[NON BLOG] The Past Weekend's Events
Oct. 5th, 2004 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonald1. I met ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
schillerium and vaneramos for a viewing of the Thomson Collection, which I'd last seen this past January. It was nice to tour it in the company of people who actually knew things about art history, and Ontarian geology and flora. My take? Morrice is easily the most impressionist of the Group of Seven; Thomson's paintings are the most iconic; Milne's paintings, composed either of patches of colour surrounded by white lines or patches of white surrounded by coloured lines, are the most unappealing. vaneramos provides a good synopsis of the visit. Afterwards, we walked up to the Village to enjoy a coffee at the Timothy's on Church Street, meeting a friend of schillerium's and having an interesting conversation about, among other things, the ideological motivations behind the Group of Seven.
2. I subsequently met some friends from grad school dorm for supper at Future's Bakery and Café, and excellent chepa place on Bloor. Much fun was had, and plans made to meet again.
3. Having forgotten to buy a ticket to the night's show at the Horseshoe, I went tosnowmit's birthday party. Still more fun was had, and Katamari Damacy proves that surreal Japanese video games are quite, quite fun.
4. The Counterfactual Threats Assessment Group met Sunday afternoon at the usual place and time, with myself,pauldrye, schizmatic, and James B. in attendance. A variety of topics were discussed, including favoured books (science-fiction and otherwise), current affairs, and the real material limits facing transhumanists' dreams.
5. I'd like to thankvaneramos for inviting me to supper Sunday night at the home of his boyfriend, north of Ossington. I met quite a few interesting people, almost all of whom have livejournals; unfortunately, of the attendees' livejournals I know only of schillerium's and vaneramos'. They were interesting people to meet, the food was excellent, and the group viewing of the ST:TNG finale made the whole evening feel oddly like a day spent at my maternal grandmother's when I was younger.
schillerium and vaneramos for a viewing of the Thomson Collection, which I'd last seen this past January. It was nice to tour it in the company of people who actually knew things about art history, and Ontarian geology and flora. My take? Morrice is easily the most impressionist of the Group of Seven; Thomson's paintings are the most iconic; Milne's paintings, composed either of patches of colour surrounded by white lines or patches of white surrounded by coloured lines, are the most unappealing. vaneramos provides a good synopsis of the visit. Afterwards, we walked up to the Village to enjoy a coffee at the Timothy's on Church Street, meeting a friend of schillerium's and having an interesting conversation about, among other things, the ideological motivations behind the Group of Seven.2. I subsequently met some friends from grad school dorm for supper at Future's Bakery and Café, and excellent chepa place on Bloor. Much fun was had, and plans made to meet again.
3. Having forgotten to buy a ticket to the night's show at the Horseshoe, I went to
snowmit's birthday party. Still more fun was had, and Katamari Damacy proves that surreal Japanese video games are quite, quite fun.4. The Counterfactual Threats Assessment Group met Sunday afternoon at the usual place and time, with myself,
pauldrye, schizmatic, and James B. in attendance. A variety of topics were discussed, including favoured books (science-fiction and otherwise), current affairs, and the real material limits facing transhumanists' dreams.5. I'd like to thank
vaneramos for inviting me to supper Sunday night at the home of his boyfriend, north of Ossington. I met quite a few interesting people, almost all of whom have livejournals; unfortunately, of the attendees' livejournals I know only of schillerium's and vaneramos'. They were interesting people to meet, the food was excellent, and the group viewing of the ST:TNG finale made the whole evening feel oddly like a day spent at my maternal grandmother's when I was younger.
