niffty's place

First Single

2008-04-14T13:40:00.002-03:00

back when i was in Vitamin Voodoo we went to the local university at 1am and we sat in the studio talking about the album playing the entire EP ... i even played a lil bass song... it was definitely a highlight for me... just last week i was in halifax on work and we released our single on the local radio station... it's called rock and roll ain't pretty... they played it on the radio the next day at the all request lunch hour... very cool... then they played it again last night on the locals program...

i suggest you check it out and let me know what you think....

www.myspace.com/intoxicadomusic

or

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Intoxicado/6242163310

you can check out the Vitamin Voodoo stuff here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vitamin-Voodoo/22290001800

the weather lately was pretty good... i mean march was cold... not bitter cold... but colder then normal... and colder then the rest of the winter... it didn't snow much tho... and when the cold snap broke it got warm... double digits.. the last couple of days has been hovering around 0 and bit's of snow have been seen... most of the snow is gone tho... all that remains is small piles where large piles were...

the weather is expected to get good this week... i'm getting exctied...

let me know what you thing of the tunes

thanks

Leap Year!!!

2008-02-29T07:04:00.002-04:00

it's not every year that Feb 29th happens. i'm thinking feb 29 would be a good day to celebrate holidayz.... event events... such as weddings... birthdays... at least Feb 29 should be a holiday on it's own... it's a special day... once every 4 years... febuary is a weird month to start with because it has so many less days then your average month... why not loose a few days on the longer months? even it out a lil... i'm not knocking the month for being wacky... febuary becomes special for that reason... other wise it would be an unusual month...one with common cold bitter weather...2 bit holidays if any... it's a bit of a passing month... where we sit and wait for better days to come... it's not so bad because there isn't as many days to wait through.... i guess... the sun sets pretty much around 6 PM near the end of Feb... that would ad a slight touch of appreciation for the month as it acts as the road to longer days...warmer days... i suppose it also represents another time of year for others.... hockey fans have the trade deadlines as the play off season is about to start... go detroit... this leap year day is special to me as those signifigant days like the summer solstice or the first day of fall...

i am finding my way back to the blog for some reason lately... hmmm... take it or leave it...

My Cousin Tara Is Going To Have A Baby!!

2008-02-11T20:09:00.000-04:00

she is one of my favorite cousins... we spent a large portion of our childhood growing up together... all of the family are excited for her... and just excited in general...

Congrats Tara!!!!

update

2008-02-03T14:54:00.001-04:00

basslines are done

bin busy

2008-01-20T15:56:00.000-04:00

gigs... rehearsal... work off island... fireworks....mini tour... more off island work... snow... stuido...more snow...studio... gigs... holidays... hoidaze....sore neck... more snow... brennans is deteriorating... rain...neck gets better... studio...sore neck again.... neck is almost better... studio tonight... gigs coming... more snow coming... winter isn't half way yet... days are getting longer... planning Vancouver/Japan trip for July...

Excitment?

2007-07-24T14:57:00.000-03:00

so ya... this last month has been extraordinary... Intense.... busy....

it all started at the end of June when my band found out about a contest that needed us to be nominated for the shortlist for Aerosmith... so with a few emails sent we were good to start excepting votes... all of the band memebers got on that with facebook and messageboards and myspace and just plane ear to ear communication with friends and family... everyone pulled together on this and it shows... cause we won... after about 3 weeks of voting the band made it through to be the opening act at Blast At The Beach Featuring Aerosmith...

This was the biggest event ever on PEI and i had no idea how awesome it would be... I remember saying back in Febuary that the only way i was going is if i was playing... and it is true if i didn't get the rockstar treatment that i got i wouldn't have enjoyed the experience there at all... 35000 people seemed to like it but i don't know how...

since the contest started we rebumped out rehearsal schedule up to 2 times a week with 4 hours per session... but since it was summer some people had to go away on certain days so we really didn't maximize our rehearsal time as much as most bands wuold have it... but we have been rehearsing and writing lots and with 4 shows under our belts a minimal set list for a show like this wasn't all that hard to get tight and right in such a short time... it's amazing what 5 guys can do with a musical idea...

on Wednesday we got word about a radio interview with CBC... so that happened Thursday then we got word about 3 more interviews... 1 at 8am on magic 93... the station that hosted the contest... then another one around 11am with Krock... then another one back at CBC but this time it was for the 6 oclock TV news... and yet another one came out for the national news CBC's News Hour i think it's called...

so we had a short rehearsal Friday July 20 as everyone was exhausted with work and music and the other everyday chores and errands.. we packed it in and went home for some well deserved rest altho knowing we were all to wired and excited to sleep...

I got up at 7:50am and made some calls... went and picked up my good friend Woody who was needed in more then one way... and then we went and picked up Brett my Lead Guitar player... then we came back to my place to load all the gear minus drums... then we headed to the venue... once we arrived we headed to whoever had the "ALL ACCESS" passes... then we went to our dressing room where we sat and took in the first few minutes of rock n roll living... at 9 am we were rocknroll living... wow... after that we had some time to eat as thing were a bit behind schedule with the stage set up and we had extra time to get it together...

The Breakfest Buffest was amazing... as good as the delta and even movie set catering... i was really impressed... a big plate of eggs... bacon... sausage... that was payment enough... even just a dressing room was payment enough... after that we headed back to the dressing room and let that moment absorb as well as the food...

Nedt it was time to head to the stage area to see when we were needed... it was going to be a while... and it started to rain... so we sat in our rigs for a little bit... and then i saw Tony Dawe... my music trivia team mate and local friend who is hear studing photography at Holland Collage... he was getting wet and asked me if i had a plastic bag he could make into a rain coat... as he was press passed to take pics at the very front of the stage .. very cool... as we approached my van everyone from the band came our way... it was time to load and play... which is pretty much what we did... in record time we were set up and waiting for mics on our gear... as soon as that happened we were introduced to 6000 people by the same guy who interviewed us the day before at 8am on the radio... and away we went... check out the video...

after that was awesome too... we had lunch which wasn't as great as breakfest but still... free food is cool.... then we were back in the dressing room and back behind the stage and in the crowd and stuff like that repeating for a couple of hours...

54 40 was definately a highlight for me... we went back stage for a while... me and woody... and say in my van and listened ... it sounded so awesome... i've never heard music that clean and loud... we stood on the back of the stage for a while and watched... then tried from out frount but there was to many people... we went back to the dressing room but no one was there... so we hit the supper buffet... we were seated right next to 54 40 ... i was star struck... i didn't say anything to them... duh...

supper was awesome... i didn't even get to the mashed potatoes or mussels... but i did manage to have 3 different slices of cheesecake... wow...

after digesting and the sugar trails subsided we went back to the dressing room.... our gear was dry and i wanted to load it in my van before the crowd got to big...plus cheap trick was performing... the last band that we were allowed to actually stand on stage with which we did... around their second last song they kicked us off the stage.. so we went and hung out with my van... which was behind the stage next to the fence around the track the contained the venue... and outta now where... JOE FRIGGIN PERRY... looking right at me... draped in rockstar clothes and scarves and a hat... his people came outta no where and shoved him into a van and took him back to his dressing room... after seeing joe we knew we had a chance to see these guys close up... so we were gonna try and not do anything that wuold get us kicked outta the concert back stage area...

patiently stayed there... and then bang... 5 nice Cadillacs come driving by from outta no where ... we know it's them... and they drove to the other side of the stage... and all of a sudden the video screen lights up on stage... and we can see everything from behind the stage... awesome... there was an intro for the band so it was gonna be a few mins of that before they took the stage...

and i see christa bordens back up singer coming through the gate... but she is stopped by this one guy who security and asking to see her black pass... she didn't have one... so he was holding her arm really tight... and she was trying to convince him that she was a performer and that she was allowed backstage... but it wasn't working so she gave a shrug and bolted for the stage... he chased after her and caught up to her to bring her back to the gate again... but they were interupted from another stage guy... who i think told the security guy that she was ok... at witch point she made another break for the stage... and was successful ... by the time the security guy realized she was gone she was already on the back of the stage... and by the time he started running she was on the main stage... long story short... i don't know if she was on the stage with the band or if she got intercepted by the security... but after they dragged her back to the gate she almost got away... but since she did that they made sure she was escorted off the premises... ... was exciting...

so we watched the whole aerosmmith show from backstage... sat in my van outta the rain.. kicked back... put my feet up... there's no better way to have it i'm sure...

once they were done the drove by us again and then we made our way through the crowd... which was overly easy... people got outta the way no problems... home in 10 mins...

what a day... don't you wish you were hot like me?

NEWS

2007-06-26T01:09:00.000-03:00

so the blog site i'm using has changed somethings and i couldn't figure out how to get into make new posts... but hey... here i am now right...

it's summer... yay...

my band has had 3 shows... april 18 april 20 june 22 and we have another one coming up on friday june 29 at hunters... it's also the first night of the festival of lights and i've been saying that over and over to everyone i see... i'm sure i'm drivin everyone nuts...

i'm hoping to go to vancouver this summer... but it's all up in the air as i'm waiting on what is going on with work...

i don't have much else to talk about really... music music music... we'll see what happens in the future... and i'll be sure to update here asap as it happens

Just Like The Video Game

2007-03-01T22:33:00.000-04:00

my cousin tara was in town today and let me know that she was gonna pop by... so when i heard what i thought was a door closing i got up to look our my bathroom window to see who was here and if they were here for me... so i get to the window and i see 6 swat guys doing the hustle towards my place on the sidewalk... and there's unmarked cars and trucks... they got all the gear... these guys weren't messing around... full tilt if you know what i mean... i'm thinking they are coming to see me... but no they turn into my neighbors yard... and i see the "RAM"... i was sure i imagined it before i saw it... it was surreal... just like the video game and in the movies... the ram wasn't as big as i've seen in the movies... but maybe that's just for bigger doors or something... so as soon as i was sure they were coming for me i ran for the video camera... i got back to the window and watched as the camera got ready...
i walked in on the second try with the ram... it happened so quick... the door went boom and the dude in front of the front window cracked it with his tool and pointed his gun into the now open window and fired 2 shots... i didn't know what was going on... this is where the video speaks for itself... when it starts you can hear the bang bang... but i forgot the lens cap... here i was taping a swat team doing there thing... for all they know i'm the guy they are after and i'm holding a weapon.... so i figured i was pushing the envelop as it was and didn't want to make any sudden moves like checking the picture on my camera ... then it occurs to me that oh ya... so... then you'll see the screen on my bathroom window and all the shaving cream that has caked on in the past... and somewhere behind it is my neighbors place and some swat guys doing there thing... it was pretty much over at this point... all the action happened inside the house... and i don't think it was that bad... i'm sure the 2 shots were tear gas... after the action was over i shut the camera off and checked back on the scene... they brought some dude out in handcuffs and searched his pockets and took him away... i've never seen him before... and i sort of know the people who live there... i've talked to them... and this guy wasn't them... so i'm guessing he was a fugitive of some sorta... maybe an arrest warrent... that was exciting... oh ya i spent 35 mins on the phone with eastlink trying to figure out why i lost sound on the last part of LOST in HD... no sound means no HD... they don't know what the problem is and the tek guy didn't put any notes on my account... i wasn't impressed... it better not happen again...

i haven't made an entry since the end of january... it's now march... but you know febtober only has 28 days... so in a way i'm early with the post... and well i had something neet to talk about... so there ya go

and oh ya... here's the video

2 Cats And A Roadtrip

2007-01-31T16:44:00.000-04:00

It's been over a month since my last update... and yes i know my last post was cheap... copy and paste some lyrics.... i guess i've lost my mojo for bloggin... what ever... here i am... what has happened since december 20th?

well i got to kittens... actually i am pretty sure i had them before dec 20th... they were born oct 20 i think and i've been enjoying them since i got them... they are sisters and altho they fight alot i'm sure it's just part of how cats grow up... i'll be sure to be posting video's of them here as i film them... as of jan 4th my good friend steve moved back to UNB and that leaves me with out a room mate... we had a good time while he was here... he moved in around the first of may and the summer onslaught began... he had me walking alot... down to VP and sitting on decks of various resturants as well checking out all the ladies that this town has to offer... (not necessarily a good thing) ... we consumed lots of booze and tossed the frisbee around as well as the pig skin... so ya... he's moved out and now we can play ps22 online together since we had some sorta networking issue while he was here... so as i was moving him over to the mainland we go to his place and it's a big hill for a driveway parking area and it's all ice.... i couldn't get up it with my van so i got as far as i could and put the "E" brake on and sure enough it jammed... so i had to stay the night and get it fixed the next day before i came back to PEI... i have a lil bit of footage to go with that story... i'll post it soon...

i also wanted to take this opportunity to say hello to Tomomi.

