Ringgold

Last night the town that my family lived in when we moved to the USA was hit by a tornado. That first video is shot by a guy I graduated highschool with (and the first other Trent I think I ever met).

The damage looks insane. Our old house has long been replaced by a car dealership, but the neighbours' house looks like it was totally destroyed in that overhead video footage.

A motel (I think it's the one my brother worked at in highschool) collapsed, and the strip of restaurants and gas stations off of the highway looks pretty devastated.

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The images and video are surreal to see, and last night I kept checking facebook and reading peoples' status updates as they took shelter in basements and worried about family and friends.

easter weekend

The weekend was long and eventful.

On Thursday, I biked straight from work to Sonic Boom Records, where Ron Sexsmith was playing a few songs before his show in Toronto. I also found copies of the White Stripes record store day 7" reissues of their first two singles, which had just come in that day. After seeing Ron play, I went to the gym.

On Friday, we went to Lisa's for weekly morning coffee/artists' meeting. We also went to a Good Friday mass at Newman. That evening we went for a long walk through the annex and Yorkville.

On Saturday I went to the Golden Diner for weekly brunch/bible study. Afterwards, I went to the AGO and looked at their (very small and rather sad) collection of Emily Carr paintings (I recently read a biography and wanted to see some of her work), and at the Henry Moore collection. That evening we went to the Easter Vigil, and celebrated both Easter and Leah's initiation into the Catholic church.

On Sunday we walked to High Park and back, did some laundry, and then, that evening, we rented Raging Bull. Neither of us had seen it, and I am still trying to understand it (and also what about it is considered so great!). In a lot of ways, I found it difficult to relate to. The acting is great, and the filming technique is remarkable, but I found the plot less accessible than I expected...

Weekend?

It's Wednesday, so here's the weekend update...

On Friday night we went to Freedom Clothing for the opening of their art show, Characters. I have 4 drawings in the show, which you can check out for the rest of the month.

On Saturday, I went to the Golden Diner for brunch, and then for the rest of the weekend, I pretty much slept...

On Monday, I stayed home. I have been sort of sick, and I finally decided to take a day off. I lay around and read and watched DVDs.

Yesterday, I came back to work... which was fine, although I am still really, really tired.

Busy Weekend

On Friday night I took transit out to Ikea in Etobicoke, to pick up some picture frames. I have a few drawings that are going to be in a group show at the Freedom Clothing Collective store. When I got home we assembled the hanging clothes apparatus that was kindly donated to us by Christine, and it is the closest thing to a real wardrobe/closet that we have ever had...
On Saturday I went to meet Dylan and Andrew for brunch/bible study, and then to David and Jen's for a visit and to pick up our bicycles. Afterwards, I did some laundry, and then we went to Sonic Boom to see the Raveonettes play a few songs... (which was surprisingly underwhelming).
That night I framed pictures, and realized that one of my Ikea frames was missing the little package of hardware, which I had to steal from the old picture frame in the entry hallway.
On Sunday morning I went to the gym, and then Leah and I went to Sam James for coffee.
That afternoon I went down to the AGO to pick up our membership cards. I also went in to the museum for about an hour.
And then last night I worked on another drawing, which will be traded as my gallery-fee-in-kind...