1. From the front

    From the front

    Top view

    Top view

    Just wanted to show you my hairdo that I am in love with! And indulge in some mild narcissism. As you were.

    If you want a easy how-to on this style, Emily of cupcakesandcashmere has one!

     
  2. Katie Tower on Ping

    If you want to see 10 artists I like out of a possible 619 and the one review I wrote months ago. HIT ME UP!

     
  3. Click through for a great set of madmen behind the scenes photos via Danhacker.
(Photos by Rolling Stone)

    Click through for a great set of madmen behind the scenes photos via Danhacker.

    (Photos by Rolling Stone)

     
  4. I miss you, but mostly I believe in you!
    — In a letter from Whitney. I have the best friends. Like really. I couldn’t ask for more.
     
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    Monster
    Kanye West featuring Jay Z, Rick Ross, Niki Minaj, & Bon Iver

     
  6. I wouldn’t want to be the one who has to dust all of his collections. I hate dusting.

     
  7. Jon Bryant - Think Back

     
  8. I really want one of these bad boys. I also want a sofa, though. So…

    I really want one of these bad boys. I also want a sofa, though. So…

     
  9. I’ll just leave these five things here.

    1. I Agree with Meaghan. WHY ARE THERE NO SCREENS ON WINDOWS HERE?! Why can’t someone answer this question? Every time I put it out there I get the BC answer of “that’s just the way it is.” Not acceptable. That’s just the way … I don’t even know.

    2. Tattoos are not offensive. Ever. That is my stance on that issue. Period.

    3. I can no longer keep count of the number of people who have come from Halifax to Vancouver to live in the past two months. It’s like that new car thing; you buy a car and all of a sudden it’s like everyone else on the road is driving the same make/model. Nothing is original*, but it is nice to have more than 10 friends and acquaintances. It also reminds me that no matter how big I perceive a place to be, it only gets exponentially smaller as days go by.

    4. Friends of my family had a house fire on Wednesday and are now staying with my parents. They didn’t lose everything, but are displaced and probably in shock. I can’t imagine that feeling and never want to. Therefore, my shitty job and boring life have been put in perspective. At least my house (basement apartment) hasn’t burned down.

    5. And a last note on work: “Keep the energy up?” God. That’s like having someone say, “You’re so much prettier when you smile.” I save my “energy” and my smiles for when I really mean it. Thanks for the tip, though.

    *I didn’t come here to be original, but you know what I mean.

     
  10. by Stacey May Fowles

    Vancouver has the distinct pleasure of being the city that hosted my youth’s most essential, reckless decision. As life choices go, it’s not the worst one a girl in her early twenties can make — I misguidedly followed a boy across the country. (I’m quite sure now he didn’t really want to be followed, but was much too nice to say so.) He had been offered a job on the Left Coast, and after suffering through a long-distance relationship and multiple flights back and forth, I decided enough was enough. After four years in Montreal, clutching my mostly useless bachelor’s degree, I sold my belongings and boarded a plane to Vancouver because of love. I had no apartment, no job, and no plans — just a romantic notion of “going westward as into the future.”

    Take out “boys” and “love” and throw in “Adventure” and you’ve pretty much got my life right now. I commented on this. I never comment on articles.