The Lesson for September 29, 2005

Arts is a loner. Never team arts up with anything as it makes arts sound lame. For example, Arts & Crafts, Arts & Humanities, and Arts & Science.

Rock Lobster

I'm Getting Plastered Now on Labatt's 50...

Because tomorrow, I'm assisting in castrating bull calves and tagging them all with RFID Tags... and that's not fun.

Oh, and for everyone not from Canada, Labatt's 50 is considered a white trash beer. So 50 has the same social standing of Stella Atois in Belgium or Sapporo in Japan.

damn my curiousity...

I'm trying to think of all the books you don't read... carpet sample books, wallpaper sample books, and matchbooks are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Are there any others?

iDontgiveacrapaboutcopycontrol...

I'm a big cd collector, and a big believer of backing up things I can copy, but when I see a copy control image on a cd, I get edgy... until recently.

Last night, I was given a copy control cd (the music isn't important at this time), and the person who gave this cd to me asked if I can make a copy if possible because of the restrictions of the copy control. According to the copy control details on the cd said that the cd would not play on a Mac computer. I put the cd in my Mac computer, and I had no problems copying the cd on my Mac computer. Out of all the cds I own that have the copy control/copy protect/please don't copy me, there is one song I couldn't copy, and I cancopy that song if I borrow it from a friend that requested the cd because the copy control version would not work in his computer.

What does this tell me (in my own bizarre logic)... Copy Control hinders cd collectors from buying copy protected cds more than the regular fans, or my computer is messed up, but in a good way.

For those who are curious...

Yes, Kerwood does exist.

just because...

Lounge Music, the only music you have to dress up to listen to.

"The Girl from Ipanema" on a Hammond Organ... AWESOME!!!!!!!

(and this is not sarcasm)

If you're travelling in the Province of Ontario...

Make sure that your car license plates lights are working at night as it is a $110(CDN) fine if they are not working.

(fortunately for me, I got off with a warning)

Asking for a random opinion...

Halloween costumes: "Elvis Smurf" or Harvey Birdman's Boss "Phil Ken Sebben" without knowing who I am which one would suit me better?

Being a Hermit is not good...

This past week I was helping my dad on corn silage (cow food for those city folk), and I realize that working on the farm makes me really anti-social and delusional. I did get off the farm twice, and they were for the same reason: trying not to lose my mind at my house.

Anyways, I will check out what Johnny Sixteen is doing at Aeolian Hall on Sunday, and perhaps find out what The Fabulous Mr. Moy, Kirk Trooper and The Ever Lazy and Frighten Menuhin are doing later in the week.

Other odds and ends...
- Frank Miller's Ronin is much better than Batman: The Dark Night Returns.
- Picked up some 70's David Bowie, some Arcade Fire, and the new Sigur Ros album this week, all were smart investments.
- The best comics are the ones you can easily read through, and want to read over again. The Englehart/Rogers/Austin run from Detective Comics is one along with Warren Ellis/ J.H. Williams III current series DESOLATION JONES.
- Might be changing my diet as I feel something resting on my chest when drinking cola and eating those cheesy puff things.
- It's becoming more and more pointless being on MSN Messenger... really.

Musical Interlude...

here are some of the cds I purchased in the past few months. If either Gatineau Joe, The Risk Commander, or The Fabulous Mr. Moy are reading this, I will say that your influences are appreciated.

Sigur Ros - ( ) : got in Sarnia under $10, and it was the best splurge pick up I did in Sarnia.
The Langley Schools Music Project - Innocence and Despair : Mr. Moy, the copy you have in your possession is now yours.
Stairways to Heaven : found in Sarnia, and I love those Austrailians.
Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin: just imagine Led Zeppelin music in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Rheostatics - Introducing Happiness: found in a flea market in Brantford, will be buying more albums of this group in the future.
Detachment Kit - of this blood: damn fine album.
Led Zeppelin - IV: finally have it on CD.
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World: I got it for the "Wicked Game" song, and I really don't believe in greatest hits albums.
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing: I saw it at a used book store for cheap, and there are some moments you need to hear "Roam".
Lee Hazlewood - These Boots are Made for Walkin': seriously, it's hard to peg what genre Hazlewood plays in, but it sounds awesome. Ideal for Johnny Cash withdrawl.
"This One's Worth Saving": there's a hotline number if I bought this, because I wasn't suppose to, but I did, but I'm too lazy to dial numbers at the moment.

oh the good reads are coming back...

Today, I found out the I hate my flatmate blog has returned.

good times.

Would someone please explain this to me...

I work for parents, and usually, I'm always late for work. If I'm suppose to be at work for 9:30am, I get there around 9:45-10:00am. However, I was drinking last night, quite heavily by my standards, and I call my parents saying that I'm crashing at the place (in London) where I'm doing the drinking. All they said to me was try to get back to their place by 10am. I continue drinking at the house then went to the bars, came back to the house, drank some water, then crashed on the chesterfield around 2:45am.

I woke up at 7am. I'm stone sober. I drove to Strathroy for some breakfast, then got home around 8:30am, got ready for work before 9am.

The question I raise is do I have to do excessive drinking the night before in order to be punctual for work the next day?

Possible alternatives to promote your country for freaks and geeks...

If I was a major marketing head of a travel agency, I would promote Japan to strange people this way. Hell, it will get me there (even though that would cost me an arm and a leg).

The Lesson for Wednesday, September 7, 2005...

When throwing tires onto a pile, make sure there is no water in the tires. Excuse me, I have to shower.

Just read this...

I honestly can't explain this. You have to read this...
where be the keys to my beemer....
where be the keys to my beemer, part deux.

The Lesson for Tuesday, September 6, 2005...

Make sure your body is covered up from head to toe when climbing a silo filled with oat silage. The level of itchiness is outright insane.

um...

When did one person's tragedy become another person's entertainment?

Back to School... except me...

This is the first year that I will not be going back to university (UWO for those who are curious). The horny idiot in me is going to miss it, just for the sheer stupidity of some of the first year female students going to class dressed as if they're going to the bars. As scary as it sounds, this is the only time where you see girls (not women; women are WAAAY more intelligent) wearing less at school than the peelers on the strip bars on Dundas Street because of some bizarre belief that most of these girls think they should look like some pretentious hollywood starlet. By the end of September to Mid October, these "girls" either drop out of school or come to their senses, and everything gets back to some form of normal. In all honesty, if I wanted to see the girl I just mentioned, and as I get older, I don't, I just have to go the bars on Richmond Row on a Thursday night. Personally, I feel sorry for all the master students that have to TA first year courses and deal with these people, because some of these girls can be... difficult.

What will I be doing in that time... corn silage, soyabean harvesting, and other mundane argicultural activities. I'm going to be difficult people free.

The anonymous posting is back...

I want to write to the anonymous people who leave comments, along with all the anonymous people who leave spam comments for the pure reason of making fun of them. If you actually know me and leave anonymous postings, you're just being childish. If you leave anonymous postings only for selling your product, what makes you think people will actually buy into your product? I know more creepy flea market vendors will make more money creeping people out in person than you will online.

Tell me I look beautiful...

I could never get my hair to do this with hair gel, now, it does it on its own.