Old I Say Thee Nay!

Ice and the Eliminator

2007-08-23T20:17:00.001-04:00

This is the most important news ever.

...I'm probably not gonna end up watching it.

Well, nerts 2: Nerts weller

2007-05-11T20:49:00.000-04:00

This is bad because the sheer number of injuries might give the Blue Jays a reason NOT to fire John Gibbons, even if the Jays lose their next four. Plus, they may win their game tonight - it's 2-1 for the Jays in the 6th against the Devil Rays - so my hopes of lucky loss #13 getting Gibbons fired may have to be put on hold indefinitely anyways.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the ONLY time during the season in which they are allowed to lose thirteen games in a row. And ONLY in service of the Greater Good.

Well, nerts.

2007-05-10T22:51:00.001-04:00

@#*$@(%@*%#!@98&@(**(&*$((#%&$(*&&$*(%(#$*&%$(*&#$(*!!!!!!!!!!!

Them's Fightin' Words(?)

2007-03-05T10:25:00.000-05:00

Here's a quote taken from Sports Illustrated's Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column today: "Chris Simms didn't lose his starting job last year. Chris Simms lost his spleen.''

It's a quote from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager about one of their quarterbacks. It sounds cocky and disrespectful - "Simms was so bad, he lost a body part!" And while the use of spleen instead of heart, or guts, or any one of the typical sporting story parts, could cause you to raise an eyebrow, it also makes the speaker seem that much more indignant with him.

Except.

Chris Simms was hit so hard during a game his spleen ruptured. And he finished the game. What seems to be an insult is revealed to be a vote of confidence in Simms's ability to lead the Buccaneer's offense. It's the kind of wordplay I love to see, even if it wasn't really clear to the original speaker (something which may not be the case; general managers tend to be pretty well educated).

Sunday Night Predictions Follow-up

2007-02-02T23:19:00.000-05:00

So a couple of posts ago (aka, a couple of months ago) I tried to predict the Monday Night games. How did I do?

Week 12: Chicago @ New England - Philadelphia @ Indianapolis. At least McNabb wasn't in it, to teach NBC a lesson about not doing what I say.

Week 13: NY Jets @ Green Bay - Seattle @ Denver. Fox didn't keep it. Ah well.

Week 14: Baltimore @ Kansas City - New Orleans @ Dallas. Another game I must've thought Fox would keep. Or I missed seeing it on the schedule entirely. Or I had no faith in Dallas. Which are all really dumb reasons for going with Baltimore and KC over Sean Peyton's return to Dallas.

Week 15: Philadelphia @ NY Giants - San Diego @ Kansas City. Division match up I shoulda seen coming, but I picked Kansas City the week before. Next time I try this? Assume previous picks don't matter.

Week 16: Holiday, there ain't one - For a second there I was looking at Monday when there were two games. Thankfully this is Sunday Night Football. So I was right for one week, even if that's because I read it off the NFL's schedule.

Week 17: Carolina @ New Orleans - Green Bay @ Chicago. Carolina wasn't still fighting, and NBC got N'awlins at Dallas, so it went to my second choice. I'm still wrong, because I thought Carolina had more fight in it then it turned out to.

So I was 0 for 5. Just means I won't be putting money on this kind of stuff if I go to Vegas. Just picks against the spread.

Merry Christmas! Here's a personality test

2006-12-25T01:43:00.000-05:00

You are a
Social Liberal
(76% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(15% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Whoops.

2006-11-13T19:29:00.000-05:00

I am just that awesome.

How did I manage to not even mention Eagles @ Colts? Cripes. I mean, it's the only appropriate Colts game for the rest of the god damn season. Indy - Jacksonville may be between two good teams, but the Jags, sadly, don't have enough credit stored up with the pubilc despite the fact they always seem to play the Colts tough. Miami could turn it around for week 17, but I hope they don't and refuse to admit that they could.

Sunday Night Football Predictions!

2006-11-13T00:11:00.000-05:00

Actual scores or anything? No! Thanks the the NFL's new Flex Schedule, I'm gonna make an attempt to predict which games will be shown on Sunday Nights. This is week 10, Chicago @ NY Giants (which Chicago won 38-20); week 11 is San Diego @ Denver. The schedule can be found here, and one of the games from each remaining week will be moved. I may be missing out on some crazy big rules (although the only one I found was that CBS and Fox can protect up to 5 games, one per week for each network), but we'll give it a shot.

Week 12: Chicago @ New England
This is as close to a no-brainer as I can get; only potential monkeywrench is Fox saying "No." Then maybe New Orleans @ Atlanta, although Atlanta @ New Orleans was a Monday nighter, so Pittsburgh @ Baltimore is another possibility. (Sidenote - awful double header this week, Oakland @ San Diego. Anyone up for a late matinee at the movies on Sunday, November 26th?)

Week 13: NY Jets @ Green Bay
Madden loves Favre, and if the Pack can pull off another win, they're at .500 and in contention for an NFC Wildcard (shock & awe!); and I think Fox is going to keep Seattle @ Denver. Minnesota @ Chicago is also kicking around, if CBS wants this particular game that bad (which is unlikely).

Week 14: Baltimore @ Kansas City
They've got San Diego @ Denver already, what's the likelihood they'd do Denver @ San Diego? Kansas City is a great atmosphere and will put up a fight at home against the Ravens. Plus, CBS will have a crapload of division games they can broadcast.

Week 15: Philadelphia @ NY Giants
Admittedly a hard sell in a week where Fox may not have anything coming even close to matching a division game for their largest markets, but that is exactly why the NFL and NBC would kill to have this game; and it is definitely the marquee match up for the weel. Could also end up something dumb, like Tampa Bay @ Chicago, I suppose. A lot of bad teams playing good (or mediocre) teams this week, so it's the hardest to pick with the rules being what they are.

Week 16: Holiday, there ain't one.

Week 17: Carolina @ New Orleans
Carolina's still fighting, and may be for a division title; and New Orleans may have a chance at the 2-seed in the NFC. Plus - last chance at phat New Orleans Home Game Ratings cash. Atlanta @ Philadelphia, St Louis @ Minnesota, and Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati are sitting around too ('course, St Louis and Minnesota don't exactly fill me with confidence these days). A lot in week 17 depends on how many races are decided after week fifteen; it'll be Green Bay @ Chicago for old times' sake if things have basically run their course. They really get to play up the NFL's history that way, and interview that one guy who's been to every Chicago/Green Bay game for the last million years.

