tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55497732011-10-02T10:59:52.790-03:00apologies are duemusic, pictures and the unwanted clothing gallery from the heart of darkness (just minutes from downtown halifax ns)kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1168885355020872052007-01-15T14:21:00.000-04:002007-01-15T14:22:35.030-04:00kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1144267263478835302006-04-05T16:37:00.000-03:002006-04-05T17:04:57.430-03:00why I love youtube:don't stop believin'! (more journey!)(hero+max+xiah+u-know+mickey u-know?)the sun is glorious! time to go back outside!kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1143933681287868432006-04-01T19:12:00.000-04:002006-04-05T16:37:24.556-03:00juno weekend ...only undocumented "celebrity sighting" : the German security guard for Coldplay (Monday, Superstore, charming accent, huge & bald, as you would expect)kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1136511470605457322006-01-05T20:06:00.000-04:002006-01-05T21:49:16.183-04:00happy new year! (the ham in the toaster oven - the real one was broken- with mike g, scrapperton & friends, ringing in the new year at the ranch, a late night walk over the bridge)christmas! (puzzling gifts! carols with the family! wouldn't miss it for anything)december round-up (me & JC avoid the paparazzi, tragedies & city field @ north end pub, armwrestling @ ginger's, super-tragedies @ gus'):kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1133138370052174672005-11-27T19:28:00.000-04:002005-11-28T12:18:12.850-04:00The first of many apologies: it really shouldn't take six months to update a blog but anyway ... a quick recap:- pop montreal: tap dance/ metric @ club soda/ zoobombs!- cmj/ nyc sept: new moma/ the bed that follows me/ germans!/ flatiron scaffolding/ dog & pirate parade/ tess & denise/ last night (ever) @ 427 E12th st (rip chelsea centre east)summer: dartmouth natal day parade (there you are swackathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1121361449238726062005-07-14T22:38:00.000-03:002005-07-14T23:35:07.543-03:00(work last saturday): 9 yr old boy looking for a plantar wart treatment with his grandmother, she says "gramma will get that for you as a grading present", just me or does this seem wrong somehow...so... Thursday night is band practice at the house across the street, not sure yet if it's annoying but it's certainly a welcome change from the eerie quiet (or maybe not? "I'm free! wooo ooo ooo! I'm kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1119492759656431402005-06-22T22:12:00.000-03:002005-07-06T17:35:27.500-03:00nyc recap (june 8-15), 7 shows/ 5 afterparties/ 5 museums/ 7 wonderful (& expensive & freakishly hot) days: britt daniels is bowlegged (& no matter what he might insist, plugging your ipod into the soundsystem at lit is not "being a dj") the coral dress very badly (but have lovely voices & sound even better than on record), they're so earnest it hurts! lcd soundsystem are embarrassing to watch (kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1110218401870747202005-03-07T13:58:00.000-04:002005-03-07T14:00:01.870-04:00Saturday night @ work (& I asked to take a picture as it was officially odd, but looked like fun)kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1109191377465550742005-02-23T16:40:00.000-04:002005-02-23T16:43:09.276-04:00saw someone who looks very much like Justin Trudeau on Barrington St today (would he have been wearing a cowboy hat?) ... enough excitement for the day...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1105821897375400552005-01-15T16:23:00.000-04:002005-02-23T16:40:09.250-04:00haven't updated in a while but since I promised my sister, a review of the last trip abroad (London: mostly Piccadilly, Camden, Whitechapel & the Infinity club, Paris: the pompidou, the hurricane & a ridiculous search for the libertines): and the rock pictures (art brut, interpol, morrissey) over herekathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1103057631647606372004-12-14T16:51:00.000-04:002004-12-14T16:53:51.646-04:00am in swinging london, about to depart for art brut. pete doherty of babyshambles fell on my head last night (actually, he jumped from a riser 10 feet up, but he still landed *directly* on my head, followed by 20 other people), I've survived but my glasses have not. bristol tomorrow (will update)...