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3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | alright people. This BLOG is officially under major transformation. As you can see the format has changed, and we are moving towards a different direction. We will be funnier, nastier, and not to mention sexier. We will be providing brand new content, no more mindless blabing about things people don't care about. We will also be having architectural news update, weird news update, social commentary, funny pictures, bla bla bla. So please be patient while we are under construction. Check back soon, and have a great 4th of july weekend. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | 1. Turtle neck tank tops. This is usually worn by women. Looks kinad like a turtle neck sweater that has the sleeves chopped off. My question is, so are you hot or are you cold? make up your damn mind!!! 2. Nextel Walkie-Talkie phones. So you mean now I have to hear the phone ring AND your whole god damn conversation?? 3. Cell phone ear pieces. Okay dude, this is ONLY supposed to be worn when you are either driving or on the phone. You ain't got to be wearing it when you are just shopping at Best Buy. Do you think it gives you super powers or something?? or that chicks are just going to fall on their knees in front of you because you got a cool ear piece? It looks fucking retarded!!!! 4. Supersize at McDoanld's for kids. Do YOU...i MEAN....where should I even start?? Do our kids really need a supersize meal?? how about a supersize kick to the parents in the groin for stuffing their kids' faces with grease and lard?? |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | It appears that some of you need some edumacation on these terms, so here we go. Contextualism and Regionalism basically mean the something, but contextualism is a more micro interpretation than regionalism. The easiest way to explain the concept is this; when you go to Italy, you expect to see a certain kind of scenery, when you go to China you expect to see a different kind of scenery than Italy. That's the essence of regionalism. Every region is supposed to have its own unique interpretation of architecture that derives from either climate, culture, social or other characteristics that is uniquely identifiable to its people. Architecture then takes cues from its 'context' and respond either as an antithesis, or with what is accepted as the norm. One of the most famous architects to practice regionalism is Frank Lloyd Wright, the grand daddy of American architecture. His buildings uniquely respond to its immediate context, and at times the region at large. Such as his falling water house that sits directly above a waterfall, it responded directly to its context by brining the water fall into the house, making it part of the scenery. When he built out in California, he responded by taking cues from the old Mexican temples, because he felt that Mexican architecture IS the essence of southern California. He built with concrete blocks that is reminiscent of Mexican temples and the organization sometimes also follows the general plans of the temples. So, you can see as an architect how PISSED off one becomes when the entire united states is becoming homogeneous because of the track housing, can't you?? |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink YOU'VE GOT TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME??? WHERE ARE YOUR BALLS??? Oh wait, your wife has them.. you are an embarassment to man everywhere. go shoot yourself and stop wasting air. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | http://starandal.com What kind egotistical self-indulgent prick of a couple would put together a website to annouce you are getting married??? As if the rest of the world would give a flying fuck on how you two met and how you fell in love.. who gives a shit if you met in a buffet line somewhere in vegas?? Nobody gives a shit about Star Jones and Al Scales Reynolds..Star Jones is a C-list celebrity at best, and the other guy's just a nobody. We all know Star Jones wants the whole world to know that even though she's fat, some guy really wants her, not her money (wink wink).. check out this website if you can take it. I couldn't. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink old town San Diego |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink my hot wife!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink bedroom in waley house, just the same way it was back in the days |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink Original furnace in Waley House. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink Old town San Diego |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink Waley House in Old town San Diego. This is an original marriage license from 1810's. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink one of the oldest graves in california. dates back to 1810's. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man accused of grabbing a 9-year-old boy, carrying him behind a Kroger store and stealing his socks has been arrested on kidnapping and robbery charges. Maurice C. Teague told officers he has more than 500 pairs of children's socks. Investigating officers said they couldn't confirm the number but said they found 'a lot' of socks at Teague's home, police spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio said on Tuesday. Police said Teague, 28, accosted the boy last Friday evening and dropped a piece of identification as he fled. They arrested him at his home on Sunday, Mercurio said. He's jailed on $75,000 bond. 'It's odd, obviously -- someone going after little boys' socks,' Detective Guy Patete said. Police said the child was on his way home from the grocery around 6:30 p.m. when Teague asked to buy his socks for $5. The boy refused again when Teague offered him $10, and Teague picked him up, ran behind the store and pulled the boy's shoes and socks off his feet. Police said the boy picked up Teague's identification and his mother called police. Teague, who has no criminal record, at first denied the account but then admitted grabbing the boy, police said. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink my new IPAQ H1945 Here are just some random notes I have taken on my ipaq July 08, 2004 10:05am take a piss and scratch nut sack 10:46am take old cups to the trash and get a new cup, fill up with coffee 11:25am take a piss and scratch nut sack 11:45am go eat lunc 5:50 pick up dog shit |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink That's actually a ping pong ball. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink we saw oprah!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink Trip to the zoo!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | Well, well.. It turned out to be a great mini-vacation!! We did a lot of stuff that we just haven't done or didn't have the time to do, and it was overall a very relaxing weekend. Friday Dinner at my parents' house to semi-celebrate my brother James' 27th birthday. We had sushi, some chinese meatballs, fried rice..tight!!! Afterwards we went to bowling, and I somehow managed to get a 56. FIFTY FREAKING SIX, man..depressing to say the least. That's probably the absolute WORST score I've ever gotten. Saturday Headed down to La Jolla for a mini 3 day vacation. Of course I managed to fall asleep AGAIN while I was driving. Anyways..hotel's very nice, we were up on the 9th floor with a full view of La Jolla and San Diego's skyline. We visited old-town San Diego and the world famous gas-lamp District at night. Old Town San Diego was great. I love the feeling of being completely overwhelmed in the history of the land and just to imagine what the frontieers lives were like. Gas Lamp District is not as exciting as it was made out to be.. seems like a lot of trendy clothing store and restaurants, nothing really worth a while to actually stay and look at. Sunday SD Zoo!!! I almost forgot how much fun zoo is. We even saw a PANDA!!! Polar bears, a big ass hippo (about the size of Andy's ass) and a lot of other exotic cool animals. After the zoo we went to Balboa park for some cultural experience. We visited natural history museum and just walked around.. great place!! Sunday night we went to Old Town San Diego again for some nice Mexican dinner at this place called Coyote Diner... our waiter looked like the bastard child from Bruce Willis and Christian Slater. hahha. Monday nice drive home..it only tooks me about an hour and 15 minutes to come back to Rancho from San Diego so I stayed awake the whole time. Went over to our neighbor's house for a little BBQ and hot spa action, tight!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | DURHAM, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski is staying at Duke, ending talks with the Los Angeles Lakers about becoming their coach. 'Your heart has to be in whatever you lead,' Krzyzewski said Monday. 'It became apparent that this decision was somewhat easier to make because you have to follow your heart and lead with it and Duke has always taken up my whole heart.' Krzyzewski, who has won three national titles at Duke, said the timing of the Lakers' offer, reported by ESPN's Stephen A. Smith as a five-year, $40 million deal, and their prominence as one of professional sports' most famous franchises made the chance to coach them tempting. But he never got to the point of being ready to leave. 'The decision has always been to stay at Duke. It would have to be something changing [that],' he said at a news conference on campus. Even Lakers star Kobe Bryant was reportedly trying to persuade Coach K to take the job. The Los Angeles Times reported that Bryant told Krzyzewski that he wanted the Duke coach to head to L.A. Some Duke basketball people were in a campus gym when Krzyzewski came in and told the group, 'You'll never guess who called. Kobe Bryant. He wants me to come coach him.' |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink guess what I found in my dog house. Just a little background story, we believe our dog ate half the body and left the head in her house for dinner.. SICK!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink This guy must be a billionaire |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink ESPN.com - NBA - Kobe stays put, picks Lakers over Clippers FUCKING KOBE'S STILL A LAKER, DDAMN IT. HE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT SHAQ, AND NOT WITH BRIAN GRANT AND LAMAR ODOM... WE ARE SCREEEEWWWED!!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | Well, happy freaking 26. Now I am officially going down hill and hitting my late 20's. My wife took me out to a Japanese restaurant last night and we had great food!! She also bought me sun flowers (my favorite)..too bad I was about an hour late getting home 'cuz I had to work, then I ended up working at home from 9 to about 2 in the morning. Dragged my ass out of bed at 7:30 and now I am at work. Sorry babe!!! We will probably go catch a movie tonight after I get back from my meeting in Riverside..hopefully the traffic won't be too bad. thanks sweetie for making my birthday special even though had to work!! love you! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink This is the American soldier accused of abusing prisoners in Iraq. Lynddie England. Also check out her fan website http://fourstrings.fanspace.com/photo2.html |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink our picture from my brother's graduation from Wake Forest Medican school |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink whatever she's playing, i am in!