"common that can't be it" you say... well i've been working with some friends on a new music project... it's a work in motion... so that's all i'm gonna say for now but stay tuned...

"well what about the vancouver trip?" you might be asking? that's almost done... i am still waiting on some footage... but it came from a cell phone and he sent it to my cell phone... but i don't have a web account so i don't know what to do about it... i know that i might have to skip it for now ... but i'm gonna give it some more time just in case...

other then that i have been booze free since that night off island that i jammed my e brake... it will be 27 days at midnight... you could call it a personal detox...

how's the weather? glad you asked... we have had the mildest winter yet... it just got cold a couple of days ago... and vancouver was getting snow and wind... they had alot of damage... us... steve and i almost went and played frissbee at 10 oclock on november 18th... because it was that warm that i could a played in my shorts... and i bought a light up disk for just an occasion... as we were walking out the door it started to poor... altho it wasn't that warm since... it still wasn't below zero... the harbour is barely frozen... still to thin for ice fishing... but it's getting there... tomorrow is feb and we all know feb is a short month... i'm guessing that we'll be thawed before march... and vancouver will be cutting the grass by the middle of this month... actually i'm sure they are doing that right now...

that's it for my post in january... i'll try and post more often and have more to say... i'm hoping that my new band will present some excitement to right about...

paaaace

Mele Kalikimaka

2006-12-20T16:14:00.000-04:00

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawian Christmas Day
That's the island greeting that we send to you from the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to you

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawian Christmas day
That's the island greeting that we send to you from the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to you

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to you

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawian Christmas Day
Thats the island greeting that we send to you from the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry christmas a
very merry christmas , a very, very, merry,merry Chistmas to youuuuuuuuuu

general observations nov 19 2009

2006-11-20T05:02:00.000-04:00

so my bday is coming up and as sundays go i had to go attend music trivia with my friends... also good.. altho this is the first week they didn't win at least 2nd in a long time... so anyways... it turns out an old friend who wasn't from here came back here to visit... and by slight chance she was out tonight trying to damage her liver as a keep sake... and she picked me out.. she's cut her dreadlocks out since i saw her last and i didn't reconize her until i went over after i was flagged down and called for questioning... so it was neet to see someone come from away who only lived here for a short time come back and kick it old school and actually pick me outta a crowd... i didn't think i made that big of an impression on anyone...

so after the trivia i was walking home and i noticed a few things...

1st was that i was told that the waste management company is supposed to send out trucks last week to pick up general waste... like this time of year everyone has their leaves raked and set at the curb for pick up.... i have at least 20 "90c" clear hugh bags sitting at the curb for pick up along with 3 worn out monitors for computers as well as for four 5 gallon buckets full of general waste for pick up... but no one has come by to pick it up... so i was getting worried... i noticed tonight that everyone else has their stuff still out on the "CURB" for pick up... so i'm still ok... also...

i had "seafood" tonight.... muscles... apparently you can eat lost of these sea creatures.... but they don't really make a meal.... i got kinda bored after 20 or so....
maybe i was full.. either way i wasn't in the mood to eat anything after that... i wonder if they cook em fresh this time of year or were they frozen? or do they keep them alive in an artificial environment till some one orders a plate?

i had alot to say about other things before i started this blog... and as i got "indepth" for the last 2 items i forgot what i came here to write other then about fight night 2004.... so i'm just gonna skip to video games from what i was gonna write about.... before i left for trivia... i received a link to a blog where some dude is playing the new nintendo Wii pronounsed "nintendo WE" is the cheapest game system availible right now and unlike the PS3 that some people are dieing for they have released the Wii in plenty pre xmas... ps3 is only releasing some many copies to hype the product... i never thought i'd see the day that people would get shot or trampled for a video game console... maybe a video game... but not a console... but oh well... they can have it... i consider them stupider then my self... and i can't even paste together a sentence....

so i'm playing fight night 2004... i'm sure it was released in 2003 but as of jan 12 2005 it wasn't any good for online play... i guess fight night round 2 came out shortly before then... forcing any fans of the game to upgrade.... not right but that's the game world i guess... altho the only reason i bought the game is to play boxing with my friends... and what a great game... except that if i buy the current round 3 i'm scared that the game won't be online after january 2007... and it's not even that... my bday is tuesday and i've been warned not to go buying stuff before that date... so i'm guessing that someone is going to get me this game... and i'd feel real bad if someone bought me this game tuesday and then half way through the month of january i've just barely got a descent game play outta it... ea is so weird... i can still play "ea" 's nfs3hp online... it might be to old for my computer to handle it... but at least i could because it's not a game that requires a connection via a central system... you can easily connect via peer to peer ... the later versions of nfs have all had their down points with interface in that manner... i wish ea would stick to one form of interface that rocks... not sucks... and make it universal...

i don't know why i'm typing at this point... i'm tired and rambling... but i think i have some valid points for vid games.... i had some other valid points... but i forget what they are plus my typing is to sloppy and it's pissing me off from all the back spacing i'm doing... so i'm done... stay tuned for a new link or 2 with the new music soon

NOV 17 2006

2006-11-17T17:54:00.000-04:00

today we broke a weather record on pei... we reached well over the 1989 mark of 17 degrees for nov 17th records ...the average max temp for this day of the year is 5 Degrees C

October update

2006-11-01T00:15:00.000-04:00

2006/23/04:03am

2006-09-22T01:24:00.000-03:00

so august sucked.... i mean sure i had a great trip... the fact that i haven't posted any links to the vancouver trip blog because it isn't ready should be an indication to the fact that i had some fun in august... when i got back the weather was basically lame... if it was sunny it was cold... if it was raining it was warm... i wasn't counting on any nice days after the gold cup and saucer parade... so i booked my weekends to be productive... and as soon as a did i realized that i had made a mistake... we had one last good weekend... and then the next weekend was super nice too... and the next... they just kept getting better and better... this last weekend has been nice... i know it's a thursday... but all last weekend was some of the nicest i had scene... so anyways... today was just as ordinary as say last weeks weather... but tonight is another cold one... it's 8 degrees as i type this... sure we've already had frost... but it was one of those summer isolated things... but tonight is a clear indication that summer is very on it's way out... a saturday high of 17 with scattered showers isn't bad... but trees have already started to show their true colors and pumpkins have hit stands by the masses... as of the date posted in the title it will be autumn ... as strange word autumn.. with the M and the N next to each other like it's straight from the alphabet... apparently they don't call it fall in the rest of the world... only in North America... i'm not surprised... i got that fact from wikipedia... i stole this from there... i would have infringed on the whole thing but what will i post next fall?

Autumn in poetry has often been associated with melancholy. The possibilities of summer are gone, and the chill of winter is on the horizon. Thoughts and skies turn to grey. Rainer Maria Rilke, a famous german-language poet, has expressed such sentiments in one of his most famous poems, Herbsttag (Autumn Day), which reads in part:

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.

This translates roughly (there is no official translation) to:

Who now has no house, will not build one (anymore).
Who now is alone, will remain so for long,
will wake, and read, and write long letters
and back and forth on the boulevards
will restlessly wander, while the leaves blow.

This is for the peeps

2006-09-01T19:45:00.000-03:00

There are some of you that think it's time for an update... well i'm not really posting this for those who think it's time to update... this is just something that i have to say

It's september 1st... altho it's supposed to be a nice weekend i have my doubts.... the summer has been eventful for sure... and i want to talk about it here... and i will... i'm preparing another blog for some of it...
but as for the whole september buissness well it's a shame that the summer was over 3 weeks ago... i didn't go swimmin at all in the waters.... so i'm not impressed with PEI's summer... however i wasn't around for the warm part... which was what? 2 days.... that won't cut it... if we gotta deal with 1 or 2 weeks of -40 weather then i want the same on the other side of the scale in summer... and actually i want more... i want a month per week of cold weather... i've been on PEI for more then 4 years now and i haven't been all that impressed ... global warming? i'd say the ice age is setting in around here... so don't mind me if you see my cars running 24/7

i'll be back soon with some updates about why i haven't posted anything in such along time....

trust no one

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2006-07-22T23:01:00.000-03:00

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How water wings saved my life

2006-07-19T13:09:00.000-03:00

i knew better then to run at the poolside... but i was running anyway at the victoria park swimming pool when i was 4ish... the concrete was wet and slick... i cornered the pool at a fast pace... and sure enough my feet no long contained friction with the concrete and i lost my footing... i was lucky tho... instead of my head hitting the concrete i hit my water wing and i was able to get up and keep trucking... altho i haven't run at a poolside since....

good times

21 - 12:26

2006-06-21T12:23:00.000-03:00

Today is the summer solstice.
The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. At the time of the summer solstice, Earth is at a point in its orbit where one hemisphere is most tilted towards the sun, causing the sun to appear at 23.45 degrees above the celestial equator, thus making its highest path across the sky. The summer solstice is the day of the year with the longest daylight period and hence the shortest night. This day usually occurs on June 21/June 22 in the northern hemisphere and on December 21/December 22 in the southern hemisphere. The actual date changes due to differences between the calendar year and the tropical year.

this year we reach the max at 12:26

i was going to video document the day but it's cloudy...

this pic is from a stonehenge solstice from last year.... it's hard to see all the people hanging out and as my brother suggest resizing the image is better for some readers... so that's a smaller version... here's the real picture http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0606/stonehenge_strasser_big.jpg

today in Charlottetown the sun came up at 5:20 am and sets at 21:08...

it's all down hill from here

in 4 days it will be 6 months till xmas

recent driving observations

2006-05-26T00:50:00.000-03:00

recently i took a couple of road trips.. one to Halifax and one to Fredericton... both occasions i observed several attempts of people of don't know heading my direction "drafting" me..... if you don't know what i mean when i say "drafting" i mean they pull really close in behind me and drive like that as long as they can... it really bothers me when people do that... it's never happened to me until recently... i reckon the price of gas and the popularity of racing and racing video games has made people aware of the benefits drafting... but on the highway i think is really dumb... i hope those people get several cracks from stones that get launched like on a dirt road...

i also noticed that while driving back from the country tonight that people would have their high beams on up till about what seemed about 20 feet away... not everyone... but say 1 outta 5 cars that were leading a series of cars...

i used to say that people should have to take a driving test once a year... i figured that would provide jobs and more revenue for the government... and i still feel that way... but now i think they should incorporate some sorta drivers Education into the test... but more than that still... I'm talking molding drivers into offensive and defensive road travelers... if you don't pass the test you shouldn't be on the road ...

that's my story... I'll stick with it for now....

as for what is going on recently... not alot... i start scuba lessons this weekend...

the leaves here on pei have pretty much done there spring thing... way early for pei... pei doesn't usually see foliage till late June... usually a couple of days before the solstice...

that's it for now
bye

another update almost a month later

2006-05-06T14:07:00.000-03:00

so i was hopin to go on tour with a band called chamberlane... it still might happen ... but it was supposed to happen in june... the whole month... they were going to tour the entire contry in 30 days... but it's been delayed... and they are so busy they haven't had time to jam with me... so who knows what is going on with that...

my friend steve is staying with me for a while... we were going to record an album with our friend bill but it seems that is up in the air too... what can you do...

i'm taking scuba lessons soon... as well as it looks like i'm going to be taking a fireworks course so i can work with my cousin neil on special events...

it's may and the weather has been awesome... the temps have provided a few shorts and sandals days... life is good...

so that's the update on where things are in my world... i'm going to finish this entry and hopefully i'll have some more excitement for yous all soon ...

catch you all on the flup side yo

BEEN AWHILE

2006-04-07T13:01:00.000-03:00

so i've got a few things brewing... i was waiting for the outcomes before i wrote about them.... and i'm still gonna wait... but yesterday an event happened that deserves a mention.... i got stung....and i got revenge... i was starting to lay down a vocal test track to a song and at the end of it i felt a familiar pain on my shin... i grabed my leg thinking...oh no there's a bug in my pants that just stung me.... i don't want to aggrivate it again... anyways the hornet fell out onto the floor.... i stomped it with my slipper and it only stunned him.... so well watch the video...
http://media.putfile.com/Death-To-The-Bee

anyways... it's almost summer... and i'm getting excited...

stay tuned

13 Years Ago

2006-03-20T23:28:00.000-04:00

13 Years ago my grandmother passed away... i have very fond memories of my grandmother from when i was a child... when i was in my troubled years in my teens i had a ruff spell with my mom and my grandmother... but i think we patched things up before she left.... i miss her.. i'm sure i'm not the only one... here are the only 2 pictures i have of me and her together

Anonymous said...

