Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: bobster855
Well, that’s not ideal, I thought. And that explains the tape over the turnstiles.
“How long?” another person in the gaggle cried out.
“We don’t know at this time,” the woman at the ticket booth said.
A disgruntled sigh grumbled up from the group. I’m not proud of it; I was one of [...]
Walk To Work
Loving Love
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On The Parking Lot
Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: MissTurner
The summer after I graduated from college, I went to work at a theatre in Michigan. It’s one of those set-ups where a crew of college students and recent graduates handles jobs all over the theatre, from building sets and costumes, to cleaning toilets, to performing on stage. To signaling [...]
My Technological Romance
Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: Lin Pernille ♥ Photography
If you google the words “technology isolates people,” you get back over two million hits. Two million. That’s a lot of web chatter. See for yourself.
It is believed by many that technology is isolating: that by having online networks of friends, we never leave the [...]
The Ruthless Tooth
Words by: Virginia Manning
Image by: Hugo Arias
It was the end of a long Friday, after a disastrous week at the job I was about to lose anyway—they fired me a week later. Having maxed out my ability to stay awake and my well of tears, I was on my last shred of energy. It was [...]
The Healing Power of a Conga Line
Words by: Adam Weinmann
Image by: Leeay Aikawa
There is no doubt about it; we live in a stressful world. The pressures of our complex and fast paced 21st-century existence have a way of building on each other and, with science doggedly taking the place of faith in life, we are left with ever-weaker forces with which [...]
The Plan
Words by: Jamie Phillips
Image by: derekvanderlaan
Opinions are funny creatures: sometimes rigid, sometimes fluid, and other times, undetectable. Like hairstyles, they can - and should - evolve over time. As I am clearly a highly evolved person, my opinions are of the fluid variety. As the saying goes, I change my mind as often as I [...]
My New Favourite Activity
Word by: Ryan Lowe
Image by: Pink Sherbet Photography
You notice when someone’s made a radical fashion choice. You can see it in the flock of seagulls hairstyle, the tight purple jeans, the pierced dimples, or the ninja star tattoos. Most of the time, these stylistic blunders elicit the kind of ridicule that we’re all so good [...]
Taking a Step Back
Words by: Ryan Johnston
Image by: Jessica Chan
Making decisions is rarely easy. We all make them, whether it be small or large, we make hundreds of them a day. Every now and then a day will include a decision that will have an enormous impact on your life. I had a day just like this [...]
New and Old in the New Year
Words by: Julie Grajales
Image by: Jessica Chan
With 2010 now upon us, I’ve never more desperately hoped for a new year to usher in a “new me”. I’m dreading my 26th birthday this month because I’m not exactly on my way to becoming the successful and self-fulfilled 26-year-old I always envisioned I’d be. Far from it, [...]
