One of my favourite Canadian bands from the 90′s are The Watchmen and I got to see them last Saturday with Rhi.  They sang all my favourites, Say Something, Any Day, Stereo and That’s Just The Way.  I was so excited to see them play again and it was a great show.

Here’s the video I got of “That’s Just The Way”

Woah. Just made it in time to count as a post for today.

Sex Symbol Couture was nice enough to send me 3 pairs of sunglasses from their Redlight Eyewear line and they are are super hot!  I’m loving the black ones and am going to give away a white pair & tortoise shell pair to you!

All you have to do is leave a comment below telling me your favourite thing you got to do this summer, and what colour you would like and I’ll pick the winner at random on Monday, October 4th.  Contest is open to anyone in North America.

I’ve got a box full of treats and more giveaways and contests to come!

This is the photo I was looking for from our FoMo party the other night.  I have such pretty friends Missing a couple of us. xoxo

Me, Carri, Krista & Rhianne

I met with Morgan from Birds of Wales earlier this week and he invited me to come see his band  open for The Watchmen at the Horseshoe last night.

I went with Rhianne and we had a really good time, didn’t get home last night til 4am and I’m pretty tired today. It was both of our first time seeing Birds of Wales and they are really good live.  Ended up bumping into my friend Rose, who does Morgan’s hair and works at Brennen Demelo and it was a really fun night.  I hadn’t seen The Watchmen play in probably 10 years and it was such a good show.  Definitely brought back high school nostalgia (hi to anyone from Brock who reads this).   We hung around til the end and went to Lakeview with Morgan, his guitar player & girlfriend and I had my 3rd breakfast meal of the day.  Pretty awesome night.

This afternoon I got to hang out with my Mom.  It was so nice to spend the time together just the two of us.  We went to the Clothing Show, thanks to Marie for the tickets and designer envelope I got a really nice sweater dress from Embody and the girls at the booth were so nice.  The photo is me with the owner Tara White.

I need to go have a nap now cause I’m wiped and Diggy is DJ-ing at Tattoo tonight.  I’d like to go but it depends if I wake back up tonight or sleep right through.

Here is a video of Birds of Wales performing “Not All Musicians Are Broke”.  Have one of The Watchmen too but it’s taking forever to upload.  Will post it and the photos tomorrow.

Last Thursday Fairlie Agency talent Angela Cullins hosted a TIFF party at FoMo.  We had a great night and tons of people came out.  We drank Moet and had a few arm wrestling competitions.  I did not win After the Fomo party Me, Rhi, Krista, Carri, Adam & 2 of his friends went to the Casino Jack afterparty (no idea where it was).  I met Kevin Spacey and chatted with him for about 15 minutes.  He was a really nice and interesting guy.  We closed the bar down and headed over to McDonald’s for some late night food.  There was the craziest, bitchiest girl freaking out because she got the wrong chicken sandwich.  She was pretty rude and obnoxious and I really wanted to say something to her, but didn’t want to end up in a fight with some random crazy.  We had a super fun night and I’m so happy the ladies came out.  Love you girls.

It seems that there aren’t any photos of me, Carri, Krista & Rhianne – so if you guys have one send it to me so I can add it!

Here are some photos from FoMo and you can check out my Picasa for the rest of the images.

Angela & Me

Bucky, Angela, Corey

Me with bad hair & Robbie

Sandra & Tyler

Ed & his cousin

Matt & his friend

Me & Karl

Adam (mid-sentence), Me, Casie

The start of the arm wrestling

• If you’re in Toronto and looking for something interesting to do this weekend then you should check out the Grand Opening of Evergreen Brick Works
  “Evergreen Brick Works is a community environmental centre that inspires and equips visitors to live, work and play more sustainably. Evergreen, a national charity, has transformed the former Don Valley Brick Works from a collection of deteriorating heritage buildings into an international showcase for urban sustainability and green design that is open year-round.”
• Found this breathtaking photos of the night sky on Gala’s site last week.  You have to take a look.
• One of my actors Joe Silvaggio sent me the article The Road to Recovery for Michael Vick’s Dogs this week.  It is an amazing and inspiring article about what happened to the 51 pitbulls rescued from his dog fighting facilities.  I think the most important thing to take from this is that PITBULLS ARE NOT BAD DOGS.  Out of 51 dogs, who had been abused, tortured and trained to fight and kill, 47 have been successfully rehabilitated and are living in dog sanctuaries, among other dogs and some have even been adopted.  This article should be spread around and shared with anyone who agrees with breed specific legislation.
• I’ve written about my friend Lyall here before.  He’s a really interested and talented artist who’s show Coping Mechanism’s is on at The Cannery in Peterborough right now.  I love his unicorn paintings the most.
• Vanity Fair has a good article about Sean Parker, the founder of Napster & Facebook.  Really interesting read via Nubby
• Ever wondered what a McDonald’s hamburger from 1996 looks like…. 12 years later?
• If you haven’t check out Currybomb‘s blog yet, you better head on over and get caught up.  I love her!
• Excellent advice & quotes from the one & only Henry Rollins
• This is for anyone who is a little shy when it comes to talking dirty.  Sex Cigars & Booze gives you How To Talk Dirty: 50 Examples That’ll Make You Blush
• I don’t know if my brother ever reads my blog, but this link is for him and anyone who loves Volkswagen’s.  Volkswagen Literature from 1938-1979