Things could happen, teams could start to suck and all this could be thrown outta whack. Any given Sunday and all that. We'll see how this works out.

I <3 Tom Jackson

2006-09-12T12:34:00.000-04:00

Of course, Jen, whom I dated back in first year, would have hated this. (Give us a shout if you're out there, though!)

And he did apologize.

Deepak Chopra and Grant Morrison: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Super-heroes

2006-07-26T10:29:00.000-04:00


Virgin Comics presents literary icons Deepak Chopra (How to Know God and co-founder of Virgin Comics) and Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman) in a far-ranging discussion about Dark Knights, Devis, and the development of tomorrow's mythologies in this special Comic-Con exclusive event. Just so I can watch this when I've got time.

If I Go Crazy...

2006-06-09T21:27:00.000-04:00

Superman isn't gay.

But I'm gay for Superman.

Why Did You Shoot Rosemary?

2006-06-09T10:24:00.000-04:00

I mean, come on. Is this really -- really -- the way you want to brand your dog food? Won't your kids get paranoid? I can see it now:
"Mommy, is Fido sick?"
"No dear, eat your breakfast."
"But I saw the movie, and the dogfood says..."
And then the kid bursts into tears.

Or maybe it's extra delicious. A kinda last meal thing for your soon-to-be-departed family pet. That or it's made of chunks of famous dog.

via the Beat

Tomorrow's June Now?

2006-05-31T21:47:00.000-04:00

All right, let's get a post in before May's over:

Rabbit Season

2006-04-11T22:42:00.000-04:00

Look at the size of this thing! Good lord.

CDs

2006-04-10T21:03:00.000-04:00

Create your own Music List @ HotFreeLayouts!

A Brand New Week

2006-04-10T18:07:00.000-04:00

I'll mostly be working and doing something along these lines, although hopefully slightly more productive.

mourir

2006-04-07T01:23:00.000-04:00

When my father calls in the middle of the afternoon, it's never good news.

A few weeks ago, my Aunt Caroline was diagnosed with cancer. A bad kind. A kind that, I'm told, wouldn't respond to radiation or chemotherapy. The only option was to cut it out of the blood vessel in her leg. Earlier this week she felt ill. My Uncle Nick took her to the hospital, just in case. They ran some tests, and found out that it was too late to do a damn thing; the tumour was too big. On April 6, 2006, she passed away.

My dad rambled. I couldn't hear, I was just about to start my shift at work and it just sounded like everywhere there was so much noise. I probably have the details wrong. Maybe the whole story I just told is complete crap, except (deeply, truly sadly) for the important bit. I feel numb. Maybe it just hasn't hit me yet. Maybe keeping away from it is why I've thrown myself headfirst into Major League Baseball minutae, which I haven't cared at all for in more than a decade. I don't know. I'm worried about my dad, and especially my grandmother. I'll see them soon. I'm hoping they're taking it as well as they can. Those words seem so empty right now; but I don't know what else I can say.

My dad said he was "sorry to tell me this way." For a split second, "How else could you tell me?" rolled through my mind. It has taken me until now, ten-and-a-half hours after, to realize that this was just something he never wanted to have to tell anyone. And who could blame him?

We'll miss you, Aunt Caroline, and we'll always love you.

B Sides the Fallen (That's a Pun)

2006-03-27T10:13:00.000-05:00

I love Lindsay Wells.

(and a much less direct link)

I Want These Mother------- Snakes Off the Mother------- Plane!

2006-03-23T11:49:00.000-05:00

Because I love it:

Get your copy of the player here

The Infinite Sadness

2006-02-28T15:53:00.000-05:00

Older and wiser, as they say. You know what the fastest selling debut in UK history is? The Arctic Monkey's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the band having accomplished the feat about a month ago. They also racked up three awards at Britain's NME Awards. They're touring with Oasis, with tickets sold out in Toronto, at least (and beyond what I could afford anyways). The frontman, Alex Turner, is 20 years old. I'm 24, but then I'm not a musician. My dad always jokes he should have forced me into some kind of sport; I think he'd have been better off making me take guitar lessons.

Scott Pilgrim is 23 years old, the same age I was when I bought the first manga-style volume in the comic series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (O'Malley is 27.) I was living a similar kind of existence at the time, only I don't have a gay roommate and I was still in school. And I'm not in a band. And I've never lived in accommodations so poor. (Accommodations is a weird word, isn't it? That's the correct spelling, but it bothers me thoroughly.) What I mean to say is, Scott Pilgrim is a character I immediately identified with. He's finding his place in the world. The band he's in is called Sex Bob-Omb, which reflects the tone of the book - a coming-of-age romance within a Nintendo-world reality. Scott Pilgrim plays the guitar.

Game I've been playing a lot recently, especially multiplayer? Madden NFL 06 for XBox. Hah! Tricked you! Not that I don't love Guitar Hero, it's just that I've reached a plateau in my skill level - I never seem to get any better at it. If only I had gotten those guitar lessons.

I *do* have a computer science degree. Such things just got me a trip to Santa Barbara, California for a job interview. There was a technical evaluation - I got a problem they wanted a solution for, and I was to code it in C++ over the next few hours. Sadly, I was too rusty to complete the task in a way which satisfied me; too many tricks on what I could've done came to me over the next couple of days. But they paid for margarita pitchers, so even if they don't want me it wsn't a complete loss.

We meet Scott Pilgrim with the announcement "Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler!" It's a tempting situation at times, but almost always too transitory to be worth it. Pilgrim quickly moves on from the high schooler Knives Chau to the effervescent Ramona Flowers. Ramona and Scott confront each other's past loves not by talking it out with one another, but rather through Street Fighter-esque combat with the ex. The exemplar is the climactic battle of the first book between Scott and Matthew Patel, Ramona's seventh grade boyfriend. Ramona gets in on the act in the second book, and Scott takes on yet another ex-boyfriend. The next book is The Infinite Sadness. What's most sad about it? "Volume 3 is late. The team of artists here at Scott Pilgrim International are still hard at work drawing it and making it perfect for your reading pleasure. As soon as it is ready, we will give you a release date and an official picture of the cover." So what we have here is a touch of impatience from me - I don't want to wait for what has quickly become my favorite comic.

