DEN OF SIN CANCELLED!!!

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

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

Satanic Paradox

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

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

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

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

Bob & Rachael's B-Day

Hello Everyone,

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

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

lots of love,

Rachael

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

Free Beer...(sort of)

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

Ikea and bad weather are an ironic combination...

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

Life goes on.

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

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

Never again will I doubt the wisdom of Owen.

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

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

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

If you haven't seen this yet...

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

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

Completely Random/Completely Awesome

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

My oh my

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

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

Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

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

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

Me again...

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

Silly link!

Mmmm, brains.

I'm posting too damn much...

Manchurian Candidate
Capitol 6
7 O'Clock Today.

Stepping up...

Since nobody's actually made any decisions about movies, or even offered any opinions beyond Scott and Christian's entertaining exchanges of epithets, I'm taking the law into my own hands. I spent most of yesterday sleeping off my anaesthetic haze, and today I got almost all of my July pay all at once. So I'm feeling both well-rested and financially secure (until I hit Ikea this weekend) and will definitely be hitting the flicks tonight.

Harold and Kumar plays at 7:30 at the Capitol 6, the Manchurian Candidate at 7:00. I'm for either of these or could go, in an extraordinary display of fortitude and daring, for a double bill!!! H&K at 7:30, Manchurian at 10:00...

Of course, it could be that nobody else had as much sleep as I did last night and doesn't feel so inclined to saturate themselves with movies this weekend...

That's the coolest damn thing...

John Kerry's speech is being simulcast in Arabic on Al-Arabiya...

Somehow I'm very impressed by this. Makes a good precedent...

Update: Al Jazeera too...

Regarding "Harold & Kumar"

Wanted to bring you attention to this.

Movie weekend...

Any way I look at it, this seems like it'll be a three movie weekend...

I'm the only person alive, apparently, who really enjoyed all three of M. Night Shyamalan's (I hoped I spelled that right) movies, so I'm determined to see The Village. Advance press is actually pretty good.

The Manchurian Candidate's been getting damn good reviews, and I love a good political thriller, especially these damn days. Shamefully, I've never seen the original, and for some reason I feel compelled to see the new one first.

Oddly, I think I may be most stoked about Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. What's up with this one? Ads are suggesting stoner gross-out teenagers-trying-to-get-fucked-in-every-possible-meaning-of-the-word comedy, but between the lines there seems to be a genuine riff on American racial politics.

Anyways, I'm thinking of catching one tomorrow evening, and at least one more early Saturday before the fireworks. Any preferences for what comes first?

PS: Fable of the day - I'm so full of (largely ineffective) xylocaine that my right eye and ear are numb. Drawing on my new experience with emergency dental work, I'd advise others not to floss so insistently that they rip out a chunk of a tooth. Better yet: Never Floss.

Update: Bugger. I forgot all about Garden State... maybe a four-movie weekend.

You guys want to come over and play?

August 21st. It's a Saturday.

Let's say 8pmish.

I'm going to saran-wrap my bed, just in case Bob follows through on his threats

The fireworks are about the niftiest thing that happens in Vancouver in the summer, more for the crowds than anything else, so I'm hosting a simple drunken fireworks dealie at my place on Saturday August 7th. Any start time is good.


You can't see the fireworks from my balcony, but I'm a few minutes walk away from English Bay. I'm thinking we coalesce at my place, begin drinking, visit the madding crowds and seizure-inducing pyrotechnics, and resume our drunken idiocy (either at the beach or back at my place)...


I'm at 1424 Nelson (near Broughton), apartment 1904. I'll post an update as that weekend nears...


It's a precious first chance for Bob and Christian to do foul, reprehensible things to my living space. And it'll finally force me to buy the rest of my furniture and stop using a subwoofer as a coffee table.

Tomorrow Night at the D.o.S.

Hey Kids!!

We're back (for real now) and we're rested and we've got photos to show you! So come by our place tomorrow at 7pm for more Meiko Kaji (a.k.a. Female Convict Scorpion).

7pm: Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion [1972] -- The first of the FCS films, wherein we find out why Scorpion is in prison, why she is called "Scorpion" and why she kicks so much ass!

9pm: Female Slave Ship -- It doesn't even really matter what it's about, it's a Japanese exploitation movie with women in chains riding the high seas and.... Pirates!!!! Yes, you read that right! Special prize awarded for whoever can keep track of how many times the upper hand changes hands (seriously, seriously convoluted).

RSVP if you can (especially since we're getting back into the swing of things, a handle on numbers would be good), bring money for the pop fund and let me know if you want something other than Pepsi.

