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[22 May 2007|01:17am] |
It's taken 3 weeks for Colin, Alex and I to write the new band's first song. It clocks in at 12 minutes and pretty much slays. My excitement level for this new project went up like 5 notches tonight.
More to come.
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[29 Apr 2007|06:51pm] |
A typed letter that someone in my complex delivered to everyone in the complex. I think it speaks for its self. Mental image: he was not wearing a shirt when he delivered this.
HI EVERYBODY
I AM #105...I WANT 2 ORGANIZE A
DRIVEWAY RESURFACING.
EACH DRIVEWAY IS ROUGHLY 10/22 WHICH
IS ROUGHLY 220 SQ.FT. IF U HAVE A SHARED
DRIVEWAY,..THEN YOU MUST CONVINCE YOUR
NEIGHBOUR TO JOIN IN. MY FRIENDS,
NEIGHBOURS, PEOPLE, THIS IS A NO BRAINER!!
THE MORE,.. THE CHEAPER...SIMPLE!!! I WILL
PRICE IT OUT . I ESTIMATE $10/15 EACH.
PLEASE DO NOT BE LIKE THE IDIOT I
TALKED TO WHO WANTS TO THINK ABOUT
IT. THINK ABOUT WHAT??THE $5/10K VALUE
THAT WILL ADD TO YOUR HOUSE!! ?? PLUS,
THE BEAUTY OF IT,..IN CASE ANYONE
CARES, IS THAT THE STREET WILL LOOK
LIKE A $$MILLION BUCKS. THE REASON
THAT I AM SO [U KNOW WHAT] IS THAT I AM
SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE IDIOTS IN OUR
NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT JUST DON'T GIVE A
[U KNOW WHAT!!]
SORRY ABOUT MY FRENCH,...BUT
SOMETIMES I CAN NOT CONTROL MYSELF.
DEFFINITION::GREED!!!SOMEONE TRYING TO
SELL THEIR HOUSE 4 $$335K, WHEN IT IS NOT
WORTH $300K.IT HAS BEEN LISTED FOR 1/2
YEAR. NO OFFERS!!! HELLO!!!TOO BAD
THEY HAVE A SHARED DRIVEWAY. WILL
THEY HAVE THE COMMON SENCE TO INVEST
$10/15 TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY
VALUE BY $5/10K????I AM SO SORRY THAT I
AM COMING ON SO STRONG,BUTYOU,[WITH
BRAINS] KNOW WHERE I AM COMING FROM.
BY DOING THE RESURFACING, WE CAN
HAVE A STREET PARTY,BBQ,WHATEVER U
WANT.BUT THE KEY HERE IS TO GET
INVOLVED, NOT SIT THERE AND COMPLAIN
AND WATCH YOUR GOLDFISH SWIM
AROUND LIKE THE FOOL U R. I CHALLENGE
ANYONE WITH A BRAIN THEIR GOD GAVE
THEM,..TO COME FORWARD AND ACT ON
THIS DEAL..REGARDS,...EDDIE.#105
I AM LOOKING AT THE END OF MAY ON A
DRIGHT SUNNY WEEKEND. I WILL CONFIRM
THIS WITH OUR FRIEND, MR.PETER McLEAN
REGARDS,...EDDIE. 416 358 5466. LINCOLN
WHEN I KNOW WHO WANTS TO ACT ON THIS
DEAL,...I WILL PRICE IT OUT. THOSE OF U
WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE A ROLLER
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. GET A LIFE AND I
WILL DO IT 4 U.IN CASE ANYONE IS
ASKING,"WHO ME????" JUST TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR FRONT TREE AND COMPARE IT TO
MINE!! CASE CLOSED!! SORRY FOR THE
THOUGH LOVE,...BUT U TELL ME HOW I CAN
GET THROUGH TO SOME BRAINS. {IF THERE
ARE??]
AND TO THOSE WHO R CONCERNED ABOUT
THE DEAD BUSHES/GRASS IN FRONT OF MY
PLACE{DUE TO MY PUPPY "HERBIE"} DO
NOT BE. I WILL MAKE GOOD AT MY
EXPENCE. U KNOW WHERE I AM. PLEASE
RESPOND ASAP. BY THE WAY. THIS IS
ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY RESURFACING
4 THOSE OF U WHO ARE NOT IN THE LOOP,
GET A GRIP,...THE CONDO CORP{WHO R ON
OUR SIDE} OR {GANDE VALLEY} WHO
COULD NOT GIVE A RATS AS_IS
RESPONCIBLE,SO WHAT DO U DO??? My
THEORY,...IS TO TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR
OWN HAND AND DEAL WITH THEM WITH
THE COND BOARDS PERMISSION. IF WE ACT
AS A UNIT, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!!!!IS
THIS TOO COMPLICATED??? or LIKE
SOMEONE ASKED ME YEARS AGO,"HOW DO I
OPEN/CLOSE MY VENITIAN BLINDS??" CASE
CLOSED.{BUT I WAS A GENTLEMAN, AND
SHOWED HER.}..WOW!! THE THINGS I DO!!!
