In the spring of year 2012, two of my good friends and I will be going backpacking in Europe. We are going to be there for a month.....or more. It really just depends on the money situation. I'm hoping for a lottery win so I can stay as long as I want, but otherwise a month or two. I'm very fortunate in the fact that my parents are encouraging my traveling and are happy that I'm pursuing my dreams. Rachel and Kelly's parents are not so keen on it, but they will have to deal with it because this is not a fantasy...we're doing this shit up...hard. Yup. We are going hardcore backpacking, like only one small backpack each. We decided that dresses are the most versatile ( and the cutest), so we are mostly bringing those. We are going to try to do a different country every three days. We will be staying in hostels to save money and meet traveling friends! :) Also, we have decided to eat only one expensive meal per country, so that we can experience the culture but not experience debt. The rest of the time we will be eating fruit and bread. (We are counting on coming back really skinny and cultured!) Our days in writers craft and soon to be commtech, mostly revolve around looking up cheap flights, places to go in Europe, backpacks, hostels, travel trips, and dresses. I'm going to Italy with Scarletto on march break of this year, and am saving up for gelato. I also have another savings jar for pubs in the UK.
SUPER BASIC ITINERARY (THAT IS MOSTLY JUST A LIST OF PLACES WE MIGHT GO):
ICELAND
IRELAND
SCOTLAND
ENGLAND
SWEDEN
NORWAY
DENMARK
HOLLAND
POLAND
GERMANY
TRANSYLVANIA
maybe ITALY
maybe FRANCE
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
how i wish i could spend my money
on other people: i wish i could take all my friends shopping in new york. i wish i could feed hungry people and help with disease research. i wish i could give donations to everyone that asked. and i wish i could support PETA, WWF, WNC and all the animal rights and conservation groups, more than i already do.
travel: i wish i could take my mom back to italy and my dad to scotland. i wish me and dylan could go to paris and new york fashion week every year. i wish i could make friends in other countries. i wish i could experience other cultures and learn about the world.
education: i fucking wish i didn't have to take out loans to go to school. i wish i didn't have to be in debt after. blah.
health: i wish i could take my dad to special doctors that would really try to get him well again.
shoes: i wish i could buy every pair of shoes that i fell in love with.
travel: i wish i could take my mom back to italy and my dad to scotland. i wish me and dylan could go to paris and new york fashion week every year. i wish i could make friends in other countries. i wish i could experience other cultures and learn about the world.
education: i fucking wish i didn't have to take out loans to go to school. i wish i didn't have to be in debt after. blah.
health: i wish i could take my dad to special doctors that would really try to get him well again.
shoes: i wish i could buy every pair of shoes that i fell in love with.
how i spend my money
food: i spend gratuitous amounts of money on food. food for me, food for others..just food. and it's not like it's food to eat in meals either. i spend money on muffins....and juice. i don't know how it happens, but it does. that is why i am saving up a gelato fund for italy.
books: i really, really like books. i don't think ive ever been into chapters without buying something. i always find something that i love and have to have. on saturday, i bought a student travel guide to europe and a autobiography about a plus size model. good finds. i do, however, strongly prefer used book stores. just because you find cooler things, and you know someone else enjoyed them before you did.
anything to do with smells: i am a scent fiend. i love perfumes, and incense and candles and body cream and those sorts of things. bath and body works and the body shop are my two favourites. though i like kensigton market and green earth for incense.
thrift stores and flea markets: the problem i have here, is that they are so awesome. i buy tea pots and mugs mostly. along with sweaters and accessories. everything is cheap so i buy a lot...and spend all my money.
books: i really, really like books. i don't think ive ever been into chapters without buying something. i always find something that i love and have to have. on saturday, i bought a student travel guide to europe and a autobiography about a plus size model. good finds. i do, however, strongly prefer used book stores. just because you find cooler things, and you know someone else enjoyed them before you did.
anything to do with smells: i am a scent fiend. i love perfumes, and incense and candles and body cream and those sorts of things. bath and body works and the body shop are my two favourites. though i like kensigton market and green earth for incense.
thrift stores and flea markets: the problem i have here, is that they are so awesome. i buy tea pots and mugs mostly. along with sweaters and accessories. everything is cheap so i buy a lot...and spend all my money.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all. Together we stand, divided we fall.
