A Thank You Note

Thank you all for coming to the Karaoke party and making it the best time!! That was soo fun!
We'll do it again for sure..
oh and today I missed Foo because I managed to drink for 12 hours yesterday (4pm-4am).. yup.. not so hot.. miss you all...
OMG.. just now... I just got called into work an 8 hour rather than a 4 hour shift.. Wish me luck!

PS.. I liked "Liar" alot more than I thought I would..

bureaucracy sucks. I blame paul.

miyuki got her visa. yay! it took over four hours. there was maybe ten minutes of actual work involved.

appointment was at 10. we got there a bit early. I didn't get breakfast. this was a mistake.

at 10:30, they finally call her up. she gives them her paperwork, they get all that sorted out. a quick trip down the hall to the cashier, return with the receipt. then back to her seat. total time, about three minutes.

11:15, they call her up for her electronic fingerprinting. this took thirty seconds.

a little after noon, we get called up for the "interview"... answer a few questions, she signs her life away, and we're told to return at 2pm to pick up the visa.

we went and got some lunch at a japanese place. she got really good katsu, I had marginal at best sushi. we wandered around a bit more, she cashed her paycheque, we got some gelato (mango gelato is the greatest invention EVER).

get back to the consulate about 2:10. my logic was they told us "after 2" and they'd been horrendously late on everything, so why bother showing up at 2 on the dot? I'm not allowed in the consulate this time (some treatment of its own citizens, eh?), so I wait out front reading my book. she comes down at 2:30 with passport in hand. the visa is not what I expected...

they actually fed one of the passport pages into a machine. it scored the outer edge with an intricate border, and it's printed and embossed directly onto the page. several colours and patterns and shit. it looks quite cool.

it's now official that she'll be moving to the states next month. woot.

last supper?

by request of paul and probably others, potentially the last chineefoo for miyuki and me for a very long while... sunday recovery from karaoke, noonish. peking restaurant, 5939 hastings in burnaby.

brendan... that's one block EAST of holdom, not west.

Bonnie Lass Brigade - The Revenge!

7:30pm
Clubhouse
Thursday July 28th

Bring twinned X chromosomes and pirate cards. If you don't have pirate cards, bring an eye patch or fitting pirate bandana or costume. Peg legs are acceptable.

Updated Karaoke Selection

The updated karaoke selection is available here.

Maybe I should offer door prizes for attempting the most heinous cover tunes...

Bring the pain.

Tomorrow

Shall we meet at the Safeway before the lantern fun?
hm.. well..
I say yes. I say people that want to play lanterns with clubhousers can meet at the front doors of the Safeway at 7:15pm.
But I'm open to suggestion.. otherwise known as highly suggestable.. as you all well know...

Karaoke Superstars!

Mike singing at karaoke Wednesdays at the Veterans' Club on 23rd and Main.

Luminaires Festival

Saturday.
Trout Lake.
Lanterns and fireworks.


Thought I would post this since a lot of you were already planning on going.

Moon Landing Anniversary

So Google has decided to celebrate the anniversary of the moon landing with a new service. Google Moon is like Google Maps or Google Earth.

I feel so much more plugged into education.

so completely for bean...

The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test

yarr, I'm a pirate.

A Pirate Raider
You scored 5 Honor, 3 Justice, 7 Adventure, and 8 Individuality!

for those who care follow-up

this is mostly for Eva's benefit.

from whedonesque.com

"Unconfirmed July 28th Screenings?
Over at the 'Versal board, MrMatthew reports that a "Special Advance Preview" has appeared on Fandango for Las Vegas, on July 28th, at 10:00 PM, using the numerical movie ID code Fandango has used for the previous "Serenity" screenings."

so yeah. Keep checking cantstopthesignal.com and whedonesque to find out what day tickets go on sale.

For those who like to prepare and/or need ideas for how to get one's karaoke groove on, the current list of songs I can provide for the slack shack shindig is here.