The focus behind Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is not cigarettes, as you would think from looking at the disc art, a black and white photograph of a large pile of cigarette butts. Nor is it the long titles labelling the songs on the album (The shortest being "Riot Van", the longest "You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me". They tend towards the latter more than the former). Rather, it is an eminently danceable CD, a rough cacaphony where an Oasis or a Franz Ferdinand possesses a well manicured beat. There's nothing great on there, the closest probably being the single "I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor," but it is uniformly quite a pleasing album. It is become recommended.

What comes now is the waiting game: I should hear from the people in Santa Barbara by early next week. After that comes the decision making, although I already have an idea how that may go.

previously:
Teenage Punk Girls Like My Shoes - tequila, girls named Alison, dinner with a friend, and Louis XIV (the band, not the king)

Ah, Friendship

2006-02-28T01:49:00.000-05:00

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Originally uploaded by CapeMonkey.

Yeah, he missed me.

Flying Away

2006-02-23T09:22:00.000-05:00

Hi, Ben
Originally uploaded by CapeMonkey.

I'm off to visit my buddy Ben here in between job interview bits. I'll be back in Waterloo Sunday or Monday.

Warding Off the Wolf

2006-02-14T12:20:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow sounds like it was a helluva lot more fun than today, regardless of whom you get to spend today with.

In the Criminal Justice System...

2006-02-07T15:40:00.000-05:00

...Happy Valentine's Day! (a week early)

Superbowl XL

2006-01-23T19:39:00.000-05:00

Once again, beer and football is upon us - Superbowl XL is on February 5th, with kickoff at 6:30 PM from Detroit, Michigan. Feel free to come on over before then and see the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Seattle Seahawks! There will be drinking and food. If you need directions, gimme a call or drop me an e-mail.

See you then!

Where To Find Me In the New Year

2005-12-31T18:08:00.000-05:00

- At my home here in Waterloo, and other places around town
- St Catharines, from time to time
- Future Shop, in my black-shirt-and-khakis
- Santa Barbara, California for at least one weekend
- Parts Unknown, wherein our Hero discovers his Destiny

Coincidence?

2005-12-28T10:24:00.000-05:00

My parent's stove and computer monitor are both giving up the ghost at about the same time while I'm at Future Shop. How weird (and conveeeenient for my parents) is that?

Anyways, I hope everyone had a good set of holidays, and enjoy the days off they have remaining to them.

'Tis the Season

2005-12-10T09:14:00.000-05:00

As cool as it is to watch once, living near this guy would put the spirit of murder in me.

Trust me, I know of what I speak. I have to listen to Christmas music at work all day, fer chrissakes.

Giants win!

2005-11-28T21:52:00.000-05:00

Jeremy Shockey is the loud mouth tight end for the New York football Giants. Here he is celebrating as the kicker for the Giants, Jay Feely, lines up for the winning field goal at the end of the fourth quarter.

And here's the final score of THAT game.

Mario Kart DS Friend Code

2005-11-17T23:06:00.000-05:00

Let's not be subtle about this. Do I know you? Do you have Mario Kart for Nintendo DS? Add my friend code, namely
017239 460192
So we's can play over thar intarwebs. See you on the race course.

Harry Potter: Last Son of Krypton

2005-11-10T00:49:00.000-05:00

I must now see Harry Potter opening night. I MUST!

Longest Yard

2005-11-07T22:27:00.000-05:00

Monday Night Football is on TV; Colts are up on the Patriots 21 to 7. That's not what I wanted to mention.

Nor is the biggest story of the weekend, this guy.

Here's the best story of the week: two cheerleaders arrested for having sex in a bathroom. "With who?" you ask, as did Raymond yesterday: why, with each other, of course. And then one went ahead and gave a fake name. "What do they look like?" You cheeky bastards. Fortunately, someone else did the digging in the Google cache, which means that I don't have to.

And now it's time for the halftime highlights - "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it."

Career Day

2005-11-03T23:42:00.000-05:00

Yes, I work at Future Shop in Waterloo. I have accepted seasonal employment as an entertainment associate. I put out the stock of DVDs and such, and I actually like it a lot. No, I have yet to give up on getting a computer science job; if I had, I wouldn't be flying out to California for another round of interviews. Microsoft said no; we'll see how this company works out.

Semicolons rock.

None of the Above

2005-11-02T14:41:00.000-05:00

Curtis, you so craaaaazy...

Seriously though, now I'm messed up for good.

Dollah Dollah

2005-10-27T18:47:00.000-04:00

My blog is worth $564.54.
How much is your blog worth?

Love Doctor

2005-10-20T13:31:00.000-04:00

Hooray! If only February 14th was today...

Admin

2005-10-17T03:06:00.000-04:00

Sidebar update: Things I do that involve the intarwebs, if you're interested in that sort of thing - pictures, which probably isn't too surprising considering I've used it before, and music, which is just a cool thing.

In a Cellar, Past the Panther

2005-10-12T12:13:00.000-04:00

This is why the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would not work quite the way it does on the radio/in the book/on TV/in the movie.

Job Hunting

2005-10-01T23:56:00.000-04:00

You wanna know what's crazy? My first job interview is gonna be with these guys. I figured I'd at least have to pull some strings with the people I knew there to pull something like that off. Who says the career fair is a waste of time?

Hmm. I guess I'm gonna get that haircut in the next couple of days.

Block

2005-09-22T21:46:00.000-04:00

Some days I wish I knew what I wanted to say.

Wonder Woman

2005-09-21T19:53:00.000-04:00

I read this today - an article by Michael Medved from USA Today about why movies starring women as action stars flop: the claim he makes is that "Public rejection of such fare reflects the deep-seated refusal to accept trendy notions that women match men in brute and violent tendencies."

Of course, the movies he uses as proof are pieces of trash - Stealth, Elektra, and Catwoman. Stealth even has two male cast members backing up Jessica Biel - Jamie Foxx and Josh Lucas. Why not mention Fantastic Four, which just has an extra male protagonist? I guess the one hundred and twenty million more dollars Fantastic Four made over Stealth (Box office totals are found in the left sidebar on those Rotten Tomatoes pages) would kinda kill his message.

He mentions but glosses over the success of Kill Bill, Tomb Raider, and Mr and Mrs Smith. Even though Tomb Raider got poor reviews, it made a ton of money simply by NOT BEING ABSOLUTE CRAP like the three bombs. All of this just makes me wonder - why even bother writing the article?