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1102301568580376412004-12-05T22:36:00.000-04:002004-12-05T22:52:48.580-04:00yay team willow & rancho relaxo for making me wish I had roommates (& making my life seem even less exciting than it is, although I suppose I don't need any help with that)... I'm having my hair cut tomorrow which promises to be the highlight (or disaster) of the week, & am now off to mom's to resume work on the scarf that never ends ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1101919606105613672004-12-01T13:40:00.000-04:002004-12-01T12:48:14.986-04:00If you haven't yet heard the whir of the private helicopter over head, yes W is in Halifax today & my place of work is apparently close to, if not within, the somewhat ridiculous security perimeter ... will report later how it goes & whether or not I'm hauled away for "suspicious dress" ...& just because I don't have time to put this anywhere else, some fun music for today: bloc party lpkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1101357564898177012004-11-25T01:25:00.000-04:002004-11-25T02:32:27.036-04:00Winter hibernation has begun for this year (helps that the car has been barely functioning) so please no surprises anyone b/c I can only just about handle going to work & getting sleep ... so bottom line is: you probably won't see much of me for a while most likely (& believe me that's a good thing). In the meantime, here's a little mixtape that I made for lj here(courtesy of yousendit) -it's kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1099808879830921262004-11-07T02:14:00.000-04:002004-11-08T17:27:51.353-04:00Mock Explosion : night 2 @ Gus's Pub : jeremy gara (backed by the rest of arcade fire), death by nostalgia (glammed up), sweet tenders:kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1099754395164633342004-11-06T11:04:00.000-04:002004-11-07T02:13:58.800-04:00Friday: Mock Explosion / Pop Explosion ...all purpose voltage heroes / holy shroud/ the organ/ arcade fire:
Last weekend (hallowe'en): rick white/ sadies stage 9:kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1096841272928637622004-10-03T18:51:00.000-03:002004-10-03T19:07:52.926-03:00Was given very depressing news regarding the house on Tuesday, went out to celebrate anyway with Kevin Thursday night (DJ Boy George at the Attic - was great fun watching 50 year old version of 1980's CC-era George & large man in a wig & kaftan dance with abandon and was witness to the most spectacular dance floor hook-up ever ;) - it was a very very (unnecessarily) late night. The new TAZ space kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1095439495151770792004-09-17T13:36:00.000-03:002004-11-07T02:41:36.163-04:00was away last weekend on an unexpected (& very last minute) trip to montreal - the car was robbed (although oddly enough, nothing of mine was stolen & everything else was found in an alley off st laurent the next day), the brakes failed (yay PQ Sunday shopping & the Canadian Tire in Laval, but only in this case), saw Leonard Cohen walking (expensive grey suit, with a young asian woman) and the kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1093268780326689522004-08-23T10:37:00.000-03:002004-08-23T10:46:20.326-03:00Back from another whirlwind tour of NYC: warhol factory sites/ chelsea hotel (not as impressive as you'd imagine), little steven's garage fest, manitoba's, museum of the moving image (recommended) & another night as part of the libertines "entourage" ... much fun was had by all ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1091716943700795082004-08-05T11:22:00.000-03:002004-08-08T12:12:52.953-03:00yellow jacket avenger/ AV/ xiu xiu at micmac friendship centre this Tuesday past (& hornet nest in a jar, Kevin insisted we put it in the freezer, don't ask ;) (ok, I've tried this a million times now, can anyone think of another way to view photos- ofoto doesn't work & shutterfly is broken! thanks)kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1090737581610724202004-07-25T03:27:00.000-03:002004-07-25T03:48:28.103-03:00Friday: holy shroud/underpressure (?), Saturday: khyber techno-derby smash-a-thon-
kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1090440227193866422004-07-21T22:28:00.000-03:002004-07-21T22:30:06.876-03:00pictures from the weekend past ... outside sam's/ city field bbq (band in garage, shant with beer) / stolen minks at stage 9/ julie doiron at gingers...
kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1089906492662669472004-07-15T12:41:00.000-03:002004-07-15T12:48:12.663-03:00is it really necessary to tell me "the tall ships are coming!" every 5 minutes on our store PA system (oh disembodied voice)? construction has made it nearly impossible to get downtown anyway ... hoping to be at curiosa & away from all of this mess ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1089421705369161642004-07-09T22:08:00.000-03:002004-07-09T22:08:25.370-03:00stupid freaking jazz festival! grrrr... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1089062354056116822004-07-05T18:13:00.000-03:002004-07-05T18:19:14.056-03:00Had my toe frozen/ day surgery removal of the offensive toenail, am going out to mow the lawn before it completely wears off (upside: will finally stop complaining)... City Field/ Matt Grimson at tribeca last weekend- late show, lots of dancing/ dapper suits - lovely reminder of why I love this town (sometimes) ... I'll be up at work all night tomorrow so don't expect to see me out in the next kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1088435388976710642004-06-28T11:52:00.000-03:002004-06-28T13:17:41.646-03:00I hope everyone is getting out to vote (will do so, as soon as I've finished boiling water for a bath, the furnace is "broken") ... anyone else been harrassed by the volleyball players of crystal crescent beach (thankfully clothed)? would you like to be? (next sunny Tuesday morning/ Sunday afternoon - let me know) ... new favorite place: wooden monkey kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1087922074844590802004-06-22T13:29:00.000-03:002004-06-28T11:51:42.596-03:00pictures from away, as promised: franz ferdinand in nyc (more pictures here), 1st avenue near hostel, alita/francine/couirey/tal at union square hmv, first class from nyc to TO& b/c I'm so self-referential, here it is again (from lj): franz ferdinand (x3) -my favorite being webster hall (yay craig's list & cindy from the instore who'd agreed to switch tickets) as we were practically up front, kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1087451406274545452004-06-17T02:48:00.000-03:002004-06-17T02:50:06.273-03:00just got back from Boston franz ferdinand show, explained it to Kevin as a parody of sexy but I guess you'd have had to have been there. headed back to nyc tomorrow ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1087274212580308312004-06-15T01:27:00.000-03:002004-06-15T01:36:52.580-03:00headed to nyc tomorrow, instore at HMV 7:30pm then vicious? Fung Wah Bus ($10!)to Boston Wednesday for show at avalon then back to NYC: webster hall (show) & APT (afterparty?)... a very quick trip, will be home in time for Piggy at the khyber Friday night ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1087111299183684202004-06-13T04:07:00.000-03:002004-06-13T13:41:30.210-03:00Adam & Shannon (just married) on the tall ship silva, grimson inc & city field at stage nine many thanks to shant for inviting me (on both counts;) ... oh & just so everyone knows: idiot is closing, tobin's back (now on agricola at the old bingo hall) ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1086325046868070032004-06-04T01:44:00.000-03:002004-06-04T02:20:52.413-03:00death by nostalgia at the khyber (12:10am, & the new "publicity shot" ? ;) ... ...salvation closes, & if anyone is wondering why I'm wearing these hideous shoes, my left big toe is swelled to twice it's normal size (ie. my only comfortable footwear) ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1085670849403110142004-05-27T12:13:00.000-03:002004-05-27T12:14:09.403-03:00my car is officially broken (sounds of metal scraping metal) ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1085175553456360692004-05-21T18:32:00.000-03:002004-05-21T18:42:14.070-03:00I have *the whole weekend off*! Who wants to see Joel Plaskett at the Bay Road Fire Hall tomorrow night? (& I really mean it this time ;)kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1084846578131178122004-05-17T23:01:00.000-03:002004-05-17T23:16:18.133-03:00I'll be 35 soon & have done nothing to warrant any sort of celebration .. but come out with me anyway, for mid-90s nostalgia at the khyber (the superfriendz, once again, this Wednesday night) ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1084242805531816262004-05-10T23:26:00.000-03:002004-05-10T23:33:25.530-03:00I didn't want to tell you all that I had $2000 of (prescription) drugs sitting on my floor Friday night but I suppose it's ok now b/c they did make it on to the bus for 7:30am the next morning (something to do with a rare blood disorder?)... thankfully *that* doesn't happen everyday ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1083986135160905832004-05-08T00:15:00.000-03:002004-05-08T00:20:03.466-03:00it will be an *early* morning ... damn you, moncton ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1083375417129319132004-04-30T22:36:00.000-03:002004-04-30T22:40:04.546-03:00many thanks to Roche diagnostics for a lovely six course dinner, free drinks and a complimentary ticket to the halifax comedy fest ... courtesy of...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1083119137261365362004-04-27T23:25:00.000-03:002004-04-27T23:28:41.716-03:00he's prettier than I am & has a much more interesting life ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1082728991451612782004-04-23T11:03:00.000-03:002004-04-23T11:08:29.373-03:00heehee, Mike just got us tickets to Slayer! (June 10th) Oh my, I have no idea what I'm in for, do I? ;)
kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1082228251965676732004-04-17T15:57:00.000-03:002004-04-17T16:00:44.030-03:00nicorette gum : "like a patch for your cheek" ? (sounds a little like an advertising slogan to me, too bad it's incorrect) and I really don't know what all 23 of you meant by "peppery taste"? (practice OSCE, over for another year) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1082181064541359632004-04-17T02:51:00.000-03:002004-04-17T16:02:03.390-03:00just got back from NSCAD cafeteria show (the creepy thing? I've been going to those shows for almost 20 years, but thank god -& Terry of Sam's & Stephen Cooke -I wasn't the oldest there... ), Yellow Jacket Avenger are reminding me of Spoon -catchy little songs. City Field (Matt of Superfriendz, Mitchell of SUJ/Motorhomes) were the *best thing ever* for about the first 20minutes (an odd hybrid kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1081864678390284002004-04-13T10:57:00.000-03:002004-04-13T11:00:47.810-03:00the car is still held together with cellotape, the brake line was leaking fluid, the gas tank needs a "new neck" (?) and its back to the buses for now (overheard on the 59: "Dartmouth- fat women in sweat pants") ... the influx of American cruise ships and second rate actors shooting tv movies has begun for the season ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1081365081196633742004-04-07T16:11:00.000-03:002004-04-07T16:14:05.466-03:00Dithyramb
n.