Duplicates and incredibly cheesy recent pop that noone would want to cover will likely be deleted. In addition, there are requests in the works such as Rollins Band, Beck and Le Tigre.

Duke

No one has any information on this

Today at around noon, Rae and I went to T & T Supermarket on the edge of Chinatown by the 20 bus. On the way back we were going to take the SkyTrain back. We waited for about 10 minutes before I noted that it was more crowded than usual and the SkyTrain was taking longer than it normally does. Mere seconds later the intercom announced that the SkyTrain from Waterfront to Broadway was not running. There was "an intruder" (their term) and that there was no service from Waterfront to Broadway. No "please wait 10 to 20 minutes while we fix the problem", just an indefinite "no service, so away". It must have been that moment that the problem occured because buses were still pretty empty (the 20 Victoria runs close to all SkyTrain stops except Main Street/Science World).

Anyway, anyone got any word on this?

Brendan's B-Day by B.Hurley

I love you all...

I don't know how to make a new independant post for this blog... I'm a newbie, and a technopeasant.

So here goes.

Date: Friday 15 JUL 05

Place: At My place on Hawks ave in Strathcona.

Unofficial Theme:
It is going to be a Secret Agent themed party. Come as a your favorite spy, double agent, villian, banana republic dictator, or minion.
* ninjas and pirates are also acceptable.
** extra points for anyone who comes dressed as Emma Peel.

Official Theme: BYOB

Itinerary

First I am going to drag people out for dinner (mostly because my strata does not allow barbeques).

6:30pm

AFRO CANADIAN RESTAURANT
African food served with injera bread. 324 Cambie, 604-682-2646 lnt$$

good, tunes, great beer, excellent eats, and veggie options.

9:00pm
My house...
Gettin' the Party Started.

Those who can bring espionage themed games, activities, and movies will be muchly appreciated.

This house has four floors so there may be multiple activities going on at once.

Invite RULEs:

All clubhouse patrons are invited ... officially now.

I must have heard an invited person's name in a positive manner at least once in a conversation with you.

These people must not be likely to trash or jack my shit.

All invited guests including you must mingle with people outside of your own social group...
not something that I am too worried about...

Do your best to clear it with me, cuz that way I can plan ahead.

CONTACT:
604 321 4770

bhurley AT sfu DOT ca

More Karaoke

Because certain people from the clubhouse have told me that they're "too lazy to scroll down" when reading this blog, posting the Karaoke Party info seemed like.. a good.

Even though it's already in a thread on here.

You lazy people know who you are and you suck..

Sat. July 30th
Slack Shack
Bring Friends
8pm

Call me for anything else..

I'll forum my number and addy..

Bringing Out the Dead

Just got this in my inbox today...not a lot of info given (like starting place!?) Sounds like fun though....possible goth kid worries though.


>Subject: bring out yer dead
>
> Get out the oatmeal and liquid latex, 'cause the day
> of reckoning is nigh!
>
> That's right! Zombiewalk Vancouver 2005! . . .!
>
> Tentatively Saturday August 27, 3pm
> Starting from "somewhere horribly frightening" a horde of living dead
> will
> stumble en masse towards Mountain View Cemetery on Fraser St.
>
> The zombie walk will end with a picnic in the graveyard - bring
> your friends and family and eat them in the park!
>
> There is possibility of a post-apocalypse zombie-jamboree hoe-down to
> follow. If you have the inclination to do so, please let me know of
> your
> zombie wants, needs, desires and offerings - contributions of ideas,
> zombie related music/films/performance (preferably from the brains of
> participating zombies), food (scavenged, hunted, incubated or
> otherwise), your presence (zombies are only really effective when
> gathered in
> large groups. everyone knows that), general good will, etc.
>
> Pass this on to anyone else you know who might be interested.
>
> More engaging imagery + useful information to follow.
>
> aarrgh,
> heather

Directions

Directions to my place are up in the forum.

9ish, BYOB, BYOM if you want to grill something. Feel free to bring people who won't steal stuff (bad experience, that.)

Your Weekly Reminder...

