Ookings of d00m

You can now track (some) TTC streetcars online at NextBus. The service also includes a live map of the cars (like the one you can see at Spadina station), and a text service where you give the stop and a time limit, and it'll text you when the car is that many minutes away. It's GPS based, so it should be accurate even when the cars are not on schedule.

The streetcars with the worst service (Queen) are not on the service yet, but St. Clair, Bathurst, College and Dundas all are.

someone must have noticed a big hit in use; most of the routes have been pulled.

Things learned tonight:

• If I use primer on my eyes before putting on eyeliner, it will actually not run, even with the amount I sweat when dancing!


• I can dance all night in a gi top, because it breathes well. Unlike my old Darth Maul tunic made from heavy polyester.


• I've learned a lot about sewing since I made my long Sith robe for Hallowmas. I spent some time this afternoon going over it, zigzag stitching the seams and reattaching the sleeve I put on inside out the first time. I put it back on inside out again, but now it's harder to tell since the seams are finished better.

Questions pondered:

• Is it acceptable to glowstick to Industrial/EBM if you're doing it at Dark Rave?


• If the dance floor is entirely empty, does it become acceptable to violate the normal politeness rule about not throwing high kicks on the dance floor?

I dragged myself out to DarkRave this evening, and had a pretty good time. I think a fair number of the more hard core out of high school Dark Rave crew were at BM or something similar - the crowd was a little thin, and there seemed to be fewer 20-somethings; lots of kids and a fair number of the old guard. Holy Joes was Industrial/EBM all night, so I spent most of my time up there, wandering off to glowstick occasionally in the more air-conditioned room to change muscle groups for a bit. The downstairs wasn't bad music-wise, but the crowd were not my people - I haven't seen that much white under black light since... ever.

In any case, that was a good night out. Now, I should go to bed.

No, not the fun kind of drugs.

I hab a code. Sinus ick, coughing, etc.

As part of this, I've been taking dayquil to keep me functional at work. I noticed that they have a new formula; instead of pseudoephedrine, they've got phenylephrine hydrochloride in them, which is a) a somewhat less good decongestant and b) a much weaker stimulant and c) cannot be used to make crystal meth, which is why the formula changed.

This is pleasing to me, since it means I don't have to worry about it keeping me up. Except that the cold is hitting me in such a way that I'm finding I now need to supplment the dayquil with tea to keep my eyes open. I'm definitely happy to have the option of controlling my stimulant intake, though.

Anyone interested in buying my ticket for the NiN/Bauhaus/Peaches concert tomorrow night? It's in the 305 section. I'd be selling it for what I paid, around $65, iirc. I'm still going to go, but mycrazyhair has a ticket going to waste, so the plan is to sell my ticket and go sit with her so no one loses any money.

I slept last night! I was so impressed by this activity, that I intend to try this "sleep" every night for the next little while. Most importantly, I should be able to muddle through the day without the demon caffeine, and thereby eventually get this sumo wrestler off the right side of my chest.

I'm trying to hold to my new resolution of not reading LJ during the day (though I may post or read comments).

Finally, there's a 9ICB fundraiser tonight, featuring among others, the Wet Spots (who did the "Do You Take It..." song that did the rounds on LJ last month). I had intended to go, but I think I need another night of recovery before doing anything exciting.

Of potential interest to neeuqdrazil, mycrazyhair and whynotsteve - Paul Summerville, the (doomed) NDP candidate for the riding of St. Paul's now has his blog synidcated at summervilleblog.

Of interest to those on my flist who live in Hamilton and never manage to get out to TO for clubbing;

( Industrial night in Hamilton )

Neil Gaiman sez that Canada is getting MirrorMask on Oct 28th. No word on where or anything else as yet.