SOFT BOMBS

november

2009-11-18T21:18:00.002-05:00

we've been a bit scattered
it's november and we're out of our houses
drinking whiskey on tuesday nights
we might have some new things in store for you
but that's in the new year
when we have ourselves sorted out
for now; go here and here for our individual photos
we love you xx

canzine 2009!

2009-10-22T22:30:00.003-04:00

IF YOU'RE IN TORONTO, PLEASE COME TO CANZINE
it is an amazing zine showcase and i'll be selling my zine for the small price of two dollars

gladstone hotel 1214 queen west
saturday november 1st, 1-7pm

also; if you'd like a zine, leave me a comment and i'll see what i can do
xx tess

it's really cold in toronto

2009-10-22T20:24:00.001-04:00

new york

2009-10-20T20:40:00.002-04:00

more to come in black and white.

!!!

2009-10-14T22:37:00.000-04:00

NEW YORK + MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW
expect photos when I return
xxxxxxx tess

fall be kind

2009-10-14T22:31:00.000-04:00

juggies portraits

2009-10-12T18:59:00.002-04:00

exposure

2009-10-09T18:29:00.004-04:00

some weird double exposed pictures from summer/the vampire weekend show the other day
new york + my birthday in six, get excited for me
xx tess

alexandra

2009-10-01T20:48:00.000-04:00

click

october october october

2009-10-01T20:44:00.003-04:00

best month.
capture the flag tomorrow (with alexandra)
nuit blanche saturday (mostly with alexandra)
vampire weekend (with alexandra)
thanksgiving (with alexandra)
my birthday (with alexandra)
new york (missing alexandra 2 death)
rest of october (with alexandra)
oh yes.
from tess

summer outtakes

2009-09-28T17:48:00.002-04:00

skin.

x tess

be wildered

2009-09-19T13:10:00.002-04:00

I've started a flickr group, called BE WILDERED. Please join and contribute!
tumblr coming soon.

Photo from seaabove

we bike at night

2009-09-19T11:25:00.002-04:00

One thing I will miss about summer are the endless nights of biking down wide Toronto streets with the wind in my hair and not a care in the world.

In these photos; Adelaide Beach, Tess Roby

see ya, summer

2009-09-18T10:23:00.011-04:00

This year's autumn equinox is set for 22 September, 21:18-- that day and that night will be (nearly) exactly the same length. The days get shorter from there.

Until next time, love,

______________

In these photos: garbage from a roll's end (Alexandra Auger). Avenue/Lawrence at dusk; Tess Parks/David Carrette conversation; a swinging accident; the death of 487 Markham St.

topshop

2009-09-17T19:46:00.000-04:00

things i want from new york.

atlantic

2009-09-13T18:34:00.001-04:00

dreamy pictures from manchester & the plane ride home

nyc nyc nyc

2009-09-08T20:19:00.003-04:00

NEW YORK CITY I'M COMING BACK TO YOU! XXXXXXXX TESS

end.

2009-09-07T20:36:00.006-04:00

We don't really post anymore (sorry.) We're back to classes tomorrow. Jesus this summer was long. Toronto was too hot or too rainy and you either went out or stayed in. Days of bike riding and picnics. Days of sleeping and reading. Too much coffee, too many cigarettes. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think I'll miss the freedom.

trip to the beach

2009-08-26T17:06:00.004-04:00

beach

2009-08-25T21:21:00.003-04:00

(photo)

we just spent a day at the beach and the pictures are going to be so amazing.
you just wait and see.

4eva

2009-08-23T14:32:00.000-04:00

so drunk in the august sun

2009-08-12T18:05:00.003-04:00

tonight, tonight!

on the record player;
+substance 1987
+bitte orca
+it's blitz!
+strange house
+in ghost colours (okay, okay, we wish)
+merriweather post pavilion
+wizard of ahhs (yep)
+the velvet underground and nico
+MORE

xxxxxxxxx

SUMMER PLAYLIST

2009-08-09T10:10:00.002-04:00

sovereignty - japandroids
anywhere you looked - au revoir simone
animal - miike snow
the strums - the dodos
one time too many - phoenix
all my friends - lcd soundsystem
lessons - downdime
carry the zero - built to spill

stop raining, toronto
from tess

england

2009-08-08T08:20:00.002-04:00

london

2009-07-25T14:12:00.003-04:00

summer 2009

it feels like summer now

2009-07-22T15:26:00.002-04:00

click
home home home
england pictures soon
nothing could be better
well, maybe one thing
tess

