cool kidz

These are my friends getting interviewed in Miami:

http://videothing.com/thing.php?v=185

Also, I am now doing coat check from time to time at Il Motore. See you soon?

wish you were here

Last night I went directly from work to my friends Chloe + Yannick's place where they were having a little house party for their end of tour homecoming. The food was amazing- homemade vegan snacks to feed a small army. My contribution was blackberries, chocolate covered mint Oreos, maple syrup taffy cones and sour gummy dinosaurs. I tried my best at small talk with people who I didn't know but until other friends showed up I decided to pour over their books and artwork everywhere on the walls while listening to a really good band called Thee Oh Sees for the first time. It was easy to get inspired again.

On the long metro/bus ride home I wrote a bunch and decided my new years resolution would be to use the internet less (but not never!) and with that time start drawing/embroidering/making mix cds/decorating my room = essentially being productive/proactive. Re-watching the entire series of Buffy is still cool though. It's winter afterall.

Starting this week I'll be doing a few coat check shifts at Il Motore, the new venue up in Little Italy/Park Ex. I'll also be returning purchased items I bought in moments of weakness. The turquoise satin strapless sweetheart neckline cocktail dress WAS made just for me, but i've gotta make some sacrifices here and there.

Things are really starting to happen right now, I can feel the change a-brewin', so at this point I'd like to keep it happy and hopeful.

xo
Lucy

mom, i don't have a uterus.

I think i am on a prozac high. which means in a few weeks it'll be over, so i'm just gonna ride this thing out. I am excited about a lot of things. Today i got a pap test and i was momentarily excited that i might have been born without a cervix/uterus but then eventually my doctor found it. Oh well. I have hyper extendible elbows and knees though! and really tense shoulders. TMI? Whatever, it's my blog and 6 people read it.

I also am excited about my embroidery show. It's a simple group show at casa but the vernissage should be really fun and I haven't made art in ages so it's officially exciting. Please come! Dec. 1st, casa del popolo, 9pm. Which in Montreal means 10:30pm.
This Saturday, Meyer is throwing himself a "it's my birthday/ Il Motore is finally opening" party and apparently there is gonna be kareoke and really good djs and dancing and RED MASS are gonna play!!!! I am so excited about this band, and not just cause Owain is drumming in it. It's kind of like back in 2002 when i heard about Lesbians on Ecstacy and I was way into electro punk. Sigh!

In TV, nothing is that good right now. Except maybe Survivor, which is sad. At least January means new episodes of LOST and BSG. I guess it's about time I got into another show. Any suggestions? Streamable, people.

xoxo
Lucy

swoon

last night i got kissed in such a loving passionate way i had to say something.

i feel sad today. it creeped up on me and now i'm writing about it. it's not really the sort of thing i would prefer to blog about. unless of course, i had a really great socially acceptable reason- like a death or a big loss of some kind. but i'm pretty sure i'm just sad about a lot of the same old things that one gets sad about.

i want to throw myself into a project, but i sort of have two projects already started. it's just that one of them often involves being alone (embroidery, television) and the other has been put on hiatus for several months and there's not much i can do until Sinbad finishes the script (film production, acting).

This spring/summer I went pretty boy crazy and i'm in a period of reflection now. Mainly I'm reflecting on the fact that i'm not too keen on the whole casual sex thing these days. I've been doing it for over a year now, and it's becoming tired. Relationships scare me more of course. But in the end, they're way more worth it.

September is coming to a close and october is gonna be jampacked already:

Pop Montreal vacation (i took the time off of work) + Puces pop volounteering
Thanksgiving in Ottawa with actual family
Extended hallowe'en weekend in NYC

I think maybe if I turn on the heat in my room prematurely I might start to feel better. Maybe.

i'm going to toronto

last minute deal. the cottage thing didn't work on account of the rain (thanks, gustav?) and possibly other stuff. it'll probably rain in toronto too, but at least i can get away and see people i don't get to see that much. i gotta pack real quick cause meyer is picking me up in 40 minutes.

p.s. i don't think crush boy #1 is gonna work out. he's in the mode post horrible breakup where you don't want to even think about romance or girls or sex. bad timing or what?

p.p.s. i've decided that watching grey's anatomy has made me heal my romantical side, and i will no longer hide it! i want romance.

there. that wasn't so bad.

