Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Does whatever a Spider can...

For the Den of Sin potheads
Granville 7

8pm

Damon's the line bitch. He'll be there at 6:45.

Clubhouse Crew
Metropolis

10:10pm

Owen and Grae are the line bitches. Phone him before seven if you want tickets.

Monday, June 28, 2004

***BIG CHANGES TO D.O.S. SCHEDULE***

rice king alert!!!

okay, tonight was supposed to be the night you've all been waiting for, but sadly we couldn't get a copy of Cool As Ice. However, since we do know where to find one we've decided to postpone the entire program until a later date and instead we bring you:

7pm -- Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter [1970] Those who managed to catch Female Convict Scorpion back in November will not want to miss this stylish Japanese Mod female JD movie starring Female Convict Scorpion herself Meiko Kaji.

9pm -- Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable [1973] The third entry in the Female Convict Scorpion series, it's not as good as the second film (which we watched back in November) but it's still got lots of style and gore to spare.

that's it for now. the beejster and i take off for NY/Montreal on Saturday and my sister has mentioned that she intends to continue movie night in our absence, but you'll have to talk to her about that. upon our return we will have another Female Convict Scorpion double bill and hopefully Cool as Ice/Purple Rain night. Detail upon our return.

rsvp, pop fund monies, blah, blah, blah...

Sunday, June 27, 2004

I NEED ME SOME VANILLA ICE

Howdy. This is for the Den of Sin crew. I need help in locating a copy of "COOL AS ICE" with Vanilla Ice of course. So um yeah start phonong your local video store and find us a copy before this Tuesday. Purple Rain cannot watched without it. Thank you.

Thursday, June 24, 2004

edward fortyhands strikes back.

the sixty-four penny question becomes this:

in light of my (albeit more and more seemingly imaginary) friend piper not going to attend, is there any desire to play edward fortyhands? I realise this is short notice, but I could try to pick up some forties. graeme, I'll even look for rainier in forty form just for you, if you'd like.

otherwise, we could each try to initiate ourselves into the hundred ouncer club using plain beer. it's a simple task, just drink nine beers in a night. now the TWO HUNDRED OUNCER club is another matter, requiring just under seventeen beers.

personally, I think I can do it if I get an early enough start. who is man (or woman) enough to drive seveteen beers without puking with me? the bonus of this game over fortyhands is you can piss freely as often as you want. and the beer can be good.

and to think, people think I'm joking when I tell them I only drink to excess... all or very little, babee.

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

you're once, twice, three times a camper...

okay folks, let's try this one more time before I go on a murderous killspree and render all of your internal organs for kitten food...

camping. would like for at least six people to go, more would be better. thinking either the weekend of july 31 or or august 21. from my crappy recollection, I'm pretty sure most of us have had at least token availability for those weekends...

I have babysitting obligations the weekends of the july 3th and 17th (I'm looking at YOU, bj and mariko), helping my parents move weekend of july 10th, and my sister's baby shower weekend of august 14th.

owen has said no to july 10th, 24th and august 7th.

obviously, bj and mariko are unavailable july 3rd, 10th and 17th.

grae and bean have various school obligations that have yet to be defined.

paul is a bitch with a commitment problem. now that he has employment, I expect a ring on my finger. or at least a firm "maybe" for a weekend for camping...

toby and kate will probably use the pacific ocean as an excuse. losers.

I don't recall anyone else chiming in at all. bob and rach? eva? scott? karen? bree and nick?

offer still stands to heavily supplement the beer fund...

Saturday, June 19, 2004

this is my little friend...

I made a very special purchase tonight. it's round, it's green, and it cost $3.99 plus tax.

the clubhouse kids now have a kickball for which to play kickball.

you all owe me a game of kickball for my birthday. it's a moral imperative that we play like schoolchildren. eating of paste optional.

