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X20 Xaviar's on the Hudson
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- shoekittykat May 28, 2009 06:20 PM
has anyone been here?
Plug X2O into search and you will find several threads including this one:
I thought it was just okay. There is a lot of other restaurants I would rather go to. The place is beautiful inside, probably the best bathroom I have been in, but the food was just all right & I found the menu not interesting.
Shoekittykat, definitely do a search, because many CHs feel differently from patunia, myself included.
I agree with ice_cream & check out other opinions. I have only eaten there once & I found the menu so far from boring that I found it difficult to choose just one dish. Their current menu is at:
Definitely check other endless posts on X20 - we've been only once, but would go back for certain.
I've been there twice. First right after it opened, I sat in the Asian influenced bar area, and it was quite good, although more casual and quick. The second time, The experience was marred by a spat with my wife :) , and an appetizer that was dissapointing, so much so that I can't remember what it was. I had the Hog chop(pork chop) for my entree and I thought it probably the best pork chop I've ever had.
re: touchdown
I love the place and fine it the equal of any restaurant in NYC
re: stevel
Me too--have reservations next week. Looking forward to having one of the BEST appetizers I ever had again (the short rib ravioli)!
re: Marge
Had a fabulous dinner last night. We first had cocktails at the bar (delicious Manhattan and Martini). New to the breadbasket offerings were the most delicious biscuits we've ever had, baked with chives and roquefort. For apps we had my favorite short rib ravioli, which did not disappoint, and a special of excellent spicy ahi tuna. We decided to go for the iron chef winning steak for two---holy cow! Literally--it was easily enough for four people, served with creamed spinach and buttery potatoes. Since there were only two of us, we took home enough for a couple of big steak sandwich lunches (and a meaty bone for the 4 legged chowhound). For dessert we shared a special of mousse served with terrific melt in your mouth little cinnamon donuts. For this fabulous feast, with a cocktail and generously poured glass of wine each, the price was very reasonable. And yes, the bathroom is magnificent.
I went Last friday night... opted for a later reservation so that we wouldn't have to deal with crowds and noise. It ended up being a great move! Service was great and we weren't rushed out the door.
For appetizers we had lobster crepe and scallop sushi. The lobster crepe was browned perfectly, giving it just enough crisp but not making it tasted like a tortilla, and stuffed with an ample amount of fresh lobster (also beautifully garnished). the scallops were very thinly sliced and served with thinly sliced cuccumbers that just the scent of them alone was enough to tickle your palet.
For dinner we had the Ahi Tuna encrusted with puffed rice,again wonderful and the sirloin steak. Dinner portions were more than enough for both of us but did leave just enough room to indulge in dessert. I also asked for a side of risotto that was prepared with fresh horseradish and scallions. THAT.... could be the new food that I eat my weight in!
Dessert was the best butterscotch pudding that I have ever had.
Overall, a remarkable dinning experience..... can't wait to return!
re: kimmykimmy
We had that same butterscotch pudding - while we loved the taste, there was something "grainy" in the consistency, as though sugar (or horreur, corn starch?) hadn't disolved right. While the rest of the meal was great, I remember the creamed spinach side dish best...
Birthday coming up - perhaps time to return!
re: Nancy C
We were there last month and didn't love it. It's not that it was bad, far from it. It was perfectly nice. But I was hoping for one of those food epiphany evenings where I just keep exclaiming about how amazing everything is and that's not what I got. I no longer remember what we ate. (Sorry, should have done a review right away.) We won't be back, not in an angry, refuse to darken their doorstep ever again kind of way, just that, for a special occasion, there are other, better choices.
FWIW, in the last few years, we've had food epiphany meals at Eleven Madison Park and Napa and Co (Stamford). And on a much more casual level, I couldn't stop yapping about the sandwich I was eating at 'wichcraft a couple of months ago.
re: marcia2
We're looking for something new to try for an up coming birthday, and Napa and Company sounds very interesting!
re: marcia2
can you tell me more about wichcraft
re: shoekittykat
I think they will get rid of this or move it since wichcraft is in the city. Are you talking about Tom Colicchio's place?
re: wincountrygirl
shoekitty, I did mean Colicchio's sandwich place, as wincountry suggests. It's in Manhattan, so you might want to take a look at that board.
We had another wonderful dinner at X20 last night. I was surprised at how easy it was to get a reservation at the last minute. I made a 7PM reservation on Open Table from Tuesday on Monday afternoon. We arrived a bit early with only two, not the expected three diners, and were seated immediately. Note to the files: don't let them seat you next to the door to the terrace unless you're a smoker or have young children who have to be aired out frequently. We quickly realized that the table was a problem for us, and they uncomplaingly moved us to another, more tranquil spot. We started with cocktails and I had a house peach concoction that was yummy. My DH had a martini, and though both drinks were perfectly prepared, neither of us was happy with the stemless glasses that just don't seem to keep the drink as cold. As we perused the menu, we both realized that it was going to be very, very difficult to choose our meal since we both had several appetizers and several entrees that we couldn't decide among. I finally landed on the Spaghetti ala Chitarra and my DH had the short rib and fois gras ravioli. Both were fantastic and were served very hot. For dinner, I had the Greek inspired lamb with orzo. There were two small chops as well as some very tender leg meat cooked and presented as a small medallion. It was delicious, my only complaint being that it could have been spiced a bit more assertively. When a menu promises harissa, I do expect a little snap, which was lacking. My DH had the roasted Hudson Valley free range chicken with wild mushroom risotto and asparagus with hollandaise. He pronounced it delicious with all elements perfectly cooked. For dessert, I had the Lemon Napolean with curd and mousse, which was also wonderful. Amazingly, given the weather, it didn't rain and we had a lovely sunset. On the way out, we stopped to chat with Peter Kelly to clear up the mystery of the local corn that was cited on the menu. Everyone we asked claimed it was from around Peekskill, which given the weather this spring would mean it would have to be from a magic farm. Apparently, local is southern Jersey!
It was a really wonderful evening.
re: roxlet
I'm glad to hear so many positive reviews because the one meal I had there (March) was disasterous. The service was terrible. We were seated without menus, no drink orders, had to flag down assistance repeatedly, etc. Two of our items had to be sent back due to "skin" forming over them -- must have been under the salamander too long! Anyway, we received great apologies from Peter Kelly and his brother (does he run the front of house?) but I'm not sure we'd ever risk it again. FWIW, there were two large parties seated close to us.
re: roxlet
We went to X20 Sunday brunch for the first time, six people. I thought it was a great brunch. They give you as much champagne as you could drink and keep refilling the glasses as soon as they are empty. Everybody had different apps and entrees. All were really very good. The passings were also very good. The service is excellent. Well worth the price.
re: irvingk
I have been there for dinner, lunch and brunch, and though I enjoyed all my meals, I think they do brunch the best, both in terms of consistency of food quality and value. And I'm not usually much of a brunch lover.
re: scarsdale1234
Both of our apps, the spaghetti with crab and the short rib ravioli were wonderful. My review is above. There is a lot to choose from, so I suggest that you look at their menu online to start the thought process! Hope you enjoy it; we did.