this is where i am

2009-07-15T08:48:00.003-04:00

thank goodness for rent-a-bike and days out. going soon to sit in cafe nero and read books for a good portion of the day. here then bristol then london then home. i wish i was here the whole summer. x t

rain, rain, rain

2009-07-07T17:52:00.005-04:00

I've been wandering around the house half of the day doing nothing really. I didn't even have a nap and that's what I usually do when there's nothing else to do. I've been wearing this mangy old cardigan that smells like wet wool for the past week, it's quite comfortable and long so you don't have to wear anything under it. It's very rainy. Not the cardigan, the weather. Apparently in Canada it's freezing, so I'm bloody glad I'm not there right now. Lately I've been enjoying the house I'm living in, crap British real-estate television shows, a cat named Willow and strawberries and cream. I've been un-enjoying the rain, my almost-broken toe and having to share a room with someone who goes to sleep without reading. Some people. Yesterday I read High Fidelity and now have decided that it's my favourite book, right after Down and Out in Paris and London which I finished the day before. I've been following George Orwell around England, where he was born, where he lived. We're going to go to Wigan Peir next week, it's all quite strange. Enough writing, I hope you know who George Orwell is. And for Alexandra (who never posts on this blog anymore); Your postcard will be mailed tomorrow. Hope you're alright.

lundun

2009-07-04T13:34:00.003-04:00

in londonnnnnn loving lifeeeee and summer. so brilliant. yesterday went to portobello market and bought a dress and a ring which are both lovely. ended up in trafalger square reading my book by the fountain. it's so warm. headed off into the country in a few days which will be nice to read and write. i don't want to ever go home. well, maybe sometime. xxxx tessssss

oh, mj

2009-06-25T18:57:00.003-04:00

bye bye :(

put on your _____ face

2009-06-25T17:20:00.000-04:00

2009-06-24T16:05:00.000-04:00

the grass is green, the sky is blue

2009-06-20T21:25:00.003-04:00

summer tomorrow, bitch.

NXNE

2009-06-19T01:20:00.002-04:00

my picks for NXNE

Friday;
Matt & Kim / Spiral Beach - Whippersnapper Gallery
Mika Miko / No Age - Lee's Palace
Brides - Music Gallery
Heaven (3am) - Silver Dollar

Saturday;
DD/MM/YYYY (10pm) - Horseshoe Tavern
By Divine Right (11pm) - Whippersnapper
Japanther/Crystal Antlers/The Sonics (starting 4:30pm) - Y+D Square

Sunday;
The Cool Kids/GZA - Y+D Square

tell me if you're going to any of these
saw Black Lips tonight and it was the best thing ever
luv tess

goodnight

2009-06-14T19:45:00.003-04:00

lovely.
photos: tess parks and anais gimello

y/s

2009-06-13T16:18:00.002-04:00

yard sale(ing) today. bought;

brown oxfords
bow ties
a black wool beret
a polaroid camera
a huge XL gab wool cardigan
a blue shirt
the great gatsby
new order, the smiths, oasis on CD (for free!)

lovin' summer, lovin' life. one more exam. party tonight.

x t.

mischief

2009-06-11T00:17:00.000-04:00

mes amies sans les visages

2009-06-09T23:12:00.003-04:00

peut-être, une nouvelle project
flickr
x (les images par) tess

don't ask

2009-06-05T16:47:00.000-04:00

grizzly bear tonight
yayayaya
x tess

vacation

2009-06-01T18:18:00.003-04:00

ps - i got myself a flickr, so if any of you lovely people have one and you'd like to add me click here. happy june xx tess

we will see when it gets warm

2009-05-31T16:07:00.002-04:00

vacation pictures coming soon
tess

update

2009-05-29T12:52:00.002-04:00

sorry we've been un-active lately,
school is busy and we're tired and haven't seen each other in a weird long time
more photos and stories maybe soon
photos: hello hand on flickr

tropical

2009-05-25T22:26:00.000-04:00

isn't she darling?
tess

NXNE

2009-05-22T17:06:00.002-04:00

holy shit - consider us attending

fashioning a grocery list

2009-05-17T20:08:00.002-04:00

PS

2009-05-15T17:37:00.001-04:00

Alexandra got into university finally and that is a reason to celebrate.
Red wine and polaroids, anyone?