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — A suspected shoplifter was found when, after dropping her purse at the scene of a crime, she called police to claim her bag. The woman allegedly set off an anti-theft alarm as she fled a Family Dollar store. She dropped her purse in an parking lot while being chased. When she went to the police station to retrieve her lost purse, she was promptly arrested KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian candy company has begun marketing what may be the stickiest, richest and most fattening treat on the market: pure pork fat covered in chocolate. Cracking open a finger-sized stick of ''Fat in Chocolate'' reveals exactly that: a vein of white fat. The dark chocolate product pokes fun at the traditional Ukrainian snack of salo, or salted pork fat, usually consumed with vodka and pickles. MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. — Paul Wellener's family found the perfect marker for his grave: two blue plastic seats from the Three Rivers Stadium auction. Wellener, a lifelong football fan and a Pittsburgh Steelers season ticket holder for 42 years, died unexpectedly on March 16. Wellener's son, Paul, and widow, Mary Ann, bought three pairs of stadium seats for $2,100 at an auction — and knew they had found the perfect gravestone. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | so last night around 11:00...after a long ass day consisted of running errands, IKEA, chasing our dog around the house, we saw ANTS!!!!!!! Ants were all over our pantry and we couldn't figure out where it was coming from or going to. So, after we took out EVERYTHING from the pantry, we noticed that the ants were all heading into the cereal box that was left open. There must had been hundreds of ants crawling all inside the cereal box, and you know stupid ants travel in a straight line, so I followed the line all the way back to the outside wall. I then sprayed my trusty ant spray and killed every single one of those little bastards. I hate freaking ants!!!!! So there goes another hour of time that I could have been relaxing with my wife, wink wink, damn the ants!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | urlLink The Sports Network - National Basketball Association |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | I guess to the governator everybody's a girlie man compare to him Some California legislators are angry with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after he referred to them as 'girlie-men' during a speech on Saturday. The movie star-turned-politican used the term to describe opposition Democrats he said who are too weak to stand up to unions and trial lawyers demanding changes in the governor's state budget proposal. The phrase comes from an old television comedy routine where two Schwarzengger-like bodybuilders use it to mock those who lack their bulging muscles. Several Democratic lawmakers say the remark was insulting to women and homosexuals. State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez said the comment was 'beneath the governor.' But a Schwarzenegger spokesman says the comment was the governor's way of saying that legislators are 'wimps' (weaklings) by giving into special interest groups. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | EAUMONT, Tex., July 14 - It is merely a four-mile stretch of asphalt on this East Texas city's outskirts, dotted with some ranch-style houses, a few decaying trailer homes and a shuttered gun shop, in the distance the rice fields that brought a small group of Japanese settlers here a century ago. But the name of the country lane, Jap Road, has long angered many Japanese-Americans. Equally outraged are numerous people who live on Jap Road, which has 100 or so residences; they view criticism of their address as meddling in their affairs. 'I hear 'Jap' cars and 'Jap' bikes all the time,' Buddy Derouen, 69, a retired petrochemical worker who lives on the road, in the community of Fannett, said in a recent letter published in The Beaumont Enterprise. 'Why not Jap Road?' The competing positions are set to clash in a meeting on Monday at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Leading the county commissioners' agenda is a discussion of whether they should change the name. Advancing the issue this far has been a victory of sorts for Sandra Nakata Tanamachi, whose family settled in Beaumont after immigrating from Japan in the early 1900's. Before moving away to Lake Jackson, south of Houston, Ms. Tanamachi, an elementary-school teacher, lobbied more than a decade ago to have the road's name changed. She was unsuccessful. Last December, however, she allied herself with Thomas Kuwahara, a helicopter pilot from Lafayette, La., who was stunned to come across the road a few years ago while driving to San Antonio to visit a relative. They filed a complaint with two federal agencies - the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development - trying to keep Jefferson County from getting federal money unless the road's name was changed. 'We Japanese are often ignored, but we're still individuals with feelings,' Ms. Tanamachi said in an interview, speaking with a thick Texas twang. 'I felt I could not stand in front of my students and talk about values like dignity and respect and not fight this thing.' Scott Newar, the lawyer representing Ms. Tanamachi and Mr. Kuwahara, said HUD had told them that it did not directly finance any housing programs in the county, a circumstance effectively limiting its actions. The Department of Transportation has asked Texas state authorities to examine the complaint, Mr. Newar said. Civil rights organizations, meanwhile, including the Japanese American Citizens League, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Anti-Defamation League, have voiced support for changing the name. Considerable outside involvement has come in recent weeks from the Japanese American Veterans Association. Drawing attention to the sacrifices its members made in World War II, the group will be using the meeting in Beaumont to discuss the role of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese-American unit whose exploits included rescuing soldiers of the Texas 36th Division, national guardsmen who were trapped by German forces in the mountains of eastern France in 1944. 'Jap Road should not be a part of the United States landscape,'' said Kelly Kuwayama, 86, a member of the 442nd who said he planned to travel from Washington to Beaumont to speak at the meeting. 'And Texas is certainly part of the United States, or at least it was the last time I checked.' The thought of outsiders' descending on Beaumont makes many here bristle. More than 100 residents of Jap Road and supporters of their effort to maintain its name gathered at an open-air bar on Wednesday evening to drink beer, eat barbecue and ponder how to thwart their opponents. 'We're not here to bash the Japanese,' Wayne Wright, a retired petrochemical worker who is spearheading a movement to preserve the name, said in an interview before the meeting. 'How can I be considered a bigot and a racist when I got a Puerto Rican son-in-law?' Mr. Wright's wife, Polly, said she believed the name was originally intended to honor the memory of Yasuo Mayumi, a Japanese farmer who, according to local lore, settled in the area in 1905 before returning to Japan in the 1920's. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | okay, so if you have been wondering where I have gone, this is a recap of what my life has been like the last month. I've been working about 15 hour days for a whole month and half (with no end in sight).. I am currently working on the design of a new elementary school, a 500 sq.ft. add on in Rancho Cucamonga, another 500 sq. ft. add on in Ontario, and a patio/deck cover addition in Upland. Oh yes...the pain of trying to start your own business while you are still working full time. I hope all this is worth it in the long run, that I can have my own successful architectural practice doing residential and commericial work.. which eventually will need to designing of mixed-use development projects. I am also in the process of registering my own company to make it a legitimiate business with tax benfits and all that. So ladies and gentlemen, it's time to jump on the Jeremy Train. Hop on board to a prosperous future!!!!! okay, maybe not dramtic. But I want to clear enough money so my wife and I can start having little Jeremy's... Do you know how much it costs to have kids?!??! god damn!!! Anyways...as soon as next year starts, I'll start working on my own addition to our house, and hopefully I can get our add on published in Dwell!! oh yeah..aiming low for now. Give me another 10 years my ass will be in architectural record biatches!!! |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | It looks like two guys in their mid-2o's developed advanced tongue cancer, and the only reason they can link it to is the teeth whitening system they are using.. read it for yourself. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | read the whole story at ESPN.com, but here's my commentary DENVER -- The woman accusing urlLink Kobe Bryant of rape filed a civil lawsuit against the NBA star in federal court Tuesday, a move legal experts said could cripple the criminal case less than three weeks before the trial begins. Attorneys for the 20-year-old woman asked for a jury trial and compensatory damages of at least $75,000, with punitive damages to be determined later. what a biatch. All she's asking for is $75,000?? All this trouble for $75,000? you freaking kidding me? on top of being a slut you are a moron, too??? it really doesn't matter what the amount is, she's showing that her real motive is that she's after Bryant for money. Just when their case seems to crumble in the criminal court, because she evidently bragged about sleeping about being 'raped' by Bryant. Attorneys John Clune and Lin Wood said their client was owed money for pain, 'public scorn, hatred and ridicule' she has suffered as a result of the alleged attack last summer. They also accused Bryant of similar misconduct involving women, but provided no details public scorn, hatred and ridicule?? you freaking kidding me?? you brought it onto yourself when you decide to make up the damn story. I say you deserve what you get, biatch. Go read the stroy yourself, un-freaking-believable. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | NO KIDDING!!!!!! This guy weighs more than 1072 pounds and he's trying to get down to a respectable 200lbs. Go to the website and look at this guy's picture. holy crap that doesn't even look real. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | woo woo, I remember something exciting that happened over the weekend. We were driving to Old town pasadena on the 210 friday night, we were riding smooth in the car pool lane. All of a sudden these two white cars came out of no where, and passed me like I was dong 35 (i was doing almost 80). My wife and I made a comment 'those two are gonna crash!!' They were racing each other down the freeway, cutting in and out of traffic like nobody else's around. Finally, fate caught up to them. One car (CAR 1) tried to over take the other car by squeezing in between a big tow truck and the other car (car 2). He didn't quite make i. Car 1 sideswiped car 2. It caused car 2 to steer to the left and hit another innocent passing car, the passing car flipped ovr on to its top and slided down the freeway for a good 30~40 feet before it came to a stop. After hitting car number 2, car number 1 bounced off the center concrete divider, flew threw all lanes of traffic and landed on the right hand shoulder. I ran over to the driver, fearing the worst... He was convulsing and foaming from the mouth, a nurse on scene said he might have brain damage. The other four passengers in the car were all shaken up, one girl in the back got a big cut on her head because of the windsheild shattered, and the other front passenger had to be taken to a hospital along with the driver. Moral of the story? If you are gonna race, drive a Hummer. |
