home and love to abandoned/ill-treated dogs, and Loki was his baby. She went with him everywhere, even walked the red carpet with Mickey during awards season.

RIP Loki.
My heart goes out to Mickey. Losing a pet is so heartbreaking.

Note to self: wear waterproof mascara on Sunday in case he wins the Oscar (fingers crossed). It's bound to be a very moving speech.

The magic's in the makeup

2009-02-16T20:16:00.004-05:00

Wheee! Look at the fun stuff I got sent!!!! Loreal is ruling my life at the moment...

Got to try the new Loreal DoubleExtend Beauty Tubes... plus a smokey-eye kit.

It really does make my lashes look super long. I was impressed.

One piece of advice: DO WHAT THEY SAY and remove it with LOTS OF WATER. This stuff literally creates a tube around your lashes. If you don't soak it off properly you will tear your lashes out.

Get $5 off this slick eyelash juice with this code:

You give me fever...

2009-02-12T22:13:00.003-05:00

I have been struck down in my prime. The dreaded flu bug has finally caught me. I ALMOST made it through the winter without a single bout of illness. So close.
I was nearly convinced I was dying last night. I'd been up since 5am but my body refused to let me sleep. I could barely walk or stand from aches and exhaustion. Then came the nausea. I was just lying there thinking, I don't have the strength to throw up... this is not going to end well...

Luckily I fell asleep, but not for long. I woke up and my whole face and jaw was throbbing from blowing my nose so much. I HATE being sick.

Of course being sick reminds you of how single you are when there's no one to bring you soup, kleenex or vitamin water. A lovely pre-valentines kick in the pants.

The only good thing about today? After taking a couple advil I passed out again and had feverish dreams about making out with Mickey Rourke. *swoon* Don't judge me, I'm not alone in my Rourke-love.

Speaking of my dreamboat, Oscar night is fast approaching and I'm quickly whittling down my movie list.

Oscar films down:

The Wrestler
Benjamin Button
Milk
The Reader
Doubt
Slumdog Millionaire
Revolutionary Road
Vicky Christina Barcelona

Still to go:

Frost/Nixon
Changeling
The Visitor
Rachel Getting Married

MY OSCAR PICKS (because I know you're dying to hear them) COMING SOON!

x and o
-Miss A

Stompin' our feet with the people we believe in.

2009-02-10T22:34:00.006-05:00

Check itttttt. My boys in The Parlor Mob have debuted the video for their new single "Hard Times"! Slick stuff:

I must say, I quite enjoy it. Kinda makes me want to move to Jersey and buy a ladder. Yup.

Anyhow, we're soon to be reunited in the flesh as they are coming to town to play TWO NIGHTS at Tattoo Rock Parlour (not my fave venue, but it will be a good show nonetheless).

BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE at TICKETMASTER.CA

See you there! (both nights)

x and o
-Miss A

Free CD's looking for a home!

2009-02-09T11:44:00.010-05:00

WOW! Look at all these CD's that I don't really know much about...
If you want them, they're yours. Or tell me if I'll like any of them and maybe I'll keep them for me and give 'em a listen.

Jimmy Rankin - Edge of Day
Don Brownrigg - Wander Songs
Sleepless Nights - Turn into Vapour
~~Grand Theft Bus - Made Upwards~~ Amber
~~Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy~~ Gill
The Tom Fun Orchestra - You Will Land with a Thud
~~The Trews - No Time for Later~~ Amber
~~The Dresden Dolls - A is for Accident~~ Gill
~~The Dresden Dolls - self titled (autographed!)~~ Gill
~~The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia~~ Raymi
~~Great Lake Swimmers - self titled~~ Karly
~~Great Lake Swimmers -Bodies and Minds~~ Karly

Happy pickin'!

x and o
-Miss A

My boy lollipop, you make my heart go giddyup

2009-02-06T23:21:00.003-05:00

Friday nights = sucking on a Chupa Chups that fell out of a pinata at a birthday party for a dude you didn't know...
Hope I don't cut my tongue.

The ladies and I were supposed to go see "He's Just Not That Into You" tonight... but a billion other douchey girls beat us and even though we showed up AN HOUR EARLY - tickets were sold out. Boo. We're trying again Sunday.

