Happy New Year

Welcome to the Year of the Cock.

House Party at Karen's

ok.
Fate is a strange thing.

I've just been told we are having our House Warming Party for "The Slack Shack" this Friday the 11th of Feb.

As many of you know, (all of you?) I recently caused some well meant but drunkenly reasoned havoc at a Clubhouse shin dig. So, without further ado, here's a chance to come rip it up at my place. Ah how quickly the tables turn. lol

hope to see you all.. big hugs

constantchange8@hotmail.com

St. Patrick's Day

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby boy.

So, since Saturday was a hit, the Clubhouse has assigned itself another party for March 19 18, 2005 at around 8pm.

Feel free to bring your friends, and leave those you don't know where you found them (it makes for a much more relaxed gathering).

Do I Laugh Or Do I Cry?

Not sure how to take this one.

Last Minute Reminder & The Rest of February

Hey Kids,

Just wanted to remind y'all that the D.o.S. is back tonight, starting at 7pm. Please R.S.V.P. if you can make it and bring your pennies for the pop fund.

The itinerary:

7pm: Business is Business [1971] -- Paul Verhoeven's take on the red light district in Amsterdam in the '60's. 'Nough said.

9pm: Turkish Delight [1973] -- Hot Rutger Hauer butt shots!! Rutger Hauer's butt!!! Mmmm, Rutger Hauer...


Also, while we're at it here's the schedule for the next Movie Night:

Monday February 22 (the day before my birthday, hint, hint)

Fantasia Favourites (As in the Film Festival in Montreal)

7pm: 9 Souls [2003] -- I understand this is the early show, but everyone must try to make it for this movie. Easily my favorite movie I saw last year. You can read my gushing review on Film Threat if you want to know what it's about, but trust me, this is a great, great film.

9pm: Ping Pong [2002] -- Incorrectly marketed in the West as the Japanese cousin of "Shaolin Soccer", I'd say this movie is more like a wackier sports themed take on "School of Rock". Funny, exciting and extremely inspirational this is a fabulous film for all ages and even had the jaded Montreal crowd cheering along with the film. Don't miss out on one of the best sports films ever. No really.

That is all. Hope to see you there.

~meeko

uhh....BATMAN!

BATMAN!

Because everything CNN says is true...

I'm forced to believe that this is true....and I'm ok with that because it's fucking hilarious.

Found vis Pop Life

I'm in a Girlie Mood

Paper Dolls

Just out of curiosity:

How many people are signed up for this thing? I just realised I no longer had any idea who everyone on here is or how many there were.

How about a "getting to know you" comment on the topic of...errr...let's pick an easy one.

How did you meet The Bean?

I'll get it rolling. I met her through my ex, who was friends with her and Mister Eff.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR GRAEME...

Anyone can post Happy Birthdays to whoever, but I beat you to it.

Now, send a comment to Graeme to inform him he's getting old as of today.

Not quite as great as kittens...

...but hilarious none the less. Hey this is a short by a lovely fellow I work with. Check out Hooped!.

Checked out the first few episodes of Wonderfalls which comes out on DVD today. They were....wait for it...wonderful. To those who impulse buy their DVDs I suggest picking this one up.

Xtra Special D.o.S. Screening This Wednesday

Hey folks,

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this myself. This Wednesday (Feb 2/05) at 7:30pm there will be a very special screening at the Den of Sin of "Om Gottes Willen", Nina Hagen's documentary about her spiritual travels through India. There will likely be chanting before or after the screening as well and a special surprise guest (but if you ask really nice I might tell you). Please RSVP so that I know someone is coming. If you can make it I highly recommend it. This will be a night to remember.

~meeko

the madness...

bean has a new fave video...

I still prefer the christopher walken dancing imagery...

The Triumphant Return of the D.o.S.

Okay kiddies, we're finally back. With a new day and everything. So, next Monday prepare to get your rocks off yet again:

Monday February 7/05
Verhoeven Night Part 2

7pm: Business is Business [1971] -- Verhoeven's first film to receive distribution in the US this is slice 'o life kind of picture, kind of comedic, kind of dramatic... set in Holland's famous red light district. AKA Diary of a Hooker, AKA Any Special Way. A must see for fans of Verhoeven's early work.

9pm: Turkish Delight [1973] -- An extra yummy Rutger Hauer stars a Dutch sculpter who has a stormy affair with a young girl. Told in flash back it's kinda like a Dutch (read: sexier, less sappy) take on "Love Story".

Next D.o.S. night will be Monday February 21/05. Schedule to follow. Plus, a special weekend edition of the D.o.S. with mystery guest. Maybe. Details to follow.

Rather than go to a comic-con, Grae decided to celebrate turning 28

Saturday February 5

Details sketchy, but Clubhouse gathering at some point that night, etc.

oh. emm. gee. wantwantwant!

bean can have her pixelblocks... I want the cubes... these are so freakin' sweet. it's like playmobil for disenfranchised gen-xers...

my birthday is five months away. I expect all of you to chip in a few bucks to get me my own start-up company. of which I will rule with an iron fist.

Spooky tape thingy

If you watch you will die in 7 days

Also I now have blog. yay.

if the red cross can find paul's hand...

I know there has been talk of a road trip to seattle to witness none other than yours truly getting his ass kicked by a cartoonist half his size for copyright infringements involving a tattoo, but there is another trip worth mentioning...

the following weekend (valentine's weekend, no less), cinerama has a lord of the rings marathon for $35.

for those of you who haven't been to the cinerama, it is the COOLEST movie theatre on the planet. paul allen dropped a buttload of money into renovating it. it's even got stars on the ceiling!

anyway, you guys can discuss... comic con on the 5th, or lotr marathon on the 12th.

if paul's remains are recovered in time, perhaps even his hand could be present for corinne to hold the entire time...

This is SO awesome!

Sean just sent me this link and requested the exact dimensions of my patio. Wouldn't this be the perfect addition in time for a housewarming?



Yet another inflatable item to add to my wishlist.

KAYAK...the other is a KAYAK!

Merry Christmas Haloscan.
-Duke

Shame on Burton, Shaun on Romero!

'First there was George Romero's classic 1978 zombie movie Dawn of the Dead. Then, last year, came the spoof of the movie, Shaun of the Dead. Now, Romero has a new film in the works, Land of the Dead, in which members of the cast of last year's spoof will be featured, one of the stars of the new movies has disclosed. John Leguizamo, who says he plays "a zombie killer" in the new movie, told the website ComingSoon.net, "I've got my own hypothesis too about [why Romero included the Shaun cast]. ... The beauty about Romero is that there's always been a sense of humor about things. I mean, there's always a little bit of a wink to it."' (imdb 1/18/05)

why, lard, why?

