{"id":1411,"date":"2007-03-14T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/1411"},"modified":"2007-03-14T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T13:05:00","slug":"aprons-are-officially-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/1411","title":{"rendered":"Aprons Are Officially Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bollocks. Alastair contacted me last night to inform me that our Friday shindig, the U of T Saints & Sinners Club 1940s-themed Comic Book Villains Ball<\/a>, has been canceled due to lack of interest!<\/i> Fucking tragic. As always, I have tried to find the silver lining in this situation: given the recent popularity of comic book films, I was beginning to doubt my authenticity as a self-perceived lover of “niche” culture. I guess this puts me firmly back in the land of obscure and unappreciated passions. At least I had not yet wasted money on renting a costume at Malabar, so I can channel those funds into acquiring totally frivolous gaming systems. Or, I guess, pay off my credit card.<\/p>\n

In other news, I’ve succumbed to the evil influence of and am reading Nick Hornby’s two novellas about his reading habits, ‘The Polysyllabic Spree’<\/a> and ‘Housekeeping vs. the Dirt’<\/a>. The excerpt from Anton Chekhov’s collected letters at the end of the first book had me laughing under the covers last night at 1am. Damn, these are a good read. Relaxed, self-deprecating, insightful, funny and conspiratorial in a “we’re all readers here” nudge-nudge, wink-wink kind of way. <\/p>\n

Next up on the block is Michael Chabon with ‘The Final Solution’<\/a>, which should click on just so she can see the cover art. Given my impending 5 hour flight to Vancouver and then the 13 hour flight to Hong Kong, this is shaping up to be a seven-book month. <\/p>\n

I ran like a demon last night. I actually thought I was going to sprout horns and a tail, I was going that fast: achieved peak speed of 7.5 (translates to about 4.5min\/km) on the treadmill for 4 minutes, did 5km total. <\/p>\n

Alternate Life, Part 2: What I would be wearing<\/font><\/u>
\nI hate office gear. I hate slacks. I dislike button-down shirts. I’m not into blazers. My dream outfit? Comfortable, flared-bottom jeans, thigh-high striped socks<\/a>, a pair of red pumas<\/a>, a simple wrought-iron vintage necklace<\/a> and an embroidered graphic t-shirt, all topped off with a sexy little apron. , you mocked me for my apron collection, but I TOLD you aprons were cutting-edge fashion! And now I’ve been proven right<\/a>; thank you, Anthropologie.<\/p>\n

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