no reading whatsoever...

well, reading week has been a BLUR! my roommate and i were downtown just about every day, all over the place and super busy. no reading was done whatsoever haha! things we did: went to yuk yuks to watch our friend alex perform during humber student night (awesome, i laughed SO hard and got called pebbles), went to old faithful sneaky dees (hip hop night yeeeah hipsters dancing to rap! not awk at all), met some friends visiting from ottawa for dinner, went shopping, spent two hours and $60 at staples getting our portfolios printed, lowe roche portfolio show, the pretty reckless concert at tattoo rock parlour, aaaand that's about it i think.

lowe roche was pretty great. i spoke with a writer there, mike, and he gave me some tips about my work and some tips in general for portfolios. #1 do not put radio scripts in unless they are amazing. #2 do not put tv scripts in unless they are amazing. and then just some stuff about my individual campaigns. overall a good experience, met up with a few peeps from the copywriting program. i also feel like i recognized a ton of people who i follow on twitter from other schools, but was waaaay to stressed to go over and introduce myself without sounding silly haha. LR has a wicked office, i basically feel like i was living the ad buzz tour video as i walked the hallways lol. so after that, we went and got some sweets at second cup, i also had a london fog which i think is my new fave, and went home. way less nerveracking than i expected, which is pretty cool.

then saturday was the pretty reckless. it was snowing buckets so i was happy that i didn't wear my dress, and was wearing my ass kickin' doc martens. we met jenn and don and waited in line, got in and all settled etc. the show was soo early. it started at 7 and was done by 10ish. the first opening band, a thousand horses, was awesome! they had a great sound, a mixture of rock, and southern blues. man they were great. seriously, look them up. the funny thing is that they all had girlishly long hair, except the drummer who had a shaved head. out of plaaaaace lol. then the next band came on. dear lord. runner runner was their name. they sounded like a boy band, the guitarist reminded me of will schuester from glee and he kept winking and uuughhhh. awful. anyways, after they were fiiiiiinally done, came the pretty reckless and little j herself. although, the name hardly suits her anymore as she came onstage in leather shorts (underwear basically), dog collar, and a tank that said i fuck for satan. with her eyes blacked out, stringy platinum extensions and black platform boots, she looked nothing like the jenny humphrey or little cindy lou hou that everyone remembered her by. all that aside, man that girl can sing. and shake it. and scream. in fact, the screamy parts of the songs were better than the melodic singing parts. this girl was born to raise her voice. and that she did. at one point, she wanted to bring some girls on stage and was trying to get people to strip to go up with her. needless to say, my tank top stayed on thank-you-very-much. HA! two lucky gals got up there with her and shook what their mamas gave 'em for a song or two. all in all it was an amaaaaazing show. i was a bit apprehensive that she would not sound good live as compared to the recordings, but i'd say it was almost better. her energy was contagious. she thanked us after every song and as we all cheered replied with a "holy fuck you guys are loud" damn right taymoms. the music turned down and the lights came up. 10 oclock. so much for dancing our asses off after the show. we got our coats and ventured into the snowglobe that was toronto on saturday night. as i sat on the streetcar on the way home, i basically decided that i would have been too tired to party after anyways, and by the time we finally got home i was pooped!

sunday i just puttered around i think... i don't even remember. all i remember is the wicked dinner i made us! honey chili chicken (for yvonne) and gardein "chicken" for me! oh my... it was great. throw some olive oil, honey, a clove of garlic, a sprinkle of brown sugar and a tablespoon of red pepper flakes in the food processor. then dump it into a ziploc bag with your choice of protein (tofu, gardien... whatevs) and put it in the fridge to marinate for a couple of hours. bake at 350 for about 40 - 45 minutes. omgz. enjoy with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli yummo.

today, i worked on my homework, and coloured! it was so fun and really made me relax. i printed out some line drawings of state birds and coloured them to put up on the wall in my room. so fun

then for dinner, i was feeling like some seitan, so i found a recipe to make vegan chicken wings with seitan! oh. my. god soooo yummy! legit tasted like real chicken wings.... minus the chicken! lord they were spicy, but delicious. my carnivorous roommate even enjoyed them :) alongside that i made some corn, and red skinned potato oven fries, of which i arranged on the cookie tray like an ocd person, but i was just bored i swear.....