I'll admit, I was hopeful when I saw johnny depp was pegged as willy wonka. still didn't understand why they'd bother remaking the movie (yes, money, fuck you), but I figured if anyone could pull it off, he could.

then I saw this.

there is no god. or worse yet, this is proof there is, and all those fuckers who like dubya are right...

HOUSEWARMING

Of the long anticipated variety.

Saturday, January 29th, 7:00pm on.

I'll have the place completely fixed up by then...hopefully balcony and party room will be available.

Email me for directions and details.

nakatomica at lycos dot com

best. essay. ever.

good lard, I wish I would have had the balls to write something like this in college...

it's too fucking good to be real.

Ain't It Cool News - View Article

Ain't It Cool News - View Article

This could be cool. I hope they don't wreck it.

Update on B-day

I am going out to Kitto's for sushi before dancing, at 8:30 pm wednesday the 5th of january, come one, come all. Then we will be going dancing at the Lotus until whatever time I get tired. Hope to see you there.

Nick

For Corinne

Happy New Year.

Top Ten Lists

Posted to my Blog too, but hey.

Top Ten Movies:
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Napolean Dynamite
3. The Uninvited
4. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
5. Hero
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. Incredibles, The
7. Spider-Man 2
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
9. Garden State
10. Before Sunset

Honorable mentions: Fahrenheit 9/11, and Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Top Twelve Albums:

1. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
3. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
4. Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
5. Rise Against - Siren Songs
6. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
7. The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
8. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green Is a Soul Machine

Honorable Mentions:

Califone - Heron King Blues
Converge - You Fail Me

Top Five Guys I would Go Gay for:

5. Tie between Pharrel and Usher
4. Scott Peterson (He really is a poor man's Affleck)
3. Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio
2. Johnny Depp
1. Ben Affleck

Wow. My list of movies has a lot more romantic comedies than normal, and my music has become way more indie rock. I'm getting old and wussy. Need more Metal and Horror.

Top Five Albums of 2003 as rated by me now:

5. Wrens - Meadowlands
4. Decemberists - Her Majesty...
3. Postal Service - Give UP
2 Non-Prophets - Hope
1. Shins - Chutes too Narrow

weekend fun.

so, aside from the clubhouse party friday night and eating my favouritist chineefoo ever (no paul, not hon's) with miyuki, my weekend slate is clear.

I'm thinking an encore presentation of life aquatic would be good, since miyuki slept through it the first time. I'd also like to see house of flying daggers. and possibly closer.

I have $80 to last me 48 hours. this should accomodate at LEAST two movies plus drinks plus chineefoo.

so, who is up for what, and when?

I'm thinking a saturday back to back would be sweet. 2pm life aquatic, followed by a 4:35pm flying daggers, with bubbletea inbetwixt, at tinseltown? there's an earlier option of noon and 2:30, but who wants to think about that? you can still taste the toothpaste...

'sides, I'm hoping for chineefoo saturday for lunch...

K so here's the plan....

It's me birthday on Jan. 5, this is Nicholas by the way, and I am intending to go out for laser tag or some other similar event and then to the Lotus for dancing to a ton of dj's who mess with all tunes modern and retro in weird and fun ways. This is a Wednesday night, cover is $4 , coat check $2 and drinks are $3.50. I don't know how much laser tag is, friends are looking into it for me, but I am looking for something fun for a night, then dancing. There are usually between 4 and 12 dj's there taking turns spinning for the night so there should be something for anyone.

I am also trying to put together a more relaxed and talkatively social event for the weekend, either Friday or Saturday, but I have not found a venue yet. Rachael and Bob suggested the crepe place on Granville St near the capitol 6, but I have been told the drinks are not the cheapest. I will be looking into getting reduced rates and such but I am not sure yet. If anyone has suggestion for either night or both let me know. I really want to go dancing on my birthday and still have the chance to drink and socialize with my friends. I like the weekend because most people can make it, anyone who knows me is invited and I will stress that I really do not want anything from anyone in the way of gifts. I say this because I have had people not show up because they could not get me something, which is total bunk as I really only want to see people that I care about.

Post and let me know what you think.

New Year's

Clubhouse
8pmish through to the morning.
byob and stuff

Uh, it's not a huge deal; it's meant to be a last minurte I-have-nothing-else-to-go-to kind of shindig. We'll get some bubbly, bring some tacky champagne or wine glasses, and the spirit of THANK FUCKING GOD THE YEAR'S OVER.

Merry Christmas and Stuff.

Hey, all. Just thought I'd send my best wishes to all of y'all this holiday season. Please use this as an excuse to post your christmas haul or funny christmas stories. Yay, ethnocentrism!


So far: Rice Cooker, NHL 2005, Lost in Translation, Socks, Candy.

moral imperative

the life aquatic with steve zissou allegedly opens on xmas.

I MUST see this movie. the day it is released. preferably the first showing.

one problem, I can't find where (or if) it is showing in vancouver. something about canadian movie listings sucking so much ass when it comes to predicting showtimes for the following week (you guys all know canada has weaknesses, this is its biggest).

can someone please confirm for me where and when I can be viewing this finest of films? and perhaps accompany the li'l woman and I for a group outing? and early afternoon showing on the 25th would be swell.

and no, it isn't weird to go to the movies on dec 25. I do it every year. I can only handle so much family time, and movie theatres are always open.

ZULA is back in town!

Man, this is some of the best news I've heard all month...my friend Cem, concert promoter and proprietor of Zula productions, is back from Turkey and is opening a new restaurant/venue on Commercial - RIME. Cem has brought legends such as John Zorn, Dave Douglas and Junk Genius to Vancouver and has done so much for the scene that would otherwise only exist during the du maurier jazz fest.

Check it out, I will certainly be visiting on a regular basis!

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Opening Week Celebration at Rime

Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels joined by Mark Taylor, Paul Plimley & Peggy Lee
December 26 & 27, 9 pm
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix$12/10 at the door

Zula Productions presents Texas composer, jazz trumpet icon, improviser Dennis Gonzalez, who will play original music written specifically for this event with sons Aaron on basses & Stefan on drums, with New York French hornist Mark Taylor plus local greats, pianist Paul Plimley (Sunday, Dec. 26) & cellist Peggy Lee (Monday, Dec.27).