Friday, June 18, 2004

B-Ballin, Shot-Callin, and Driving the Lane

Hey, I'm going out to buy a Basketball today (probably one of those fancy ones with the built-in pumps). Anyways, is anyone interested in playing some basketball tommorow, early afternoonish. Just shooting around, some 21, maybe a little 1 on 1 (but since I'm not very good this will be a fairly short.) Give me a call if you're interested.

While the Cat's Away...

Hey there, I know it's a little short notice, but I'm going to a show at the Brickyard Tonight. It's like 9-12 bux (I couln't make sense of the poster)

Here's what Canada.com says:

"Hella
Two-piece Sacramento guitar & drum band performs with Philadelphia's Need New Body, he Raking Bombs, and The Douggernaut

HELLA: two piece for Sacramento CA, ripping fast drums and guitar "Interlocking riffs and drum patterns have a dark metallic edge, but with blasts of melodic drive and bits of electronic hiss."
NEED NEW BODY: "Need New Body is widely known for their stunning theatrical live show, they've been know for wearing costumes, irregular instrumentation, and an overall crazy and thoroughly entertaining performance"

Hella are crazy good live, and one of the members of the Raking Bombs is a friend of mine.

Call me if you are interested in going, just so I know to keep an eye out.


And tommorow at the Pic Pub There's a hiphop show whose infor I can't find online, but has a bunch of people I've never heard of, Dj Moves, and AWOL One whose fricking awesome. Doors at 9, 10 bux at the door. Let me know if your interested...

Alive but warm

I am still alive and am really warm.

I don't really know what to bring back. They don't have monkeys in Arizona.

Won't check in again until I get home.

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

I think I have a new hero:

And it's Jim Davis. And that frightens me quite a lot.

But wow...it sure explains why Garfield has been around so long. It's supposed to be boring.

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Last Minute Reminder...

hi all!

just wanted to let you know what's happening tonight at the D.o.S.

8pm (sharp!): Kwaidan [1964] Anthology film of Japanese ghost stories produced by Toho Studios. Required viewing for anyone who claims to be a fan of Japanese horror movies and important context for all of the "New School" Miike rip-offs we've been inundated by. High on atmostphere and style this is an evening not to be missed.

Note: Because the film is nearly 3 hours long there will only be one film tonight, but those who show up at 7pm like good little boys and girls may be treated to some horror shorts.

rsvp if you can, pop fund, call for directions blah, blah, blah...

~meeko

Monday, June 14, 2004

All is well...

I have a new home! I was just informed that on June 26th, I'll be moving into a kickass place at Nelson and Broughton. 19th floor, nice view... damn, I'm looking forward to it.


My place in Victoria never felt much like home, mainly because my roommate Hugh, a very cool guy, has lived here two or three years. He's thus left his stylistic stamp all over the place and I haven't done much customizing, especially given that my island tenure was always limited to 6 months.


But now I live 5 minutes walk from Hon's Chinese!!! Anybody who wants to lend a hand in my brief move (only one volunteer needed, my bed's the only thing I can't move on my own) is invited out.


And yes, this means I'll be joining the Clubhouse Party that night. Run in bowel-clenching terror, Christian.

We're all going to take up a lot of space with this...

Figured I'd get in on the act... I'm kinda pathetic for having not seen some of these.