Older and Wiser

2005-09-21T19:35:00.000-04:00

Older: My birthday was on the 14th. I am now twenty-four.
Wiser: On October 22nd, the University of Waterloo will be giving me a piece of paper which will state that I am a Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours Computer Science.

All this really means is that I am looking for a job - income is my friend. There is little to report on that front, beyond some promising leads. I'll post when that pays off, unless the lottery tickets pay off first, in which case I'll be too busy playing with paper airplanes made of thousand-dollar bills.

PSP Post!

2005-08-24T09:02:00.000-04:00

Yes, it's finally happened. And yes, the text entry is still cell phone style, even though I can come up with a couple of better ways. Both still suck.

Like Old Times

2005-08-23T16:16:00.000-04:00

Quiz again. Ha! Don't worry, I'll have a post that actually talks about me through some manner other than silly quizes and what music I listened to half a decade ago.

You are the Fourth Doctor: A walking Bohemian
conundrum with a brooding personal magnetism
and a first-rate intellect concealed somewhere
beneath your charmingly goofy exterior. You are
perhaps the most terribly clever of all the
Doctors, though your occasional bouts of
childishness get you in trouble. You never go
looking for a fight, but when someone messes
with you... good heavens, are they ever sorry
they did.

Which Incarnation of the Doctor Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

The BBC's Christmas special can't come soon enough for my tastes.

Some Crazy Ass Music thing

2005-08-22T21:56:00.000-04:00

I saw this on another blog. It looked like fun, so....

A. Go to http://www.musicoutfitters.com.
B. Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function.
B+. From Mark: pick the top 100 songs outta the search results. It doesn't need saying, but for completeness's sake, I'm adding it in.
C. Bold for the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorite. Do nothing to the ones you don't remember (or don't care about).

The year was 2000, the list is:
1. Breathe, Faith Hill
2. Smooth, Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
3. Say My Name, Destiny's Child
4. I Wanna Know, Joe
5. Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon
6. Maria Maria, Santana Featuring The Product G&B
7. Bent, Matchbox Twenty
8. Amazed, Lonestar
9. I Knew I Loved You, Savage Garden
10. He Wasn't Man Enough, Toni Braxton
11. Higher, Creed
12. .Try Again, Aaliyah
13. There You Go, Pink
14. ~~Thong Song, Sisqo~~
15. Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down (Could you possible expect a different answer here?)
16. Jumpin Jumpin', Destiny's Child
17. What A Girl Wants, Christina Aguilera
18. Doesn't Really Matter, Janet
19. Music, Madonna (Shut up. It's catchy)
20. Back At One, Brian McKnight
21. ~~Bye Bye Bye, 'N Sync~~
22. You Sang To Me, Marc Anthony
23. I Need To Know, Marc Anthony
24. Get It On Tonite, Montell Jordan
25. Incomplete, Sisqo
26. I Try, Macy Gray
27. ~~It's Gonna Be Me, 'N Sync~~
28. That's The Way It Is, Celine Dion
29. (Hot S**T) Country Grammar, Nelly
30. Bring It All To Me, Blaque
31. ~~Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely, Backstreet Boys~~
32. Hot Boyz, Missy Elliott Featuring Nas, EVE & Q-Tip
33. Back Here, BBMak
34. It Feels So Good, Sonique
35. Absolutely (Story Of A Girl), Nine Days (Did they ever do anything else?)
36. With Arms Wide Open, Creed (Yes, I like Creed. Not enough to ever listen to them, but enough to acknowledge it)
37. ~~Be With You, Enrique Iglesias~~ (Was this the Anna Kournikova video? 'cause I like the video.)
38. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You), Christina Aguilera
39. No More, Ruff Endz
40. All The Small Things, Blink 182
41. The Way You Love Me, Faith Hill
42. I Turn To You, Christina Aguilera
43. Never Let You Go, Third Eye Blind
44. I Need You, LeAnn Rimes
45. Thank God I Found You, Mariah Carey Featuring Joe & 98 Degrees
46. Let's Get Married, Jagged Edge
47. My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston
48. Then The Morning Comes, Smash Mouth
49. Blue (Da Ba Dee), iffel 65 (Although I hated it then)
50. Desert Rose, Sting Featuring Cheb Mami
51. The Real Slim Shady, Eminem
52. Most Girls, Pink
53. Wifey, Next
54. Wonderful, Everclear
55. Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney Spears (Again, shut up. Would you believe that I'm drunk? No? Damn.)
56. ~~I Wanna Love You Forever, Jessica Simpson~~
57. ~~Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche ), 98 Degrees~~
58. Take A Picture, Filter (I DO feel like I SHOULD remember this, though)
59. Otherside, Red Hot Chili Peppers
60. ~~Big Pimpin', Jay-Z Featuring UGK~~
61. Purest Of Pain (A Puro Dolor), Son By Four
62. He Can't Love U, Jagged Edge
63. Separated, Avant
64. I Wish, Carl Thomas
65. U Know What's Up, Donell Jones
66. Faded, SoulDecision Featuring Thrust
67. ~~Only God Knows Why, Kid Rock~~
68. Shake Ya Ass, Mystikal (I don't know why)
69. Bag Lady, Erykah Badu
70. Meet Virginia, Train
71. Party Up (Up In Here), DMX
72. Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do), Mya
73. Forget About Dre, Dr. Dre Featuring Eminem
74. That's The Way, Jo Dee Messina
75. Swear It Again, Westlife
76. The Next Episode, Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg
77. ~~From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears~~ (Am I redeemed? No? Dammit.)
78. Crash And Burn, Savage Garden
79. Yes!, Chad Brock
80. The Best Day, George Strait
81. How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
82. Where I Wanna Be, Donell Jones
83. My Best Friend, Tim McGraw
84. ~~Broadway, Goo Goo Dolls~~
85. Dance With Me, Debelah Morgan
86. Don't Think I'm Not, Kandi
87. I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack & Sons Of The Desert
88. Better Off Alone, Alice Deejay
89. What'chu Like, Da Brat Featuring Tyrese
90. Cowboy Take Me Away, Dixie Chicks
91. I Like It, Sammie
92. 24/7, Kevon Edmonds
93. Girl On TV, LFO
94. Bounce With Me, Lil Bow Wow Featuring Xscape
95. What About Now, Lonestar
96. I Don't Wanna, Aaliyah
97. Independent Women Part I, Destiny's Child (Charlie's Angels! Whoo!)
98. Shackles (Praise You), Mary Mary
99. ~~Waiting For Tonight, Jennifer Lopez~~
100. Gotta Tell You, Samantha Mumba

The only song I liked then that I don't now is that Goo Goo Dolls song. What've they been doing? Anything? Ah well. A lot I don't know, although I recognize the performers now; through the end of high school I listened to a lot of HTZ FM. It was local and played things like Rob Zombie and Metallica and AC/DC. I still love AC/DC, while hating the other two. Fun station. They played some not-hard rock stuff, which I still enjoy - but hard rock Mark died when he got old-school Napster. A lot of the songs I said I like (Destiny's Child and whatnot) only show up because I heard them after I got to university. I prolly don't even have the mp3s for them.

