Mmm... cancelling...

My heart just ain't into throwing a big honking party (or even a pitiful one) at the moment... too much other shit going on, and damn few people are in town. Hence, I am kinda-sorta withdrawing my offer of a place for Saturday, with a couple of specifics. One: Christian, you're welcome to crash here if you don't wet the bed again. Two: I'm in for doing something involving the sort of alcohol, idiocy and random violence that brought me so much trouble this weekend, and I don't mind using my place as a base for it. Just don't feel like throwing an actual party, but I'd be up for a catching a flick and drinking on the beach (or at my place, contradictory though that may seem), or something along those lines.

PS Who's in for seeing Enter the Dragon at Grandview park next Sunday?

bestest movie ever weekend.

so I'm thinking I may be making two trips up to canadia in september. I'll be up for labour day for the party at paul's that no one is going to... but I may also head up for the weekend of the 24th. for you see, the two bestest movies of the summer premiere that weekend... shaun of the dead and a dirty shame.

now, if no one else wants to go see them sometime saturday or sunday (I'm not doing the drive up friday night thing again), I'm sure miyuki will head down here for the weekend... may as well try to make it a party tho.

you know, more of a party than this saturday will be. bunch of ingrates. anyone up for karaoke, maybe?

oh, and has anyone noticed bean hasn't posted here in a longass time? she doesn't have a single post in the past week. what gives?

Actually to other people it kinda looks like a riot

I used to be within one degree of the "student protest movement", and even showed up for one dreary gathering downtown inspired by Stockwell Day, but I'm a bit far removed from it all now. Still, probably some of you reading this will know some people or some people who know some people who are planning to head down to NYC in the next few days to "take democracy to the streets", or some such, whatever that means.

Please, please, please, sneak some GHB into their drinks, and lock them up in a closet, or something. Or, perhaps a little more productively, convince them that they should goddamn well stay home, and get them to convince some other people, lest they get mad, act out, and re-elect George Bush.

And if you were planning to go yourself, please don't.

Aww, fuck...

Seriously, Christian, what the dammity dammity hell is wrong with your people right now?

Two things...

For Graeme (and anyone else who cares): The first ever Vancouver International Hip Hop Film Festival takes place September 1 - 5. Hopefully I'll be covering it for Film Threat but you can check out the schedule here.

Also, since everyone's been whining I did a little digging and found concrete info on Cinemuerte VI here. It runs Oct 27 - 31.

were you guys aware of this?

cause apparently it's this week's "all your base".

noooooooo!!!!!

"In a move that proves no idea is too ridiculous to commit to film, New Line is in negotiations to have homicidal maniacs Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees reteam and face off against ultra-cool Ash from the "Evil Dead" franchise, says the Hollywood Reporter. While we firmly believe Bruce Campbell deserves much better than this film, we secretly hope the project gets made fast, 'cause we can't wait to see it." (from msn entertainment news)

this sucks ass.

SNAKE ON SNAKE ACTION! OH YEAH!

Howdy Howdy. Another movie night this Tuesday with a double bill of serpent schlock! One pure schlock the other knowingly schlock (which is kinda self defeating but oh well).

Tuesday Aug. 24th
7:00pm - BOA vs PYTHON: "So I approach a potential financier about putting some money into my movie. He asks, 'what's it's about?'. Well, I tell him the idea of two GIANT snakes fighting in a urban setting."
"Will there be titty?"
"Sure"
"What will these titties do?"
"I don't know. Jiggle?"
"Boom! A cheque falls in my lap and I'm a producer!"
9:00pm - ANACONDA aka: GRAEME GETS HIS WISH: ICE CUBE vs GIANT SNAKE vs SELENA vs MIDNIGHT COWBOY vs DIGNAN vs MASK vs ASH! And DANNY TREJO's in it! nuff said

Tuesday Aug. 31st
Nothing at our place. If anyone wants to see ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID that day (or another) I'm game.

Tuesday Sep. 7th
7pm - PURPLE RAIN: Vicki Vale loves purple and PRINCE did do a thwack of songs for BATMAN. And BATMAN's cool so that obviously is because of PRINCE and the colour Purple. PURPLE RAIN, cinema gold. (wait what if Prince did the score to a Color Purple instead of Quincy Jones. GOD what a missed opportunity like AVP being good)
9:00pm - COOL AS ICE: This time for real. I'll open an account tonight at Videotronics, reserve it and then we'll watch it. Yay!

as usual RSVP
pop fund in effect.