i have a crush

a big one. the kind that makes you excited about the future. the kind that gives you a good feeling all over, and you're not forcing anything. it hasn't been easy. but i decided to stick to it even when it seemed clear it was going nowhere.

anyways, after a few setbacks and disappointments, i found a bit of light at the end of the tunnel- giving me a huge sigh of relief- i knew my intuition hadn't gotten shotty! nothing is set in stone and it's advancing at a snail's pace but i just have too good a feeling about this guy and i feel like exceptions need to be made in his case.

friendships have gotten a lot better too in the last couple months, making montreal seem rosy again.

i also bit the bullet and started watching grey's anatomy. i couldn't help it- it's like chicken noodle soup only without all the excess sodium. i assumed it would be shitty dumbed down trying to be clever crap, and it still sort of is, but a couple of episodes bring out the tearsit', and i'm a cancer so naturally i love it. it's regular tv season now too so i don't have to hide my obsession as much.
tv watching parties become the social norm as soon as it gets colder. which it's not. getting colder i mean. tomorrow it's supposed to go up to 31 degrees, not including humidex.

the radical change in temperature took it's toll on my lungs and i'm having trouble breathing. i didn't go to work today because it got so bad. which conveniently brings me back to the phonecall i had with my crush this evening. when i told him i wouldn't have a doctor's appointment until october 21st and that i was too stubborn to wait in a hospital for 4 hours to get a puffer he offered to take me to the pharmacy to take one of his refills. how sweet is that?

embroidery

this is an embroidery project i started a couple months ago that is now very close to being done. in the picture it is "in progress". the blue is just a water soluble marker. i have already started a new project that will be less about my friend's band (pictured above) and more about other stuff.

tonite i am working at my store's press party where Samantha Ronson will be djing. my best friend Victoria told me i should make out with her, but the real question is, what if Lindsay Lohan is there? what then?

p.s. in other lesbian news, Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse) is engaged to a woman!

you don't write here anymore

clockwise: Frankie Feelings, Burkie Mac, Brother Taylor, Me, Joshua Sweaters

Or at least, I haven't. for several months! But things got tricky and hard. Then in mid-July I went to my best friend's wedding (Rupert Everett wasn't there) and things felt a lot better. Or maybe I should say, i felt a lot better. I realised that for the past 7-8 months I had let my self confidence crumble and taken beatings from people I normally would not allow to hurt me. But then I went away to this wedding weekend. And just as I so aptly proclaimed to a large roomful of people, I started "having the best time of my life". I danced up a storm with some of the greatest people I've ever known, had slumber parties every night playing slumber party games, wore really cute outfits constantly and witnessed someone I love get married to someone who loves her like crazy and vice versa. A little flirting didn't hurt either.

Naturally, I didn't let the fun stop when i got back home. I started going out to shows i wanted to see more often. I painted my kitchen a lovely shade of Mint Yogourt. I started a long past due embroidery project. I helped a new friend move her store from one location to the next. I visited my friend Steve Welch. A lot! I renewed a few old friendships and started some new ones. I bought navy eyeliner and rocked it. Other things happened too, but mostly I was good to myself.

xo L

what blog gap?

What is almost 2 months anyways? Probably a fair bit.

This is my new favourite joke of all time, courtesy of the movie 'Half Nelson' even though I know it existed before.

"What do you call cheese that's not yours?"
"Nacho cheese!"

get it? get it?


this is me and my highschool friend M.C. Oxley squinting in to the sunshine:



I've been watching a lot of movies lately and reading a LOT of children's lit. On my bedside table currently:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman

Lyra's Oxford by Phillip Pullman

City of Boys by Beth Nugent

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart

Let's Spend the Night together by Pamela Des Barres


I haven't read for leisure in a long time, and it feels really good- especially that it is coming to me so naturally. I think the children's lit helps- I was such a bookworm as a kid. I get into this groove and I remember how I used to devour novel after novel.

I'm trying really hard to pay off my debt and save money for my future buisness but it is taking awhile, even when I'm good. But going to my bestfriend's wedding (which will probably be the best thing ever) and taking mini side trips to Toronto and other places is something I deem absolutely necessary for quality of life.

I have an interview/meeting this week that will change my day-to-day living style (on the positive side, yo) quite a bit as of the end of July so I'm crossing my fingers things work in my favour.

I'm outtie.
L

Look what I did!