See you there,

~meeko

Illuminares Photos

Illuminares Lantern Festival - Fireworks on Trout Lake


Illuminares Lantern Festival - Phoenix Lantern


Really bright white lanterns

Happy Birthday to Us

Bob and I are holding our B-Day celebrations on Friday, August 13th.
BYOB and I am expecting lots of expensive presents.

Everyone must see...

A documentary called Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. Easily one of the most enlightening docos I've seen. Sure everyone knows that FOX is biassed, but I was never aware how biassed. So depressing, but the call to action at the end is empowering. I highly recommend it. The part about Jeremy Glick is particularly funny and disturbing. I have it in Mpeg format (it's too big to burn a VCD of, and I'm too lazy to split it) if anyone wants a copy for their computer or whatever. It's also available for speedy download via Bit Torrent at Suprnova.org or order at Amazon.

Show Review: The Killaz

So as previously mentioned I went to the Killas show on Wednesday with my friends Jym and Andrea. It was at the Marine club, an unlikely venue for such a gig in my opinion as it is really small, and old-bar-like. Not to mention really fricken hot!. We got there just as they set up and the bartender/manager of the establishment had really no clue as to what was going on. As such we did not get out dollar discount for wearing a piece of camo. (Later people did, once the promoter finished arguing with the guy.)

The first band to hit the stage was a band from Campbell River called P.U.C.K. (which stands for Previously Unknown Canadian Kids. With the exception of the beat-maker (or the player of the Roland MC505) this was perhaps the whitest hiphop band in the world. They were Canadian themed (Puck, get it!) and most of their songs referenced such wonderful Canadiana as Beer and Weed. (The refernces to the tri-city area were particualrly painful.) This band were awful. The only thing they had going for them were the occasional Slayer licks from the guitarist (as well as the occasional smirks he gave his fellow band members.) The beats were dull and the choruses were among the worst performances I have ever heard, usually consisting of manipulating a old kid's rhyme into something about weed, how the police suck, or being drunk. (One example "If you take my scotch/I'll kick your crotch/Bee Eye Eee Eye Atch.") They also used Peter Cetera's Glory of Love in one chorus changing all of the words to glorify smoking weed ("Glory of Bud") which I imagine is only funny while high. This was such a painful thing to watch that I was in tears from laughing at them so hard. Whenever I have to fill out a survey which asks "What is your most embarassing moment?" I will say watching this band because I was so embarassed for them.

The second band Fans of Nothing took a long time to set up. When they got to the stage they proved to be almost as painful as the first band. But thankfully they seemed t break up before the end of their set. (Their first and Last show.) The drummer walked off stage with a mic and started saying how they never practiced and and that this was his last show. The singer continued to mumble improvised words at random. Eventually the drummer went back behind the kit and played for a bit more until the guitarist finally gave up and said goodbye, walking off the stage, followed by the drummer. This left the singer standing alone with some pre-recorded consolidated-like beats playing from his CD player. He chanted some kind of comment for awhile until he finally left the stage as well.

The Killas came on the Stage: Stace, Destro, Billy (Cobra Commander's son, since Cobra Commander and the band had parted ways), and two vipers. All were fully strapped with their laser guns which apparantly we were supposed to have brought as well; I was unaware. They played through a set of new and old material and rocked the house pretty well. I was laughing and head-nodding pretty much the whole time. The brought out some Cobra Bux for the crowd, and played some old faves like "Cobra Wants You" and "Eau De Cobra" but didn't play "Arashikage Ninja" much to my dismay. Stace' displayed the strength of her singing voice and a moderate rapping ability, while Destro kept the energy level up with some good ryhme skills. Billy was their DJ, setting up all the beats on the laptop they had brought. (Why couldn't they just have put the Cobra Commander hood on him and no one would have been the wiser?") The two vipers just danced and waved their guns around, like really white S1Ws. (The male viper was the most awkward dancer in the whole frickin world; he danced like a grade 7 boy.) The show was fun, if only the opening bands were a little better and the Marine Club wasn't so hot!

Shiny things...

Anybody into Illuminares on Saturday?

Google loves us all...

Be they hackers, or simply socially conscious techs at Google, I have to salute those responsible for something I discovered moments ago.


Google the phrase "worst president ever", and the #1 hit is Dubya's official White House bio - even though neither the phrase nor the words "worst" or "ever" appear anywhere on the page.


This fills me with appreciation for the ketchup of freedom. Even Corinne telling me that everyone else knew about this months ago won't wipe the smile off my face.