I'm going to x2o for the first time this week with my dad. I just want to check if I did my hw correct. Recommended dishes are fois gras ravioli, cowboy steak for 2, and butterscotch pudding?
re: daffyduck
I think some like, some hate the pudding; however I've never heard anyone complain about the "black and brulee" dessert. Personally I like most any seafood dish served there. The specials are often very worth considering. I've had the cowboy steak for 2 (mainly to please my dad, whom we were treating to dinner). It's fine, but then again I'm not really that much of a steak person.
re: DGresh
Yes the Black & Brulee is excellent, as is the normal Creme Brulee. I would go with any of the raw fish appetizers, they are typically specials.
re: daffyduck
I've had everything you mentioned and they are all really excellent. The ravioli are the stuff of dreams. Also, Costco is selling $50 X20 (any of Peter Kelly's restaurants) for $40. I just got 2 which covers most of the meal. It's not every day you can get 20% off a restaurant of this class.
re: gordoma
wow. thanks. good to know ill definitately be coming back.
i loved the ravioli too. When I went a few days ago I tried the donuts and frozen souffle dessert. The donuts are to die for especially when dunked in the butterscotch pudding lol. The souflfe was not as great but still good.
My main was the cowboy ribeye in addition to the spinach and potatos it came with a small side of some yellow sauce. i loved the sauce! if anyone knows what it is please let me know.
re: gordoma
"Also, Costco is selling $50 X20 (any of Peter Kelly's restaurants) for $40."
Can you explain this?
A discount on X20? I can't think of a better deal.
The restaurant is the best there is in Westchester.
re: anonymouse1935
Costco's in Westchester and Rockland are selling a package of $100 worth of Xaviar's gift cards (2x$50) for $79.99. I am not sure how long this will go on, I would not expect it past the end of the year. They come in a nice package, and the cards are individually wrapped. As I've been telling people, if I were the sort of person who gave holiday gifts (I am not), this would be my gift this year. Instead, I just bought a bunch for gifts for myself :-). We are going for brunch this Sunday. Never been to X2O for brunch before, although we were regulars in Garrison and went to X last year (it was ok but not the same as Garrison).
BTW the gift cards are good at all of Peter Kelly's restaurants -- Xaviars, Freelance Cafe, X and X2O. It's on a display somewhere in the store. If you can't find it, ask a cashier or the person at the counter in front of the registers, that is where they keep them.
re: MisterBill2
Thanks, MisterBill2. I think you'll enjoy the brunch.
I miss Garrison.
re: anonymouse1935
Got two of these cards from family members as gifts - can't wait to use them!
re: anonymouse1935
Brunch was great. As we knew in advance, the passed dishes aren't as numerous as in Garrison (which we also miss, of course) but the atmosphere was very nice. And they asked us if we wanted any more as we were finishing our entrees, and they brought us more mushroom ravioli and tuna rolls. Interestingly, when they brought them to us originally, they were just for our table served from a small plate. Later on, they had large platters going around. Probably because we had a 12 noon reservation and the place was not very busy (it subsequently filled up). I had the salmon entree which was cooked medium as requested. The rest of my family had fillet mignon special, which they really enjoyed.
Restaurant Week is 3/15-28 (including Saturdays this year) and X2O is participating again. I checked and they take reservations 2 months in advance.
re: MisterBill2
We also went to the brunch, about a month ago. We really enjoyed it. I hadn't been before during the day, and the views were just gorgeous. We probably will skip it for RW, though, because I have not been thrilled the last two times we went during RW. MisterBill, I know you have spoken highly of Valley-- do you know if will they be participating?
re: i_eat_a_lot_of_ice_cream
We had a really nice RW meal at X2O last year. I am not sure about Valley and RW.. they are not on the list (not Tavern either). I emailed a woman who sent me their menus last year asking if they will be participating but have not heard back from her. We actually had dinner at Valley a few weeks ago. It was really good, once again. Too bad they are closed for the season now.
re: MisterBill2
Just went to the brunch at X2O last week and it was wonderful. The champange flowed abundantly and the service was very attentive. Peter Kelley was there greeting everyone. My appetizer consisted of Shrimp and Asparagus Tempura, my entree was Miso Glazed Chinook Salmon and for dessert the Pumpkin Panna Cotta, everything was delicious and the pass arounds (except for the raw lamb chop) were very good. I think it's a very good value and plan to return for my birthday.
Last year we went to Restaurant X Bully Boy for restaurant week and while we enjoyed it very much, the menu was very limited. Is the website up for RW yet, showing the restaurants that are participating?
re: GIOny
We went to both X and X2O for HVRW last year and thought that X2O was better, but the experiences are totally different, of course. Also, the fact that they sat us right next to a loud party of unruly children and parents (in a half empty room) didn't help.
I did not mention the rest of what we had. My wife had the shrimp/asparagus and said it was excellent. The rest of us had the baby spinach salad with raw tuna which was good although it was just 3 small pieces of tuna and it was spicier than expected. I already discussed our entrees earlier. For dessert, I had the strawberry parfait which was good, my wife and son had the warm chocolate cake which was very good. my daughter was able to get the creme brulee (not on the menu for brunch but she asked and they obliged) and if you've had Peter Kelly's CB you will know it is the best around.
My only regret was I grabbed a seat facing the window for the view, but then I felt sort of out of the loop with what was going on in the dining room.
re: MisterBill2
Thanks for that website Mister Bill. That is one of my pet peeves is when a restaurant is empty and the host/hostess decides to sit us right next to the only occupied table in the place. I almost always ask them for a different table. Not sure if I've ever had PK's creme brulee, maybe in the past at Garrison or Restaurant X, will have to try it next time.
re: GIOny
We eventually did end up asking to be moved. At first I thought they sat us there because we had my son with me, but he's 18 so it's not like he is a little kid. And they had other parties in that room (the one in the back, straight ahead when you walk in) who did not have kids, although they were not sitting right next to the loud family.
My daughter LOVES Peter's CB (my wife and I do as well). As I tell waiters at other restaurants who try to convince me that theirs is excellent, we are CB snobs and will be disappointed if theirs is not REALLY good. I usually end up not ordering it elsewhere.
Moral of the night: don't go to X20 at sunset.
It began lovely enough. It was a special occasion, and I had requested a table by the window. We were directed to another, but the hostess was gracious enough to change at my request. The seat was perfect, or so I thought, and the drinks were excellent. The wine pour was the new 8 oz., i.e., 6 oz., but my Sidecar was perfect, albeit there was no sugar on the rim.
Service was impeccable, we were approached multiple times with bread, water, and our order readiness. I demurred, wishing to enjoy the view. Good thing I did enjoy it when I could.
The place was filled to capacity, and I was surprised to see kiddies at such an elegant, expensive restaurant. At least none of the kids had portable DVD players and no cellphones blared.
A query was made on the presence of cream in the dishes, which DH cannot eat. Choices were made on appetizers, and the scallop dish was cream-y. No prob, he scraped off the sauce and declared them very good. My sweetbreads were wonderful, crispy and buttery at the same time. Next time, after the sun goes down, I'll have the short rib ravioli.
For an entrée, I had the hog, which I got for the brussels sprouts, which were roasted very dark, but did not have a trace of burnt and tasted like no brussels sprouts I had ever eaten. DH had the sirloin and enjoyed it very much. Happily, there was no foam in sight on any of the preceding dishes.
Then...it happened. The sun started to set and the stampede was akin to the bus letting out at Atlantic City. Since people apparently had never seen the sun set before, and most assuredly had never been on a terrace to watch the sun set before, they all, and I 'do' mean 'all' (or so it seemed), had to make a mad dash for the terrace, whose door was, natch, right next to our table.
Wave after wave, so mad a dash that the maitre d' had to take down the curtain that was on the door, rod and all, to accommodate the sunset deprived. Interestingly, the sun worshippers had on jeans and shorts and carried cameras (X20 is a tourist destination on the NY red buses?), attire which I didn't think befit such a classy place. I was wrong.
