I'm baccckkkkkkk...a few updates~

Howdy onliners! First off, my apologies for simply vanishing for the greater part of the last 6 months...life happens, and well blogs get sidelined...but I'm hoping to get better at this because I honestly believe that writing is one of the best ways to cut through the noise of the daily grind.

So since I last posted on here, much has changed. I moved with my family into my parents dream home, it's all very exciting and I'm incredibly proud of them, mad love mom & pops! I graduated from Seneca and entered the real world, yowza I know! I'm working for this pretty stellar non-profit organization that does some seriously good work and just to make things a little sweeter, I'm also gaining some communications experience and exposure.

So, in short, life is good. No complaints really.

This week's goals:

Buy coffee for the homeless dude that opens the door for me everyday at tim horton's.

Finish off this massively-delayed project at work.

Find the font gill sans std for my mac.

Discover more shops in Toronto's underground PATH.

Start getting the house in shape for a family get together on Sunday!

It's gonna be a busy week folks, but I'm gonna make the most of it and I hope you do too...possy out.

gotta love stroumbo!

So yesterday, a bunch of my friends and I ditched our last class and went downtown to a pre-taping of the Hour w/George Stroumboulopoulos.

My friends actually had good reason to go, they were trying to score him for a seminar they are organizing as part of our program. So they had ordered tickets in advance and called in to get a bunch more for those of us who wanted to tag along. There was 8 of us in all and we were pretty stoked about seeing Stroumbo, b/c he's dreamy like that.

We all took the subway down to the CBC building on John St. and got there pretty early. So we did some wondering and hung out in the caf, p.s. they have delicious sandwiches there, by the time we got back to the hour studio, there was a HUGE line-up.

Thanks to some shmoozing with the crew, we made some new friends and ended up getting seated first! George was unbelievably down-to-earth...he made us totally feel apart of the show, which was pretty cool. His first guest was Howie Mandel, who we later learned was his favourite person to interview. He talked about suffering from being OCD, his heart problems and told some funny stories, I really enjoyed listening to him speak so candidly, it was refreshing.

The second guest was Ed Broadbent, the ex NDP leader from the 80s, often-dubbed the Prime Minister that never was. He was absolutely adorable, like most old people are, he spoke about the coalition and even went as far to say that the "Liberals are in a coalition with the Conservatives." He had a real interesting spin on contemporary politics and I learned a great deal about our history through a few of his stories.

The third guest was Lily Allen, but George had already pre-recorded her, so we just watched that interview on the tv's in the studio...to be honest, I wasn't too impressed. She lacked the kind of substance that I expect from artists like her, even if they are young. She giggled and had zero opinions about the questions Stroumbo posed to her and then told some ridiculous story about being on the toilet during a concert and hearing the fans chant her name, blah!

My favourite part of this whol experience was the Q & A with Stroumbo and the audience after we taped the show. He answered all the questions that were fired his way and made every attempt to answer them fully and honestly. He also discussed the challenges of making it in the industry in Canada (as did Howie Mandel during his interview). Someone in the audience actually asked him why it was so hard and he said that it was because Canadians watch American shows, period.

He said he only expected the show to last 30 days, and now its been 5 years, so clearly there is a demand. I hope we don't lose Canada's only late night show because I think Stroumbo is well-informed, real and easy to relate to. I would totally recommend this experience to anyone who is interested in the show, you can order tickets online at:



Alright, I gotta get back to writing this news release for Mr. Impossible, check ya later.