david b.

fortunately i have come to my senses and have fallen in love with bowie. it was about time.

half-hawk

all the cool kids are getting their heads shorn. well, at least half of them. i blame alice dellal, a brazilian prettyinpunk model who is the epitome of london cool. the last time i saw this haircut was when i spotted it on my mother's head. although it was more buzzcut-bob than this look. and i didn't like it quiiite as much. however, since i own approximately two strands of hair dyed two different colours, i'm not looking to lose any more of it. weave please!

thin

a while ago i mentioned lauren greenfield the photographer/documentarian...anyways, i just re-watched her doc 'thin' on tvo last night. it's a mesmerizing portrayal of the lives of anorexics and bulimics in a treatment centre, and their moment-to-moment struggles to eat, to survive. to me, there is nothing more perplexing and fascinating than those who manage to restrict their eating to such an extreme degree. i have witnessed eating disorders up close and personal, always keeping a mental checklist of patterns and examinations and bite sizes and the use of supposed humour to deflect the other parties present. i have longed to say something, anything, but just never know what.

in portia de rossi's 'unbearable lightness,' she talks of how eating something like a potato not only represents a failure to control right then and there, but all the potatoes and all the failures of the future. in the film the girls speak of their eating disorder being the only thing they can control in their lives, and yet it is the thing that controls them. unequivocally. throughout thin you hope and hope that the girls will overcome the sickening relationships they have with their bodies, yet hopes fall flat in the end...devastating.

crystal castles

one hundred percent new obsession. and by new i mean not. by this i mean i was out of the loop for months on end and only heard the huge bollywood hits and the thai beach party tunes and the increasingly tiresome stuff in our ipods. best song on their sophmore album is 'suffocation,' although i'm a pretty big fan of 'pap smear.' and i'm not just saying that...

wait. they're from toronto?

the royals

the hysteria has begun: wills and kate are finally betrothed. so the grandest question is, who will she wear? british? yes. classic? yes. big name? stella mccartney? hmmm. burberry? hmmm. mcqueen? no. westwood? no. amanda wakeley is supposedly the front-runner, being a princess di favourite. a daniella issa halayel - worn for the engagement announcement - is a strong possibility. bruce oldfield was also a diana choice, and has dressed the queens of jordan too. the internet runneth over with possibilities.... if it were me, i would get all my favourite designers to create dresses for me, and then auction off the ones not chosen.

and let's not forget william. savile row?

korea

taken on a visit to seoul, this is my korea. little girls, deep in discussion about the important events of their lives. looking at it from afar, it's easy to trivialize things that kids say and laugh at the issues they deem significant, but having been a teacher i get it. when you're with them it's so easy to forget just how young they are. i remember being continually impressed with their opinions and varying takes on the world and the effects of peer relationships on their behaviour. and then shocked when they stood up and were tiny!