note...

Nothing really is new.
The Trasheteria has re-opened to much fanfare!
I just have a free moment so thought I'd update.
I spent yesterday hanging out with my brother.
yea...
Enjoy your lazy sunday as much as me.
Even though I've already cleaned, done the dishes, met a friend for breakfast, let the repairman into the cafe, and been to the gym.
So now, i can enjoy the lazy sunay guilt-free!!
cheers!

a lil something...

I fell off the map again, for a whole month...

sorry.

truly.

Once again, soo much has happened.

The new job is easing into a routine pattern, the trip to Montreal was AMAZING! I was staying at the same hotel as a certain International Recording Grammy Winning Mega-Star. You may have heard of her... Madonna? We were ecouraged not to make eye-contact if we saw her, which was really fine by me, as Montreal has soo much going on that i was barely at the St James except to sleep.

We're opening a second location, and its keeping me very very very busy!

I've lost over 100lbs now!!! i'm smaller than i was in highschool... i wear a comfortable 34 pant now, and am being told how much i look like my younger brother, which hasnt happened in 5 yrs!

i also shaved my beard off, then promptly grew it back. i looked eleven!

The bar has been on a three week shutdown, which is crazy... i've had my weekends to myself...

went to TO 2 wks ago, and got in a fight with the escalator at st clair station.... rupture the bursus in my knee, finally back to the gym, and i hardly limp at all now!

woot woot!!

more to come...

hopefully not so sporadically...

xoxoxo

ok...

so here's the deal...

job is busy as sin. i love it.

stepped on the scale at thanksgiving. down 95lbs. go steve!

i wear a *tight* 34 pant. havent worn that since 8th grade. again, go steve!

steve is going to the Canadian Coffee and Tea Expo in Montreal next week!

ps: I have business cards now. haha. who's life is this??

on a seperate note, i'm tring to get twitter to update to this blog, so i can micro blog from my cell. keep all of you somewhat more in the loop. if there's even any of you left. i'm reacing so many of my goals right now, that setting new ones is foreign to me. but onward and upward.

the twitter will be in conjunction with semi-regular posting and pictures. so there will be more to see and do!

thanks you guys, love you all.

xoxo

steve

(radiohead concert, molson amphitheatre, months ago...)

Who's the Boss?

HEY!
so, remember that secret and potentially awesome news I mentioned waaay back when?

WELL...

I'm the new General Manager of Dreams of Beans Ltd.

Its been so busy, but soo worthwhile!

Hiatus: OVER

Ok, so...

that was... interesting.

SUMMER is officially over today. And did you all know that fall is my most favourite of seasons?

probably because it leads to layering, which means i can buy/wear more clothes. the one vice i cannot control, no matter how hard i try.

I know i've been absent. More than absent. as an anonymous poster brought to my attention. I was living two lives this summer, the Steve of 4 jobs and 80 hour workweeks, and the Steve of old when no matter where he was, it was a party.

so, i am currently at work. once i am done, i will compile a quick batch of pictures detailing some of the highlights of this summer.

but i promise... semi -regular posting is back!

xoxo

steve

the bar lifestyle...

social steve is back,
ruining peoples lives as he goes.

trasheteria

so, this is not my exciting news, but nonetheless.
i have a new job.
in addition to the cafe (where i work full time now)
in addition to the hotel (where i freelance for events now)
in addition to the catering (which is contracted and sporadic)
i'm also moonlighting as a bouncer at my favourite local club, the trasheteria.
its going to be a shitshow. the best possible way.

and, yesterday, also known as my first day off work in 5weeks, i did something amazing...
i did...
nothing.
just floated in the pool, soaked rays and felt the good vibrations. i'm totally a new man.

i know i promised pics....

but i'm still hella busy. working towards something stellar. but last week my university roommates and i reunited for some wings at Riley's... just like 2 tuesdays a month for the last 3 years at Trent.
Goodtimes.

things are going slow but moving forward
i'm in a good place right now.
picture posts coming your way again soon...
please dont forget me...

new mantra.

i've made a descision.

not like, a descision in the sense that i've come to a conclusion, but in the way that i've made a choice.

i will not live work.
i will love life.

i'm aware how obvious that sounds, but choices are harder than one might think.
it requires more steps back than people are often willing to make.
are you willing to make less money?
are you willing to do without?
are you willing to lose?

i am.
at least, i am now.

Okay,
Its been over a week.
A stressful, busy, but rewarding week.
All i do it work.
All i do is play.
All i do is pay for it.
In other news, I bought some photography.
And the coolest Tshirt I've seen in a while.
Pictures will exist again as soon as I can.
Love
Peace
More of the same.

i have fantastic news!
and i can't tell ANYONE.
because,
in all honesty,
i have the possibility of fantastic news.

argh v2.0

things are still crazy,

life is far too stressful.

but i have something in the works.

something new and exciting and very promising.

the only hitch...

patience.