The Band Previously Known As...

The GiJoe Killas is now called just the Killas (Those Harbro fucks) and is playing tonight at the Marine Club.

For those not in the know, The Killas are Cobra Commander, Destro and the Baroness and all of their 'laser-raps' are about Cobra and their diabolical machinations bent on destroying all things Joe.  

The Georgia Straight says: " Politically minded singer-rapper from Toronto, with guests Fans of Nothing, P.U.C.K., and DJs Carter Hayes and Jim Rebel. July 21, Marine Club (573 Homer). Tix $5 at the door, Doors at 8pm"

hahah.  Political minded is the PC way of saying bent on world domination!    It's also a dollar cheaper if you wear an article of Camo.   I've heard thatthey drag a Joe on stage and kill him during their set.   Come one come all.   I'll be there around 8-9 or so.   Join the Cobra Elite while you can, or else suffer the fate that awaits those who won't see the light.

COOOOOOOOOBRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Movie Night this Week at the D.o.S.

BJ and Mariko are home, but they are jet-lagged and Mariko has a backlog of reviews etc to catch up on.

Movie night is back on next week with "Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion" [1972] the first of the Female Convict Scorpion movies and something called "Female Slave Ship" (or something) made by the same studio.

Start time 7pm-ish. All the usual applies...

It's Spetters Day

And he probably hasn't received any birthday cock--er, cake.

SPETTERS!

How does it feel to...

WANT?

Jon Stewart is The Man

Disturingly realistic American election scenarios.

This is gonna get me banned...

For Corinne...

What does the "W" stand for (he asks rhetorically)...

It took me a minute to realize this wasn't a joke.


It's getting harder to maintain my faith in the essential sanity of most Americans.

Happy Trails

Today I had a third interview with Norco, and starting Monday I'll be employed there as a graphic artist! I'll be working on things like ads, catalogues, flyers, brochures...possibly even the designs that go on the bikes. Pretty damn pleased about that, so far.

Movie Nights?

Any word about tomorrow night?

Umm, wow...

I know we've beaten this horse to death and beyond, but this is a solid rundown of the worst distortions and factual errors of Fahrenheit 9/11, with links to many more examples.


It's a bit disturbing.


Update: This too...

Zero-G pants-wetting, or, How I learned to stop worrying and ask someone to push me out of a plane...

Now that I'm getting settled in and have some free time, I'm obeying the prods of a fellow intern and thinking of going skydiving sometime soon. Only problem is, I'm a wuss, too fragile to do it alone. Anybody wanna jump out of a plane with me?



Vital info: The jump we'd be doing (being parachute virgins) is a 3000-foot tethered jump, which I'm told is the standard first drop. Step from the plane, freefall for perhaps a second before your chute automatically opens, and drift downwards. Costs about $200 (depending on the place), so I'll be saving my pennies for a little while before I'm up for it. The fields are mostly in Abbotsford, so fellow jumpers with car are especially welcome. A handful of my coworkers did it in May, said it was a fucking blast, and have been preaching skydiving to me ever since. Anybody interested?

Argh...

Politicians are a pain in my flabby, lumpy, fishbelly-white, patchily-hairy, oddly-placed, but otherwise beautiful ass.

camping?

so, is anyone going to ACTUALLY confirm they'll go camping on the weekend of august 21? 'cos if no one is going to nut up, I'm going to make other plans...

Sugestions Welcome

Because people can't go a tuesday with out a Den of Sin movie night, I have agreed to continue them in B.J. and Mariko's absence. However I'm fresh out of ideas as to what movies to program. This is your opportunity to contribute to the programming. So please feel free to tell me what to show on tuesday, i'll post my decision on monday night.

The Adventure Begins

Read the first installment on the Planes, Trains and Automobiles tour chronicle here.

Best. Music Video. Ever.

I had some trouble getting the video and audio to synch up properly, but somehow I think it managed to make this better. As if that was possible.

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.

***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...

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.

Awwww, you guys care!

Nader says don't vote Conservative!

So much love!

Yet Another View

This seems sympathetic to what I think of Moore.

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.

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...

Don't Believe the Hype?

Christopher Hitchens gives an amazingly entertaining and viscious attack on Micheal Moore and his new flick. (And I don't even think he makes a single fat joke!)

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

I was amused, but then, I'm easily amused.

Wiggum or Bush?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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... :(

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...

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.

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.

ten days, nineteen hours, fourteen minutes and forty-six seconds...

oh. my. god.

