RINUBA!! (i haphazardly typed your name as RINUBA, romina, and was about to press backspace but something stopped me. rinuba, african queen.... i rather like it. perhaps an alter ego for you? "cause you are myafrican queen, the girl of my dreams"... )
anyway you have to start signing your name on these things here or else people won't be able to differentiate between the two of us!! i've already received some complaints from our readership.... ahem.. um... well, i've received complaints from myself.

2 minutes in heaven is better then one

commercials. sometimes great annoyances, while other times incredibly original imaginative 60 second pieces of artwork. my recent favourite is the new discovery channel one


but i have always been a fan of most gap commercials- they really have great ad campaigns, not to mention a ridiculous amount of money to burn

i wanna make you smile...

remember singing this in italia.... at zia's house....


and i use to love old school janet, and this is my favourite video she ever made:


i guess what i'm doing is reminiscing... to a time when the most important question seemed to be who is your favourite ninja turtle, or what trouble are we gonna cause today?
a mix of everything i miss:
all saints, saturday morning cartoons (doug, recess, etc.), TGIF (abc family programing), italy, aqualand, dr.bombay, much dance mix, blink 182, no doubt, mr. vain, 90s' music videos, three ninjas, J.T.T, my poster of leo dicaprio, less crazy lauryn hill, TLC, macaulay culkin, my girl 1 & 2, thinking ghost was the saddest movie ever, mcdonalds' movies, not having to make plans or pay for said plans, going to movies with cousins, the zone (that amazing play place we went to), fresh prince, full house, saved by the bell, playgrounds, being flipped upside down by relatives, waterworld, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, fern gully, putt-putt (i would like to play this computer game again), sunday school on saturday followed by baskin robbins or swiss chalet, tying sweaters around my waist, backwards caps, bright coloured overalls, and fort-making.

anyways, your third painting is currently my computer background and i already have gotten compliments on it. don't worry, i gave you credit for it. anyways i have to continue reading, sadly, for school!

dear romina,

here are some paintings.





sleepy,

maria

hey romina,

guess who's already been listening to the new leaked tv on the radio album nonstop for over a week now? (courtesy of my awesome friend, luke.)

ME. (not you.)

you wannnnn it?

whatcha gonnna give me for it?

how about you paint me some more art to decorate my apartment's bare-as-bum walls?

you know you wannnnn to.

or perhaps, some money? i will take money. in fact, give me your money.


envy-abled,

maria

calm down little napoleon

someone's suffering from a napoleon complex and i think it's a little person named maria.
hahaha, i'm fantastic..... but no seriously, let's get down to the nitty gritty!

current mood music: andrew bird i know you already know him maria, but i'm just reiterating his incredibleness. also, there is a new tv on the radio album about to release the same day as the kings of leon album!
an american version of jens lekman by the name of jeremy jay is on the prowl

quite similar if you ask me.
plus, im loving the wes anderson-influenced noah and the whale.

dear romina,

there is a new intern at work.
she is doing what i was doing only a month ago.
this is weeeiiiird. i think she is older then me.
omgg i am her boss. well, maybe boss is pushing it.
but definitely her superior.
i am her SUPERIOR.
i am suppose to give her work to do.
MUWAHHWHAHHAHA. TYPE FOR ME, INTERN SLAVE, TYPE FOR ME.
umm...
ahem...
....
i can see this is going to get to my head in the worst way.

omnipotently,

maria

if only i was still taking my fourth year women studies class, i could write a freaking essay on this skit here... romina, did you watch snl or were you too busy partying? i caught a bit of it, the only bit with "host" michael phelps. oh, phelpsy. get back in your pool and do some laps. leave comedy to the real people with,you know, flaws.

things to do in toronto (or aptly, things i am doing in toronto): september/october, part one.

- queen west art crawl (great way to furnish my new apartment. yayy.)
- international festival of authors (omg omg omg a reading by joe dunthorne? perfect opportunity to profess my love. other notables in attendance: don mckellar, chip kidd, mia kirshner (a-hem), plus lots moreee...)
- sharon jones & the dap kings (yes, i will be attending THIS.)
- zombie walk & toronto after dark film fest madness (i am TOTALLY going to see this ridiculous thing here. bonus points for anyone who can tell me who the lead actor is. romina, if you don't know this, you are not my sister.)
- watch toronto fc probably get their asses handed to them by the houston dynamos at bmo field.
- grab a bite to eat at the shitload of new restaurants & cafes that have opened up recently, like oddfellows, nota bene and moroco chocolat.

i dream of falling glitter

dear maria,
check out this video (robyn cameo) plus the song is cute.



talking about swedes, why are they sooo fantastic? seriously-- why are all the cool cultures across the ocean? i love this very very sweet video!



in between classes soo thats all for now-- i baked delicious oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies-- wish you were here but youre not sooo more for me!
PLUS DONT GET FIRED!




EXTRA: my friend just sent me this link of a really cute foreign comic check it out called Mister Bookseller

dear romina,

i am procrastinating at work with the following:

- simon rich articles (it is very possible to love a thing while being extremely jealous of the person who created the thing.)
- hilarious internet series created by the aforementioned simon rich along with seth meyers and bill hader
- the latest episode of dexter (mehhh, i was not too impressed. i don't want to spoil anything, but the crazy ending was not as crazy as it was sooo predictable.)


gonna get fired,
maria

dear romina, 

new and pretty enjoyable cool kids song. 

i wish i had a secret talent. when i was younger, my friend rented a skating rink for his twelfth birthday. definite high point of my junior school career. my biggest regret as an eleven year old was having quit skating lessons before i could, well, skate. i still think it would have been so cool if i had nonchalantly put on my skates, did a couple laps of the rink and then flawlessly executed a triple axel like it was no thang, simultaneously wowing my peers and giving them the impression that i would be soo destined for greatness (if i was the type to care about that sort of thing.) sighhhh. i am secretly talentless.

 

kristi yamaguchi was my hero in the early nineties. tara lapinski can suck it.


in soviet russia, figure skate you!

 

your sister,

maria

post wedding dancing fever

dear romina,

it ain't a party until you put a little bit of chubby on....




drunkenly,

maria

my new hero

no, sadly maria its not you
but rather ben sollee

his song dear kanye is ballah--- seriously click on the link and you can see the lyrics but i could not find a youtube of it sadly!! ben sollee is incredibly talented and i just cant get enough, if maria would kindly like to burn me his cd it would actually be wonderous!

****YO ROMINA I FOUND THE SONG, unfortunately not the real music video but at least he's a'singing... ****






plus---- i'm really liking mystery jets


and for entertainment value

dear romina,

you can thank me later.

sincerely,

maria