This went on for hours and hours, or so it seemed. Old, young, middle-aged, there was no stopping them. Finally, thankfully, the sun, bless its heart, went down, or they would still be there.
Dessert was curious. Ice cream consisted of two scoops, a normal size dessert in such a restaurant. The outstanding frozen caramel soufflé, though, was actually too much for me, and my life revolves around dessert. If I were the pastry chef, I would decrease the soufflé and increase the size of the donuts, which were magnificent. We also received a portion of delicious sorbet to mark the occasion.
With tax and tip, the bill came to approximately $80. a person, expected for such a meal but not in line with the astonishing disruption in ambiance. X20 should lock the back doors (yes, I know it is a fire violation, but that is how crude the behavior of the people was).
So, if you want an excellent dinner at an excellent restaurant whose clientèle does not match the classiness of the restaurant, X20 is still the number one choice in lower Westchester. One word of caution, though, go very early or very late.
re: anonymouse1935
Wow, I'm surprised that people were in X20 on a Saturday night with jeans and shorts--there are those who may argue that it's none of my business, but that really spoils the ambiance for me in a classy restaurant. Years ago (obviously) I had a similar experience with tourists bombarding the window near where we sat at Windows on the World in the WTC--agree that's very instrusive and annoying! That said, I still love X20, and the short rib ravioli is still one of my favorite all-time appetizers, do try it!
re: anonymouse1935
We went to X20 last June for my birthday, and if you look upthread, you will see that my advice was to not be seated next to the door! In our case, it was young children going in and out and in and out. But they uncomplainingly moved us, and we didn't have to deal with the disruption for most of the meal. Yesterday was my anniversary, and this would have been one choice of restaurant to go to, but I am in Cairo and my DH is in NY. I envy your meal! We ate at Del Potro a couple of years ago, and this fancy restaurant shockingly also had people dressed as if they had come in from digging ditches. I wish that there was some sort of dress code for fine dining, but I think that in this economy restauranteurs need every diner they can get and don't like to alienate anyone.
re: anonymouse1935
I think you reached the wrong conclusion, as has already been pointed out. The real moral is not to be seated by the terrace door. Most times we have been there, we've had a table next to the windows on the southern side., although one time we did sit next to the terrace door and did not have a problem with it. If you had been seated elsewhere, you would not have had a problem with the people going outside.
I may go again soon, but have been reading some reviews that x2o has been going down. Has anyone been here lately? last time I had the short ribs fois gras, cowboy ribeye, creme brulee and butterscotch pudding. are there any other standout dishes I haven't tried.
i just wanted to put in my 2 cents after dining at x20 last night for the first time. this was a belated birthday dinner for me and i was very excited to try x20 given it's reputation on these boards and the fact that im just a bit bored with the dining scene in nyc lately. i cycle and regularly pass by x20 on the metronorth back to the city so it seemed like a good idea.
the positives: the service was fine enough. a bit too fake stuffy for my taste but friendly and competent overall. we were seated for our 8pm reservation rather quickly. no real view but we didnt complain and that wasn't our intention either.
the negatives: first, the pace of the meal was a bit too fast. we were out of the restaurant at 9:30pm after appetizers, entrees, and dessert. it wasn't rushed but everything came out a bit too fast. it gave me the impression that the food was pretty much pre-made and everyone ordered the same thing.
the food...what a disappointment on nearly all fronts. the bread service was ok i suppose. the roquefort biscuit was a bit dry but thats probably in comparison to the excellent biscuits i had lately at egg in brooklyn and at peels in the city.
appetizers were sweetbreads for me, spaghetti chittarra for my girlfriend. the sweetbreads were fine enough but rather underseasoned...a familiar theme in the food. all i really tasted was the balsamic vinegar. the spaghetti was better but it tasted more of buttered noodles rather than crab meat.
entrees were a straight miss. the 'porcini crusted saddle of lamb'...medium rare...definitely was served medium well. some pieces looked red enough but were decidedly dry and tough. i shouldve complained but i shut my mouth. the whole plate looked like i was eating at a wedding. no presentation. everything sounded great on the menu and was horribly boring on the plate. i cant recall how any of the lamb was porcini crusted. the lamb tasted as flavorless as a poor piece of venison. even the spaetzle was disappointing...how does that even happen?
my girlfriend's sirloin steak...pretty much the same. tough, bland, underseasoned, mediocre. it really looked like it was a steak at a bad wedding.
i was so disappointed by the meal that i opted out of dessert. we figured we'd go back to the city and squeeze in a custard at shake shack. unfortunately, the waiter brought out a dessert for my birthday. it was a nice gesture and i felt embarrassed that i was asking for the check (politely). the dessert was apparently a signature chocolate something but to me, it was effectively a big glob of caramel and fudge in the shape of a boob...with a raspberry on top. it was sweet and sadly one of the highlights of the meal but it reminded me of dessert on a cruise ship back in 1993.
i dont fault the service. they didnt cook the meal and they did their job but wow...i havent had such a misfire in ages. i really felt like this place was transporting me back in time to a wedding in 1988. such a flavorless mess.
i cant see how anyone can enjoy the food here if my meal was indicative of a typical meal at x20...everyone...please be wary.
re: sam1
Wow, repeated comparison of X20's food to bad wedding food is quite unappealing (although I never was served spaghetti chittarra or porcini crusted lamb at any weddings in 1988)...actually, I don't think I took a cruise in 1993, so can't relate to the dessert comparison either. Although I'm not bored with the restaurant scene in the city (in fact had fabulous wedding food at the River Cafe yesterday), I plan on celebrating my birthday in two weeks at X20--will report back!
re: sam1
sorry for your bad meal. I remember when I had the cowboy ribeye for 2 I thought it was overseasoned as oppose to underseasoned. I tasted a little bit of cayene pepper, brown sugar, and cinnamon. I wanted a little less seasoning to taste more of the meat. But their bearnaise sauce was heavenly, haha i was eating everything with it.
re: daffyduck
More to you Sam1 for telling it like it is. Some of the diners defending this place have an enthusiasm that I find suspect. I've had some good dinners here but on that basis I cannot step forward and tout the excellence of the place especially since my last dining experience had abominable service, food quality and drinks. In addition, I found some of my dining companions at adjoining tables dressed as if they were going to a picnic. Now if one bad experience with a number of other good ones and having adjacent dining companions dressed like they're going to a picnic doesn't bother you, by all means seek out X20 for that special night. I can't
re: Sonnyno
So has it now come down to complaining about X2O because people at other tables were not dressed to your liking?
71 Water Grant Street, Yonkers, NY 10701
re: MisterBill2
Not exactly, Mr. Bill. It hasn't come down to that. I judge the desirability of a restaurant on quality of the food and drinks, service and ambiance. My comments about X20 revolved around all of those points. Dress is just one small factor in ambience. However amidst fine silverware, china, crystal, decorative surroundings and a smartly dressed wait staff, the picnic outfit, while conveying a whole lot of messages for one, is a contributor to ambiance. Granted we are in an era of dressing down but when a restaurant try's to put its finest forward in table settings, wait staff dress and decor and many guests exhibit an appropriate degree of formality, dressing as if going to a picnic or coming from the gymnasium is a bit extreme. I think that's worth a comment. If you minimize that, I accept that your eyes are fixed on beauty a bit differently than mine but I chose to make that comment which was not very dissimilar from other comments above.
re: Sonnyno
that sucks, i hope that doesn't happen there too often. i remember taking my dad out for christmas there, so that was less than a year ago and all the diners dressed up very appropriately. I dont fine dine too often but X2O is my personal favorite for ambiance, the view over the river is spectacular and I think the decor is beautiful. it's a shame that patrons are not dressing up, especially for dinner.