I'm never going to get all of the semen cleaned out of my keyboard. I don't need to sleep tonight, either. I'll just watch this over and over and over.

one day, I will marry zach braff.

Woot!

I may actually have a job in Vancouver! Joy!

I'll blog more about it on my own site later. I just had to do my electronic jump for joy somewhere.

UPDATE----------

By the way, I'm also gradding on Wednesday at 2:30 at SFU. Anybody who happens to be up there is welcome to yell lewd things at me and my funny hat.

Damn, everything's coming up Paul this week!

DOXA (revisited)

I'm most likely not going to the doco-fest with movies about scrabble and freestyling tonight as I have way too many other engagements to deal with. Sorry, to anyone who has decided to go with me, but alas....Maybe another time.

Harry Potter

Are we going to make an event of the opening on June 4th? If we all want to get tickets in the same theatre we should organize soon.

Just to let you know next week is also International Environment Week. June 2nd is Clean Air Day. So remember to feel guilty and attempt a pretence of appearing green for at least half the week your grandchildren will thank you.

June Chaos

Well, it looks like there is a trip to Seattle for my birthday on the weekend of June 11-13.

In the one car so far is Graeme, Me and Miyuki.

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Also, there have been some tentative Girls' nights being planned, but since I get back from Seattle on the 13th of June (the next scheduled one), I might not be able to make it (sorry, girls, but it also turns out they snuck an exam in for 10:30am the next morning, too).

The following weekend looks the most promising (the 20th) as some other major tentative plans are in the works for the 27th of June. I'm not saying anything as to not jinx it.

Asian Heritage Month at the D.o.S.

hey kids,

now that asian heritage month is just about over, i figured it was time to program a couple of banana flicks (also in honour of bob & rachel's shindig last weekend).

7pm: The Wedding Banquet [1993] -- Ang Lee's tale of a gay Tawainese yuppie happily living in New York with his boyfriend who decides to enter into a marriage of convenience with a shy Chinese immigrant desperately in need of a green card in order to appease his nagging parents. It seems like the perfect plan, until the 'rentals show up to plan the titular feast. Hilarity and heartache ensues.

9pm: Better Luck Tomorrow [2002] -- A bunch of overachieving Asian American kids go power trippin' with some criminal extra curricular activities. Yes, I know it sounds like an after school special but you know it isn't because you can count all of the Asians on American television (who don't read the news) on my hands. Also caused quite the sensation at Sundance when it premiered.

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

Karen's New Pad Party

Hi.
I've been getting used to my new place for about a month now and I think it's about time to have a party. I love my new place and I'd love to share it with you.
So please come to my party on Sat. 29th. This is one week after Bobu's and Racheru's gathering au banana.

My theme is Primary colors (red, blue or yellow). There may be games involved but nothing demeaning. sorry guys...
All those reading this are invited and requested to bring a friend. Friends are to wear primary colors as well.
BYOwhatev.. around 8pm..
good?
email for info: jkmarque@sfu.ca

damn the man!

sorry folks, but the donnie darko screening at the SIFF is sold out. no tix to be had anywhere. they are planning on showing it in seattle sometime in july as a limited engagement, so maybe everyone can make a road trip down here then instead.

I asked about garden state, and was told there's no speculation it's in danger of selling out anytime soon. so if yous guys want to go see it, I suggest you make up your minds relatively soon and get some tickets. you can buy them here. this applies to everyone but miyuki. she gets free tickets for letting me grope her occassionally. and no, I won't buy anyone else free tickets if they let me grope them.

well, maybe bj.

moobies galore.

okey folks, miyuki is already planning to head down to visit me for the american memorial day long weekend (may 29-31). I'm thinking the rest of you might want to come as well. why? feast your eyes on this!

saturday, may 29, 6:30pm: donnie darko director's cut
saturday, may 29, midnight: a tale of two sisters

and the coup d'etat?

sunday, may 30, 9:30pm: drive in party. 281 minutes of gore! "Like a good zombie, the Drive-in Party is back after a two-year hiatus! The authentic drive-in experience was a lost SIFF tradition, originally resurrected for the 25th anniversary. Put away your lawn chairs and head out to the Valley 6 Outdoor Theatres in Auburn on Sunday, May 30th, for a triple bill of zombie mayhem and one French slasher flick, to be enjoyed in the vehicle of your choice!"