Hey Kids,

This week we're kickin' it old skool style:

Monday July 11 - Classic Horror

7pm: The Amityville Horror [1979] - Family moves into spooky house. Spooky shit happens. Based on a true story.

9pm: The Omen [1976] - The original problem child... wait, did I really just write that? I'm so sorry folks...

RSVP please. Pop fund is in effect.

~meeko

Linky Gifts

Just call me Santa.

For Grae: Some light summer reading.
For Rachael: Bunnies.
For BJ: Critical toy analysis.

More to come I'm sure (it's a slow work day).

~meeko

KJ Duke (Karaoke Jockey)

So I was recently gifted a Venturer CDG62 karaoke machine with dual cassette deck, digital echo, pitch control and tone adjustment. When combined with the sweet mics I found at the richmond nightmarket and the new source for custom CD+G discs, this makes for some interesting possibilities for those into the recent karaoke revival.

So if you'd like me to KJ a party or organize an evening to practice up for your next visit to the Veteran's Club, let's do it. Even I had stage fright before "Epic" last night, I mean c'mon -- we followed a girl who tore up the house with "Thriller". I've been working on a library of clubhouse favorites, split into 70's funk, 80's pop, 80's rock, 90's rock, 90's dance, new rock, new pop and the complete libraries of radiohead, gnr, prince, bowie and the police.

To request songs for addition to the clubhouse library, email me at:
mikerama "at" gmail "dot" com

Duke

It's been a while... so WOOT!!!

Party deep in the wilds of Burnaby, Saturday July 16th. It doesn't matter what time I say it starts, people will show up between 9 and 10. So show up when you want.

I'm housesitting that weekend for my parents, who have actually given me the green light to have a party at their place.

The place **CENSORED**, Burnaby, close to Edmonds Skytrain. There's a nifty hot tub, which has been rather popular at previous parties (all at least two years ago). Also a big barbeque if anybody wants burgers'n'stuff - often a fixture of these get-togethers. Literally over a dozen couches, too, so there's ample space for crashing. Last party at this house went until 4 PM the following day - I'm curious to see if that record can be broken.

I'll post more directions as the day nears.

Why Do White Kids Like "Hip-Hop" So Much?

We must investigate:

ABSTRACT RUDE

Underground MC from L.A., with local guest Kia Kadiri. July 8, doors 9 pm, Lamplighter (210 Abbott). Tix $12 at the door only

Mr Eff, as resident negrologist your collaboration on this research project is requested.

For those who care...

There will be two more advance screenings of Serenity in the next couple of months. As for when keep checking cantstopthesignal.com. Usually tickets sell out within a hour they're posted so I'd start hanging out at the firefly and serenity forums for a heads up. We'll probably have a Firefly screening party at my house before Sept. 30 (The release date for Serenity).

If you don't know what I'm talking about pick Firefly on DVD. If you regret it, I don't know how to talk to you.

Also if you like Firefly and still refuse to watch Buffy (the name's supposed to be ironic, knob) you're a pussy and a hater.

Sorry. I'm really bored at work right now. I've spent two hours trying to find an amateur porn site or forum that posts exclusively geek or nerd girls. If you know where I could go or have any pics. beezlebozoclown@yahoo.com. I'm married, bitch! I need it!

Reminder

Yes, there will be a Den of Sin night this Monday. Hopefully y'all will have recovered by then.

Monday July 4, 2005 -- The In Sound From Way Out

7pm: Yes Nurse, No Nurse [2002] -- Dutch musical based on a cult TV series from the '60's. Colourful & fun, unlikely to offend anyone.

9pm: The American Astronaut [2001] -- Absurdist-black&white- Western-Sci-fi musical to end all absurdist-black&white-Western-Sci-fi musicals. You are unlikely to see anything like this again.

RSVP, Pop Fund & all that jazz.

~meeko

HAPPY CANADA DAY

We intend to get really drunk and make nuisances of ourselves in various public squares singing Oh Canada at the top of our lungs while English people stare at our strange red and white plumage. What are your plans?