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Currently listening to: “Falling Slowly” – Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová [Best Play, 2006 Tony Awards] On Friday night, I watched the Arts Club Theatre’s production of Alan Bennett’s Tony Award-winning play, The History Boys. A brilliant and irreverent romp in “anarchy, sex and education”, the story outlines the path of eight British schoolboys as […]

Currently listening to: “Ho Ma Jolie” – Les Trois Accords So as of yesterday, I’ve completed my first Arts One essay. A wave of apprehension (furry green sock-wearing, nail-biting, grapefruit juice-spilling, etc) is taking over as I await next week’s tutorial and the necessity of reading said essay aloud. Now that we’ve got that proclamation […]

Currently listening to: “All The Old Showstoppers” – The New Pornographers Today, I had the good fortune of being on a relatively empty bus going to UBC. In fact, here is a diagram of the bus (Paint, I LOVE YOU) : As I got on the bus, the seats which were occupied were as follows: […]

Currently listening to: “Girl Anachronism” – The Dresden Dolls I realize that I have once mentioned pétanque a few blog entries back, which led to various comments/questions regarding its validity as a sport, what it comprises, etc. So I’ve taken the liberties with Wikipedia; here are some facts for you. Pétanque is a form of […]

Currently listening to: “Schadenfraude” – Avenue Q I really ought to write a coherent entry once in a while; here’s my requisite sane entry of the week. (Translation: This is not just random crack. OR IS IT?!?) Courses: Classes are going splendidly; I have just realized that I haven’t actually mentioned the courses I’m taking […]