2006-03-10T14:49:00.000-04:00

Anonymous said...

Trailer Park Boys....season 6....April 16th suckas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paaaace

this sunday

2006-03-08T15:16:00.000-04:00

Sopranos 6, The: Ep. 1 - Members Only

Business is good. A rival is behind bars. A rat has been exterminated. So what does Tony Soprano have to be worried about? Everything. Welcome to the new season of The Sopranos.

March 12 9:00 pm

less than 2 monthes till the new TPB season

2006-02-20T22:41:00.000-04:00

the next TPB season is suposed to be 13 eps and also the movie is coming out... i like the tpb for a reason other than it's content and eastcoast canada roots... starting in april the days realy start to get noticably longer and the weather gets alot warmer... it's a slow gradual thing but the TPB season take you through the regions climate change like a ride... they film the first episode sometime in the early summer and it's clearly pat roaches first time of the year that he takes his shirt of for the part of "randy" because he gets a sunburn by the end of the episode... along with the rest of the cast clearly sporting more color... to see the sun doing it's thing gives me that exciting feeling that summer is just aruond the corner... and to think of it now gets me excited...

last week my computer locked me out... i rebooted and it booted to the XP account sign in page... but there were no accounts to choose from... alt control delete brought up my niffty friggins window to sign in a password... non of my passwords worked... and i never set up an account... so it was really strange... i gave the machine to my bro to look at and although we didn't identify the problem exactly he managed to get it working as good as it was before... so that might explain my absence since my last post...

the weather is cold and people are complaining it's really cold... but -18 isn't that cold for febuary... it was -6 when i checked it today... so i don't think it's that cold.. cold enough... but then again... working in the ice cream factory can get alot colder...

that's the news...

paaaace

yawn

2006-02-14T19:29:00.000-04:00

so in my last post i mentioned how pathetic the snow storm was... and then it almost melted away... and then sunday night it stormed... sorta... they didn't take the plows off of the roads.... we mighta got 7 cms.... it looks nice but it's not enough... we need a good dumping... another 30 or 50 cm's would be nice... this is winter... lets see some snow...

everything else is on the down low... keeping it low key... making plans for vancouver... and some new toys... hip hip
pace

Ten Days Abscent

2006-01-31T22:59:00.000-04:00

so i have been lazy... but with good reason... not much to talk about... keeping it low key and i've been working lots on the video editing side of things... i've got some real gems... anyways... lets see i bought a play station today and i have a dentist appointment to morrow to get a filling... good times... good bye january... if it snows tonight i'll do a story on it tomorrow

The Florida Trip

2006-01-21T12:06:00.000-04:00

is now online and availible thanks to google video.
you can find it at :

http://thefloridatrip.blogspot.com/

testing

2006-01-18T22:36:00.000-04:00

Been a While

2006-01-18T18:46:00.000-04:00

been a while since i posted last and there is not much to tell i've been busy editing video and uploading to the net... here's the first link you need to book mark as i will be adding to this ... there is already a large collection started...

http://www.putfile.com/niffty

i can only upload 25 mb movies so

the rest i am uploading to google video here is a link that will get you started... i think there will be a link to more of my stuff as it is uploaded... i'm currently waiting approval on a lot of filage...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4928517144377434421

in other news Alkahogg is practising again after a good long hyaiduss and already we are outta the cooler into the fire as we had a show with the ECMA no cases .. and then we have to learn some eastcoast grunge songs for mid march... yikes... oh well sounds like an adventure... actually the wednesday before we practised again some of us gotogether at baba's and did a small set... at the end of the night the schedule was open so i did a couple of songs... i did remo's "home" and my own "no guts" and tom petty's "yer so bad"

also i bought a tv in card for my computer so i can convert VHS to digital format and post it on the net... along with that card i also bought a fire wire card... that is what i have been needing to upload video from my camera... so it might explain why i have all this video footage on the net all of a sudden and my lack of posts... i also got a dvd writer but that's not as big of a deal as the other mentioned items...

i was jammin also at home on the drums with my bro steve and my good friend billy... it was pretty cool... it was different than new years as on new years i had a lot of angst since my camera was giving my greif since i didn't know that i needed firewire ... my friend CB has a camera similar to mine and he only needed usb to make it work.. so anyways it's all figured out and life is good again... so jammin was a little more laid back... i had alot of fun... it's neet to jam with different people

that's all for now

paace

This Just In

2006-01-07T19:20:00.000-04:00

http://tpbmovie.com/

thanks to cory for the link...

ISS

2006-01-04T18:26:00.000-04:00

so i finally went out and saw the ISS click here

i live in the city... i might see 10 15 stars in the city... the ISS is way brighter than any airplane you might happen to see in the sky...

i saw it right in my back yard...

i've been looking at this site for years... and i always forget or it's cloudy... but tonight as scheduled she soared above the earth at 27,685.7 km/h

click here

maybe i'll buy it and make it my space condo

paace

Protestant or Catholic?

2006-01-04T15:51:00.000-04:00

i'm pretty sure that whether you are one or the other you probably put up a tree in your living room around the middle of december and decorate the house with trinkettes and holly and drink eggnog and exchange gifts... i'm pretty sure that you don't have to be either protestant or catholic to celebrate the time of the year either... i could get into the whole science of how christmas got started but that's not why i am here typing this... i am baffled that according to religious groups they have all agreed that dec 25 is the day that jesus was born the holiest of holy's was born on the holiest of days... and how do we celebrate it by lieing to little children, telling them that there is a magical man called santa and he has magical reindeer and that he gives gifts to boys and girls all over the world... if you want to call your self holy and beleive in jesus christ i'm not sure that lieing to boys and girls is the best route... do all of the catholics confess that they lied when they go to church on the sunday following xmas? i doubt it... you might say that it's a white lie and/or that it's all in good fun... well beleive me... no one enjoys messing with childrens minds more than me... but i usually do it to get outta buying stuff for kids.... not talking out my ass to spend money on toys that they will play with for one day... common

also... what the hell is with the easter bunny? is it really that fun to eat rabbit poop? real rabbits don't poop chocolate... i think the easter bunny is an extreme stretch even for a childs mind... unless it's like the thanksgiving turkey... cause i've always wanted to try rabbit meat... oh and rabbits don't lay eggs... and they do this in rememberance of the day christ died? yep...there is definately something wrong with religion...

i could get into the "great pumkin" or "mr. hanky" but at least they make a but more sence...

i don't know if what i'm trying to say is making sence to anyone but it is wrong to lie to these kids ... they rely on the grown ups to show them the right way. no wonder there are some really messed up people out there... i mean if you can't trust your parents then who can you trust?

Happy Gregorian Calendar New Year to all the human inhabitants of this rock we call Earth

2006-01-01T05:26:00.000-04:00

i got the title from APOD

i mean it this time

i have something to show you

2005-12-30T19:20:00.000-04:00

this might tell you what i've been up to...

or this might too

Shortest Day OF 2005

2005-12-20T03:00:00.000-04:00

some might say it is the longest as i've witnessed the day sometimes never ends... espcially with the weather and hussle bussle of the xmas rush... however at 2:30 or soemthing or maybe it's tomorrow... whatever... it's the least amount of sunlight and the days start getting longer... some call it the winter solstice.... that also means that the last 11 days of 2005 are upon us... times up... getter dun...

