Weekend Update

On Friday night we did nothing - instead of the two or so birthday gatherings we could have attended, we went to bed early.

On Saturday I slept in (this means getting up at 9!), and then went to Lisa's place to give her some Freedomize India CD cash. I also swung by the hardware store and the vet, to pick up random things we needed (to fill holes in walls, and to fill the bellys of cat-beasts).
I then did the rest of our Canadian taxes ( hooray - we get some cash back )... Now I just have to file our US forms and I'll be done (yes, I get an extension for living in a far-off land).

That evening, Leah and I went out for dinner, and then were going to go and see a movie. Because there was nothing showing that we really wanted to see, we ended up at Future Shop, where we purchased a portable DVD player. The sales guy was very helpful - and tried to sell us a TV and DVD player, 'cause it would be cheaper and bigger and have actual real speakers... but we have developed a dislike for TVs, and opted for something that can instead fold up and fit on a bookshelf when not in use.

And then we went home and watched Marie Antoinette from the comfort of our bed. (After talking to my parents, who left the next morning for 10 days in Mongolia!)

On Sunday we went for a run with some church peeps. It was sunny, and we met down by the lakeshore.
And then we went to church. Afterwards we went to Sushi on Bloor with Jen and Anne and Joel. Good times with good people.

The end.

All My Friends Who Play Guitar

I would recommend listening to My Korean Friends, if you can - which you probably can't.

Word up

Brother Jesse has been known to speak some truth.

First the bees...

...die, then the plants die, and then everybody dies.

David Byrne suspects agribusiness - whether he is right or not, everybody at Monsanto needs to be beaten severely.

Maddening

I recently found out about this site, which tracks and fights illegal billboards and other advertising in the public spaces of Toronto. I have been thinking a little about the massive pollution of advertising that washes over us every day, and how much it freaking sucks.

I know that the TTC, for example, pretty much relies on ad revenue to operate. The new street furniture contract for the city also involves ad space on benches. I really wonder if we should not put more TAX dollars towards a cleaner mental environment. Seriously, the noise of ads screaming in my face every day to buy sh...tuff makes me kinda angry. And it seriously messes people up.

The issue of illegal billboards is extra infuriating - at least the signs on the subway are helping to pay for my ride. These are just poisoning minds AND making bad people richer.



I'm surprised that there is not yet advertising printed on each square of toilet paper that I use to wipe my bum!!

Get to Work

For whatever reason, I have spent too much time today looking up info on the Pochinko method of clowning, instead of doing real work (actually, it was sparked by this blog post, if you wanna see how weird my thought processes can be). Turns out I haven't been able to find much on the old interweb, other than some pretty sparse info on its pretty pagan genesis (spirit guides and everything)... and the fact that clowning workshops are pretty freaking expensive.

Anyway - from my perspective (read: total ignorance), clowning seems pretty fascinating. I think it has something to do with the level of self examination and awareness required to clown well - if I ever made any moves in a theatrical direction (read: pretty freaking unlikely!), it would probably involve a white face and a red nose.



Maybe it's because I have clown blood in me.

Weekend Update

Check it out:

Friday night - we went to see some friends play at Clinton's
Saturday - I went to help with the painting of the Walmer Centre Theatre, with Kate and a bunch of other volunteers. The theatre looks so amazingly much better now..! That evening, Leah's flute student was playing in her high-school's production of Guys & Dolls. I was expecting, well, a high-school play - but it ended up being pretty sweet.
Sunday - church

In other news, Bradley is playing this Thursday, in his DJ/laptop outfit, Harsh/Mellow. Check it out here... Not sure that I can go (it's a school-night), but I might try to anyway.

Don't Mess With the Family

For those who haven't seen 'em yet... Dylan took some pics of our 'dining room' and posted some of them here.

The Weekend

Elder's meeting after work on Friday.

Saturday - groceries and other assorted tasks. Also Jamie came over for dinner, which was a good time.

Sunday - I went for a walk and picked up some gravel from a nearby vacant lot, to use for some overdue planting. I also finally took some pictures of the table that I built forever ago - I will post some here once I get them organized. I ended up not playing drums at church, due to a lack of bass-players, which was fine by me. During soundcheck I went for a walk downtown listening to DJ Shadow's Endtroducing... after seeing Dark Days a number of times (my favourite documentary EVER), the music seems to work best walking around under the Gardiner - and at least it made the crappy weather we've been having seem appropriate.

I also burned a million CDs all weekend, which I started selling at church last night, for Freedomize India.

Freedomize India CDs

I finally burned some of the Freedomize India Cds last night. I have a LOT more to do (and a lot of covers to fold, too), but it is good to finally have some done.
You can see how they look here, and you can give me $5 to $8 if you want your own copy (all the cash goes to Freedomize India).

like 'suck' for architects...

I don't know how I haven't heard about this architecture site for so long.

Unless you have the years of education (indoctrination) that your average architecture grad has, you may not have the underappreciated, underpaid, misunderstood, and totally out-of-touch 'genius' necessary to find this site funny.

weekend update (easter edition)

I hope everyone had a great easter...

Friday - we took it pretty easy... we went out for lunch, and then went to watch the Host. It was pretty good, compared to your average Godzilla flick... but pretty disappointing if you're expecting anything more than that... (Leah HATED it).

Saturday - we did some non-stop grocery shopping (3 grocery stores + the LCBO), and started making food for the great annual easter feaster. I also managed to swing by Kinkos (the devil, in store form) and copy 100 covers for the FI³ CD.

Sunday - we continued to make a lot of food. And then we ate it. Afterwards, we went to church, and then to David and Jen's. We ate yet more food, and watched Breakfast at Tiffany's. Watch this one instead of the Host.

link

MailMeArt.

Posthaste

Random things

Last night I went on a crazy adventure with friend Anne, to pick up an air-organ from friend Josh. The organ is not large or heavy (I think I could have maybe managed it on the streetcar), but for whatever reason WOULD NOT FIT INTO THE CAR!
Luckily, Josh has dad skills, which include knot-tying, and he managed to secure the organ-sticking-half-out-of-the-trunk situation with some rope.

I haven't really had a chance to play it yet, other than plugging it in to make sure that it survived the trip - but it should be pretty fun times.

Also - I found out that the guy who runs this music blog (one of the only ones I check pretty much daily) has started another project. Being something of a casual R.E.M. fan, I find this one pretty neat... he is going to review every R.E.M. album track ever. Depending on who you are, there is a reasonable chance that R.E.M. is older than you are, so this is no small feat.

weekend

groceries, laundry, drumming, silk-screening some CDs, cooking, eating, sleeping.