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[24 Aug 2009|01:40pm] |
Live Fet Show! Torture Garden Fetish Night
Who would like to come with me?
Sat 29th Aug 2009
Opera House
735 Queen St East
Toronto, On
Canada
www.theoperahousetoronto.com
9.30pm till 4am
Shows start 11.30am
Tickets from
http://www.ticketbreak.com/event_details/2717
TG has teamed up with Toronto's leading fetish event, 'subspace', to bring you, for the 1st time ever in Canada....Torture Garden Toronto!
There will be a weekend full of events with Torture Garden hosting the main event on the Saturday Night.
3 Dungeon Play Areas
Enforced Fantasy Dress Code - Explore Your Imagination!
Fantasy * Fetish * SM * Latex * Body Art * Drag * Burlesque * Uniform * Leather * Medical * Militaria * Goth * Berlin Kabaret * Boudoir * Moulin Rouge * Venice Carnival * Exibitionism * Circus Side Show * Top Hat & Tails * Surreal * Electro Freak etc
For complete listings and details on the supporting events please visit the Official Torture Garden Toronto website:
www.torturegardentoronto.com
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[26 Jun 2009|08:17am] |
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RIP MJ
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[18 Jun 2009|10:09am] |
From the way that you acted to the way that i felt it,
It wasn't worth my time
And now this exime i miss it wasnt that good to begin with,
And now ive started you begging
Saying things that you dont mean, it isnt worth my time.
Denying to die a million times and now im plastered to your
Lips.
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Goodbye to you goodbye to you,
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you goodbye to you
Youre taking up my time,
Goodbye to you goodbye to you
Youre taking up my time
Goodbye to you goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Youre comin in when i wake up to see things go your way
Im coughing up my time, to drag and drop the blood and pain,
A minute of my life.
So i've got just to stay down why the fuck am i still down.
I'm hoarding all that's mine,
Each time i let just one slip by
I'm wasting what is mine.
[chorus]
My time
My time
My time
My time
I'm about to say a million things i thought i'd never say before
And i,
I'm about to all of the things i've dreamed of and i dont even
Miss you at all
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[16 Jun 2009|10:40pm] |
3 hrs....this is my last for a while.
i designed it and drew it...and the tat artist added the banner, which i love. i asked for the turquoise shadow at the bottom...i love how the artist brought it out with shades and colours...so crucial! as u can see i'm still bleeding from it
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[14 Jun 2009|03:03pm] |
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
"In married life three is company and two none"
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[10 Jun 2009|03:22pm] |
so this new pay 5cents a bag in TO thing is cool cos it makes you think twice about whether u really need a bag...5 cents isnt a lot but its the act of catching yourself that will save lots of garbage i think.
anyways, im not an environmentalist or anything, but i think it's a positive thing.
do u have to do that in btown too??
i dont know
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[05 Jun 2009|11:50am] |
also: FET NIGHT!!!
this saturday!! EXCITED!!
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Luminato big band swing 7pm this Weds, Yonge and Dundas sq! Come out everyone! FREE!!
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[18 May 2009|09:00pm] |
a weekend away in georgian bay...
makes me recall the top things i learned from growing up in suburbia:
1. walking near firepits=clothes smelling like smoke....best smell EVER
2. wint-o-green lifesavers spark blue when you bite them in the dark
3. driving out in the country aimlessly to either make out or watch stars...or both
4. it being so dark you can only see the outline of houses cos of the moon
5. the pavement is so clean you can sit on it
6. boredom is a blessing. the city stinks.
thats all i think
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[03 May 2009|11:34am] |
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
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[12 Nov 2008|09:31am] |
Days 8-9
I spent those days on separate snorkeling excursions, one which i travelled to yet another island in the archipelago, and managed to see again sea turtles very close, feeding on the bottom, unperturbed by the many snorkelers in the group. then we went ashore to a beautiful white sanded beach dotted with mangroves, where i found an interesting piece of bone and an unusual mollusk. of course this did not deter my seasickness, which was still rampant, regardless of my pill-taking. the second day we hiked up the rocky cliffs to a cactus forest where we found families of marine iguanas breeding and nesting. there we snorkeled, but the water was significantly murkier than other days. we took a tiny 75 hp boat in the middle of the pacific, freaking me out...pelligroso--dangerous as they´d say in spanish! lol. we took it all the way to another nearby island where there were crashing waves on the rocks...really quite strong currents that were sucking the boat forward and back...not the best for the stomach. there were researchers ont his island who were doing a survey of the wildlife, and that was interesting to see. we returned to puerto ayora where we were staying, that was our last nite in the galapagos. it was very sad. a definite vow to be back
Day 10
yesterday we flew back to quito. we met back up with alicia, where we exchanged stories, the things we saw, the differences between experiencing the islands on land vs in a cruise ship. we also exchanged pictures.
