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i couldn’t possibly be any more overwhelmed right meow. well, maybe if i had a gun pointed at my head, which it feels like, trying to crank out some deep thoughts and observations amidst a barrel of things on a confusing to do list of choice and prediction. ok i choose to go to THAT party, but, it’s during THIS showcase AND it’s on the other side of town BUT something “might happen” and if i miss it… i WISH my brain activity was equivalent and as simple as a hamster running on a wheel, but it’s not and lets face it, it never was nor shall be so lets excuse the fancy pantsy charade and get on with the raymi show so i can put another raymi outfit together and get my ass out the door for some rock ‘n rollin’.

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yesterday my colleague pushed it to the limit, blew his shoulder out (maybe he is faking it so he can have another fascial therapy sesh with kash) so i had to take some pics, look at me go go.

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at the annual nxne kick off jam. it was neat to walk around blonde there, i was a literal ghost, looking into faces i’ve seen for years, they double take me, i only half recall names, always the faces though, but yeah, they remember me as brunette raymi. i surprised crispin at sneaky dee’s today. he suggested going to silver dollar tonight, and so we shall. got teacher a wristband. oh ps that little lesbo hairdo belongs to my long lost pal alicia. she was drunk and i couldn’t even tell. hi alicia i missed you, your partying skills have improved and they were always stellar so i look forward to rippin’er with ya this season. courtney of course is my gal pal forevs.

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yeah hi i’m media i am here to cover your event with my amazing camera blahaa. i came to party not to cover, you guys can cover me.

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i saw a lot of my friends i haven’t seen in awhile, all in various drunken stages, it was pleasant. i didn’t get there til ten. there are always two parts to a party, the early part, and the later part so you’re choosing your own party adventure with option early or option later. both have their downsides and upsides omg what am i a party zen master now, bad sign. i will tone down the tara reid.

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oh hi there.

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at one point the light in the loo went out. leslie wanted me to send a pic of my face cos she was hanging with a billionaire and wanted to sell me to him or something.

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lights back on and all my girls flock in. hi paddy!

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today at 88 ossington what a nice, nice, nice space. thanks for the converse micki!

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do not expect any form of order in this update.

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love her bag. fluorescent is in again some told me.

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got teacher a pair too, he rsvp’d but he’s a teacher so, you can’t teach class from a shoe launch party. maybe someday. the shoes are gorgeous. he’s turning into a greedy monster with all the social media spoiling i’m bestowing on him. one of my perks.

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i love these chucks. they’re so delicate i don’t even want to call them chucks. teacher’s are jack purcells. v yachty elitist snotty. my faves.

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what does your office look like? sorry not rubbing it in, if you think about it, this makes sense. we’re out on the street hustling from party to whatever to do the thing, get the coverage, then on to the next, it’s a very fast-paced thing and sometimes you wish there were two of you to do it all so when i get a snarky jealous mean comment it’s a bit of a piss off as, i earned this. so to keep the blog going, the one you read at your desk, i gotta go do stuff and get things to put on to the crap-o-blog for you to be seduced by. MAGIC!

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putting a dumb outfit together can be gruelling enough. one for each day, or 3 in a day. can’t wear that one thing that would pull it together because you wore it the day before. sometimes it’s like fuck the blog i want to wear the same shorts everyday until they wear out. i am also still supremely annoyed that all the crap i bought at UO last weekend went on sale immediately afterward.

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how dumb are you, honestly. someone needs to go back to said school but i guess they can’t cos it’s something else now and what does it matter anyway you moved on to highchool assumedly? if you’re going to go to the trouble to make a statement with graffiti, two things: spellcheck and make sure it’s something a little less self-involved.

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skipped over to the youth in music showcase at sneaky dee’s to catch harlan pepper, young band, v good.

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there was a lot of this. i was pretty good at avoiding it. they had deep fried jalapenos though.

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hi agim!

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theeeeere’s paddy again. we are stalking one another.

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i can’t believe this was just yesterday morning it feels like it was a million lightyears ago. picking up my pass from the hyatt nxne homebase.

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hair appt. brennen was doing luminato and cos i was the bonehead who missed my appt tuesday, bringing half of yesterday’s stress-doings on to my shoulders. jackie was a darling and took me on. her flower shirt matched my jumper.

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it was the only time i had to sit down. i saw a girl sitting on a curb casually playing with a bottle of san pel today while i cabbed over to ossington and i was envious of her, despite how slovenly and street urchin she appeared (she wasn’t a hobo) she just seemed mellow and i was like, when will i have the time to sit on a sidewalk like that, not that i would, but like, maybe in august i could schedule ten minutes of solid loitering. that would be a dreeeam.

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toning those tresses.

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murder traffic so bad you all sit silently thinking unholy thoughts.

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might go back for a little toning before my movie/south beach.

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omg i love them.

