Words by: Ian Humphreys
Image by: e (special thanks to michael tunney & takacsi75)
There comes a time in all our lives when one must put aside procrastination and idle fantasies and pick a career path. Well, perhaps not, there is always the nomadic life, the constant interning, and all sorts of fun ways to avoid responsibility. And [...]
Archives: July 2009
Lemon Life @ Work - Wanted: Meaningful Work, I think…
Reality of a Dream Vacation
Words by: Mark Hunter
Image by: Karolin Schnoor
Last year my partner’s family forked out for a holiday for two to Barbados as a 21st birthday present for her. This year, however, we were left to fend for ourselves and, what with the economic climate being about as healthy as a set of fireworks in a cardiac [...]
It Could Be Worse: Puddle Jumping
Words by: Portia
Image by: Ashley Barron
Angrily jamming my feet into my rubber boots, I curse Mother Nature for the vindictive harpy she must certainly be. Here it comes again, this rain – the enemy of suede, picnics and anyone whose hair holds the propensity to frizz. And since I don’t believe in umbrellas – they’ve [...]
The End of Summer As We Know It.
Words by: Candis Green
Image by: Lindsey Shields
Looking back on my last summer still pretending to be a University student, it nearly seems like a dream. I was caught somewhere in beautiful limbo during a time when my hair was long and my skirts were short, but perpetually in the back of my mind was the [...]
Watch This
Words by: Jon Collins
Movies are a great distraction. Whether you need to escape from your tedious desk job, making someone their morning latte, the endless drudgery of unemployment, or just the intense summer heat, movies are a great way to get away from it all. As movies have become quite costly in modern times we [...]
Getting A Grip
Words by: Alex MacDougall
Image by: e (special thanks to ellen munro)
Where the hell is everyone? My normally jam-packed subway station stood practically deserted, and I boarded the bus of my own volition rather than being pushed on by my lovely fellow commuters. Instead of being sandwiched, scowling, between two scantily-clad 16-year-old girls, inwardly chiding them [...]
Quarter Life Crooners Warble Our Woes
Words by: Donald Pyper
Image courtesy of: Plank Magazine
Winner of Vancouver’s Ovation Award for “Outstanding New Work,” Quarter Life: The Musical made its Toronto debut at the Toronto Fringe Festival this week and The Lemon Life was there to take in the spectacle. At Art Openings, in cafés and through chance encounters on the subway, the work [...]
You Know How I Get in the Summer…
Words by: Nicole Bartl
Image by: Crystal Bretschger Johansson
Ah, the Summer Fling. One of my favourite university traditions. For four months every year, I’d move back to Ottawa from Montreal to spend my days working at a law firm and my nights meeting up with friends downtown.
There was never a shortage of cute university boys to [...]
A Lemon Life on The Run
Words by: Jerry Brens
Image by: Mackenzie Brough
Toby Nowak left his family and friends in Germany to follow his career around the world. For him, location is more important than vocation. His international travels began in Toronto, where he has learned English (well, sort of) and works in the media department of an advertising agency. We [...]
The Last Summer
Words by: Jodie Shupac
Image by: Hugo Arias
Many of us have long associated true freedom with the glorious months granted to us between school years. From our earliest memories, summer was a time of possibility and change. And of reinvention. In middle and high school, students would return from balmy adventures transformed, often barely recognizable as [...]
