Words by: Adina Siperman
Image by: Saul Adereth
There is no vocational experience more eye-opening and more alienating than applying for a job in another country. After a series of ego-crushing, soul-sucking, mind-numbing jobs in Toronto, I decided to pack my bags and find employment in another area code. I was invited by a friend to move to [...]
Archives: August 2009
Minimum Wage In The Middle East
Dear Reader
Words by: Jamie Phillips
Image by: Leeay Aikawa
Dear Reader,
How are you doing these days? I hope this letter finds you basking in the sun, and letting the heat melt any future-related anxieties away. I just love summer, don’t you? My existential crisis-ing seems to abate some with the warm weather and increased distractions. Why worry about [...]
Desperate Measures
Words by: Anna Merlan
Image by: kodomut
A lot of ink and even more pixels have been expended on the subject of the so-called “internet vortex” – the huge amounts of free time and productivity that go swirling down the drain as internet users get sucked into the morass of games, blogs, social networking sites and other time [...]
Lazy Days
Words by: Adele Connolly
Image by: Cristina Gardeazabal
In high school I used to skip school a lot. Not to do anything remotely exciting or rebellious but to hang out in my underwear watching soap operas and filling the couch cracks with crumbs from all the snacks I ate. One day I woke up and felt unable [...]
Lemon Love: The Bold & The Beautiful
Words by: Jack
Image by: e (special thanks to bixentro)
Over the last few weeks I’ve been re-evaluating my life, wondering if Canada is the place for me. This whole thing was prompted by my friend Reilly who was visiting and asked me, ‘What keeps you here? What stops you from moving somewhere else?’ It was then [...]
A Conoissuer’s Guide to Naps
Words by: Niki Bartl
Image by: magnetbox
You know the saying “I’ll sleep when I’m dead?” I don’t understand that saying. I love to sleep. And thus, by natural extension, I also love to nap. Sometimes you lie down to nap, the stars align, and you end up with a nap so good that you can taste [...]
It’s People Watching Season
Words by: Candis Green
Image by: Pink Sherbet Photography
You’re being watched, you know.
And although there are shiny celebrities on the silver screen, and superheroes abound in comic books, the most interesting creatures of all to watch are all the strangers frequenting your favourite hangouts. They are interesting for the stories we create with the lines on their [...]
Procrastination Across the Nation
Words by: Alex Fraser
Image by: Lindsey Shields
I planned on writing a thoughtful essay on the subject of procrastination. I was going to include facts, research and interesting insight into a subject that affects all but the most annoying of self-motivated go-getters. Alas, I waited too long to get started. Consequently, I have done no research, [...]
The Best Laid Plans
Words by: Natalie Levine
Image by: tommy the pariah
My vision for my life had always been a maelstrom of sorts. Numerous possibilities blindly scurrying about, cascading into one another in an endless stream of victories and defeats, each more eager than the last to topple the reigning career of that week. Their rule, however short lived, always [...]
Lemon Style: Updating Your Wardrobe
Words by: David Lacalamita
Image by: jbcurio
On the day I realized my wardrobe was out of date, I opened my dresser drawer and saw, to my surprise, that my jeans had been transformed into a pair of tired-looking threads and the cool slogans and hip graphics on my t-shirts had turned into dated childhood relics and juvenile [...]
