casie stewart: this is my life

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friend, chicken and waffles for brekky

The Drake Hotel has great breakfast. The thing that makes it most the great of all is when you get a seat in the sunshine and you can watch people around you.

Interesting. Entertaining. Cute. Stylish. Unique. Some smart. Some insane. My favorites.

There was a guy carrying around a Marxism book. I think it was an accessory. Does anyone really read a 10 pound old Marx novel or do they just 'carry it for looks'? I think the latter. I like lattes and grapefruit.

I had a pretty standard brekky but I did recently have the Southern fried chicken and waffles. I told the waffles girls they need to check that shiz out when they are in town this week. Hopefully we can meet. Been sharing mutual love online.

#awesomistic #tfc #birthdayweek

Yesterday at the TFC was amazing. I've never wanted to be a fan of a game as much as I did being in th. I had a blast. I'm very grateful that my friend took me. I yelled my guts out. Clapped, whistled, jumped up and down and made friends. It was a tie and the fans are the most intense I've ever seen in pro sports. The weather was a roller coaster of fun. Rain, sun, rain, sun, rain, sun.

Luckily Av had these killer TFC rain parkas that he got during the first season.I sat in the rain and drank my beer and I was warm and dry. I love the skyline. This is a great city.

I was also super satisfied with the food. I had a chip butty. Last time I had a chip butty I was 12 and at Shelly Beach in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. I was with my family and Mum caught a flounder with a stick. I also went swimming with with dolphins about an hour out in the ocean. It was absolutely amazing.

This photo is amazing; BMO/Carlsberg, don't be shy now, you know you love it. I made friends with some cool peeps after the game. I was drinking on the Carlsberg tab at Brazen and checked out that bestmate.ca contest you told me about. Entered it. Not sure where I can see my profile? I also met a lovely babe from MAC at Rasputin Vodka Bar. Cool place. Looking forward to being better friends with MAC and Carlsberg.

i quit everything i don't like

Rent paid. No new metro pass yet. Postie beside me again. Read a friends story this morning and it inspires me to have friends that do amazing things. Its warm today, cloudy with sun peeking though just enough necessary for sunnies. Glad the Tamil protest is over. I don't like people fighting in the streets. My friend said the ambo's couldn't get to the hospitals fast because of them. I wanna see the Wolverine movie. Hugh Jackman, I like him, especially in that role.

There's an article in the Metro about timeraiser.com , cool idea. I'm looking forward to the next #genyTO. Adoration by Egoyan, I'd like to see that one too. The Mississauga McCallion is really old and creepy. I never wanna live in that burb. SJP is having twins and Lohan is hopped up on energy drinks. Everyone seems to be taking something. That guys coffee smells damn good. Late start today but feeling great. Looking forward to the weekend, its almost here!

dynamically scalable and often virtualized

Darling Harbour Fountain from Casie Stewart on Vimeo.

Australia has Plastic Money from Casie Stewart on Vimeo.

sometimes i think i'm so cool

I've been going through my old hard drive and I've managed to dig up some jems from years ago when I used to go out 'clubbing'. In this one my friend is smoking a dube. haha. They used to allow smoking inside back then, lots of cigarettes in this photo. Sorry Mum.

Moxie Halloween. That's my old lady mask. It rules. Dad used to wear it when he took us trick or treating. It is so old and scary. It looks real and totally freaks people out. My costume was an 'old sexy bag' my shirt said that on the back, I made it. It was right when 'Sexy Back' came out.

Moxie Promotions Princess party: We all wore crowns and big puffy skirts. It was really fun. My hair was so long. This is Hannah. She is also the Power Ranger.

What kinda outfit is this? Fishnets under bathing suit? Nice real nice. Pretty cool when you go to the Guvernment in 2005.

I hope you will enjoy these guys like I did. Don't be shy on the comments. I know I had a few!!

four and twenty, baked in a pie

Update: Ottawa had a Pot Protest yesterday. Check out this massive dube this guy is smoking that got him in the Metro. Nice one buddy!

Canada is a wonderful country and Toronto a splendid city. Both are known places where people smoke marijuana regularly. Today is an extra rainy April day and also marks a day celebrated around the world in Cannabis culture known as 4:20 (four-twenty). Toronto has a pot friendly neighbourhood called Youngsterdam and a variety friendly places to smoke downtown.

Each year in May there is a Global Marijuana March where people around the world protest for legalization and the right to smoke pot. This year's event is Saturday, May 2nd. A few years ago I attended the Marijuana March at Queens Park. It was fun. There were over 20,000 people in the park celebrating so I figured, when in Rome!

blackout city

We had a blackout on Saturday night. It started at about 6:30 and went until just after sun set for my section of buildings. I wish it had looked this way during Earth Hour.

