Thursday, March 29, 2012

"Mad Love at ValuMart" in the inaugural issue of fuss magazine

There's a great new indie/arts/culture magazine in Waterloo called Fuss Magazine!

You can pick it up at all the KW cool stops, or read it online HERE.  My short fiction "Mad Love at ValuMart" is on page 7.  Mad props to Lisa Olsen for the great new mag!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

For Betty


You died as a flower does:
petal by petal.  
When my body returns to clay 
I hope to feel your fur once again
with my celestial hand. 
My hand is not unlike your paw.
Your paw is not unlike a gentle budding branch.

Betty Anglin, 1998 - 2012.

May you rest peacefully, you were the delight of my heart and days.


On The Iran-Contra Affair, On Contraception


On the Iran-Contra Affair:  
I ran, contra – clockwise to the bar to get out of a conversation about this at my last lunch meeting.

Doing a tequila shot by yourself is depressing. The ritual of the salt lick and the lemon is really meant to be a social thing. I just love doing shots. I love the Lil Jon feat. LMFAO song “Shots”.

A co-worker gave me the nickname Shotsy.  I wonder if by doing so he’s subtly casting doubt on my professionalism but it’s worth it to me because having a nick name makes me feel like one of the gang.  And sometimes at lunch meetings now my co-workers buy shots for me as a gag. 




On Contraception:
Lezzzbians don’t need contraception but I still hope for an accident. I’d cut out the crack dope smack coke pills thrills chills AAAAAAND frills if I conceived. Do you think it would still be considered an immaculate conception if it was the result of finger banging and muff diving? 





Saturday, March 24, 2012

Tender Buttons, Snipperdoodles 2012

"Build the City of God", 201
"Homo", 2012

"horses?", 2008
"By Itself", 2012.













"Kill all Artists", 2010.
"Keep Parkdale Weird", 2012.

"HER FACE", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Sunday Night Button Party" from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Storm Approaches", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Colours", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"My Life with Biscuits", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Please", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Reaching", from Tender Buttons, 2012. 
"Stage Life", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"God Speaks to Me", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Healed", from Tender Buttons, 2012. 
"GED", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Mistress of Her Domain", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Anything is Bearable", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Cat Fancy", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Covetousness", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"Aloe", from Tender Buttons, 2012.
"For Britney Spears 1", 2008 - 2012.
"For Britney Spears 2", 2008 - 2012.
A scan of the lock of my hair that I buried with Betty, 2012.


Thursday, March 1, 2012

Difficult Days Produce All Sorts of Art

So I learned to use technology to alter my collages. But do you like them less knowing that?  I like the way it looks.

"Aand What" - now with rounded edges.


a sad and stained little note card, 2012.

"Horses Are Prancing" - I admit although I love animals I didn't realize this was a mule and not a horse when I  first collaged this (probably six years ago).  I DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE VERY DISTINCTLY NOW.  Horses are monumental, beautiful and dignified, donkeys are smaller, adorable, fluffy, with longer eyelashes.  

I am very happy to announce that my collage "Toothvalanche" will be included in an up-coming issue of The Hart House Review.