i love this city.

Rannie took this beautiful photo from our balcony before out shoot yesterday. We took photos for the Vitamin Water Canada blog and in his 140 project. Stay tuned for that. Good day yesterday mostly around the house working on a couple upcoming projects. Went for an evening stroll with Sabrina to Bellwoods and visited a friends roof patio for some wine and sunset. Stopped by CTS on the way, my fav shop. They had a bunch of items that were $1 and I picked up a couple vintage dresses I can totally do a Pretty in Pink switch to. I’m giving Zoey (my sewing machine) a workout this winter. Heading to the Fairlie Agency for a little co-working woith Carly-Anne today. Haircut at 4 with Darren, think I’m gonna buzz it one last time for summer. Dinner with Jeremy and some friends tonight, we finally all get to meet his crush. Loser karaoke after that but I’m gonna have to call it an early night. I still haven’t packed for Bud Camp  and we leave at 7am. Check out this vid I make a cameo in by My City Lives. I’ve been in a few of their videos one on the red carpet and one about genYTO. Check out their site to see more stuff about our wonderful city and some other cool peeps talking about it. Gotta run. Lots of work to do. See ya on the internet loves!

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#WarpedTour: guest post by @jordanrachael feat @lights @taylormomsen @OfficialAAR

Earlier this summer I sent two people as Casie Stewart Brand Ambassadors to Vans Warped Tour – Mike Albertini & Jordan Rachel. I gave them all access media & back stage. I asked Jordan to write about her experience & here it is. I’m Jordan, reporting for casiestewart.com … Van’s Warped Tour 2010. The Van’s Warped Tour is known to have one of the biggest set lists for any concert, with 70+ bands appearing at our hometown Toronto date, there was no shortage of genres represented. From the smooth poppy vocals of newly acclaimed Mike Posner, to the grungy rock sound of Taylor Momsen’s band The Pretty Reckless, fans of all kind gathered to see their favourite bands.I had the opportunity to get all access, backstage, media access with my partner in crime Michael Albertini. One of the first things Mike and I saw was a pretty tough looking dude sporting a “F**K JUSTIN BEIBER” tshirt.. (yes, spelt like that). From then on, we knew that this day would be one for the history books. The first artist we knew we had to see was Mike Posner, and as I suspected, with him came along a following of loyal fangirls. Although fairly new to the scene, or at least to my knowledge of him, he’s had a pretty steady crowd goin’ on. I guess that hit “Cooler Than Me” has really caught on! Soon after, we hit a few other bands such as The Cab, and The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band (They were insane!!!) Then it was time for The Pretty Reckless, and most importantly for us: T.MOM! Not gonna lie, I have been a big fan of Gossip Girl for a while now, but let me tell you I have now seen Lil’ J in a whole new light… and I loved it! She had…

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yesterday in the news exciting things happened that i can not yet share with you but when i do you will be happy like me

if you’re happy and you know it # i need to write a short bio. wanna help? # omg love you Mum! Skype is the best. They are on a boat and I am clearly excited. http://post.ly/sBIj # On skype with Mum from her boat somewhere Taddoussac River outside Quebec. So neat. They saw Beluga whales today. Mum said it’s is like NZ. # proudly not watching #bachelorpad # drum circle babe. calling. # Check out our #SXSWi panel feat @unmarketing @thatericalper @Kathy_Valentine & me! Yahooots http://bit.ly/dxhCzL # okok there are a bunchof brunettes # Most the bloggers I know are blonde. Who are the brunettes? # Where do you get your sunglasses? They’re cool. — Kensington Market & vintage shops all over the place. http://4ms.me/94Vomg # how soon could you travel on a moment’s notice? — Soon as I get a ticket via email. http://4ms.me/9K5kqm # what is your favorite store to shop at lately? — Apt. 909 Vintage or CTS. http://4ms.me/aPwf0f # Photo: these guys are gonna get older and i’m looking forward to meeting them later. http://tumblr.com/xmjfyeb8z # RE: @rlangdon The music was really good too.Rock the dance floor baby! http://disq.us/kjgwx # I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs. #MitchHedberg # I haven’t slept for ten days, because that would be too long. #MitchHedberg # A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Mitch Hedberg #

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THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS PEOPLE.