A frenzied, impassioned choric hymn and dance of ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus.
An irregular poetic expression suggestive of the ancient Greek dithyramb.
A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing.
Dithyrambic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.
Now I'm going off to have a massage ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1080451079014521092004-03-28T01:17:00.000-04:002004-03-30T23:44:13.496-04:00I'm almost ready to come out of my self-imposed annual November- April disappearance (and thank you coast ghost whoever you are for even remembering me at all) - please suggest something fun! (and it doesn't have to be secret gigs in a far flung city as long as its real and right here at home). I've got to do this slowly or I'll end up with some sort of impulsive major purchase or a broken heartkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1079715413241794262004-03-19T12:56:00.000-04:002004-03-23T02:43:13.310-04:00I've just had the front end of my car smashed in by the diabetes society truck (while parked "safely" outside the house) ... "so sorry I've ruined your day, miss" ...you *know* it will be written off, don't you? ... and just as an aside, the police came to my door about half an hour after I dropped it off to have the damages appraised, seems someone saw it in the lot and thinks I was involved in kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1078974478438870662004-03-10T23:07:00.000-04:002004-03-19T09:51:54.590-04:00Just got back and am the most ill I've ever been. I would *not* recommend the cheap hostels in London (ashlee house- sterile without being clean & staff really unhelpful, "smart" camden?- stench of vomit in the room and only window opened up on to 4 storey drop from my bunk which would have meant certain death, oh & again obnoxious staff). I would highly recommend the Albion_France in Paris (kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1078669129647673072004-03-07T10:18:00.000-04:002004-03-12T10:25:06.466-04:00I've just remembered why I hate London. Feeling exhausted & drained (the icky hostel is not helping). Three shows down & one to go ... Bristol was amazing, right up front, could count Carlos' chest hairs had I wanted to;) acoustic seven deadly sins something I'd never thought I'd hear. Sat in the balcony last night and got slowly tipsy, Gary jumped in to the crowd (Pete and Carl had done the samekathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1078349929419399072004-03-03T17:38:00.000-04:002004-03-12T10:25:50.890-04:00The hair has been fixed (topcuts at glasgow central station), the first show last night at Barrowlands was amazing, but incredibly violent. Was blinded temporarily as a full glass of beer was dumped over my head, and the kids were so packed in (the first few rows) that I couldn't move my arms to wipe it out of my eyes for 5 minutes or so. A talll man next to me elbowed me repeatedly in the throatkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1078065667926779912004-02-29T10:41:00.000-04:002004-04-06T14:02:15.856-03:00as I'm frantically trying to arrange the last of my trip (& the terrible mullet-y last minute haircut was *not* the best of ideas really) I've been informed that Mark E. Smith has sustained some injuries (broken leg) so Bristol is out (if I can un-cancel my train to London) and I'm left with a ticket to yet another postponed show that will be impossible to attend. anyway, here's a list of things kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1077344647351600862004-02-21T02:24:00.000-04:002004-02-21T02:32:05.513-04:00curfew (& my uncle was 1 of those rushed to emergency, in stable condition now, suffered a heart attack while shovelling snow, hope he'll be all right): the backyard (snow up to the windows), downtown Dartmouth (on the way to the ferry), Halifax (on the way home from work, & what were you all doing buying sunglasses??) ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1077250485932221912004-02-20T00:14:00.000-04:002004-02-20T00:28:49.873-04:00power still on, blizzard still rages, no sign of the street plow... the store was closed today but tomorrow? I hope the buses are running at least. Peter R called from Montreal (to gloat about ff +1 & lack of snow;) and it looks like Pop Montreal is on for the last weekend of September (Flaming Lips, Mission of Burma and possibly the Pixies! but sshhh it's a secret so don't tell!) ... I've spent kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1076897852924949272004-02-15T22:17:00.000-04:002004-02-20T00:06:45.310-04:00have you survived the hell of the 4 hour baby shower? have you been asked to draw a picture on a paper plate while holding it on top of your head? I thought not... (Milicent you're so great but oh my god... ) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1076685661111584422004-02-13T11:21:00.000-04:002004-02-20T00:07:57.153-04:00And now it's over, there were 9 people, a malfunctioning overhead projector and me looking like a total idiot (although the dietitian thought it went well, next time I'll be having a student present on my behalf ;)...