This week has been a week of the old/younger me meets the new/older me and it's all been very cultural...new york style. Spice Girls on Monday, and RENT on Wednesday.
For those who are unaware RENT is going dark, i believe, in June. They leave here and are traveling around to ensure everyone gets a chance to hear an amazing soundtrack and see some great acting. Toronto is on that list of places visited.
When RENT first came out in Toronto it was crazy popular for high schoolers to go, get the cheap tickets and watch over and over again...that was not I as i was in boarding school, but I have seen it twice prior to my last Wednesday show and i just love it as much each and every time! The passion of friendship, family and the love between the couples, i could cry for Angel and Collins every time.
For those not able to see the play in the final days, the movie has all but two of the original RENT actors and while it's not the same i still liked it, heck i listen to the theatre soundtrack regularly to feel like i'm there!
Next on the cultural agenda...American Cup for gymnastics
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I have been officially Spiced!
Some of you could care less about this so just skip this blog because i'm about to become that screaming teenager i once was (and clearly still am!).
I SAW THE SPICE GIRLS!!!!
It was an amazing moment, i was jumping up and down with my friend Lauren, screaming and my heart rate was through the roof. The costumes (by Galliano), the routines, the choreography, the back-up dancers, the set and of course THE SONGS!!! ahhhh i nearly lost my voice from singing along with a few thousand of my closest friends.
One of my favorite parts was when Cruz Beckham was breakdancing during Mama...he's THREE!!!! AND i guess they have never pulled ALL the Spice kids up on stage. UBER CUTE and he's such a brave rock star of a kid!!!
I was telling my parents about the concert and they made the comment that it was only an hour and a half...my response was, it's entertainment, there is no variation, no originality or anything during the show...BUT it works and it's amazing!! Part of the reason why they are soooo great is that it's full of cheese (phony hugs and hand holding), amazing choreography they know to the T and the costumes which link them all together as a girl power group and make them look Amazing with a capital A!
This group was me in '96, full of energy, feeling the girl power and loving life (oh wait it still is!)....i'm so happy to have seen them especially since they are wrapping it up for good this time (i'm thinking a Grammy performance 30 years in the future, you know the academy loves that stuff).
Mission Accomplished
Next on my list is Madonna!
I SAW THE SPICE GIRLS!!!!
It was an amazing moment, i was jumping up and down with my friend Lauren, screaming and my heart rate was through the roof. The costumes (by Galliano), the routines, the choreography, the back-up dancers, the set and of course THE SONGS!!! ahhhh i nearly lost my voice from singing along with a few thousand of my closest friends.
One of my favorite parts was when Cruz Beckham was breakdancing during Mama...he's THREE!!!! AND i guess they have never pulled ALL the Spice kids up on stage. UBER CUTE and he's such a brave rock star of a kid!!!
I was telling my parents about the concert and they made the comment that it was only an hour and a half...my response was, it's entertainment, there is no variation, no originality or anything during the show...BUT it works and it's amazing!! Part of the reason why they are soooo great is that it's full of cheese (phony hugs and hand holding), amazing choreography they know to the T and the costumes which link them all together as a girl power group and make them look Amazing with a capital A!
This group was me in '96, full of energy, feeling the girl power and loving life (oh wait it still is!)....i'm so happy to have seen them especially since they are wrapping it up for good this time (i'm thinking a Grammy performance 30 years in the future, you know the academy loves that stuff).
Mission Accomplished
Next on my list is Madonna!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
MPD + 2 party girls +drag queens =good times
So i have a visitor this weekend and it's great because it forces me out of the house for longer walks all over the place it also means i'm guaranteed a good time.
Place: Meat Packing District-->aka area for clubs and dancing
Time: much too late
Setting: a 3 story dance club playing bumping beats, sweaty and over crowded
I bet you're wondering why we would ever want to go to this place, it seems really bad...well it was until we hit the lowest floor and found where all the queens and gay boys were chillin'. This by the way makes for the best parties...they love good tunes, dancing and they always look great. In the presence of the queens we saw a walk off (think Zoolander), pose offs and of course dance routines. And the gay boys wanted to make sure we were having a fun time and that we come and chill with them. ahhh yes good times!
OH and get excited Spice Girls is tomorrow and a post will follow soon after that! ahhhhh i'm about to Spice up my life...again!!
