Street Art

Really bizarre street installatons by Mark Jenkins - love his twisted sense of humour!


http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7LdvYO/www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html

Nina Simone: Four Women

I love Jian & Q interviews

Just heard an interview with Tracey Morgan on Q (CBC radio) - the man gets me every time.  He's real, there are no airs, he says it how he feels it and I respect him for it.  And I think he is challenging stereotypes further than they have been challeneged up to date...exciting to see

Music Daily

So this is a little embarrassing -the next CD is Ace of Base's Greatest Hits...what can I say, I'm a child of the 90's.  Of course the song I have to choose is "The Sign".  Best (corney) memory of this song?  It was, I believe, grade 7, 1993, and our junior high had one of those music video dances where they project the videos...yep, dancing along to "The Sign" while watching 15 foot Ace of Base - wishing I looked like one of the female singers and wishing I was dating the hot male singer (yeah there was two but one reminded me of my uncle...)...was awesome at the time...might be slightly less impressive for grade 7's these days

Just another morning waking up to someone making me feel like I'm not a good enough mom/woman...thank you Gwyenth Paltrow...thank you


"Every woman can make time - every woman - and you can do it with your baby in the room. There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work, and if it's important to you, it'll be important to them." (Source Huffington Post) 


I know this quote is supposed to inspire, and for the most part it is the truth, but there is a lack of humility to it that is glaring.  The woman is loaded, with nannies, personal trainers and personal gyms...and to not even reflect on the fact that most of us do not have these luxuries - to not stand outside of oneself to see that others may not have these types of securities, well it kind of makes my blood boil.  


I remember a month or so ago waking up to someone's FB status saying, and this was 7:30am, that she had fed, bathed, put down for a nap, baked muffins and cleaned - she has twins and 2 year old.  On the one hand my supportive positive side was like, yeah, she totally rocks and is my hero...but the other side of me...that frustrated new mom side of me was like...C'MON, give me a break - its too early in the morning to be made to feel this useless...thank god my girls are so much fun cause they help me move past those down moments with their joyful exploration of the world around them...


And that's my first rant  ;)

Music Daily

So the CD for this lovely Tuesday is the Clueless Soundtrack - a classic for anyone that was in junior high/highschool in 1995 - the movie was fun but the soundtrack I really believe is a classic for that time.  Introduced me to a wide range of music from ska to hip hop (albeit watered-down gangsta rap but still...) and I discovered some artists that now are a major part of the soundtrack of my life...hard to choose just one song - there's Coolio's "Rollin' with my homies" (c'mon, you know you loved it!), Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" (still one of my fave songs) but I decided to choose Luscious Jackson's "Here" because this band was grade 10 for me, I remember actually reading a couple of their songs off of the "Fever In, Fever Out" album in English class...oh grade 10...but that's a whole other "blog"!!  Enjoy!

RIP Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott passed away July 10 at the age of 54 - what a troubadour he was!


My husband made a mix tape for me in 2004 when I left Malawi (briefly) and Sugar Minott was a huge component of it...and a huge component of our first few months as a couple.  This song ("Good Thing Going"), in particular, was played over and over again while I was in Canada, spending late nights sipping Malawian gin, pining over my love