So I’ve mentioned this here a few times, but haven’t gone into huge amounts of detail: I have a bicycle again! It’s a Kuwahara-built Apollo road bike, with a 62cm frame with double-butted Tange 900 chromoly steel tubes. From 1984, if the serial number is accurate at all. I bought the frame separately, though it […]
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Blogathon 2009: Refueling
Ahh, delicious, delicious food. Courteously donated by Dairy Queen, as it happens. They just delivered it so we’re currently all chowing down. A few people here raised the point earlier that 6am-6am is a pretty difficult schedule to keep, and I definitely agree with that. I usually like to eat lunch 3–4 hours after waking […]
Blogathon 2009: To WordTwit or not to WordTwit?
So I hadn’t tweeted announcements of my Blogathon blog posts for fear of totally spamming the hell out of my Twitter, but everyone else seems to be doing it — and in fact, are surprised that I’m not. So what the heck, let’s do this. I’m told WordTwit is the “dear Twitter: I posted on […]
Blogathon 2009: The Typography of Idiocracy
So I’m a giant typography nerd, as any of my friends can attest: Me: “Hey, a friend of a friend designed the font they’re using in that logo!“ Every single other person I know: “Yeah, that’s super, Catherine.” As such, I enjoyed this analysis of the fonts and branding featured in Mike Judge’s 2007 eugenicist […]
“49 posts? How short can they be?”
The question I’ve been asked more than “why?” or, “are you drunk?” is, “how short can your posts be”? This is a good question! I suppose brevity IS fastest, but there’s something dissatisfying about “only” taking 30 minutes for a blog post. Surely there must be a clever way to make it look as though […]
Blogathon 2009: The Get-Out-Of-Beddening.
Fans, I’m up bright and early and set for a full 24 hours of blogging. The temperature is supposed to get up to 27 today, and I’m hoping for some wind to keep things cool. Thankfully, I’m not blogging from home, but rather, I’ll be heading down to the blogging sweatshop that is Workspace shortly […]
Blogathon 2009: In which Catherine supports cancer research
I’m happy to announce that this Saturday, July 25th, I’ll be participating in Blogathon 2009. My charitable organization of choice? The Canadian Cancer Society. “So wait, what’s Blogathon?” you may ask, your brow wrinkling up in skepticism. Allow me to explain! Starting at 6am, I write 48 blog posts, once every half hour, for 24 […]
C3YVR: CupCakeCampVancouver09
There. That’s sort of a title, right? So yes, in just a few short hours, I will be attending CupCakeCampVancouver at Workspace in Gastown. While there, I will be eating cupcakes, looking at cupcakes, remembering cupcakes I’ve eaten in the past, and so on. I hadn’t originally been able to get a ticket, but managed to […]
Catherine Grows as a Person
Since attending Media that Matters 2009 at Hollyhock this May, I’ve been feeling very introspective. To say I was skeptical of some aspects of the conference beforehand would be a terrible, terrible understatement. On the ride up with former coworker Jnet: Her: “So are you recovered from your flu?” [Swine flu, I swear.] Me: “I […]
Back to the Drawing Board — Gallery Opening
This Thursday, I’ll be attending the opening of a new show at On The Rise Artist Collective on Granville Street. Back to the Drawing Board features new works by Vancouver artists Kristina Fiedrich and Jana Vackova. Personally, as both a fan and close personal friend of Kristina Fiedrich, I can say with authority that you […]