I made this about a couple days before I left for Austin:

I'm making a whole series of 'em.

News + photos of my trip coming soon!

xo Lucy

It's been a crazy week in all really. I finally got a big hunk of tax money back which will help bring my visa bill back to 'frightning' (as opposed to 'impossible'). keeping my fingers crossed that i'll get the second chunk soon. Sunday through Thursday I worked around the clock, though I did manage to catch the Cheveu show at Zoobizarre. My verdict? They sound much better recorded than live. I might have dug it more if the singer wasn't obviously on acid and scratching himself and if the 4 drunk chicks infront of me weren't constantly 'posing' for photo ops WHILE THE BAND WAS PLAYING.

But enough bitterness- here's all the good stuff that's going on:

I keep finding out about awesome stuff going on at sxsw (elijah wood djing the bust hangover party??!!) and i'm unbelievably excited. i finally did a whole lot of laundry and partook in a giant clothing swap today at woodenapples. I scored some pretty sweet non-H&M stuff, which is refreshing.

I'm trying to budget how much money I can spend at flatstock- not too mention how i'll fit it all in the one tube that fits in my suitcase. Today I'm gonna make lists and put stuff away and try to start packing and make perogies with all the fixins and continue my cutouts while watching my current ziplist dvds:

Jesus Camp
Charlotte's Web
Home Movies Season 3 Disc 3

Also, Chrissy managed to score a family doctor about 2 blocks from our place and I might have a place on the waiting list! When they called Chrissy to let her know she had her 1st appointment they put it 'honey, you've won the lottery'. Sad, but true.

xoxo
L

i only blog for the comments.

Ok so just a super quick post to say 'ooooooh it's february 29th!'
Other notable things that happened this month that are out of the ordinary:

1. I started making cut outs thanks to inspiration via Walter Scott, this book my roommate has and the fact that it's pretty inexpensive to make (dollarama posterboard and leftover exacto knives from art school!)

2. I realised that in the last 4 months I lost 10 pounds. 5 in the last month. I'm pretty happy about it.

3. LOST has been airing every week and is BLOWING MY MIND. I love you, television.

xoxo

So back on January 2nd I posted a bunch of pseudo new years resolutions and i'm happy to report that i've been keeping up on several of them. To refresh:
1. Learn how to upload pictures on this thing.

DONE! Except for the fact that they're super blurry. what's up with that?

2. Renew my passport.

Totally got up this morning at 6am just to get in line before all the other mofos looking to do the same. I was 12th in line, barely had to wait and now I can safely pick up my passport on March 5th-- one week before I...

3. Book my flights to Austin and Chicago (sxsw, baby!) Go to Austin!

Tickets are paid for (got a really good deal using kayak.com) and I'm gonna be staying with some friends of friends. Does anyone have a sleeping bag I can borrow? Also- this magical lady will be my partner in crime throughout the festival. Her name is Jessica Larrabee

and she rules. Her band, She Keeps Bees will be playing some non-festival type shows, as will the sweetest most sympathetic band (puke on 'em and their girlfriends and they don't mind. well maybe a little) Brutal Knights. I doubt I'll get to see everyone i want to see, especially Dolly Parton, but I'm sure it's gonna be nothing but fun.

4. Drink 1 litre of H2O everyday, among other healthy things.

I don't do this everyday, but when I do I feel a lot better. Always working on it.

5. Allow room to make mistakes/ cheat but make sure i'm back on track the next day.

Totally. Like this one time- I let myself have a donut walking back from work (the kind with the sprinkles on 'em), but the next day I was totally healthy again.

6. Keep my camera on me more and take lots of pictures.

I started of good, but have been lacking. i think this just coincides with my not going out much, and when I do, I try not to bring my purse so I can dance and not have to worry about my purse in the corner (too cheap to pay for coat check). Whatever, spring is coming, it'll be easier.

7. Go for my driver's license after my birthday.

Still gotta wait on that one.

8. Start closet renewal projects for people I know.

booked one with my pal Lena but then there were some scheduling conflicts so I'm aiming for April-Mayish.

9. Pay off my Visa (or at least almost!)

I had to buy plane tickets and a wall unit! Please forgive me.