COMING SOON: ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE with JAWS: THE REVENGE (it's a whole lotta personal), PENITENTIARY 2, HOW'S YOUR NEWS?, and maybe some Asian movies.

why is it nobody actually WORKS on labour day?

well kiddies, this labour day marks the first anniversary of my return to canuckistania. it's a long weekend, and I think it's a wonderful time for a party. bean had asked when my next trip up would be to plan accordingly, but she'll be gone that weekend. if someone else would volunteer to be hostess with the mostest for that weekend, it would be most splendid.

also, paul has decided that he needs to demonstrate just how fat and american I really am (because it's not obvious, given the extra forty pounds in girth and boorish, nay, assholish behaviour), and has thusly challenged me to the grouse grind. I'm thinking the day of the party (preferably a saturday, I have to work friday) we could climb the hill, then celebrate by getting really blitzed that night. anyone who wishes to witness the impending heart attack is welcome to join us. should be good for a larf.

it's too bad bean won't be around. I was looking forward to another stag. I really wanted to buy paul a rocky mountain bearfucker to repay him in kind. and since he IS leaving in the near future, and probably won't see another white titty in the flesh for at least three more years, it seemed a decent idea...

mostly, I just wanted to see what happens when I yell "titties!" at the top of my lungs at canadian po-pos. the 'merkin ones really didn't appreciate it.

I know it's fairly short notice...

My Uncle's band is playing a reunion show at the Commodore this Friday. They are called Images in Vogue and opened up for Depeche Mode at one point in thier career. In fact, you can still hear their songs play on Z once in awhile. It should be a good hair-teasing event with much synth-pop goodness. Come one, come all. An interesting article about their influence on Canadian music (most especially the goth scene)here.

ALIENS vs PREDATOR 6:30pm (for 7pm show ) GRANVILLE 7

We lose. Frag christ always losing.

Off I go...

So it looks like I'm leaving for Botswana, sometime between late September and early November.

Holy shit.

So Sorry!

I have been a useless tit lately when it comes to socialising or returning calls or any such thing. You all have my deepest and most sincere apologies. I will try to do better...

Thanks for putting up with me!

This one I definitely can't put on my web site...

Got an email today that left me with a choice to make...

A group called Human Rights Internet got a resume from me some months back, and have pegged me (as one of four) for three positions doing IT and communications work for human rights groups in developing countries, for four to six months starting from late September to late October. So here's my choice:

A) Have a 75% chance (three jobs for four people) at spending half a year in a yet-unnamed Third World hellhole, dripping through the rainy season and probably catching malaria, for a pitiful monthly stipend. Return home with no money and no job, and possibly on the shit list of the folks (the BC Liberals) I'd be breaking a contract with.

B) Stay here in my comfortable headspace with a job that pays well and an apartment full of stuff I haven't finished paying for. (Sorry, Corinne, the TV would have to go back to Future Shop.) Possibly accumulate enough money to pay for school next year, and not infuriate any of the people currently running the province. Have a guaranteed job offer overseeing public consultation on the RAV line after the election, if I can hack it.

On second thought, doesn't sound like much of a choice at all, does it?


Damn, I'm gonna miss the Clubhouse Hallowe'en party.

Any interest in...

Garden State, 7:15 tonight at the 5th Avenue?


The Grouse Grind, tomorrow at about 11AM?

so many titties...

so last night, my buddy piper takes me out with some of his intel coworkers for a night of friday the thirteenth debauchery. it involves 150 hooters hot wings to start, which weren't even very good, three separate portland area titty bars, and ends on a $5 rib eye steak with all the fixings (at a titty bar, of course).

I had a couch dance. I saw the worlds most perfect (and most fake) set of boobs on the planet. I saw an impressive stripper who had more piercings than I could count (at least 20) and 67 hours worth of neo-tribal body art. I marvelled at how despite seeing well over fifty girls nekkid, I don't recall seeing a single pubic hair.

in all, it was nearly eight hours of debauchery for roughly $90 american. that includes two dinners, lots of overpriced drinks, three cover charges and at least $30 in singles thrown at the hoors.

I think I'll be good on the whole stripper thing for a few years, to say the least. however, if bean decides bj needs a stag party, I suppose I could be persuaded...

It's Not a Jewish Wedding, Paul

It's Rachael's birthday! No need to go smashing a glass at these events.

Anyway, Happy Birthday again to Bob & Rachael.

This is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a while...

Let's see: Big Pharma gives Dubya money by the boatload. Dubya, in return, tailors US Medicare to subsidize Big Pharma.

Uppity states try to import Canadian prescription drugs to cut costs. Big Pharma is unhappy.

What's a corporate-owned president to do?


Anything he can get away with, apparently.

More O'Reilly Fun

Those who watched Outfoxed will find this funny. It's a clip of O'Reilly and Pual Krugman debating about Outfoxed and media issues. This clip is compiled and 'enhanced' with some subtitles and facts that O'Reilly is wrong about and was editted by Jim Gillian (One of the Outfoxed producers.)

DEN OF SIN CANCELLED!!!