Look what else I did today:
Ehhh? Guess who's going to be a MAID OF HONOUR?!?!?!?
This was the only dress I got to try on due to time constraints, but I really think it's quite pretty. It was a bit big, but I think if it were fitted just right...? BAM!
(it's chocolate brown btw, weird lighting/my camera sucks)

I wish I could show you pictures of the AMAZING bridal gowns my BFF tried on... we actually may have found "the one." But alas, you'll have to wait til Summer 2010 for the wedding pictures!

x and o
-Miss A

Thanks, Nickleback!

2009-02-05T17:20:00.002-05:00

*KNOCK KNOCK* Delivery for Miss A!!!
Wheeee! It's the free converse from the Nickleback Party giftbag (we got a voucher in the bag to fax into the record label for free shoes... in DECEMBER). Had no idea what colour/style they would be...

*drumrolllll*

SAWEET! Black High-tops!!!
I still hate your band, but thanks for the slick new kicks!
x and o
-Miss A

Oh Mickey you're so fine...

2009-02-03T19:52:00.003-05:00

I don't think I'm crazy... I really don't. I have a thing for Mickey Rourke...

...is that so wrong?

Can't wait for this issue of V Fair!

My Oscar prep is coming along, I saw THE READER over the weekend with my friend Jessica. It was a very good film, very intense... unfortunately a bit too intense for the chick in the back row who started SOBBING out loud during a pivotal scene. Now, I'm a huge cry-face when it comes to movies, and while this particular scene was very sad - it did NOT by any means warrant that type of explosive sob-fest. She totally distracted us from the movie, and I was actually pretty angry since I was just getting really into it after wrestling with anxiety for most of the film.

Oscar films down:

The Wrestler
Benjamin Button
Milk
The Reader

Still to go:

Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling
The Visitor
Rachel Getting Married
Revolutionary Road
Vicky Christina Barcelona

Festival Bummer '09

2009-02-03T12:47:00.002-05:00

It's that time of year again, kids.
FESTIVAL SEASON.

I was waiting with baited breath for this years big festival announcements. Coachella and Bonnaroo - couldn't wait to see who would be playing and which fest I would attend.

But now that they've been announced... I'm so unimpressed...
Okay... number one, Are you REALLY going to put THE KILLERS on the same level as Macca and The Cure? That's just sad. Number two, is Amy Winehouse even going to show up? and IF SO does she actually deserve such a prominent slot? Number three - way to book a billion shitty hipster bands. ROBOT MUSIC. blar.
Bands I WOULD recommend if you're going: Alberta Cross, Elelctric Touch, Jenny Lewis (obvs)

Uh... TWO NIGHTS OF PHISH? TWO NIGHTS? Are you fucking SERIOUS???? I can't even get past that far enough to care about the rest of the lineup.
Bands I WOULD recommend if you're going: Alberta Cross, Jenny Lewis (obvs), Grace Potter, oh, and if you don't go see Elvis Costello, you're a dick.

Here's hoping Lolla and APW will book some winners.
And where are KOL in all this? I thought they'd be a big staple on the circuit this year.
hmmmm...

x and o
-Miss A

Good morning, Canada...

2009-02-03T11:31:00.001-05:00

fuck off.

It's a nice day for a...

2009-02-01T14:57:00.002-05:00

See this fancy couple here? The boy one is Josef. He was in my program at Seneca. The girl one is Carolyn. She is my best friend. I introduced them to one another last year, and on this past Friday night, Josef proposed to Carolyn.

I am the best matchmaker EVER.

Congratulations and all the happiness in the world for my two dear friends.

...oh, and you're welcome. ;)

x and o
-Miss A

GIRLCRUSH pt 3

2009-01-30T12:20:00.006-05:00

We watched Benjamin Button last night, and between fits of tears we couldn't stop exclaiming "Oh my GOD - she's SO stunning."
Cate Blanchett is one of those incredible beauties that simply radiates a sense of class and poise, a sort of strength that most of us will never posses.

She really just looks like she knows all the secrets of the universe. You can see it in her eyes.

