| November 23, 2009 | Posted by caroline under dreaming, freeform, myself, on identity, personal |
most of the time, i;ve looked at her with envy. i blow her off in a fit of spite, while admiring her from the corner of my eye. she’s everything i;ve wanted to be she’s everything im not. she does all the things i wish i could do, says all the things i’ve been unable…
Writing for the love of it
| November 14, 2009 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, dreaming, lifestyle, myself, personal, storytelling |
God, I miss writing for the love of it. I never make the time these days, not even to write to myself. And when I do write to myself, they’re mangled indulgences text messaged to myself, often observations, regularly my internal conflicts. I am not emotionally nor mentally numbed, no, but I channel it…
The contentious issue of 905ers infiltrating and infesting Toronto
| October 7, 2009 | Posted by caroline under ethics, humour, lifestyle, on identity, storytelling |
Oh those 905ers. You’ve heard of them, you might know a few, you might have actually been one at some point…and they’re talked about far more than you notice. The term 905er has planted itself firmly in Toronto’s slang and in-the-cool jargon, especially in the downtown core. But what exactly is a 905er and why…
Deconstructing: Globe and Mail article on the TIFF boycott
| September 28, 2009 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, in the news |
As taken from the Globe and Mail: Signing protest letter was rash, Fonda says I deconstruct the writing in an article from the Globe and Mail regarding the Toronto Declaration, the Toronto International Film Festival and the role of the Brand Israel campaign in TIFF 2009 My remarks are in italics. Please note the bold…
Be Impeccable with Your Word
| August 22, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
I’ve realized as a journalist and blogger that occasionally gets published and occasionally has readers, and as an actor that occasionally gets acting roles and occasionally takes classes, that it is important that I stay impeccable with my word. I came across this theory of being impeccable with my word during the class I’m taking…
Spoken Word vs Radio vs Music vs Rap
| July 29, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
Someone asked me today why I am so enamoured by spoken word, and what the difference is between spoken word and rap, or why I would listen to spoken word and not simply listen to music, which is in abundance, he asked me why I’m so into spoken word but not so into rap. He…
Canadian Internships, new grads from journalism get exploited
| July 27, 2009 | Posted by caroline under ethics, in the news |
Some months back, my journalist friends and I noticed a trend with “internships.” It was at the height of recession fear-mongering. Media agencies were dealing with their own financial reaction to the economy alongside the shift from traditional journalism to the web, desperately scrounging for revenue through new sources. So everyone was getting laid off.…
Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, sigh
| June 27, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
I feel like I should write something about Michael Jackson before I bury it. When I first heard, I didn’t really digest it. I didn’t think of the hours upon hours I used to spend listening to the “Bad” album, or the first taping of my voice with my brother singing, at 4yrs old, ‘mama…
on reading The God of Small Things
| June 19, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
I thought I’d share my views on The God of Small Things, a book I just finished reading last night after a long stretch. Written for the purpose of Facebook’s Visual Bookshelf. “This is the sort of book that slowly weighs down on your mind and heart, kinda like the moth that figures so prominently…
of forgotten cores and hearts
| May 30, 2009 | Posted by caroline under dreaming, freeform, Uncategorized |
A poem