RESURFACING!!!!!!
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| fucker |
[23 Apr 2007|10:18pm] |
Bastard guys,
Someone pulled the fire alarm in the middle of my biomechanics exam. So now I'll have to re-sit it sometime in May, so much for being done school soon.
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[13 Apr 2007|11:25pm] |
Holler,
So my academic endeavors are looking a little brighter. My ass grades in physiology and biomechanics may be countered by an A+ in meditation and a B in religion (haha what a joke).
I spent my Friday night napping and watching TV with my mom. Tomorrow night is Rob Brown's birthday party and I'm gonna have fun no matter what!
That is all, good day.
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[10 Apr 2007|02:24pm] |
Greetings.
I'm writing my last essay of the year today, that's pretty swell. School is just a nuisance at this point. I find it neither challenging nor worthy of my interest in about 90% of my classes. However, I shall spend my entire summer doing some more school. Great!
We played the last Rocketeer show this past Friday. It was a fitting send off after an awful Thursday show. We played really well in a cool venue with some good friends present and even did a little 2 song Madrid reunion with Jake which was fun, except for the fact that I barely remember how to play the songs, or bass for that matter.
We're starting our new band this week in all likelihood. It's going to be a blast. We're all entering the genre we feel passionately about, except maybe poor Alex who is sacrificing his rock n'roll roots. What a guy! Expect pretentious artistic mastery soon.
Everyone is done their undergrad except me. Well, and a bunch of other people in my program, but still. It's gonna be lonely next year. Although Elmo taking his masters at York will aid in that problem.
I got a bizarre late phone call from an old friend that I decided to ignore the other day. I have no idea what to make of it, and they never called again. It's odd how relationships can become so disjointed from reality; not that I'm not equally to blame for that.
Peace.
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[16 Feb 2007|09:36am] |
Holler,
Have you ever been so let down by a person that you're just like "this person needs to not be in my life anymore"?
That happened to me two years ago, and this person was still in my life being toxic and fucking with my shit up to this week. I've never been happier to give up on someone.
I apologize for the dramatic entry, if I say it out loud maybe I won't get suckered back into that hole.
PEAS.
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[30 Jan 2007|08:43pm] |
So i have 3 tests this week, and a 12 page essay due on tuesday. How the fuck do the scheduling gods always make this happen. I'm so ridiculously sick of school at this point (my 4th year), and given the nature of my course I still have a 5th year to go. Bullshit.
Once I'm done i'm gonna take time off school to chill the fuck out and get a job. I'll get some money and move out, then figure out my post grad shit when I feel like it. Because right now I have exactly fuck all interest in continuing to do this school thing.
I want a different life as of now, but I have to wait a year and a half.
Fuck.
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[15 Jan 2007|05:53pm] |
So we had our first Rocketeer show last night. It went pretty okay. After some initial nerves effecting my playing I got into it eventutally. No major fucks ups though. I have no idea how we sounded as a whole, since I couldn't hear anything but myself. Lame.
I had fun though, saw lots of friends and Straight Goods had a really tough set. Those guys are amazing musicians and even better dudes.
Now we have no shows booked, we'll write some new shit without all the pressure and record and all that jazz. Other than that school is going okay, I'm showing up and even taking notes occasionally. If you know me you know how fucked up that is. We'll see how long that lasts.
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| Christmas |
[27 Dec 2006|11:26pm] |
Greetings all,
'Tis boxing day and the christmas period has been good to me. I go back to work tomorrow, which sucks, but I have thursday off for a tattoo sitting; pretty stoked on that. Taking a brief break from band practice this week, perhaps we'll get in one more before Richie gets back from vacation on the 1st. It was a welcome break given the development of some blister issues on my hands. Plus, the songs are pretty much ready and will definitely be finished by showtime. Rock.
Other than that, I failed a class for the first time. I took even my own procrastination levels to a whole new level of bad, and I finally learned my lesson. My other class I believe I did fairly well though.
Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.
(or any other holiday you celebrate, those are ace too)
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[05 Dec 2006|02:19am] |
I'm up right now at 2 am, yet to start my essay due tomorrow.
It's not even hard, once I get started I can do it in no time, I even like the subject matter. But here I am, on livejournal. I even already posted a myspace survey, I never do those fucking things.
I guess I'll use this opportunity to update for real. School is almost done for xmas, new job is going well, drumming is getting better.
Alright, anything else I probably forgot.
fin.
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[23 Nov 2006|12:31pm] |
Last night i finished my essay and I'm handing it in today, thus today is a good day. I'm going to go down to the ol' Loblaws warehouse and tell them their job doesn't meet MY standards. Fuckers. New job starts tomorrow.
Tonight I shall celebrate by drinking cider in large amounts at Cuchullains. Come one come all.
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[22 Nov 2006|02:31am] |
YO,
Whats up? I had band practice tonight and my wrist started to hurt again, very worrying. But after practice when I cooled down my wrist felt fine, unlike 2 weeks ago when i couldn't pick shit up or bend it. I'll call it progress.
