Hey Metric, I'm so sorry |
Last Thursday, I had a vivid reminder of why I hate going to all-ages shows. One of my favorite bands, Metric, came to play Edmonton, and I went with two of my friends to see the show. I was excited f...
Posted by Bridget on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:29:00 PST |
Car go smash |
So I'm driving down 26th avenue in Calgary this weekend, about to drop my mother off at her friend's house before heading out on the highway to head home to Edmonton. It's a warm, sunny, and altogethe...
Posted by Bridget on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:46:00 PST |
The big step forward |
Oh dear god, my new job starts tomorrow, and I'm scared out of my mind. I have my foot in the door in the book publishing world. A big step up from being a waitress, right? But that'...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:32:00 PST |
Pretty Vacant: The Mainstream Punk Explosion |
How do you shock someone when they just saw the same thing on a TV commercial? Thats how Eli Brook, once active in the Edmonton punk scene, describes the current state of the punk movement since p...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Tank full of cariboo |
Apparently, SUVs trump cariboo. As I'm sure everyone has heard by now, the US Senate approved drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
The Arctic is an extremely fragile ecosyste...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Reflection on a loss |
This weekend, I got some very sad news. A friend of mine at school lost her father after his long, long struggle with cancer. We've shared quite a bit over the last while, about the experience we've...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Hands off my passport |
An independent task force has recommended that all of North America (Canada, the United States, and Mexico) have a common customs, defense, and passport system. This is in response to the Americans' ...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Missile Defense |
The news just broke through Radio Canada that Paul Martin is expected to announce on Thursday that Canada will not support the US-led strategic ballistic missile defense program. On the surface, this...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
A question of relevance |
I've got this paper to write for my pop culture class, and one of the possible topic areas relates to subcultures and countercultures.
It made me think about how my disgust when I saw Ashlee Simpso...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Valentine's Day (but I'm okay) |
It's Valentine's Day, and I'm single. Usually, this would mean that I would be ranting about the sentimentality of this extraordinarily commercial holiday, but this year I'm taking a different attitu...
Posted by Bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