Mark Taylor with eye of newt perform live to a screening of "The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb" and more
December 29, 9 pm
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix$12/10 at the door

Zula Productions presents from New York City, jazzman, French hornist, composer, improviser Mark Taylor (of Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus fame) with Vancouver's eye of newt which includes Stefan Smulovitz (viola, laptop), Brad Turner (trumpet), Viviane Houle (voice), Pepe Danza (percussion, shakuhachi), perform live to a special screening of "The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb" & a second set of original music.

New Year's Eve Party At Rime (any excuse to hear 4 great bands in one night!)
December 31, 10 pm to 4 am
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix $25/20 at the door

Zula Productions presents New Year's Eve sonic marathon extravaganza with singer-songwriter Kevin House, eccentric Turkish pop band Something About Reptiles, all-star avant-jazz band Tony Wilson Quintet with New York City French hornist Mark Taylor, and Wilson/Taylor Duo.

For more information, please call Rime at 604.215.1130

By Boxing Day, December 26, 2004, a new performance space & licensed restaurant, will open its doors to Vancouverites. Located in the heart of East Vancouver?s beloved Commercial Drive neighbourhood (1130 Commercial Dr., next to Tio Pepe?s), Rime will fill a niche in Vancouver, as a relaxed & intimate community gathering place, neighbourhood hang, fully licensed, authentic Eurasian eatery (classic Turkish & fusion food) and superb music room, with a focus on strengthening & nurturing the local music scene, as well as showcasing vital music from across the globe. Cream of the Vancouver music community, along with visiting players of all stripes will have a venue, on which both musicians & audiences can rely for regular presentation of quality music by Zula Productions along with great food by our chef & main man, Emir Polat, and drinks & music by yours truly, all at reasonable prices.

We at Rime take great pride in what we have created, a one-of-a-kind performance space & eatery in Vancouver and hope you dig & support our vision. We look forward to having you as our guests & to spoil you with world famous Turkish hospitality, food & international music of high caliber. More details on the Rime site (www.rime.ca), which will be up & running soon, and the Zula site (www.zula.ca), which will be updated beyond posters soon. As soon as we get all our ducks in a row and , we will have calendars on both sites, which will outline in detail all the activities which we would eventually want to include, based on the audience response, five nights of music, a film night & a special projects night with poetry & literary readings, burlesque, workshops & more...

Hope to see you all soon... Support live music in your community!!!

Your faithful bartender & neighbourhood music presenter,
Cem Zafir

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Zula Productions / Rime
1130 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5L 3X2
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604.215.1130
604.614.8955
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www.zula.ca
hey@zula.ca

Hey Everybody: Get Excited!

Hey Kids,

I know you've already marked your calendars in red, but just in case you haven't I'm issuing a big fat reminder that the second annual D.o.S. Xmas Massacre happens this Saturday (Dec 18). We'll be staring around 7pm, but if you can't make it 'till later don't worry just get here when you can 'cause we want a BIG turnout this year. As usal there will be games, movies, surprises and food (!) Also as usual it's B.Y.O.B. and you'll probably want to because I finally got ahold of what was supposed to be last year's surprise (props to Alex for helping us out). I offer a taste for those not convinced of their obligation to attend.

Also remember to bring a small (no more than $5), wrapped gift for the Greedy Santa Gift Exchange. Make something, re-gift, bring something you found on the way, just make sure it's wrapped so no one knows what it is. Points are awarded for humour value (we may even institue a special prize for whoever brings the best present). Last year's "high"lights include a can holder shapped like a curvy woman in daisy-dukes, an issue of Heavy Metal from 1981 and several pieces of junk culled from BJ's desk in the office. Don't miss out.

Kindly RSVP with whether you'll be attending or not (friends are more than welcome, just make sure they have a gift) so I know how much food to make.

Phones!

It's for you!

Damned Africa...

Okay, so life is pretty good here, but someone convinced every net provider in the country that a web address can't have an underscore in it, so they don't even attempt to access it any more (it worked in the first few weeks). So I can't actually see the Last Time or the comments therein, but I can read the posts from Blogger's Dashboard.

So I have been keeping up, even with Graeme's elephant porn (sick fuck), but I don't get to see comments... damn...

Not entirely sure why that seemed important enough to post about, but it's too much work to delete now.

Birthday/Chirstmas party

As it is now officially my birthday and I just finished my last assignment and can actually think about these things, I thought I'd get off my ass and organize some way to celebrate. I was thinking about hosting a gingerbread house making night at my place. I'll provide snacks and apple cider and gingerbread if everyone that comes could bring some sort of candy to decorate with that way we have a variety. It will be next tuesday the 21st sometime in the evening. RSVP

I'll email those whose email adresses i have with details like my address when i figure everything out.

So Quiet it's Non-Existant

FUCK YOU ALL.

Especially the bastards and bitches that asked for a December party. Fuck all you stupid asses and their stupid fucking ass demands!

Anywho, I'll take up the New Year's and turn it into the Decemberween/New Year's thingy. Provided Christian promises no nudity. Seriously dude, we actually lose headcount when you do that.

And while I may sound like I'm blaming all, it's actually a good thing. I am so far from being in the mood to party, and Grae's got plans for that night he'd like to get up to. It all works out in the end.

5...4...3...2...1...

So, what are all of y'alls New Year's plans?

Every year this is the most party-challenged day. If you have a party you're going to or planning to host one yourself, let's hear it.



Yes... I'm just looking for invites. :(

RETURN OF THE KING: EXTENDED EDITION THIS SUNDAY!

Hey all

One of the advantages of working at a video store is getting my dvds a few days before the rest of you suckers can get your hands on them. Oh those five days between thursday, when the shipment arrives, and tuesday, when they're released on the shelf, are pretty damn sweet. It makes me feel like a God. Well this weekend we get our copies of Return of the King: EE and dammit I'm watching it this Sunday and all those who want to see it please come.

We'll be starting at SIX FIFTEEN pm sharp (or when Owen shows up because he's awesome and you're not). Come any later, we will not open the door. This is a one time thing with the snobbery but I don't want to keep stopping and starting the movie all night.

So yeah come on down. The mouth of Sauron awaits

Quiet Decemberween

It's a busy time, but we promised everyone a Decemberween. All night are pretty much taken before Christmas except for December 17. I know there "might" be another event the next night, so if you've got plans already for the 18th and aren't down for two nights of partying, do go to the one the next night.

