hey you, i know you...

in studying for my psychology exam, which i write this afternoon, i came across this concept of self-evaluative maintenance. basically, it's an ego-preserving non-compete clause among friends - i.e., if your friend is better than you at something that counts to you, you either get a new aspiration, or ditch the friend. evidentally, this same impulse also leads people to associate themselves with winners and disassociate themselves from losers.

so in this vein, since i am not currently a writer or a photographer, and as i'm not much in the mood to cull friends, i hereby associate myself shamelessly with a couple of winners:

a shout-out to zoe whittall, whose new novel bottle rocket hearts, just published by cormorant, is gonna be launching on wednesday, may 2nd at the gladstone. ontario literati zoe, sky gilbert, maggie macdonald, and elvira kurt'll all be there. and so will i, although a bit late. doors 7:30 pm.



and also at the gladstone, as part of the contact photography festival and all the way from beautiful montreal, my pal pierre dalpé. he's exhibiting his personae series of photographs -- way cool visual explorations of identity, perception, and reality. check it out. opening on thursday, may 3, 7 - 10 pm, at the gladstone art bar. runs to may 27.






morcheeba - part of the process