Also not on my list that I've accomplished:

1. learned how to crochet
2. got the most amazing new idea for my buisness
3. started writing a script with Sinbad
4. sometime in the last few months lost 6 pounds??!!
5. started a super awesome art project as an idea for a birthday present for my buddy owain. hopefully it works out.

xoxo
Lucy

life lessons

Last night I went to Otaki for Chrissy's birthday and all you can eat sushifest. I had caviar for the first time and they felt like pop rocks in my mouth.



All you can eat sushi is definitely something worth splurging on, and even super poor people should do it once in their lifetime. (And by poor people, I mean my friends). There were about 13 of us in total and while searching for someone to make a birthday toast Christina volunteered as the eldest and therefore suposedly the wisest saying 'Have more sex'.

Today I went to my shrink and his wise words of the session were 'why do you come here? You're as normal as the rest of us- and probably as normal as you're gonna get'. He also asked me if I thought I had bad taste in men, which I thought was one of th most intersting questions I've ever been asked.

Later on after some craft supply shopping I went to see my old boss/ surrogate father Steve Welch and he told me (in his very godlike sounding voice I might add) that 'Freedom comes with security'. What he was trying to say was that I hadn't sold my soul to the devil aka the large corporation I work for and infact by taking the job I have, am now allowing myself to spread my proverbial "creative" wings in a way that might actually get me the closest to where I want to be. I love Steve.




He sold me a Love and Rockets comic and now I have the rest of the evening to write my staff evaluations and watch the reality show 'I Love New York'.

Today, life is good, and well earned-seeming.
xo Lucy

oh man

So this morning I had to go to my neighbourhood medical clinic and WHILE I WAS WAITING this dude hit on me. I was even holding an empty pee cup and the guy says (and i quote) 'You are fiiine' and winks at me. Who tries to pick someone up in a medical clinic waiting room?? What if i was there cause i thought i had herpes??? (ed. note: i don't have herpes).

In less freaky news, i'm making a movie! Sinbad Richardson (of vienna pitts fame) and I are writing a script and plan on shooting it in the fall. The working title is Lucy and Charlie and it's gonna be a cute, clever story about friends and life lessons that has a magical element to it. So far the only character that is for sure cast is Lucy aka me. Sinbad is taking care of a lot of the technical stuff, whether we get a production company or not and writing it with me, and possibly taking on the other title role, but it's still sorta up in the cards.

Here is a picture of me and Pee Wee, Sinbad's dog.



Note that I am quite hungover but my roots are done!
xo
Lucy

Anna Karin

I have a new roommate as of today, which makes me feel a) relieved and b) pee in my pants excited! Her name is Anna Karin and together we are putting together a shopping event for all you vintage/used clothing lovers out there. I promise lots more details later but in the meantime you should totally get pumped.



(you might recognize her from the cover of worn fashion journal issue #3)

Also we would need to use a loft/open space somewhere in central montreal sometime in late march. anyone have any good ideas?

out in nowhere

So I work in the suburbs now. I assumed everyone knew but I guess it makes sense that they don't cause I generally don't like to brag about it. And not just the suburbs. OFF THE ISLAND suburbs. I'm talking I gotta take the metro, get on the suburb bus, then switch to another suburb bus, then work. The ride is long (1 1/2 hours there, up to 2 hours back) but it's really peaceful, even in the middle of the day. Not many people and looking out the window is usually best cause I get car sick pretty easily.

Anyways, the most inspiring thing I get to see while heading for the bridge to leave the city (other than sunrises) is the FARINE FIVE ROSES electric neon sign looming over me.




I love old things but I'm by no means a historian, so I never researched the sign or thought how old it might be, all I know is that it's gorgeous and a perfect reminder of the beautiful city I've lived in for 5 1/2 years now. Apparently it's quite old and in google image searching it online i found that there are a number of sites dedicated to art it's inspired and a project completely dedicated to "saving" it and reusing it.



This week I won't be in the suburbs- I'll be at Rockland for a visual merchandising workshop so that means more hours in my day! More time to sleep in! And less time to miss pups and kitty.

xo
Lucy

my trip to toronto

we ate lots of meat and hardly any veggies.



we went sale shopping and modeled our new clothes in the mcdonalds ladies room.



we went to bistro 422 and got crunk off their long island iced tea pitchers ($12!)



we tried to keep warm and took public transportation a lot.



i saw live comedy for the first time and hung out with my friend nick.



all in all it was a lot of fun.

xo
L

Trana

I'm officially on vacation. Til Tuesday evening anyways. I'm visiting with one of my best gal pals, Jenna and her partner in crime, Jeffrey. They moved to Toronto this past summer and gave me the perfect opportunity to visit this fair city, seeing as i barely know it (blasphemous, huh?!)

