suffocated and dying

I have now been actively house hunting for four months - 4! And I've seen quite a few very different houses in a few different neighbourhoods, but last night was different. I saw two houses, only two streets apart from one another and with a $40,000 price tag differential. Both houses were semi-detached, owned by older couples and roughly the same size. But wow, what a difference!

The first house looked like it was dying. Almost as if it was slowly shriveling into nothingness. The screens on the windows were shredded, the garage looked like an abandoned barn, the roof shingles were peeling and the cement around the house was cracking. It looked dead from the outside. We approached the house hoping that we would find life inside, but it wasn't there either. There were a few old portraits on the wall that suggested humans had been there, but those were the only signs that the house had ever been inhabited. It seemed as though time had stood still for this house, like it hadn't been loved in years. I can't imagine that it was ever any one's home.

While, the first house depressed me, the second made me giggle at first. It looked as though my tacky grandfather had decorated it himself. From the plastic swans in the front garden, to the GIANT furniture in a small space, to an entire room filled with leafy plants- my grandpa would've thought it was incredible. Strangely, although this house was overflowing with over sized furniture and nick-nacks, it didn't feel like a home. It felt more like a storage facility for all things unwanted. The objects were suffocating themselves while crying out for a little attention.

When it was all said and done, the first house needed way more renovations than I'm prepared to do and the second floor of the second house was so badly planned, that it too would've needed a major overhaul. I have vision, I can see past cosmetic issues. What I don't have is a bulldozer and unlimited funds.

So, last night's experience taught me that I can afford something between a dying house and a storage facility ... excellent. I guess that means I'd better keep saving my pennies.

more to come....

The perfect combo

What better way to keep the summertime vibe going.....

Canadian Comedy Awards

This Thursday, our friends from Shoeless will be heading off to St. John's, NB, for the 2009 Canadian Comedy Awards. They are one of five nominees for Best Sketch Comedy troupe. Best of luck!!!!

You can check out their site here

TNA

There is something kind of funny and ironic about a woman wearing a Burqua and holding a gym bag with "TNA" printed all over it.

To the woman who fits this description - thank you for inadvertently putting a smile on my face on the subway.

This...

And this...

= Irony

A Talk with Chris Rock

After a rough weekend, an offer of a free ticket to watch Chris Rock talk about his new TIFF documentary seemed like just the thing to get me out of a slump.

His new film, and first documentary "Good Hair" is currently showing at the Toronto Internationl Film Festival, and will be opening in theatres in October. I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer alone made me want to see it.

And then of course - there was Chris Rock - who was a (not surprising) crowd pleaser in his hour long talk about the film, and anything else from Transformers to sneaking into the White House.

Although he wasn't the lively Chris Rock we all know from his standup, he still had the audience laughing with his quick wit and funny stories.

The best one in my opinion was when he snuck into the White House with the help of a black security guard who loves his work. The only thing Chris Rock was interested in seeing was where Bill Clinton got his blow job LOL.

At some point in the discussion Chris admitted that he loves all kinds of movies, including Transformers. Later, when the audience had a chance to ask questions, some dumbass white girl brought up Transformers again and asked him what he thought about the only "black" Transformer dying in the film.

Chris' reply: "What I'm wondering is how the hell you got in here? In a TIFF event? This ain't Comicon." And then he didn't asnwer her question.

He definitely lives up to his last name :)