That’s it for me today.  I’m going to sit outside on the porch, finish my work in the sun and hopefully feel human again.  I’ll leave you with a photo of Hector, one of the rehabilitated dogs, and the video below is Glee! covering Britney Spear’s Toxic.

Last night I was invited to Robyn Dell’Unto‘s debut album release at Supermarket.  I’d been sent a preview of her album earlier in the week and really couldn’t wait to hear her live.

She was such an great performer and I really love her sound.  A really pretty, folky voice mixed with a bit of a dirty mouthed banter and the crowd loved her.  She had hers sisters were working the merch booth and one of them got up to sing with her on a song.  She’s gone on tour for the next month and then back to Toronto where I’ll hopefully get a chance to interview her.

Thanks so much to Cam & Todd of Cool Planet Entertainment for the invite!

Here’s a video of her last song “Just A Bird”

Almost missed posting today.  Have to leave for class shortly.  I missed last week because of TIFF but it was ok.  Realized today that I had homework.  I completely forgot about homework and have never been a fan, but oh well.  Got it done in time.

I’m really missing Chad lately.  It’s hard to not be able to talk every day or see him.  We skype & Google chat as much as we can but the wifi on his bus isn’t very good so it always boots him off.  I can’t wait for him to come home in October.  Only 2 more weeks til I get to see him and then he’s here for a week and back on tour for another month.

Had a really busy & productive day today.  Brock came over to work on some top secret projects, Carri was here sewing a really nice pouch for her new job.  Rhi & Maggie came over to play and pee on the floor – Maggie not Rhi – and Kyle & Aime cleaned up.

Tonight is the album release for Robyn Dell’Unto‘s debut album. I got a sneak preview copy from her management and it is really good.  I can’t wait to see her perform live tonight.

OK, short and sweet today.  Back tomorrow with some good stuff.  I’ll leave you this photo of me and Adam Booth (one of my actors) arm wrestling at a champagne bar.  Keepin’ it classy

I’ve been up since 6:30am because I couldn’t sleep anymore and just found Kelly Cutrone & Justine Bateman’s online show called Wake Up And Get Real.  I can’t believe I haven’t seen or heard of this before and I’m hooked.  The latest episode talks about the ridiculous new Hollywood fad diet the “Baby Food Diet”.  I can’t believe people are really that ridiculous that they would eat baby food.  Justine makes a great point that babies eat when they’re hungry, stop when they’re full and are active all day long – maybe more people should try that.

Last night I went to Flirty Girl Fitness with Raymi to try out Pole Dancing.  I have to admit I was a little scared and slightly intimidated by it, but as soon as we walked in the door I was ready.  The studio is really nice, staff is all very cute and friendly and the pole dancing was actually really fun.  I picked it up right away and I think I’m going to go back and take some more classes.

After our exercise we went over to Marben to have a glass of wine and Raymi’s friend Alex, is the chef there.  He made us an amazing tomato salad and bass.  The food was amazing and the fish was so good I actually ate it!

Then we went to Bier Market on King to meet a new friend of hers.  We walked in the door and the host gave us so much attitude and completely gave me the stink eye when he handed me my menu.  I honestly couldn’t believe how rude he was.  The our waitress copped attitude and everyone was super snotty.  We ordered a dessert that was supposedly made that day and it was old, dry and not very good at all.  I definitely won’t be going back there.  The only good thing about the place was that I got to hear HTV on the satellite radio.

I was on my way up to Queen when Shaun called to see what I was up to and he & some friends were on their way to Hideout so I went to meet them for a drink.  I was there about 5 minutes before and got accosted by some really drunk Netherland-ers.  Made friends with the biggest bartender and then Shaun walked in with his bro & John from Ill Scarlett to save me.  Love seeing and hanging out with Shaun.  FYI – John has a way bigger head and is a way bigger person than me.

Have a lot of work to get done today and then I’m going to go downtown to meet Shaun to re-pierce my nose for the 3rd time.  It’s also Busking for Change all over the city today and you’ll be able to hear some of your favourite Canadian major label & indie artists.  Make sure you bring your change with you because all proceeds go to War Child Canada.  Check out the site to see who’s playing and where.