Oh p.s. her hair in Benjamin Button? Probably the most enviable hair ever.
***********

Completely unrelated sidenote: It's easy to say that imitation is a form of flattery, until you've been ripped off.
enjoy your karma.

x and o
-Miss A

Future Husbands

2009-01-28T18:28:00.006-05:00

It seems I have developed an interesting new crush... Watching the Wrestler 3 times has made me goo-goo eyed for Mr. Mickey Rourke. Whilst gushing over him post-Wrestler last night, Raymi told me I need a boyfriend (apparently she thinks that would stop me... she doesn't know me very well yet).

I'm not really interested in boyfriends at the moment, I'm perfectly happy to daydream about my ever growing list of future husbands...
Mickey

Chris

Pierce

Noel

Jemaine

Hugh

Oh sweet dreamweavers... A girl can dream, can't she?

x and o
-Miss A

My brain hurts a lot...

2009-01-26T19:39:00.003-05:00

Oh Dakota Tavern... ruiner of lives.
I'm mega hungover right now. STILL. I didn't eat very much yesterday and celebrated a visit from my out-of-town friend WAY TOO HARD. Drinking caused me to make poor choices, like ordering more drinks.
Ended up spending the night at my pal Chris's house, and waking up with a VERY INTENSE hangover.
We shuffled over to Sunset Grill for some greasy breakfast - but they kept making me laugh so I barely made it through my meal without choking and dying.

Some examples of their hilarity:
"I only drive drunk when you're too drunk to drive" - Chris

"If you're not surviving... you're dead." - Kevin

"Quit dropping my glasses... the rhinestones are gonna fall out!" - Chris

"2+1 doesn't equal spring" - Chris

...it's amazing the pure nonsense that spills out of the mouths of the hungover.
We watched the Wrestler. It's still brilliant.

xo
-Miss A.

I want to get away, I want to fly away

2009-01-23T12:45:00.012-05:00

Another horrifying night out in Toronto (Thursday). Started off nice enough. Went to see my dears The Evelyn Room play at the Elmo - great show, even though no one was there. Such a good band. Can't wait to see them again at Tattoo next Wednesday (the 28th - mark your calendar)!

Then Gill insisted we accompany her to Hart House (UofT campus) to see Foxfire, a band I've seen many times, and while they're not my musical cup of tea I find it's always a fun show, with a lot of talent onstage. HOWEVER... Hart House is not built for live music and it sounded AWFUL... probably the worst sounding show I've ever heard, no fault of the band. That was not the only problem though... the more glaring, constant, irritating problem, was the PEOPLE in attendance. Hipster-fucking-central. (disclaimer: the photos in this blog are not mine, nor are they of people I know - google image search has provided me with these gems).
One of the things I hate most about Toronto is the Hipsters. Hipster culture is obnoxious as a whole, in any country/city but Toronto Hipsters? They just depress me. New York has always been a landmark of cool, London is probably the coolest city on earth... but Toronto is NOT COOL... therefore the hipster-go-to air of superiority DOESN'T WORK.

It actually makes me agitated and angry being around these people... like "hey guys, let's get dressed up in head-to-toe dayglo spandex outfits and go to the social and get obnoxiously hammered whilst dancing to shitty electro music! WHEEE!"

go back to fucking Brampton, assholes.

*sigh* I need to get out of this country.

(*for the record... I realize this rant is a massive generalization. I do have friends that dress in this particular fashion - but they are exceptions, they listen to non-robotic music and don't drink their vodka straight out of a 40...)

ALSO: Read THIS. It's far more articulate and brilliant than my angry ranting. And in response to the comment made by Gavin McInnes (one of the founders of VICE magazine):

“I’ve always found that word [“hipster”] is used with such disdain, like it’s always used by chubby bloggers who aren’t getting laid anymore and are bored, and they’re just so mad at these young kids for going out and getting wasted and having fun and being fashionable,” he says. “I’m dubious of these hypotheses because they always smell of an agenda.”

...hmm well I may blog, but I'm not chubby and I have no problems in the 'getting laid' department athankyouverymuch.

P.s. your magazine is a waste of paper...and time.

WHAAAAAAAATTTT?!?!?!?

2009-01-22T09:58:00.003-05:00

Today they announced the Academy Award Nominees...

AHEM... ?!?!?!?!??!
EXCUSE ME!?!?!?!?!!

WHERE IS THE WRESTLER ON THIS LIST?!?!?!