Decemberween is kind of being thrown together and in a quiet, no-pressure sort of gathering. If it's super quiet, board & video games will get pulled out. Otherwise, normal drinking and socializing which you should all know the drill by now.

I heart canada.

awesome.

everything on the internet is true, right?

For Paul

Elephant!

Well, hopefully that picture won't take too long to load over there.

Courtesy of Perry Bible Fellowship, which is a good place to go to.

Happy AIDS Day Paul!

I thought I noticed a lot of AIDS talk on TV today...then I realized and Corinne pointed out that Dec 1st was AIDS day. Well Paul, from Corinne and I (and I am sure everyone else here) Happy AIDS day.

Sorry for the late notice

Here it is, your December D.o.S. schedule:

Wednesday December 1 -- The News is F**ked

7pm: How's Your News [1999] -- Documentary which chronicles the cross country journey of a unique group of journalists, all with disabilities ranging from spastic Cerebral Palsy to Downs syndrome; as they perform "man on the street" interviews with a test pool of Americans.

9pm: Network [1976] -- Although made in the late '70's, this Oscar winning film is eerily relevant today. Also, Faye Dunaway is mega hot in it.

Saturday December 18 -- 2nd Annual D.o.S. Xmas Massacre

7pm: Whole lot of surprises and treats, just like last year. Remember to bring a small, wrapped mystery gift for the Greedy Secret Santa ($5 & under... make something, recycle something you got last year that you hate... whatever). Refreshments and knoshables to be provided, additional donations of all of the above greatly appreciated.

As usual please RSVP (especially for the Xmas Party) and we will be getting a hold of you soon regarding the first D.o.S. movie, Undead, shooting later this month.

Check This Out

Holy Crap guys, I'm an answer on a quiz (sort of).

See, I used to live in this house near UBC that we called "The Fletcher House" and we all had a Fletcher name and identity. We even recorded a single (covering The Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale").

Please take this quiz and let me know which Fletcher you are most like and see if you can guess which Fletcher I am.

More Movies, More Changes

Hey All,

Here's the new schedule for this week.

Wednesday November 24, 2004

7pm: Beautiful Girl Hunter [1979] -- Based on a comic by Masaaki Sato, this is one of the better art-shock films out of Japan.

9pm: Convent of the Sacred Beast [1974] -- Described by Sinister Sam as "Female Convict Scorpion with Nuns", this is a classic of nun-sploitation.


Oddly enough, both films were directed by Norifumi Suzuki who was also responsible for the Sonny Chiba classic "Shogun's Ninja".

Let me know if you can make it or not (pleeeease). Pop fund is in effect and we'd like to start closer to on time this week, so the closer to 7pm you can get here the better.

~meeko

Crazy-Ass Video Store

Anyone heard of this place, it seems pretty awesome. Some really messed up videos. Ideal torture-garden stuff (and in fact has the L'Histoire of Melody Nelson which those in the know saw at the last torture garden.) Awesome stuff.

EDIT: HAHA I'm an idiot. Thanks meeko.

Paul may not be getting Sex....

But at least he's not one of these kids...


He's still got his cock (presumably).

"Results may be more vibrant on lighter hair"

More vibrant? This isn't more vibrant so much as it is a result that bears no resemblance to the color it was supposed to be at all!

But it's neat. Looks more pink and less orange in person.

I wonder what my boss'll think? She ok'd purple...

Moving Day, Part 2

Hey Everybody,

Just thought I'd update y'all with the scoop on my whereabouts for this month and also mention the "real" moving day. I stayed at my friend Chris' place in surrey for the first week of November, Gareth & Sophie's last week and am currently rooming at my co-worker's farm in aldergrove (well, technically abbotsford, though being on zero ave I seem to be on T-mobile, so I may not answer my cell some evenings...)

In between classes last night, I made a quick call and was informed that the developers working on my new apartment building weren't allowing any furniture into the suites until the occupancy inspection was completed on November 25th. This puts me at the 27th for a move-in day and I'll have a 2-3 hour time slot for access to the elevator (others will be moving in that weekend too).

So once again, anyone who might be available that day to help move furniture from the accountant's boardroom, down 2 floors on the elevator, across the indoor bridge, up 3 floors in another elevator and directly into the suite opposite, please let me know. The timeframe will likely fall somewhere in the 10:00am to 6:00pm range. I'm thinking a donair run, some snacks and maybe a pre-housewarming might be in order...that will likely be the first night I can actually crash there.

Grae and Cor can provide my email or cell number...which, incidently, is corinne's old phone number before it became grae's and was temporarily Clem's.

Duke

p.s. There'll be underwater photos here eventually, as I plan to start documenting the forthcoming journey into the depths of Indian Arm!

just because paul can't see it in africa...

bananaphone: son of badgers

Geez, I take forever to get shit done.

But here are the Hallowe'en pictures Andrew took:

Xian's brains

Xian and Miyuki

The burning of the gaunch

The afterimage, not just burned onto our retinas, but onto the very cement!

Little red and the wolf

Gir!

Facehugger luvin'

Paul the pedophile priest

The woman of mystery

The scoutmaster

The john

Group shot

Special D.o.S. Screening this Wednesday

Ok, you asked for it. And in that case attendance had better be good, or I'll be pissed.

Wednesday, November 17

7pm: Orca: The Killer Whale [1977] -- Think "Jaws", but with a whale, and stupid.

9pm: Grizzly (a.k.a. Killer Grizzly) [1976] -- Think "Jaws", but with a bear, and really stupid.

RSVP please (!), pop fund in effect (email me if you want something other than Pepsi).

~meeko

party idea

we have got to try this at some point... looks like a wicked awesome 'speriment.

for science!

holy shiznit...

ODB died. two days before his 36th birthday, in a recording studio... and he wasn't even shot.

weird.

wtf?

five days and no posts?

in other news, I may be dying. I was awoken from my usual deep sleep at 4am by a pounding headache. I think I have an aneurysm. hypochondria is fun.

I'm also pissed that I got all excited for both finding neverland and kinsey opening tomorrow. neither open here until next week. no idea why I thought they were playing this weekend. wait, yes there is. stupid fecking fandango lied to me.

That Didn't Take Long

Compassion for democrats from Canadians!

About Africa...