71 Water Grant Street, Yonkers, NY 10701
I'm going in a few weeks for my dad's birthday it's been awhile since i've been and they have a lot of new items on the menu, has anyone been lately?


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Fun : My 'padoshan' has bought cinema tickets for each of my family members, except me.
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Why take shelter in police station! I have a feeling that she wants to send all your family members for cinema and then be with you.Answered by Francisco, 12 Mar '13 06:01 pm
Is there cinema show in Police station next Saturday?Answered by Pooja, 12 Mar '13 06:00 pm
Why dont you go to hospital and lend your helping hand and nurse the sickAnswered by manvika, 17 Mar '13 02:29 pm
take your padosan also with you
take your padosan also with you
The police will be ofno help.Answered by mohanbirsingh ghura, 12 Mar '13 07:33 pm
Take shelter with your paddosan,
in a common shelter.
Take shelter with your paddosan,
in a common shelter.
Tanhai me mulaqat karni hogi... isliye itna sab kiya use..Answered by arun mishra, 12 Mar '13 06:11 pm
Aap itne buddu nahi lagte jitna khudko dikhaate ho.....savdhaan police station mein mat jaana .... warna BOFORS may back-fire......Answered by Pradipta pati, 12 Mar '13 06:09 pm
NopeAnswered by conviction, 12 Mar '13 05:57 pm


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'A Dangerous Method' is the movie everyone's been talking about – namely because it stars period veterans Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley and features a lot of, er, spanking. The film is based on the relationships between psychologist extraordinaire trio Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and the first ever female psychoanalysts, Sabina Spielrein. Keira had to down shots of vodka before filming those scenes and here we get the inside scoop from costume designer Denise Cronenberg (yes, that's sister of director David Cronenberg), about putting Keira in yet another corset, working with Robert Pattinson on his upcoming film 'Cosmopolis' and how YOU could end up wearing the costumes from 'A Dangerous Method'…
Grazia Daily: What's it like working with your brother?
Denise Cronenberg: We get on very well and he trusts me implicitly. David never saw any of the costumes other than online until one day before shooting because we were prepping in London while he was in Cologne, Germany. It was a new way of working but it worked because the trust is there. And, I know him well, I know when to talk to him about something and when not to.
Grazia Daily: What's Keira Knightley like? Did she have any input over what she wore?
Denise Cronenberg: She's amazing! She didn't really though, I did a huge lot of research. It was harder with Sabina because we couldn't find anything on the actual Sabina – we only found a head shot of her from when she was 17 and one other from her 40s which you could hardly see, so I had to create her Edwardian/Victorian style from scratch. Freud and Jung, on the other hand were done exactly as I saw them in their photographs. Keira's amazing though, her body is so easy to fit and she looks quite great in everything. I had a lot of things ready but we exchanged research. We used very fine cotton that were from Christening dresses and laces that were all of the period. We took them off a lot of costumes, we also found the most extraordinary stores in London, I couldn't have done that film anywhere else. We made all the costumes with Cost Prop (a rental house and costume design house) and they hold all of the costumes until the film is released and then they put it into their stock for other people to use!
Grazia Daily: Which outfit did Keira enjoy wearing most?
Denise Cronenberg: She loved it all but there was one that she loved that she actually has. It's the dress she wore with the hat that almost looks like it's an extreme upside down 20s hat. It's white lace and goes slim at the bottom because at around the early 1900s, the bottom part of dresses started to become slimmer and the bum pads and wider skirts were going out of style. Keira took a pair of shoes too, they were gorgeous boots with laces that were soft and amazing to wear. She also loved the white dress with lace that she wore with a Russian stole around her.
Grazia Daily: How did you get started on the costumes?
Denise Cronenberg: I got my ideas from the original costumes that Cost Prop have. Nobody can wear them because they'd fall apart and they're all in plastic but I got ideas of the lines and combined a couple of dresses into one. It takes me about ten weeks to make each costume including research and building. Absolutely everything you see was made by us from the coats to the suits and nurses costumes.
Grazia Daily: How did the female cast cope with all the original corsets?
Denise Cronenberg: They were all in original corsets, bum pads and many petticoats. Of course you don't see them all but they were all beautiful. A lot of the corsets today are taken from the old originals. I used the fabric it would have been made in and the hooks at the front. It's important for the actors to have all that underneath. We joked because we were saying that it was amazing that anyone ever had sex! It's just like, 'how?' By the time you got all your clothes off you'd just be like, 'Forget it!' In fact, what they did was they would do it with the clothes half on, which is what you see in the film. You don't ever see everybody with all the clothes off. And you get to see a bit of Keira's corset…
Grazia Daily: Ah yes, in that scene!
Denise Cronenberg: Yeah, the scene was tricky but the clothes were fine for her and she and Michael were professionals and great.
Grazia Daily: You're working on Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson now, what's that been like?
Denise Cronenberg: Oh, he's lovely! He's such a nice, sweet kid. He's intelligent and smart; he was very brave to take on something like this because I think he was quite hesitant at first. But David is wonderful with actors and he's a father of three, so he uses that. He and Robert had a wonderful relationship. It was an unusual film to do, very unusual. We had to do a rave, street fires and have cars exploding for this film! David and I decided what we thought we'd put Robert in. I then talked to Gucci who were incredible and gave us all his clothes. He's dressed from head to toe in Gucci from the tie to his socks! And we had no money, like really, no money so we could never have done it without them.
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She showed up at my apartment a month ago and we didn't see her for weeks. She came back a few days ago, so we think she belongs to a neighbor because she is too friendly to be feral.This photo was shot on film. Taken by badjuju with a Canon AE-1 loaded with Lomography X-Pro Slide 100 (35mm) film in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. These tags describe this photo: green, cross process, tuxedo, white, and, black, gato, xpro, cross-process, nature, leaves, tennessee, stray, cute, paw, bath, day, autumn, fall, pet, animal, tree, cat, iso, 200, canon, lomography, and memphis. Date: 2012-11. This photo can also be found in the album Canon AE-1. Slide film.
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So, the biggest obstacle is time. Seems like there is always so much going on. If I don't get up early, and exercise first thing, I never get to it. My favorite exercise is work out videos and of course walking the dogs. And, within 2 min of starting the video, I am so glad I am doing it. Its just getting that forward momentum going. So, my plan is to make it as easy as possible.
1) Get to bed at a decent hour. 9:30pm, 10 at the latest.
2) Have exercise clothes, (not to mention my clothes ready for work) ready the evening before.
3) Lift my head up off the pillow when the alarm goes off. Just lifting my head up will alert my 3 dogs who sleep with me, and there is no going back to sleep once they wake up.
Sounds like a plan. We'll see how it works.
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The Venetucci Farm isn't just for school kids chasing the perfect pumpkin anymore. Thursday night the Pikes Peak Community Foundation will hold a fundraising dinner, "Starlight Dining at Venetucci Farm."
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Dockworkers and terminal operators reach agreementSTEVEN GREENHOUSE
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Cargo ships dock at Port Elizabeth, N.J.,. The International Longshoremens Association, a dockworkers union, reached a deal to avoid a strike that had been set for Sunday.A top federal mediator announced Friday that shipping companies and the East Coast longshoremens union have reached a deal on their main point of dispute and that the union has agreed to drop its threat of a coastwide strike this Sunday.