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead (the remake) (does a bootleg count as ownership?)
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job (the remake)
25. Goonies (Insert sounds of joy here)
26. Baseketball (Don't ask...)
27. The Spice Girls Movie
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen (original version)
47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where's My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
68. Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
69. Muriel's Wedding
70. Croupier
71. Blade Runner
72. Cruel Intentions
73. Ocean's Eleven (remake)
74. Magnolia
75. Fight Club
76. Beauty and The Beast
77. Much Ado About Nothing
78. Dirty Dancing
79. Gladiator
80. Ever After
81. Braveheart
82. What Lies Beneath
83. Regarding Henry
84. The Dark Crystal
85. Star Wars
86. The Birds
87. Beaches
88. Cujo
89. Maid In Manhattan
90. Labyrinth
91. Thoroughly Modern Millie
92. His Girl Friday
93. Chocolat
94. Independence Day
95. Singing in the Rain
96. Big Fish
97. The Thomas Crown Affair
98. The Matrix
99. Stargate
100. A Hard Day's Night
101. About A Boy
102. Jurassic Park
103. Life of Brian
104. Dune
105. Event Horizon
106. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
107. Dead Fire
108. The Neverending Story
109. Resident Evil
110. Laura Croft: Tomb Raider
111. Pure Country
112. The Evil Dead
113. The Stand
114. Head
115. Shoujo Kakumei Utena: ADOLESCENCE Mokushiroku
116. The Ghost Goes Gear
117. Perfect Blue
118. Bring It On
119. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
120. Ghost World
121. UHF
122. The Royal Tenenbaums
123. Ichi the Killer
124. Lady Snowblood
125. Bubba Ho-Tep
126. Billy Madison
127. Kids
128. Mean Girls
129. The Burbs
130. Beetlejuice
131. Weekend At Bernies
132. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
133. Last Life in the Universe
134. Dancer in the Dark
135. Fubar
136. The Corporation
137. Schindler's List
138. Manhunter
139. Panic

For the love of movies.

Italicize what you've seen part of.
Bold what you've seen all the way through.
Underline what you own.
Add three of your own.

For ability to reply in comments, perhaps just include those that you have seen, but still add three.

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead (the remake)
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job (the remake)
25. Goonies (INSERT CUSS WORDS HERE)
26. Baseketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen (original version)
47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where's My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
68. Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
69. Muriel's Wedding
70. Croupier
71. Blade Runner
72. Cruel Intentions
73. Ocean's Eleven (remake)
74. Magnolia
75.Fight Club
76. Beauty and The Beast
77. Much Ado About Nothing
78. Dirty Dancing
79. Gladiator
80. Ever After
81. Braveheart
82. What Lies Beneath
83. Regarding Henry
84. The Dark Crystal
85. Star Wars
86. The Birds
87. Beaches
88. Cujo
89. Maid In Manhattan
90. Labyrinth
91. Thoroughly Modern Millie
92. His Girl Friday
93. Chocolat
94. Independence Day
95. Singing in the Rain
96. Big Fish
97. The Thomas Crown Affair
98. The Matrix
99. Stargate
100. A Hard Day's Night
101. About A Boy
102. Jurassic Park
103. Life of Brian
104. Dune
105. Event Horizon
106. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
107. Dead Fire
108. The Neverending Story
109. Resident Evil
110. Laura Croft: Tomb Raider
111. Pure Country
112. The Evil Dead
113. The Stand
114. Head
115. Shoujo Kakumei Utena: ADOLESCENCE Mokushiroku
116. The Ghost Goes Gear
117. Perfect Blue
118. Bring It On
119. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
120. Ghost World
121. UHF
122. The Royal Tenenbaums
123. Ichi the Killer
124. Lady Snowblood
125. Bubba Ho-Tep
126. Billy Madison
127. Kids
128. Mean Girls
129. The Burbs
130. Beetlejuice
131. Weekend At Bernies
132. Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
133. Last Life in the Universe
134. Dancer in the Dark
135. Fubar
136. The Corporation

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Do you wanna dance?

Hello all!

I've friends visiting from Ireland, and we're going to head out to the Purple Onion for Goth night this evening. I you'd care to join us, we'll probably be there around 11pm.

Hope to see a few of you there!

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Republican Survivor

I know we're mostly Canucks here and all, but still I thought some of you might enjoy voting off your favourite Republican.

As an added bonus, there are "Crazy GOP" quotes along the left. The one I'm looking at now is a peach.

"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees...God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'" -- Ann Coulter, Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01

Love that rape imagery. You go, girl. You know, that's what political discourse needs more of. Rape imagery.