nights out, days in

2009-05-14T23:13:00.000-04:00

(best photo ever)

gallery opens tomorrow + animal collective on saturday
happy happy happy
20˚ / 23˚ / 26˚
xx (photos by) tess

baby / baby / baby

2009-05-14T23:08:00.000-04:00

YES / YES / YES

Make The Girl Dance "Baby Baby Baby" ( official video )
Uploaded by placeblancherec - Explore more music videos.

nice day for a walk in the park

2009-05-13T23:46:00.003-04:00

hot shot

2009-05-12T16:03:00.001-04:00

SAY CHEESE
opening may 15 - 27th
*hotshot gallery in kensington market (181 augusta)
come.

sorry for the delay

2009-05-08T18:28:00.003-04:00

may is my favourite month

xx tess

may may may

2009-05-04T22:34:00.001-04:00

shuffle songs:
frightening lives
spring and by summer fall
backyards
let's get out of here

appropriate, no? xx tess

room #2

2009-05-01T19:33:00.002-04:00

to add to my room post - the first wall is my favourite
bought film today, expect pictures soon
x tess

lost and found

2009-04-30T20:47:00.002-04:00

found

this is my room

2009-04-30T20:28:00.001-04:00

change your locks

oh youth

2009-04-22T23:05:00.003-04:00

have been sick for a bit but today went into school to develop film and should have some soon for you. maybe sooner if i had a scanner and wasn't using alexandra only for hers all the time. haven't had pictures for awhile because i lost my film (which was the saddest thing ever) and haven't had any money in a long time. getting some tomorrow but spending it right away on tickets to see chain and the gang / tropics which will be fucking amazing. so much work to do and so many people to see with the weather getting warmer, but really happy that it is getting warmer. park parties and people returning from the east coast are things to look forward to. i need to save up money for the summer if i want to go to montreal or lollapalooza which is kind of me just dreaming big. so much text and my fingers won't stop typing. i wish this would work when i was writing my english essay. bring on the weekend. xx tess

when the temperature broke twenty

2009-04-22T13:34:00.010-04:00

My camera's filled with water but it isn't raining anymore.

Off with your coats!

-Alexandra.

stop making me so sad

2009-04-20T20:53:00.000-04:00

rain rain go away come again another day

best holiday

2009-04-18T23:09:00.000-04:00

HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY
hope you had a good one
xx tess and alexandra

we have (younger) brothers

2009-04-15T22:41:00.009-04:00

episode one:

This is Nicholas Auger. He likes guitar solos and aspires to be a chef someday, if not an architect. He doesn't brush his hair, but he gives really big hugs and will share almost anything.

-(photos by) Alexandra

doherty

2009-04-14T17:12:00.000-04:00

photos from nylon
i love

this photobooth is forty-four years old and tempermental.

2009-04-14T14:10:00.004-04:00

Try the 'soft and sexy scrambled eggs' at The Drake Hotel <http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/>; they're delicious.

gold soundz

2009-04-12T19:25:00.002-04:00

biking season is back.
xx tess

shake bite tounge

2009-04-12T14:48:00.001-04:00

bite marks, lick stains and lip smears
featuring the likes of two tess', stefan afr-ho and david c.
photo by aa augé xx

ATTN

2009-04-12T14:06:00.005-04:00

LOST: FINISHED ROLL OF FILM IN CANISTER

went missing on April 10th, 2009
lost either at kensington market, on streetcar or on subway
if found and developed has pictures of bicycles and general pictures of people and toronto
reward if found ? (GREATLY appreciated)
thank you from tess roby

blitz

2009-04-10T15:10:00.002-04:00

it's spring and we know it because i have the most beautiful bike and our windows are open as we listen to abbey road and we're eating soft ice cream and smiling and it's sunny and we're happy we're happy xxxx tess

all in a dream ?

2009-04-08T20:04:00.003-04:00

I just had a dream where we were the people in the t shirts. Then David bought a Leonard Cohen t shirt for 30 dollars and ran away. tess

thrift

2009-04-07T19:02:00.002-04:00

just bragging on some of the sweet things i got at goodwill / salvation army today
tess

see!

2009-04-06T10:43:00.006-04:00

Past midnight after shows on a school night Tess doesn't like to have her photo taken.
But pft. This is how you spell, ha-ha-ha, I TOLD YOU SO!