Speaking of band shit, tonight was pretty wicked. Ex-Etobicoke Death Squad guitarist Colin has joined the fray to wail wicked solo battles with Richie and educate us on vegetable farming and Ice Cube. We wrote a new song tonight called Count Cookie Face. We rule. In December we'll finish everything and be rocking faces off by January, as scheduled when we decided to do this new band thing. How professional.
Tomorrow = essay day. Again. Fuck. Then I shall drink my ass off thursday night to celebrate that essay being handed in. Okay that's pretty much it.
PEAS.
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[20 Nov 2006|12:08am] |
Greetings!
So I took 2 weeks off work for my wrist injury and hoped I could find a new job in that time. Today, with little time to spare, my good man Alex came through and I shall be working with him and his crazy bosses. Amazing. I'm actually so happy to be out of NG. 13.50 an hour isn't enough incentive to keep me there anymore.
I'm doing okay at school I think, but I have a couple tough weeks of studying before finals. But alas this is the life I chose, and it makes me happy at this point.
Band shit is going well, songs are taking shape, may be adding a good friend as a second guitarist if all goes well. Besides that, I've learned I have some truely amazing friends, I know everyone blabs about how their friends are the best online through blogs and myspace and shit, and I'm not into that kind of shit. I just hope everyone around me knows how much I appreciate their support and friendship, especially when I need it most. On that note Elliot and myself are getting matching panther BFF tattoos. We're so gay and awesome.
PEAS.
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[31 Oct 2006|09:39am] |
seriously dude, this time of year sucks.
fuckin' midterms. this year is pretty light on them for me, making me hate the one real exam i have to do all the more. usually i don't stress about these things. it's pretty much my secret of life/success. i need to go to school and play handball and chill out. maybe that way i can get into my exam groove.
i have to answer 3 of 5 questions. how fucking hard can it be?
if only it wasn't so damn po-mo.
PEAS.
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[27 Oct 2006|02:38pm] |
Good day folks!
Fuck I never update this thing. What has happened... I turned 22 and last saturday I went out with all of my best friends and they got me very drunk. It was amazing. Thanks to all involved.
I traded in all my bass shit for new drum shit yesterday. My kit even has a wicked huge fucking cowbell. Holy awesome. Besides that, pretty much just keeping up the school routine, I'm currently sick as all hell and am missing pretty much an entire week of work. Ballz.
Okay, see you in 3 months.
PEAS.
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[08 Oct 2006|11:33am] |
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TOFURKY DAY!
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[23 Sep 2006|06:47pm] |
I got the outline of my new tattoo today. It's actually gigantic, moreso than i thought but I love it. Once I get Lauren to take pics I'll put some up, since I'm technologically impaired.
Illuminati were good last night. Isis tomorrow. Good weekend. Natalya ralphing in a bag on the subway as well as in a sink at Fresh were definite talking point, "I'm sorry the bag was clear guys." That girl is all class.
Pic updates soon.
PEAS.
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| new music |
[19 Sep 2006|09:14pm] |
Holler,
okay so on the side of my new band rocketeer, i decided i may as well still play some bass. so when chris H asked me to do so for his new project I decided, what the hell.
scheduling be damned, i'll make it happen. and if i can't, i'm sure bassists aren't too difficult to come by.
first rocketeer practice soon. richies amp came in. part of its fucking broken so he had to send for a new one, but its good enough to get started. hopefully the song writing process/drumming learning curve goes pretty fast. i'm confident about it though.
punk rock.
PEAS.
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[14 Sep 2006|12:36pm] |
Holler,
I figured enough shit has happened to me recently that it merits an update. Went to see Mastodon/Converge/The Bronx on tuesday. Richie somehow got lost as fuck after picking me up from school and we only caught the last 3 bronx songs. Seemed cool though. I hadn't seen Converge before and it was exactly as I expected, wall to wall mayhem, almost no space between songs, packing like 13 songs into a 45 minute set, A+.
Mastodon are one of my favourite bands, and I might have hyped them up too much in my head, but they for sure delivered a pretty damn good set. They also made my wishes come true by playing my favourite song in the encore. Apparently they're not gonna be allowed to play Canada ever again due to the guitarist somehow getting arrested up here. Bummer.
Enough of that, I ran into Paulina at school the other day, I tried to somewhat make amends but she doesn't seem down. Don't necessarily blame her, I wish her the best and such.
SCHOOL SHIT. Okay so i decided i'm dropping my urban geography class, because it's shit. I thought it would be about social issues, housing policy, transportation, homelessness, that kinda shit. But it's pretty much a history course on the development of cities. So fuckin lame. That course can eat it.
Today I had handball, for some reason the warmup fucked me up and I passed out. Not cool. To top it all off the last pass of the day squared me right in the jaw. Dude, handballs are fucking hard. My brain shook. Not cool. Now I have yoga, and that's way harder than I expected. I'll never make fun of dudes who do yoga ever again, mostly because they can probably crush me like a fly.
School sucks.
PEAS.
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