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The Friends· The Snark

2 Mar

When you live in the suburbs and you have a job that allows you to mostly park your behind on your couch, sometimes you forget about your love/hate relationship with trekking downtown.

LOVE = people watching on the subway

HATE = people watching on the subway, when people bring THE CRAZY. There’s a fine line between me wondering where you got your jeans and between me wondering when you are going to stop farting in my face. There’s a fine line between wearing a smurf costume and between wearing an Albert Einstein/clown getup and flossing your teeth. There’s a fine line between carrying an instrument with you and between playing the bongos and singing God Bless America at the top of your lungs.

LOVE = getting off the subway at Dundas Square.

HATE = getting off the subway at Dundas Square and having a homeless man mutter something at you under his breath and then cough up a lung in your general direction, probably giving you tuberculosis or some such malady. I’m not 100% sure, but it may have been Charlie Sheen. He was probably taking his drug of choice, it’s called Charlie Sheen. I fully expect for my face to melt off sometime this afternoon.

LOVE = The Eaton Centre

HATE = Getting lost in the Eaton Centre trying to find one of the (at least) three Starbucks so you can partake in the free wi-fi.

LOVE = Finally finding a Starbucks.

HATE = Finally finding a Starbucks only to realize you are sitting beside three people involved in a very heated discussion about their sexy cats and which breeds of cats are the sexiest. Also, paying $5 for a latte. Free wi-fi my ass.

LOVE = Getting to see Billy Elliot on opening night in Toronto. Getting to see Elton John and hang out with the Furnish parents while we waited for the show to start. Getting to be blown away by a fabulous production. Getting to watch all four Billys perform at the end….and getting to see Sir Elton get on stage sporting a tutu.

HATE = Getting to do all of this but forgetting that March 1st in Toronto is FLIPPING FREEZING and instead of wearing a nice peacoat and heels, I had to wear my giant parka and my winter boots.

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  1. julie says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:45 am

    you did what? awesome!!! i’m all with you with the love/hates now you can add “reader jealous” to the billy elliot premier. glad you had a great time!

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  2. Kristabella says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:46 am

    OMG, I worked from Starbucks in the afternoon last week and I am unable to do that because I could not stop listening to the stupid conversations these two girls were having!

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  3. Jen Maier says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    You are awesome. I love your Love/Hates!

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  4. Angella says

    March 3, 2011 at 11:11 am

    “sexy cats”? I…don’t even know how one would think that their cat was sexy. Cute or annoying or crazy, sure, but never sexy.

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  5. Elli Davis says

    March 6, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    I fell in love with the Eaton centre as well! It is so full of light and yet, it never feels cold, even in winter when you see the snow. I like to wander around it, just like that, it is a perfect place to get lost as well. So true. You had to have a great day.

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  6. Jayme @ Runner-n-Spice says

    May 26, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    ok this one made me (and my sister) lol, for real….so true!

    btw – loved billy elliot!

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