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Dear person who found my wallet at the movie theatre on Monday and didn’t turn it in so I could get it back:

I hope you are enjoying looking at my really bad Health Card photo, which was taken after an all-night bus trip to Ottawa. It was the lighting - I don’t really look like Bea Arthur in person, I swear. Howsabout that old Ryerson student ID card, where the pic shows how I couldn’t possibly be happier to have finally moved away from home? And did those photo booth pics of my friend Lana and I flipping the bird make you chuckle? Probably not as hard as my recent bank machine receipts - yeah, pretty crazy how far into the negatives those bank people will let you go! Ahhh ha ha ha! Well good, you deserve a good laugh. You’ve had a hard day of picking up things that don’t belong to you and carrying that shit around - you must be all worn out. Why don’t you sit back, relax and get yourself a free sub? It took me a couple of months to save up those stamps - I recommend adding honey mustard to whatever you get. Don’t worry, they’ve got you covered if you’re on that Atkins diet junk. When you’re done, why dontcha wash it all down with a big ole coffee courtesy of the pre-paid coffee card my friend Jenn gave me? Actually I think I had ten bucks left on that thing - go for the frappucino with extra whipped cream. Oh, but please don’t call the phone number written on the piece of paper in the change pocked. I know it says “Call me - Jay” but I really wasn’t sure that I was going to go through with it - I hear that dude’s a player. As for the VISA card - nice try sucka, but I cancelled that about 10 seconds after the wallet went missing…not that you could’ve charged anything on a maxed out card anyway. Maybe you could put the 40 bux I had in there towards something nice for yourself.

When you have a moment, maybe try and think of what kind of person I am, based on the contents of my wallet. Make up little stories of how I spend my weekends or try to guess what my favourite band might be. I know I’ll be thinking of what kind of person you are when I’m standing in line at the drivers license office next week for 7 hours, trying replacing my card.

tami, you are so right. sometimes you do get a great record and it really does make your day. today is such a day.

this morning i cracked open an envelope and found earlimart’s treble & tremble. i heart it. it has totally made my day. please do make the time to?check it out.

and while you’re at it, pick up the organ’s grab that gun. with the addition of interpol’s antics, these are my three favourite new records and i kinda think they should be yours too.

Dear Diary,

If I knew that making TV would be at times so challenging, I might have considered staying in kindergarden for about errr 25 years. I looove paste. Getting stuff done is difficult when the heavens conspire to have tapes go missing and make your shows 11 minutes short. Okay, maybe that last part was my fault, but since when did we start a witch hunt at work? The net of it is that there are days that are trying. It’s not all glitz and glam. Sometimes, you sit on your gum and then have to do an interview with someone famous and pretend like gum on your butt is cool. “Oh yeah, everyone is doing gum butt in Europe”. And sometimes, you get a CD from a record rep that’s just terrific and really makes your day. Did I mention that no record reps came by today?

My undying love goes out to Jason today for sending me this Fugtastic link….it’s like they can hear our inner monologue. I’ve been snickering ALL DAY.

Thank you Hannah for that lovely dedication. I am touched (though not as often as I’d like to be).

It’s a time of change here in our lovely country - summer is almost over and you poor students have one weekend of bliss left before you go back to school. The birds are beginning to flock for their trip south and, most importantly, today is my last day at Much. It’s time for me to leave and see what the big wide world has to offer.

I just wanted the chance to say bye to all the friends I have made here and the things they have taught me. Things like: never mention Kenny Rogers.

Or, if you have a parrot don’t name it Sucker because if you lose it, the lost pet poster will just make people laugh. What?

Anyway, it’s been great working amongst such creative silly music lovers as yourselves. Carry on my wayward sons…you’re the best!

Hey dudes.

This is me today:

Soundtrack: Alphabetical, Phoenix

I am a Wild Library: Just finished “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” David Sedaris (love him!) and looking forward to tonight when I have a date with JT LeRoy’s “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things”

Film Festival Countdown is at 9 Days: Kinsey, Modigliani, Zero, Quill, Saving Face plus lots more

Drink: Green tea with milk and sugar

You Came To See A Rock Show: Looking forward to Electrelane

Cute Item of the Day: Panda cookie

Obsession of the Day: French!

Today’s blog is dedicated to NewMusic producer, pet-lover and wild woman of rock, Christina Tex. Xoxo.

I need to discuss some VMA-related fluff for a sec, if you please.

1. Let’s never see Bruce Willis doing the ‘Lean Back’ again, ‘mkay? And remember how at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards P.Diddy was hanging out with Ashton…I think there’s some sort of weird Demi connect the dots here but I’m bored already.

2. It did seem like Mr. Combs had enjoyed a tad bit too much of the sauce that night, as he kept walking in front of the camera during the Black Eyed Peas pre-grame show interview. We liked how when Mase pulled the same schtick, MTV News’ Sway commented, “That’s not very preacherly.” Zing!

3. Finally and most importantly. Hello J.Lo? Dumbledore called and since Hogwarts is now back in session, they’re going to need the Sorting Hat back. Seriously, when she took to the podium to intro Usher did you not hear a voice whispering, “Hmm…now I see it…Hufflepuff!”

Hello September.
I’m in the middle of a read-a-thon. I was on vacation last week in L.A., and while on the beach read The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. And yes, I’m bragging about being on vacation. Specifically about being on a beach. I rarely read fiction, but I couldn’t put this book down. My make up artist (VJ perk) Karen lent it to me. I traded her Nickel and Dimed. Read both.

And I’ve subscribed to so many mags, my mailbox is maxed out . Current subs include Rolling Stone, Paper, Bust, and EW. A most interesting read was the profile on porn star Jenna Jameson in Rolling Stone with Tom Cruise on the cover. It kinda left me feeling sorry for her.

While in the city of angels I also enjoyed the L.A. Times, with features on topics I think about like energy drinks and vegan car consumers (that was front page!). Too bad you have to register at their site. Even though it’s free, I don’t like having to hand over my info. Bad enough all the spammers seem to know how to find me.

Before you get tired of reading about reading, I’ll make this THE END.