tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361966512024-03-13T12:40:41.059-05:00Miss Imperial (17 Oct 06 - 10 Sep 07)Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-49405362745377699502007-09-10T20:50:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:59:46.518-05:00"Shut up!""Just shut up,shut up!"Things I saw on the ride home this evening:A woman using the bus as one would a personal office.She wasn't particularly well-dressed or arrogant beyond her actions, and certainly didn't have an air of entitlement about her until she whipped out her cell phone. Really, sitting there in one of the long rows near the front of the vehicle, she just seemed like an older woman Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-53482430309309700212007-09-09T20:37:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:22:40.491-05:00The Sunday Night Lights: No.46"No sorrow in sight."TRACK LISTING: Anthony Burger, "I Saw the Light"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-26060913637324747952007-09-08T22:50:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:21:32.268-05:00"Counting the stars all around.""Do you know anyone?"Things PF and I saw while wandering the streets with CW and SAD:Geoffrey Rush! Ye olde pirate himself!CW and I saw him first, coming towards us, sporting a small bandage on his forehead. Within seconds, before we could inquire or merely wonder about the head wound, he was posing for a photo with two young men who seemed to appear out of nowhere. Wow, the Film Festival! Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-30308874940756676132007-09-07T19:34:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:13:57.177-05:00"Rhyme or crime, let's get it on!""This is our world,me and my girls!"Things I saw on the news today:People, Foxy Brown is going to jail FOR REALS!Too bad she's not a supermodel. (Well, too bad for her, anyway.) Looks like someone won't be having a great weekend! Or year, really.TRACK LISTING: Foxy Brown, "The Hot Spot"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-7852328638125089252007-09-06T23:06:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:12:37.171-05:00"See the light!""Join the herd!"Things I saw around town this evening:The TIFF begins!When I moved to this city, I swore I would attend the Film Festival each year. Things started out with promise, but soon I turned old and cranky, and wanted nothing more than a nine-to-five job and evenings in.What's more, I suddenly regarded the TIFF process as "a hassle". Getting your festival shit together is like going Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-45468226539884364662007-09-05T17:27:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:06:47.930-05:00"She had the body of a Venus!""Lord, imagine my surprise!"Things I saw in an article on Defamer today:The "mystery" of Larry Wachowski revisited!Man, I'd forgotten all about this. But so what? Sure, the Rolling Stone investigation (reportedly based on an article from Wired News) quotes a "bondage-world source" explaining that the disappointing Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions are a result of LW being distracted by Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-41059459192451906982007-09-04T18:34:00.000-05:002007-09-09T19:21:56.830-05:00"Talk about the passion!""Talk about the passion!"Things I saw on my way home this evening:In the most unexpected of places, a [murmur].I'd read about [murmur] before, but this was the first time I'd ever stumbled across one of the signs, and I was very happy to see it posted so clearly and so ready for the call. The [murmur] project is a really wonderful idea! It gives both residents and visitors the chance to learn Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-35512251245902968592007-09-03T22:03:00.000-05:002007-09-09T19:19:40.323-05:00"I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around.""But don't forgetit's me who put youwhere you are now."Things I saw on a DVD this evening:Further evidence that Los Angeles is more than happy to chew you up and spit you out.Honestly, it's just as easy to shrug about a climber like Rodney Bingenheimer digging his own egotastic grave as it is to feel sorry that he's a mere boy-child warped by star-blinded, indifferent parents. Sure, music is hisNirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-71555040966513123822007-09-02T22:57:00.000-05:002007-09-09T19:18:29.341-05:00The Sunday Night Lights: No.45"Now I'm so happy!"TRACK LISTING: Bull City Red, "I Saw the Light"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-25304312087074715632007-09-01T23:36:00.000-05:002007-09-06T20:59:01.892-05:00"Send me a postcard.""Tell me a story."Things PF and I saw today, while wandering the streets of Montreal:The Brazen woman herself, Rachel Rachna Dhawan, along with her lovely beau, Aaron, at the wonderful café Figaro. We eat deliciously buttery croissants topped with ham, gruyère, tomato and spinach, and drink fresh orange juice and espresso. It's amazing.As we finish up, we notice Rufus Wainwright Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-22049944789048561402007-08-31T10:52:00.000-05:002007-09-07T08:59:48.551-05:00"Qu'est-ce que c'est?""Run run runrun run run away!"Things I saw online today, courtesy of Defamer:"And speaking of psychos...." Wow. Just...wow.Bon weekend, everybody!TRACK LISTING: Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-3152372206714253622007-08-30T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-07T09:02:01.426-05:00"A circumstance beyond our control.""The phone, the TV,and the news of the world."Things I saw online today, courtesy of Radar:Where have I been these last two years?Well, okay, CLEARLY not keeping up with news on Bret Easton Ellis, which, you know, whatever. I think I made it halfway through Lunar Park and only managed to slough through a chapter of Glamorama before giving up on those books (and possibly BEE himself). But I've Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-32636919830517740262007-08-29T12:02:00.000-05:002007-09-06T19:43:43.251-05:00"Eighties! I'm living for the Eighties.""Eighties!I'm living in the Eighties."Things I saw on the Fug site today:Kids, you are making me HATE the Eighties, and let me tell you that is NO MEAN