The mediator said the two sides have agreed to extend the existing contract by 30 days to Jan. 28 to try to reach agreement on other remaining issues, including what the companies say are antiquated work rules.
The partial agreement means that the union, the International Longshoremens Association, will not carry through on its threat to have 14,500 dockworkers go on strike this Sunday at 14 ports stretching from Boston to Houston.
While some significant issues remain, I am cautiously optimistic that they can be resolved in the 30-day extension period, said the mediator, George H. Cohen, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
In a news release, Cohen said the two sides had reached an agreement in principle on a particularly contentious issue, known as container royalty payments.
The companies share those payments with union members for each ton of cargo handled. The union had for months denounced the companies proposal to freeze those payments for current longshoremen and eliminate them for all future hires.
The United States Maritime Alliance, a group of shipping companies and terminal owners, says it paid $211 million in container royalties to the dock workers last year, averaging $15,500 per eligible union member.
James A. Capo, the alliances chairman, said the royalty payments amounted to $10 an hour on top of what he said were already generous wages.
This issue seems to have dwarfed anything else, Capo said in an interview this week.
The maritime alliance said the longshoremen earn $124,000 a year on average in wages and benefits, including the royalty payments. Union officials said those figures were exaggerated and put average annual wages at $75,000 before benefits. Under the current contract, most longshoremen earn $32 an hour.
The container payments were created in the 1960s to compensate the longshoremen because many lost their jobs as seaports embraced automation and the use of standardized, 40-foot-long containers to ship goods. Largely as a result of those trends, employment of longshoremen in the Port of New York and New Jersey, the busiest East Coast port, has dropped to 3,500 from 35,000 in the 1960s.
The shipping companies see the royalty payments as a relic of decades past. The union still sees the payments as a core part of wages and as an important way to share productivity gains with members. The payments come to $4.85 a ton, the union said.
Harold Daggett, the unions president, resisted the push by the shippers alliance, known as USMX, to freeze the royalty payments. As the strike deadline approached, he said, USMX seems intent on gutting a provision of our master contract that ILA members fought and sacrificed for years to achieve.
Matthew Shay, president of the National Retail Federation, applauded Fridays announcement but said a contract extension does not provide the level of certainty that retailers and other industries were looking for.
We welcome todays news that a contract extension has been reached, he said in a statement. However, we continue to urge both parties to remain at the negotiating table until a long-term contract agreement is finalized.
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My Retail Nightmare for today is that I am working a 6pm-10pm shift…ON A SATURDAY NIGHT!! What.the.actual.fuck. Like the title for this post asks, why even BOTHER with a social life? Why even bother making weekend plans when I am given such incredible working hours like that? Oh, the retail life really does pay the ultimate price of suckage. Whoever thought it was a good idea to give me, a young woman trying to make her way in the world while paying (a lot) of bills, such a shitty shift, I would just like to say please go ahead and shove it up your ass. That goes to you, Mr. Douchebag from HR. Not that my other crappy retail job is any better. Anyway, that's my rant for now. But don't you worry. I'm sure that I will come up with even more inane things to rant about during my four hour foray into hell tonight.
I sit upright,
Gasping for air
As I scramble out of bed
For the life of me.
That pen is the life of me.
That paper is the life of me.
They are the tools that breathe life into me.
As these four giant walls close in on me.
As this bed slowly suffocates the life out of me.
Breathing becomes a chore.
Something pushes me from within.
"Get up!" It screams.
"Get up!" It commands and I involuntarily obey.
It controls me, it drives me like a vehicle in which I am merely the passenger.
No one but other passengers understand
This ride I am conceding to.
I am the hostage and It is my captor.
If I don't obey, I will surely die.
It will kill me slowly and painfully from within.
Organ after organ, vessel after vessel will erupt,
Languishing in my failed mission to save them all.
My penmanship is rusty. This is a very bad sign.
I'm forgetting how to write.
Technology has won many of the battles,
But the victor of the war is yet to be determined.
Love me, or leave me. This is who I am.
My hand is cramping up much faster than it used to.
Another bad sign, leaving a bad taste in my mouth.
The sun shines through the windows, beckoning me.
But it's too cold to go outside, too bright.
And I'd feel dumb being fooled by the sun's taunting rays.
Instead, I remain in bed and finish my sentence,
Accepting this confinement as a part of my life.
My birth bed and death bed have become one and the same.
And I've accepted that.
What Voice Am I Feeding?
I was just on the phone with a good friend of mine (she knows who she is) and we were discussing the difference between people's desires and their needs–aka wants vs. needs. The essential question we came across was this: is what I want really what I need? Or am I just feeding a part of myself that is eternally selfish? It wasn't in so many words, but that's pretty much the gist of it.
Then my friend mentioned An Old Cherokee Tale of Two Wolves. It's a famous story that I am all too familiar with, but it's worth revisiting for the sake of this discussion. The story is about the age old battle that goes on within all of us: the battle between good and evil. As simple as the meaning behind this story is, I feel that it's applicable to practically every aspect of life. Every decision that we make comes down to one thing: the distinction between what we want out of life and what we need out of life. In this case, we were talking about our health. She was telling me about this cleanse she's been doing for the past few weeks, how difficult it can be when you lose sight of the fact that sometimes the things your body craves are the very things that are destroying it. It's a self destructive cycle to get yourself into and one that is extremely difficult to break. It's especially difficult when you lack the aid and support of the people who love you.
They think that just because they are giving you what you want, that they have your best interests at heart, but sometimes we just need a good old healthy dose of tough love. This is something I've been trying to prescribe to myself for the longest time, but sometimes I feel like I am failing myself when I give in to my cravings. Every time I pick up a Sun Chip and bring it to my lips–I like to eat the slowly to savour them–I wish someone would just slap it out of my hand. It may be aggressive and I may be momentarily pissed, but in the long run, you'd be doing me a huge favour.
In order for that to happen, though, I'd need someone to constantly monitor my eating habits, which is too unrealistic. I am, after all, a grown woman and I should be able to control myself, right?
Well, I recently watched the premiere episode of My 600 Pound Life on TLC and was profoundly disturbed by what I saw. A woman who was confined to her bed due to her sheer size, not to mention severe health problems. The episode was about her quest to undergo weightloss surgery because she was so certain it would somehow magically increase the quality of her life. The surgery itself, however, can only remedy the symptoms of the problem; it doesn't tackle the root of the problem itself. Clearly, there was something in her life that made her the way she is. Something must have happened to bring her to the point of weighing six hundred pounds. People aren't just born obese. The sad reality is that far too often people in these kinds of situations don't always get the proper emotional or psychological help they may need in order to cope with the true nature of their problem. They think that a mere physical solution is all they need to absolve their problems and relieve their suffering. But what good is weightloss surgery if the person is simply going to gorge themselves again if they feel sad or depressed?
I'm not trying to be mean. I'm actually speaking from experience. Okay, I may not weigh six hundred pounds, but I do know a thing or two about dealing with certain financial struggles, self esteem issues as well as self deprecating behaviour. In other words, I know what it's like to be unhappy. And I also know that different people deal with their misery in different ways. We all have our demons that we have to face and many times, we are left to battle them alone. I've had those days where the only thing that can satisfy my emotions or make me feel better is stuffing myself silly with food. The one drawback is that I always end up hating myself even more after binge eating. It never really dissipates the problem or makes me feel any better…it's just a temporary non-solution to a very complicated issue.