Madness reigned in my final days in Canada. The chaos of the trip was compounded by my attempts to finish grad school applications at the same time. Fear not, I've been blogging, but I haven't had reliable Web access here. Now I'm slogging through the morass of Botswanan dial-up to build a new spot for my ramblings, the joyously-named and Kim-inspired Eaten by Elephants. The format is VERY basic, a symptom of atrociously limited bandwidth... nothing to be done about that until I can find broadband, which just doesn't really exist here. Which is strange, because some of Botswana's far poorer neighbours have far better ISPs. In any event, comments are EXPECTED! This will be one of my key lifelines to my own world. I'm gonig to be VERY out of the loop on politics, movies, and pretty damn much everything, so I'm counting on y'all to at least chat with me about animals with large teeth.

One minor caveat... my grandparents and other sweet'n'innocent folks will be reading the new blog, so let's keep the assrape references to a bare minimum. You know who I'm talking to.

It Boggles the Mind.

Christian had the same Halloween costume as Avril.

Hey all,

Hope you've all recovered from Halloween etc...

Now, here's your official reminder about the next movie night, Wednesday Nov 10 and some changes

Wednesday Nov 10: SEX!!

7pm: The Lickerish Quartet [1970] -- I've been waiting a long time to program something by Radley Metzger and this seemed like as good a time as any. Boobies and a mind-fuck all swirled together in one mod-Eurotrash package. A real treat for all who attend.

9pm: Valerie [1969] -- The film that invented "Maple Syrup Porno". A Catholic girl in Quebec embarks on a journey of self discovery. Also of note for it's swinging Franco-pop soundtrack.

**Changes** Wednesday Nov 17: Animals Attack

Because apparently people were looking forward to Orca, I decided to make an extra screening just to get it in.

7pm: Orca: The Killer Whale [1977] -- Produced quick on the heels of "Jaws", this features whale on whale love and sopping wet Charlottle Rampling & Bo Derek.


9pm: Grizzly [1976] -- Imagine if "Jaws" had been made with a giant bear instead of a giant shark. Now add Christopher George and Andrew Prine

Wednesday November 24: MORE SEX!!!!

7pm: Ecstasy of the Angels [1972] -- From IMDB: "Imagine seeing a hysterical comedy about idealistic terrorists betrayed by their leaders as written by Jean-Luc Godard, produced by David Lynch and directed by Gregg Araki: that gets you somewhere in the neighbourhood of what this picture is like." Also, there are naked Japanese girls.

9pm: Beautiful Girl Hunter [1979] -- This one is courtesy of Sinister Sam so you know it's gonna be good. Another one not for the faint of heart it mixes, sex, sadism and philosophy in the way that only the Japanese can.


Now mark your calendars and I'll see you on Wednesday.

~meeko

We all need a few more...

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I was robbed...

Well, for those that could not make it out to the Sonar on Hallowe'en, I did not win. I didn't even get top three. Another Edward Scissorhands won first place. A skinnier, lamer version. Sure, I may not have the body type to begin with, but his looked like it was thrown together in a day. His hands were electrical taped for god's sake! At any rate, I'll post pics when possible. For confirmation, ask Kestrel whose costume was better.

All tomorrow's parties...

Woot! The big day is almost upon us, and the Pic Pub seems to be the place to congregate and witness either the disintegration of American democracy, or its wheezing, half-assed clinging to life.
If I may make a proclamation beyond any power I actually hold, NO ONE is permitted to stay home, or even at work, and fail to give the incoming results their full and undivided attention. Everyone is expected to be at the Pic slavishly following the returns from Ohio and Florida, and hopefully Jon Stewart will oblige us with much ongoing commentary, not just the one puny hour I've heard of so far.

For my part, I've managed to weasel my way into the US Consul-General's election night shindiggy at the Westin Bayshore, and I sure hope he's a Kerry supporter, 'cuz it'll be hard to feign disappointment when Kerry takes Ohio. That whole thing will wrap up by 9, or I may leave earlier if I can't get Comedy Central, so I'll head over to the Pic asap following my free dinner. Let's see a record turnout, people. Anytime after 6 PM or so is probably a good time to show up.

Bruised, Blistered and Bleeding...

Well, it was a hurrendous move...mainly due to the fact that only one person showed up to help me move the entire contents of an 850sf apartment. I called my boss who was pretty much my personal saviour this weekend, between the assistance on saturday and temporary storage on sunday. Strangely enough, the 3/4T cargo van was double booked and we somehow managed to get a 1T cube. Anything less would have contributed further to the disaster with a 2am completion time (which would have been impossible as the new manager HAD to be there for the security and elevators). Sunday involved solely my own efforts of piling up drawer/closet contents into big piles, tying them in bedsheets and throwing them into the car to get the apartment vacant and spotless with a noon deadline on getting into the new place. All this plus carpet cleaners arriving at 2:30pm and new tenants at 3:30pm. I don't know how I'm still standing.

Unfortunately, the move isn't finished. The apartment that I chose (best $/sf plus oversize balcony) has not been finished, hence the contents of my apartment are currently occupying the boardroom of an ex-accountant's office in the same complex. Once my suite is complete in a few weeks, I need to move everything over and finally take occupancy on the 1st of December. So I'm putting out another SOS with three weeks notice that I NEED ASSISTANCE on the 20th of November. This will involve moving furniture, boxes and bags out the boardroom, down the elevator across an indoor bridge, up another elevator and directly into the first suite across from the elevator. In the meantime, I need to go back, repair and dejunk a little more.

This halloween, I went as a homeless Elvis (In The Ghetto Elvis?)...so I'm staying with Chris this week, Gareth and Sophie next week and at a co-worker's farm the following week with no definitive plans for the last week of November (as I may be able to gain early occupancy). I can be reached on my cell...Grae and Cor have the number. Everyone'll like the new highrise...between the incomplete state and the security cards instead of keys it feels like wandering around Nakatomi Plaza or something...

Duke

Christian needs to have his typing fingers broken

osama is gonna jump out of a cake monday morning, everyone will ooh and aah, and no one will notice dick cheney stuffing the ballot boxes...

You idiot! You half-witted harbinger of doom, wtf did you say that?

Change in Numbers

Just wanted to let you know that my old cell phone number is now
Grae's cell number as of immediately. Grae's old cell phone, if
you've tried it lately, has been cancelled.

If you need to reach me, the house number remains, or by email.

Although, this may be temporary.

Help with happy fun games

I remember playing this game with dice, where the name of the game is important and the answers are all either even numbers or zero. Actually, zero is an even number, too. So, all the answers are even numbers. And the name is important. What was the name again?