                                      

they turned out amazingly, definitely a recipe i'll make again, on both accounts. wings recipe: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/maindishentreerecipes/r/seitanwings.htm

for the potatoes, just toss them with some olive oil, s+p and garlic powder, bake at 450 for 25 minutes. delish. i put some bananas in the freezer to try a recipe for raw ice cream... we'll see how that works after gossip girl. yay for cooking and trying new things. i love itttt!!!

other news, first day at my new job tomorrow at the lakeshore yacht club. just getting the clubhouse ready before the season opens, then i'll be working full time, 10 mins away from my house, outside by the water all day! so pumped. 

sorry for rambling, i just needed to get all my thoughts out! back to school wednesday blaaaah but i guess i got a good break :) 

lator gators 

soph

summer, come faster!

go. do.

so, i've seen this commercial quite a few times, and every time i see it, i think 'wow i should blog about it, i love it SO much!' but never got around to do it. now that i have some free time (yay reading week!) here it goes.

i find this commercial so inspiring. i think it's because a huge part of me wants to go on an epic adventure. one of the best parts of my summer was when one of my best friends came to visit me when i was staying in halifax and we rented a car and just drove. we ended up stopping on the side of the highway, jumping the guard rail, and swimming in the ocean. it was so amazing! this commercial captures that feeling exactly. it is shot so beautifully, you don't even care about the features of the car, you just want to be where those people are.

the only problem i had with this commercial was that i didn't remember what the brand/model of car was. for days i kept searching chevy cruze on youtube because i thought that's what the ad was for... maybe a slight problem?? lol so, while this commercial is stunning and makes you feel free spirited and adventurous, can you really say it is effective if you don't remember what brand it was for? maybe it is just me, because i was so stoked seeing the surfing, that that's all i could think about haha! anyone else have any opinions on this ad? 

a couple more ads from the campaign, which speak more to the features of the car, while still capturing the same visual feeling

if anyone knows which agency created this campaign, please let me know, so i can apply for a job there immediately haha! :)

have a good weekend! and happy reading week!

soph

just a typical thursday

today started off great. i woke up at 830, hit the gym and had an awesome workout. came home and had my breakfast, a new creation i discovered today: gala apple dipped in natural peanut butter - yummy! and a protein shake. i went into the bathroom to shower and start getting ready for school. turn the water on to let it heat up..... its cold.... still cold.... the water ran for three minutes on the hottest setting and was still freezing! nooooo! my roommate calls our landlord and is informed that someone is coming to look at it between 11 and 3. oh great, i have to be at school at one, have a presentation and im still all sweaty and nasty from the gym! gaaaah! something like this would happen to me... my years of reading little house on the prairie with my mum kicked in. i fill the kettle with water and plug it in. having never had the need to birdbath, i didn't really know how this was going to work. as i waited for the kettle to boil, my roommate and i discussed my plan of attack. we concluded that i should definitely stand in the tub so i don't get water all over the place. the kettle started to boil. i brought the bowl of hot water into the bathroom and had my birdbath. needless to say, i am extremely grateful for hot running water, and i don't know how all those people managed to do that kind of bathing every day for hundreds of years!

now i'm all cleaned up and dressed, hopefully the water will be fixed by the time we get home tonight! what an experience haha! on the other hand, no hot water means we can't do the dishes.... ;)

almost friday! you can do it!!!
soph

paris, je t'aime

one of the many blogs i follow is the3six5. each day, a new writer posts, so it is 365 days by 365 people with 365 different points of view. it is really interesting and inspiring to see different writing styles and opinions from people around the world. today's post was really beautifully written, about the champs elysees in paris. my favourite paragraph: 


Standing on the Champs Elysées, be it down at Concorde or on top of the Arc du Triomphe, you know that you will go, but it will stay. You stand there exactly as many others did before, and that list is quite extraordinary as it goes from Napoleon to Santos-Dumont, from Hitler to De Gaulle, from Miguel Induráin to Zinedine Zidane. If you bypass the bright logos and the massive shop windows, the place looks pretty much the same today as it did back then, like an old picture frozen in time.


having spent most of a summer in paris when i was younger, i really relate to Mediavilla's description. i always wondered about the events that have happened there before, wondering who has stood in the exact place that i was standing that second. i think there is something really special about spending time in a city that has so much history. 

read the rest of his post at http://the3six5.posterous.com/february-9-2011-adrian-mediavilla

let them eat cake

i am pretty obsessed with sofia coppola's marie antoinette, and this fashion film by wildfox couture captures the same aesthetic beautifully. now i just want to eat cupcakes and macarons all day though haha

... i think i'll wear a bow in my hair today! lol

tgif everyone

soph

best

i was laying in bed last thinking about school (what else is new) projects and whatnot. then i started thinking about my classmates. we see each other everyday. we hang out on weekends, brainstorm together, go to bars together, shop together and live together. i thought about how lucky we are to have all met each other and get along so well! it's been three years. some of them i know everything about, to the point that i consider them my sisters, and some i am just starting to really get to know this year even. i'm very thankful for these lovely people in my class and am happy to be able to call them my friends. to all the third year cabas, thanks for being there for me and i'm glad we are all going through this crazy adschool/life journey together!
: ) you guys rock

soph