Place: Meat Packing District-->aka area for clubs and dancing
Time: much too late
Setting: a 3 story dance club playing bumping beats, sweaty and over crowded
I bet you're wondering why we would ever want to go to this place, it seems really bad...well it was until we hit the lowest floor and found where all the queens and gay boys were chillin'. This by the way makes for the best parties...they love good tunes, dancing and they always look great. In the presence of the queens we saw a walk off (think Zoolander), pose offs and of course dance routines. And the gay boys wanted to make sure we were having a fun time and that we come and chill with them. ahhh yes good times!
OH and get excited Spice Girls is tomorrow and a post will follow soon after that! ahhhhh i'm about to Spice up my life...again!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
translation from Canadian to American
So i've spent a lot of time in the US prior to my adventure to New York, but i've never come across so many differences and NY isn't that far from Toronto...here are some of the words that have come up in conversation.
litre- clearly there is a difference for canadian's and american's but i never realized people would get so confused when i said i was going to buy a 2 litre container of milk...ounces and quarts...what the hell join the rest of the world please (yes i'm being culturally insensitive, i just slapped myself on the back of my hand)!!Oh and litre is written on the milk containers, but it's written litER and not litRE...why even bother
lanyard=gimp- so there are some words that translate and others that people are mystified. Lanyard/gimp is that plastic string stuff that kids use to make bracelets, key chains (Napoleon Dynamites little girl friend made gimp key chains for those familiar with the movie and not gimp). So gimp just might be a "slang" word because i heard someone call it, boondoggle...yeah really boondoggle...but hey, gimp...that's pretty dumb too
plasticine=playdough (expect Waaaay better!it's firmer, dyed great colours with acrylic paint). So this one came up in my block building class, the teacher was discussing how kids use plasticine to make realistic objects when he stops mid sentence to explain to a bunch of teachers/child lifers what plasticine was. I leaned over to my friend and jokingly said, "so what you guys have never played with plasticine before and need a break down". She looked at me and said, "Um yeah, pretty much". Ahhh, oops. okay. Oh and did you know you can be allergic to plasticine...no idea what is in it to make someone allergic, but yeah you can be.
Pancake Tuesday=Day before Ash Wednesday or Mardi Gras (but really means nada here). So of course since i'm soooooo religious (read: not religious at all, but takes advantage of certain things) i need to celebrate one of my favorite Catholic days, Pancake Tuesday(Which i learned is just Canadian, Australian and British...huh, surprising). Basically i eat pancakes for dinner (this may have just been me and my family doing the dinner thing, but i looooove breakfast for dinner). So when i went to wish my friends happy pancake tuesday(i do these type of things) i got a few blank stares and a response of, don't you mean happy mardi gras? Ummm noooooo comeon of all the days the US should have taken from the Brits this wasn't one!! Oh and for your information IHOP referred to it as "National Pancake Day"...nice try IHOP
Franglais=French and English at the same time. So i've got this bad habit of talking and every so often throwing in a french word. IE: "Shannon you there?" "Oui Oui" or "call before you come up SVP"...of course it has no meaning here, but i never realized it until once again i got blank stares. Also how can people use RSVP and not know what it means...IT'S FRENCH!! But don't worry a little drinking=shannon whips out the spanglish, oh and that makes sense here...but just barely.
litre- clearly there is a difference for canadian's and american's but i never realized people would get so confused when i said i was going to buy a 2 litre container of milk...ounces and quarts...what the hell join the rest of the world please (yes i'm being culturally insensitive, i just slapped myself on the back of my hand)!!Oh and litre is written on the milk containers, but it's written litER and not litRE...why even bother
lanyard=gimp- so there are some words that translate and others that people are mystified. Lanyard/gimp is that plastic string stuff that kids use to make bracelets, key chains (Napoleon Dynamites little girl friend made gimp key chains for those familiar with the movie and not gimp). So gimp just might be a "slang" word because i heard someone call it, boondoggle...yeah really boondoggle...but hey, gimp...that's pretty dumb too
plasticine=playdough (expect Waaaay better!it's firmer, dyed great colours with acrylic paint). So this one came up in my block building class, the teacher was discussing how kids use plasticine to make realistic objects when he stops mid sentence to explain to a bunch of teachers/child lifers what plasticine was. I leaned over to my friend and jokingly said, "so what you guys have never played with plasticine before and need a break down". She looked at me and said, "Um yeah, pretty much". Ahhh, oops. okay. Oh and did you know you can be allergic to plasticine...no idea what is in it to make someone allergic, but yeah you can be.
