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I love shopping at Black Market on Queen Street West, followed by, predictably, American Apparell
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The most brutal sport of them all: Old school Irish hurling
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Hmmm, interesting question, since I've recently flirted with having a dog. If I could give it any hairstyle, it would have to be circa-1985 Michael Jackson hair, long and black and oily. That would be cool.
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Thanks guys, keep up the good work! I actually get a lot of people looking for Forevertree info on the blog! Looking forward to catching you again in Toronto!
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I'm not totally sure there's intelligent life on this planet.
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Go to Florida? Not likely... I'll be happy to just stay in Toronto, maybe with a nice condo downtown close to transit and various amenities.
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Overall, I would say it's my friend Adam Bell, who is the best songwriter/musician I have ever met, and will one day be Canada's real Neil Young. Beyond that, the next most talented person I know would be Ins Choi, an actor/writer/musician currently with Soul Pepper. He's appeared at Stratford, and is one of the most decent guys I've met in years. I can't wait to see him this summer in "Death of a Salesman."
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Hmmmm, I'm going with Star... Trek. There's more terrible Trek movies than Star Wars movies, and it's way more authentic Sci-Fi.
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Since Nov. 1 of 09, I've given up many of my favourite foods: Pizza, Doritos, Chocolate Almonds and McDonalds (I know, disgusting right?). The foods I would find hardest to give up now are Samosas (especially "Sultan of Samosas") or sugar-free chocolate popsicles.
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Easy: The strangest place I've ever been to is Abu Dhabi, in the Emirates. I've haven't been to many places, but I don't think anyplace else will mess with my mind as much. Though I would like to travel to Dubai someday.
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This is so hard of a question to answer, because I've been struggling with it for a few years now. In some ways, I'm doing my dream job: working online, creating content, being involved in an exciting industry (at least, that's what several aptitude tests have suggested). But my dream job will always be making music: writing, recording, performing. I wouldn't care if it was on my own, as someone's backup, or even something like full-time worship leading. I could do that every day until I die.
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It's different every time... but usually the good ones are formed out of a nugget of an idea that I carry around for a few weeks. If it's a good idea, it usually turns into a song, if it's bad, I forget it. Of course, the more you are intensely playing (performing, recording), the more likely you are to come up with new music: ironically, I find these are 50/50 in terms of great songs and garbage. I'm not gifted with melody, so most of my songs start with guitar riffs or patterns, or a lyrical verse, and then go from there!
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I don't know if it shapes my view of the world as much as it's a response to it. I recognize that my music isn't "marketable," it's not meant to be a good fit for soundtracks, and I've been happy in the past to simply be willfully obscure. At the same time, I shouldn't throw up obstacles to keep listeners from finding my music, and so in an effort to expand my community of listeners, I've joined forces with individuals whose talent far outstrips my own, whose abilities exceed mine in terms of marketing and social connectivity, in the hopes that our community of listeners can mingle and grown and develop some kind of "scene," bound purely by the love of music, and not record sales or marketing gimmicks.
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That's probably because I ride my bike so fast that all you see is a blur of colour and fury. But yeah, I love biking! I guess this summer I should get somebody to take a photo of me next summer sitting on a bike for proof. I currently sleep beside two bicycles. Truth.
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I'm naturally cynical, and I'm guessing that this question is coming from somebody who wants me to TESTIFY... because I don't think the un-churched ask "What do you hope in?" It's a phrase I've heard countless times from the pulpit, and one I find difficult to understand.
An example of putting hope "in" something, or someone as it may be, I think it's nicely demonstrated in "Star Wars," when Princess Leia leaves a video message via 32D2 for Obi Wan, when she says "You're my only hope." About to be imprisoned, with no one to trust or turn to, she puts her hopes into the robot (droid, whatever), passing on the message to the one person she trusts and believe will spring her from her predicament.
So if I'm Leia, what person do I hope to change my circumstances, and in what way?
I can cross off the things that I don't put my hope in: Myself, my thoughts, my abilities, my job, my family, my circle of friends, strangers, politicians or computers. At one point or another I've been let down by all of these things, and I can't put my unwavering trust in any of them... or at least, I don't hope that they will rescue me from my own imprisonment.
The only thing that does make sense to me, in terms of putting my "hope in" something, is putting my call for help to God; If he is my creator, he may also be my rescuer. And if I were to hope in anything at all, it's that God has already done it: from what I've read and from what I've heard from others (and what I deem to be true in my heart), God has accomplished this through the sacrifice of Jesus, God's uniquely perfect son, who became humanity's sacrificial lamb and presented as an offering for our failure.
I put my hope in this, because it's simple and it's true, and that all of life's most difficult situations and questions can be traced back to this.
It's Love. God loves us so much that he gave his only son to us, so that he may inherit the blame and failures we create, so that we can be free of them. I think God did that because he wants us to love him back.
As for what I hope for? You mentioned how I've mentioned my own difficult circumstances before... and you are probably wondering how I can have this hope, and yet still despair so hard. The truth is, is that I don't know, and that maybe it's just because I don't understand it as well as I thought I did, or at least, I'm not letting myself believe that I'm worthy of being rescued. -
The same reason any good documentary is awesome: it gives you a peek into an unknown world full of interesting characters and strange situations. In this case, it's Guidos (or we Torontonians know them as, Ginos)... I think while it started as a joke, and people watch it for condescending reasons (like LOL we are so much better than these people, these are freaks), I think it's starting to show these guidos are real human beings with heart, and in a way, teaching some inter-subculture tolerance. I know I personally thought of Pauly D in a different way when I started to see him "practice" before his DJ set at the club. I could totally identify with his attitude at times.
And it's awesome because of all the fights, the crazy nicknames, and
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Lately I've been toying with Grunge-Preppy.
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What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.
All things are wearisome, more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered
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It feels amazing. The unconditional love I receive, and the unconditional love I attempt to give is ebb and flow of my soul. I'm thankful to experience this because so many people yearn for it and long for it and never find it. However, the experience of "True Love" with another person -- by itself won't make you feel fulfilled in the way you think it will.
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Tyrone’s Bio
Writer, musician, occasional pixel pusher.