So that was me musically at the end of high school. How about you?

(I was just gonna change the link, but instead: Holy Fuck, my high school has a website. The world's moving too fast for me.)

Children, scootch closer

2005-08-13T15:50:00.000-04:00

Okay, sure. Is this even real? Stupid intarwebs, can't trust nothin'. Google News doesn't reveal too much more than that, either.

Wherein I Learn the Ways of Things

2005-07-15T16:03:00.000-04:00

Desperate Housewives - no stupidity on the part of the nominations committee for considering it a comedy, nor dirty tricks from the House of Mouse; rather, ABC played by the rules to submit it as a comedy. So: they want both of their shows to get their Emmys, and Lost is in no way, shape or form a comedy - thus, Desperate Housewives is shoved in a category it doesn't belong, and the sheer bizarreness of the move requires rebuttal from the producers.

Award Winning

2005-07-14T17:16:00.000-04:00

The Emmy nominations have hit. The thing about them that bugs me is the placement of Desperate Housewives in the comedy category - I'm not sure what makes it a comedy. It's engrossing television, and there are comedic bits, but that does not make a comedy. It's certainly satire, but that does not make it a comedy. The format is the hourlong drama. What happens between the characters is attractive for its dramatic potential, not its comedic potential (contrast with Friends, which riffed on relationships with a clear comedic spin - the same intent is lacking in Desperate Housewives). Most importantly, I don't find it all that funny, and God knows it's structured more onlong the lines of the classic tragedy rather than a comedy. In a comedy, everyone lives happily ever after, in a tragedy someone dies. I can't imagine everyone living happily ever after in Desperate Housewives, but I can see the sins of the characters catching up with them. Is the nominations committee stupid?

Since Desparate Houswives does not fit any decent definition of a comedy, the only logical conclusion I can come to is that Disney paid the nominations committee off so that both its brand new hit shows can get their very own Emmys their first time out. But that seems even dumber than thinking Desperate Housewives is a comedy, so I'm going with "they're stupid."

The only other thing to catch my eye: Quentin Tarantino is nominated for best director for the CSI finale. He probably deserves the nod here, because he put his stamp on the episode while retaining the look and feel of CSI. Of course, if he was even nominated for writer, it would be a travesty - I enjoyed the finale thouroughly, but I've been more about style over substance for a while. It was a one hour plot stretched over two that would've collapsed under its own weight in lesser hands.

Shitty day...

2005-06-29T21:51:00.000-04:00

...but...

a WHAT shortage?

2005-06-28T15:50:00.000-04:00

To me, this is scarier than the zombies. Scary enough that I've defaulted to a style of posting I had attempted to abandon, the One Link Post without an accompanying little blather.

But this is important. Word must get out. Also, my birthday is September 14th. Hint hint.

braaaaiiiinnnsss...

2005-06-27T11:56:00.000-04:00

"G'day, mates! What's new in the world of news?" the reporter beamed as he strode through the doors of the newsdesk.
The creepy copyeditor looked at him through his thick glasses and said "Zombies."
"'bin to see that new movie, have you?"
"Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about. Scientists reanimated some corpses. Of dogs."
"This sounds like the plot to a video game. Where?"
"Pittsburgh."
"Well, fuck me. Stupid boffins are gonna get our brains eaten."

I'm scared too.

Feed the Beast

2005-06-08T10:52:00.000-04:00

The Internet stares at me, the glow of the computer screen a virtual licking of its lips. It wants more. More content. More information. More sex. More drugs. More wine. More women.

I leap from my chair. "I will NOT! I REFUSE!" I cry, a shout out to the heavens. And then I realize what I have done, and I weep.

Teenage Punk Girls Like My Shoes

2005-05-29T16:39:00.000-04:00

Today's my grandmother's 90th birthday. Happy birthday to her, and here's hoping for many more.

This is non-linear storytelling mixed with a CD mini-review. Such is how things are these days. It'll work out, trust me.

Today was the first of the Summer Tropical Drinks class. It was also the day I met the fourth Alison of the past month - although the Detective Fiction one is Allyson, the different spelling isn't really enough to differentiate in my head, so she's getting lumped in (I wonder if she'll mind that?). One of the others is in my bartending class, the other is housemate Andrew's girlfriend, whom I met before meeting Andrew. And this doesn't count the Alison linked - I've known her for years now, which disqualifies her. (On a separate note, it seems like almost any time I go out with a girl these days, it turns out Alison #1 was their CS 134 tutor. And she likes them. Which is nice.) What's the point of this? It seems that, in general, Alisons (and Allysons) are hot. And yet - that's not where my focus is right now.

What's the CD? Louis XIV's The Best Little Secrets Are Kept. Picked it up on Thursday, along with Gorillaz's Demon Days. The Best Little Secrets Are Kept is about sex.

On Wednesday I was sitting on King Street, reading. Two girls, too colourful to be goth, are walking by - one stops. She's managed to make blue hair look good. "You've got such cool shoes!" "Oh my god, you're right!" the other coos. I smile. "Thank you!" The girls smile back and continue on. Meanwhile, Hank Pym is chased off the Triskelion by Captain America. My cell phone rings, it's the Nokia tune - Jenn must've changed it when she was playing with it. She's jealous because her cell phone sucks.

Tuesday, May 31st, I'm going to see The Killers in concert in Toronto. Opening for them are Tegan and Sara and Louis XIV. I don't know from Tegan and Sara. Cressa likes them; I'm more excited about Louis XIV. Their CD is good. I hope they don't suck in person.

Three margueritas today, one of which was frozen. Summer Tropical Drinks is good times. So it seems that me and tequila are on speaking terms again - but that doesn't mean I'll be doing tequila shots with you. Tough.