My memories of Toronto can pretty much be summed up by visits to my grandma's house as a kid, then later her condo, stopping abruptly at the age of 13. After that I've visited three time- at 16 with my school friend Melissa to our rock god du jour Beck and his Midnite Vultures tour at the Molson Ampitheater, a reunion visit with my grandmother at the age of 21 and a weekend visit roadie-ing with Seripop. All this to say- I haven't really had much experience in this city- I barely know the street names and neighbourhoods. But I'm here now, for 4-5 days, in this exotic land a lot of people call 'home'.

Pictures are likely to follow, once i haul my monitor down the stairs to the garbage, set up chrissy's old monitor with my 'puter and upload the bad boys i am posed to take.

Happy January!!
Lucy

POSSIBLE SPOILERS!

So this christmas my mom got me Season 2 of Project Runway on DVD. I had had the first two seasons "zipped" (canadian version of netflix) at the top of the list for what seemed like a year and with no luck, not to mention no cable. I don't want to give too much credit to some reality television show for "turning my head around" but DAY-YUM! I'm obsessed with this show, partially because it has motivated me to start not one, not two, but 4 personal creative projects! I've now watched all of Season 2, all of season 1 Canada, am in the middle of Season 3 and am currently enjoying Season 4 on youtube.

Season 4 is pretty good talent-wise. Mostly I feel like it's just full of nice-nice people, which is pretty boring, cause i already watched Project Runway Canada. So far, my favourite talent-wise has got to be Jillian. I think the way she speaks could get annoying pretty fast, but practically everything she does is gorgeous. I can't believe the judges passed on her for last season!



Christian makes for good TV but everyone else is kinda blah. Steven was an awful designer but at least he did good interviews. I hope if Jillian doesn't win then it goes to Kit or Christian. Anyone else on team Jillian?

I first was introduced to Little Otsu my first visit into Atelier Woodenapples here in Montreal. Their hand drawn planners and notebooks combine intricate drawings and everyday organisational needs so well that you almost feel like it was you who doodled in the margins.

I bought this 2008 Endangered Species calendar by Jennie Smith





for my roommate Chrissy and currently covet their Non-Planner datebook by Keri Smith







Now I see LO popping up in lots of local shops and I can't say I'm surprised. The most expensive items they have sell for $16 perfect for us cheapskate Montrealers who still want to buy and gift handmade.

http//:www.littleotsu.com

xoxo
Lucy

Shiloh's "art"

Ok, so i know they're only shoes, and technically they didn't cost me that much (approx. $40 each) but damnit! Those grey ones were my absolute favourite. I guess I could try sanding the heels down....

So far my resolutions are going really well. I keep getting great ideas for new projects but I need to finish at least one before I start another. I've been watching Project Runway religiously and it's inspired me to get off my butt and learn stuff.

On the 17th I'm heading to Toronto to visit one of my best girls, Jenna, among other friends. Can anyone recommend fun independent stores to check out, or yarn/thread/crafty places? I know Amy from woodenapples said Toronto has some of the best upscale yarn stores ever.

Just cause uploading photos is still such a thrill, I present you with Luca: my better half.

shiloh jolie-pitt-musacchio-corwin

This is Shiloh, our christmas miracle. She's quite mischievous, as puppies should be and isn't afraid to use her doe eyes on us incase she's done something wrong.

Happy New Year

Well, it's official. I told myself I would start a blog and what better day to start it then January 1st?
One of my major resolutions for this year was to start contributing to the art/fashion world myself in additon to supporting it more visibly. I don't really have a clear idea how this gonna work, but stay tuned, the lady now has a digital camera.

Other things I wanna do this year:

1. Learn how to upload pictures on this thing.
2. Renew my passport
   
3. Book my flights to Austin and Chicago (sxsw, baby!)
4. Drink 1 litre of H2O everyday, among other healthy things.
5. Allow room to make mistakes/ cheat but make sure i'm back on track the next day.
6. Keep my camera on me more and take lots of pictures.
7. Go for my driver's license after my birthday.
8. Start closet renewal projects for people I know.
9. Pay off my Visa (or at least almost!)