61 days left to party in 2005

not much to talk about this monday other than the year is almost over.... the leaves are brown and the trees are bare....well almost...

this weekend other than playing a party... was fairly un eventfull.... the performance was rather "halfass" as the pa was cuttin out and it was so early that no one showed up untill we were done... and because of tek issues we got started late and donovan had to be at his other job a half hour before he even left... so we did half our set with out him...



that is about it... a good time but that's about all i can really talk about with out sounding like a broken record...

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The Cardigan Flu

So friday night i went to ryans for poker... i wasn't planning on it... but he asked me if i was coming... so after a couple of seconds i figured why not... well ... after 15 bucks and 6 mikes i made to second place... that was 3 games and with second place i got my next one paid for... so 20 bucks and 8 mikes i was happy to get outta there... the next morning wasn't so pleasant... although by noon i was good enough to go to moncton for the afternoon with my good friend bill... and of course i bought cider... i came home and decided to take it easy... the cardigan flu can be a real bitch....

sunday was jam day... after spending some time at my moms with family and playing some guitar i grabbed my cider that my sister and mom had brought back from halifax and headed for home... and then dropped that off and then picked up the crew... it has been raining pretty crasy lately.... i've never seen vancouver rain as much as it does here... rain forest my ass... so we jammed and then we were done... i dropped one guy off and the other was going to music trivia... so that ment taking him home and dropping gear off and then taking him to the trivia... but when we got there his team wasn't there... so i took him to wendy's and then back home... it wasn't raining yesterday... but today as i was leaving the house it started to come down ... the ground is pretty soft and soggy... and HURRICANE WILMA is coming... although it's going to be a post tropical storm or something like that it's mixing with 2 other systems and i reckon it's going to bring down some water along with some trees or at least some branches... with in turn can cause power outages.. boomer (our local weather guy) says the ground is soft and soggy too... which mixed with high winds could result in some trees kissing earth... so the tonight and tomorrow should be interesting... i was really hoping for some warm air... but the forcast doesn't say anything like that... it's a late fall so to speak... the leaves are just starting to turn colors and with the wet leaves and such .... bla bla bla...

today i spent some time at my moms... getting ready for a trip... i'm not sure when i'm going... i do know that it will probably be before the end of the year... originally i wanted to go to a resort and chill by the pool... but that would interfer with my vancouver plans next summer... so as the folks are going to go to florida for a couple of months... i figured i go for the drive and maybe visit a resort or something in the carribean for a day or 2... and i probably will do something like that.. but i might wait till my sibs are outta school for the holidays and fly down if i can get a good seat sale... although... maybe some time by myself if what i need... i don't know... i do know that life is good and regardless... everything seems so triviall... i'm spent...

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I've stated the past and i'll state the future

so friday was a nice day of hangin with billy ... afternoon come and me wanna record... so i went to his place and as we started pre production he got the call he newest wife was ready to get picked up ... so we made the trek and since i had been suffering some major cat allergies i reckoned it was time to slip past my pad to have me swig on my alergy stuff... as long as it was ok with them.... so after that we tried a few ideas at recording... all went well and i realy want to get over there again to try some idea's.... after that i was keen to play some poker but circumstances arouse... and i'm sorry but that's how it is... and it's nothing personal.... although i suppose some might look at it like that... .... i'll play paint ball with anyone.... but it's more like everyone... as long as it's not a shoot the shit outta everyone... cause that is no fun... kinda like the poker i played with someone who i'll never play with again... anyways... paintball next sunday... i am excited... last time i played i couldn't walk right and forget about running for a week.... i'm better now and 10 lbs heavier... should be interesting... how am i doing lately for paragraphing christy?

so no poker ... stayed home and had awesome good times on nfs3 hot pursuit.... i've been playing this game since i got my first computer in 2000.... and the copyright is 1998... but it's super cool... it's got the best interface i've seen... simple and to the point... and connection vs. stability is better for it.... as compared to nfshp2 ... nfsu lacks in a desired interface... but that's another blog topic... so

Saturday was a nice day ... till i woke up... i turned into a nice day for printing time sheets and then a quick visit to the homestead and back to the grim... which brought me to a 4:30 moving deal of a couch with last room mate ryan... ( i seem to lack any descent pics of this guy)... as he was having a few guest over that evening as a preshow deal... s'all good... i'm in a stay at home mood lately... unless i'm jammin in preparedness for a gig it seems... looking like 3 gigs coming up... which is super cool.... so it was more jammin till 9ish with the no name as of yet cover band that is playing a party on the 28th of this month in rice point i think or something like that... then home for racing and some ol TV along with some chattin on msn with ol friends and new...

sunday growled at me with a huge yawn and yelled at me get up and atom.... and i said atom... and then we both laughed it off... that's when i got my shit together and dropped off some time sheets... came home and did a bunch of paper work that's been nipping at my toes and calfs like tiny prawns at the beach.... every day for the last four mouthes... and then some... after that and some steak and corn i was off to get the cheques and deliver them as required.... then it was time to do a quick learning session at home and head to jam.... again... but for another band and for a gig the night after the no named act that is performing oct 28....