It was Cressa on the phone, she had gotten a table at the Huether patio already. High above the street, it's one of my favourite patios, and the entire thing is one of my favourite places to eat. I was reading for too long. Damn. We get beer, splitting a couple of pitchers of Adlys Ale over the next two hours. We tell some tequila stories, among other things. Neither of us are good with tequila.

The worst part of the marguerita? The salt along the rim with the lack of a straw on the shaken ones. The salt cleanses the palate, but I don't want that every sip. Alison, this one with red hair dyed black, doesn't like the salt either - she wants a straw too.

I think how much I like coffee. The best stuff is earthy.

Louis XIV, melodically, puts me in mind of Franz Ferdinand. They also inspired a post. "Finding Out True Love is Blind" is full of lyrics like "I want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books" - the rest follow the same kind of structure. The group from San Diego is as obsessed with sex as a teenager - every song is like that. If that offends you, you won't like it. Otherwise, if you like the 80's retro rock sound from bands like Franz Ferdinand, you'll like this.

After dinner with Cressa, I walk home; she goes south, I go north - she and John live in Kitchener, while I'm on Cedarbrae. It was after nine, but it's still light out. Summer's great. I'm hoping for the best.

Kumasta ka? I'm good.

2005-05-24T21:50:00.000-04:00

DC Comics is putting out what they call "All-Star" versions of Superman and Batman, where they put the best creators behind, IMO, the best characters. Thus Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely doing Superman, and Frank Miller and Jim Lee on Batman. Which makes me happy, but I think there's something missing...

And so, I am hereby announcing my push for All-Star Prez.

2005-05-24T18:07:00.000-04:00

This is a nerd post. It treads fanboy ground, and where fanboys go, angels fear to tread.

Star Wars is not science fiction.

There. I said it. I don't expect backlash, since my audience is limited and a portion of it would care more about what I did on Sunday night then my geeky thoughts on a movie series. Let's face it though - the last time I had a substantial post, it was ALSO about a movie.

Obviously, you can't say "Star Wars is not science fiction" and not back it up. Fortunately, this contention is neither new nor groundbreaking, so I can cite sources. (CAN. Not will) But it's something I want to write about.

First of all, we have to define science fiction. Here's what the wikipedia science fiction entry says "In defining the scope of the science fiction genre, we speak of the effect of science or technology, or both, upon society or persons". And here's where Star Wars breaks down. Star Wars isn't about any of that. There are elements of that - the line "That's not a moon, it's a space station!" leads to the examination of the introduction of a superweapon, the Death Star, into a society in rebellion. But this also is a perfect illustration of why Star Wars isn't science fiction - while this makes a wonderful fable, science fiction would examine the effect this had on guerilla warfare - either the galvanizing (or cowing...) effect the use of such a weapon would have on terrorists/freedom fighters.

Instead, Luke Skywalker uses the Force to shoot the Death Star in a weak spot, like David's faith guiding his aim in hitting Goliath in the eye with his slignshot, in causing its destruction. Any effect this monster of technology is to have on society is subsumed by the Boy's Own Adventure of Luke becoming a fighter pilot in a grand rebellion. The science of Star Wars doesn't have a background, instead it exists to play up the fantasy of Star Wars while simultaneously covering up its closer relations to something like The Lord of the Rings, the prototype for much of modern pulp-style fantasy. Hell, Star Wars has more in common with Indiana Jones than Star Trek. Star Wars and Indy concern themselves with the adventure. Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings are about the battle with the Dark Lord. Star Wars and Star Trek? They both have spaceships.

Star Trek examines the society of the future through the lens of the crew - much of the best Trek ("Errand of Mercy," "The Inner Light," and the last half of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, for example) concerns itself with societal change. Star Wars is less concerned with it's thematic structure, and more with the adventure and fantasy. Obviously, it connects with us in a primeval way by following Joseph Campbell's mythological structure of the hero's journey, which in itself bears thematic connotations. But Star Wars never approaches the purview of science fiction - instead, it is a space-opera fantasy.

2005-05-22T16:17:00.000-04:00

I am Excited. I do not know exactly Why.

2005-05-22T15:26:00.000-04:00

For those desiring an explanation: the Saddest Wookiee.

2005-05-22T13:08:00.000-04:00

Moo ha ha.

I took the most accurate villain personality test
created by: The Arch Villainess Gracie

2005-05-20T01:32:00.000-04:00

"And wipe the protocol droid's memory."

2005-05-19T12:53:00.000-04:00

Two unconnected things:

Star Wars Horoscope for Virgo

You show efficiency when working for a good cause.
But you tend to be a bit fussy when it comes to doing something out of the ordinary.
Like many Virgos, you want to stay out of the spotlight.
You do well at picking up the smallest details.

Star wars character you are most like: C3P0

What is Your Star Wars Horoscope?

So yeah. I don't think that's a good idea.

2005-05-17T17:17:00.000-04:00

I want it. I'll never get it, though. And not in a PSP-way, rather a I-have-that-three-times-over-already kinda way.

There are the three other contenders for my dollars, the PS3, XBox 360 and Nintendo Revolution, but none of them excite me at all yet. We'll see what happens when they hit.

2005-05-16T09:01:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it. Just like last night's episode of the Simpsons, sexyslumberparty.com. I mean, I'm not surprised it exists, just... click the link. Trust me, it'll be okay.

2005-05-13T19:31:00.000-04:00

My cell is back in business. 572.1376.

2005-05-12T16:50:00.000-04:00

Bored:

Your Political Profile

Overall: 30% Conservative, 70% Liberal

Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal / Conservative Are You?

So a nutjob Conservative, in Canadian terms. Gotcha.

Your Birthdate: September 14

With a birthday on the 14th of the month (5 energy) you are inclined to work well with people and enjoy them.

You are talented and versatile, very good at presenting ideas, and you are also very good at organization and systematizing.

You may have a tendency to get itchy feet at times and need change and travel.

You tend to be very progressive, imaginative and adaptable.

Your mind is quick, clever and analytical.

A restlessness in your nature may make you a bit impatient and easily bored with routine, and rebel against it.

You have a tendency to shirk responsibility.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to good manners and elegance.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage pessimistically. You don't think happy marriages exist anymore.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Eh. That's enough for now.

2005-05-11T22:41:00.000-04:00

Blast. The blackout and the subsequent immovable Bomber line when the power came back wrecked things.

