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Grant

the rational opposed to the unseen

About Me

i have no sense of scale.

My Interests

language + love, feminism + identity politics, maps, dancing at any time of day or night, bodily functions, odd sleeping patterns, people watching, sustainable transportation, cheap beer, music + noise, existentialism.

I'd like to meet:

creatures of the night.

Music:

absolutely always + everywhere.

Movies:

koyaanisquatsi, the big labowski, motorcycle diaries, jesus de montral, waking life, blow, pi, sweet and low down, the life aquatic, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, y tu mama tambien, C.R.A.Z.Y., maelstrom, the machinist, coffee and cigarettes, basquiat

Television:

no tv.

Books:

leonard cohen, jean-paul sartre, jack kerouac, sylvia plath, jack poulain, gabriel garcia marquez, dany laferriere, norman fairclough, charles baudelaire, noam chomsky, mordecai richler, franz kafka, kurt vonnegut, soren kierkegaard, guy debord + various historians

Heroes:

cynics + idealists.

My Blog

sleep on the floor and call it paradise

i'm very easily amused today. i made myself a stellar fried tofu and onion sandwich, listened to grizzly bear and watched the rain from the bus window. also, i ended up getting $75 for all of my old s...
Posted by Grant on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:38:00 PST

what did you say?

just dance. or float. but don't forget to remember.
Posted by Grant on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:37:00 PST

leave me on the moon

this weather is almost as miserable as -20, but way more uncomfortable on the feet. today, i feel like a de-personalized cog in the wheel of some machine that i don't understand. from the inside, it f...
Posted by Grant on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:50:00 PST

drift.

today i made my way home from boyan's after a night of outstanding times with pat, boyan, amdanda and a whole bunch of people. everyone is travelling. i got back from toronto last friday, maria arrive...
Posted by Grant on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:25:00 PST

there's nobody at the wheel.

rough times. smooth times. yes, i identify, with the main character, no i don't feel disconnected. why wasn't m. with us last night, looking at the photos of old men on the walls at this pretty café...
Posted by Grant on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:39:00 PST

the downfall of grant

why did i (pretty much) drop out again? i mean, clearly i belong in a university, because i'm god awful at doing anything practical, even when i try so hard. i'm convinced that i am partially stupid w...
Posted by Grant on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:31:00 PST

i've got a gray coat, a gray scarf and a gray soul.

underslept, over-tired, drained from the weekend, sick and fed up with the cloudy weather. i have reason to complain i guess. my life is changing a whole lot, and when that happens you worry about lo...
Posted by Grant on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:49:00 PST

crazy dream . 2

in this half awake state.. in my dream, i was trying to get to carleton to go to school but the streets kept changing. i was trapped in this industrial labyrinth that looked more like montreal, a...
Posted by Grant on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:16:00 PST

i'm floating in the most peculiar way

it's getting too cold to bike, which is getting me down a little bit. but, i can't wait to get a bus pass again and people watch. amanda p. is the greatest person ever, and she keeps me on my toes. t...
Posted by Grant on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:23:00 PST

stie on danse!

a bad day transmorphes into a beautiful night. the dominion tavern owns, and zaphod's isn't too bad either. who cares if the killers are bad, because french girls know how to dance and maybe i dance l...
Posted by Grant on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:28:00 PST