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

road trip itinerary

okay, this is what is going on this weekend. the planning is fairly modular, people can participate in what they want. I have one spare key and we'll have two vehicles, so as long as we don't split into more than two groups (or three if someone sits at home), we'll be fine.

friday, 6:45pm, cinerama: garden state
friday, midnight, egyptian: undead
saturday, 1:30pm, egyptian: love me if you dare
sunday, 11:30am, pacific place: garden state

donnie darko director's cut is playing all three days at the varsity, showtimes of 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:55. I figured one of the two later shows saturday would work best.

aside from the first garden state screening, no one has tickets reserved for anything except miyuki and I. if you want to go, you'll need to get tickets on your own. doubtful any of the shows will sell out, so tickets could be purchased at the box office. couldn't hurt to order them online and will call them at the theatre, tho. graeme and corrine's garden state tix are at will call, not sure what owen arranged for...

I'll spring for pizza one night. we'll need to figure out other food arrangements. if cost is an issue, we can acquire groceries, and, heaven forbid, actually good stuff cheaply.. there's also reasonably priced food all over. pho ($5 a person), taco del mar (BIGass burritos for $5), musashi's (cheap decent sushi, depends on the time of day tho), pagliacci ($2 a slice for pizza).

we can try to do other stuff too, if there's time and interest. that's a lot of fecking movies tho. some of the canadian contigent may want to break off and do their own thing for part of the time, which is fine. I'll try to draw up a rough map of seattle with some major thoroughfares to keep you from getting lost.

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

camping revisited.

okay folks... I'm proposing two dates for camping, and would like to get a handful of people to commit to one of them. if we can get maybe six people to give a firm commitment (ie, enough to warrant putting money down for a reservation), then if others can join on shorter notice, the more the merrier...

I propose either the weekend of july 24-25 or august 7-8. far enough in advance that people could insure they have time off and whatnot. it's the middle of summer, so school issues should be minimal.

as I offered before, I'll provide a keg for drunken debauchery. I just need some cohorts...

some food for thought

stick this in your pipe and smoke it.

Monday, June 07, 2004

Yay!... and argh...

Woot! Probable job offer downtown!


Attendant ethical quandary. Dammit. Must find a way to get the job while making my potential employer understand that I refuse to do some of the political work he's attached to the position. Any suggestions on how to tell someone offering a spot that part of the job description is unacceptable?


As usual, I can't post about job stuff on my own blog, so you poor people have to listen to me whine...

Happy Birthday Corinne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I meant to post it here, but posted in on my blog instead.

Come visit the Happy Birthday Corinne Shrine.

Sunday, June 06, 2004

Zatoichi

Screener pass.

Who wants to go with me Monday night, 7pm, Fifth Avenue? Me and another person. If I can't find anyone I won't go. But it's my birthday... :(

Saturday, June 05, 2004

The June D.o.S. Schedule

Hey Kids.

Okay, I'm done being a bum. Here is the schedule for the full month. You'll notice I've included last week's schedule too, but that's purely for for my own records so you can ignore that if it makes you happier.

Tuesday June 1: Anime Night (robots not included)
7pm: Tokyo Godfathers [2003] -- Charming tale of three street people: a middle aged alcoholic, an equally middle aged drag queen and a 15 year old runaway find a baby in the trash on Christmas Eve and embark on an epic journey across the city to reunite the child with her mother.
9pm: Millennium Actress [2001] -- A thousand years of Japanese history, a century of Japanese film history and close to sixty years of personal history collide when a documentary film crew interview a famous actress upon the destruction of the studio she help build. Beautiful and complex this is filmmaking at its best.

Tuesday June 8: Asian Creepfest
7pm: Tell Me Something [1999] -- Think of it as the Korean "Se7en". A grim and twisty serial killer movie involving bags of body parts and lots of blood. Fun and thrilling it'll apparently have you on the edge of your seat.
9pm: Ju-On: The Grudge [2003] -- I know some of you have seen it already, but we haven't so tuff toenails. Creepy Japanese horror. If you've seen Ringu you'll know what to expect.