2005-05-08T14:16:00.000-04:00

I may have embarrassed myself by leaving my cell phone in my jeans as they went into the laundry, but at least I'm not this girl and about to be embarrassed all over the internets.

2005-05-08T13:25:00.000-04:00

I put my cell phone through the wash. yeah. Should have a new one at the end of the week; in the meantime, I am reachable at home by phone at 519.885.6358. Don't leave a message on the phone, I won't get it. Also, feel free to try twice, it goes to message at an annoyingly short three rings.

I recommend using my e-mail if you need to reach me during the day. The phone will be fine most evenings. I'll let you know when the new cell arrives.

2005-05-07T01:26:00.000-04:00

Watched Kingdom of Heaven tonight. Thought it was pretty good.

What's the movie about? War in the Holy Land. Only eight hundred years ago. Here's a great site on the Crusades. It's important to note that the time period is actually BETWEEN the second and third crusades - this is the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Background important to the movie begins with Baldwin IV, the movie itself begins with Succession Woes and runs to -- HISTORICAL-STYLE SPOILER ALERT! -- Fall of Jerusalem. A bunch of bits are cut out, like any mention of Baldwin V, and Orlando Bloom plays Balian, so our focus is on his character. But it seems the history is pretty reasonable. Not great, but better than I expected.

What's interesting about the movie is that both Christian and Moslem factions are played pretty even-handedly. Both sides have their fanatics, and on that regard I'd have to say the Moslems come off looking a little better, no doubt due to the strong leader in Saladin and their relative lack of on-screen politicking. Balian is on the side of the Christians, so it is obvious who we're intended to root for. His ultimate goal is to save the people rather than Defend the Holy Land, so we do.

It's gory at times, Orlando Bloom had but one expression the entire movie, and the cursory love story was pretty extraneous, but all-in-all, quite enjoyable.

2005-05-07T00:42:00.000-04:00

Posts are like waiting for a bus - you wait for ages and then a bunch all show up at the same time.

This is interesting. So what if the winner had years worth of experience on the teenage girl? When you learned your trade in 1927, you're not as fast as you used to be.

2005-05-06T18:08:00.000-04:00

The guy who found the finger in his frozen yoghurt? He kept the finger. Yes, that's a link to the corporate website's official response, but you don't frigging fabricate that he held on to the finger - it's pretty easy to show that "hey! He kept the finger!"

It makes me sad that he did not do everything in his power to get it to the hospital, where perhaps it could have been reattached. At the very worst, don't think about your lawsuit, think about that guy suing you.

God damn it.

2005-04-30T12:58:00.000-04:00

The tickets have been bought.

2005-04-29T23:05:00.000-04:00

This just amuses me:

You Are the Very Gay Bert and Ernie!

Two grown puppets living together, sleeping in the same room?
They've even got coordinating striped shirts!

What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?

2005-04-27T23:32:00.000-04:00

Only about two weeks after I originally said I would do it, the Beast is on eBay. You know you want it...

2005-04-25T22:06:00.000-04:00

Huh. Actually, not so much of a surprise.

American Cities That Best Fit You:

65% San Francisco

60% New York City

55% Boston

55% Los Angeles

55% San Diego

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

2005-04-23T00:32:00.000-04:00

Via Slashdot: scientists have figured out why some popcorn won't pop. What does this mean to you? No solutions are presented, but the expensive stuff is better bang for your buck since most of it will pop, rather than the up to 47%(!) that will not in the cheap stuff.

2005-04-22T10:23:00.000-04:00

One more term down. The next one... started yesterday, with a bartending class at Conestoga College that will be occupying my Thursday nights until the middle of June. Other classes include the Summer Tropical Drinks that runs for three Sundays in May/June at Conestoga College, and Intro to Human Sexuality and Detective Fiction at the University of Waterloo, so I can gets my degree. Human Sexuality is a block course, it will also be over in June. So my mandate from then on is to read crime novels.

So in the middle of August or so, maybe I'll get to feel like this guy and gradumate.

Congratulations to everyone who's successfully completed their Undergrad degrees!

2005-04-19T14:30:00.000-04:00

All supervillians out there? Read this.

2005-04-17T22:38:00.000-04:00

John Rogers's blog. His special is currently on the Comedy network as I write this. He's really quite good, so I'm throwing up a link.

2005-04-15T10:48:00.000-04:00

It is the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Belsen by British troops. Don't expect a party on the other end of that link.

2005-04-13T23:38:00.000-04:00

So. Anyone want to see The Killers Tuesday, May 31 at the Molson Amphitheatre? I assume it will be really good. Because people like the Killers (an odd phrase I'm shamelessly stealing from Cressa).

2005-04-10T02:34:00.000-04:00

One exam down, four to go. This term.

As I lay sleepless in bed tonight, it struck me that this is it. In one and a half short weeks, it'll be different. People I care about will be gone, and things won't be the same with them. I will not see them every day. I won't hang out with them nearly as often as I like. Hell, I'll even miss the things that never were. I know that you, my friends, will still be there when I need you. It's just that I'm gonna miss not having you there when I don't. And with exams having set in, it means that time is coming up soon. To all things, an ending.

Okay. Emo-Mark off. He's one morose mother fucker. Besides, there'll still be some people around... Like Raymond and Cressa and Catherine and Sri and...

2005-04-08T12:12:00.000-04:00

So I'm reading this about the Nokia 8801, when it mentions that Nokia is "going after the fashionista crowd with this one" rather than the power user. I'm salivating over the damn thing, which is unusual for me and cell phones, when this line of text makes me realize that "holy crap, I've turned into part of the fashionista crowd." Which is just my way of saying "style over substance," since a fashionista is really just someone closely involved with the fashion industry or someone who rilly, rilly likes clothing fashion. Which I don't think is me, exactly. But part of the crowd...

Style over substance. That's what I want in my gadgets these days. I'm only one year away from the guy who bought the Beast because of the sheer power and all the features it had. Now, I'm the guy who's ready to sell the Beast and go to the iBook, and a second "good" computer tthat will probably be a Mac Mini (I still need the increased harddrive space!) as a kind of media centre. The Beast seems archaic and useless, even though it clearly isn't - it is still one of the best computers among the people I hang out with. Computer games? It can run ANYthing, but I have the slick new PSP and the reliable GameCube and the cool PS2. Who needs a computer for games? Well, except for World of Warcraft. Which runs on my bottom-of-the-line iBook, post-RAM upgrade. All sorts of extras built in that for any of the Macs I'm looking at I'd need get add-ons for. But I don't care so much - all I'm losing is the DVD burner, so the Mac mini would definitely have one.