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dropped in to snoop around and i got teacher a pass. golden gooses walking, step aside.

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this a blog post for another day, or not. lets just say that i am a bonafide athlete and this was the rickitiest rustiest most out of alignment deathride straight outta hell like the icing on the omg my head is going to explode right meow cake and my ass was oh yep you betcha, all out there, prob some labe too if you’re lucky. i’m lending her to melodie cos i can’t bother dealing with the maintenance. she sat out all winter long and has the battle scars to prove it and i’m pretty sure riding it with zero oil on a brown/orange rusted chain didn’t help. why don’t you sell chain oil, shell? i’m like show me your oil and he shows me motor oil. i bet any kind of grease would have sufficed but why the hell do i want to buy motor oil and have the entire universe watch me pour it all over the fucking place?

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crabby media line-ups are the best. you (me included) guys criticize and whine about everything for a living, gonna write a review about a line-up? no don’t, i want to first ahhaha.

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we had to stop power-eating hamburgers for like, a day at the v least so we had parkdale sushi finally at that one place near duff/king and the view is totally worth it, nothing but constant entertainment with a rotating cast of parkdale characters. i think i saw craig walk by, if he has long hair now then it was him. i almost ran out to yell CRAAAAAAAAIG down the street at him but i wasn’t sure so shyness won that round.

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i have zero appetite these days.

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we watched sex and the city 2. i’d already seen it with meredith in the theatre but wanted to see it again, hangover days call for guilty pleasure cinema.

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i’m going to move some of these up to the roof for our next jam up there, whenever that will be, probably never because THERE’S NO TIME ever never again all the time? gone!

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mystery olympus time.

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shoe pr0n everywhere.

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i spy batman.

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i somehow managed to match my outfit to casie‘s.

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micki is sample size (7, jeals) so she gets all the goodies. i would love to see her swag closet. no i would likely start crying with my fists in my eyes and pout like a pro.

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i love that shade of blue. v popping in pics.

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and we were off.

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we got backpacks too. we were quite the spectacle.

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we are keeners.

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harlan pepper are total talents. if you don’t sound like raging idiots during soundcheck then raymi is your fan. i worked at the central for 8 months, 150 bands a month, (and NOT all of them were winners) you do the math i am all soundchecked out, but these kids, what were they playing, zeppelin? i dunno but it was perfect for my vibe at the time. brought me up.

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these didn’t hurt.

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hi tim! and bedouin soundclash guy?

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this guy broke his leg skateboarding in edmonton, many more tour stops to go brah good luck with your project 12 tracks. they’re recording a band in every tour stop. they won a pepsi grant cos their idea didn’t suck.

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heehee look at how much of an a-hole i am.

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mmmmm.

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he asked me what i thought all that deep fried shit could be. i said no way dude you tell me. jalapeno!

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den levy and his three phones. he’s one of ten people who told me today they stayed up til 7am. wtf. i can’t wait to try and hold a conversation with someone come saturday, complete messes by then ha ha.

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one is for a review, another is his main line, and the third, no idea. i couldn’t care less as my blackberry is a POS and i’m tired of blog nerd tweeters and their free gadgets up in my grill, no offence dan i just want to simply THROW MY PHONE INTO THE ^&$*&$ SUN.

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i didn’t know 4 year olds could drive now.

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does this guy get infinity parking tickets or what?

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cuute.

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i wonder what’s going to grow out of that plot? a job? HAHAH sorry i am starting to lose it i also got in a fight with a hippie woman at a ring stand cos she said no pictures. i’ll spin that yarn later.

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impressive.

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it’s funny to me that there are now entire think tanks about stuff (brand) i started when i was 17, like, are you all idiots or something? come up with a good name, cool it up, share it and blammo. i was kinda insulted by this chick yesterday who said not to worry/bother coming to these geek chic nxnei circle jerks and to just live my life. she’s a long time reader. it was insulting like i am some (i am) idiot incapable of talking to a room of smug nerds. no matter, you can all glean it from my book. meeting with editor next week. booyah.

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cutie casie.

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crazy day eh? just another and another.

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and then the night before. get us your pics jason what are you busy doing anyway staring at your eight pack in the mirror you lone wolf you.

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i went legless.

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and i didn’t eat a thing, no-thing. stress and beer is all i need.

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this is a pose of some sort.

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hi megan!

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now here’s some other crap i uploaded may as well throw up.

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sushi date time.

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bf is getting hotter. i was like, are you going to dump me now that you bought a good outfit haha. this isn’t it but yeah someone’s coming up to my level now.

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this is my casual girlfriend outfit we came up with a song about it. the lyrics are endless and hilarious and the song is horrible, it’s gonna be a big hit.

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ok i just blogged through a party so you better have enjoyed the hell out of this. the nxne diaries will continue tomorrow, adieu.

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