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IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE:
Baby ducks, horses and cats — also cute in Norway. Possibly cute in other regions aswell.
Rainbows are also still considered “awesome” pretty much everywhere.
Zach Slootsky, Oslo
Barongsai
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Ohhhhh shit. We found it. Hip hop in Norway.
This place is small and downstairs, but people who go here like hip hop, and I like people who like hip hop. They also play rap music here, which I enjoy aswell. There was also this old guy who was going crazy on the dancefloor before anyone else was dancing. You can see him behind me in one of these photos.
Oslo By Day
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Oslo is pretty great when it’s sunny out. Maybe not when you are sleeping (see above), but it is nice to see everyone come out and enjoy the weather when it permits.
Frognerparken
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As soon as you see the gate to the park, the scale of it is obvious. This park is massive and monumental. I took a walk through it the other day and I was blown away. If it were in Canada it would be pot smoking location #1. But, since pot here is practically heroin it was only full of asian tourists, Norwegians “enjoying the weather” and no pot smoking Canadians.
Gloria Flames – Drinking in Oslo
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We went drinking at some friends place for another friends birthday and then went out with many friends to some bar where we stayed for half a beer (roughly the time it takes kat to drink a vodka sprite and a shot).
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Flying To Norway
[mygal=norwayplanes] I had three planes. The first picture is from over Norway. The Second wing pic is over the UK and the third is over Finland.
Bye Bye Bistro
So I appologize, because I have so many photos to upload and I am just such a lazy bastard that I havn’t posted any of them. Tonight was madness. I didn’t have a camera but I will just list the people I saw and you can imagine photos of them. Julia, Jocie, Amy, Brooker, Emma, … Read moreBye Bye Bistro
Adicolor Party
[mygal=adicolor] Adicolor Toronto was pretty fun. The bartenders were a little sassy, but they were giving away free beer–so what-evs. They got one of the guys from Fighting and some other artist-guy to do up custom adicolor t-shirts. What else? Oh ya, those Keith Haring shoes are hot. [mygal=shoes]
The God Damned Maddy
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BBQ At Duncans
[mygal=duncans] Yo, where’s the beef!?
Colbert At The White House
YouTube took down the video of Colbert roasting Bush due to “copyright infringement” but you can still watch it over at Crooks and Liars here. And here is a link to a high quality version via BitTorrent.
Magic Drinks
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The Newspaper’s New Web Site
I’ve been working on The Newspaper’s new website. It’s all up and running now. Check it out.
Mexican Fiesta
[mygal=fiesta] Apparently I was the only one who got the whole “this is a Mexican themed party” memo. I shaved special for the event and I even wore sandals–well I tried at least. I accidently brought two left feet. Who knew that taking two pairs of free Malibu branded flip-flops would ever have a downside? … Read moreMexican Fiesta
Toronto Loves Kenny vs. Spenny
Kenny vs. Spenny is quite possibly the funniest Toronto-born comedy on TV since Kids In The Hall. Filmed here, KVS pits “best friends” Kenny Hotz and Spencer “Spenny” Rice against each other in a number of oddball competitions. The contests range from ‘Who Can Stay Naked The Longest’, to ‘Who Do Kids Like The Most’. The lloser gets humiliated on television in a manner of the winner’s choosing.
As popularity for the show grows, the two stars are finding themselves recognized more and more. Kenny, for example, is at the awkward celebrity phase of not being able to skip the line at The Boat, while the entire line recognizes him and congratulates him on his fine show. “It’s getting crazy. But people are very nice,” says Spenny.
The show originally aired on CBC but never really found its place there. Eventually the show was pulled and later adopted by Showcase. Spenny explains, “the show was too wild for CBC. Once they accidentally ran one of our promos in the toddler block and they received a lot of complaints.”
Recently returning to Toronto to film the third season of KVS, Spenny and Kenny were kind enough to answer a few questions I had for them. I warn you, some of the answers they gave were quite offensive.
The Gamekillers
[mygal=gamekillers] Me and Kat met the gamekillers last night. The new Axe campaign has this whole ‘bigger than just a commercial’ thing going on. They played a funny short film about one guy getting his game killed-on, over the course of five dates. But the real celebrities: Mr. Open Bar and Mrs. Artichoke Dip!
House-Sitting
[mygal=housesitting] I guess we were also kind of cat-sitting. That there in the orange is Watson.
Preloved
[mygal=preloved] These pics are a few days late, but still worth posting. It was the same day that we drank in Trinity Bellwoods. Afterwards we hit a party at Preloved. Shit Le Merde DJ’d and some band played also. They served some sangria, two flavours of St. Ambroise, and some vegitarian snacks.
Luke Gets Medieval On Our Asses
[mygal=medieval] me·di·e·val also me·di·ae·val – Pronunciation Key (md-vl, md-, m-dvl) adj. also Medieval 1. Relating or belonging to the Middle Ages. 2. Informal. Old-fashioned; unenlightened: parents with a medieval attitude toward dating.
Party Posse
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Holy Trinity
[mygal=trinity] It seems that drinking in the park season is now on. Oh sweet sweet Trinity Bellwoods.
All the covers.
[mygal=covers] I’m finally done my year at the newspaper. Look at all the pretty covers. My two favs are of course, the most recent one, and the beer issue. The most recent one is the travel collage.
Happy Birthdays
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Zoe’s Art Show Was Rad
Also: Water is wet and puppies are cute.
Did YOU Get The Memo?
It’s always a delight to see what art Toronto’s newest talent is producing. Student shows, while sometimes hit or miss, are often worth the time. Whether it’s the excitement of seeing their work on the wall for the first time, or that their spirits haven’t yet been crushed by the reality of the art world, … Read moreDid YOU Get The Memo?
Bunny and Kitty
In case anyone else wants me and my girlfriend as their desktop (which would be weird).
Cam’s Birthday
[mygal=camsbday] Thursday night was spent celebrating another year of Cam, taking long exposure photographs, and crawling Queen. I think I ran into every single customer I’ve ever served. I guess they all eat on college and party on queen. Hip!
Omy, it’s Kenny
[mygal=kenny] Saw Kenny on the roof of the drake talking to some rich looking people. He said he had just gotten back to Toronto to film the third season of Kenny vs. Spenny. I was downstairs at the Omy, Magazine launch party and had come up for a smoke.