Don't listen to a word I say...

My time in Toronto is coming to a close. My last day at the mag was yesterday and I fly out on Thursday.

What I've become...

Been a long time since I had a solid Third Eye Blind session.

As much as I have tons to say, I don't wanna talk. I'm just gonna let the music speak for me.

This one's a fighter

Lovin' this album more and more each day...

Holding on...

This is all I've got right now...

Up in flames...

It really is disappointing and heartbreaking when something special goes up in flames... for no known reason...

When you awake, a new tomorrow

It's amazing when you have that epiphany that allows you to pick yourself up off the ground and move on to something better.

Just a passenger...

I'm in this weird place right now. I really need to write but for the past few days have struggled immensely to focus on what I need to write about.

Yet, here I am spilling my own personal thoughts on to a page without a problem at all. In fact, over the past few days I've dropped quite a few more entries than I have in a long time.

Dreamed of paradise...

I've always dreamed of laying down roots along the sunny shores of southern California's Pacific coast. 

There is something about living in a small, quiet coastal town that I have always wanted to experience.

Perhaps it's the fact that it would be an entire world apart from everything I've known. Perhaps it would be the kiss of the warm California sunshine. Perhaps it would be the simple fact that it was something new; a fresh start.

Glowing in the dark...

Everybody has one of those songs that just sends positive vibes through them. 

The beauty of music. It makes me smile from ear to ear.

Lose it

If you follow the adventures of Brendan Kergin and myself on Threat Shark, chances are you have heard me rave about Austra on the air, or you've read me raving about them in the summer edition of Threat Shark.

The moral of the story is...

Austra is amazing.

Don't know where you're going or when you're comin' home...

Right now I feel like this song parallels pieces of my life.

This is why I love music. Damn.

Pick up the phone

Last night while strolling through the streets of Toronto, I pulled out my phone to discover something interesting...

The "toughest law in journalism..."

Against the wind

For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to have my own turntable and start building a vinyl collection. Unfortunately, I could never quite justify forking over the money required to buy my own new shiny record player.

In the past week, my dad was kind enough to pass on his old turntable to me.

Home is where my feet are...

As is usually the case when I'm inspired to write something less than poetic, I'm inspired by a song that randomly comes across my airwaves. Tonight, was an old favourite.

Life goes on

Lately I find myself saying, "life goes on," on a fairly regular basis.

Heart's all gone

Humans are selfish. I think that goes without saying. We all are and I would challenge you to argue otherwise. 

Sure we all have moments where we "give" to varying degrees. But more often than not, we take, take, take.

Ghost in the machine

I find it funny how people try to run from issues without dealing with them.

I'm just as guilty as any one else.

Eventually things like that will come back to haunt you.

No surrender

The other day I was having this conversation with someone who I am in the early stages of getting to know.

Everyone has their quirks, oddities, weird tendencies, etc etc. You get my point. While I know I have my own weird little tendencies, some along the lines of obsessive compulsion, there is one that I've just become aware of that I previously didn't even think about until recently.

Toronto, gotta let me know

I'm going to let The Clash sing about my most recent dilemma...

Paradise

Been diggin' this song ever since the end of the Stanley Cup final. 

It's also possible that it's what inspired me to change the photo at the top of my blog. I've always thought of the Rocky Mountains as a certain kind of paradise. They are probably what I miss most from out west.