In many ways, writing has been the junk food of my soul for as long as I can remember. Every time I've had a problem, felt depressed or was angry about something, I wrote about it. Every time, I had something on my mind, I wrote about it. Every time I couldn't orally verbalize my thoughts or ideas, I simply wrote about it. I'm starting to think that my relationship with writing is just as addictive and self destructive as that obese lady's obsession with food. It's not that I only have negative feelings associated with writing; it's just that usually when I write, it means that there is something on my mind. Usually whatever is on my mind has been eating away at me for a long time and this is the only real way to let it out. If I don't set it free, it will continue to eat away at me until I am nothing but a hollow shell of a person. The only thing left is a vast nothingness deep within me. I write to stay sane. I write because I have a voice. I write because even though it doesn't completely abolish the pain and struggle of everyday living, it nourishes my soul. It satisfies that strong hunger deep within me. That hunger is the fire lit beneath me that makes me want to trudge on in this world.
While I was talking with my friend, she brought up another important food-related question: "When I eat, what voice am I feeding? The one of want or the one of need?" I could ask myself the same thing about my writing. When I write, what voice am I feeding? Do I want to write or do I need to write? It's honestly hard to say.
Sometimes, when I lay awake in my bed at night, tossing and turning endlessly the only thing that soothes my troubled mind is finding a pen and piece of paper and scribbling down some words. It could be mindless dribble or some of the most profound late night ramblings I've ever recorded. All I know is that if I don't let it out, if I don't wreck that paper with my relentless ink stains, I can't sleep. I've struggled through nights where I was just too tired to get out of bed to write…and I hated myself in the morning for giving in to my own human setbacks. How dare I be too tired to write. I'm not allowed. I'm not allowed to refuse to indulge in one of my favourite forms of self indulgences. Because if I do, I feel inadequate the next day. I feel melancholy. I feel listless. And then I hate myself because I end up trying to compensate for my inadequacy by forcing myself to write something, but it never comes out right. It never compares to the masterpiece I would have composed if I had just been able to drudge myself out of bed the night before to write whatever was on my mind. That moment of desperate inspiration is gone never to return. Whatever sentences I would have composed are lost forever.
I know I sound overly dramatic. But I truly think that's what addiction is like. It give you a small taste of self empowerment and then just as swiftly pulls it from under your feet unexpectedly. Don't be fooled though. This is a false sense of empowerment. It's an illusion. Feeding the bad wolf may make you feel well rested for the time being, but it will never be enough to satisfy your soul. You may feel a temporary sense of joy, but that doesn't mean you should buy into it. Just like all those nights I chose to sleep instead of write. I have plenty of regret about that because, now instead of having an extensive body of work under my belt, I am sitting here writing about what could have been, pitying myself and feeling nostalgic. I'm sure every writer goes through this. It's the reason so many artists are insomniacs. Our minds dictate when we are allowed to rest and when we must trudge through the exhaustion and work. Too many times I feed the evil bad wolf and let myself sleep in the same way that six hundred pound woman literally and figuratively fed her addiction to food.
I need to make a change. I need to feed the good wolf. I need to write more, but I need do it in a controlled manner. I need to become the master of my own domain and choose when I am going to write and what I am going to write about. No more waiting for inspiration to come around. I am going to make it happen. I am going to find ways to inspire myself. That is my new year's resolution. I am tired of being unhappy and the only thing that makes me happy is writing. The only sound that brings me any sense of resolution and absolute joy is the sound of the keys clicking against my keyboard. There. Now I feel empowered.
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Why I Watch Award Shows
As we all know, last Sunday (January 12th), the Golden Globes awards show took place. Now, I'm not going to lie, I am an absolute SUCKER for Hollywood awards shows, the Oscars included. Not only do I enjoy watching all of my favourite performers and film and television show makers receive the acknowledgement and credit they deserve, but I also like seeing their reactions to receiving such accolades. Really, I couldn't care less what any of them are wearing.
I just like to see that they are humble, regular everyday individuals who just happen to be making their dreams come true. In some odd way, it gives me a sense of hope that someday, I too, can achieve my goals to become a well known writer. It lets me know that hard work and dedication does pay off, even if it takes decades in order to give credit where credit is due. Another reason I enjoy watching award shows is, believe it or not, when someone I admire wins, I am actually genuinely happy for them. As some of my followers on Twitter might already know, I am a huge fan of Breaking Bad and so when Bryan Cranston won the award for Best Actor and then the show won for Best TV Series, I was ecstatic. For some reason, for diehard fans such as myself, it seems like a personal victory. You just want so badly for a show like that to be recognized for how great it truly is, especially after being snubbed numerous times in the past.
And of course, I can't forget about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Those two together are just a dynamite comedy duo. What I love about their performance is that even though it was all thoroughly planned out, they somehow still made it all seem very genuine. I think this is because as a viewer you can tell that they truly have fun doing what they do and that they very close friends. Let me tell you, as someone who has performed on stage a few times, it is NOT easy to be that funny in front of all of those people. Sometimes jokes that seem funny in the writer's room or during rehearsals just flop in front of a live or tv audience, especially some of the more risque jokes they were telling. Like this hilarious remark made by Tina Fey as she was introducing Leonardo DiCaprio:
"Like a super model's vagina, let's all give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio".
Gotta love Tina Fey! The quote comes in at approximately 1:09, but I suggest watching the whole thing just to see Jennifer Lawrence awkwardly and hilariously photobomb Taylor Swift. I could not contain my laughter when I saw the look on Jennifer Lawrence's face as she tried to discretely creep up the stairs behind Taylor Swift while she was being interviewed. Jennifer Lawrence is one of those Hollywood stars who I actually greatly respect and admire simply because she is not afraid to be herself and just says whatever is on her mind…and she's always hilarious! Not to mention the fact that she promotes a very positive self image for young women everywhere, having been quoted as saying that she didn't want Katniss Everdeen to be portrayed as some extremely thin, blond Hollywood caricature; but as a real person going through real struggles in life who is also determined and strong enough to overcome them. She insisted on a very heavy work out regime before commencing filming on The Hunger Games because she wanted Katniss to look fit and strong, not thin and frail.
Anyway, I could go on drooling over her for ages, but that's content for a different post altogether. Here's the link to the video (don't mind the two annoying commentators, this was the only video I could find with the right footage):
Another great choice was Amy Poehler winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy. And I'm not just saying that because I am a very biased fan of Parks and Recreation…okay, so maybe I am. But anyone who has seen the show will understand why she deserved to win! It is such a cleverly written comedy. I don't know what the formula is for writing funny and well timed comedy, but the writers of the show have certainly figured it out and have it down packed. Amy simply brings their hilarity to a whole new level, as does the rest of the cast. (By they way, I'd also like to see Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones and Nick Offerman win a few awards for their work on the show as well!)
There were, of course, quite a few other worthy (in my opinion) winners that I should at least give honourable mention to, but since I am too lazy to type out all their names (ain't nobody got time for that!) and CNN already did it for me, here's a link instead:
And now, I leave you with the reason that I watch Parks and Rec. Two words: Ron Swanson.
Eavesdropping in Public Places (Oh yeah, I do that shit)
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in a coffee shop in Toronto discretely eavesdropping on a group of "older" friends as they were chatting about their lives. When I say older, I mean they were probably in their forties to sixties; at least, that was the discernible age range. There were about four or five men and a woman. From what I could tell, the woman was the youngest because she was the only one who only had a hint of grey in her hair. The men on the other hand all looked like they could double for mall Santas.
Anyway, as I was sitting there giving up all attempts to read John Irving's In One Person (fantastic novel, by the way!!), I couldn't help listening to the contents of their conversation. Well, they were sitting right next to me…and talking extremely loudly, I might add.