I tried to pull myself away from the computer, thinking I need a damn break. I was feeling all meh. I played Sims Miami party on Nintendo DS in bed, attempted to sketch book, played with phone, paced around, tried not to snack. I found myself back at the computer again and again and that’s where I started putting out good vibes. Do you know what happened next? THEY CAME BACK. A whole slew of good stuff happened today and it flipped my shit mood right on it’s damn stupid head. THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS PEOPLE. Like attracts like. I am so happy right now everytime I get nervous that ‘maybe I can’t do it’ or ‘how the heck is this gonna work’ I remind myself that I can and I will. I finally have the freedom to work on exactly what projects I want, with whom and when. I have dreamed of this and I will not let you down, I will not let me ME down. I close my eyes, cover them with my hands and repeat “this is my life, this is my life“. I got VIP tickets to Metric tonight outta the blue from my gonna-meet-tonight-first-time-new-friend from my home town.  Oh internet, I love you so. I love this song too. Playin’ on repeat.

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wanna go to a party hosted by me & @virginatlantic?

THEN VOTE FOR ME TO WIN THIS DARN THING ALREADY. Contest has 30 days still. Just ate a passion fruit, my fav! (@ Harbourfront Centre) http://4sq.com/8AS56e I’m at Big Red Canoe (50 Fort York Blvd, Spadina, Toronto). http://4sq.com/cTRNPI Special Skills: lucas stewart http://twitpic.com/2atu5n handsome is on his way here. lucky meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂 omg the #iphone4 face time commercial. #tear #loveit Anyone seen this show or know what it’s about? http://twitpic.com/2asw3k Effects of a Three Martini Lunch on the Creative Process | Advertising Age – http://bit.ly/cjvQyZ /via @randymatheson 12seconds – I feel de vibe. #caribana http://tiny12.tv/RR39S This flower is so pretty. http://twitpic.com/2as5ee Live music. Good relax on the grass in the sun. (@ Toronto Music Garden) http://4sq.com/a4NFoV I would like to be on a boat. Or in a boat. Or a boat. chatting with mum on skype from her boat in anchored out in brockville, so neat. they’re en route to bahamas! Photo: i like you sprinklers. http://tumblr.com/xmjeptlr3 before you tweet RT @yehudaberg: KEEP your tongue in check. Think twice before you speak go outside. talking about @virginamerica & Virgin Provocateur on @smspodcast here> http://bit.ly/9vyrz6 vote here> http://bit.ly/cPTRTt Talking about @klout on @PerpetualRadio http://bit.ly/9vyrz6 # Crush on @saulcolt. #smspodcast going live on the #smspodcast via #perpetualradio w/ @karimkanji @saulcolt tune in here now > http://bit.ly/9vyrz6 ran though sprinklers. so fun. i am 5. Solid group of awesome right here > @carlyannedotcom @SDnRclothing @chadthevillain @matthewstylist in reply to carlyannedotcom Photo: this is called a ‘short’ not ‘shorts’ http://tumblr.com/xmjepcx64 Photo: you were always on my mind http://tumblr.com/xmjepcsce me: how do you spell caribana? her: k-a.. [laughter] sabrina saw a PRINCESS tramp stamp at caribana. really. life in a day http://post.ly/pk5X you are one sext Stewart. happy birthday @AndrewFstewart 🙂 me: where were you last night? her: good question. > baaahaaa how was i…

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the daily twitter talk for 2010-08-01