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1076459623759341242004-02-10T20:33:00.000-04:002004-02-10T20:36:27.293-04:00Been working on a presentation for Friday am, heart disease and stroke etc (scary stats, 2003 hypertension guidelines)... I'm absolutely terrified to be up in front of people (although only 5 are scheduled to attend) so I'll be in a state of panic until then ... just so you'll understand... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1075789153998024872004-02-03T02:19:00.000-04:002004-02-03T02:21:57.216-04:00good luck? happy...um... (thanks though, it was really sweet of you, & the german chocolate was *so* delicious) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1075521270787226712004-01-30T23:54:00.000-04:002004-01-31T00:07:58.500-04:00I might be insane, but I just booked my ticket to the UK for March 1 - March 10 (Air Canada seat sale ends tomorrow if anyone wants to join me - $578 return taxes in!), got 2 tickets to the Libertines at the Brixton Academy (Saturday & Sunday nights) in London & 1 for Belle & Sebastian/ Franz Ferdinand at the Paris Rex the following night (& I'm springing for a night at the Albion_France to see kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1075090215453095042004-01-26T00:10:00.000-04:002004-01-26T00:12:48.560-04:00the weekend: books on tape at salvation, the talk show, ice at the window (-32):kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1074927662743123022004-01-24T03:01:00.000-04:002004-01-24T03:04:51.043-04:00yay mitchell!easily amused? (poor Howard Dean) ... weird corporate motivational seminars 2 days a week for the next 4, hosted by a woman who's an odd cross b/w the chicken lady & bette midler. DISC personality assesment ($20 a booklet but here issomething close for free)... I ended up SCID which should be obvious to anyone who knows me. I've got a working furnace again (another $250 later), no kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1074533807096994562004-01-19T13:36:00.000-04:002004-01-19T13:39:43.700-04:00colour tv / death by nostalgia : last Thursday night for hang the dj at reflections (& matt's b-day): phil tells dirty stories, dbn cover outkast (of course;), would like to have stayed to dance for ger. dj set but way too tired (last time for after midnight, the whole thing will now run 9-12 Wednesday night b/c the regulars just don't appreciate it): terrible pics:kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-107420340026804002004-01-15T17:50:00.000-04:002004-01-15T17:51:21.123-04:00jerramy vs marcus:kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073945677405884542004-01-12T18:14:00.000-04:002004-01-12T18:15:55.793-04:00and now the khyber is gone too? kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073705295508198272004-01-09T23:28:00.000-04:002004-01-11T14:23:04.140-04:00it took 5 minutes to walk home from the lotus space on portland (that was a bit of a treat), show was interrupted by police/fire dept (with fire truck, which seemed to excite one young man at our table, he immediately rushed outside with his camera & tripod) : this message will self destruct, the gco (kind of a wannabe weezer, although they did something called "no one likes the plan", starting kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073685484127240222004-01-09T17:58:00.000-04:002004-01-09T18:00:54.170-04:00Horrible end to the week: bella muse is closed (again, claudette has that sad & sordid story ... surprising to me, since the rick of the skins practice space on gottingen used to do that sort of thing quite openly a few years ago, just a block from the police station, and it was something that _and_ apparently did all the time, although they didn't have a neon "open" sign either... it's all too kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073579127156231992004-01-08T12:25:00.000-04:002004-01-08T12:26:41.310-04:00kmart is the new nova scotia, jesus jones are still together? ... & while I appreciate the concept, I'm a little offended by the name kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073518464563609062004-01-07T19:34:00.000-04:002004-03-12T10:22:00.623-04:00... the oil tank is at about 1/16 (so much for automatic delivery) & I pray I have hot water in the morning. I'm still really ill so the best thing for me is to just go to bed... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1073094976062110862004-01-02T21:56:00.000-04:002004-01-08T12:31:30.903-04:00Colour TV - JRC says they remind him of an all-boy (ok, I added that part) Jawbox (with distractingly tight t-shirts?, oh if you were there you would know what I mean) ... The Holy Shroud are the best parts of north of america (so I'm no longer *so* saddened by the breakup/reunion) & the plan & how I love listening to mike scream, a short show but oh so good! (pics from bella muse): and someone kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1072920588099256902003-12-31T21:29:00.000-04:002004-04-30T22:44:43.280-03:00I'm drinking red bull (how else will I stay awake, how pathetic I know), matt murphy is drinking ??? did I mention this was new year's eve? spent most of the evening standing near the wall on the left next to matt & rochelle, took my hair down at one point and al tuck immediately turned to me, grasped my arm and said "hey! happy new year! I haven't seen you in ages" (I had been next to him for kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1072587139188932862003-12-28T00:52:00.000-04:002003-12-31T21:35:17.653-04:00behold the resurrection: north of america at the khyber ... watched much of it from the glass doors in the hallway which was scary enough, quite a crush of young men near the front (I got there at 11:15, the main room was filled to capacity)- finally got in about 11:30 (thanks graham!) and didn't get any closer than the edge of the bar which was fine but the pictures are all horrible ...it was kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1072066632012238362003-12-22T00:17:00.000-04:002003-12-22T20:28:04.623-04:00 you know it's bad when even the idealized version of your life bores you, but not all of us can be philip and who could handle *that* much nudity ;) (it's winter, you should all be home making tea or something)... it seems like I've been at work for days now and since I'm sworn to secrecy as to what exactly transpires there (is aspirin really an appropriate stocking stuffer? probably more kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1071638391073232332003-12-17T01:19:00.000-04:002003-12-22T00:06:40.293-04:00yet another reunion show: north of america khyber dec. 27.... the Dartmouth sidewalk plow, disturbing dollarama... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1071281158813411512003-12-12T22:05:00.000-04:002004-04-30T22:45:23.373-03:00Saturday night I'd be going to this , instead my sis & I are headed to little nashville to see my uncle's country band. But next Thursday at the khyber it's death by nostalgia & the return of the yellow jacket avenger (yay!). And the litigation is back on, I am being sued after all (January 8 - be there, it'll be a good time I'm sure) ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1070646711048349942003-12-05T13:51:00.000-04:002003-12-06T08:04:13.610-04:00christmas is almost here (the ever-annoying "woody the talking christmas tree", how I've always hated that thing)... another flat tire on the way home Wednesday night, had myself towed to the dealership by CAA because I really don't know how to fix anything practical ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1070488830112404562003-12-03T18:00:00.000-04:002003-12-03T18:01:09.140-04:00tara says: khyber show friday night at 10:15pm with Recyclone/Second Front/Wallflower - video on the wall & I will be there this time. yes, we are watching Tron this Sunday (& it has nothing to do with that Strokes video, although I hope it's a little more fun) ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1070300310527157392003-12-01T13:38:00.000-04:002003-12-01T13:39:06.903-04:00my friend mike is selling his condo (current home of movie night) on queen st, so if you're looking for a place in downtown halifax that isn't a depressing basement ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1069815011155274462003-11-25T22:50:00.000-04:002003-11-26T00:59:51.530-04:00rod says: Death by Nostalgia show (with Dusty Sorbet & Middleclass Pushovers) this Thursday at the khyber (it's a benefit for the closet gallery) ... but right now why not submit a suggestion to the cowbell project (courtesy of jinners, more great music there too) or look at family photos from other families (from bazima) ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1069728185027815982003-11-24T22:43:00.000-04:002003-11-24T22:43:54.310-04:00the lights are back on at bella muse (that made my whole day! it's one of my favorite places in the city), the coffee is hot so it's not so bad that the cafe itself is freezing - tobin even brought me a space heater... there was a bridge jumper (far right, Dartmouth bound lane) on the MacDonald this evening, he was wearing a backpack and standing on the rail while a commissionaire tried to talkkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1069395997311423532003-11-21T02:26:00.000-04:002003-11-22T19:58:47.590-04:00this is what I would be doing if I were in nyc tomorrow night as originally planned (sigh)... my now worthless white stripes ticket is still in my wallet, & tomorrow I'm going shopping for a washer and dryer ... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1069389994454253512003-11-21T00:46:00.000-04:002003-11-24T02:30:26.810-04:00I've already told a few of you the not very funny story of my detroit ambassador bridge border crossing involving an unco-operative rental car, way too much caffeine and an easily alarmed border guard- yes I had my ticket in my money belt)... got lost in detroit for over an hour on 10 mile road (which has an east and a west but no middle)... as for the show, my 13 year old self was screaming kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1068911667039262592003-11-15T11:54:00.000-04:002003-11-24T01:29:29.450-04:00Duran Duran Toronto: John Taylor has aged a little (he was too pretty back in the day) but he seemed to be the *most* excited person in the room... the rest of the band, at least from where I was standing, looked quite amazingly well-preserved. The audience: about 51% male (and surprisingly macho) and all of us in our thirties! the worst in 80s fashion on display as expected (I never thought I'd kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1068738842465011732003-11-13T11:54:00.000-04:002003-11-13T11:54:20.793-04:00It's too bad I don't like the constantines, since they're playing twice while I'll be in Toronto (1st show with the much more fun when drunk & hopping on 1 foot GbV)- quite excited to finally be seeing Duran Duran, although it will be weird to finally acknowledge that yes, they are real & not just some figment of my teenage imagination ... all of my windows are now covered in plastic, when did itkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1068437079989547192003-11-10T00:04:00.000-04:002003-11-10T00:06:22.926-04:00come watch me be stood up by a boy at the khyber tomorrow night (no seriously, he already told me he probably won't make it) but a few of us will be dancing anyway... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1067635517640904412003-10-31T17:25:00.000-04:002003-11-08T01:47:40.123-04:00so les savy fav were oh so great last night (as long as you weren't too close;) , but apologies are definitely due to syd the bass player who I managed to offend by saying something so unbelievely wrong (totally without thinking, I was repeating something someone had said about their tshirts without actually considering the context and content of the merchandise in question) that I felt horrible kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1067479922232261302003-10-29T22:12:00.000-04:002003-10-29T22:11:59.006-04:00had my confusing day in court (case adjourned without date set by plaintiff, turns out he's in the courtroom anyway) the result being that this stupid water heater thing might drag on for another FIVE YEARS! pop explosion this weekend, picking up part of broken social scene at the airport tomorrow (hopefully will finally clarify meaning of "light sandwich" on band rider, b/c how can you feed themkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1066487099349693212003-10-18T11:24:00.000-03:002003-10-22T00:00:34.513-03:00The crowd at the molly wee wednesday night pre-interpol: In Boston right now, heading back to nyc today. Interpol last night at the Avalon were incredible (of course) and it's horrible that I have to leave before the last show (supposedly for at least a year) in nyc Tuesday. Everyone here has been amazing and I don't think I've danced so much ever! (the nyc afterparty at the Coral Room kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1066056355826025602003-10-13T11:45:00.000-03:002003-10-13T11:45:55.363-03:00rem cover interpol (courtesy of ultragrrrl) ... I'm getting kind of excited to go away again although it is much too soon and I'm not in the least ready... staying at chelsea centre east for the first night and then the prescott international in Boston... wish I was actually going to be in nyc Thursday night for metric and broadcast but should be back in time for evan dando (and maybe the kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1065382470530946342003-10-05T16:34:00.000-03:002003-10-05T16:34:30.166-03:00the cleanup (my nephew moving logs, everything chopped up after my neighbours brought in relatives with chainsaws to chop it all up- they also helped me drag everything to the curb in time for pickup! Mr & Mrs. Cann, you rock!)... I feel kind of silly for making such a big deal of this when others had so much more to deal with... the landscape of Halifax has certainly changed... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1065110765955711452003-10-02T13:06:00.000-03:002003-10-02T13:19:08.706-03:00ok, I wasn't exaggerating, was I? there are four men with chainsaws in my yard right now ... I threw out the contents of my fridge last night, actually most of it was expired anyway (who knew that parmesan cheese in a tin had a best before date?)... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1065006750128244402003-10-01T08:12:00.000-03:002003-10-05T15:23:51.563-03:00there is a tree on top of my house, hasn't smashed through the roof (yet) but it is still there on top...my lovely tree from the backyard, more like 3 trees actually... power is back on but still... (hopefully someone from 1 of the many companies I left messages with the night of hurricane Juan will be here today to assess the damage and remove the thing)...in the meantime, come by and have a kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1064680775058759692003-09-27T13:39:00.000-03:002003-09-27T13:39:34.650-03:00I am *so sick*! As my mom would say, classic case of "burning the candle at both ends" but I think it has everything to do with the woman who breathed on me at value village before I went away (& I think I've been fighting it ever since). Or it may be the result of being kissed on the cheek by this man Monday night, but probably not...