paaace

36 hours

2005-12-15T00:19:00.000-04:00

icey cold beer says:
i'm home
MOM says:
good...how was the drive and what is it like there now
icey cold beer says:
the snow started when we got off the boat
icey cold beer says:
while i was in the line i called neil and asked him if i could borrow the walky talkies
icey cold beer says:
so i gave one 2 kara when she got there
icey cold beer says:
and we were in communication the whole time
MOM says:
that is really neat..like cia agents
icey cold beer says:
i was taking the lead most of the way because she had a head light out
MOM says:
what was the driving like today
icey cold beer says:
and also i cuold telll when the road was getting slick
icey cold beer says:
and also she could tell me abotu the big trucks pulling up along side
icey cold beer says:
the road s there weren't that great
MOM says:
i guess everything was closed on pei today and it is very windy there
icey cold beer says:
there was lots of cars in the ditch
icey cold beer says:
i'm getting to it
icey cold beer says:
and it will all be in my blog
MOM says:
good
icey cold beer says:
so coming back
icey cold beer says:
was interesting
icey cold beer says:
it was a nice day with out sun shine in halifax when we left
icey cold beer says:
after the airport it got real crumby
icey cold beer says:
i drove on all kinds of conditions today
MOM says:
Kenny is still not that great..i talked to saundra tonight and he has some shingles breaking out on his body now...he was on morhpine and he was travelling all over the united states..to fort knox and fort worth...in his mind
icey cold beer says:
keeping that in mind we attempted to catch the 5:30 baot
icey cold beer says:
how long do shingles last?
icey cold beer says:
so i saw the signs saying this way to new glascow and also saying pei ferry
MOM says:
they took him off it and he was doing better tonight and sitting up in the chair...ate a little ice creamm..so he is just going to have the morphine as needed.
icey cold beer says:
but like the time with my friend keith from vancouver there is no "pei ferry" exit sign
icey cold beer says:
i'm wise to it now though and i anticipated that i would miss the exit again .
icey cold beer says:
i turned around well before anitgonish
MOM says:
a month or so...they start out as pimples,,then break open and pus comes out and they scab over..they are very, very painful before they pus out..and itcy
icey cold beer says:
but like last time i got lost
MOM says:
so..did you make the boat
icey cold beer says:
hell no
icey cold beer says:
with the weather and the not know ing where to go
MOM says:
you are kidding...you have to drive around after all that
icey cold beer says:
yep
icey cold beer says:
i just got hom 20 mins ago
MOM says:
you must be exhausted
icey cold beer says:
although i stopped at woody's before i came home
icey cold beer says:
i was up at 6
icey cold beer says:
and went to bed at 2
icey cold beer says:
and was up at 10 am yesterday
MOM says:
you need to settle down and relax and get some rest or you will get the flu back
icey cold beer says:
but i had a full 8 yesterday
icey cold beer says:
i actually feel pretty good now
MOM says:
are you feeling ok..how was sams
icey cold beer says:
the weather and the getting lost and stuff and making it there and back in the weather has me in a great mood
icey cold beer says:
sams was neet
MOM says:
has he got room for three of you guys overnight
icey cold beer says:
we went and did the usuall BK dinner and then got me some cider
icey cold beer says:
kinda
icey cold beer says:
but not really
icey cold beer says:
if we stay up alnight it will be fine
MOM says:
do you want me to try and get a hotel at pricline
icey cold beer says:
i already looked
icey cold beer says:
79 is the cheapest
MOM says:
well, that might not be too bad..what hotel is that
icey cold beer says:
i thnk its the howard johnstons on barrington but i might be wrong
MOM says:
i got a hotel at the airport when you guys are going home and i am going to drive to the airport with you and see you off and i leave the next day
MOM says:
i'll try and see if priceline will take a forty dollar bid...i'll let you knwo tomorrow...get some rest and sweet dreams....ok...love you
icey cold beer says:
i still have to take a bunch of stuff outta my van
MOM says:
can't you leave it till the am
icey cold beer says:
elewood is rescheduled for the morning
icey cold beer says:
i had it in the shop tuesday morning
icey cold beer says:
so he couldn't go
MOM says:
do you think anything will be open in the morning
icey cold beer says:
so hold on
MOM says:
is it still storming
MOM says:
ok
icey cold beer says:
he probably won't be going anywhere
icey cold beer says:
but just in case
icey cold beer says:
so i got to the middle of no where new glascow and i saw some people outside and i said how do i get to the ferry and he started to tell me to go through abercrombie or whatever but his buddy says it's easier if your not from around here if you go back to the highway
icey cold beer says:
i figured i might get lucky and i knew there was some cars causing problems back on the highway which was the reason i got of the highway but this is after i was an 1/8 of the way to antigonish
icey cold beer says:
and i had gone back
icey cold beer says:
so i found my self on a road heading toward the pulp mill
icey cold beer says:
and then a sign that said pictou landing
icey cold beer says:
turns out to be a "reserve"
icey cold beer says:
so we used the washroom and headed back the other way
MOM says:
oh great
icey cold beer says:
in through trenton
icey cold beer says:
at this point there is no way i'm going to make it to pei with out getting gas
icey cold beer says:
so she got some food and i attempted to get gas at a sobeys gas station
icey cold beer says:
but the power had been off and the pumps weren't coming back online
icey cold beer says:
so i went up the highway to the next station which was a shell so i got my airmiles., .
icey cold beer says:
and hit the highway again
MOM says:
what a voyage
icey cold beer says:
untill the pei turn off
icey cold beer says:
indeed
icey cold beer says:
the bridge was 60km/h restricted
MOM says:
you could write quite the blog about that trip
icey cold beer says:
i might just post this conversation
icey cold beer says:
but omit certain parts
icey cold beer says:
or not
icey cold beer says:
i'd have to edit
icey cold beer says:
i'm actualy gonna go out and take some stuff in and shovel some snow
MOM says:
no, make it really long
icey cold beer says:
i took my boots with me and a shovel .. just incase i need them
icey cold beer says:
needed
icey cold beer says:
i didnt need them tell i got home
icey cold beer says:
the snow is drifted up to my waist at my step
MOM says:
and i am missing all that snow
icey cold beer says:
ya right
icey cold beer says:
i'm happy to see it
icey cold beer says:
now i can say suckers while i'm down there
MOM says:
yeah,,it is going to be seventy six here tomorrow .
icey cold beer says:
that's not as warm as i want it to be
MOM says:
i know but it comes and goes hopefully we will have a warm spell when you are down
icey cold beer says:
i think it will
icey cold beer says:
it's been cooler than average there lately
MOM says:
it was really nice today..i went for a nice walk..shorts weather
icey cold beer says:
that's mild temps
icey cold beer says:
i want it hot
icey cold beer says:
i'd like to live there during the summer then move even farther south in the winter
icey cold beer says:
barbados or something
icey cold beer says:
woody bought me a really nice pool cue

Lexmas - A Smallville Christmas

2005-12-08T21:08:00.000-04:00

it's on right now... the intro is just running so i'll make this quick...

nothing new to talk about... life is good and life goes on... keep it real and i'll see ya'll in the funny pape's

paaace

It's the final Countdown

2005-12-01T13:53:00.000-04:00

it's Dec 1 and it's some of the warmest weather in canada... right now as i write this it's 9 degrees... and it's 1- in Vancouver...

2006 will be apon us before we know it... 2005 flew bye with good times... i save my past year reflections for a lazy new years day...

my birthday was a success i would have to say... althought it wasn't my birthday with she got here she came to spend time with me and then some... i'm talking about tomomi and her trip to visit me... i picked her up in the moncton airport last wednesday night it was snowing when i got to NB soil and it was weird driving all the way to the airport... but on the way back the moon came out and when we hit the confed brigde you could see the water and it was glorious.... the next day we did the turkey dinner thing and then hit the cavendish scene... it's all closed up but access to the beach is free... bonus... although it was pretty cold so we didnt' get out of the van to much... the next day we did the city tour and i showed her the malls... the next day i took her to montague and all of my old stomping grounds.... the days are getting pretty short so although she got a spectacular sunset she didn't get to "see" everything... so i took out again on sunday to cover some area's it was just to dark for... monday morning she caught the 730 bus and she was gone... i'll see her again... maybe in japan... maybe down south... hard to say right now... but it was awesome... she is a special girl...

since then i've been catching up on work and catching up on my TV shows... lost has finally gotten good...

that's about it for now... i'm off to go get a shwarma... chicken that is

paace

the advance copy of my life in hard copy

2005-11-22T20:05:00.000-04:00

so i lost at poker and i celebrated my first birthday with family since i was 1 on saturday.... sunday was a band meeting to discuss the future of the band... monday was the real day of my birth... i stay home and watched RAW...

that about sums that up... tomomi will be here thursday... so my next update will mostly have pictures and be alot more interesting...

peace from the east...

the supa dupa scoopa

2005-11-17T23:43:00.000-04:00

so lets see... holiday practise on good friday... then the show at brennans... it went well crude humor but i know what i was getting into and i think it went over pretty well... we get together on sunday to discuss the future of alkahogg... the music sounded pretty good from the video footage i saw... after we were done playin our drummer started to jam a beat... and since he was percussion in the next band he was already set up with his gear... and the drummer from the other band (fugato) started to kick a beat too... so he yells at me plug is back in and try to keep up... so i did... 11 mins later the music finally stopped...

the next day was sunday and i was supposed to go to breakfest with my family... but i was so hyped that i couldn't get to sleep and then i couldn't get up early enough... it was pay day so i raked some leaves and took care of some work stuff... and then called it a day to watch simpsons and kenny and spenny... my new favorite show... it's on after TPB on sundays... it's pretty cool... so far anyways...

monday was a work day... but i was able to relax for the later part of the day... tuesday was the same but i got alot more done... wednesday i played some pool and then watched a new "lost" and then today i bought a cam corder .... im' so excited... i also got approved for credit..... so that's good news... i don't want to use it other than for renting cars... that's how you rent cars.... i dont' have to charge the card... although i should just to get the airmiles... anways...

i was at kickboxing today and we were working at our punches and our kicks and our general fitness... after running 6 flights of stairs 3 times we have to do a semi squat and the instructor barry comes by and kicks you in the leg from and random direction... it's kinda funny... it is a pretty intence work out and everyone is tired in the end... but i have learned lots and it is fun... i didn't even think that there was going to be cute girls there... but it turns out there's lots... most of the class is girls... i'd say outta 30 there are 20 girls... i was talking to my brother about it a bit and i might switch to a different martial art down the road... but for now this will do...

that's the schoop peeps...

paace

weekend up date

2005-11-10T17:18:00.000-04:00

more than the weekend this time... i am behind... i won my first game at ryans..... i'm still not breaking even.. but one more game should cover my losses to date... it's all good... since saturday it's been music and allergies...with lame RAW and the lost reruns are over for a while... and the first ep was kinda lame... of course i should watch the ep again... tonight is a music night off... i'm just gonna stay in and watch smallville and what ever else gets my mind off of the rain...

i should mention that it's a warm 14 degrees or it was and that the gas prices have dropped to 95.7 per liter... perhaps calole or calvin can post the gas prices in vancouver in my comments?

i have more important ladies to talk about... but that should hold you over for now.. i've typed enough for one week ...

pace

IMPORTANT FEMALES IN MY LIFE episode 2

2005-11-10T17:13:00.000-04:00

i am going to talk about Tomomi. She is from Japan and she was living in Vancouver as a student. I was going out with a woman named Greer and we had broken up... she still wanted me but i wanted to move on... so one night i went out to blow off some steam and so i went to my favorite rock based dance bar called "luvafair" and i was dancing up a storm to songs like "zero" and "hey man nice shot" and if anyone has seen me dance i'm not your traditional style ... i get jumpy and wacky... so over come these 2 girls from japan that i've never seen before and i'm thinking that they are into me... so the lights come on and i'm thinking i need to get a phone number and or see if she wants to go someplace to get another drink... so we ended up going to an after hours bar that cost me 20 bucks to get in and they only had cheap beer that cost more than 5 bucks and it was hot in there... so we left and went to denny's and had breakfest at 5 am... i finally got her number and i called her a couple of days later... i found out who she was a little and it turned out she was interested in learning how to play the bass... so had an arrangement ... once a week i would come over with my basses and give her a lesson and she would cook some food... she got to try some new recipes and i got to spread some musical goodness... after abuot 6 monthes she told me she really liked me but she had been reluctant for a personal reason and that if i was still interested we could be together... i said yes and we were a couple for about 9 monthes... we talked about our future and she was planning on going to japan when she was done of school and i was planning on going to costa rica some day ... after that i didn't think it was a good idea to be together...

so after a monthish we did talk a little and when she was moving to japan for a couple of monthes i helped her with some stuff... that was the last time i saw her before i moved back to PEI... she sent me a letter and some candy for new years the following year and then last year in 2004 i went to Vancouver to visit everyone... and of course since she was living back in the GVA i wanted to see her too...

we met up at the first night of fireworks and then we hung out the whole time i was there... she was the only one to come with me to the airport when i was leaving...

2 weeks from today she will be here to visit me for 4 or 5 days... it's gonna be pretty cool... she's only heard of anne of green gables ... it's not a big deal to her... i'm excited to show her around pei and just hang out and have a really good friend visit me... life is good

IMPORTANT FEMALES IN MY LIFE episode 1

2005-11-10T16:45:00.000-04:00

i would have to say that the more important female in my life would have to be my Neice Abby Grace. She is in grade 1 this year and she is taking french immersion... i didn't know she could count in english as far as she counted in french the other day... today she was sick and running a fever of 102... i've met a few cool kids and she is definately one of them.... she even sang us a jewish song today... apparently she learned it in kindergarden... oy vey...

so i'm going to do a series on the women in my life and although Grace isn't a woman yet she still deserves to be included... i've already talked about my mom and my sister... family first of course... so now i'm going to chat about the friends that are girls and some that have happened to be girlfriends...

61 days left to party in 2005

2005-10-31T14:24:00.000-04:00

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...

pace

The Cardigan Flu

2005-10-25T20:46:00.000-03:00

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

2005-10-17T03:28:00.000-03:00

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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check this out...

2005-10-12T18:54:00.000-03:00

a picture is worth a thousand words

here's a pic from racing

2005-10-12T14:01:00.000-03:00

good times

THE FIRST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER

2005-10-12T13:57:00.000-03:00

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

2005-10-03T01:09:00.000-03:00

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...