So, this is the first blog post I've ever done. I don't know how much I'll be on here, but I had to write this down.
On Wednesday, September 15th I saw The Wall live. And it was, by far, THE best concert I have ever been to. Nothing is even in the same realm. My day started off very early. I couldn't sleep the night before but I wasn't tired in the slightest. I finished packing my bags and we started our adventure into Toronto, the best place ever. <--(Scarlett, is that a comma splice error? I think so. Bodkin would be pissed.) We had to check into our hotel which was possibly the sketchiest hotel in the world. It smelt weird and there were ladies of the night strutting around up and down the street. It was worth it though, for the events that would ensue later that night. We walked from our hotel all the way to the ACC. It was only 7 blocks and the weather was nice. We passed one of the residences for Ryerson; which was cool. <--(Scarlett, is that how you are supposed to use semi-colons?) We also got to walk around Dundas-Yonge Square. Fave place. So much cool. Right near Ryerson. Anyways, we got to the ACC which was surrounded by the craziest scalpers of life. So crazy. Hundreds of people started lining up, almost half of which were wearing Dark Side of the Moon t-shirts. Strange at the time, but it is probably because they never really designed nice merch for The Wall. Understandable.
We got in. Sat down. I had to sit beside two young drunk men, but it didn't really bother me. They were nice..and complimented my boots. Johnny Cash was playing. Then a old homeless man started wandering around the floor. He was pushing a shopping cart with a sign in it that read: "WE DON'T NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL!" The security guards asked him to leave but he wouldn't. People started cheering as he walked by and the spotlight followed. The lights grew dim and he threw a mannequin onto the stage. That homeless dude was definitely Roger Waters, which I didn't realize until later. The wall was already partially built on both sides. It went completely black and "In The Flesh?" began. Already the visuals blew me away. It would take me a year to explain everything that was going on throughout all the songs, so I'll just do the basics.
The songs went (obviously) in order as they were on the album, with an intermission before part ll. Ahh, where do I start. Okay. This concert was amazing because he really tied in a lot of todays social issues and made this album probably even more relevant than it was 30 years ago. Read this: http://www.rogerwaters.com/why
I won't go through song by song but I will go over some highlights. On Another Brick in the Wall Part ll he brought in a giant, scary teacher/monster and a bunch of British kids. Mother was awesome. There was a giant, scary mother in the corner and when he asked the question "Mother should I trust the government?" the words NO FUCKING WAY were written on the half built wall. Goodbye Blue Sky made me cry. And probably everyone else too. The visuals included planes dropping bombs which consisted of religious symbols, dollar signs and corporation logos. Compared to what it was about 30 years ago, Young Lust was made to be about sexism and the objectification of women in the media and the fashion industry in present times. Pictures of magazine covers, models and scantily clad women dancing ,whom were not any older than myself, really got the message across. Hey You, which is one of my favourites, was so amazing. They just sat behind the wall and sang to us. So gooooood. I think the drums in that song are really sexy, that is very weird and I know I probably shouldn't but I cannot help it. That is what I think. Nobody Home was reallllly cool. A little living room popped out of the wall and there sat Roger. He was singing and acting at the same time. Sitting on the couch, watching "thirteen channels of shit on TV." Bring the Boys Back Home consisted of pictures of fallen soldiers and other war casualties being shown as bricks in the wall. As soon as Comfortably Numb began the entire crowd was singing along. So loudly in fact, that at some points the music was drowned out. The last couple songs were INTENSE. There were marching hammers, worms crawling in and out of pillars, some really creepy cartoon visuals which I loved, just overall awesome. I don't know how they put all this shit together, my mind was splattered everywhereeee. If you want to know more, I will have a very long, deep conversation with you because that is what I like and really the only way to explain this concert. Finally, the chanting of TEAR DOWN THE WALL won, and the wall came crashing down. Roger said his thanks to us and that he was glad the we were his first show on his tour. I love him. I don't care that he's old. He is so committed to social justice and a peaceful world. Plus, he made some kick ass fucking music.