Sorry folks but tonight due to other projects, our bodies staging a mutiny and not be able to procure a copy of tonight's planned movie we'll not be showing anything tonight. Also from now on Den of Sin movie night will now be bi-weekly (allowing Mariko time to do the column on movie night).

As for next week it's ALIENS vs PREDATOR. Don't expect it to be good but we're going anyway. I'll update this when showtimes are announced.

Satanic Paradox

The Last Time's post count is currently 666. Or, at least, that is the case during the interval of time which sees me typing this post.

Of course, this post, in being made, ends the very occasion it is intended to mark. So, if you are reading this post (and unless you are me typing this post), then the phrase "the Last Time's post count is currently 666" is false if interpreted as referring to the time of your reading.

A solution to this difficulty which might prima facie seem promising would be to have posted "The Last Time's post count is currently 666" at a time when the post count was 665. However, while this would eliminate the tendency to interpret the quoted sentence in a falsificatory manner (as explained in the preceding paragraph), it would also have make a liar out of me, since the sentence would have been false at the time at which it would have been typed in this counterfactual scenario.

(It should be noted that this is not a true paradox; so the title of this post might seem to be presumptuous. But, as everyone knows, Satan is a deceiver, so one should not expect the "paradox" to be a genuine one.)

Bob & Rachael's B-Day

Hello Everyone,

This is just a reminder about our Friday party. We figure we will start about 7:30ish.
BYOB. Call or email us if you need directions.

I have just finished school today. So I am pretty relieved. I can relax a little until September.

lots of love,

Rachael

PS Paul since you broke my wine glass last year as my birthday pressie do I get a replacement as this year's pressie.

Free Beer...(sort of)

The Roundhouse is taking part in the big Yaletown celebration day on Saturday and I'm going to be selling beer in the beer garden. I thought I'd invite you all to come down and visit me, I'll be there from 11:30 to 2:30 so come by anytime and say, maybe buy some beer and support my comunity centre, if you bring me presents I might be able to give you beer.

Ikea and bad weather are an ironic combination...

Having planned a dealie at my place partly to force myself to buy furniture I note that, an entire paycheck and several days of assembling Ikeacrap later, the weather for said fireworks shindig has taken a turn for the ugly.

Life goes on.

We're still doing the gathering, and I should be at my place by 7:30. I guess we'll figure out from there whether we want to trek to the fireworks, pending weather, or stick around.

Anybody who wants details give me an email. I brushed off Owen's doom and gloom prophecies the last time I posted my phone number here... until the crank calls started rolling in.

Never again will I doubt the wisdom of Owen.

Side note: Since I never replenished my CD collection after losing the bulk of it, and just formatted my hard drive, my music bites. Outside tunes welcome.

Clarification: Regarding above, I mean *I* expect to be at my place by 7:30. Y'all are welcome to show up anytime between then and fireworks time... or after fireworks, of course, if you're dead inside and don't enjoy the sparkly lights.

Oh yeah, directions. Go to Granville or Burrard Skytrain, and walk up to Robson. Walk down Robson to Broughton (about 4 blocks from Burrard), and turn left. Walk 3ish blocks to Nelson, turn right. I'm in the first highrise on the left, 1424 Nelson. Buzzer number 1904.

If you haven't seen this yet...

I could barely believe it when I heard about it, but it's just too great not to be true.

EXPLANATION: The web site for the Bush-Cheney campaign - the real one, paid for by MBNA America and Richard Scaife - featured a "create your own banner" tool, where you could enter your own slogan and print out your own poster, with the Bush-Cheney logo, and a note at the bottom "paid for by Bush-Cheney '04, Inc." Nevertheless, many clever folks exploited the sloganator to their own ends before its sad demise only a couple of weeks after its birth, and its mourners assembled some of the best for the slide show.

Completely Random/Completely Awesome

Which random shout by the guy from Teen Girl Squad are you?

My oh my

Okay, so it's now August, and I am a total slacker here. Who knows how to tweak html, and wants to help me make sure all the events are up for the month from time to time?

Anyway, since I'm totally behind, post in the comments below about whatever event you have going on in August. I know that there are Alex, Paul, Rachael/Bob, and Clubhouse activities, but I've totally lost track. I'm going to update tomorrow afternoon, so let's help me get the calendar in order.

Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

On Saturday the 7th, I'm co-hosting a karaoke party with a pal at her place, Main & 28th area. We've rented plenty of discs, ready to fully embrace shitty commercial pop songs you wouldn't normally give the time of day to. Liquor store's conveniently located across the street.

Now, I realize that Paul has his own shindig happening during the fireworks, but if anyone would like to stop by before or after that and take part in drunken tone-deaf embarrassments, let me know.

Me again...

To think there was a time when I didn't really like Will Ferrell...

Silly link!

Mmmm, brains.