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1064261386230171662003-09-22T17:09:00.000-03:002003-09-27T13:41:38.520-03:00Toronto and Montreal were so much fun! (and Niagara Falls, in a tacky touristy sort of way of course). I'll post pictures tomorrow (and since I took *so many* of Interpol I think I'll put them all under unhealthy obsessions for obvious reasons... tonight a few of us old-school sloannet kids are headed to Antogonish so I'll have pictures of that over the next few days as well. The twins are kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1063064026433032172003-09-08T20:33:00.000-03:002003-09-09T21:01:47.656-03:00I'm headed to Toronto/Montreal this week for another rock trip, this time out it's the raveonettes, stellastarr, japanther and of course interpol and the stills (2 shows, 2 venues, 1 somewhat scary obsession)... also hoping to see a few films and a few of the upper Canadian relatives (& maybe even Niagara Falls) ... the twins will soon have their own page as the latest pictures are just too cute.kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1062359967731896412003-08-31T16:59:00.000-03:002003-08-31T17:00:16.993-03:00my sister Jen's twins, born last night at 1:04 and 1:16 am (baby a from ultrasound emerged first naturally), 2 months premature but mom & babies doing fine...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1061929633196020542003-08-26T17:27:00.000-03:002003-08-28T20:49:36.206-03:00What am I going to do about the basement? So much water! Where does it come from? (hopefully the aluminum foil/duct tape thing actually works). A/V are covering, um, A/V in Hell tonight... kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1061860882621335912003-08-25T22:21:00.000-03:002003-09-01T23:50:02.776-03:00tara says: there are now three Sloan university shows to sneak in to: Sept 18 - Sackville, Sept 19 - Fredricton, Sept 22 - Antigonish, (sigh) just like the old days... and Dan's got a play at the fringe festival next week (he's calling in "Irene's Eventual Employment, a screwball comedy & socialist musical"), I'll be going Friday night the 29th at 10pm in case anyone wants to make a night of kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1061651168546418712003-08-23T12:06:00.000-03:002003-08-23T12:14:37.646-03:00so no one told me that the sixes & sevens were playing wednesday night! and I missed the yellow jacket avenger / woodenstars hybrid at bella muse Thursday night (would have been much too late as I guess things didn't wrap up until after 2am) , & everyone who can should go to the rock camp tv taping (well why not?) but I didn't miss this (at the liquor dome no less) ? mike said that we'd allkathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1061275735931875672003-08-19T03:48:00.000-03:002003-08-19T03:48:55.823-03:00fruit tray? anyone? Halifax International Airport late arrivals (last flight from Toronto, so the *huge* trophy made it intact but 10 pieces of regular luggage went astray?) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1061054956191044932003-08-16T14:29:00.000-03:002003-08-19T04:17:47.386-03:00
The annual Melvin clan family picnic (tartan above) is tomorrow at the old homestead in Chezzetcook (the house itself was abandoned years ago & and remains, partially tumbled in on itself, at the back of the property) ... tonight it's joel plaskett at the marquee if I can stand it and am not too tuckered out by inventory... pictures from the picnic (uncle jerry & the pig, linda's cottage, kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1060924192755308022003-08-15T02:09:00.000-03:002003-08-15T02:20:01.940-03:00 power outages everywhere, our government blames US, US blames canada, no point in blaming anyone as it was inevitable and pretty frightening for many reasons ... I have a new crush on gray davis ...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1060551721473111452003-08-10T18:42:00.000-03:002003-08-13T19:39:43.236-03:00pictures from lawrencetown beach (3:30pm : toes in the cold water, mennonite woman swimming, me & mike taking pictures, sea grass & the path, goofy pic mike took of me, 1 of him) : kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549773.post-1060480635072732062003-08-09T22:57:00.000-03:002003-08-28T22:29:12.653-03:00lucas says: Just wanted to make sure everyone knows that Julie Doiron is playing this Monday (Aug. 11) at the Khyber. 9:30pm, $10, with Jill Barber opening. It was a last-minute booking, so it's not in The Coast. pictures from the show (posted Tuesday) - julie takes direction from dusty, benn watching, julie plays so fast (& if that didn't make you cry... ) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599310448820305187noreply@blogger.com0