I'm planning to attend the two former movies... if we can get some more people willing to go, I'm thinking the latter would be a kick in the shorts as well. quit you're whining about not having money, that's what credit cards are for. quit bitching about exams or papers, you can always re-take the damn class. how often do you get a triple bill of fucking zombie movies at the drive-in?!

there is ample crash-space at the newly vacuumed Laboratory. come one, come some, and we'll have a jolly good time...

Doco Film Fest (It's called DOXA if I'm not mistaken)

Not too much that I want to see except two flicks on Sat May 29th:

4:30 - Word Wars, Pretty much just a light hearted doco about Scrabble, trailing 4 different competitors on their quest for the 25k in prize-money.

Followed by:

7:30 - Freestyle: The Art of Ryhme A movie tracing the history and cluture of hip-hop freestyling. Featuring appearences by Mos Def, PLanet Asia, Cut Chemist, and the Freestyle Fellowship.

Anyone else interested?

June's Games Night

It will be held on Thursday June 3rd, as the Friday is Harry Potter's release, the Saturday is when my parents are doing something for my birthday and the following weekend is supposed to be my birthday something or other which I haven't planned.

Housewarming

Everyone is cordially invited to Bob and Rachael's housewarming on 7pm Saturday, May 22nd, 2004.
The housewarming is Banana Themed. I have bananas and banana bread but other banana themed food would be welcome such as banana fruit salad, banana sandwiches, banana chips, banana cream pie etc.
Give Bob a call on his cell phone for directions.

lots of love,

R

What I do in my spare time

So, the project I'm modeling for right now has a livejournal! Yay!
It can be found here.

Here is a synopsis by the creator, if anyone is interested in participating:

Of Shadows and Flame is a Photo/Graphic Novel currently in the initial stages of development.

The basic story is about a woman who, overwhelmed by the death of her lover, takes on a sort of super-heroine persona to, eventually,combat her personal shadows. She is granted the ability to enter other people's dreams and make changes...

The novel will be a collaboration between photographers, artists, cartoonists, etc. I intend this to become a venue for introducing and showcasing different writers and artists, as each dream-sequence would need to be produced by different artists.

Interested? Drop me a line at shadows_flame @ geoectomy.net.

A Meta-Review of "Supersize Me"

By Meta-Review, I mean one which pretty much looks through other reviews for what glimmers of truth they may have. This is all because I am too lazy to write a full review of my own. I liked it, but wasn't as sickened as some of the other people I know who have seen it.

"This attention-grabbing stunt is getting the film lots of free press, but it proves nothing that any normal doctor doesn?t already know about the links between bad food and bad health. Forget that this stunt is completely irresponsible; Spurlock is a healthy guy, and he succeeds only in trivializing people with real eating disorders. "

Yes, junk food is bad for you. This is nothing new. If I went on a all-cheese diet for a whole month, I bet my symptoms would be pretty bad too. (Not to mention that this was hardly a rigorous study, what with the sample-size of one.) This particular link also shows one of the strange bits that I found the movie. There was a scene in which an overweight teen is interviewed and talks about how there is so much pressure to be skinny. It seems to downplay the problem of body-image, and seems to suggest that perhaps the shame tactic is permissable, thereby trivializing the problems that overweight kids might have.

"Like several other areas of genuine concern, a maddeningly underdeveloped sequence depicting the deplorable state of our nation's school lunch programs is quickly wiped off the screen to make room for more long segments in which Spurlock prances around in his red-white-and-blue bikini briefs while tugging on his new love handles and whining about his "McStomach-ache."

The movie is funny and engaging. But the real important issues that it tackles are given far less time and concern as the apparent health degeneration of Spurlock, not to mention the scene in which he finds a hair in his sundae (OMG A HAIR!!!! APPALLING! That never happens at restaurants.)

I enjoyed the movie, but found certain aspects of it obvious, and others a little troubling. It's obviously severely biassed, and more than a little narcisistic, but brings up some imprtant issues. It hasn't encouraged me to stop eating fast-food (actually I haven't eaten McD's for some time now) but has persuaded me to get more excercise. (The fact that he wasn't excersizing was given far too little examination.)

In the end he offers very little in the way of solutions, sugggesting that McD's and other restaurants bear a lot of the brunt of responsibility which is really only part of the problem. The conclusion seemed too much diatribe, too little of anything constructive. People should see the movie, and it is a good step in making the world a healthier place, but watch it with a grain of salt.

wilderness adventures revisited

okay, we need to go camping. we need to go camping with alcohol. possibly a keg (funny side note, I've never actually drank from a keg). it has to be a keg of good beer tho.

we need to make some decisions. first of all, who is going? second, where are we going? third, when will we go?

please comment with your weekend availabilities (including possibilities for longish weekends or the three and four day varieties, not necessarily just holidays) between say, now and august. recommendations for locales would be keen as well.

nearby is good, no need to drive three days to sleep on the ground. cheap is gooder, as we're all pretty piss fucking poor.