Elvis is still the king

2005-09-27T13:07:00.000-03:00

If you're looking for trouble
You came to the right place
If you're looking for trouble
Just look right in my face
I was born standing up
And talking back
My daddy was a green-eyed mountain jack
Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery
Well I'm evil, so don't you mess around with me

I've never looked for trouble
But I've never ran
I don't take no orders
From no kind of man
I'm only made out
Of flesh, blood and bone
But if you're gonna start a rumble
Don't you try it on alone
Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery
Well I'm evil, so don't you mess around with me
I'm evil, evil, evil, as can be
I'm evil, evil, evil, as can be
So don't mess around don't mess around don't mess around with me
I'm evil, I'm evil, evil, evil
So don't mess around, don't mess around with me
I'm evil, I tell you I'm evil
So don't mess around with me
Yeah!

i love that song

Happy Birthday Kara

2005-09-26T18:02:00.000-03:00

20 years ago today my sister was born..

i think i was in school

Your almost leagal to drink in the USA Kara!

THE DAY THE EARTH SHOOK

2005-09-23T15:47:00.000-03:00

with light clothes on and my keys in my pocket i weighed in at 163 last night...

163 lbs wow... i spent along time trying to go from 140 to 180... and i gained it... but it's in the wrong place... so as of today i'm saying good bye to summer and my gut....

l8a sk8a's

NS for sad jane

2005-09-20T00:47:00.000-03:00

last year after a holloween party at woody's i came home and had a shower... it was lookin pretty sexy so i took a couple of shots.. seeing as i was complete naked and it was to the best of my knowledge a saturday i tilted it naked saturday or sunday as i probably got home on sunday..

Waynes World - Excellent

2005-09-17T18:26:00.000-03:00

i just got to O'leary ... i was sitting there and the idea came to take some pics... this is one of them.... i think it's kinda artzy... this place was really nice and well lit... white walled and lots of color.... and in this photo it looks dark and yellow.... i was anxious to see wayne and play some guitar and i think he kinda wanted to get outta his parnets place a little... but he was happy to be there and i was happy to see him in his parents environment... kinda a whole new side to wayne i had never seen...

this pic is of wayne and his parents... it was really neet meeting them... they are really nice... his father was apparently a real hard ass back in the day... but in his later years i guess appreciates when a son comes home to visit after 14 years... his mom was super cool too... a nice old british couple... in that pic it's an interesting photo... artzy in a way.... the back drop looks like a light house to me... it could be any building up west... wayne stands there with his arms crossed and his parents sit there not paying attention... if you hadn't known those were his parents you might think those people were other tourists... waynes a tourist now... hehe... my point is... it's rock n roll wayne standing up against the elder establishment sorta... or if you know they are his folks... it's like he's still rebelling... although it's not like that at all.... my guess is patty took the pic and wayne wanted to folks in the back ground and the old style shingles...

this pic is from New London Seafood Restaurant... i hadn't had lobster in a couple of years and apparently patty hadn't had any ever so this was a good time... i stayed away from the scallops... i think they might make me break out bad in hives... this pic isn't really artzy.... just a cool pic with memories... thanks patty for sending them... send me more please... i don't have one with you.... or the baba's gig....

my sister

2005-09-14T00:26:00.000-03:00

so i was performin with my sis at the local open mics on wednesday for the last 6ish months... we developed a nice set list...
NOT IN THIS ORDER... but near the end it was in this order...
tear us apart - INXS
mystify - INXS
digging a grave - FAITH NO MORE
no surprises - RADIOHEAD
untitled - AGE OF ELECTRIC
tired - FOO FIGHTERS
skinned - BLIND MELON
born to kill - MATTHEW GOOD BAND
times of trouble - TEMPLE OF THE DOG
climbing up the walls - RADIOHEAD
skates - HAYDEN
real world - MATCHBOX 20
5 days in may - BLUE RODEO
my hero - FOO FIGHTERS
communication breakdown - LED ZEPPLIN
save - MOIST
planet caravan - BLACK SABBATH
i love a rainy night - EDDIE RABBIT
apparittions - MATTHEW GOOD BAND
i won't stay - HOLY MCNARLAND
running for home - MATTHEW GOOD BAND
jumper - THIRD EYE BLIND
if it makes you happy - SHERYL CROW
woody - HAYDEN
walls - TOM PETTY
the bends - RADIOHEAD

now she is in halifax doing the university thing... kudos to her...

so we won't be doing the open mic thing for a while... maybe on the holidays we can pull something off... but wednesdays is the new season of lost starting sept 21st... so it kinda works out...

when my sis was little i took a pic of her...

and last year at cymbria music fest we were all wet... but it was fun... here she is on meth...

just kidding... i love my sis... i hope she does well at what ever she does... i'm pretty sure she will...

hey kara... snake bite... no returns...

IT happened again... I knew i should carry a camera

2005-09-13T15:22:00.000-03:00

i have to get a camera now....

Summer comes to it's final resting place

2005-09-11T12:57:00.000-03:00

Last night the temp dropped to below 10 degrees... That's a pretty good sign that summer is over on PEI... How ever the forcast doesn't look that bad for the next week... So it's perhaps just a sign... although swimmin at the beach isn't going to happen...

yesterday ...well check this out

this was the current conditions and although i have chopped up some weather pages before this is the real deal... we had a warning somewhere but it didn't state tornado's just water spouts over the water....There is a first for everthing I guess... and this might have been the reason waynes flight was delayed 2 hours... so let me talk about wayne

wayne and his wonderful wife patty were here for a week.... not at my place but for an over night.... i went up to O'Leary to spend tuesday night with them and get an early night so that we could get and early start the next day... It's almost a 2 hour drive... over 100 KM's .... this is the sunset that I was driving into

except my sunset had some clouds right near the horizon that kicked this sunset into high gear.... It seemed to last for ever too... i was so excited by this sunset... I'll never for get it... i need to get a good camera and take it with me everywhere... Sunsets can usually be awesome and i remember telling someone maybe my brother that I wish i had the camera to take these pictures and he said about each picture becoming just another sunset ... Actually i totally forget what he said... but it kinda made sence... but after seeing this sunset posted on the apod site i realized I could get my pic posted on something like that... which would totally be worth it... anyways... it was an awesome sunset and as i pulled into O'Leary it was almost gone... it was almost violent... like watching a fire burn like crazy and then it's done... loud would have described this thing....

.... so i slept in my van and it wasn't that bad... i was kinda bored so i played along with the radio for a while... and got a couple of ideas for open mic night at Baba's...

I HAVE A FEVER AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL that was and ad on a moncton radio station ... from a skit from SNL it was christopher walken who said that as he was playing bruce dickinson producing BOC... funny stuff...

the next day wayne and patty and i headed for ch'town... we got to maggies resturant at about 10ish... we could have gone to the other end of the island before noon... but we took a couple of trips to some places enroute to my place to switch rigs so patty could see better... patty got to see where wayne grew up and went to school and even went into the old liquor store that he got kicked outta for having a video camera.... we drove into his old highschool and on the roof of the cafertia is written in BIG letters.... PENIS ........ punks....

so patty also went shopping at value village and we had a nice BBQ and practiced some songs.... we went over a lot of the Vitamin Voodoo songs that went better then last year when we had keith on drums... anyways... good times right.... so wayne comes up with an idea to cover and eric larsen song... it took me a couple of times to get it then play something neet to compliment the song and i was so sure if we should do it... so i pulled out the 4 cd compilation from the bands that hung out together over a certain time period... lookin for a copy of a song that we wrote that we weren't sure about on a change... so on comes a remo grainger song and wayne says i know that one... so i was like so do i... so we paid tribute to remo and eric and reunited on another coast.... strange way to tour... but it's fun... so we called a nite after some drinks and music and headed home to chill and hit the hay... i had to have them back to oleary for around noon... and i would have been screaming numbers except i couldn't think of any... and i was fine by the time we got to summerside...

took it easy thursday although i had work to catch up on...

friday they were going for lobster in New london... so i had lobster again after so long... i think it's been 5 years...

yesterday was interesting... with the weather conditions and then getting hang out with wayne and patty for anther 2 hours.... we went to barry's sports bar... nice place... and while we there jon and his girlfriend crystal came into have some supper... so wayne got to meet billy's cousin... i dropped them off at the airport and came home and had CIDER... my cousin wendy picked some up for me last weekend...

today i read my friend calvins blogi was so far behind ... since july i hadn't read it... i had checked it but handn't had time to sit and read all of it... i've barely had time to update this thing... so here i am and that is the scoop... i suppose i could go on bout my sis moved to hali for school or my friday night poker win but i've said enough...

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LIFE ISN"T THAT GOOD

2005-09-03T16:30:00.000-03:00

After my last post I was talkin to my mom and she told me that my uncle has sinus cancer... hopefull they can just remove it and not have to worry about it again... but what a downer... we'll be thinking about this till it's done... he goes in for surgery soon i think so we will know more soon.... i prefer not to talk about this to much on the net since it's family bussiness and not mine... and this blog is about me... but it does affect me... so that's why i talk about it... i'll let you know what happens... but i'm not give any names or to many details...

chow for now

LIFE IS GOOD

2005-09-02T16:30:00.000-03:00

i've tried to be a good person most of my life and it seems that it's paying off... i don't know much about the cozmos but when it comes to karma it seems i'm getting my much deserved and others who deserve theirs are getting theirs too...

the weather for sept is so far amazing... it started with muggy rain and then a scorcher sun... then bleeded into a warm and excentric night.... today i got up to another scorcher and i've got alot done today... the house is clean and the grass is cut and i even put some pics on my fridge... if the weather was like this everyday i wouldn't complain... and well i don't complain to much... even when it does get cold i will write about it but i won't be complaining...

my friend luke is home for a couple days and we all did open mic the other night.. it was fun...

this week my friend wayne and his wife come to PEI... so next wednesday i expect we will perform some Vitamin Voodoo songs... i'm excited...

i could go on but i have stuff to do... so i'll update more later

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great news!

2005-08-31T15:42:00.000-03:00

i can finally get off the toilet with out using my hands.... i'm getting better

had a dream

2005-08-30T23:21:00.000-03:00

i dreamt last night that i was a forcast of a low for tonight being -10 and tomorrow's was -30

so sore

2005-08-29T11:46:00.000-03:00

saturday was my friend bills stag... and the plan was paint ball then dinner then drinks... well the paint balls don't tickle... however i didn't get hit to badly... no marks to show you but i think i was lucky... regardless it's not as bad as i thought it would be... the sore part is in my legs... apparently i'm outta shape... crouching and then getting up and then running then crouching again... sunday i couldn't get up well... i could... but to get outta a chair or off the toilet is an interesting task... as is sitting down... it's all about arm strength... as long as i have something to grab on to and pull myself up i'm not so bad... but do i ever feel it...

paint ball is fun fun fun... it's tuff in the summer especially because the clothes you'll want to wear to escape the blunt force of the impact... and the face mask you have to wear... and want to wear takes away from the direct access to fresh air... so you breath harder and hotter.. and sweating causes the mask to fog up somewhat... at first i wasn't hitting anyone... but at the end i was a killing machine... i was stealthy and focused and i actually managed to take out a few people... it was then that my pants started to fall and when i realized that i was in the spawn point i was asking for punishment so i went running back to my area... at first to pull my pants up and once i got there i was to tired and outta breath to play anymore... so i gave the gun to someone else ..... good times...

this one is for that punk kid arron

2005-08-23T02:40:00.000-03:00

it's 2:14 and it's 16 degree's and i can see my breath

i have to say... i saw my breath and i thought it was late fall... but i was in my shorts and tank top and i wasn't cold one bit.... because it's not cold... it's dew point and it's intersting

when i was home in 2002 i remember i was outside on the wireless phone talking to my old pals on the phone card in vancouver... it was a night like tonight and after about 3 hours my fingers looked like i was in a tub for 15 mins... but i never saw my breath .... and interesting on top of that is tonight we had hard rain.... with the first tunder i can recall all summer and of course lighting was the cause.... it was a crasy humid as a result... like sitting near a water fall.... warm but cool and moist...

my guess is seeing my breath has something to do with the warm air inside and the humidity and the cooler moist air just waiting to condence.... dew point comes to mind... i love it... sceince at work.... and summer still has a dieing grasp...... stay tuned for the real hurricane season....

nature rocks.... watch out

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well it happened...