3,702,123 | male | 26 | Architecture | Cancer | 21,June,2004 | i guess my life is just not as exciting as I thought it was. I just realized that even after 10 days of not updating my blog, I GOT NOTHING NEW TO TALK ABOUT!!!!! I get up at about 6:00am everyday, goes to work about 6:45... leave the office about 5:30, comes home, eat dinner.and start working again about 7 pm.. Then I go work out at 9:30, comes home about 10:30..work on my projects some more than head off to bed around 12. And that's EVERY SINGLE FREAKING DAY!!!! Not that much excitement going on at the chou hall. anyways.. I might as well talk about my marriage. Marriage is going grrrrrrrreeeeaaat!! Things could not be better right now between my wife and I. We are communicating very well and she is starting to understand why I need to work so god damn much. I just feel bad that I don't spend as much time with her as I would like. BUT, if I want to acheive what I have set out to acheive before I turn 30, I gotta do what I gotta do. Anyways, nothing new happened last weekend. It was my wife's little brother's 21st birthday, so we took him to lunch along with her dad and his wife. Had a great lunch, it was nice to catch up with the in laws. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 14,May,2004 | Do people think that I don't notice I have a sunburn? Do they think that by asking me 'Hey, are you burnt?' it will hurt less. Do they honestly believe they are contributing any valuable worth to society by bringing up this topic just for my benefit. I'm Canadian, and that means that I talk about the weather by default when conversation stalls but good GOD I hate when people ask me stupid questions about getting sunburnt. Being 'Canada White' skinned, my summer pigmentation pretty much goes like this: -White, Red, light pink, white, red, light pink, white, red, dark pink, dark pink, red, not-quite-white, red, dark pink, tanned followed by the end of September and back to white for another 8 months. All told, the car wash to raise money for Heart & Stroke pulled in over $400 and was a great day outside. This photo was of the one (1) car that came in off the street - a 350Z in deep maroon. It had all the guys admiring the car and being VERY careful about washing it and all the women checking the owner's hand for wedding bands ;) Water fights - a childhood pleasure that can stand the test of time! Of the Moments... Music: Goin' to the car wash, car wash, car wash baby! Mood: Great! Searing skin pain but still great! Food: Grilled cheese 'n OJ |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 13,May,2004 | *Ring* *Ring* -Him: 'Hello?' -Me: 'It's open!' -Him: 'Really?' -Me: 'Yep, looks like just today.' -Him: 'Go for a pint?' -Me: 'Sure, call me when your downtown' *click* Of the Moments... Music: Bjork & Mindy Mood: Tired, Muggy Food: Grilled Cheese followed by beer & bar foods |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | 'Do you know Joe from Canada?' 'Oh sure I do, of course, he just had another baby...' Ummm NO! It doesn't quite work that way folks. So when Andrew asked me if I knew Emily who aparently talks to him about the some of the same haunches that I frequent I goffed at him. But then I started digging around urlLink his blog a little and found a link to urlLink her blog . Saw a picture, poked around a bit but still no recognition. Check the comments and I see one from a girl named Jen. Big deal right? WRONG! That particular Jen happens to be a new, decently good friend of mine with urlLink her own blog . So while I may not know Emily, I have two different two-degree separational opportunities to know her. Sing with me now children: It's a small world after all! It's a small world after all! It's a small, small world! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'I put the wrong em-pha-sis on the wrong syl-la-ble' Music: The braying of barnyard animals Mood: Sun-shiningly-happy Food: Cafe Burger, pasta salad & Diet Mug (Grrrr!) |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | After the booze and free net score I went to Coyote Rock with a few friends to climb. Hands are a little on the sore side, but was pretty good. I understand why people who climb outdoor don't climb indoor after climbing at urlLink HomeCliff in the Gatineau's last weekend. Peggy was a great route, it's so much more about problem solving outdoor. Much bigger mental head fuck ya know? Of the Moments... Music: Badger, Badger, Badger Mood: Quietly Content Food: Rideau Bakery Rye Bread toasted with butter with glass o' milk! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | You know life is good when you stop in at a local pub (That may or may not be called The Royal Oak and may or may not be located on Bank St)and you boot up your laptop to do a little graphic design work and you find an un-encrypted wireless access point available. BOOYAH! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | I am now reasonably satisfied with the blog template that I'm going to stop picking at it like a scab-wound that is just begging to be scratched. Besides, I've got too much work to do that I feel like I'm getting sucked under toe and Leonardo DiCaprio is going to stand on my head as I sink to save his fair Rose. Buggernuggets I tell ya! Of the Moments... Music: Advertising Jingles Mood: Not quite overjoyed Food: Ranch-flavoured Crispers |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | 'I'm glad to have experienced this intense connection with someone in my life but I know it's not healthy for me.' -R.L. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 12,May,2004 | After many moons, countless trips to the center of the universe and much soul searching and self-evolution, I AM BACK. More importantly to you the casual web wanderer, my Blog is back online. With the new domain getting purchased I figured all things new and wonderful or old and crappy deserve a second kick at the can. Goals: -Learn Flash -Keep Blogging -Get ALL my digital photos into one resource Yeah, and there's summer fun in there somewhere too! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 20,May,2004 | I went and saw Shrek 2 last night. It is truly amazing how far animation has come since Mickey was whistling showboat tunes back in the 1930's. Other than a slight offset of lip to vocal movement and the freeformity that real actors have in moving around the screen, the visual quality of this movie is on par with reality. I think because everything was lush and oppulent in the kingdom of 'far, far, away' it was actually a preferable place to exist. I won't spoil any details because I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the movie going in not knowing the story other than big green ogres and 'Donkey' and friends were in for some more hilarious hijinks. This one went well beyond the first in bringing nearly every storytale / fable I could imagine into the mix. Pinoccio, 3 blind mice, gingerbread men, Puss 'n Boots, Fairy God mothers and tons more! Dreamworks did well and will do well financially! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'You are very sensual!' Music: Soundtrack to Dazed & Confused Mood: Peaceful and optimistic Food: Last Night - Montana's Chicken & Beef Fajitas! This Morn - Cora's Rosemary Sunday Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs Breakfast! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 19,May,2004 | Even chocolate milk isn't mild anymore! Can you tell I'm a little bit bored this afternoon.... Nutritional Information per 250 ml Serving (1 cup) Energy 171 Cal Protein 8.6g Fat 2.8g Carbs 28.0g Percentage of Recommended Daily Intake Vitamin A 11% Vitamin D 44% Calcium 27% Ingredients: Partly skimmed milk, sugar, cocoa, salt, carrageenan, sodium caseinate, artificial flavour, colour, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Because you know if they don't fire her, they might promote her! Music: Ethyl Merman Cocktail Tunes Mood: Tired, marginally horny Food: Choco-Milk |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 18,May,2004 | The plans for mOOpleman are slowly gathering steam and I'm more than reasonably excited. But akin to the Burn itself, when after that first year it's never quite as intense, I'm feeling a little bit of dissatisfaction about it happening too. My first TO regional burn was stupendious, and I left the grassy playa with huge feelings of optimism and excitement for the summer ahead. This time round, I have several reasons already to be very optimistic about the summer, and it doesn't sound like all the wonderful f*ckos are going to be able to make it. I know it will be awesome and I will have a crazy good time, and I'll come back raving about how I could have been so stupid as to have ever thought it wouldn't be one of the best times of my life in recent memory. The fireworks I bought are cool and will be definate crowning touch to the Man! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: The rain outside is coming down like blood in Evil Dead 2 Music: Eminem / D12 - My Band Mood: Thoughtful Food: Pheu Yen #151 - Beef with Black Bean sauce |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 17,May,2004 | Most everything in the world is going pretty darned good today. In no particular order: The sun continues to shine today Had an AWESOME weekend of sports & drinking Got lots of suntanning / burn recovery in Have a few war stories about the weekend Insurance premium not rising b/c of accident in January Telus bill not insane this month 2.5 days left until urlLink mOOpleman Royal Oak nachos are good all over the city Smile, chat, flirt, kiss, entice, enjoy Always leave them wanting more ;) Of the Moments... Choice Quote: So you'll let me buy you drinks next time? Music: Track 007 from 'The Undocumentables' Mood: Very serene, surprisingly great conversations! Food: Outer edge of ear, nape of neck, and two nice nipples! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 17,May,2004 | Free cudos to whoever can answer this useless trivia question. There's a movie which I don't think starred the child co-star to that 80's TV show which had Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron, brother of Candice Cameron who was on Full House with Dave Coulier who supposedly had a song written about him by Alanis Morisette. So yeah, in this movie with the character maybe played by Kirk, he's a hockey coach of a junior hockey team and the child star wants to play even though he's hurt and the coach won't let him play if he can't hold a stick at the middle and turn his wrist all the way in each direction. The only reason I want to know is because right now my right wrist is sore from the softball on the weekend that I can't do that. Every time I stretch Mr. pinky across to the enter key on my keyboard I die a little more. The 'rents and fam are coming to see the house tomorrow night and have a BBQ. I guess that means I should clean 'n stuff tonight eh? Doh! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'There were some people who didn't even try to get onto the field on Sunday morning and other's who just shouldn't have tried to do it!' Music: None - but it would be heavy bass track if I had some. Mood: Monday Blah's Food: Hungry for spaghetti |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 16,May,2004 | Warning, if you're thirsty, need to go to the bathroom, hungry or short on time or some combination of all of the above, rectify these situations as needed before reading this blog post because it's likely to be a long one. After the water-cooled joy of Friday's car wash I was feeling full effects of sunburn. But when we met up with all the people playing on our team in the 3-pitch tournament Saturday morning, I wasn't worried about the sunburn - I was worried about what might happen on the road, to be a story that forever stays on the road, that might come back to haunt me later in life. No video cameras were present, and nobody captured my finer moments on film, so I think we're safe for now, but there were some good PG-13 stories that can be documented here for all time. I showed that fence who's boss! When one is playing outfield, they should be mindful of their environment. Specifically, how close one is to the fence and the velocity with which one approaches said fence. Early on in the second game, possibly with less-than-minor amounts of mexican water in my system and Jager-liqui-courage, I chased a deep fly ball towards the center field fence. While I didn't approach with terminal velocity I had the next best thing - enough to bounce of the metal links with my face and knee and barrell roll backwards. After I chased the ball back towards the infield and threw in to the cut-off man, L asked if I was ok. 