I won't even mention camping in the states unless there's an overwhelming urge to. easier for me to drive up there...

so?

PacManhattan

Live action PacMan, played on several square blocks in Manhattan. This video made me smile.

It's amazing how difficult it is to translate Pacman into reality. One challenge is allowing pacman to know where all the ghosts are, without the ghosts knowing where pacman is. This requires (apparently) a great deal of technology and organization. Ironically, it seems the amount of data processing required to play pacman in real life (cell-phones and software for player-tracking) far surpasses that required by the original computer game.

PacVan anyone?

P.S. You can play a Flash version of pacman (and several other vintage games) here.

For All You Postal Service Fans out there

Just cuz, I love you all. (Sadly, it requires Real Video)


It appears I have broken the blog. I'm not sure how.

Ugh.

Super Size Me is highly recommended, and really unsettling.

Now I will eat only fresh veggies and cold water fish, for the rest of my life.

Or nothing. Yeah, nothing is good. Nothing forever.

That poor, dumb bastard.

The story of how Stupid Slut Tricks night became the weekly Den of Sin Movie Night.

Mariko used to be evil. A person that would go out of their way to decimate a person's dignity and soul. The best example of this was her weekly Stupid Slut Tricks night where she would troll bars and gather Stupid Sluts to her house with the promise of cocaine and cock. She would then make them perform stupid tricks or stunts and make them snort laundry detergent. While I found this to be drunkenly amusing for the first couple of weeks I quickly sobered to the fact, while burying the bodies in a wet shallow grave in Ladner, that what she was doing was wrong. Well long story short we discovered together the teachings of Jesus, repented our old ways and now every tuesday we watch a double feature of Kick Ass Films instead of murdering drunken sluts while Bauhaus plays loudly. With this in mind I bring the rest of May's Den of Sin Program.

MAY 11
The President's Choice of Star Wars or (In another Galaxy Far, Far Away)

7:00PM - TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (1983): "This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style. But, fittingly, it's unlike any sci-fi flick you've ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, superstardom, and the reality of science fiction itself is spotlighted in this bright, crazy, truly out of this world epic--one of the more unusual movies in the Hong Kong cinema of the early 1980s. And if you know '80s Hong Kong cinema at all, you know that's really saying something!" - HK FLIX

9:00PM - MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978): Now we all know Fukasaku rules right. His contributions for his Gangster films alone already makes him a King but then he makes "Battle Royale". Hail to the motherfucking King baby. Shortly after "Star Wars" came out Fukasaku decided to make his own sci fi epic(though the Japanese have been making Space Operas years before Lucas' chins got around to it [to be fair he only had one at the time]) and got Sonny Chiba to play a guy named Hans! Special Thank You to the Duke for lending me his copy.

MAY 18
"ARE THESE GUYS RETARDED OR WHAT!?" DOCU NIGHT
7:00PM - JEFFTOWNE (1998): a DOCU about 38 yr old Jeff Towne. He lives with his 96 yr old senile foster mother, drinks beer, watches and draws porn, loves wrestling and has Downs Syndrome. This cheapie doc manages suprisingly not to be exploitive, it just follows Jeff on his daily routine (Drinking, Porn). I guess the lesson here is, "Aren't we all drunken horny retards?". Yes, yes we are.

9:00PM - THE BACKYARD (2002): That's right we're watching a doc about Backyard wrestling. These dudes are fucking harsh. Barb wire, household chemicals, lightbulbs, staple guns HELL YEAH! WWE is a pack of pussies. Hope you enjoy.

Games night TONIGHT

Sorry about the late notice, but nights like these are about having nothing else to do, right?

Tonight there is a games night at the Clubhouse, feel free to bring a board game or a multi-player gmae for the GameCube or PS2 (although, there may be some restrictions on use of technology to ensure something more social than "fuck you!" is occurring--we'll see about the turn out and such).

I know that the website says Saturday but there is no way I can attend as I'm going to Cirque de Soleil.

Try to be here around 7:30-8pm

everyone else is doing it, so why can't I?

I'm not so keen on my draw. and while graeme and corinne have obscure tastes, mine is merely bad. which is, in its own poetic way, obscure...