Also there was this other game where it's some kinda world or something, and there are (for example) steers but no bulls and queers but no straight guys. I don't think the name was as important for this one, but I'd still like to know what it is, because every game needs a name.

I don't need a refresher on the rules, just the names. I remember how the games go. And also that this one guy was so amazingly awful at one of them that I wanted to hit something, maybe him.

P.S. If you haven't seen this yet, it's pretty cool. Actually, it's pretty cool whether you've seen or not, which makes this use of the conditional quite odd. I think I read a paper about that once. Something about cookies.

weekend update.

so what's the tentative schedule for this weekend? what's happening?

all I know for sure if party saturday at the clubhouse, all night movie marathon afterwards, and breakfast at kat's...

can't remember what other cinemuerte stuff was going on that people were interested in...

just trying to figure out who is doing what. anyone want to volunteer their plans? any non-muerte movies playing saturday or early sunday? any other social food gatherings planned?

I'd like to get some socialising done this weekend... available evening friday through evening sunday.

edit: cinemuerte tickets can be purchased online at http://www.cinemuerte.com... so who is up for a showing of tamala 2010 at midnight friday, for certain? I'm not gonna buy tix for miyuki and me if it's just us, 'cos she'll sleep through it anyway. tickets are $5.50 US online with a $1 service charge... but it's guaranteed seating without the hassle of waiting in line. paul is pussing out, so we won't have our line bitch anyway...

The Horror Of Moving or "How I learned to stop worrying and accept being homeless".

Well it's come down to this...a month of frantic searching for real estate that satisfies my criteria for location, space and non-leakage...a few offers, one acceptance on a spacious 1030sf condo and many horrible strata minutes later...I've decided that this is a sour time of year to shop for real estate in the GVRD. Hence, I've decided to rent in a brand new 1brdm + den suite that is managed by a family friend who has been incredibly hospitable...

Now the reason for last minute panic...my boss, with the F350, has a family emergency out of town and may not be able to offer help this weekend, hence I'm without a truck and down to 2 definites and 1 maybe for assistance. I'm going to try to see what can be rented at the last minute, but I'm not having a good day...so, anyone who'd be willing to contribute a vehicle or a hand with the lifting of 6 big pieces of furniture would definitely make my "people to appreciate" list and be treated to Mo 'n Meez donairs for lunch and sushi or indian food for dinner.

Not to compete with Paul, but I'm in a real panic over this, I don't have far to move and with the right size truck and a few extra people, I don't expect that the move would take more than 1-2 hours.

Duke

The Joy of Moving...

So, I'm moving out of my beloved apartment on Saturday... U-Haul doesn't have any trucks for the weekend, so I'm recruiting vehicles. I have two people bringing cars (Jim and Christian) but if anyone has a truck available (subtle hint here, Owen) between 1 and 3, then I can move the couch and bed. There will be plentiful Hon's provided, along with much gratitude and possibly beer.

Still unspoken for is my couch (which will go into storage if nobody's interested) and my bike. Anybody who wants to partake in the temporary goodness of my discarded possession, speak now.

Sketchy Sunday Breakfast

Not sure how many will be attending the Cinemeurte exploitation night on the 30th but for those of you who are or are availble for breakfast at 7:30 am, me and my room mate Cat will be having people over for breakfast after the movies.

we'll be walking back to my place after the last film so if you're not going to attend the exploitation night you can either meet us at Pacific Cinematheque or i can email you the adress of the appartement and you can stop by sometime after 8. Either way make sure to let me know.

RSVP, we need to know how much food to make and if we'll be able to fit everyone. if you have any requests let us know, feel free to bring food as well.

Sooooo much greeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

Watch me

Yeah that's it except for the disappointment in lack of comments with my last post. Haters of me. Screw you.

Hallowe'en night

So what plans do people have this year for the 31st?

I plan on going to the Sonar for Something Wicked This Way Comes, and with any luck, I'll experience a repeat of last year's win. Anyone looking to come out is more than welcome (provided they cheer their lungs out for me). I'll be heading down fairly early in the night, at approximately 9pm. If it is anything like last year, judging will occur some time around 1am, so plan on staying out late on a school night.

Top prize is $500 this year, with over $1000 in secondary prizes. Hope to see you there.

P.S. My mom will be attending too, and competing against me for best costume.

references required

I've got my job interview next week... would like to put down a couple of canadian references. unfortunately, paul is leaving for his untimely demise, so I don't think I can count on him. is there anyone else willing to provide a professional sounding reference for me, if need be? need to put some phone numbers down for the interviewer to potentially call.

if you'd like to volunteer, let me know on my email... melferburque at gmail.com

not sure who out there is really good at this stuff aside from paul. never really seen anyone else in a professional context. I'm more concerned with the references making a good impression than speaking glowing praise about me anyway...

ART WOW

I'm going to this:

Electra Exhibition Opening Reception
Thursday, October 21, 6-8 PM (that's today!)

at Electra (970 Burrard Street).

"Please join us for a wine and
cheese reception, celebrating the work of artists in
three diverse exhibits as part of the 2004 New Forms
Festival: Digitalis: Ethno Techno: An Exhibition of
Digital Print, First Nations Exhibit, and New Forms
Festival Media Installation. Local and international
artists will be in attendance. Admission is by
donation. For more information and a description of
the artists and their work, please visit
www.newformsfestival.com."

Anyone else interested? Did you hear that there will be local and international artists? In Attendance!!! Fuck yeah!

Den of Sin updates

Hey big change in schedule next week.

One we're back to tuesday on the 26th (and then back to wednesday on Nov. 10) due to Cine-Muerte starting up the next night.

Two no Orca or Jaws: The Revenge. Postponed til maybe December (and then maybe no Jaws since everyone seems to be sick of me purposely programming crap). After watching last week's "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance", to which Graeme and Brendan can attest to, we've decided to program some goodies as in actually good, really good.

Oct 26th
So this upcoming tuesday is a Chan-wook Park (director of "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance". One of my new all time faves) double bill.

7:00pm JSA (Joint Security Area) - A murder in the JSA of North and South Korea. The only witness commits suicide. Promises to be a decent thriller.

9:00pm Oldboy - Won the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes. Supposedly kick ass revenge movie. Can't wait.

Apologies to Owen after I promised tonight we would be watching Orca but, fuck, let's watch some damn good movies for a change (though Mariko's programming choices are usually excellent. Yay for her. Boo to me.)