Tuesday June 15: Ghost Stories (one film because it's really long)
8pm: Kwaidan [1964] -- Trilogy of Japanese ghost stories. Creepy, atmospheric and beautifully shot it should also provide some context for those who saw "Millennium Actress" at the beginning of the month (please note this movie is three hours long).

Tuesday June 22: Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
7pm: Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator [2003] -- Chronicle of the late eighties skater who turned pro at 14 and by 17 was making over $100,000 a year. Too much money, too many drugs, and too much attention all add up to a spectacular and horrific fall from grace.
9pm: Heavy Metal Parking Lot [1986] -- Yes the title does explain it all. ** Note Changes**

Tuesday June 29: T.A. Night -- Musicians on Motorcycles
7pm: Cool As Ice [1991] -- Yes, that Cool As Ice.
9pm: Purple Rain [1984] -- Because Prince rules.
Booze or other intoxicant recommended.

R.S.V.P. pop fund, blah, blah, blah...

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Fucknuggets

My landlord has got the right idea for income right now and has the grand plan to sell the Clubhouse building. On Saturday (already! the place may have been listed for lass than a week), the realtor is coming over to tour the place.

I hate this so much. I hope I get a landlord half as decent as the last one. And I really hope that the new owner doesn't want to get rid of the building or up the rent. Because the only reason this place is so livable is because of the repairs and painting that has gone on because of us.

Five years in one very awesome place may be ending soon. If that happens I have no idea what will happen.

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

another of christian's hare-brained schemes...

I'm sure this idea will die in mediocrity just like the camping one, but I thought I'd mention it. kismet or something, as I keep encountering the idea in different places...

I propose we bring back a time-old tradition of clubhouse intramurals. the football games we had were legendary, tho were generally limited to, at most, a five on five format. I suspect this is because tossing around the ol' pigskin is a bit too elitist for those of the more pussy persuasion. so I propose a game more fitting of a general audience... folks, let's all grope our inner child, head out to the old ballyard and play a little kickball!

the great thing about kickball is that it requires very little athletic prowess. the ball is clumsy and big and awkward. even the best kickers flub it half the time, and it's unweildy as hell, which makes any truly painful peltings in the basepaths unlikely. but mostly, it's just fun. shit, even I could play it as a kid, and I was a TOTAL git as a kid. sad to think I'm waaaaay more athletic now than I was twenty years ago. for those who witnessed my football performance, this is indeed impressive.

I'll gladly pick up one of those big red four-square balls to donate to the clubhouse toy chest if we could get some people together and a field to play on, preferably when I'm up there. we'd want at least six per team, but any baseball derived sport lends itself well to playing with a bare minimum of players: ghost runners, pitcher's hand, etc. we could get by with as few as three on a side without requiring TOO much chasing the ball in the field, tho it would make for an offensive slugfest. I imagine the fewer players we have, the wider the basepaths should be.

is anyone up for it? it's a simple game. you throw the ball, you catch the ball, you kick the ball. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains (it's most fun this way). but as long as paul is there, we can all get in lots of target practice...

The Month's Rundown
(For Those Too Lazy to Read The Infrequently Updated Calendar)

Thursday is Games Night. With me being sick, I'll try to be up and running. This month's features also include RoboRally.

Friday is Harry Potter as discussed in some post in the May archive page.

Saturday is Pitt Meadows Day, but while I will be in Pitt MEadows, I will not be attending.

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The following weekend we are leaving for Seattle. Miyuki, Owen, I need to know when you can leave. Both Grae and I are off that day entirely and lunch at Jack-in-the-Box appeals to me.

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Birthday celebrations appear to be in order much later in the month for Christian, Paul's and my own birthdays. Saturday June 26th.

Girls' night will resume on the 27th as originally planned.