(do i have enough to see this through?)

argh

i work for a multinational, so i'll keep it short...
tonight was a rediculous night.
tonight was the worst night.
i am trying to see a positive in this.
but it is more difficult than you'd think...

i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

can my moms help her out?

theHOUR

Soo... did anyone watch the HOUR on CBC or CBC NewsWorld last night? Did you see that insanely goodlooking guy in the front row wearing a purple sweater? Yea... That was totally me. You know you're jealous. My man-crush is now a lot more intense than it was before... I watch the hour almost everyday. The only way i miss it is if I'm at work. And hey, since the Friday show is a "best of" for the week, all of th ebetween segment stuff is taped thursday. So look for me again tonight. 10pm on Newsworld, and 11 on CBC proper.
The guests were Crispin Glover (hollywood actor/crazy person), Gregory Levey(authour), and Alia Shocot (Maeby from Arrested Development). I totally loved Maeby's "Best Stroy Ever".

quel surprise!

so, big shock, i had the day off work today and i went shopping...
i needed a black belt. SUCCESS!
i bought the new GQ... Duh! is it not the last tuesday of the month??
i bought a rad warhol-esque marilyn t-shirt. seXXXy...

then... the shocker...

a pair of buffalo jeans. in a size... 36" waist!!!
that hasn't happened since i was 16! 8 years in the making!

hell yea i'm bragging. wouldn't you?

time flies...

Can you Believe 2 of my nieces are 16?


Or that the other will be 15 in 12 days?

And that this is the view from my sister's porch in Campbellford?!??!!

artistic process...

Sometimes...

You have to get all the sillies out...
And I mean ALL the sillies out.
Every last one...

In order to get a decent shot.

Walk Of No Shame

this video is so funny.
especially with me living downtown and working most mornings. i see this most everyday to some extent... not to say i haven't had to walk the walk myself.

spring fever...

green grass, sunshine, spring in general... it all makes me horny.

vanity fair

it's raining here in ptbo...

has been on and off since i woke up at 4:30...

if it quits by noon, I have a photoshoot with a good friend.

i'm actually kind of excited.

(not a good one, just a newer one...)

In West Philadelphia, Born and Raised...

So over the weekend, I took a little vacation.

A much deserved and long overdue vacation.

So at 5:30am Friday, I woke up and got ready to head off to Philadelphia PA. The city of brotherly love, home of Benjamin Franklin, and birthplace of a certain "Fresh Prince".

Now, despite the worldly view I pretend to possess, I have never left Canada in my entire life. And have only left Ontario to go to Montreal, on business trips with my mother because she cannot parlez francais. So needless to say, I was excited.

A question I got asked a lot leading up to this last-minute trip (I decided Tuesday that I would go Friday) was, "Why Philly?". The answer was art. This was the last weekend for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's exhibition of works by Frida Kahlo. My friend Karen is a huge fan, and I was pretty excited thanks to all of the art history classes I've taken, as well as the works that I have studied in conjunction with some of the courses I took for English Literature.
So by 7:00AM, Karen and I were caffeinated, and hit the road with a freshly baked raisin challa from the cafe (THANKS DANIELLE!).

Word to the wise, don't blindly trust Mapquest. They will get you lost about 4 times. making an 8.5hour trip border on 10/11hours. They will recommend that you get off the interstate in some Podunk town and then head in the opposite direction of your destination rather than drive 2 exits further and be on the correct highway. Just saying...

Since this was my first trip stateside, I tried to collect license plates. I got 1/3 of the states, 17 in total (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Rhode Island, California, Delaware, North Dakota, North Carolina, Florida, and more that I can't remember now). That passed some of the time.

But the art was the main focus, and it was amazing. Degas, Mondrian, Rodin, Pollock, Johns, Liechtenstein, Warhol, Van Gough, Cezanne, Picasso, and more. It was really moving and a little overwhelming. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is apparently the third largest museum in the United States. The place was HUGE! Giant galleries, whole reproductions of medieval temples, Buddhist shrines, Shinto tea houses, and colonial parlours, photography, watercolours, sketches, oils, everything. EVERYTHING!

In short, it was a concentrated trip filled with fun. Much better than a week long vacation where everything is meh. I think, if I can swing it, this will be the summer of the little day trips...

home

i just got off a nine hour shift at the hotel.
a shift that began 6 hours after I got home from Philadelphia.
stories and pictures to follow.

Terra Ferma

Happy Earth Day.
Everythings Blooming.
Enjoy.

sam sparro

The fish swam
Out of the ocean
And grew legs
And they started walking
And the apes climbed down
From the trees
And grew tall
And they started talking

And the stars
Fell out of the sky
And my tears
Rolled into the ocean
Now I'm looking
For a reason why
You even set my world
Into motion

'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then the stars
Don't even matter
Now I'm filled
To the top with fear
But it's all
Just a bunch of matter
'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then i don't want
To be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold
Black and gold
Black and gold

I looked up
Into the grey sky
And see a thousand eyes
Staring back
And all around
These golden beacons
I see nothing but black

I feel a way of something
Beyond them
I don't see
What I can feel
If vision
Is the only validation
Then most of my life
Isn't real

'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then the stars
Don't even matter
Now I'm filled
To the top with fear
But it's all
Just a bunch of matter
'Cause if you're not
Really here
Then I don't want
To be either
I wanna be next to you
Black and gold
Black and gold
Black and gold

yes, we are a flood town...

Peterborough, land of the notorious floods of 2006 & 2007 is still above water, for the most part, but people are getting leery. Massive melts are threatening some downtown areas.
This is the back half of the patio at the hotel... good thing the patio doesn't open until May 1st!
Somehow, I think these kis were having more fun than I was. But thats Okay, because I was dry and clean. Thats always what matters the most for me. Clean and Dry!!
Did you see that bridge? it goes right into the water... Safety first people!
This is part of the price we pay for global warming. Conserve energy, waste less, and donate your time and money to environmentally sound and green projects and causes. Also, I guess its the price we pay for having a river and lake in the middle of the downtown core...