Also Corrine rules because apparently she needs to hear that I give a shit. She and Graeme should also see I Heart Huckabees because I'm very curious what they BOTH think about it.

To end here are some previews of upcoming films

In december hopefully
http://www.subversivecinema.com/subversivetrailers/battle.mov

And in January (Oh yeah)
http://www.artsmagicdvd.com/trailers/9souls/qtlarge.html
(I love the music in this movie)

I'm such a nerd...

bosox win the pennant! bosox win the pennant!

My advance funeral...

Decided on the Atlantic Trap and Gill, a fun and tasty Newfie bar at Seymour and Davie, on Friday for my going-away festivities. Nothing fancy, just an eat-and-drink-into-total-insensibility thingy. They have a good house Celtic band and the food and beer are pretty cheap.

I'm thinking of getting started between 8 and 9. I'll try to reserve a table.

There'll be good Douglas College and SFU folk there too. C'mon out, it's your last chance to see me alive.

Another Day Procrastinating

I should be writing a paper, but instead I find myself showing off the
cool features blogger has to offer. Have any of you guys tried Hello
or emailing a post?

I'm trying out the emailing post thing right now, but I have used
Hello as the image hosting by using such program is the absolute
bestest for free.

Offerings...

Okay, I've gotten a handle on how much stuff I have to distribute... all this gear is available for the taking for the next 6 months, possibly longer depending on if I die or get another job abroad.

Queen-size bed (Still interested, Owen?)
Couch
Mountain bike (unless I figure out a way to take it with me)
6-foot-tall bookshelf
Coffee table
Three of those weird little stacking coffee tables
2 Ikea cube seats
Wheeled office chair

I also have miscellaneous kitchen stuff and minor crap like board games...

Also there's the big prize, my new TV, to which I may as well attach my dvd player, VCR, and about 120 dvds, only one of which is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. All for the low, low prize of offering up a few feet of storage space.

Oh, and there's more free stuff. I have two tix to The Glossy Awards from a coworker, but I'm otherwise occupied that night. Anybody wants 'em, they're yours.

GRRLS NIGHT

So,

this is short notice,

but grrls night is on Monday the 18th.

So far the activities include pedicures and baking cookies.

Start time is around 7:00pm

It's a school night for me so lights out at 11:00pm

Please feel free to bring any female friends along;

we'll giggle it up.

peace and love,

Karen

DUBYA GAME!

To help you through those debate evenings if you're so unfortunate to have cable.

Dubya Game

That karma thing again...

Life is occasionally sweet:

Via the Washington Monthly, some good O'Reilly news.

This is getting ridiculous

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe

Round Three

Last debate, 6:00 at my place. Email for directions, of course.

Free gin for everybody if Dubya bursts into flames or suddenly declares his undying love of the cock.

Many things...

I'm vanishing in three weeks and gotta get a whole buncha stuff done in the meantime, like:

A Paul's-Gonna-Die-In-Africa Party! I've been wracking my tiny brain to try and figure out what to do to celebrate my impending doom. As October 22nd (Friday) is the only evening not eaten up by other preparations, I'm pegging that for the drunkenness. But I don't know what I'm doing yet, and suggestions are most welcome. An evening of foolishness at the Bree has also suggested an 11-hour Lord of the Rings marathon drinking game on the 23rd (starting and finishing somewhat earlyish, a friend's birthday is that night), but she and I may be the only people geeky enough for that. Let me know.

Furniture! In the next few days I'll have a decent idea how much furniture I'll have by the time I leave, but already I can offer a whompin' huge computer desk, a coffee table, a bookcase, three end tables, and a couple of those stupid little Ikea cube seats. Anybody wants to borrow this stuff while I'm gone, let me know - better than putting it in storage for six (or more) months. I may also have a queen-size bed and a couch up for grabs, but that yet remains to be seen. Sorry, but I'm forced to be an ass regarding the big prize, the TV, and lend it to someone who can store a half dozen biggish boxes for me in my absence. Preferably someone who doesn't already have a TV.

Website! Since my Fillerbunny reference has grown mighty stale, and I need a more all-purpose website, I'm trying to learn how to make one and have even reserved an URL. Inasmuch as I know nothing about web design, yet I'm expected to be writing websites in Botswana, I'd be eternally grateful to anyone who has any books on Dreamweaver or HTML or any other goodies for the internets, and can part with them for a time. I offer payment in tacky souvenirs!

Spam! In a time before blog, when I was in Japan, I chronicled the weirdnesses in overlengthy emails, now archived on my site, and sent them to everybody I know. They were well received, and I had a great time writing them, so I'll be doing it again. Much of the stories of what I see and do and eat and fall ill with and get gored by may make it onto my blog, but I won't have constant email access, and will sometimes be blogless for weeks at a time. Writing these journals on my laptop and sending them off when I find a net cafe will sometimes be my best way to stay in contact with the real world. If you want my spam, send me your current addy at psrushton AT hotmail.com

I'd heard this anecdotally....

But I just assumed it was a little silly, but here's some statistical analysis showing that terror warnings increase approval for the standing president. Now all we need is a study correlating the warnings to previous poll drops, or instances of bad press.

Animals...

On my walk home, an exotic-looking bird with clipped wings kinda hopped-glided down from one of the uppers floors of a West End highrise as I walked by on my way home. He (a gendered pronoun I arbitrarily apply) was clearly someone's pet, but calls to both the building's manager and the SPCA went unanswered. That was an hour and a half ago.


He's still sitting happily on my shoulder, as I type this, both of us waiting desperately for morning to arrive so I can take him to the SPCA or back to the building from whence he came. He needs a name... any suggestions?


I hope he enjoys the presidential debate.

sunday matinee

so I'm gonna be in canada this weekend, and it's beginning to look like no one but miyuki will benefit from it. I'd like to rectify this with a possible group outing to a movie...

ideally, I'd like to see huckabees, but I can't seem to find any movie times for it because famous players can't program a proper website. I could also go in for motorcycle diaries, playing at tinseltown. will anyone be available, say, 2ish on sunday?

granted, I should probably check with miyuki before committing to anything... but I don't think we have anything pencilled in for sunday. well, the stinkhawks are on, but I'm sure she'd rather go see a movie. she's very unamerican in her hatred of football. and nearly every other way as well.

Shaun of the Dead...

Thursday October 7th, Capitol 6 downtown. Drop a note, gimme a call, or just be there.