'Why?' 'Well, you just ran into the fence.' 'Oh, so I did. I should go get my glove back from it!' Got a bitchin little scar below my left eye (the multi-broken nose defense system protected my expensive laser-eyes from being hurt) and a knee that doesn't feel happy you could say. MomC was concerned for me, but the liqui-courage had me feeling no pain and kept playing the rest of the game. The affect of alcohol on the physics of ball-flight About two years ago I played one season of 3-pitch with the CP league. Somewhere during the middle of the season my arm decided to forget how to throw a ball. Oh sure, I could get it to go forward, but whether it went to the desired target, impacted the ground or any other foreign object on it's way there was anybody's guess. Warming up with L & N earlier I knew it hadn't gotten any better. So after the first game loss we went back to MOTEL BEN (yes, the motel was named Ben!) and just got shit-faced. When we came back to play the next game Jamie's higher-level brain functions were missing...We were back with natural talent, instinct and reactions. I could throw well again! And a lot of it carried over to the next day (oh wait, there was good mexican water in my system then too!) But it's good to know that I can throw again! Thank you Corona! Hrmmm, it seems a lot of the rest of the story cannot be told for fear that it will incriminate me or those involved. But my digicam did snap one or two good pictures very few of which will see the light of day or digital display. There is one that's just too cute not to share with the world (despite what the subject may claim to be the case) Of the Moments... Choice Quote: ShitHawk Music: Paul O - Havana '99 Mood: Sore & Satisfied Food: None |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 27,May,2004 | I'm *SO* hungry right now it's not even funny. Being hungry rarily is funny, maybe in a 'I'm so hungry I'm starting to get dilusional and so everything else seems funny to me' but the hunger itself isn't laugh-out-loud funny that's for sure. Going to 'The Oak Room' for a meeting for lunch today. Can't decide what I want to eat. Their nachos are great, but maybe not filling enough. The beef taco salad is great, but doesn't usually treat my colon very well The curry is good by bland taste and I'm not really in the mood for it today A big beefy cheesy burger could be aiiiight Dare I try something new? The sky seems to be falling quite hard today at work. Atleast the true sky is blue and not raining down like it has for the last bajillion days. Fun! Of the Moments... Music: That stupid Seal 'I believe I can fly' song is stuck in me... Mood: Tired, relaxed Food: DID I MENTION I'M FRIKKIN' HUNGRY? |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 25,May,2004 | I think it'd be funny if my company had a talent contest at their next gathering (Christmas party, etc). I could walk up there with a 1L bottle of what looked like water and stand in front of a Christmas table with a couple big candles on it. Pretend to take a drink of water and do a spit take and breathe out a huge ball of fire cause it's actually lamp oil. Hehehe. Lola's staff that her friend in Montreal made was AWESOME! It was a dark cherry wood with rubberized handle that screwed perfectly at the center like a pool cue. It was heavy enough that it gave the right feel for spins and looked MUCH better than the one I currently have which is Steph's old one. If I had something like that, I'd definately practice more (because you can match fuel on both sides of the kevlar) and it looks better. For that part of the talent I'd start out with El-Wire or Glowsticks on chain in the dark with just a candle so they wouldn't really know who is doing what until it starts spinning. Then (if the glow were small caribeaners on the ends of the chains) quick-release them and light up the kevlar. Hehehe. What to wear tho :) One happy thought of performance cross-over to end the work day! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Jamie's Grammar Service: We write things goodly! Music: Swollen Members - Long Way Down Mood: Mixed excitement and caution Food: Souvlaki from the new Greek place across the street. Tasty! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 24,May,2004 | I can call it the 'Best mOOpleman Ever' easily because it was the very first mOOpleman. I can also call it the best regional Burn of the year because it appears the only one! But aside from semantics, it actually was a damned good weekend. -Glenn and I (with some minor assistance from Scotty & Curtzel) built the man in less than 36 hours and still found time to party. Who needs Simon ;) It was a vastly different experience from previous regional burns where I only found time for partying. Just like working @ Camp Artica in the desert, that physical effort and structure actually gives a different level of appreciation. Ottawa represent! -Challenge yourself and your spirit by existing in a weekend of perpetual rain! -While safety was maintained at all times, by all rights some of the things which happened the night of the Burn should result in me being a late person who could have made some grave mistakes. Hindsight: If you're going to be the one responsible for putting the kerosene on the man, bring an extra pair of clothes to the Burn because you WILL get kerosene all over yourself despite your best intentions. Firebreathing with lamp oil is WAY better than with kerosene as there is no taste. Sunshine showed me I still have a long way to go on that aspect, but potential and desire definately there. -Sketchyness & Drama - People who can't handle things shouldn't do them. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'It's one thing to watch Sunshine, another thing to BE Sunshine' Music: Mentalfloss spinning House Mood: The fire within is burning Food: BBQ Cheese Burger |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 04,June,2004 | I only got up to six sneezes yesterday, talk about premature sneezulation! 5 in one hour and then only one more for the rest of the day...I bought a pair of el-cheapo sunglasses and sport suntan lotion yesterday so along with the bugspray, frisbee, cleats and other assortment of trinkets in my car, I'm marginally ready for any situation, any time, any where. Well, atleast when I pack 3 days clothes on a Tuesday I am :P The sneeze record reminded me of this comic that I had long since forgot about. Of the Moments... Music: Journey into the Underground - Lee Burridge Day Disk Mood: Pretty ok Food: Not sure, but want some soon! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 03,June,2004 | I'm trying to break the 'non-allergy-related' sneezing record. I have no idea what the record is so this could also just be my personal 24-hour personal sneeze record, but I'm going to try and set the bar today. I sneezed 2 times on the way from the house to the car this morning. I sneezed 3 times on the way to Tim Horton's from work for Hot Chocolate. I'll continue to update this post as the day goes on. I think 10 is a more than realistic, reasonably impressive goal. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Karen: 'Why are you giving me that face?' Jamie: 'Because in this case I know I'm right and have more information than you do' Mood: Sunny & Bright Food: Hot Chocolate, Pizza for lunch! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 02,June,2004 | For those about to get your phreak on! Ottawa: June 29th - Carl Cox @ Surface June 30th - Armin Van Buuren et al @ VIBE July 1st - Max Graham at Helsinki Toronto: June 30th - The Guvernment Global Gathering PAUL OAKENFOLD, CARL COX, RICHIE HAWTIN, JOHN ACQUAVIVA United Kingdom: God's Kitchen Global Gathering @ Long Marston Airfield in the UK I'm not going to list them all, it will make me cry. Go to http://www.godskitchen.com/global/ for all the ludicrious details. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 01,June,2004 | On the way back from the Detroit BM Decomp last fall, we stopped in at an Arby's that had a line longer than my well, it was pretty long. We went inside and there were only about 3 people waiting but the only staff actually working was a newbie. The regular was copping an attitude and twirling her jerry-curl about the line-up on the drive-thru. The manager - about 5,000 pounds, had his walkie-talkie on an around the neck chain for access and managed the daunting task of standing up during the 20+ minutes we waited to get two sandwiches, curly fries and a couple of drinks. American slothfulnicity at it's finest! This morning I stopped in at a Tim Horton's on a beautiful spring morning to get a Hot Chocolate and Fruit Explosion muffin. There were about 8 staff on hand, maybe 3 people inside the store in line to order and a line-up to the drive-thru of atleast 15 cars. PEOPLE OF CANADA, I IMPLORE YOU! GET THE F*CK OUT OF YOUR CARS. WALK INTO THE STORE TO ORDER YOUR PRECIOUS COFFEE! IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL YOU AND IT *MIGHT* JUST SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. Next thing you know Paul Martin will lose the election in a tie to George W. Bush Jr. not because he's actually running, but because people don't know who any of the others are and just write his name in. I say we start a Don Cherry for Prime Minister campaign. The stories go he's not going to be coming back to CBC, so not like he doesn't have anything better to do :) Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Cumstashes Music: The Beatles - Revolution Mood: Smilin' Food: Hot Chocolate & Muffin |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 01,June,2004 | I've heard people joke about it, even threaten to say it, but I don't believe prior to this afternoon I've actually heard someone say 'It's not my job!' and walk away from the conversation. Granted, they were talking about a print job gumming up the printers, but 'it's just so irritating' as they also said. Hehehe, just call me office voyeur! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 01,June,2004 | There's bad busy and good busy. Lately work has been good busy mixture of requirements gathering, testing new interfaces and the client isn't behaving badly either ;P On the social side of life, things are going smashingly well. Golfing, Ultimate, Beach Volleyball all started up this week and look to be really good again this year. I've semi-decided that I'm going to buy new golf clubs this year as the Top Flite Magna clubs are getting a little short and just not as comfortable as I expect things to be. A nice set of oversized head woods with crazy titaniums in them sound about right to start :) And camping season is under way. mOOpleman last week (I will post pictures shortly yes) and going for a small bonfire / camp weekend with *K* this weekend I think. Woot! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'Everything, Everything is wonderful now' Music: None Mood: Wonderful Food: Bacon, Egg, Cheese on English Muffin with side of watermelon! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 11,June,2004 | Went to The Pour House with G last night for a few. I really like the redecoration they did on DD's upstairs. They had Eric Eggleston band or something in last night that was pretty good, but I'm growing rather bored of the 'standard bar band' type stuff. The most novel thing was finding 'Who's line is it anyways' type uses for an oversized martini glass. Hehehe, stupid fun! Tonight I feel the necessity to relax and rent/buy Being John Malcovitch. Malcovitch, Malcovitch, Malcovitch! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 09,June,2004 | You hear major league basketball, baseball et al players talk about 'being in the zone ' and ' finding the groove ' and such where you just feel so comfortable with what you're doing that you have no fear that what you are doing is going to go through the bucket, hit the homerun, score the touchdown, etc. In a bit of an epiphony yesterday I realized how true it is. Some of my Ultimate teammates were talking about their inability to dive for a disc, or feeling pressured to throw the disc before they need to / have a good target or don't feel like they are doing much when they defend a player. The mentality I get on the field is that if I can touch it, I'm going to catch it. I may not knock down the disc from the thrower every time, but I'm going to do it a lot and if I can't manage that I am going to make them change the throw they want to do. Some would call if cockyness, I'd say confidence. Confidence that I know I play the game well enough that I will make things happen. A lot of my teammates have asked how I catch so many discs and why I dive so much? One question answers the other...I can get to more discs to catch because I dive for them, without thought on the matter I get my hands / upper body in a position to catch the disc more often than another person might. When a disc is thrown ahead of me (within reason) I don't stop running or slow down, I know the disc will slow and hover and give me an opportunity to catch it. As an offensive player you never take your eyes off the disc. As a defender, you should never take your eyes off of me ;) |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 08,June,2004 | Innovapost has a Monday night golf league that I'm going to play regularily in this summer to get my game back. I've been out twice this year and shot 94 and 89 at Greensmere which I'm more than happy with. Keeping a .xls on the go with the cards and stats. For those that are interested, thus far: Average Scoring Par 3's 3.75 Par 4's 5.40 Par 5's 5.63 Averge / Round Eagles 0 Birdies 0.5 Pars 5 Bogies 6.5 Doubles 5 Other 1 If those doubles can be turned into bogies, more pars & better will come as the short game comes back to me. I used a co-workers drivers for the last 12 holes yesterday and I was hitting 265+ to good locations near / on the fairway. Me thinks that will HAVE to be the next acquisition, will have bigger impact on my game than a new set of irons (next year). I also sneezed 7 times yesterday to set the record higher... |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 06,June,2004 | I'm driving down Dalhousie on my way to the bonfire party when I see a 30 - 45 year old woman standing on the street corner. She's wearing a pair of jeans riding semi-low and what I thought initially to be a purple tight top. No, it's a swimsuit, and I can see the cutlines in before her hips before the V descends into the denim. And I think to myself, 'Oh damn, why would somebody want to wear...' the thought trails off as a car with a man and a woman turns in front of me past the woman. There is another woman in the passenger seat blissfully unaware of swimsuit woman. The man, driving, practically has his tongue hanging out as he makes the turn. He (quite talented I must give him credit) manages to keep his head cranked back looking at swimsuit woman while he completes his turn, doesn't catch the eye of his passenger (presumably wife or GF) and proceeds down the opposite direction of Dalhousie from me. 'Oh. That's why. Because all men have two heads :/' Some like them young & nubile, others like old & raunchy. I prefer cute, intelligent and with a little wild side - (preferably saved for the bedroom :) |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 06,June,2004 | While it's in my mind, Jen had a pretty interesting post on her blog today ( urlLink http://eiram.blogspot.com/ ) about what I'd summarize as 'standard male tendencies, age/relationship tendencies and other associated discourse'. I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what she wrote (and she did write a heck of a lot) but the whole thing irks me as she paints a generalized negative view of the human male. I haven't managed to vocalize in exactly what ways it irks me, but that will hopefully come in due time. Friday: -Go after work to have 'a few drinks' on a patio in Kanata -Leave said patio as the sun comes down, didn't see that one coming -Go for a few more down the street and stay responsible in the DD category. -Same not true for all :( -Go to Griffen's, don't enjoy the vibe there as is usually the case. -GREAT PITA!!! Pineapple - the world's best sandwich topping IMHO. Saturday: -How to minimalize post-drinking-effects: 6AM > Wake up earlier than needed > Glass of water, roll over and back to sleep > Toss & turn in and out of consciousness for a couple hours > Continue to drink more water 9AM > Wake up well in advance of when you need to > LONG SHOWER! Maybe I'm getting water into system by osmosis? -Go rock-climbing at Farm Rock in Gatinueas with 6 people. -The bugs absolutely ate me alive. My forearms had huge swelled welts and legs were splotched pink and red, my head had one welt that dripped blood...not sure from the mosquito or from me but damn they were viscious to me today! -Really day of climbing, tried a crack line that couldn't succeed on, but did get over the first difficult edge which was better than expected. If you don't fall - are you really pushing yourself? The 3 lines I did take up the rockface were all very enjoyable. -I think Calibogie is on tap for next weekend or so... -Pack up indoor camping gear for bonfire west of Ottawa with *K*. -BBQ & Beer before leaving -Met some good people, drank a lot of decent beer, slept the sleep of champions Sunday: -Lazy day :) I must realize that my body is trying to tell me something (relatively constant indigestion, hunger not just being hungry but almost cramped pain but inability to eat large amounts of food, plumbing problems & smells). Maybe I'll go to the doctor about it someday :} Starting to get a sense of this blogging thing. Just as I am not, it won't be a wild & controversial topic generating much back & forth discussion. It won't be a political summary place that people end up linking to with purdy graphs. It will probably be a summary of my existence with the oddball thoughts that rattle my brain from time to time and a few web links that catch my fancy. Everyone can create their own piece of the Interweb as they see fit, and right now this is how I chose to do mine. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Malcovitch, Malcovitch, Malcovitch? Music: Rush Mood: Tired, reasonable Food: BBQ Chicken sandwich & cream soda |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 17,June,2004 | The car is packed full of all but a bit of food stored in the fridge. The Jamie is ready to get his groove on in the grassy knowls of OM Festival. The weekend is almost here...finally...It's been too long a week. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 16,June,2004 | Tap, tap, tap, all day long Gonna sit and think this song Lyrics so bad they'll make you squeal I just had a pretty-ok BBQ meal What's the deal with rhyming in time Because today I didn't drink Coke with lime Verging on that precarious cliff between utter boredom and extremely efficient today at work. I've had brain fart ideas come from all angles and have acted on a few of them too. The more late night 'what do you do? what do you want to do? why do you want to do it?' conversations I have, the more appealing the 'pick-up-life, relocate-to-sunny-climate, start-something-new' approach sounds appealing. While everything that is new is not necessarily different, it definately feels different because it's new and it all challenges you to find the little joys in things you never knew. Ottawa / Canada is great b/c it's got a sense of comfort that's bourne out of years of existing here. Jobs, friends, housing have all changed but like my personality the city has the same feel as it did when I got here 7+ years ago. So...Hawaii, Australia, Grand Cayman Islands, Arizona? If I do go, where should I go? Gotta be some place with good golf courses :) I know I'll find sports and social circles wherever that is, but outside of throwing a dart onto a world map I'm not sure what makes one chose a place over an other. I didn't chose Carleton because of any particular reason, it just felt the most right I guess compared to the other Uni-options waaaay back when. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 16,June,2004 | I was having a great day. Then I came in to work. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 15,June,2004 | Looking for a chique, romancical (today only, this is a word!) place to stay in la belle cite du Montreal? Check the link in the title of this post for 'A La Carte' Bed & Breakfast. *K* was flying back to town via Dorval and I offered to pick her up (free bonus points eh!) and we spend the night in Montreal. The Bed & Breakfast had that healthy mixture of old house charm with new fixtures and one REALLY comfy bed. The owner person offered some good suggestions on dining choices, and had all the things you would need / expect from a residence. That's why B&B's are great, the mixture of the feeling you are staying at home - but on the road - with the knowledge you are on the road and don't have to lift a finger to clean / etc if you don't really want to. We stayed in the Mother Nature Room which had a wonderful jacuzzi tub. Add one bottle of wine, some candles, music, two people and it was a great get-away from the everyday. Too bad I had to come back to work today :( The traffic coming out of Montreal was a little hectic, didn't get to the office until 11AM. And truth be told, if I didn't have major deliverables for the end of this month, I wanted to just stay on 'vacation'! Le sigh... Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'Thank you for picking me up.' 'No, Thank YOU for picking me up!' Music: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band Mood: Sorta tired, but active Food: Wendy's Chicken Burger, Fries & Coke |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 14,June,2004 | It's amazing how tiring sitting in the sun and drinking can truly be. Went to the Ottawa beer festival during the afternoon/evening on Saturday and drank pretty steadily for the 6 hours or so we were there. By the time we got back home everyone was into happy drunk sleepy mode. Layer on some decent Lauzon's steaks and it was nap time. If you are in need of a feel-good/big-adventure movie, rent Big Fish. It's a Tim Burton movie which tells you everything and nothing about the movie, but it's a life adventure of a man who tells tall tales and his son trying to understand just what kind of a man his father truly is. Bright, shiny, colourful! The strange episode of Saturday night was that as I was getting ready to go over to A's place to watch the movie, I went to the car to get some stuff and there was a homeless woman sitting on the front stoop of our next door neighbour - smoking, spitting and drinking a Timmie's coffee. On the way back I reasonably politely mentioned 'You probably DON'T want to be sitting there!' and by the time I came back out of the house she had left. When I left A's place around 2AM walking home there was an emergency services (or something equally named) van across from the arena where there's a small park. One of the staff was sitting on the ground holding the same homeless person in her lap trying to console her. Saying things along the lines of 'Don't worry, it's just the drugs' and 'This is why you can't take '. The whole episode reminds me how lucky I am. I have the family/friend/social circles to have the potential to do well in life, and it's obviously had an effect on who or what I am / have become. But by the same token, I've earned my way here by working for everything that I have. Yes I feel for those who haven't been afforded the same opportunities I have, but I shouldn't be forced to have them in my space and world. To an extent I'm glad Canada has the policy towards helping the homeless that it does, as it probably ensures homelessness is not nearly as much a problem as major cities in the USA are subject to. However, I don't feel I have to show compassion in all cases. With an election coming up, homelessness usually becomes an issue - although I haven't heard $0.02 about it from any of the candidates as yet. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 13,June,2004 | Something about an old person on the street. Bought the ticket, enjoy the ride. Goodnight! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 25,June,2004 | It's 3:34PM and I am 'definately' ready to get this weekend started. Things are falling into place rather well for the rest of the summer @ work, where I've got myself working with a bunch of good people with some pretty interesting technologies. I figure next week I'll make time at night to start 'Learn flash in X days' websites and such as by the middle of July I may have the opportunity to work that skillset within the workplace. *K* has been sick or travelling all this week which sucks donkey parts, but sooner our later our life patterns will fall back in synch and it will be right as rain. This weekend I'm heading out into the boonies of Quebec again for a 1-pitch softball tournament. Ummm yeah! What happened to taking it easy? P.S. The title is from Swingers! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: You're money and you don't even know it! Music: White Snake - Here I Go Again Mood: Pumped Food: |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 24,June,2004 | First, it was the ankle. My own stupidity for not resting what I knew was the worst sprain I'd ever experienced. All for the 'glory' of not losing to a half-way competitive team that had several players from my soccer team on it. Next, the knee and wrist. Pretty sure these happened on the same incident when I ran face first full tilt into a metal fence chasing a softball while ineubriated in center field. I got a lasting wonderful trace scar below my eye and a right wrist and left knee that don't respond well to pressure or force anymore. Now, it's the hip. Playing ultimate last night I did an unnormal dive. Normally when I dive and am not landing back to my feet it is 'with speed' so that it's a horizontal leap more than a vertical and I slide across the ground when I do. In this case I turned quick, made a few steps and them jumped...Caught the disc...and fell like a sack of potatoes. Felt no pain during the game (of course) but this morning saw a very small bruise on the hip. I expect this will grow in the coming days and hopefully just be a hip pointer that heals full well unlike the rest. Damnit, I'm getting old and broken :( I'm sure a lot of it has to do with how I treat my body, but by the same token why can't I heal faster or permanently anymore. It really sucks. At this rate my body will have to be more than 60% artificial by the time I'm 35. As long as the rod and tackle are 100% all natural and function properly right??? :P |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 21,June,2004 | I was going to post a whole big thing about OM and why it's great, and what is not good about it and all the crazyness of travelling and driving on little/no sleep, but I'm tired. So I'm going to go to sleep shortly so I won't. But there will be a great big ol' post soon I think. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Lyrics from King Nothing by Metallica Music: King Nothing by Metallica Mood: Sore body parts, happy spirit Food: Trident Spicy Cinnamon gum |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 03,July,2004 | Wow! Wow Wow Wow Wow WOW! And one more WOW just for effect! If Wednesday and Thursday were a regular weekend, or I didn't book Friday off work, I would have been hurting severely on the 'Monday morning' going back. Tiger, KhatBleu, Little D and Paul came down from the T. and we had one HELL of a great Canada Day. There's a lot of it I don't want to tell, or can't formulate into words to be able to tell yet, but there's a lot of fun that can be told: I found a new place to live! Starting Aug 1st I'll be living above Rideau just off King Edward in a great one-bedroom apartment. It's got a HUGE shared balcony with 2 other one-bedroom apartments (with from what the landlord tells me two very nice women living in the other two). The building and street are very nice. The living room isn't LARGE, but I'll be able to have my computer desk, a (to be bought) love-seat and television setup in there plus some shelving. I expect I'll get rid of the white MDF wall-unit as it's just too big and not the right style towards what I want to have. The bedroom is pretty decent, maybe not as big as my current one, but when I take out the shelving in the bedroom it will have a better feel. Can't remember if the kitchen had a dishwasher or not, but definately a double-sink. The whole place feels like it has a lot of good light and being a 4-story building will be the right mix of people / quiet that I want. Ultimate Victory We won about 14 - 2. I really have to figure out what is wrong with my right wrist, left knee, right ankle because they are starting to affect how I play sports. Warming up I can throw a disc quite ok, but in the game I can't see to hit (#$*&. Atleast I can dive and catch the disc without any problems. We're now in 2nd place alone or maybe first depending on how things went with the other games. Random Friendships Peter & Dave stopped by Glenn's for a few drinks, brought some of their friends with them. Oddly enough J.C was one of them that knew Dave. Sing with me people: It's a small world, after all! It's a small world, after all! Atleast Coincidence Girl didn't know them as well ;P Fireworks Walk towards the King Edward bridge downtown and before you get onto the bridge there is an intersect to Sussex (I believe) and a very nice area that overlooks the water. We found GREAT space to sit and watch the fireworks, not crowded and maybe closer to where they were going off than overtop of the parliament with all it's throngs of people. Will remember that spot for next time. Dancing Machine After pitstopping at *G*'s apt, we went out to Zaphod's to meet up with *A* and dance up a storm. Aparently I had a whack-o-energy because I hardly left the dance floor. Those times when I did I'd have a little snack (tee-hee) and be ready to go again. Little D and I went upstairs for a while to watch a little entertainment. The girls were not so much dancing as crawling on the dance floor like writhin' slutty animals. It got to that point of getting the effect but only teasing it, saving the rest for the green room if you so chose to go there. When we came back down to Zaphod's it had an obvious effect on the cowpeople on the dance floor. Losing It! The longer you go, the harder you push, and the more you try to block it out, the harder it hits you when the walls break down. When we left Zaphods walking home, the darkness took hold and I went into another world. I'm not sure what the rest of the world saw but I didn't care. Eventually I found my friends again and then came home to sleep. Belaflecktoning Friday night I was very tired, even after a good 2 hour nap, but I still went out to see the banjo-jazz-stylings of BelaFleck and the Flecktones. Their bass guitarist was amazing, and Mr. Futuristic (I think?) had something called a drumitar? Make some funky sounds. Will search that one out on the interweb for more details. Domage I'm going to build the 25' geodesic dome for BM this year. Not sure where/how the fabric will come together, but I'll own a dome. Woot! Glenn & Tiger are gonna help build so July / August should have good efforts put towards making that happen. Little D seems to be taking on fabric creation. Woot! And for the second half of the weekend you ask? Camping in Calibogie with *K* and some Burner-friends. Maybe I'll actually get that MMMassage that has been about a year + in coming. It's been quite a while since *K* and I have had any real time together. This slow-building thing is very enjoyable but equally frustrating. Must post a re-print of the XPress sex column that I read the other night. Encapsulated with I learned from past relationships pretty well. $0.02 |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 30,June,2004 | I was at a bar - not sure who with really - but having a few beers none the less. We were also there to buy our tickets to urlLink Om Festival but didn't know what line-up to be in. So I went up to this guy and asked him if he knew which line was for tickets. He said he didn't know, but was looking to buy tickets too. Apparently as I backed away from him, I bumped into his girlfriend and he got all offended. I walked back to my buddy and was sitting beside another guy and a really hot girl was standing by the railing above us. The guy who was offended (We'll call him Joe ok) walks over to the girl and very intentionally bumps into her. She falls over the railing and - while she didn't die - was obviously very hurt. He looks at me with an 'oops' sort of face. I yell across the bar 'What do I care, that's not my girlfriend' So Joe is all pissed now. He walks down the stairs towards me, or rather towards the guy beside me (who I don't know) and gives him one massive, tongue-heavy kiss. He looks at me with a 'what-you-gonna-do-bout-that' look. I laugh my ass off and say, 'Oh darn, you kissed some random guy sitting beside me at a bar. I guess you didn't know I wasn't gay dumbass!' and walk away laughing with my friend out of the bar. And then I woke up! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 30,June,2004 | This one was weird...I was driving in my car with my old boss Penny and my friend Karin. We were driving to somewhere near Nevada which might make sense, but it wasn't for B.M. it was to go pitch some sort of development contract with the Department of Defense. We arrived all well and good, and went to their meet & great diner that evening. The only thing they were serving was strawberries with white or dark chocolate. The dream ended rather abruptly with all 3 of us running through the tunnels of this Area 51 style non-descript building to get back to my car (which had a rail gun attached side mount behind the drivers door). We got out ok and I woke up. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 30,June,2004 | Sunday night I wanted to be a 'quiet' night in after the weekend and I ended up coming home at 2AM after successfully quelching my desire for Strongbow (@ Highlander along with some very good scotch). Last night was going okay but I kept finding myself ordering Jager and Tequilla, then we hit the Dom for MEGA-MASSIVE quarts of 50 and didn't get home until much later than expected. Where is this desire to drink hard coming from? I'm playing enough sports and things that I'm already feeling weary tired on a regular basis for lack of sleep and yet I continue to push myself to do more. This summer has been great fun, but anything less than 'relaxing'. And then to top it off there's that little thing called Burning Man coming like a steam-engine freight train with no brakes on a track lubed with KY. Jamie wants a break, but can't break the cycle. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 28,June,2004 | It's no longer called toilet paper, it's bathroom tissue. Scott has it's PO box in Streetsville, ONT |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 27,June,2004 | Great weekend. In reverse chronological order: -I saw a rainbow this evening. -I saw my girl this evening for dinner -Packed up a messy tent and got the heck out of dodge -Drank a lot! -Lost a baseball game we should have won...I played reasonably well, jacked one homer and hit a lot of hard line drives, caught any ball hit in my direction. Unfortunately our team on the whole didn't hit well and we lost by 1 to a team probably was not as good as us. -Drank a bit. -Lost to a team that should have beat us and did. -Woke up in a deflated air mattress - got accused of having a vibrator in my tent. -Drank exceptional amounts -Played a good game of 1-pitch softball, we won by 14 or something. -Left to play in a 1-pitch softball tournament with Co, D-Rock and the I-Post gang. Will post a few pictures later this week, but it's Canada Day and that means lots of partying ;) Woot! Oh yeah, the title is in reference to me wearing my cowboy hat all weekend and the Campbells' Bay locals calling me 'John Wayne' for the duration. Was great, I've never had the chance to do a John Wayne accent in public pardner, but my response was to say 'That's John f*ckin' Wayne to you pardner'. Gold Jerry, Gold! The announcer girl, even announced 'Cowboy Jamie' up to bat after I had jacked my first homer. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 09,July,2004 | I was going to post that after beach volleyball last night on the drive home on the Canal between Hog's Back bridge and Bronson I saw 21 groundhog-type-creatures and that they were running rampant and letting ANYBODY into Carletoon U these days. But instead I have a better, real-life story: It's 5AM, little Jamie is happily sleeping in his bed - actually having a great dream about a huge house party and him involved in a smut-puddle-threesome on a bed in the living room (except the weird part is one girl had a mouth that kissed like a boat propeller under suction or something) - when his door opens and a rather sizeable man bellows 'You don't belong here!' Me: 'Wha?' Him: 'You don't belong here!' Me: 'Who are you?' Him: 'You have to go, you don't belong here!' Me: 'Man, I live here, I don't know who you are but YOU have to go' Him: 'I don't know what you think, but you have to leave.' Jamie's brain shakes the cobwebs out, turns on the light and sees a drunken unsteadily balanced vagrant standing in his doorway. First reaction - yell for roommate (drunken from the night before, still asleep, not much help). Second reaction - herd this piece of human chattle down the stairs in my residence he walked up to the front door...which I now see had been kicked in, dead-bolt lock still intact and part of the door frame lying on the floor. It's go time now Mendelbaum! Me: Get out of my house (and yell louder for other roommate to assist in situation) Him: Don't push me I'm drunk Me: I know you are, and you're in my house, now GET OUT! Him: Don't push me, you're the one who's not supposed to be here. He quickly, instead of leaving by the front door, walks down the hallway thru the kitchen and out the backdoor. Oooooh, I see, this is his personal playground is it. *grumble*. Turns out he just wanted to retrieve his vodka coolers that he had stole from the other place he broke into just around the corner from us which he was previously content to sit and drink on our back patio furniture. By the time we called the cops - who thanks to living in the downtown core of Ottawa were very prompt to respond with 2 or 3 cruisers from the area - he had vacated and I wasn't going to be having any kind of regular sleep for the next couple of hours. So yeah, how was your morning everybody? Ottawa peeps take note - Unrelated to this series of events, I'm moving out on/around Aug 1st from my current place to above Rideau St just off King Edward into Sandy Hill. 1-bedroom apartment with a huge patio on the top-floor of a 3-story home renoe'd to 8 apartments. Will give particulars to those interested when I'm moved in, but a decent house warming-party is in order I believe. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 08,July,2004 | If anybody has any contacts in the plumbing/electrical/building supply industries, please get in touch with me. For Burning Man this year, we are looking to build a 25' diameter (14' high) 5 frequency geodesic dome that looks like a giant cat head sitting on the playa. We need to buy 125 10' lengths of EMT in 3/4' diameter. Home Depot / Rona is selling it for $8 per tube which is slightly (ha!) beyond the budget we'd like to work with...If anybody knows where I could get that on the cheap that would be wonderful! Aparently: 'China's demand for steel has caused skyrocketing steel prices in the United States. A single, ten foot long piece of 3/4 inch steel EMT electrical conduit has tripled in price to nearly seven dollars. A ten-stick bundle is almost $70. It was just in the $20 range a few months ago.' |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 07,July,2004 | I seem to be lasting longer this attempt at blogging. It comes and goes depending on the tides of the moon and my energy (or lack thereof) to comment on things. Because anybody can read it I usually tone down the level of description on how I would really write things or how things really happened, compared to if it were a private journal, but in either case it still makes you wonder what you're writing for I guess. Here's something funny to read: http://www.teemings.com/extras/truelife/scylla6.html I think I had a few too many last night, I'm hurting this morning, errr afternoon. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 06,July,2004 | If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report. If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash. If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall, and your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse, then you may as well reboot it and go out with a bang, 'cause as sure as I'm a poet, that sucker's gonna hang. When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk, and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk, and you have to flash your memory and you want to RAM your ROM, quickly turn off your computer and be sure to tell your mom. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 05,July,2004 | A bunch of engineers are sitting around at a party, discussing the nature of the God, and who designed women. The mechanical engineer states that God must also be a mechanical engineer because 'if you look at all the pulleys and levers that drive the body, how the tendons and muscles and bones all work together, well, it's just amazing.' The chemical engineer says that no, God has to be a chemical engineer because 'if you look at all the chemical processes that drive the body, how the hormones and the brain and the glands and everything else all interact, well, it's just astounding.' The electrical engineer says that no, God has to be an electrical engineer because 'if you look at the circuitry of the body, how the thousands upon millions of nerve cells transmit signals from one part to another, well, it boggles the mind.' The civil engineer speaks up last of all and says, no, God is definitely a civil engineer, because 'only a civil engineer would run a sewer through a playground. ' And why do I feel so compelled to write this joke? Because as god as my witness I won't (for the rest of 2004) drink Tim Horton's hot chocolate again. It does very bad things to my sewer system :( |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 05,July,2004 | I just finished re-reading The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy...A pre-requisite since it's been a year (and the first time it was as an audio CD whilst travelling down the 401 so didn't get the full appreciation of it). I now continue on to reat The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, The Universe and Everything and So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (the 4 parts of a trilogy). Woot! I do believe a self-made shirt that says 'Hyperintelligent Pan-Dimensional Being' on the front and 'Would you care for a game of Brockian Ultra-Cricket?' could go over quite well on the playa. Not sure what I would use as an Ultra-Cricket bat..Maybe two very fuzzy foam covered stickets so that it's a good, soft, potentially long game? Also going to buy another Ultimate battery-powered disc and figure out some pylons that glow because from camping in Calabogie I KNOW those will go over very well in the desert. Hehehe, schedule midnight games on the open playa...Wouldn't that be high-larious. Okay - it's the guy in the blue elwire suit, with pink glo-stick girl and the man with the furry bright hat against me, that guy with rainbow sparklers and Mr. Glow-poi. Okay? Go! Of the Moments... Choice Quote: Say chap, fancy a game of Brockian Ultra-Cricket? Music: Trance'ish stuff off the web Mood: Irritable Food: Peach Iced Tea |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 17,July,2004 | Let's see what topics in my current state of mental well-being I can pick off from the list of 'promised' updates. Whether for whomever is out-there to read or for myself to alliterate is irrelevant - I blog because I blog. The good & bad about new & failed relationships I met a girl at a bar roughly 2.5 months ago and 'she picked me up'. After a few hit & miss telephone tag conversations we got in touch and the un-alcoholized conversations were as good as my memories of the alcoholized versions were. Although schedules massively conflicted, we dated for the better part of 2 months. Then there was a phone call. Maybe I got too comfortable too quickly? Maybe I wanted to see more there than was in reality? Who knows. I enjoyed the time and the short answer to 'what did Jamie learn about himself as a result' is that in this particular case he didn't share enough of himself (compared to past situations where he shared too much and got hurt too deeply) to maintain the level of interest between all parties involved. I can't decide if that's the good part or the bad part about it all. The bad part is that *sigh* again, it wasn't my decision as to whether things continued or not...Maybe it just takes me a little longer to decipher the unspoken clues? What to do for the desert this year? -Buy a pair of wild cat eye contact lenses to go with the.... -Buying & building of a 25' (14' high) geodesic dome that will look like a cat head when decorated -Work at ice camp -MORE COSTUMES - with 45 days left there's still lots of time but it feels like so little. -Travel @ night / @ day with more variety of people...It's not all about individualism. -Visit Montreal :) That's all for now boys and girls! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 15,July,2004 | Tonight was one of the more interesting ones. As I started to converse with friends and friends of friends, I began to realize that I was the exception rather than the rule. My sexual preference of 'straight' was not in the majority. And yet, strangely, it was a happy-go-lucky experience to converse and share the moments where that was the case. Everyone (save maybe myself) was comfortable when we left Paddy Bowlen's (and a particularily bad band butchering classic songs) and went to 'The Lookout'. I had never gone there previously, but my impressions from the outside were always that it was a relatively happening place. Lots of people on the balcony and relatively un-Top40 music blasting out from the insides. While I left there feeling generally satisfied, in part because of the one lesbian girl of our group with whom I gathered a good repore and inquissitiveness as to whether L might be better described as B, the actual internals of the bar were quite surprising. Dark painted walls, minimal decoration, and a DJ (unfortunately) that couldn't suspend disbelief that I was at a 'gay bar'. I've never claimed to be anything more than tolerant to people of other sexual preferences, and yet I have always enjoyed the few experiences I have shared with such persons. Following a rather strange e-mail earlier today about that particular topic as it relates to threesomes (the default male stereotype that 2F + 1M = ideal and 1F + 2M = wrong) tonight was an interesting continuation of internalized thought processes. In the end, I can say that I enjoyed the times that I had, and definately want to converse with the friends of friends I met tonight more. The saying goes....'Not that there's anything wrong with that' but it might be more appropriate to say ' Not that there's anything wrong with that, but if you haven't experienced the situation then you don't have grounds to speak' Excuse me while I kiss the sky! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 15,July,2004 | Dear people of earth, If you could kindly stop all the noise that has been happening this morning I would greatly appreciate it. There is a very severe throbbing going on in my head currently - possibly due to an overconsumption of alcohol within the last 24 hours - but results are inconclusive. I followed standard hang-over minimization procedures (greasy breakfast food before going to bed (Mello's), small greasy breakfast in the morning (work cafe), sit on the toilet reading for atleast 1/2 hour, drink lots of water) but this pounding still persists. I am now of the belief that people are MAKING TOO DAMNED MUCH NOISE for it to receed. So if you could kindly BE QUIET! Thank you. Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'Girls rock your boys' Music: That song...Come on feel the noise? Mood: Happy Go Lucky with a dash of whimsy Food: Pizza for lunch....again. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 14,July,2004 | More to come later... -The good & bad about new & failed relationships -Why good friends are great -How to talk openly and yet keep important details private -Where does Jamie want to go from here? -What to do for the desert this year? -Ink philosophies -How to remove drama from your life? -So Long & Thanks For All The Fish - Most Anti-Climactic Book Ever? |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 22,July,2004 | 17 H 17 - It doesn't matter if it's a climb, a time trial or a sprint, Lance is unstoppable this year. He has just taken the lead away from Kloden in the closing 25 meter of the 204.5km 17th stage.We await confirmation of the minor places but it seems that Ullrich was third, Basso fourth and Landis fifth. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 21,July,2004 | The link is a great story about one smooth negotiator back in the days of NBA / ABA merger netting himself one cool as a cucumber contract with cash for life. FANTASTIC! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 20,July,2004 | I've always had a strange affinity to watching the tour, but never really had opportunity because of working and time zone differences, etc. The Outdoor Life Network has finally done coverage of the event properly. Their website (linked in title) has radio broadcast live of the event, up-to-the-minute statistical reports on the page and 4 or 5 commentator reports after each stage event. While it's not the same as watching it on tv - which they are also showing all live coverage each day - it is almost better because you have to imagine the riders charging up the mountain. From Greg Lemonde to Miguel Indurain now to Lance - it's one of the few sports left which still have 'dynasties' as it were. The Yankees buy their way to competitiveness, the Lakers had the makings of one again but there was too much drama. While there is drama and controversy surrounding Lance, the first question people ask is still 'Can he win?' not 'How did he win?'. Maybe because it's in Europe and the North American culture hasn't sucked all the life out of it yet, the same as World Cup Soccer still has an air of authenticity about it...Minus the dives. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 20,July,2004 | Mike may be one of the most insane people I know - I'll leave the question of certifiability to the proper authoratai - but he's also shown me some of the BEST ideas anybody in the history of this universe. And so I present for your viewing pleasure - Kelvinball in Calabogie :P Click the link in the title to download the 33 meg .zip file file of the .avi of a video of Mike & I playing Kelvinball. The background commentary is from the 'grumpy old men' who were playing their own game of Bucket o' Beer. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 30,July,2004 | Went on the Ottawa Sport & Social Club boat cruise last night with Becky. Other than beers being over priced @ $5 for the plastic cup worth you got, it was quite a good time. By the time we got off the boat the binge caught up with me and I went straight to la-la-land and home to sleep. Have decided I must buy that Loblaw's BBQ because it's got a HUGE grillspace and looks awesome. Andrew - no domestication comments required, it's all about the fire this time ;) Of the Moments... Choice Quote: 'Hey little sister where did you go?' Music: White Wedding Mood: Hurtin' |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 28,July,2004 | You have new dimensions and rooms to play with. During my lunch hour today I made a photoshop 'to-scale' model of the new apartment, and model-sized versions of my furniture. So I can see what the room layout might look like with the bed here, the table there, etc before I get there and then I know where I want stuff to go. As people who used to live with me know, about once every 3 months I'm destined to try a new room layout. Not sure what chemical reaction in my body causes it, but almost like clockwork. My current room really had no options for alternate layouts so never felt the overwhelming compulsion to change it. New room is a proper 'rectangle' that can be played with anew. |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 27,July,2004 | It's summer, give me a break. There's 30 days or less until leaving for the playa, give me a break. I'm moving within the next calendar month to a new place, give me a break. All things considered I think the fact that I'm remembering that I'm not updating my blog compares admirably with how I've done in the past. With things being as busy as they are my brain hasn't had a lot of time to think about things which I usually enjoy blogging about so even if I were posting it wouldn't be very blogworthy reading I guess. Noticing more of my friends are on livejournal rather than blogger.com I can't as easily post on their journals and they on mine as they can within their little LJ community so I feel left out. The fact that 95% of said peoples are all living in Toronto exacerbates that sit-ye-ation. *shrug* This weekend will see first attempt at principle construction of the Camptario dome. 14' tall, 25' wide, hundreds of pounds filled with pride, CAMPTARIO!!! Will post a completed book with me on top after the long weekend. If work requires me to come in on Saturday or Sunday I will be only slightly more than pissed. Monday afternoon I could deal with, but not prime dome-building time. Back to grindstone so that don't be the case! |
1,209,241 | male | 25 | Government | Virgo | 03,August,2004 | Burning Man is coming! Like a freight train in the night with no brakes coming around a sharp bend downhill....Burning Man is coming! I'm not even close to ready yet, are you? I think this weekend could have been called the mini-est of mini-burns, but it was still a great long weekend. It called for rain all weekend, but there was only one quick thundershower on Saturday afternoon. With Tiger, Tim, Mike and I plus occasional assistance from Karin, Luis, Paris we got the dome assembled in under 10 hours work - with stops for food, drink, drink, drink. Somehow ended up missing 4 struts, but dome was stable enough to climb, hang things, etc. Would have been made tremendously easier if we had an 8' ladder which we will for the playa. Pictures to be posted later today. Sunday night we concocted a very low-effort Calabogieman to burn - Mmmmmmm kerosene smell :) I did a little firespinning and firebreathing and then Mike - steadily moving up the ranks of the most wonderful yet craziest people I know list - created one weird game. He & Tiger filled balloons with air / butane and tied them to strings through a little path. We used 'ammunition' aka fireworks to set them off in one section of the course and on the other croquet mallets and flaming rolls of toilet paper. The hardest part was when the bottle rockets went off b/c of the T.P you didn't see them coming but they made the really loud noise. Fun and hilarity. Monday I set an alarm for 7:15, dragged myself into the lake, then into the car to drive home. Sleep for about an hour, wake up and shower then in to work for 10:30 on a holiday to finish off the knowledge transfer to have the title 'BUILDMASTER' (the guy who pushes the files to where they need to be in the test environment through automated scripts with a funny title). Back to Calabogie by 5pm to find....the dome hasn't even started to be disassembled. Another 4 or 5 hours later we're eating meat sticks and having one last beer before the trek back to city. The dome is awesome! Once we sort out the fabric (this week) we'll re-test-build this weekend in a park across the street and make sure it fits to spec. We got placed on the 9:00 plaza for BM this year! This is a great spot because it gives us power, is really easy to find as the city dissassembles itself / builds up space, is in a good middle ground as far as loud areas / quiet sleep space, closeness to centercamp b/c it's only 2 or 3 roads in from Esplanade (anything non-registered will be atleast 4 or 5) yet far out that walks in to center camp will be explorations if desired. Oh yeah, and it gives us power for lights, small sound system, blenders, etc. We now really have to make sure this theme camp goes off well so next year we can get as good / better space. Get the keys to my new apt this evening :) WEEEEEEEE!!!! |
3,544,723 | female | 25 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,May,2004 | Something horrible happened...Jell-O died... Woke up at 6:30am and fed Jell-O before heading off to urlLink Tai Fu Tai Mansion . I was getting ready while he was eating in the room energetically waging his little tail. Knowing that I wouldn't be home until late, I've decided to leave him in the room so he can walk around and play w/ his toys. What a big mistake... When I got home, I went straight to the room to check on him and see if he's hungry. I was shocked when I saw him lying on the floor lifeless. There were puke spots all over the room and it was obvious that he had been barfing the whole time. I was horrified! I kept calling his name without getting any response from him whatsoever. I touched him only to find that his little body has hardened. Staring at him helplessly for an hour or so, I've accepted the fact that he had died. I kept looking for cues that had caused his death. After examining the room, I’ve come to the conclusion that he had probably consumed some dry cleansing agent and drank some liquid cleanser that were placed behind a white broad. I didn't even know those products were in the room since a white broad was lying in the front. Only if I knew... There was nothing I could do, except to slowly wrap him up with his little towel and put him in a box. I brought the box over to my frd and asked him to dispose Jell-O. I didn't wanna know how and where he’s gonna do it. I couldn't do it myself...it's simply too cruel. Jell-O's a super cute and obedient toy pom that's really hard to find...so sad...even my mom loves him, which is rare since she doesn't like dogs that much. Superstitiously speaking, she said Jell-O had blocked sth awful that might happen to me. But whenever I think of the way he looked when he died gives me major heartache. Poor little baby...Mommy will always love you and miss you... |
3,544,723 | female | 25 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,May,2004 | urlLink More Tracy Gotta show you off ya know!! Becky : Happy Birthday! |
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