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hey i'm house-sitting out of etobicoke to, trying to get a 2 bedroom apartment downtown in september. every year i try to find a place to live, i'm more and more alienated by the exorbitant cost of living in toronto, yet when i walk downtown i see nothing but young people with their own dope-ass pads. is there something I'm doing wrong? I try to meet every landlord with a credit check form, reference letter from my employer, past landlord phone numbers, and first/last month cheques, and 9/10 I'm given the cold shoulder, or they've been taken up. i can't tell you how many viewings for places i've been to where someone in their mid-20's brought along their PARENTS(?!) for them to write a first/last cheque to their landlord. what the fuck?

tl dr; i'm jaded by landlord getting away with charging $1,000 a month to live in a closet and feeling more hopeless about being able to live in toronto during school.

my sister got a really nice condo to rent at king and spadina by writing a personal letter to the landlord explaining why she really wanted it / how the location would enhance her lifestyle / why she'd be a good tenant. she was competing with 6-7 other people/couples. give that a shot

this may interest some of you looking to try different coffees http://craftcoffee.com/

been using a bodum 3cup press every morning for the past month. Just kopped a hario mini mill burr grinder off amazon and in need to kop some beans. What are you guys having currently? Looking to pick up some beans from intelligentsia, stumptown and counter culture

i don't think you can really go wrong with anything from those roasters, just check the bag and make sure the beans were recently roasted 1week old or less is what i go by. freshness makes a noticeable difference

yup virtuoso best coffee purchase ive made

anyone try this? thinking about getting one

http://coava.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/kone

Any places dense with next-level chocolate knowledge on the web...the kind of place where one can surf for hours and learn a whole lot in one sitting? The things and manners in which I have learned about coffee since I have last visited this thread make me think I may have more of the language and conceptual understanding to really engage in chocolate knowledge nerd-outs.

http://cacaolab.wordpress.com/

check out the interviews, good insights

seems like the g20 crowds are 60% locals taking pics/vids for facebook, 30% from out of town looking to start shit, 10% clueless kids wandering around singing kumbaya

love this guy

there's an interview up on youtube where his friends talk about him flying out to vegas for a day between nba playoff matches. he'd still bring it come game time. respect

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when someone asks a question and the person responding starts with "So.."

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nf deep indigo 2 months, i should have sized down 1 more to a 29. >:|

Notable quotes from Ogleto.com

after browsing ogleto.com it pretty much sucks. except Vicky because i like the coffee shops she mentions

http://ogleto.com/archives/767

introduced my sister to quality coffee by getting her a bag of this stuff:

http://www.stumptowncoffee.com/coffees/africa/burundi-bwayi

now she finds starbucks disgusting. mission accomplished

the website is a good idea. the self promo on the first post / about section isn't needed thought. that'll turn people off the idea. give good content and a community will form itself.

nice and simple

i've been using a hand grinder like this lately:

http://sweetmarias.com/prod.hario_skerton.php

it makes very little noise so i can grind fresh without waking people up an it's portable

it's just not very good for french press :/

how is the poor alex theatre for shows? i have never even heard of it to be honest

it's more like a one room multipurpose event space with a stage. there's a little bar on one side of the room.

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anyone know when that 24oz is gonna come out, could be nice

olives

and i put olive oil on everything i can

when i sometimes can't remember the drink order of regular customers i've seen everyday for months and have to ask them what they want.

years ago my sister was giving swimming lessons to a group of little kids. one of them was mentally handicapped and grabbed her boobs in front of everyone.

searching shows jeans similar to dior 19cm are:

wings+horns slim fit

apc new cure

what others am i missing

Has anyone seen this version in person? http://blueingreensoho.com/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=4218&category_id=63&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=28

Is the lame' stitching a misnomer? How do they look compared to the 03s?

I've seen pics of these online, they didn't look so good. The poster wanted to get rid of them, he said the stitching is a shiny silver and it looks too feminine.

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can you tell me something about this fit? t

http://blueingreensoho.com/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=4415&category_id=&manufacturer_id=36&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=28

Also, if anyone can post up new 003 fit pics, please do

yup waiting for 2009 fall/winter boots to show up in online stores

superb repair job. those are the best 501s ive ever seen, i think. those are beyond. i need to see more pics from this magazine.

i think they're a pair of 13 year old levi's 1947 501 he mentions them in a different interview

pic is taken from GQ sept 2008