13 days till stage
was the first real thing i said to those guys last night... and tonight i think i said it... but it appeared that we had it more together than the other group... the other group looks like it's making more money so maybe i'm more critical about it... anyways... maybe it's a bit personal to talk about but i totally sync'k with the whole thing where someone gives "constructive critism" to another and that person gets all defensive... it was me... i was looking around to everyone else to see if they were pro or con... and after a split second i realized that it's not that big of a deal... i can get it right and move on... so that was kinda neet... grade 10 english media comes through with the "outside the box" view

so after this weekend... i'm having a turning point of life on pei as i know it... both of these groups are demading time and we're having a good time doing it... so as i see it we should keep it going... why not... i know we're all busy doing stuff... but why not... we can get together once or twice a month.... perhaps... either way... i'm not the one watching anymore...

the big deal about is i feel a "lucky streak" coming on... it's like Vancouver when i left.... things were pretty much picking up for me when i decided to cut ties and prepare for the move... gully foyle would have been amazing and vitamin would probably never have ended or perhaps been back in bizz... along with realliam and jp5 and meat curtain... it was all over the map... i miss it... there's no denying it... and now if i left i'd be full of regrets... if i was in the right tax bracket i'd be set...

well other than my uncle who might turn out to live alot longer than what was once expected things are pretty good in my life... some time in november as i have found out that a very close friend of mine from Vancouver and beyond might be coming to visit me.... so i think my next post will be based on that topic... or a build up too... we shall see...

golf season isnt over... vista bay was open till boxing day last year.... ... gas was at 135ish.... recently it was 120 and not its a "nice" 109 cents a litre.... thought i would throw that in since i've been meaning too for the last couple bloggins... since katrina... i knowticed Calvin mentioned it a while back... and i thought i'd give him a reference to go from in case he's checkin it out... it would be nice if he kept us up to date on vancovuer gas prices... apparently cost of living is more expensive there...

i think as good as my life is it's about to turn around to an even better state... how can that be....

that's the week end summary...

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a picture is worth a thousand words

here's a pic from racing

good times

THE FIRST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER

i could be talking about the new season of lost or the new season of smallville... both are awesome.... i haven't been watching joey.... but i just realized it was into the second season... that might changed... i could talk about the new drum kit.... and i think i will ... i'll get to it at least... i could talk about the 2 or maybe 3 new songs i have started.... thanks to cory letting me use his guitar.... but i think i just did... i could talk about how i've been in a bit of a writing slump... it's tricky to record a busy weekend.... and i think i just did... so cory.... here's your update foo....

friday i woke up and msned CB and asked him if he wanted to go golfing again.... we had been golfing the sunday before and we tied... 66 on 9 ... well on friday i got 78 and he got alot lesser.... i think he was 69 or 68 i think... might have been 72 though... i don't really care cause that rookie beat me either way.... it was 21 degrees and there was only 1 other group playing... so we took our time.... we had fun... when i came home i relaxed with some bbq steak and corn and then some online racing with my brother...

saturday i got up and it was still nice... we maxed at 19 degrees... although it was raining... i helped my mom pick up her new deep freeze... i took it to her place and drove down the hill to the back door... when i went to leave i couldn't get up the hill... my brother and i got wet as we tried a few different methods.... perhaps we were a bit stubborn to just try the tow method... or was it that we couldn't find a rope... but he did find one and we doubled it up a couple times and with his rig i was up the hill and as soon as i untied the rope i was on my way to town to get my amp and bass... and headed to my first band practise with 2 gauthier boys ... we plan on playing a party for cash oct 28th out near york point... or rice point... i forget... although practise was short lived as the drummer had an appointment to go to after 45 mins... so i came home and took it easy untill my sis came over for corn...i cooked up a steak on the bbq and we had a feast... we did some jammin and then .... she left.... but i should mention that she brought me cider from halifax... and i'm happy she did... cause well it involves sunday... so after she left i was gonna play some online racing with my bro but we kept getting an error... so we called it off and watched the season premeire of SNL.... bboring...

sunday i got up and it was nice to relax and watch a movie or 2 then i got ready to have turkey dinner at my aunt's and then we jammed.... i brought the drums i bought recently ... we played some classic covers and it was my first time as the drummer in a situation like that... and i think i did a pretty good job... most of the family was having "a couple" and lucky me i had a couple of ciders... so it was the first time really drinking around the family... although it wasn't like i was drunk... anyways... around 10 we packed her in and went home and relaxed...

monday i got up and i felt like i was getting sick... so i called it off... i was supposed to jam but i just didn't think i should.... i think my system said... take a day off and stay in bed... so i did...

tuesday i was supposed to jam with a 3rd project but the lead guitarist had a death in the family ... so we called it off...

last thursday we played poker.... and i won.... i plan to do that again this friday ... so watch out...

i didn't know that you had links to people blogs on your blog cory... stop being such a baby.... geez your kranky when your sick....


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OCT 3rd

After music trivia, on the walk home, i noticed the vapor coming from my breath.... it's that time of year... it's been this way for a while now... i just never noticed... the forcast for the next 4 days is sunny and highs of 22 and lows of about 12... that's pretty nice for a few days into Oct... i was looking at NS and NB forcasts and Fredericton is looking at a max of 26... the word envy comes to mind... to day was probably up to 20 or 21 and i went golfing and shot 66 on a 9... on the last hole a black cat almost crossed our path... he went around and then when i was waiting for CB to come out i noticed the guys behind me shouting from the woods ... then i saw a fox had their golf ball... it was pretty funny... the fox took off...

in other news today i got 14.5 outta 30 in music trivia... i was the only guy playing by myself... and i think i came 4th over all maybe tied... and there were at least 10 teams... i didn't win anything... it wasn't typical music trivia by any means either...

on a closing note... the sun sets today at 6:50 and unless you get up before 7 the sun came up at 7:15am.... i noticed that toronto's sun rise/set times are different and so are vancouvers... and recently i found out that the daylight hours happen less more in the tropics.... this doesn't deture my fixation of moving there eventually in fact it's even better.... because summer nights are the best...

i think it's time to get to work... stay tuned...