FEAT.Jessica Fug is right about this one looking like that one, though. I'm not sure what that says about ZE's career longevity. Good thing he's making a lot of money while he can!TRACK LISTING: Killing Joke, "Eighties"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-81573310512061812382007-08-28T18:41:00.000-05:002007-08-30T08:14:03.524-05:00"Gimme a beat!""No, my first name ain't 'Baby'!"Things I saw online this evening, courtesy of Gawker:Superstar Tionna Tee!I didn't pay much attention to Gawker's initial, amused and amusing posts on Ms Tionna, but when they gave her an advice column I couldn't help but pay attention. It's the real thing, people. It is SO. FOR. REALS. It is real and it is spectacular.TRACK LISTING: Janet Jackson, "Nasty"[NOTENirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-21729463932900022342007-08-27T14:29:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:57:44.906-05:00"He's acting dumb; that's what you've come to expect.""You say you know what he did,but you idiot kid,you don't have a clue."Things I saw online this afternoon (via Defamer):If someone issues a press release asking for time to "heal," does that mean he actually did what people say he did?TRACK LISTING: Elliott Smith, "Needle in the Hay"[NOTE: The image above is a still from The Royal Tenenbaums, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow in the role of Margot Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-83142412904890044862007-08-26T13:25:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:30:31.471-05:00The Sunday Night Lights: No.44"No more night!"TRACK LISTING: Boxcar Willie, "I Saw the Light"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-27627517802228125902007-08-25T13:04:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:27:58.273-05:00"Radio! Radio! Radio! Radio!""Radio! Radio! Radio!"Things I saw this afternoon, courtesy of Rob and Brendan WHO ARE TOTAL ENABLERS:Innisfil's 400 Market, the second time around.TRACK LISTING: Rancid, "Radio"[NOTE: The radio in the photo above was, in fact, bought at the 400 Market's Outdoor Antique Mall today. (I picked up some jewellery as well, along with a couple of vintage postcards from the indoor mall.) I'm not sure Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-4652883104610701502007-08-24T22:29:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:22:22.012-05:00"Best notify my next of kin!""This wheel shall explode!"Things I saw, starting this afternoon:Robbeeeeeeee! Bren-Bren! Doggieeeeeees!Um, and yeah, of course, a lot of shops, darling, sweetie, shopping, darling.TRACK LISTING: Julie Driscoll & Adrian Edmondson, "This Wheel's on Fire (Absolutely Fabulous Theme Song)"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-82625972395926785942007-08-23T11:58:00.000-05:002007-08-27T21:12:25.805-05:00"They know what they want and you know what to give them!""No excuses!Don't refuse this!"Things I saw online today:The trailer for Be Kind, Rewind!Jay told me about this film a couple of days ago, which was the first I'd ever heard of it. How is that possible? I finally searched for information on the movie today and am thrilled to report that he wasn't teasing!Sure, I'm a little wary of Jack Black at times (relying a lot on his schtick, you know), Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-56898647980185507492007-08-22T14:25:00.000-05:002007-08-22T20:13:15.216-05:00"Sharp! Like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener!""Bad!Like that studentin the principal's office!"Things I saw this morning, while walking with PF to the subway station:A man in a suit and sunglasses having the following conversation with a friend:SUIT: Wait, what did you see?FRIEND: Superbad.SUIT (highly interested): Oh, yeah!FRIEND: RIDICULOUS.SUIT: Huh? It was funny?FRIEND: REALLY funny. The theater was PACKED, too. Sold out.SUIT: Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-25798536632430678822007-08-21T14:32:00.000-05:002007-08-21T21:26:25.539-05:00"Oh! What would I do, if not for you?""Anyway,it wouldn't ring true,if not for you."Things I saw online today, courtesy of a Defamer article and an Ion Cinema link:The trailer for I'm Not There.Though I like Bob Dylan, I never thought I'd be interested in this film. Now I feel like I want to see it! Yes, I've witnessed how Todd Haynes has handled the musical biopic in the past, but despite my severe disappointment in Velvet Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-26014494102655870532007-08-20T22:22:00.000-05:002007-08-21T21:15:54.726-05:00"Blessed are the pure at heart for they shall see God.""So close your eyes and dream."Things I saw this evening:The lives of others.Earlier today, I'd read a post that SBP had written about The Exorcist, and I'd commented on how frightening I find that film to this day. I didn't imagine that I'd see an equally chilling film a few hours later, with such a similar theme.SBP replied to my comment by remarking that "evil knowing no limits is effectivelyNirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-32505115063971519152007-08-19T10:18:00.000-05:002007-08-21T21:15:05.089-05:00The Sunday Night Lights: No.43"No more darkness."TRACK LISTING: Pat Boone, "I Saw the Light"Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-12187189007529812122007-08-18T22:11:00.000-05:002007-08-21T21:13:03.329-05:00"We go out in the world and take our chances.""Why are we here?Because we're here!"Things I saw tonight at a lovely barbecue:KDS!Back from Yakage! Back in town! Back and he never missed a beat. 歓迎!*TRACK LISTING: Rush, "Roll the Bones"*Welcome!Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36196651.post-35534499812473950542007-08-17T14:53:00.000-05:002007-08-24T11:42:33.611-05:00"Come on now, let me feel the gross-out!""Come on!I'll let you feel the gross-out."Things I saw online today:Some shit that could be fake for all I care.I'm happy to run with this as Adam Levine has always struck me as a huge skeeve. Judging by others' happiness to run with the "story" as well, I am not the only one who thinks Levine is A GIANT DOUCHE. Blecch.TRACK LISTING: The Vines, "Gross Out"[NOTE: The image above is a still from Nirmala Basnayakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056973282802424788noreply@blogger.com0