Does all this make me cool? Damned if I know. I still spent this post talking about electronic gizmos. It makes me look kinda cool, I guess. We'll see where I go from here, and if the inner nerd spills out in the future. In the meantime, perhaps I should go shopping for shoes...

Nah. Not that bad. Not yet. 'sides, I'm hoping these guys will have some new designs soon.

2005-04-07T19:26:00.000-04:00

Bond. James Bond. The one and only.

2005-04-03T14:27:00.000-04:00

Trapped at the 'rents by the wet, wet snowstorm. Isn't this April? I mean, honestly.
edit: Or not.

2005-04-02T14:41:00.000-05:00

Loving it. I think that makes me a bad person.

2005-03-27T13:05:00.000-05:00

Because Sana'a demanded it: the Beast:
A Gateway M675X, one year old.

Weighs about 10 pounds. P4 3GHz with hyperthreading. 512 Megs of system RAM. ATI 9600 Mobile with 32 Megs RAM video card. DVD-R/CDRW drive. 17 inch widescreen display. I'll be doing a wipe and reinstalling Windows XP. Comes with the original software, but not the box or anything. The minimum bid on eBay will be $1000, not sure if that'll be Canadian or American dollars yet.

Selling it to someone around Waterloo would be much easier. But yeah. Offer. Make me.

2005-03-26T18:53:00.000-05:00

Impulse control of a 3-year-old. With ADD.

Seriously.

PS. The Beast - my overpowered, "old" laptop - will be up on eBay by the end of next week. If you want it, make me an offer ASAP.

2005-03-26T00:56:00.000-05:00

I like this picture that Sana'a's got. Um. Thassall.

2005-03-24T17:49:00.000-05:00

Wile E. Octopus.

via boingboing

2005-03-22T20:18:00.000-05:00

Mentally dull. Did my US taxes. The refund is perfectly fine, but IRS paperwork has robbed me of my desire to do anything. C&O? No. CS? No. TV? Nuh-uh. Not even World of WarCraft - I tried and ended up doing little more than stand around. Blargh. Make work be done now...

2005-03-20T22:13:00.000-05:00

From Sana'a's rants (or whatever they are):

You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof).

Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.

agnosticism

79%

Satanism

67%

Islam

63%

Paganism

63%

Buddhism

58%

Christianity

54%

Judaism

46%

Hinduism

42%

atheism

38%

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
created with QuizFarm.com

2005-03-18T18:50:00.000-05:00

Green Beer
Originally uploaded by CapeMonkey.

St Patrick's Day photos are up. The reason they get worse as they go on should be obvious. If you're having trouble figuring out why, let's just say it's no coincidence that the decent pics are the ones I'm in.

2005-03-15T19:44:00.000-05:00

I ache.

Campus day was today, when all the high school kids - who hadn't even started high school when I got here - came to see the school. I signed up to be a tour guide, and was given a time slot from 1 to 2:30. Alas, there were very few people seeking tours at that point, so I switched over into clean-up. So instead of giving tours to impressionable youngsters, I stacked tables and chairs. While I appeared to be the strongest one doing this, the experience, combined with the hauling of the "new" computer (not the iBook; a post about it will come from it once I get around to installing a new web browser on the damn thing) has convinced me that I need to start going to the gym - I would be quite pleased if moderate lifting didn't quite make me so sore.

But in the meantime, I ache.

In the snow

2005-03-14T13:34:00.000-05:00

In the snow
Originally uploaded by CapeMonkey.

Uploaded a crapload of pictures to flickr. One from Grand Bend trips a couple of years back will be coming in about a month, since I think they're only on my computer at home and not here (DAMMIT! I WAS JUST THERE WITH MY USB KEY! edit: Nevermind; found 'em.). But here are the ones from the past year. Puppies and trips, mostly. A few miscellaneous ones, but not many. I need to carry my camera around more to take random pictures.

2005-03-06T02:12:00.000-05:00

Math Grad Ball pictures. You should be able to save them by following the instructions here. edit: And now you can save them even if you don't have a flickr account.

Also: Movie 1, movie 2, movie 3, movie 4, and movie 5.

edit - more pictures: James has got some. Chez too.

2005-03-05T01:26:00.000-05:00

This is horribly unfair. Be Cool is funny. Get Shorty pops more, but its sequel is funnier - Andre 3000 of Outkast as Dabu really impressed me, even more than the Rock as a gay Samoan boydguard with aspirations of being an actor. The Rock, after all, hasn't REALLY made a BAD movie (he's made MEDIOCRE movies, but not all-out horrible movies), and is a known quantity at this point. But Andre 3000 is a rapper with no real acting experience prior to this, as his imdb profile bears out (Hollywood Homicide? That doesn't count). And it's funny, Uma Thurman looks amazing, and John Travolta's Chili Palmer is still... well, cool.

Get Shorty is a better movie. Be Cool was still great.

2005-03-04T18:39:00.000-05:00

Lloyd Axworthy, always my favorite member of Chretien's caucus, writes an open letter to Condoleezza Rice. It contains a lot of points that the people making American foreign policy should at least consider before attempting to force their policies on other countries.

2005-03-01T00:08:00.000-05:00

FordMustang '05 Times Square
Originally uploaded by CapeMonkey.

Gran Turismo 4 is in the hizzouse. Ernie wants to have my man-babies; but Zach and James bemoan its realism and would rather go back to Burnout 3, which I introduced them to on Friday. (Curtis seems indifferent.) Hey, not only can you crash cars up real good in Burnout 3, that's the goddamn POINT. I can't fault them for enjoying it, it's a lot of fun. And it's loads of fun while drinking. Meanwhile, Gran Turismo 4 is a bitch. But it looks beautiful, and the enjoyment comes from learning how to push its buttons in the way it likes.

Yes, I kinda equated it to a woman. I need to get laid.

2005-02-25T18:58:00.000-05:00

Y'know what's better than a a link to a random webpage? A link to a random game that misappropriates Nintendo trademarks. Huzzah!

2005-02-23T17:47:00.000-05:00

He's a Nobel prize-winning white trash dog-catcher with a winning smile and a way with the ladies. She's a man-hating hip-hop nun with an MBA from Harvard. They fight crime!