Funky brewster and @casiestewart http://twitpic.com/2ai176 /via @raymitheminx # Bike babe @raymitheminx http://twitpic.com/2aiolg # Party time (@ The Second City w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/axPXEk # Thanks #SecondCity @raymitheminx and I are hitting the 8 show tonight. # Hang w/ @raymitheminx (@ Wayne Gretzky's Restaurant w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/4mV0Ok # Everyone keeps staring at the awesome it's weird @casiestewart http://twitpic.com/2agwe5 /via @raymitheminx # Blonde ambition: me & @raymitheminx http://twitpic.com/2agyef # this cooler down temp is not working with my hot outfit. # Photo: (via elimaeblog) http://tumblr.com/xmjenb8e2 # Photo: › [all the world’s a reality show all the men and women merely content] http://tumblr.com/xmjenaaam # best place to watch movie online? movie is from 2004. # You have the right to VOTE! Use it. http://bit.ly/cPTRTt # #bromance RT @davidakermanis: Match made in heaven http://twitpic.com/2ag7gb #joncrowley # if you tweet "only __ away from __ followers. help me out" or something like that, you're gonna lose friends. # wowza RE: http://bit.ly/aBIxza # Now that's funny. RT @xoxSNP: Sarah Thompson is campaigning (for mayor) in Kensington Mkt. … No, that's the whole joke. # twitpic > tweetphoto # WHAT? the work of @thatrocky perhaps? RT @katyperry: Pocky changes their name to Rocky? WTF? http://twitpic.com/2afxbi # Q: what are you using on #blackberry to manage multiple @twitter accounts? # Hi there. http://twitpic.com/2afi8g # Irie. Feel de vibe. (@ Yonge-Dundas Square w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/1cDmlT # problem loading page? no problem loading your attitude. # layered tights http://bit.ly/cP3kBU # yo @fusionofeffects I SCREAM for @sidewalkhustle! http://tinyurl.com/2vchdkt #Toronto #Screamaward RT! # oh it's not aug yet, i was excited. ah, tomorrow it is. # i'm like, so hungry. my stomach is eating itself. # Happy August! 8th Month is my fav. This year I'm getting and 8 tattoo on Aug 8 (finally) 🙂 # whoa. got a FB…

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I’m bringin’ sexy back. Honestly.

Sun out. Bikini on. Pool hang. Gon’ take vacation after a busy week post job. Nice brekky with Beans, she’s a good cook. Sun out. Couple prospects on the horizon. Feels nice. No big weekend plans. Dreaming of a room clean. Siesta in my future. Feel like a new tattoo. Thinking of Mum sailing the seas, miss sister and Dad too. Excited for Wakestock bikini hang. Might even gym today…ok probably not. Great meeting yesterday. Good friends last night but wasn’t  really feeling it. Energy low today. Reckon I need a break or a Kit Kat.

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I’ve got something to tell you…

Ladies & gentlmen, it is without regret that I inform you I have left CTV as the Social Media Girl for MuchMusic & MTV Canada.  I’m excited about what’s in store and I’m really excited to take on new projects.  If you’ve got a cool project you want to talk to me about, I’m happy to finally say, I’m available (professionally speaking that is). heh heh. Really looking forward to seeing all the Tweeps and meeting new faces tonight at TweetgasmTO, the Gladstone’s first ever Tweetup.  If you’re around, come by and say helloooooo! Here’s all the info you need to know. I’ll be on the dancefloor cuttin’ a rug and doing high kicks as per usual.

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DO YOU HAVE A GUN MISS?

So yesterday I had a really intersting experience going through customs before leaving YYZ. I was very smily and dressed kinda cute as I approaced the dreaded security check at the airport. It always scares me for some reason, there is just something about all the turnstiles and other crowd control measures that puts me on edge! I do understand how important these security checks are though, and after reading this website about security turnstile here I probably know much more about airport security and turnstiles than the average person! Hence, I was extremely pleasant as I emptied all my gear intot the tray, laptop, shoes, small bottled liquids. I was pretty excited to step into the body scanner. It was my first time flying since this had been implemented a few months ago after the underwear bomber. No problems with the body scan but as I turned around it seemed a couple security guards were puzzled by something in my suitcase. First thought, they saw my ‘Hitachi massager‘ and they’re gonna give me a hard time, second thought, my corsets with metal boning have them confused. Neither was the case and as one security guard after another, followed by several police officers went for a look, I began to get scared. WTF are they looking at? I tried to be positive about the whole thing and deffinitley not get emotional. Crying would only make this worse, “keep smiling & don’t look scared” I told myself. A secutiry guard and police officer begun filling out paper work and the questions started coming. Where do I live, what do I do, where was I going & why. They could tell I was getting worried and told me to stay calm, so I tried as my hands were getting real sweaty and…

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i’ll tell you later

I just don’t have time right now. Lots  to check of my list today at the office. Totes looking forward to getting home to my new bed and sitting at my new desk and writing stories and drawing in my sketch book. I’m so excited for Florida next week, five whole days of vacation. Gonna pop by Peach Berserk to talk blogging before I’m back at the homestead. Exciting projects happening here and there. Happy Monday 🙂 EAVB_YEAZGLLPNG

