Johan from Mr. Something Something

About Me

according to my mother i'm poorly equipped to deal with life's hardships. she may be right. but i have successfully sold vaccuum-cleaners door-to-door in germany. i love biking in rush hour traffic. i feel younger than i did ten years ago. i am a workoholic. i sleep too much. i don't sleep for days. i like my coffee strong and black. i rarely cook anymore. when i'm happy i laugh out loud to myself. when i'm sad i want to bash my head open to let the sorrow out. i'm a good listener, but i get restless like a jonesing junkie. i eat too fast, but i speak slowly, sometimes too slowly. i am addicted to wine gums. my friends tell me that i think too much. i haven't smoked a cigarette in seven months...well...except for the ones i smoked on vacation. i have no savings, but i do have a ridiculously large collection of vintage shirts and ties. i have no fat inheritance coming my way, but i get freckles in the summer. i had my heart broken by a girl once. the smell of skunk reminds me of coffeecake. i will learn to speak french and spanish (damnit). i rarely drink anymore. i like wearing suits. i have very few close friends. i would probably get along with you. i'm too proud for my own good. i miss speaking swedish. i'm a small town boy turned city kid. i should get back into yoga and meditation. i should find a girl to fall madly in love with. i should stop using the word 'should'. i used to make my living busking on the streets with my best friend. i love autumn. i'm afraid of becoming too much like my father. i love the moment right before the city wakes up. i was going to be a soccer player. i was going to be an engineer. i was going to be a diplomat. i was going to be a teacher. i was going to be a journalist. i was going to be a singer.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

the contagiously curious, the fearlessly creative, the passionately political, the brutally honest, the blindingly beautiful; shakers and movers, pilgrims and seekers, dreamers and believers

My Blog

FREE SPEECH returns with a fantastic line-up Tuesday April 24

FREE SPEECH is a neighbourhood reading series that highlights the tremendous amount of talent in Toronto's west end. And what better place to do it than in the intimate setting at Tinto (89 Roncesval...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:03:00 GMT

Who Killed the Electric Car? Free screening April 11

Hello friends, the film series "(the truth about) Food, Fuel & Free enterprise" concludes tomorrow night, Wednesday April 11, with the enraging but hopeful documentary Who Killed the Electric Car...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:31:00 GMT

FREE SPEECH returns with more West End talent Tuesday March 27

FREE SPEECH is a neighbourhood reading series that highlights the tremendous amount of talent in Toronto's west end.And what better place to do it than in the intimate setting at Tinto on Roncesvalles...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:21:00 GMT

FOUR FILMS: (the truth about) food, fuel & free enterprise

Hello friends, I'm curating a film series called "(the truth about) food, fuel & free enterprise". Over the next four weeks i will be showing four of my favourite documentaries from the last coupl...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:17:00 GMT

Reading series keeps it in the hood

FREE SPEECH is a neighbourhood reading series that aims to highlight the tremendous amount of talent in the west end of Toronto. And what better place to do it than at Tinto on Roncesvalles, where C...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:33:00 GMT

clouds

in the olden daysi would have learnedto love herbut i'm condemned to sleepwith women who will never receivethoughtful birthday gifts from mein the olden daysi would have known by nowhow to build ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:15:00 GMT

four days later

it troubles methat no one comesto remove the deadsquirrel.and today, when it finallydisappearsi wonder how
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:04:00 GMT

Jordan

He is probably a year and a half, two at the most, and he is wobbling up the path of flagstones toward the front door of that beautiful big house on the corner of Sunnyside. His mother is on the side...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:09:00 GMT

Juliana

My very talented and industrious friend Lindsay asked me if i'd read a few of her poems at the opening of her show at TYPE Books Gallery. I was honoured to be a part of the show, which displays Lindsa...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:41:00 GMT

We all know who killed the electric car

"Who Killed the Electric Car?" is yet another sad and enraging documentary, an Orwellian story about the Big Corporations' complete disregard for the public good and the future of mankind. Although G...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:36:00 GMT