now i am staying in the old town which is quite beautiful, but of course i have been quite susceptible to altitude sickness. last night a local friend of hers took the three of us to the not so touristy places, including an interesting restaurant where the religious garb resembled that of the klu klux klan...quite unsettling. tonite i am off to banos, a place where there are sulphur hot springs. the following morning we will catch a milk truck that travels through the rural parts of the andes to see the towns there. sadly, my trip comes to an end soon.
i willupdate more as i get time
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[08 Nov 2008|09:07am] |
Day 7
although spending all day on a boat has caused my insides to become knotted beyond into today, yesterday was quite fun....a high speed boat to the island floreana, where we climbed the volcanic stone trails to the pirate´s caves, a freshwater spring, off-roading it to the top of mountains to see tortoises and not one but two snorkel excursions.
this one was a lot more rocky than the last snorkel, which was in a lagoon in isabella. this time we were smack dab in the middle of the pacific--close to the rocky shorelines, but still about 5-8 metres deep (deep for me, a non swimmer). the water wasn´t very still--large waves kept coming, and it´s hard to learn to breath through the mouth on the snorkel rather than panicking at the white tips of oncoming waves. still i snorkeled far past my comfort zone, which was good to challenge myself. this time it was a group of about 10 ppl. our guide was an amazing swimmer and kept diving to the bottom to pick up an assortment of starfish for us to hold--the most amazing colours, fiery red, sky blue, quite large, and hard as rocks, surprisingly.
also swam in the company of sea lions and a few sharks, which sat remarkably far away from us, and were quite passive. the last part came when i looked up and saw an array of clear bulbous jellyfish...that´s when i swam in the opposite direction in panic! everyone wondered what about, but then the other snorkelers saw them too...we swam as fast as possible back to the boat. when we boarded, all out of breath, everyone exclaimed at the amount of jellyfish, but luckily no one was stung. they were indeed ppoisonous but not enough to kill you!
that was enough adventure for the day. we headed back, and checked out a concert >(entirely in spanish!) on the islands, and hung out by the mangroves.
today we hit tortuga bay to do some surfing and hiking, and the lava tunnel caves...non stop adventuring!
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[06 Nov 2008|07:35pm] |
i have no words for how amazing this trip has been so far. i{ve seen things i{d never get to see in my life.
Days 1 & 2
living on the islands has been like something out of a movie. But let me begin by highlighting my first two days, which began by flying into Quito, the capital of Ecuador. The country is of course poorer than a western country, and everything was dirt cheap. the food is absolutely to die for. there is so much seafood. the first day, we started by venturing into the old part of town the plaza grande, where it was much like a day trip. we walked around and observed the festivities of the day of the dead. a local lady introduced us to the traditional pastries, which were men-shaped breads filled with fruit, dipped in a warm jam. delicious. people were walking around talking to the dead since it was a celebration of those who had passed. there was live traditional music in the square. the streets were all very narrow and on a slant this way and that, since we were in the steep mountains. the first thing i really noticed upon arriving was having difficulty breathing. that{s because we were on an altitude of 7000ft in the mountaints--so high that the clouds were touching parts of the mountain, and if you went high enough you could actually drive *through* a cloud!! the altitude sickness hit us both hard tho, so after eating a meal, we were really tired. for lunch we got a whole crab meal on a bed of rice with mixed seafood. we were given a hammer to hit the crab with. i also ventured to try cerveche, a certain type of seafood where it is not cooked, but rather cured in lemon juice. delicious.
that afternoon, we hiked up to the basilica, a rather large and elaborate ordeal. i decided to walk up the stairs. a bad idea with altitude sickness. but it was still beautiful, much like a european cathedral, extending far to the altar with rows of arches and stained-glass windows. we entered a part of it where we could walk across an indiana-jones styled rickety bridge that sat precariously on the points of the arches, and up a ladder, no jokes, to one of the towers. ascending further, there were two open-air ladders that went up another level to a view of the city...also quite precarious, and certainly wouldn{t have passed any safety regulations in north america.
