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Currently listening to: “Shame Is On Your Side” – Terror Bird It’s time for a rant on manners, folks. I was going to write about the Michael Ignatieff townhall meeting (with emphasis on the running themes of extended metaphor usage) and the rather heartening level of student engagement. Let it be noted that though all […]

Currently listening to: “Nowhere with You” – Joel Plaskett This intriguing article from the New York Times on the gradual Americanization of perceptions on mental disorders is incredibly worth reading. The article presents an interesting take on the effects seen from the spread of Western labels and generalized treatment of mental disorders. In bringing up […]

Currently listening to: “Elizabeth” – The Dreadnoughts So, it’s been a while. I apologize for the schizophrenic nature of this entry in advance. For the past three days, I’ve been at UBC Model UN (UBCMUN), wading the waters of faux-international diplomacy and (“fair and balanced”) journalism. Representing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (read: North […]

Everyone else is going to write/has written terribly philosophical and thoughtful things regarding the turn of the decade, so I shan’t bother with the melodrama and cut straight to the madcap fun bit: the best of the past year. I’m aware that one usually ought to do this sort of thing before the new year […]

Currently listening to: “The Banks of the English Bay” – Said the Whale It’s been forever since I’ve done a live theatre review! Yes, I fail at attempting to be a mini-Great White Way report. Having neglected to write about Les Miserables, Rent, Catch Me If You Can, Wicked, and others, I think it’s time […]