1. I haven't gone anywhere but out of my body
2. there are still some things that make us all the same. you. me. them.
3. when I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge: "I don't want the world, I just want your half
4. then we'll get to the fact that it's always my fault, just because you're breaking my heart
5. they think I'm crazy, they don't that I like it here
6. I hear you're looking for someone to love
7. I'll never win a title, and I'll never win the cup, but when it comes to ladies, I've had the best of luck
8. for you I bleed myself dry
9. trudging slowly over wet sand
10. finally I've found that I belong here
11. to forgive but never forget, so the past reappears
12. life is peaceful, in the open air
13. we slip and slide as we fall in love
14. think I'm drunk enough to drive you home now
15. it's that time of year again, I can taste the air
16. you give me so much love that it blows my brains out
17. say after me, 'it's no better to be safe than sorry'
18. formal photographs refuse to mention his tiny feet, that birthmark on her knee
19. 'cause there's no place that I could be without you
20. your ears are full of the language, there’s wisdom there you’re sure

And yet one more:

1) "Babydoll, should I give up…Yeah!"
2) "Do you think you've made the right decision this time?"
3) "Look at all those stars, look at how goddamn the stars are"
4) "It's all syncopated to your hard heart's heartbeat time"
5) "You reached for Heaven at seventeen and caught the clap from some teenage queen"
6) "the only cure for my sorrow: free your soul, don't follow"
7) "Keep sending space monkeys, Nasa's trying to play us. Keep sending em and we'll send back Dr Zaius."
8) "a flash of life like lightning electric blinding blue reminded me of you."
9) "You can't play both sides of the fence 1993 mad kids are gettin tense"
10) "I stay sweet as a nut, sweet like Tropicana, When I hammer in your head splits like banana"
11) "No bra with the blouse it's so necessary No panties and jeans that's so necessary"
12) "building a revolution to heal nations it starts within you"
13) "with fears i see lights that shine like frozen television tears or dying embers of another day"
14) "hey you, Mr. FCC, have you no advice for me?"
15) "I'm a diamond in the rough, and you're lucy in the sky with a cubit Your raps don't do it"
16) "In the kinetic energy of a moving fist lies a birth-machine for a parallel universe"
17) "And if I were the king of all the kids, you'd here me singing in my spit."
18) When the world is too dark, And I need the light inside of me, I’ll walk into a bar, And drink fifteen pints of beer
19) "i’d rather hum or have my soul tattooed to my tongue and let the scriptures be sung in gibberish as words be simple fish in my soulquarium"
20) "we're soaring furious airmen, we're saccharine bedhead, we're mexican wrestlers, we're pacifist gossips."

Per Christian's Demands

1. It died an ugly death by back catalogue.
2. Might as well start my drinking days now if I'm really alone
3. Your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies while you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park
4. By the way I say your name I always know, and by the way, I always say your name.
5. And our sea sick smiles screaming sweet nausea
6. And that's when we'll explode (and it won't be a pretty sight)
7. They revamped the airport completely now it looks just like a night club
8. And your Mom would stick a fork right into Daddy’s shoulder
9. Note to self : No one cares. Your voice is average.
10. Lack of consequence has got me making decisions based upon truth or dare decision making.
11. If we never meet again it would be too soon.
12. Did I open an old wound?
13. We couldn't help but call it treason
14. We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and tea-leaves.
15. While you're counting sheep, I'll count my lucky stars. You were the last good thing I ever saw.
16. It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
17. I'm not the percent you think survives
18. We never will make load in if the Ephedrine don't kick in.
19. With white elephants, sitting ducks I will rise up
20. You sweet talk like a cop, and you know it

Silly things my friends none of you know do:

On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down your favorite line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then, have your friends comment and see if they know the songs.

#1 Seven years under the bridge like time was standing still.
#2 Your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear.
#3 I can't look without being watched.
#4 Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky.
#5 No you can't take that away from me.
#6 Where it's at and where you see, you're making me laugh out.
#7 Nothing or no one will ever make me let you down.
#8 Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me.
#9 Hush little baby, don't say a word.
#10 Johnny wants to think up a joke.
#11 Fancy cars that go very fast, you know they never last.
#12 Experience has made me rich and now they're after me.
#13 You're so sweet you make my mouth water.
#14 Well there'll be music all around you, you should see the way it feels.
#15 I wonder why you choose those others, and you never come to call on me.
#16 I can turn and walk away or I can fire the gun.
#17 What could I say to you except I love you?
#18 Golly jeepers, where'd you get those peepers?
#19 Well off we go to see what we killed and watch the damn thing bleed.
#20 Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699.