On Wednesday, September 15th I saw The Wall live. And it was, by far, THE best concert I have ever been to. Nothing is even in the same realm. My day started off very early. I couldn't sleep the night before but I wasn't tired in the slightest. I finished packing my bags and we started our adventure into Toronto, the best place ever. <--(Scarlett, is that a comma splice error? I think so. Bodkin would be pissed.) We had to check into our hotel which was possibly the sketchiest hotel in the world. It smelt weird and there were ladies of the night strutting around up and down the street. It was worth it though, for the events that would ensue later that night. We walked from our hotel all the way to the ACC. It was only 7 blocks and the weather was nice. We passed one of the residences for Ryerson; which was cool. <--(Scarlett, is that how you are supposed to use semi-colons?) We also got to walk around Dundas-Yonge Square. Fave place. So much cool. Right near Ryerson. Anyways, we got to the ACC which was surrounded by the craziest scalpers of life. So crazy. Hundreds of people started lining up, almost half of which were wearing Dark Side of the Moon t-shirts. Strange at the time, but it is probably because they never really designed nice merch for The Wall. Understandable.
We got in. Sat down. I had to sit beside two young drunk men, but it didn't really bother me. They were nice..and complimented my boots. Johnny Cash was playing. Then a old homeless man started wandering around the floor. He was pushing a shopping cart with a sign in it that read: "WE DON'T NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL!" The security guards asked him to leave but he wouldn't. People started cheering as he walked by and the spotlight followed. The lights grew dim and he threw a mannequin onto the stage. That homeless dude was definitely Roger Waters, which I didn't realize until later. The wall was already partially built on both sides. It went completely black and "In The Flesh?" began. Already the visuals blew me away. It would take me a year to explain everything that was going on throughout all the songs, so I'll just do the basics.
The songs went (obviously) in order as they were on the album, with an intermission before part ll. Ahh, where do I start. Okay. This concert was amazing because he really tied in a lot of todays social issues and made this album probably even more relevant than it was 30 years ago. Read this: http://www.rogerwaters.com/why
I won't go through song by song but I will go over some highlights. On Another Brick in the Wall Part ll he brought in a giant, scary teacher/monster and a bunch of British kids. Mother was awesome. There was a giant, scary mother in the corner and when he asked the question "Mother should I trust the government?" the words NO FUCKING WAY were written on the half built wall. Goodbye Blue Sky made me cry. And probably everyone else too. The visuals included planes dropping bombs which consisted of religious symbols, dollar signs and corporation logos. Compared to what it was about 30 years ago, Young Lust was made to be about sexism and the objectification of women in the media and the fashion industry in present times. Pictures of magazine covers, models and scantily clad women dancing ,whom were not any older than myself, really got the message across. Hey You, which is one of my favourites, was so amazing. They just sat behind the wall and sang to us. So gooooood. I think the drums in that song are really sexy, that is very weird and I know I probably shouldn't but I cannot help it. That is what I think. Nobody Home was reallllly cool. A little living room popped out of the wall and there sat Roger. He was singing and acting at the same time. Sitting on the couch, watching "thirteen channels of shit on TV." Bring the Boys Back Home consisted of pictures of fallen soldiers and other war casualties being shown as bricks in the wall. As soon as Comfortably Numb began the entire crowd was singing along. So loudly in fact, that at some points the music was drowned out. The last couple songs were INTENSE. There were marching hammers, worms crawling in and out of pillars, some really creepy cartoon visuals which I loved, just overall awesome. I don't know how they put all this shit together, my mind was splattered everywhereeee. If you want to know more, I will have a very long, deep conversation with you because that is what I like and really the only way to explain this concert. Finally, the chanting of TEAR DOWN THE WALL won, and the wall came crashing down. Roger said his thanks to us and that he was glad the we were his first show on his tour. I love him. I don't care that he's old. He is so committed to social justice and a peaceful world. Plus, he made some kick ass fucking music.
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