2005-08-20T03:13:00.000-03:00

i met a nice girl.. and she was trying to quit smoking... and then tonight she gave in... and well i don't date smokers... that's how i roll i won't comprimise.... and as i was prepared to start over earlier with her i now feel that that might not be an option.... i've been very clear about where i stand on certain matters especiallly when it comes to tobacco .... i make no exception... it's not like i'm writing about my every relationship here either... this would be my first.... but this is how it is... i can't date a smoker.... i feel bad that i'm like that... but i can't bend for anything... i have friends that smoke... i preach to them... sure... but they know that i'm only looking out for them... i don't hound... i don't go on at the sight of a smoke pack... i just have my opinion... if people are talking about smoking i'll talk and talk... but i won't say everything i have to say... i'm holding back right here....

my point it that i have a million reason why i shouldn't smoke and a million more why i shouldn't date a smoker or a part time smoker...

it gets interesting for me now because i can't find non smokering women in this day and age... even the non smokers cheat now and then... when the bars were smoking bars... and when i was a smoker i would pick out the smokers because i knew that from a non smokers point of view i wouldn't want to be with a smoker... but i figured i was safe with a smoker ... now as a non smoker in a non smoking bar environment it's hard to see who smokes and who doesn't... cause they come in and they go out... who went to the rest room and who went to the smoking deck.... i'm not a stalker... and even part time smokers don't smoke all the time they drink...

so how am i going find the right non smoker... the last time i quit circa 96 i was good for a year.... i knew i was like a "smoking nazi" but i didn't care... and was probably why i didn't quit... and thanks to my will power and my mom and my last room mate ryan... i kicked it so far.... i don't know if they realized the monster i was about to become.... but i did... and i'm not ashamed... at least true to my conviction... i hope everyone can understand that it's all part of the process... the last thing i want is to belittle someone... but at the same time if you bring that stuff around me i'm probably gonna be at least thinking about something i've probably written here... so 1996 i quit and i was good till 97 it's not womens fault that i started... but it has to do with me choosing to be with a smoker... and it was one or the other... this is how i roll... last time i chose to return to my old ways... and this time i no better... unfortuately i'm not going to be influenced in any way by the opposite sex or my temptations... not that i've had any... if anything this evening has made me stronger...

i'm going to miss her... she was cool... apparently life goes on...

i'll take Jerry Seinfelds attitude... "i'll be ok... everything evens out for me... i'll find someone new" even if i don't it's better than dating a smoker in my books

i know someone who quit smoking... although smoking has been replaced with nicotine gum... it's still better than smoking....

i was thinking the other day that nicotine is probably the least harmful of all the drugs... it's the smoking form of the usage that is harmfull... and smells... chewing tobacco is pretty nasty.... the patch isn't to bad... but well i think the gum would be better
...

i'm done ranting.... it's been an evening to say the least...

40 helens agree that big foot has a beautiful sing voice

last week and this week

2005-08-16T01:10:00.000-03:00

so it's been over a week...
it was hot
i went swimming.. but not when it was hot... but it's all good...
that's 2 times i went swimming...
music scene is coming to a breaking point.. it's super all good
was at the new water hole saturday... wasn't a bad time... did open mic too... all good... have been doing lots of driving range too... i try.. but i just like the company and sun... and out doors

this week... cards open mic and friends coming home so more golf related fun... aug 30 my friend luke should be around.... from TO... and aug 31 me and him should be doing 3 songs... so cool...

sep 3 wayne is home... and sept 7 we might do some vitamin voodoo songs... or something either way i'm stoked.... apparently only one day to spend with him...but it's all good...after that it's all down hill till my 2nd costume first place win at the h'ween party and my 31st bday... who's getting me my old fart hat?

chica chow

more bugs

2005-08-08T00:56:00.000-03:00

ok so it's the 7th of august... summer is almost gone... well wait... looks like were headed for some of the best weather yet... or close to it.. as far as this summer is concerned that is...

i got dig cable this year... it's the same price so why not... but with the convienence i can get the movie channels too.. so why not...

anyways... i'm getting soprano's on the movie channels... i don't need hbo... hurray... it's awesome.... perhaps i'm biased... because i'm watching this ep... but "Commendatori" Episode: #2.4 - 6 February 2000 might just be the funniest episode... the one where tone and a selection of his crew go to italy... it's got some great comedic releif... or what ever...

in the recent past i have gotten into the "6 feet under" i don't know if it was DR. K that turned me on to it... but maybe i was destined for it regardless.. but it's pretty good tooo.. although here on "showcase" were only 2 seasons into it... but on the "movie channel" we're 4 seasons in.. and going on the 5th and final season... so i dont watch em...

but i've seen the soprano's and i'll watch those over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over .... you get the picture

august 7th... it better be nice frickin weather...

one month ago

2005-07-31T13:45:00.000-03:00

i was excited about the beginning of july i thought that it would mean that there was going to be a month of hot hot weather... but well it's been fairly lame... i went swimming once.... bah....

tomorrow is august... bah

the poker bug

2005-07-27T23:20:00.000-03:00

Song of the Week - Foo Fighters "Over And Out"

i bought a 500 peice chip set in the steel case for 50 bucks and i bought a fold out table and a bunch of us try to get together for poker on tuesday nights... i have one 2 of my first three games... it now seems i have a nemisis... he's one 2 in a row... the last 2 games although he went home first his first night... nice hussle...

so i went to nova scotia last friday...i wanted to catch the 2:00pm ferry but when i got there it was a full load... so i went to my cousin neils for half an hour and then he came down and hung out with me at the terminal for another half hour... sailing took 75 mins and there were 2 girls performing some acoustic songs.... i never saw that before... hung out with my cousin robert for the rest of friday... saw his house and his kid and we went to dooly's for some pool... the next day we went and had some breakfest and i left for amherst... where i saw my dad and his new house and my grandfather and his old house... at 5ish i headed back to home which i was back around 6:30ish... it was a good trip...

that's all i have fo now...

pace

it's now July 27th

2005-07-27T02:22:00.000-03:00

the summer has come and gone... my blog has inspired some intereting jibberish in the past... comments included... it hasn't been a year yet... bit i've told some story's and i don't think i've told any lies here... some people here or who have been here have learned about who i am and some of those people have respected who i am and still appreciate who i am and what i stand for... others have had other views and i respect that even if they don't respect that... this is my "my opinion" blog... it's a place for me to vent to no one... and for my friends and family to get a glimps of what makes me tick, giggle, and rock...

it started a couple of years with my friends blog ... calvin... or sometimes known as hobbs... he got married this day or actually yesterday to carole... who some thought was my cousin... apparently we look alike... enough to be family... and i had never met her before that night... anyways... calvin started his blog and i read like a daily new paper untill it became a weekly update or monthly update in some era's... either way... it inspsired me to start one as soon as blogspot started to get known... and here i am...

this blog entry is dedicated to their happy marriage and the many years of joy to come... i hope i grow old with them and never have to drink that chunky home brew with them...

should i post your blog addy calvin?

this is neet

2005-07-20T18:12:00.000-03:00

click here

click here

mars is next...maybe

it's stupid hot and i'm retarded

2005-07-19T17:47:00.000-03:00

i love the heat... typing this is making me sweat... i waited 10 monthes for this and is it ever paying off... it's so hot my mom is getting a head ache... i don't know if it's the heat but it's hot... and hot elsewhere... it's hot tub hot... i've heard people complain... well start to complain... but i've set them straight... i love it... turn it up...

word..

pace!

my first camping with out tobacco since i was little

2005-07-19T12:56:00.000-03:00

it occured to me before that i claimed this is my first summer with out tobacco and well the summer isn't over... not that i plan on lighting up... but i should count those chickens before they hatch... anyways... i camped and there was no smoking going on... not from me that is for sure... i had my own spot and there was a bunch of people up at the feild... there was smoking going on there and at times i would have rather just sat in the smoke from the fire cause at least it doesn't smell as bad... there were some people there on E and that pissed me off... i didn't go camping to hang out in that environment... i won't be attending another outting like that.... it's a sad situtation when people can't go camping with out taking E... some of these people even freaked my sister out with what she called "hungry eyes" ... apparently people on E don't realize how creepy they are... sad sad sad...

that's ok though... i know where i can go camping in an E free evironment... so i learned a valuable lesson... tonight is cards night and there shouldn't be any E going on there... i'll keep ya'll posted

PACE

july 15 2005

2005-07-15T13:18:00.000-03:00

well we are going camping this weekend and the weather isn't going to be all that nice as far as i can tell... that's the best time to go... the weather has been almost the worst weather for summer time i've ever experienced so far... we've had 3 or 4 nice days so far that is it... i'm getting fed up... but maybe camping will change it all around... anyways...

i could go on about how my life has been since my last post but it's really just kinda been a bunch of the same old stuff with the exception of me winning my 2nd poker tourny... of course i've only played 3 so ha... talk to meat loaf... i'm outty

pace

July 7th 2002 - 2005

2005-07-06T23:13:00.000-03:00

July 6th, 2002, 11:40pm pst:
i boarded a plane destined for pearsons international airport in Toronto...
by the time i was in charlottetown it was afternoonish ...
i had a bunch of friends there to see me off... and i was greeted by lots of family...

it was a big change and adjustment for me... i'm still dealing with it...

i've been here 3 years and i'm finally getting settled... things are pretty good... i can't really complain...

4 more years...4 more years....4 more years!

my first gig on drums

2005-07-05T16:28:00.000-03:00

http://media.locals.ca/localsconf/viewtopic.php?t=29886&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=165

http://www.sweet-confusion.blogspot.com/

http://www.thedawning.grungeisdead.ca/index1.html

there is some pics... becareful what you read... there is often alot of swearing on those pages...

it was a good time and even though the band is ruff and i made alot of mistakes it was a party and no one really cared... anyways... that's all i can say for now

something neet

2005-07-03T23:53:00.000-03:00

http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx

it's a link to the webcast from nasa... the deep impact/comet collision... i'll post more as after midnight it will be crash time... also july 4.... eh

the rabbit the elephant and the giraffe

2005-07-01T00:35:00.000-03:00

for the last month at least i've not been able to breath through my nose... i've had some sorta blockage... at times my nose was running for hours ... sometimes is was really bad that it would wake me up every half hour and i would have to blow my nose... other times i would wake up early in the morning and my mouth would be so dry that i couldn't swallow because i was breathing through my mouth through my sleep... and well lets just say it sucked

so today thanks to mom... i had an appointment with an ear, nose and throat specialist... and after about 5 mins of some interesting behavior from a doctor who was 40 mins late for work... or at least my appointment.... he explained what his therory was and said i would need to get my head x rayed and also he was going to give me a shot(which means a needle) and said it would take about 24 hours to take effect... and well as u type this both nostals are breathable with a touch of booger... and it's been 15 hours ish.... plus he gave me a steroid nose inhaler... thing.... and i haven't taken it... anyways... that's the best news i could right about... i though life was good before... now it's even better... i can breath... i am going to sleep like a freakin baby....

tomorrow is july 1st... canada day... and well it's actually july 1st now... just 35 mins into it... it's not as warm as i want it to be but the summer might get better.... hopefully it will be so nasty that people have to water their lawns but aren't aloud too... just as long as drinking water is still ok...