So the man sitting closest to me–he looked to be about in his mid-fifties, about my dad's age–was bragging to his friends about how he was dating some young twenty-something year old blond with, as he put it, "a rack so phenomenal it puts all three of my ex-wives to shame". I must admit, I chuckled a little to myself when I heard this. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! I even noticed out of the corner of my eye, as I was still pretending to be reading, that he even glanced in my direction to see my reaction to his rather crude remark. Well, in all honesty, I thought it was pretty damn funny that a man that age was sitting there bragging to his friends about what seemed like the absolute perfect conquest. As the conversation carried on, the man continued talking about his "live-in twenty-something year old girlfriend" (he knew her precise age, of course, but it eludes me now). He said something along the lines of: "But you know, as much as the sex is AWESOME, she's just not as emotionally mateur as I want my woman to be. But then again, I guess at that age, they're only really good for one thing"–and here, he proceeded to wink in my general direction. Again, I pretended not to notice and that I was completely enthralled by my book. But, I was curious to see how his friends and/or colleagues would respond to this disgusting display of sexism.
You see, I could tell that this was no ordinary group of creepy horny old men and their Elaine (Seinfeld reference); these people, from what I gathered, were academics! They had stacks and stacks of books with them and they mentioned that a few of them were doing research at the University of Toronto, the downtown campus which was mere minutes away from this famous coffee shop franchise. Needless to say, I was a little taken aback by the reactions of this man's friends/colleagues, but nonetheless intrigued as well. I always think it's interesting when older people are progressive and openly disclose the details of their sex lives because, well, in my culture people just don't discuss those things with their friends or anyone for that matter. In my culture, discussions of a sexual nature, to my knowledge, simply don't exist or are reduced to meaningless or harmless jokes.
This man, however, was more candid about his sex life with his twenty-something year old girlfriend than necessary. I mean there were some details that he simply did not have to share. There was another young man sitting on the couch across from me and I could feel him cringe when he heard some of the things this man was saying. Poor guy. I would have suggested he move, but then my cover would be blown and besides, it was already noon at this point and you know how busy these famous coffee shops can get at that time of day when most people take their lunch or coffee breaks.
Anyway, as I was saying. This man just went into full blown detail about his sex life, his girlfriend's appearance and, on numerous occasions, made a point to mention that he wasn't exactly dating her for her intellectual capacities. A small part of me was amused by this, but an even larger and insurmountable part of me felt the strong urge to douse this man and his horny colleagues with my scalding hot caramel macchiato. Okay, so I was at Starbucks. I was just so awestruck at how these seemingly intelligent and progressive people could be so boldly and disgustingly inappropriate when talking about this woman, who from what I gathered was studying to be a marine biologist. From what I know, that is not an easy field to get into so I can't imagine how these people were commenting that this girl is unintelligent. Either she was failing out of school or they were those elitist types of academics who think they're better than everyone else. You know the type. At U of T, they're a dime a dozen and they're the reason why I despised socializing in university. Everybody thinks they're so much damn better than you.
What shocked me most I guess was the fact that they all seemed to have met her at one point or another because they were agreeing with the man's descriptions of her looks and equally bashing her intelligence. Basically, they were playing up the whole dumb blond, big breasted, great in the sack stereotype and telling their friend that he deserved much better than her because eventually her looks would fade. Ironically, none of them commented on the fact that their friend was a cradle robbing pervert, but they seemed to be perfectly accepting of that dynamic.
I guess the reason that I decided to regale this story was because I was just in such shock. I still can't believe that people–especially of a certain generation that use young people are supposed to respect and admire–can be so utterly crude and sexist. What disgusted me most was that the woman, who was an academic as well, seemed to be going along with everything the men were saying. I mean, perhaps they were right about the so called blond bimbo. Maybe she wasn't that smart and this man was just using her for her looks and her youth, but if you ask me that is not something that other highly intelligent women should condone. It's hard enough knowing that men engage in that kind of locker room banter in public, but to hear a seemingly intelligent woman engaging in it with them, that was just horrifying. These people didn't realize how entirely uneducated and ignorant they sounded to the people around them. Moral of the story: be careful about what you say or do in public places and how loudly you speak because even if you think other people aren't eavesdropping are just minding their own business, they're really listening to every word and judging the hell out of you.
DISCLOSURE: I actually wrote this post in around October 2013, but saved it in my drafts and forgot to publish it. I recently came across it again and decided to publish it.
Hello friends and fellow bloggers!
Oh my, it's been a very long time since I've posted anything on here! I am still trying to work on that, I promise.
There's been a lot going on, so just bear with me. First off, I found a job…a very crappy one in retail but still a job. I was working a lot during the holiday season, but now that that's over they've cut my hours immensely. I am not exaggerating. I was literally scheduled for three hours this week. I know, it's ridiculous. But apparently, the job market here in Ontario is really THAT far down the toilet so that even a university graduate cannot seem to find a decent paying job.
Did I mention that I graduated from U of T back in November? Well, I did. And I thought that it would mean great things for me, but so far my degree has proved to be just as utterly useless as everyone warned me it would be. And yet, despite everyone's best warnings, I still decided to major in English, minor in Philosophy and Linguistics. Why, you might ask? Because I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge over money and power…plus, I must be a sadist because I seem to love torturing myself senselessly.
I think I just need to write more. The problem is that my life is so utterly boring and entertaining. Nothing big really happens to me on a regular basis. A lot of small things happen to me over an extended period of time, but I'm not sure how interesting that is to write about on a blog. I got some new piercings last week. They were fine for the first few days, but then started swelling up like balloons, turned red with rage and were throbbing mercilessly. I swear, for a few days there I looked a lot like Elmer Fudd after being taunted by Bugs' Bunny. At first I thought maybe my ears were infected, but then I remembered the same thing happened the last time I got my ears pierced (that's six in total now, three on each side). I couldn't remember how long the pain and redness lasted though because the last time I got my ears pierced was seven years ago, so I decided to drop by a walk in clinic and get them checked out. That was a total waste of time and almost ended up costing me $60 because the doctor assured me that the cleanser I was using wasn't potent enough even though my ears were in fact NOT infected. I decided that I didn't want to spend the extra cash and that I would just suffer through the pain and inflammation for a few more days to see if they both subsided. So far, the swelling has gone down a lot and the pain is very minimal. I only feel it when I need to touch my ears to sanitize the piercings or rotate them.
My mom wasn't thrilled about the new piercings because she thinks it's too much and she keeps asking me whether I plan on getting more. The answer is yes but not any time in the near future. I want to wait for these recent ones to heal first and then do more research. You see, I figured something out. Most common places to get piercings like Claire's or hairdressers use a piercing gun over a needle. I didn't know this before, but apparently it's the blunt trauma to my ears that caused them to swell up like fiery red balloons. I could have avoided all that pain and physical and mental irritation had I just did a little more research and gone somewhere where they use a needle. Anyway, bottom line: gun bad, needle good. Wow, in a totally different context, that would have sounded really weird.
On a totally unrelated note, yesterday was mine and my boyfriend's one year anniversary. I know, shocking right?! I can't believe it's been a WHOLE year!! And we're still so in love! Is it weird that I still get butterflies every time I think of him, every time he calls, every time he texts, every time we see each other?! IT'S BEEN A YEAR!!!