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i’ll love you forever

Today I logged into Facebook as I do every day. I check the pages for work post, make changes  etc,  then I check my own messages. I had two messages and not spam about some event I don’t care about. One from Dad and one from a friend in New Zealand, her Mum, one of Mum’s oldest friends, passed away yesterday.  Her name is Julie. Julie came to visit us a few years ago. It was so much fun to have her around. She came to visit with her daughter and gave us this book called Succulent Wild Woman by SARK. Julie filled the book with gold confetti angels, stuck  between pages and all down the spine, throughout the whole book. When we opened they fell all over the floor and it was beautiful. To this day angels turn up around Mum’s house in the darnedest places. “This book is my glowing invitation to you — to live a rich, succulent life! I explore love, sexuality, romance, money, fat, fear and creativity. It’s a little bit like reading my diary — with permission. Succulence is powerful! and so are we as women.” SARK writes a journal and read a bunch of her posts today. They’re happy and inspiring, full of colour and bright thoughts and markers and stars and stuff like that.  It’s really weird going to someones Facebook after they’ve passed, I wanted to post on it  but I didn’t and it made me feel sad for a minute. Then, I read all the most recent activity and was brightened by her energy. Julie was inspiring to everyone she knew. She had MS and when she got better one time she decided to go on world tour.  So she did. Julie looked at the world in a way that…

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do you like to makey things on the internet?

This is how I applied for my job: CTV posted a job and I thought, hell or high water goddd damn I’m gonna gonna get that jobby. So, if you wanna work on cool projects with a cool team, read more & apply here. You can say I told you about the job too it you want. Took this nice pic of my sister last night by the lake.

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do you have any religious views?

I’m not into the conformity of religion. I despise people when think going to church forgives all your nasty things like being a jerk, bad parenting, littering, and douchebaggery. I grew up with the influence of be kind, give, share, smile, love, happiness.  Basically, that is how I live my life, be kind, love yourself [you are awesome!] and help others where you can, inspire and be inspired by thoughts & things. I had/have very loving parents and a am an older sister. I got to teach things to her growing up and  also learn from her.   She was my everything growing up, me & Jenie we like peas and carrots. The closest I ever came to religion was studying Kabbalah for a couple years, it changed my life. I have a tattoo on my right wrist of a hai [life in Hebrew] with a pink heart. It is on the right wrist as that works with my circular flow of energy [Left to Right], and in my mind, stamps all my thoughts and feelings coming outward with “love life”.  [And you wondered why I was so happy all the time!] That is my religion, loving life. Many of the teachings I learned from Yehuda Berg, my Rabbi Moshe Yogev and my friends at the centre have greatly influenced my life. I shifted my level of consciousness during that time, I changed how I viewed the world, people, objects, my outlook on life. I believe strongly that giving is its own gift, once you give, that in itself is a gift, therefore you have already received. The greatest happiness in my at the moment is seeing those around me succeed, helping them achieve, and inspiring others. I’ve gotten some great emails lately and honestly, I love hearing from you.…

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in a past life i was a blog

I’m recently watched Objectified, a doc about objects and design. I’ve been waiting, wanting to watch this and sit in my room for ages. Me, my bed, my gadgets; laptop, camera, flipcam, phone, monitor, sketchbook, reading book, memory cards, usb/wall charger. Objects of my affection. The whole time I’m thinking about web and design, blogging and user interaction, activity. “a big part of who you are as a designer is the way you look at the world” jonathan ive, senior vp industrial design, apple This is also a big part of what makes a good blogger, the ability to show the world how you see it through a different perspective. Taking something and designing it to be interesting. “when you see an object, you make so many assumptions about that object” The movie is artistic and filled with industrial design, computer technology, ergonomics, materials, form, connecting, analog, digital, spoon, chair, shape, look, feel. Making gadgets  better.  Making things user friendly. “improve the way people do things without them really knowing or thinking about it” “users react very positively when things are clear and understandable” What are you saying in your header,  the way your blog/website move, images, widgets, pages, reading, writing, categories, colours, links. themes. There’s so many things to think about, so many opportunities to show creativity in detail, design. phases of modern design formal logic or the object symbolism, content, rituals, cultural symbolism contextual sense, technological, human/object relationships “everything that has ever filled your world had been designed” “every object tells a story, it depends how you look at it.” henry ford

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