Life As A Human Article: Hockey Playoffs? Don’t Lose Your Head!

(Read the full article at Life As A Human!) A few days ago I walked into a pub with my friend Andrea. We were there to eat and catch up, and (as usual) were caught off guard by the Wednesday early evening crowd. Ah, right. Playoff season. It was game 7 between Montreal and Washington. [...]

Life As A Human Article: Free Film Friday — Norman McLaren’s Hen Hop

(View the full article at LifeAsAHuman.com) Welcome to the first installment of “Free Film Friday”! Every Friday we will be sharing a short free film for you to enjoy. Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see us present… I love free films (and alliteration), so I thought, “What would be better [...]

Life As A Human Article: Symptoms of the Self Employed

(View full article at Life As A Human) I remember back in the olden days (approximately one year ago), when I had a “real” job in an office. With desks and phones and coworkers and everything. Over a course of maybe six months, several of these coworkers quit or were fired and ended up working [...]

Life As A Human Article: Old Girl, New Tricks — International Guitar Month Feature

(View full article at Life As A Human) Last week found me standing outside of the Long & McQuade Music Education Centre, knuckles white from the double-handed death grip on my guitar case handle, stomach churning and brain regretting eating lunch a mere three hours earlier. Why? I thought to myself. Why, oh why, am [...]

Life As A Human Article: The Great T-Shirt Massacre

(View full article at Life As A Human) How much time has to go by before you can look back at something you did and recognize that it was a little ridiculous? It was sometime in the 90s that we took a good hard look at the 80s and realized just how awful shoulder pads [...]

Life As A Human Article: Easter in Rome is Not for the Faint of Heart

Maybe I should back up a bit here, and explain my views towards religion. I’m what I call “vaguely Catholic”. I was baptized, and I remember going to church sometimes when we were kids. My family celebrates Easter and Christmas, but these are really just wonderful excuses to overeat. It’s what Jesus would want! Did [...]

Life As A Human Article: Dude, Pimp My Mice!

Anyone who has ever tried to sell anything will tell you how important it is to “network.” I put this in quotes because, as far as I can tell, it’s just a fancy term for talking to people. You let people know what it is you do, and then remind them at every opportunity. As [...]

Life As A Human Article: The Accidental Squatters

This is one of the many things I love about the west coast of Canada. We’re really not part of Canada at all. We pretend. We’re all Hockey!And Eh! and Yeah, winter TOTALLY SUCKS! With the snow…and the cold…BURR! But the rest of Canada, you should know something. We’re faking. We’re lying to your face. And my proof is that [...]

Life As A Human Article: Welcome to My Brain

I am very impressionable. Seriously. My subconscious is a sponge. A super porous, extra absorbent sponge. If my brain were toilet paper, it would be Charmin Ultra. Actually, that’s a good analogy, considering the amount of crap my brain soaks up. When I expose myself to a certain kind of media for extended periods of [...]

Life as A Human Article: Me and My Laser Eyes

…When you’re a shy, awkward little girl, the last thing you need is a big old pair of GLASSES on your face. And by big, I mean enormous. We’re talking the stylings of the late 80s – frames that took up half your face and made even the youngest of wearers look like old ladies [...]