We didn't really have any big plans since we are both super poor right now because of the holidays so we just decided to take it easy and keep it low key. Unfortunately, his cat Sasha has been ill all week and we just figured out she has a urinary tract infection. He took her to the vet yesterday so they could do an analysis and prescribe the appropriate medication, but like her owner, she is a very stubborn creature and refuses to take her meds. So, he just told me that they took her to the vet again today to have her injected instead. I am trying to be supportive but he is an absolute mess right now. Not that I blame him. He's had that cat for almost ten years now and as much as he doesn't like admitting it, he is a huge softie especially when it comes to her. It's like watching a family member go through a serious medical problem. The worst part is wishing you could help, but being unable to. I know she will make a speedy recovery because she is a strong cat, but she needs to just take the damn pills!
Anyway, that's my quick update/rant for now. Hope you all had an awesome holiday season and I promise there will be more forthcoming random and quirky posts from me!!
NanoWrimo Updates!!
Well folks, I am writing to update you all on my NanoWrimo progress…only to tell you that it's week two and I haven't made much progress other than writing and rewriting constantly. I am very meticulous about my writing and am always trying to perfect it. However, as always, whenever I commit myself to a writing project or any kind of project, extenuating circumstances always manage to get in the way. In this case, it's nothing in particular, just family and friends taking up most of my time. I'm not trying to make any excuses, but I just find that when I actually set aside time to sit down and write, my inspiration just goes out the window. It's as if I have to condition my brain to be inspired at very specific times because when I wait for inspiration to strike naturally, it always comes at the most inopportune times.
Anyway, I am going to continue trekking through because this is something I really want to do, interruptions be damned. I told pretty much everyone I know to back off for the entire month of November and so far, nobody seems to understand. I hope I am not the only one who goes through this when they are trying to write. It kind of makes me understand why people take this Thoreau-like attitude about writing. This idea of getting away for a while, escaping to a remote location and just writing my heart out has always fascinated me. But the reason I haven't done it and probably never could, is that I have too many human attachments to just disappear for a while. Too many people would be offended if I decided to just up and leave without letting anyone know. I have fantasized about faking my own death and finding a cottage out in the woods and writing under a pseudonym. The only problem is that I would get too lonely after a while. The thrill would wear off after about a week. The good thing about faking my death, though, is that I would have the opportunity to create a new identity or even multiple new identities for myself. I could be pretty much whoever I want whenever I want.
And the beauty about writing is that I can do it from pretty much anywhere in the world. Of course, money would be an issue, but being the creative thinker that I am, I'm sure I could think of a way to get by and make enough to travel wherever I want. I just find that being in the empirical world in general is a huge distraction from my passion.
All of the above is just a fantasy. In reality, I would feel far too guilty if I ever did go through with it. It would be almost like committing suicide. Leaving all my loved ones would be really difficult, but I think after a while I would get used to it. I just wouldn't want to hurt anyone. It's just a thought, something I have always thought about. I would love to know if other modern writers think the same way.
On that note, here is a cute Relient K song called Faking My Own Suicide.
I've started writing again and a huge reason for that is NaNoWrimo! That's right! For better or worse, I am going to write a novel in one month! I am so excited and already three pages in. The goal is to write a minimum total of 50, 000 words by 11:59 pm on November 30th. I think I can do it. What I love most about this program is that not only does it motivate young, amateur and professional writers alike to write a story in a short period of time (thus encouraging them to set a certain word limit per day) but it also connects writers from around the world with each other to provide feedback! I just wish I had heard about this opportunity a lot sooner! I promise to be a good little blogger and keep you all updated on my progress. I am still figuring out how the site works and navigating through all the different features they offer, but once I have it all figured out I would love to connect with any of you who are planning on joining this year! Please, feel free to connect with me!


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Hopkins Urban Health Institute Awards First Community Grants
The Amazing Grandmothers may sound like a senior citizens aerobics team, but this group of women from the Amazing Grace Lutheran Church in East Baltimore have much more serious undertakings in mind. They are raising their grandchildren. The parents of these kids are either absent from home or incapacitated by substance abuse.
The Amazing Grandmothers, and three similar programs designed to fight the epidemic substance-abuse problem in East Baltimore, are the first community-based participatory research projects funded by the new Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute.
The institute announced last week that a review board, made up of six community members and two Hopkins representatives, has awarded four grants totaling around $163,000. In all, the board received 12 applications for research grants. The four approved projects must go through one of the Johns Hopkins or Bayview Medical Center institutional review boards before funding can be released.
Proposals were required to focus on one of five areas addressing a substance-abuse need and to represent a partnership between Hopkins faculty and a community organization.
The Amazing Grandmothers Project a partnership between the School of
Nursing, faculty member Laurie Edwards, Tench Tilghman Elementary School and
the Amazing Grace church was awarded a grant of $34,184. The project
will target 10 families where grandmothers are the primary caregivers to their
grandchildren. To assist these substitute parents, faculty and staff from other
community-service programs, such as the Julie Community Center, will provide
visits to the homes, an eight-week family nurturing program, and a substance-abuse
prevention program for the grandchildren.
The other three successful grant proposals were:
A partnership between Department of Psychiatry faculty member Brian Poeschla, of the Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), and the Mattie B. Uzzle Outreach Center for $31,076 that will study whether initial substance abuse screening and direct referral admissions from the community to the department's ITU will result in better outcomes.
A project by Department of Psychiatry faculty member Annelle Primm, School of Public Health faculty member Rosa Crum and Zion Baptist Church for $48,523 that will examine the role of spirituality and religious practices in the treatment of patients with substance-abuse and severe mental illness.
A project between Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing faculty member Marion D'Lugoff, the Wald Community Nursing Center and Heart, Body and Soul Inc. for $49,368 that will expand on the Linking Individuals to Need and Continuing Support (LINCS) project. Part of the primary care delivered at the Wald community clinics will now include substance abuse. Training in substance abuse screening also will be offered to part-time community health workers through the Heart, Body and Soul program.
Claude Earl Fox, M.D., institute director, says he hopes these initial grants will be a springboard for community programs and Hopkins research projects to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an arm of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. "Community-based participatory research is a growing field and I think we're going to see more money available from funding agencies like NIH," Fox says.
In addition to offering a chance for partnership between community programs and Hopkins, Fox says the Institute's grants "help us understand better what the community wants in the way of substance abuse programs, and give us a way to provide local residents with the tools to fight this problem."
Tom O'Toole, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and the institute's associate director, will meet with grant applicants who didn't receive funding to assist them in revising their proposals. "We want to improve their chance to obtain funding for their projects either through Hopkins, NIH or any other funding opportunity," he says.
O'Toole is encouraged by the number of faculty from the campus's three schools who answered the call for grant proposals. He also believes that "once faculty from all the health professional schools develop more of a comfort level and expertise in this kind of research, we'll see more activity."
The Urban Health Institute, established and funded by Hopkins in 2000, is a multi-disciplinary institution for research, education and community outreach on issues related to urban health with jointly appointed faculty, a core staff, and connections to relevant community, government and health agencies. Its charter is to bring to bear the resources of Hopkins and its partners to improve the health status of East Baltimore residents.


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On his radio broadcast today, Bryan Fischer agreed with a caller who demanded that Republicans in the House of Representatives "take a stand" and impeach President Obama even if he won't be convicted and removed by the Senate.
Fischer readily agreed, saying that even though there is no chance that Obama would actually be removed from office, House Republicans ought to go ahead and impeach him any way ... for educational purposes.
"There could be a powerful educational benefit from the House filing articles of impeachment," Fischer said, because "it would give the House the opportunity to make their case why this man needs to be removed from office ... And so they're be tremendous educational value in that; it may not go anywhere in the Senate ... but it may be time to recognize there's an educational benefit here":


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