I DON'T KNOW

It's official. I have quit my job and am giving up my apartment to go be travel bum for the next couple of months. This has always been a fantasy of mine and I was lucky to have met someone to encourage this into a reality. What makes one quit their job & want to live out of a backpack you ask? Well for me working in the fashion industry has offically taken it's toll on my emotional & physical health. I need a time out before I end up in the loonie bin. The 14 hour days, the crazy deadlines & the bitchy bosses are now a thing in my immediate past. All I can say is holy crap balls we pulled it off. I feel like Kevin Spacey in the Usual Suspects when he walks out of the police station and his gimp walk straightens out & his crippled hand goes back into position.

Many of you have asked what we will do when we get back. My answer to that is I DON'T KNOW. The last 8 years I have been soldiering away at making a career happen,
to keep learning, to keep challenging myself. To not put the money my parents spent on my education to waste. And for the most part I feel like I have succeeded I have managed to be consistently employed and learned many skills that will hopefully take me somewhere in the future. I also gained anxiety issues, acid reflux & have put my body through slight hell in the process of trying to relieve all the stress. You don't think that stress actually affect your physical well being until you actually go through it. And that shit is a bitch, having the doctor tell you that you are having panic attacks is quite honestly a less than stellar feeling. In fact I was reluctant to believe him.


So here we are. Jeff has been amazing in helping plan this trip. I consider myself ok with money, I don't lavishly overspend on useless shit but having someone plan a budget is awesome. It sets your financial goals for you. I haven't met the full budget but hopefully it will be enough. Planning this trip with someone that has a good head on their shoulders has also been awesome. Booking flights & hotels & our Inka trail trek. I just now wish I could fast forward time & be in Lima already!!
We are letting go of our worldly possesions, stashing them in our respective family basements & taking off like the hosers we are. Ultimately travelling to Southeast Asia after we get back to kiss & hug our families for 2 weeks, is the next immediate goal. I have been very goal oriented the last 8 years. I have been a good daughter. I have been the hard working employee. I have NOT been healthy, good to myself or honest with myself and now I am TIRED.

I want to greet the morning sun with a spring in my step and not reluctantly drag myself into the shower for another stressful day. Yes I may sound spoiled and be mildly insane to be doing this in a bad economy and all that, but fuck it. I have no children & no mortgage. Will I miss NYC? Yes of course this has been my home for almost 9 years now, but I have felt a pull in another direction for quite sometime thirsting to see the rest of the world. So there you have it and quite honestly
having an immediate goal is quite nice. I am travelling to South America with an amazing person & a backpack, that's it. So when you ask me where will I go after all this is done I will simply say,
"I DON'T KNOW"

The End

You done fucked up Karl

Karl Lagerfeld has completely lost his mind along with his moobies. He was quoted below in response to German magazine Brigitte's announcement last week that it will no longer use models but ordinary women. He said
"These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly,"". Nice Karl keep at it, is that why you had them staple your tummy and vacuum the fat from your ass? Did you feel like a fat chick? hmmmmm and then he said "No one wants to see curvy women,". I don't know about you but I think lots of people like looking at a pair of big ol biddies and nice round bootie. In fact there are many boys and girls that actually prefer to Let the backlash begin!

READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE

vampires & pirates

Why are all tv shows & movies about vampires? Are vampires the new sexier non-Reneissance fair-socially acceptable fantasy alter lifestyle? OR are vampires the new pirates? I hate you both, pls go die in pop-culture obscurity.

I am a quitter

Just when I was kinda feeling funny about quitting my job in a bad economy without having a new one, I walked into the bathroom at work and one of the patternmakers was washing her foot in the sink. All my regrets were washed away immendiately.
Side note: Spies Like Us is the best movie ever

Gold digging whores & the pope

I just spent the holidays at my parents house. We had a lovely time. As coo-coo bears as they are, they are hilarious and they make a mean holiday spread so who can complain. As I age I've come to accept my parents eccentricities and realize that as crazy as they are they are usually right.... about everything. So there we were in our pj's watching something on the History Channel(shut up) when the most amazing infomercial came on. I feel the need to share it because I am literally at a loss for words and not in that annoying righteous way just in that "holy shit this is real" kinda way. Enjoy. Discuss

When you've lost hope in love you can apparently go to this website to find your sugar daddy who will fulfill all your Viagra filled dreams. Cut to me barfing

Just when I though that was more than I could handle the History Channel is like the gift that keeps on giving. This is an infomercial for Snuggies. It's a fleece blanket with sleeves so that you don't have to deal with that annoying SLEEVELESS blanket anymore. Its the recessions answer to cutting down on heating costs. You can cuddle up in your Snuggie , watch Sex & the City re-runs and look like the pope all at the same time.
Enjoy. Discuss

I wonder what amazing products we will see in 2009.

Its been a while....

Like the title says...
Took some mini trips recently to Texas to hang out with these two fools.

They're all engaged and shit

We went to the cowboy bar

They had crazy taxidermy

I'm fond of deer heads...If any of you love me you'll buy me one.

And then off to



Sam & I had Meatfest 08 at this Korean joint on Queen St(I think)
anyways it was lovely and I love Toronto. So there

Other than that I've been staying home a lot & watching Peep Show. My new obsession.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCL-qnBQzUo

Embedding has been disabled for this so just copy and paste the link. I promise it's worth it.

Parks, Bands & Margaritas

That's what summer is all about, no?
I haven't been going to a lot of shows in the last couple of years but recently my friends have gotten their shit together and I can't be happier for them. I've stepped out and actually even brought my camera!
Last week I went to see my friend Brendans band Drew & the Medicinal Pen at Rooftop Films across the street from Mcarren Park.
But before that we did that mandatory margaritas & tacos at the park






Brendan doing his thing.

Then yesterday went to see Hercules and Love Affair. Congrats guys the show was great.Audience was loving it. All around blast.