So help me god if Mickey doesn't win for best actor... *shakes fist* IT'S ON!!!

Dreaming of revelry

2009-01-20T11:38:00.006-05:00

Look at me being all blubbery...
(watching the inauguration... teary moments!)

I've been covered in goosebumps all morning...
GO OBAMA!!!!
Had to watch it streaming on my laptop at the tanning salon. CAN YOU BELIEVE I had 2 assholes walk in for a tan during the middle of his speech! I was OBVIOUSLY watching history and they had to tan at that particular moment. I missed a good chunk of his speech due to having to clean beds for them. WAY TO MISS HISTORY DUE TO VANITY, FUCKWITS.

Anywayyyysss...
Visited Raymi yesterday for another movie night. Visiting with Raymi means you get to sit and watch her take pictures of EVERYTHING (including you).
We ate LOTS of chocolate. It was good.

We watched "My Best Friends' Girl" which was a zillion times better than "Good Luck Chuck" (which sucked so hard I can't believe we chose ANOTHER Dane Cook movie - slim pickin's).

On the way home I walked by a snowbank MOUNTAIN - TALLER THAN ME!
I hate Canada.

Never ever gonna get old

2009-01-19T13:34:00.002-05:00

Okay... seriously... will this man EVER stop with his coolness? It's overwhelming. Seriously David, tone that shit down...

(not really... don't ever stop!)

I kind of want to get punhed in the eye and have emergency surgery that leaves my pupil permanently dialated. Don't you?

Groupies

2009-01-17T12:22:00.005-05:00

The term "groupie" is one that's been hurled at me like a stone over the years. Really the only guys I've been involved with have been musicians, that is true. But I've never claimed it as a REQUIREMENT. In fact my longest relationship was with someone who wasn't in a band of any kind.

In the 1960's and 70's, groupies were just a part of the rock and roll scene. They were beautiful women who simply loved music and the men who made it. Not slutty hangers on, or coattail riders. Somewhere in the late 70's/early 80's the groupies started getting younger, and catty and vicious. Don't take my word for it. Robert Plant said it himself in an interview with Rolling Stone:

"It's a shame to see these young chicks bungle their lives away in a flurry - to rush to compete with what was in the good old days, the good-time relationships we had with the GTO's... when it came to looning, they could give us as much of a looning as we could give them."

The GTO's were a gaggle of groupies who were famous in Los Angeles. They were put together as a band by the legendary Frank Zappa, and immortalized in the best-selling book and groupie bible "I'm with the Band - Confessions of a Groupie" by the lovely Pamela Des Barres or "Miss Pamela" (who is the first girl in the video above, and also featured several times in the montage below).

Love them or hate them, there's something romantic and glamorous about the ladies of rock and roll in the 60's and 70's. People say I was born in the wrong decade. I know it's true...

x and o
-Miss A

Ghost Town

2009-01-17T02:23:00.002-05:00

In case you haven't already been made aware, Toronto's West end was hit by a massive blackout last night. Of course, I was smack dab in the middle of the effected area and spent one of the coldest nights so far bundled up in 3 layers under 2 blankets trying to keep warm.
This was what my street looked like last night:

Totally spooky. Like something straight out of a horror film. It was quite unsettling to say the least, considering I was home alone as well.

Woke up this morning to an ice-box apartment and the news that it was going to take 18-24 hours for power to be fully restored. With no hot water or cooking capabilities, I had to call in the troops. Raymi was kind enough to offer her place for warmth and a shower, and I gladly took it. The walk was weird. There were way too many people walking around and traffic cops at every intersection...

After 24hours, and much funtimes hanging with Raymi, my power was FINALLY restored. I'm back home now, and it's still an icebox, but the heat is on...and that's a damn good start.

(As a power-outage victim AND a Vegetarian... I found this sign tres insulting)

x and o
-Miss A

2009-01-13T13:19:00.003-05:00

Had a fun night out at the Drake last night - Curtis Santiago rocked my world once again. Had TOTAL Mickey Rourke face, but I caked on the makeup and braved the outdoors nonetheless.

Didn't take ANY good pictures (I really have to get better at pulling the ole' cam out) but luckily Raymi was there, so here are a couple of hers!