This week is Earth Week with Earth Day on Wednesday. After our power was back on I went to have a shower and the water was brown and dirty. Imagine, a billion people go without access to clean water each day. The first well was drilled recently from the funds we raised at Twestival, you can see it here. I captured the nasty water so I can remember just how gross it was.

oops he did it again

Toronto Poster Boy is on the loooooooooooooooooose! He postered me again! Moooohaha. I wonder if you can find it? I know he's usually around Queen Street and the downtown core. I especially like this one becuase it's from a post where I wrote "stop working, go home, get outside".

reggae with chinese on top

Last night I ventured out to College Street with Sabrina and friend to Orbit Room. I asked the tweeps what was happening and knew that @mrharhar and @40deuce would be there too. Harlen was looking very colorful.

They have an awesome band that plays the raddest reggae. I danced a little bit.

table slapping reggae from me

There was one really weird loser dude in an orange shirt that was wasted and kept hanging around. Made fun him pretty hard.

I also got it on video but am saving it till 4:20 on Monday.

The night ended with a dine in stop at late night Chinese food heaven. It was so good. It was Excellent.

whoa throw back mama

This evening I connected my trusty old external drive to find something and it's like a time capsule.

I also realize that I keep everything, take a zillion pictures and am a total loser sometimes.

I've been through a few laptops over the years and I keep backing that ass up on the same drive and now it's like those boxes in mum's basement and dad's storage filled with memories.

I've had so many different hair colours, lengths and cuts. You may have seen this long red haired one? Crazy.

I also saw this crazy streak in the sky just before the sun set tonight. I had a friend that was all about looking into conspiracy theories and she was convinced it was chemtrails.

trails in the sky from me on vimeo.
Vimeo is slow if you don't upgrade.

lovage and chocolate sweetness

Lately I've been listening to Lovage thanks to @jaygoldman. The tunes are a cool ass collaborative project headed by Dan the Automator, under his pseudonym "Nathaniel Merriweather" (he made up that name for Handsome Boy Modeling School).

Something else I have alot of love for is my bike. I'm hoping to get the baby tuned up this week so I can get riding. This weekend's weather is going to sweet as.

Last night I made chocolate brownies with fancy icing for my roomate. She's sweet.

the final home game kids

Last night I went to the Rap's game at the ACC. It was pretty fun. It was the last home game of the season and it was very energetic. They were also giving away TONS of stuff.

My friend from college happened to be tossing out shirts and stuff right in my section and he tossed me this Bosh jersey. Still has the tag on it for $134.99. I asked Jenie if she can get it signed so I can sell it for big bux. I hear people like this Bosh guy.

I realized by the time I got home that I had too many beers which is stupid because I took it easy all weekend. Ah well, happens to the best of us!

Twestival Update - dig that well!

On February 12th 2009 I was part of a team that put together Twestival Toronto (#twestivalTO). If you don't know about Twestival I posted a bunch about it here and here. Our city was one of hundreds that took part to raise money for charity:water to drill wells in places where people did not have access to clean water.

Toronto raised about $10,000 and all cities together raised about $250,000. The event was fun and I met a ton of great people because of it.

I'm happy to share with you that Twestival well drilling has begun. This video is Day 1 in Ethiopia. It's touching to see how happy the village is!

Day 1 from Ethiopia from charity: water on Vimeo.

casie's animal kingdom

Last night I went to bed early and today I woke up early. I needed that. This fluctuating weather has got my energy spent. I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite furry friends, Smudgey. Smudge is a friends cat and my favorite.

Those that know me well are aware that I am not the biggest fan of pets. I've never had a dog and it's been years since I had a cat. The thing I don't like is when their hair and slob get on your stuff. Especially when you stop by someones place before heading out while dressed nice and slobber-dog grazes your knee with his lips. That does it for me, turns me right off having a pet at the moment. I'm sure a time will come. Until then, I give you, Smudgey to the tune of MIA's Jimmy covered by Of Montreal.

Casie's Animal Kingdom #001 from me on vimeo.

subway loud talkers #002

I posted my first Subway Loud Talker video last month. I spotted another. This guy went on for SO long it was awkward and embarrassing. I didn't show all of it because is was just too much.

subway loud talkers #002 from me on Vimeo.
I hope none of you know him. I'm sure he would be kinda pissed, but whatever, I was kinda pissed that he found it appropriate to yell on the street car and into my ear. So there.

raincoat & wellies and clouds in the sky

Today is cloudy and I've got lots to do. I took these yesterday, they're for you. I've got some things to post later too. Drinking a coffee and feeling neat, I wonder what catering will bring today to eat?