June 29 2005 ends like this

2005-06-29T23:35:00.000-03:00

it's 14 degree's and going down to 13.... last night it didn't drop below 18 and that's at the coast... seems like i jinxed it... way to go.... ayways it's 11:35 and that means there is 24hours and 25 mins till july... christmas is less than 6 monthes away

june 29 2005

2005-06-29T00:03:00.000-03:00

it's 12:01 and it's 47:59 mins till july 1st
it's 21 degrees
the "gravitron" is set up down at the festival... i'm excited

i love it when it's warm enough to where shorts and tshirts and sandles when the sun is asleep... this is my time of year.. 2 month maybe... doubt it... but it makes the 10 month wait worth it

my first summer with out tobacco since 1996

2005-06-21T18:38:00.000-03:00

Welcome to summer...

today is also the longest day .... well it contains the most hours of sunlight... from sunrise to sunset....

i was checking the vancouver weather and noticed that the sunrises almost 20 mins earlier and the sunset is almost 15 mins later... what gives... i started thinking about moving back just for that reason...

anyways... welcome to summer and say hello to the beach

smoking is bad for more reasons

2005-06-19T17:23:00.000-03:00

i've seen recently, and not to be sexest, but women smoking in cars with children in the vehicle... obviously this was acceptable at one time... but common it's been known for years that smoking is not a healthy habbit... do you really need to subject small children to the harmful affects of smoking and second hand smoke? not to mention the idea that the kids probably don't enjoy it either... i remember when i was a kid being in a car with older people and smoking would occur.... i would tuck my head inside my shirt for about 10 mins... i remember the window wasn't even cracked even a little bit...

it's amazing that the addiction is so powerful that it makes you forget about the well being of your children and "gee i haven't had a smoke in almost 20 mins and i can't wait another 5 mins till when the car is stopped because we're behind and i can handle standing outside in the sun for 5 mins so i'll just lite up and my kids won't remember to morrow why they need a puffer" i look at it as more selfish than anything but at the same time i know that although i wasn't like that.. and i don't have kids .... i would never smoke in a car with kids or in front of kids for that matter... i understand that it is a powerfull addiction and can control a persons mind more than the addict realizes... rational thinking isn't exactly first hand.... i have a 15 mins break so i can smoke 2 smokes... that makes no sence.... i won't have a chance to smoke for 3 hours or 5 hours for that matter... so i better smoke for the next half hour....

anyone who want's to quit smoking take it from me... it's a long process... i don't count the days... but it was the first of feb last time i had a smoke and i still have some major cravings... but they pass... i've had some bigger cravings lately than i had in the first 3 days... and actually bigger than the whole time.... i call it evil because i think it's the way it thinks... the addiction is like the devil... he's just waiting till i think i'm in the clear... but i know that in the back of my mind i'll never be in the clear...

on another note... i have a theory... and i talked about it once to someone... of course he argued... but that's his nature... here it is...

i think that because of tolerance for people who smoke and allowing kids to be around those people and then say smoking is bad, don't ever do it, that has got to implant a seed in the mind.... why is it ok for that person to smoke and not me? what's the big deal about smoking... maybe i should try it to see... i wonder if my mom and my father letting me be in the room with aunts and uncles smoking had some effect on me smoking... i wonder if themselves smoking had some effect on me smoking... i wonder if my friends kids who have and will have been around smokers will turn out to be smokers or at least try it... my theory is that acceptance and toleration is a big factor in the outcome of who's a smoker and who isn't...

hot and wet

2005-06-16T01:31:00.000-03:00

i just checked the weather... it's going to be really rainy and warm... in the +20's i am thinking humid... i wouldn't doubt if some places suffer in many areas due to the rain i think we will get... the environment canada webpage doesn't say to much about it other than it looks wet... but i predict that we're in for a doozy... i don't care... i just want it warm... get the water warm so it's swim friendly....

topics

2005-06-15T16:51:00.000-03:00

i'm gonna go with this one... bad drivers

i think the system should require drivers to get road tested at least once a year... sure i might fail... but would you really want me driving if i can't pass a road test? i think we should be testing for offensive and defensive skills. there are to many old people driving on our roads that probably never had to take the tests that the rest of us had too... i know that myself i think i had it easy... some people have to go through the graduated process... i've seen the same old lady a few times now driving with her head barely poping over the wheel with a car load of other old ladies... she was... in every occasion she was disrupting the the flow of traffic... i could go on with story's of bad drivers... but i think i'll stick with what i've said here.. that is it..

pace

new band

2005-06-12T01:59:00.000-03:00

http://www.thedawning.grungeisdead.ca/index1.html

will ferrel might be the funniest man alive

2005-06-09T13:28:00.000-03:00

or he might not be....

http://www.milkandcookies.com/print.php?sid=1891 open that up and download the link if you can... i think you find it's real player which normally i would advise you avoid it like the plague but it might be the only way to view this thing... it's the graduation class of 2003 from harvard and they got will ferrel to speak it is funny funny funny...

it's the entire ceremony so i also advise that you skip to 1:27 where they start to introduce will... it's not till 1:30 that he actually comes on stage... funny funny funny... i've watched it at least a dozen times since 2003 and i hurt my tear ducts everytime... go for it

some people just dont get it

2005-06-04T12:30:00.000-03:00

i'm a non smoker and call me a smoking nazi or what ever but i don't want it around me... if i smell it i will say how repulsive it is to me... i don't care if i hurt your feelings... i don't care if you go away and sulk in your addiction... smoking is so gross and if you have to make up excuses for your pathetic addiction then see ya wouldn't want to be ya... it's my property and it's no smoking... i will verbally attack anyone smoking on my property... that's the way she goes... i can't imagine how i would react to someone throwing thier but on the ground... i think i would loose it

getting ready to shake my own foundation

2005-06-02T19:41:00.000-03:00

there was a time when i was a kid that i was always confused foundation and government .... anyways... i'm moved in to my own place now... it's kinda weird to wake up in your own place... anyways... i don't really have time to write about it now... things went well super well actually... i couldn't ask for better timing... not to mention... the east coast is collecting on the bad weather and reaping it in big time... monday was nice... tuesday was even better i got up at 9:30 am and hit the 9 hole course called vista bay... which is kinda in my moms back yard almost... that blew my mind... and it being my first time really golfing and the first nice day i was clueless to the harmfull effects of the sun... and well i now sport a golfers burn... good times...

i came home and ran some errands and the phone company guy calls... wow... that's timing... so i'm all hooked up and slowing finding practical places for everything that goes inside... the mini barn is the big deal though... i have to have that insulated and walled for monday... that will be tricky as the company card is maxed...i need a new limit... petty cash it shall be...

my main reason for posting is the weather... i'm so extatic about the temps were getting... 20 then 23 and today was 26 or 27... and tomorrow is supposed to be better... i can see a 30 degreer.... however the temps are expected to drop come saturday i can see it being a short time before were back up to the summer temps... hopefully before summer ... i tested the water at the murray river damn today... almost right... i suspect that by saturday it will be warm enough to swim... i also suspect that if the weather turns rainy and cooler the warm water won't mean anything to me... till it warms up again... regardless winter has been defeated

welcome to june...

PS. i beleive my tenant smokes... but other than that there is no smoking on my property... that means outside or what ever... take it some where else.. there won't be a butt can outside for your sorry asses...

smoking and ignorant smokers suck

2005-05-29T13:12:00.000-03:00

i was at that party last night and well smokers ruined it... it started with a kitchen jam and some guy came in and lit up.... man i was pissed... it's happened before... it was so rude and it still is... not to mention that there is a no smoking sign on the door... then to escape the stink i went up stairs to find a host or just to get away for a bit and well the host was allowing smoking upstairs too... i was pissed... so i just left... i left my booze and i left my guitars...

it was also unpleasant to have a smoking friend talk to me with smoke on her breath... ick... i was trying not to gag so as not to be rude but common... you stink... go brush your teeth people...

and for the record it has never been ok since i quit smoking to smoke in my basement... and on top of that don't smoke at my front down that just blows down the alley and in my hallway window and in my room... and don't smoke at the back door... that just goes right up in my bedroom window...

i hate smoke and i hate ignorant smokers... and if you want to be my friend give me some respect and appreciate the fact that i've been so far successfull and support me by taking your habbit else where... this is not a test... this is the way it is and how it will be from now on... smoking is dumb and i'm sorry i ever inflicted my old habbit on anyone... the power of addiction is amazing

take the golden "an" and take it in the van to stan

2005-05-28T16:35:00.000-03:00

the plan has proceeded as planned... i even snuck in another ham sandwhich courtsey of the mother of niffty... this one was different though as it had lettuce... i think they were both equally as good...

so ya the plan is on track how ever i forgot that this is payroll weekend and well tonight probably won't go as late as i was originally planning... but it should still be good... if anyone knows anything about when and where be there because it will definately be interesting... that's it for now... i'll post more monday maybe

the plan and the stan

2005-05-25T01:40:00.000-03:00

song of the day : dynamite walls by hayden

so the party at woody's was interesting it was quit jammin with me on acoustic bass and donovan on acoustic drums and some brushes on drums with the drummer from officer girl... highlight!

sunday was to rainy for much... but i got some stuff done... and of course some pool and some TPB... highlight!

monday was definately interesting... i had talked to the legend about drumming and he's also lookin for some work... i set up an interveiw with him for today... so after playing some extreme frizbee with cory and dj in the wind no less i came home and almost fell asleep... i was seconds into unconciousness when fiend called and asked about a game or 2 of pool.... it's rare that i will turn down a game or 2... anyways... it literally was a game or 2... but cory was there with his dad playing and they were almost done... so i won all my money that i've lost to cory back and then we came home... and watched some RAW... then he left... and it also turned out that i was gonna go and meet a woman i've been talking to on msn for a couple months... nothing serious but we seem to have lots in common and she claims to have mad skills at pool... so we put the talk to the test and low and behold "she's outta practise" she's still pretty good though... only girl i know that calls her shots... so after that we went to baba's and had a drink there that was interesting... after that we parted ways... we were gonna meet up again for some "non drunk" pool... but i think she's hung over and never got ahold of me... meeting her was the highlight!

today was a shed clean up and meet the legend kinda thing... that was all good... nice day for outdoors type stuff too... then i came home and got ready for tonight... had a shower and dug out some clean clothes... then i waited... but it turned out that smallville was on... and i thought that season was over... i stopped watching it last month... bah... and i thought lost was over 2 weeks ago...bah... it was on tonight too... i'm a bit sour that i miss a bunch of eps... but it was neet to see these season finally's good episodes... highlight!

the plan... tomorrow is all you can play for 9.99 at dooly's... also open mic at baba's... plus donovan and woody and i forget her name are playin a set i hear...

thursday is the night we've all selected to go to see the new star wars...

friday and saturday is slowcoaster at baba's.... and hopefully there's a performance or an apperance from the guys at "the saturday partys on king street" maybe even friday and saturday...

and of course the plan for sunday is TPB... outs PACE!