I skipped the ones in German...I can't write it, I don't expect you to read it, and the instrumentals...

Moobie-related goodness...

Eva and I (and probably Bree and Nick) will be gorging ourselves on Super Size Me on Saturday. Looks like a mid-afternoon show, though flexible. Anybody else interested?

Side notes: Saw Touching the Void, an excellent semi-documentary about two intrepid yet deeply unwise young Brits tackling an Andean peak for which they were woefully unprepared. Completely conventional, yet gripping nonetheless.

Finally saw Spirited Away, confirming me once again to be several years behind the trends (damn, I'm totally indifferent to anime, however good). And Bubba Ho-Tep is finally out on DVD, freeing me from the mummy-like clutches of Christian's incessant mockery.

That is all.

wilderness adventures?

so my birfday is coming up next month, and I'm thinking it would kick ass to go camping for a long weekend at the end of june.

problem with camping, it's only fun when you're getting drunk and pishing in the woods with your friends. so who would be game for a weekend of woodland debauchery? sometime around the weekend of june 25, with either the friday or monday to make a three day weekend?

this ends here.

paul has been quite insistent on deeming me successor to his title of "queen of booze"... I feel he jumped the gun and should be stuck with his hooch bitch status forever. he's been eagerly waiting for anyone to make any sort of ass of themselves to he could spring the title on me. but really, let's discuss this.

paul claims the consensus of the party was that I committed enough attrocities to earn the title. there are two problems with this claim.

a.) the general consensus of the party was in no position to make such a decision. first of all, how many people in saturday's attendance witnessed the pukin' paul incident? fair and accurate comparisons are necessary. plus, there were a lot of REALLY drunk motherfuckers at that party. I don't trust their judgment.

b.) the attrocities committed by your humble narrator could not possibly compare to vomitting the entire contents of one's stomach on such a sacred place as another's bed, site of sleep and sweet sweet lovin'.

did I take certain liberties lifting my toga while drunk and pantsless? yes. were my boxer shorts lacking in proper closure at the fly? yes. did I punch paul in the cack on a BRILLIANT no look jab? yes. did I do my damnedest to scare the crap out of peyvan as a drunken lech? yes. did I just generally act like a total git for much of the night? yes.

however, none of these crimes are even in the same league as depositing several pints worth of disgusting hazmat on a bed. I feel the only possible way to top the pukin' paul incident would be to totally shite oneself on someone else's bed, a la spud from trainspotting. that's really the only thing more vile and disgusting than paul's vomitus.

paul should be punished for his slander. let us all remember the story of the boy who cried wolf, and keep this in mind next time he attempts to excrete his despicable badge of dishunour on another innocent victim. and we should all cockpunch him until he pukes.

please, feel free to discuss. I would LOVE to hear how paul could possibly justify his argument, and wouldn't mind hearing from this "general consensus" that paul claims exists...

I mean REALLY paul, if you wanted to pick on the truly disgusting, why not attack bj and his choice of lawn decoration? personally, I thought that was totally awesome, especially the "edward pussyhands" marker left on top of it. but I guess other people were disturbed by both the fact that bj's puke resembled far too closely its previous life as phad thai, and the fact that every chunk of noodle was EXACTLY the same length (thus leading to bj's admission that he's a robot).

Friend seeking accomodations

Hey all,

My friend Shannon from Campbell River is moving back to the big smoke for a year to do her BEd at UBC and is looking to share accomodations to mitigate the cost of living around here. Anybody looking for a roomie who currently lives on, or is thinking of moving to, one of the major UBC bus routes in Vancouver?

Hey. You like movies?

Hey I'm on time you ungrateful ingrates. As usual we promise more entertainment space battles, drunken retard, Gimli versus Dragons and other good and not so good stuff. There were going to be space boobies this month unfortunately something even sweeter resurfaced in my brain.

MAY 4TH - MYSTERY STORE SCREENERS NIGHT

Today in history a Dutch guy showed up on some island that would later be Manhattan (then New Amsterdam). It's also Bird Day and in observance to those I bring you

7:00pm - DRAGON STORM: Apparently an Ill recieved Sci Fi channel TV Movie. But hey Gimli's in it and they are Dragons. And unlike Reign of Fire we already know it sucks thereby lessening the blow. TROGDOR!!!

9:00pm - DEATHWATCH: It's like Predator but in a WWI no man's land! Or at least that's how it was described to me. looking back this is definetely a program for the brave or for those with low standards (you know who you are).