Pancake Tuesday=Day before Ash Wednesday or Mardi Gras (but really means nada here). So of course since i'm soooooo religious (read: not religious at all, but takes advantage of certain things) i need to celebrate one of my favorite Catholic days, Pancake Tuesday(Which i learned is just Canadian, Australian and British...huh, surprising). Basically i eat pancakes for dinner (this may have just been me and my family doing the dinner thing, but i looooove breakfast for dinner). So when i went to wish my friends happy pancake tuesday(i do these type of things) i got a few blank stares and a response of, don't you mean happy mardi gras? Ummm noooooo comeon of all the days the US should have taken from the Brits this wasn't one!! Oh and for your information IHOP referred to it as "National Pancake Day"...nice try IHOP
Franglais=French and English at the same time. So i've got this bad habit of talking and every so often throwing in a french word. IE: "Shannon you there?" "Oui Oui" or "call before you come up SVP"...of course it has no meaning here, but i never realized it until once again i got blank stares. Also how can people use RSVP and not know what it means...IT'S FRENCH!! But don't worry a little drinking=shannon whips out the spanglish, oh and that makes sense here...but just barely.
Monday, February 4, 2008
GIANTS WIN...New York erupts!
I'm not even sure where to begin when talking about the Super Bowl...is it with the new love of my life (no not football, but Eli Manning...without his sweaty teen stache), the hilarious advertisements or the rockin' Tom Petty and his weave. Ahhh Super Bowl an event which i have always enjoyed, but now i can say that i actually understand and thoroughly enjoyed it! A tradition we Child Lifers will continue. Since no one wants to hear about the play by plays...because really i've already forgotten most of the technical stuff...i've compiled a list of my favorites things about yesterdays game
10) Even before the game started people were yelling and honking and my grocery store was sold out of all the Bud beers...wait is that a regular new york day though?
9) The red carpet...So my friend Kegan laughed at me when i asked about a red carpet for a major event such as this, he scoffed "it's football". Then when i arrived at the party he said, so did you see Ryan Seacrest's red carpet....WHAAAATT...yeah well i guess John Travolta and a few others walked the carpet before taking their seats at the game, and i missed it!
8)I'm not poking fun at Bill Belichick because he's the coach for the rival team, but i have a few questions regarding his sports wear. This being the cut off sweatshirt. My friend Erin had a lot of issues because of all people who could wear anything, he chooses the cut off sweat shirt and not a nice vest with a monogrammed Pat's logo...hehe, yeah right
7) Paula Abdul and the entertainment- So Paula did a rather "interesting" performance...a flashback to her opposites attract era, but she is now 20 years older, but paula still has an amazing body and she really does try work that stage. BUT Alicia Keys, ahhmazing...ah i can't wait for when she does a half time show! Oh and Tom Petty warmed my heart. I love to see he and the heart breakers still getting their groove on...but his weave was a little bit bizarre who told him it was okay to wear his hair like that.
6)HD football watching...It's like being at Imax. The colours are so vibrant, it moves so fast, it's like being at the game...it's the ONLY way to watch sports i've decided.
5) food...ahhh food-Super Bowl=lots of food and boy can a bunch of girls bring it. polenta chili, choco filed pretzels, real onion dip, mini pizza's, ginger bread...and beer ahhh beer.
4) Advertisements- my theory was due to the writers strike the ads would be amazing...not amazing, but still here are some of my favs...Doritos and the catching of the rat, the talking etrade baby...the Sobe thriller lizards...and the 2 Jackie Moon (will ferrell) budlight ads (ps: budlight, go suck one, hehe)...well you check them out and decide...sooo many that i was laughing over
http://www.spike.com/
ps: for those who know me, the Fedex carrier pigeon commercial haunted my dreams last night, chills...what sick ad exec. okay'd that ad?!
3) How the MVP gets a car...WHAT...isn't there no I in team? ps: isn't a Caddy Escalade gone hybrid a bit backwards...does that not equal a regular cars gas consumption? just checkin'
2) The NY Giants won...of course it makes the list of favorite things about the game
1) "House" after the game- let's be realistic here "House" is always number one for me even if the Giants did win
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