1 MONTH TILL THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR

2005-05-21T20:53:00.000-03:00

i felt a bit hungover today and awoken to a power outage that i beleive was Island wide... and my smoke detection system would beep from switching power sorces.... but other than that the light at the end of the tunnel was a drab a drearey day but i made the most of it... of course you don't realize how important power is till you loose it... you cant go shopping... which is what i set out to do...

i ended up at my moms who made me a sandwhich... one of the best i've ever had actually... thanks mom.... it's kinda funny... when there is no power people get the urge to cook or clean... you can't use a vacuum cleaner .... and my first reaction would be to clean the fridge... but if you did that then everything is at jepordy of going bad or what ever... since when the power goes out you really don't know when it will be back on.... so you want to keep the fridge closed as long as possible...

anyways 1 month till summer... doesn't feel like it... but the count down is on... watch out... wear your sunblocks

stress distress depression and the light at the end of the tunnel

2005-05-20T18:22:00.000-03:00

ever feel like your spreading yourself to thin... you try to make everyone happy and they just piss on you for being nice? ever wanna just throw your hands up in the air and say that's it i'm done... everyone leave me alone... no more free bee's... no more thank you very much's? ever feel like the only respect you get is purely from being a complete asshole? no mister nice guy? ever feel like the moment you give some one an inch they take that inch and gouge out a peice of your soul and then use that inch to spread it over the yard like creamed cheese?

my phone doesn't have battery problems but i cant make it till 6 pm before it starts giving me the low battery sound.... and i leave it on charge till noon.... i have a friend who was somewhat stranded in the USA ....recently got enough money to catch a bus home... i offered as much positive insight into the situation as possible... and although it came naturally to me it was very draining.... i hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass...

ever feel like your the only one in the world that means well? never heard of the expression means well? i wouldn't be surprised.... ever feel like meaning well is a sad thing in a savage world? i've often thought that the advancement mankind has made in the last 20 years was the way it should have been for the last 40 years... and that racism and all the savage behavior of war and street gangs and poverty and simple fist fights at a bar are so savage that it was beyond comprehension that we aren't working together to further our properity as a species and to make out planet better... at least by preparing for ummm lets say an alien invasion or some day our planet maybe be enveloped by the suns transferance to a red giant or what ever stage is next in it's life.... it's time to or it's getting to late to prepare to relocate to another planet.... the words savage and civilization keep popping into my head.... but where is the civil of ization? i'm baffled.... well sorta... i under stand that people suffer from many different problems that can cause set backs... stress... mental problems physical problems personal problems... what ever happened to the great good of man though? the needs of the many out way the needs of the few?

well i don't know how i feel today... i'm going to do my best to take the next 3 days off... well tonight and the next 2... maybe even monday.... chriky

i feel fine

2005-05-20T00:51:00.000-03:00

i was tired when i got some calls around 10 and managed to get back to sleep after almost an hour and a half.... but other than that i completed some work in record time and and played some pool successfully... i think over all it's been a grand day

an explaination?

2005-05-19T03:28:00.000-03:00

last week i drank some sweet "o" about as much as i did tonight as i did last week.... i dont' feel as affected... time will tell.... mornings are the real test.... anyways.... i did open mic tonight in a sorta last minute fashion... although it was some old songs that my sis and i had worked on when we first started prepping... not to say that there weren't some rough spots but we managed to pull off some obscure stuff as a i see it..... and welll....

now i'm home.... i've been home for over half an hour and i don't know how but my duplex neighbors are rediculously noisey.... i could understand if they had a party happening... or if they were listening to bad outta time music real loud... i dont' hear any music... it's 2:30 or later on a wednesday night..... i could understand if one of them was overweight and hungry and going to the fridge.... but before i went to the open mic thing i've heard rediculous thump thump thump.... and it appears or "sounds" and "feels" that it isn't over... this has been going on since they all graduated.... i'm not surprised but i'm not impressed.... i can be a noisey bugger but at least i have my neighbors in the back of my head.... and on top of that as far as party's go.... i've never been bothered by "our" party goer's it's like we're all ninja's and our neighbors are all sumo wrestlers.... either that or that walk and climb stairs as heavey as any competition will allow...

i remember moving to BC.... my first couple of weeks was well the only place that lived with out collicutt other than with family... or to better put it home... so when i got there and i think the rumble started after collicutt got there.... it was one of those "i don't have to get up this early situations.... and neither do you.... and since i'm getting UI or EI and welfare and a student loan and taking it all for granted because i'm not from this country i'm from english and don't get in my face bloody hell and bollocks and ringo star is my relitive and i'm lee starkey and since your getting up in 10 mins i'm going to spend the next 5 mins slipping my weight a whole 210 or 220 lbs... (and i don't mean british currency) maybe heavier.,.. slipping that down each step in 20 second intervails.... and then at parties he was he was under the patio creeping out girls.... that's another story.... and still beleive it or not i miss that guy.... if anyone can send this to him... i wasn't the one... but stuff like that get's violent threats sent in your direction.... and it's not like anyone would have mess you up.... you reacted to it and smartened up.... thank goodness... or at least i hope you did.... although i've heard stories.....

so my neighbors.... they don't play loud music... the don't party to hard.... they don't bug us for stuff we don't have... other than the thumping and using our waste containers well it's a toss up with lee.... sorry to say... lee was in his own world... so are the neighbors.... i wish i could be around to watch them learn and mature... but i'm more glad to be moving.... which leads me to my closing statement.........

the last post of the classic is about bill cosby at his best.... if you've seen eddy murphy at his best he's talking about bill and richard at their best... and what i posted is bills number one probably... as anyone over 30 about bills best work.... something from that era will probably arise.... wow do i feel old.... i recommend you download the segment.... if you can.... it's proper...

it's not as long and works better when you hear it.... kinda like thumpin on the other side of a duplex

A Classic

2005-05-18T00:58:00.000-03:00

God: (standing on a chair behind Noah, he rings a bell once) NOAH.
Noah: (Looks up) Is someone calling me? (Shrugs and goes back to his work)
God: (Ding) NOAH!!
Noah: Who is that?
God: It's the Lord, Noah.
Noah: Right ... Where are ya? What do ya want? I've been good.
God: I want you to build an ark.
Noah: Right ... What's an ark?
God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.
Noah: Right ... What's a cubit?
God: Well never mind. Don't worry about that right now. After you build the
ark, I want you to go out into the world and collect all the animals of the
world, two by two, male and female, and put them into the ark.
Noah: Right ... Who is this really? What's going on? How come you want me to
do all these weird things?
God: I'm going to destroy the world.
Noah: Right ... Am I on Candid Camera? How are you gonna do it?
God: I'm going to make it rain for a thousand days and drown them right out.
Noah: Right ... Listen, do this and you'll save water. Let it rain for forty
days and forty nights and wait for the sewers to back up.
God: Right...
Narrator: So Noah began to build the ark. Of course his neighbors were not
too happy about it. Can you imagine leaving for the office at 7 AM and
seeing an ark?
Neighbor: (enters whistling, with brief case) Hey! You over there.
Noah: What do you want?
Neighbor: What is this thing?
Noah: It's an ark.
Neighbor: Uh huh, well you want to get it out of my driveway? I've gotta get
to work. Hey listen, what's this thing for anyway?
Noah: I can't tell you, ha ha ha.
Neighbor: Can't you even give me a little hint?
Noah: You want a hint?
Neighbor: Yes, please.
Noah: Well, how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Neighbor: There's one in every neighborhood. (Shakes head and leaves)
Narrator: Well Noah finally got the ark built. Then he had the task of
gathering all the animals two by two.
Noah: Hey, anybody know how to tell the difference between a male and a
female mosquito? (Looking in a box) I told your rabbits before, only two!
(He puts box in boat) Whew, finally the last two animals are on board. Let's
get this thing closed up before God asks me to do something else. I'm six
hundred years old. I am getting too old for this sort of thing.
God: Noah!
Noah: I knew it. What do you want now?
God: You're going to have to take one of those hippos off and get another
one.
Noah: Why?
God: 'Cause you got two males. You need a female.
Noah: I'm too tired to bring anything else on board. You change one of them.
God: Come on, you know I don't work like that.
Noah: But I'm sick and tired of this. I've been working all day everyday
like crazy for months now, dawn to dusk. I'm tired of this.
God: Noah
Noah: Yeah?
God: how long can you tread water? Ha ha ha
Noah: Yeah, well I got news for you. You keep talking about this flood and I
haven't seen a drop of rain. Meanwhile, the whole neighborhood is making fun
of me. I told one of my friends I'd been talking to the Lord and he laughed
so hard he wet his pants. Do you know I'm the only guy in town with an ark
in his yard? People are picketing and calling the heath department,
strangers walk up to me and say "How's it going, Tarzan?" I am sick and
tired of all of this, you let me get a pregnant elephant . . . Do you give
me an instruction book? . . . No!!! Here I am standing under the elephant
and brrrrrrrrump! Right on top of me! I'm telling you, I've had enough.
You're supposed to see all and know all, well have you seen the bottom of
that ark? Who's going to clean up that mess? Not me, I tell you. I quit. I'm
tired of this. I'm going to let the animals out and burn that ark down. I
can't believe you made me do all this . . .
(God takes a watering can and begins to pour water on Noah's head)
Noah: (continues) I can't believe the mess you got me in and . . . and . . .
it's raining . . . This isn't just a shower is it? OK. All right, it's me
and you Lord, me and you all the way. I'm with you Lord. Whatever you
say....

WELL IT SNOWED

2005-05-15T14:05:00.000-03:00

if i didn't know any better i would have thought the world was ending... no real amounts but at times it looked like a blizzard outside... and even weirder was it was not cold outside... sure people had hats and gloves on.... but i had my window at home open and it might have been a cool summers breaze but that's about it....

so as far as my future in canada goes... i think that if it doesn't snow again in may then i will probably stick around...... like as if nature was saying here's your summer but don't take it for granted as winter isn't that far away....

Prince Edward Island is the only province in canada that hasn't seen snow during the monthes of july or august..... in recorded weather history...

Seems

2005-05-11T10:27:00.000-03:00

so perhaps my angst for winter and spring to be over is cause reprecussions.... it no longer looks like a 17 or 19 degree day.... this is suppose to be that day... we shold get 17 but forcast is for 15 ... but friday is forcasting flurries... if that happens i am seriously going to reconsider my future living in canada.... snow in may in unacceptable....

song of the day.... loveshine - motley crue

2005-05-07T20:52:00.000-03:00

by the end of that tour i'd have permenant ear damage.... something that is, unfortunatly, one of the hardest things to cure.

i just read that in the autobiagraphy of anthony keidas.... "Scar tissue"

it's a must read...

today is 2 years 10 months that i've been living on pei.... minus the trips to vancouver and halifax ..... but it was july 7 when i got home... some people would view that as a step backwards... well i know i sorta looked at people like that.... but i think it had something with giving up and retreating.... i made vancouver my home and went out on a ledge and attempted the unknown.... "working for my father"

the father and thing hasn't been the healthiest relationship.... but since i've been employeed and our relationship is based on work it's different.... he's not schooling me on life... just bussiness... long story short .... i not only feel i've conquered the position and living on pei but i can have a conversation and i can make him smile... and it doesn't have to be work... the lectures he does give me are perfectly ok.... compared to the old lectures i'd say this is like recess and gym class and a feild trip... all in one... although i'd rather just be on recess .... another way to look at it... and it's not like this at all... but with his salary and being involved at the very least... i am starting to refer to it as a consultants fee.... and you thought lawyers were scummm..... hehe.... i kid i kid....

so ok.... leaves and grass is being cut... at the same time the city and bussinesses are doing yard clean ups and gardening.... i did find a spot of snow... more like melting ice at this point... but i'm sure there are alot of those.... either way.... the neighbors have some flowers sprouting.... i don't recall nature blooming this early on PEI.... in vancouver i could see this in march.... but here... in may... that's early....
and not a month early....
maybe grass cutting.... but well... we went from nice weather to a bunch of snow... to nice weather and more nice weather.... my friend billy went from class rooms to land scaping ... the lst 5 days have certainly been sunny.... that's extreme.... he was out today and it was 14 and cloudy.... thursday or friday was predicted to get to 16... and it did..... i was impressed with the 14 and cloudy today... it was like a bad summer day.....

there is a day this week that is forcasted for 17.... i'd put 10 donut holes that we get 19... some one should take me up on that... cause it's not a gut feeling.... it's more like wishful thinking.... but seriously... 10 donut holes.... anyone?

i was at cash converters today... i had a micro wave oven.... it's a 1981 look alike to janice mackays convection oven.... except it's not a convection oven... it's a straight up micro wave... that is it.... with brown extirior fake wood style paneling.... anyways.... cash converters doesn't take brown appliances... so you might want to mental note that.... weird eh.... they don't take floor polishers either.... ....

the last week has been a week of recooup and work and moving....
i spoke to someone today who asked me "how's life" i replyed something like interesting and unpredictable and fun.... and that's how i see it.... stress is good thing.... if you can avoid the ulcer then your laughing...

tonight is another party at woody's
although i wasn't there last week.... it made headlines... this one is low key... anyways.... that's it....

zzziiiiirrripppppp...........PACE!