Category: storytelling
how to get off the phone
| April 4, 2007 | Posted by caroline under humour, lifestyle, storytelling, Uncategorized |
I practice really horrible phone etiquette…which is why I don’t talk on the phone to many people—I stick to text messaging and internet. So tonight, Ashkan gave me a tutorial on how to go about the oh-so-contentious phone release. “You always have to have that two second pause…..this is like an art, straight up, if…
learning to love you more, attempt #1
| March 19, 2007 | Posted by caroline under humour, personal, storytelling, Uncategorized |
i’m going to do one thing from this site each day: http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/displays/index.php these assignments will surely bring up our spirits, right?? so, to start.. i want to do “60. Write a press release about an everyday event.” omg i just found out i have to send it to actual news publications ok this is what…
borders and migrants
| March 13, 2007 | Posted by caroline under in the news, storytelling, Uncategorized |
i have callouses on my hands from lugging around a bloody 20lb camera case i’m coughing like a crazyyyy mofo. and just when the weather gets better– losing my voice…decided to talk on the phone for TWO HOURS…..first time in MONTHS that i’ve done that…..and of course i do it while i’m trying to finish…
kissing politics and the “science of sleep”
| March 4, 2007 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, lifestyle, storytelling, Uncategorized |
no comments on the all nighter:) lol i watched the science of sleep this afternoon…beautiful movie…i suggest anyone who’s into creating things with their hands, romance, and general quirkiness watch this movie..in fact, i’ll go right ahead and highly recommend it:) michael gondry…the same chap who did eternal sunshine of the spotless mind..must be a…
no dice
| February 28, 2007 | Posted by caroline under freeform, storytelling, Uncategorized |
they said, if you don’t think about him twice then off you go, no dice if he doesn’t make you change your ways maybe you should number your days one to the a, two to the d if you give him more maybe you’ll see that interests are still where they lay you dropped a…
airport hassles
| February 26, 2007 | Posted by caroline under humour, storytelling, travels, Uncategorized |
i officially hate airports. after 3hrs spent there today, i would rather stay in the same place and fester than ever enter one of those vacuous time traps again. first, they open the baggage check late. delayed flight. ugh second, i arrive and go through all their straight-faced customs shit….it’s like they don’t even know…
sexuality, self lovin’
| February 12, 2007 | Posted by caroline under lifestyle, personal, storytelling, Uncategorized |
alright, it’s sexual diversity week here at Con U, plus the school newspaper is putting out a whole issue on sexuality… to top it off, i went to mcgill last night to watch the Vagina Monologues for V Day…yes, not only am I a big fan of sexuality but I am also a GEEK cause…
i woke up at 10am..
| February 10, 2007 | Posted by caroline under dreaming, freeform, storytelling, Uncategorized |
..along the slopes tucked between the folds of highway overpasses and train tracks.. -a book ‘parle anglais bien’…some french-speaking cat’s reading material, on warmer days in anticipation of a bilingual future -the dirty tan shirt she took off in the sweltering heat. yes, i know she lay back in the sun with one arm as…
phone bills, cut them loose!
| January 22, 2007 | Posted by caroline under storytelling, theories, Uncategorized |
Last week i sat on the phone with Bell Canada and thought i was the shit. i brought down a bill that had been accumulating since June from $621.00 to $390. This took two and a half hours of my time. I averaged out a formula to shaving dollars off a phone bill. For every…
ghadr
| January 20, 2007 | Posted by caroline under on identity, on indian roots, storytelling, Uncategorized |
The South Asian Radio News Collective…which I’ve *just* started working with, and will keep you updated on—is thinking of throwing the following word into its name. I just kinda like the meaning:) “The word Ghadr is commonly translated as mutiny. The Ghadr party was formed by Indian migrant workers on the west coast of North…