Halloween Party

Last Saturday in October (as per usual), the 5th Annual Clubhouse Halloween will start at 8pm.

Parade of Lost Souls will be going on at Grandview Park. Standard system for the parties, only this time with costumes!

Debates...

Good lord, that was dull.


John Edwards has not done well.

Oy...

I have absofuckinglutely no idea where to start with this.

Alaska in 5 Photos.

To those who weren't aware, I snuck out of Vancouver for a week to go and eat a lot of food on a boat. Have some pictures of my adventure.

Juneau, Alaska was the first stop. Here's what's behind the city.

Daily towel critter to appear on my bed. Also received were a snake and a puppy.

Harbour seals in Ketchikan.

Misty Fjords. Really.

Misty Fjords waterfalls.

Mt. St. Helens in 5 Photos.

Mt. St. Helens and her tuft of rock dust.

The media.

The worshippers of the Magma Jesus

The celebrations of ... dormant volcanoes. Cheap beer, expensive cigars.

The result. I ended up having ash inhalation.

THE HARDEST I'VE LAUGHED IN YEARS

Neil Hamburger and Pleaseeasaur
Saturday, October 2nd 2004

The Brickyard

So I arrived at the Brickyard around 9:00pm only to find the place was deserted with only one middle-aged couple eating dinner there (who would eat at the BY???). Blarney Stone lineup was at approximately 2.5 blocks long. Within about half an hour, BJ, Mariko, Nick and Damon arrived and tickets went on sale at approximately 9:45pm.

After a few pitchers of Rickards and a good dose of "Most extreme elimination challenge" (MXC/Takashi's Castle), the lights and music fired up for Pleaseeasaur! The stage was set up as two screens with a silver curtain in between and the Pleaseeasaur had assistants backstage projecting images and textbook illustrations on the screens to accompany his songs.

The first observation I'll make is that his costumes were amazing, everything from a 50's space suit to bad 80's workout clothes to a yeti to a granny carrying a baby on her back. The subject matter of his songs included a limousine service (no prob-limo), Sandy Duncan on good hygiene, strangers have the best candy (stay away from that white van badly in need of a paint job, children), a motivational fitness song. pizza brothers and sons (he had two chefs attached to his apron from the back), a corrupt law firm and meat island parts 1 and 2. Songs were brilliantly accompanied by overhead visuals that were animated by his assistant(s) and cardboard props would pop up from behind stage. The set concluded with grandma and baby exiting the stage through the jaws of a giant cardboard lion (meat island p2).

In between sets a guy in semi-ballet drag was dancing to George Michael. Alan Cumming bought him a shot. OH YEAH! Alan Cumming (X2, The Anniversary Party) was wandering around the bar with a shirt that said "Fuck Yoga".

Neil Hamburger took the stage in anticipated fashion, dressed like a burned out lounge comedian who just escaped from a 1950's time capsule with a glass of water under his arm. His routine, of course, is more of a laugh riot about his character, not so much the jokes he tells (although some were pretty amusing). His deadpan delivery, often preceded by a minute-long session of clearing his throat, was followed by his nervous groan and a comment on the most unruly members of the audience (his fans heckle him on purpose, they love his belligerent reactions). Neil attacked everyone from Courtney Love to Madonna to God; it was more the anticipation than the actual delivery that had people roaring.

"What's the difference between Courtney Love and the American flag? It would be wrong to urinate on the American flag."

The joke that I thought was going to put BJ in the hospital went something like this:

"Why will Courtney Love not be enjoying gravy with her turkey this thanksgiving seas-*MIC DIES*-this thank-*MIC DIES*-assholes...this thanksgiving season? You know, with the cranberry sauce and the stuffing and those little brussel sprouts, often followed by a course of dessert with the pumpkin pie and ice cream. The whole family gets together for the occasion and it's often at the grandparent's place. Anyway, the reason is that she'll be dead...from all the heroin." (It took 2 minutes to deliver)

Another long-winded delivery:

"Why did Ronald McDonald take a semi-automatic, put four bullets into his wife's chest and three into her head, then he went into his son's bedroom and threw him out a plate glass window down 3 stories, in their Illinois mansion, then he goes over to the daughter's bedroom and tosses her out the window down two stories into the swimming pool at which point he takes an uzi and riddles her body with bullets while she?s struggling to stay afloat. Then he takes a pistol and fires a shot into his head, but it doesn't kill him, it just grazes his scalp, see, so he lives through the whole ordeal. Now, *MIC DIES*...the thing...*MIC DIES*...why did all this...why would he do all of these things? Because he found KFC grease spots in his wife's underwear."

A two joke encore preceded a promised appearance by Robert Palmer and Jan 'n Dean. After screaming for Robert Palmer, we got to boogie to George Michael while people filed out at around 1:00am.

It was awesome; I'd expect to see crazy stuff like this in Seattle or San Fran, but Vancouver? We were privileged as Pleaseeasaur told me that when he toured with Giant Robot (Buckethead), they never went north of Seattle. We want P to do BJ + Mariko's wedding, I also suggested Neil as the MC.

Too surreal.

-Duke

You get but one treat right now. I have some more pictures, but this was taken about 4 hours after the eruption as I flew over. You can kind of see the broken up glacier. More news and updating when I get back from Mt. St. Helen's.

Things are looking up...

The Crawford Lone Star Iconoclast is George Bush's hometown newspaper.

And it just endorsed John Kerry.

That rocks.

In which I extend invitations...

Fresh from Round One of the debates, the bloodshed continues, and I'll be eagerly watching the remaining rounds from my place. All are welcome, but anyone who cheers for Bush should know that I live on the 19th floor and it's a long fall from my balcony.

Next up: Tuesday at 6, the Vice Presidential debate! This should be the most entertaining of the lot - slimy, scary and corrupt Dick Cheney squaring off against one of the best lawyers in America. I'm expecting a massacre.

Presidential Round 2 - Friday at 6: Bush and Kerry accept unfiltered questions from audience members in a Town Hall format. Inasmuch as last night was about the first time in nearly four years that Bush had to answer unrehearsed questions (and he got clobbered at it), I'm twitching with geeky joy at the thought of him having to deal with real people who just might not be drooling Republican stooges!

Round 3 - Sometime a week after that. I'll post more then.

Thanks to those Nick, Rachael and Bob for last night's visit and booze... I'll be summing up my thoughts on last night's rhetorical cage match on my own blog sometime today.