-alexandra

losing your mind

2009-04-05T00:28:00.003-04:00

start of april playlist

crown of love - arcade fire
yr boyfriend - los campesinos!
can anyone who has heard this music really be a bad person - kaki king
bunker or basement - fionn regan
wayne rooney - johnny flynn
neighborhood #3 (power out) - arcade fire
mouvement introductif - yann tiersen

tess

crown of love

2009-04-04T13:04:00.004-04:00

xx tess

good days continue

2009-03-31T20:34:00.002-04:00

alexandra! me! dancing!

oldies but besties

2009-03-30T23:11:00.002-04:00

still my favourite roll ever
from summer
i miss this
come
back
xx
tess

29

2009-03-29T22:30:00.000-04:00

i wish everyday was like sunday

happy birthday !

2009-03-29T00:14:00.002-04:00

things that remind me of david c
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEE YOU SOON

your life in five songs

2009-03-26T22:15:00.001-04:00

From: Alexandra Auger

kissaway
every day
dot dash
maybe lately
you could have it so much better
12:40am 17-MAR-09

2009-03-26T22:03:00.002-04:00

we fell too fast

wild !!!

2009-03-25T21:08:00.001-04:00

my childhood dreams are coming true.

paper aeroplane

2009-03-24T20:19:00.001-04:00

Amongst the crowd a heart will break and a heart will mend
It hasnt flown the seven seas to you
But its on its way

jrnl

2009-03-23T16:01:00.002-04:00

où est le printemps? it's here, baby.
tess

hey hawksley

2009-03-22T22:15:00.002-04:00

jealous of your cigarette

FIRST ONE

2009-03-22T00:00:00.001-04:00

new horrors

2009-03-21T15:15:00.002-04:00

really fucking good

RETURN of the konex mx-v

2009-03-20T15:26:00.002-04:00

i can't believe this camera actually took some good pictures considering i stole it from value village. more from NYC ft. the virgins ! x tess

spring!

2009-03-15T00:33:00.005-04:00

(songs that are making me happy as of now)

Lisztomania - Phoenix
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
Sunday Night - Lotus Plaza
Temptation - New Order
Bryn - Vampire Weekend
You Only Live Once - The Strokes
Rome - Phoenix

x t

soft shock

2009-03-14T23:31:00.003-04:00

photos from NY mag
i love i love

x tess

2009-03-13T23:20:00.000-04:00

nothing's gonna change my world

wasted

2009-03-12T22:01:00.004-04:00

we're living in a teenage wasteland.

ps, gas face

2009-03-12T21:27:00.003-04:00

alexandra - i found our vice boy

stood up

2009-03-12T21:22:00.001-04:00

(photos by LELE SAVERI from VICE)

i love these photographs, they're so pretty x tess

by candles

2009-03-10T17:11:00.002-04:00

you're too young to fight it
you're too young to light your cigarette and take the train
again and again

xx tess (photos by me)

candid

2009-03-08T22:57:00.000-04:00

march eight

2009-03-08T12:25:00.000-04:00

change your clocks, we've lost time.

friday night friend

2009-03-06T22:56:00.001-05:00

two weekend in a row, this is silly
might've been the strangest night of both of our lives

little shadow

2009-03-01T18:36:00.003-05:00

black and white winter
i have beautiful friends
xx tess

this morning's revelation

2009-02-28T12:39:00.002-05:00

Scissors (most likely invented in 1500 BC in Ancient Egypt) are a pretty amazing thing.
And one should aways have several pairs at hand.

boo-yah

2009-02-28T01:36:00.005-05:00

the three musk-é-beers

drunk david
tipsy tess
alcoholic alexandra

SUPERTACO

2009-02-28T01:05:00.003-05:00

"Have you guys heard of last . fm? OK well I have like... 5 different accounts cuz I always sign on when I'm drunk and my usernames are always "gayfag1" and my passwords are "supertaco"..."

AND ALSO

"Guys, I'M DRUNK - NOT STUPID"

boss night, luv us

Mmmm

2009-02-26T23:19:00.004-05:00

alexandra says: (8:29:57 PM)
I hate you all with the burning passion of a thousand subs
alexandra says: (8:30:04 PM)
*suns

i heart jesus ep

2009-02-25T22:53:00.003-05:00

Marc came over today and we recorded a brilliant four song EP! Here's our thank you list so far:
Alexandra Justine M.I.A's baby NOT david
(note the poor punctuation)
click // click
tess