Raymi and I had a total girl-fest in public, talking about body-type, zits, cup size, who had skinnier legs, anxiety freak attacks. God forbid anyone overheard us. We are so charming.
VOTE for her in the weblog awards.. you have til 5pm.
We also discussed blogging, and how she's the only person who comments on my blog. She raised a very good question:

"Why don't your FRIENDS comment on your blog?"

...riddle me that, friends. Why don't you comment? You come up to me all the time and tell me that you enjoy it. Yet you NEVER comment. It's effecting my self esteem and will to live. Help a brutha out, would ya?

IN OTHER NEWS...
I had a strange craving today, and decided to make Spaghetti at noon... an odd practice this side of Italy I'm sure... but I was quite keen.

The shirt says French Hugs & Bear Kisses. I've never worn it in public...
Yummmmmm. Aren't you jealous? Bet you wish you made spaghetti for lunch today!

Tonight I am going to the movies yet again with Britt... We have decided to see either Milk or Revolutionary Road. I can't decide which I want to see more! What do YOU think?

x and o
-Miss A

If you've ever seen a one trick pony, then you've seen me

2009-01-12T00:52:00.005-05:00

Treated myself to a movie night last night, everyone was busy or unresponsive so I went by myself. I often prefer it that way, so it was nice to have a night alone.

I saw The Wrestler and all I can say is WOW. Heartbreaking, beautiful, brilliant. I was very struck by it, and very sad. I ended up walking all the way home from the theatre, about 3 miles in the winter cold just reflecting on it, and thinking a lot.

If you haven't seen it already. You definitely should.

Congratulations on the Best Actor Golden Globe, Mickey. Well deserved. Welcome back.

x and o,
Miss A

Blunt...but not James.

2009-01-10T11:44:00.005-05:00

I gave my bangs the ol' chop last night. Bathroom, comb, kitchen scissors, and VOILA - a bold new look.
I know you're saying "I don't see a difference, A...stop being a twit." But you're WRONG!
Look how long they were!

Let's see what else is in the news... I am still single, was bordering on not for awhile (I'm sorry I didn't tell you - didn't want to jinx it, but apparently it wouldn't have mattered)... but do not fear, Miss A is still on the market - I know, it's shocking... and ever so exciting!

I've begun looking for new music to discover in '09 and my darling friend Hugh of The Wildbirds turned me onto this little gem of a band from California.
Ladies and gents...Dirty Sweet

Dirty Sweet - You've Been Warned from chris vanacore on Vimeo.

Hooray! Another band that I will have to travel to see live! Why do good bands never come here? Oh that's right, because Canadians don't have taste, and thus there is no demand. (note to self: make sure your non-patriotism is the subject of an upcoming blog).
Sidenote: 3 guys with long hair and beards? Could I be any more predictable?
x and o
-Miss A

Well hung, and snow white tan...

2009-01-08T16:52:00.003-05:00

I would like to wish a wonderfully happy, splendid, magnificent 62nd Birthday to the eternal LOVE of my life.

Happy Birthday David. Thank you for 62 years of brilliance!

GIRLCRUSH pt 2

2009-01-07T23:17:00.007-05:00

"I was once at a table at some restaurant in New York with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Eric Clapton. At this point I had dated both Jimmy and Mick, and Rod fancied me big-time, but I hadn't snogged him, so there was a flirtation going on. Woody had a little crush on me from when I had stayed at the Wick. So there was a lot of tension: Everybody just wanted me dead. I swear to God. I felt like Lillie Langtry, because I was the only woman sitting at this table. Woody felt very territorial, because he thought of me as his little girl, and he was keeping an eye on me. He pulled me aside and whispered, "You know, you can't date all of us."

"Why?" I said. "You guys date all of us. What's the difference?'"
-Bebe Buell from her book "Rebel Heart"

Model to Rock and Roll girlfriend to Playboy Playmate to Rock Star baby-mama to frontwoman. Bebe Buell has done it all. She pranced about with Iggy, Mick, Jimmy, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren and of course, Steven Tyler (father of her stunning daughter Liv).

Call her a tramp, call her a groupie... but face it... you're jealous.

Bebe with longtime love Todd Rundgren

With Steve Tyler in the late 1970's...

...and the gorgeous product of their love.