Day 3
the following day we went to the airport to take a chartered flight to the galapagos islands. the tourism is so strict there they restrict the number of ppl that travel there each year, and the government controls the companies that can fly out to there to two: aerogal and tame. we took the tame airline. at the airport we bumped into an artsy rockabilly style american chicky, and after a couple political discussions (and GO OBAMA, as a side note!!!) we hit it off. it turned out she was on the same flight as us. we chatted the whole way there, the 3 hr trip.
the first thing i saw when we landed were the curious looking cactus trees, with fruits scattered all around. the place looked positively arid like a serengeti, dry, dusty, and little vegetation. we hopped on a bus which was an hour away from the water taxi (ferry) to the island santa-cruz, where we then took another bus to port ayora. alicia and the two of us split off then, and neil and i went to find our hotel. by winging it, we found a beachfront room for 60$ a night. not bad!! the first thing i noticed upon our arrival was the multitude of wildlife--fearless because of no land predators. pelicans were flying everywhere, swallow-tailed gulls. sea lions were just hanging out on docks, and in many cases, on fishermen{s boats. sallyfoot crabs, bright red in colour dotted the black coral rocks. splashes of white water gushed at the foot of each shoreline. it was like something out of a movie.
after we composed ourselves, we went to the darwin centre, a place where they breed hundreds of endangered tortoises. visitors who hike up the red-sanded, cactus dotted trails are invited to enter tortoise pens where hundred-year-old tortoises just lie there, unafraid, sleeping outside their shells. these tortoises were humungous! and they were just hanging out, munching on vegetables, trudging along slowly. they were so unafraid you could walk right up to them before they went into their shells. amazing. we spent the rest of the afternoon ogling tortoises, and me squealing at them in excitement. also saw Lonesome George, the last of his species, due to the tortoise slaughtering and the introduction of non-endemic species during the last few centuries. he refuses to reproduce and shows no interest in female tortoises, thus the name he was given.
after getting our fill of tortoises, we met up with alicia for a dim tiki-torch lit night of sushi on the docks. the best i{ve ever had. she was staying at the prestigious red mangrove inn, which was surrounded by mangrove bushes and red lamps--really quite fancy for 200 a night. we had a night out on town--more like a village, and she, a bartending art teacher gave us a lesson on the best drinks. we agreed to meet up after we each spent a week on the islands to exchange stories and have a dinner with her local friend back in quito.
Days 4-6
to explain further, the galapagos is an archipelago of around 6-7 main islands with other islands dotting the area. as a result, it is necessary to travel to each of the islands to see different sites, as a lot of the wildlife and vegetation is particular to each island (as darwin would have pointed out).
a lot of ppl who arrive on these islands book their tours ahead of time. neil and i, having travelled a lot before, decided to wing it. as it turned out it was the BEST decision we made in our lives. that got us a personalized tour, just him and i, of the largest island, isabella. that particular island is newer and comprised of 5 volcanos, most of which are active. the galapagos, located on the fault lines of the equator is chock full of volcanic activity. in fact, the shore lines are comprised of lava and hardened volcanic ash.
after a rather turbulent boat ride of 2 hrs ( i almost threw up at the choppiness of it all as the locals laughed at me) we were whisked away, safari-styled to port villamil, a tiny village of no more than 1500. we stayed in a hostal that overlooked the magnificent beaches, and you could hear the waves --i wouldnt say lapping, but more like gushing--at the shoreline throughout the night. we were taken to a salt deposit lake where flamingoes hang out, and also to the tortoise rehabilitation centre. amazing on both accounts. we were then treated to a fresh lobster homemade dinner that night. bananas hanging every which way and hammocks clad between each tree, we spent the night relaxing.
the following morning, after a hearty breakfast of fruit and bread, we were driven up a mountain where the pickup truck stopped at the base. we then hiked up to the peak of the volcano sierra negra, the 2nd largest active volcano in the world. it last erupted in 2005. at the top, you could look into the crater and see the old and new lava and the sulfur deposits from the hot ashes. you could also see the contrast between the dead and living trees from when the volcano last erupted. the crater was 10km in circumference, and we hiked half of it.
we descended from the top , had lunch, then ambarked to the coastlines for snorkeling. i, of course, ever scared of water didn{t know how to swim. we put on our fins and masks at the shore and had to be lowered into the water by our guide and neil. after a while of swimming at the surface, afriad to look down, i was taken aback by the first site--a sea turtle, just sitting at the bottom, unperturbed. after that, i tried my best to stay below the surface, surprsed to see not just 4 or 5, but a family of about 10 turtles just swimming about...large large turtles, unafraid of people. i saw an army of urchins, many tropical fish and giant starfish, and beds of coral. the water was the clearest, most aqua coloured water i had ever seen. it was an amazing experience, one i probably will never have the privilege to experience again.
