As you can see I decided to go as Miss Love. Here I am with Madonna at Il Motore last night.
Me and Lara at the Cruise Controle party last night.
“We imagined a project that would synthesize the tactility of the art object with the non-linear mode of viewing of hypertext. It would have the content and the fetishistic aestheticism of a magazine, but it would not be bound. It would come in a box. It would take advantage of being unbound to present media traditionally unavailable in a magazine format. This is what we’ve made: an internet for your hands.”
- Tess Edmonson, preface to Palimpsest 01
This sounds really cool. It’s basically a beautiful box of limited edition multimedia objects, published periodically, including audio, video, text, images, and textiles. I’m looking forward to checking it out at their launch party in a few weeks.
Palimpsest Magazine 01 - the inaugural issue - is curated by Danielle St-Amour and Tess Edmonson, and exists in an exclusive run of only 50 issues. 01 features fine art works by Chris Foster, Matt King, Peter Thompson, Aisling Macken and Stacey Ho; writing by Neil Holyoak and Tess Edmonson; video works by Willie Brisco, Tobias Rochman, Brendan Reed, Christopher Mills and Kevin Hainey; and a mixtape-cassette curated by Shub Roy of Grand Trine/Pink Noise and Mark Fragua of Wax Attic/Ultrathin.
Launch party at Drawn and Quarterly (211 rue Bernard Ouest) in Montreal on Thursday, November 12th, 7-10pm.
Photo from the wikipedia entry for “palimpsest”
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neither of us remembers what is happening/when this was taken, but we look like we’re having fun, so cool?
My friend Marilis started yet another blog. This one seems like it’ll be my favourite because it’s about her life, but whatever, I’m following all the other ones too. If you’d like more of the above (she promises “tales of party wounds and blackouts from Hangover city”) then check it out.
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Still life of precious objects I’m bringing back to Montreal tomorrow:
- Expensive hair conditioner, I can’t afford this crap on my own, but oy what bleaching does to my locks, oy!
- Just Us! coffee. Excellent, yummy, locally owned, co-op, fair trade, organic…
- 6 pack white sports socks. It just sucks to buy these in your own city. I’m totally stocked now.
- Fresh garlic from my mom’s friend’s garden. I have a whole paper bag full of these things to take back with me. They’re soo much better than store bought garlic, it’s crazy. And I’m a bit of a garlic fiend.
Brave Radar
brynnachilds: Sometimes it pays to check out the strangers that follow me. This girl’s band is pretty sweet.
cameronr: Cosign.
Thanks guys!
Reuters: U.N. to send Iraqi refugees food aid by text message
“They will be able to exchange their electronic vouchers for rice, wheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, oil and canned fish, as well as cheese and eggs—items that cannot usually be included in conventional aid baskets,” [WFP spokeswoman Emilia Casella] told a Geneva news briefing.
Virtually all the 130,000 Iraqis who now regularly receive WFP food assistance in Syria have mobile phones, and the U.N. agency often sends text messages to tell them where food staples will be distributed, the spokeswoman said.
Casella described it as a way to help refugees eat a more diversified diet while also supporting local farmers and businesses.
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Because - Postcards (from their self-titled cassette)
Swine Flu Prevention Tips
Here’s some advice from a Mister Doctor Oz (passed on to me by my mother) on how to minimize your chance of becoming infected with H1N1, ie. swine flu:
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.
While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
2. ”Hands-off-the-face” approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat or bathe.)
3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine or Hydrogen Peroxide if you don’t trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don’t underestimate this simple, inexpensive, and powerful preventative method.
4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water, or hydrogen peroxide. *Blowing the nose softly once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc.) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
Ok! Stay safe!