our guide took us on the boat from small island to small island, including one where there was a shark nesting area, 50-60 white tip reef sharks just hanging out. marine iguanas were everywhere, little ones scampering between the volcanic rocks, and occasionally a massiv eone, the mother. we saw families of seals, one rolling about on the shoreline, and even a baby, 2 days old, our guide said, suckling on its mother. truly amazing sites. i stopped to collect some volcanic rocks and coral pieces--something that is in abundance everywhere here. we also managed to see sea turtles swimming amongst the boats and a flock of sting rays, as well as penguins hanging out on the rocks. i{d never seen so much wildlife before. and absolutely fearless. when we returned that night, i drew the guide a token of our appreciation, a portrait of the three of us. he gave us figurines of a penguin and a blue-footed boobie, animals which we had seen on our excursions.
this morning, at 530 we had to sadly say goodbye to the port and the island. it was raining a bit and the water, a little unsteady. the thing about being surrounded by oceans instead of a lakeis the torrential nature of the water, and how extreme it can become. i popped a couple of gravols before heading into the boat (a high speed motorboat is what i mean by boat). not even 20 min into the 2 hr journey, i heard the navigator speaking rapid spanish and standing up as if something had happened. i am paranoid on boats, and grabbed my life jacket. {what happened} i kept saying. the other tourists, a pair from japan, another from germany stood up. people seemed to be panicking. {dolphins?} someone yelled out. no. it was something resembling a large island...at least that is what it looked like from afar. a whale! it was a whale...but it was not moving or spouting water. as a matter of fact, it was a large striped belly, floating, unmoving. a flock of birds flew towards it, then away, as we approached closer. the whale was dead. it was massive, larger than anything i had anticipated, certainly exceeding the size of our 14-person boat...i had never seen a whale in my life. a local on the boat said he had never seen anything of the sort either. its striped stomach, black and white with a tint of yellow stood bobbing up and down, inert as the waves whisked it along. it seemed so ominous.
we returned to santa cruz today, and are off again tomorrow to another island, floreana. we will again snorkel and see different wildlife, and adventure as we have been daily. i am just amazed by this trip, it has been an adventure, nothing ive ever done before, and certainly an exciting way to step outside of my comfort zone. i will continue to update as i have time. missing home, but talk to you all soon!
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[21 Jul 2008|08:08pm] |
Amazing wknd! But now cannot feel my body. About 16 hours of outdoor concerts this whole wknd
There was rain both days, the 2nd day I was more prepared for it. Got a little drenched on Sat, especially in the circle pits
Warped tour
( Read more... )
Rogers Picnic
( Read more... )
So there you have it a fullll full wknd....can't feel body!!
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[20 May 2008|06:17pm] |
Doors Open Toronto: Free cultural/architectural event for Toronto attractions
we're meeting this Sat, May 24 at 12pm at Eaton's Centre, Queen Station food court to group off, pick a few downtown places and peruse! All are welcome!
Dinner afterwards! : )
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[18 Apr 2008|12:04pm] |
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This year, NXNE (North By Northeast) indie music fest is happening June 12-15 (thurs-sun), and I'm going--on the Saturday tho (due to work)--is there anyone interested in joining me?
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[29 Dec 2007|10:45am] |
In 2008,  shugahkitty resolves to... Take katstar drawing. Keep my glitz clean. Pay for my skateboarders on time. Ask my boss for a fishnet. Connect with my inner death. Become a better anime. |
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[07 Nov 2007|10:26am] |
Look, look it's the baby!
Pictures of Milford Riley below!
FYI, the tortoise is not cracked up, the white stuff is calcium powder for his shell development...
( Read more... )
i'm such a proud parent!
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[06 Sep 2007|08:25am] |
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well...today is the day.
the chopper's block.
the guillotine.
the lion's den.
the day that's been built up to since the last year of my undergrad.
the day that i've been looking forward to but not.
THESIS DEFENSE.
in an hour, they are going to slit me open and leave me to bleed to death.
well. maybe not so morbidly.
the point is, they are gonna attack me today
the scariest part being they are 4 professors who are all experts in the field.
the second scariest part being they each take a stand to attack me for twenty minutes.
i don't know. and i dont know.
please dont tell me i will do fine because at this point i am not sure if i will. like 300 plus references are hard enough to remember for an academic, and put the fact that i dont feel like an academic into the mix...whew.....aieeee
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[25 Jul 2007|12:43pm] |
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*does a lil dance.....*
WOOT!!!!
my thesis today was APPROVED by my supervisor to send off to the secondary readers!
that means if THEY approve (the two of them) and sign off, I can go forward to my oral defense!
so I am 3/4 way there, on my....6th or 7th draft.....
141 pages...
this will be a full on book.
what makes me happy is not just the publication but requests for copies of the publications once it is out! : D : D
wootwootwoot
i feel very academic today.
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