2008 New Year's Resolutions Checklist

1. To be a bigger prick to others.
Success Rate: Moderate.
I realized that my douchery was getting better closer to the end of the year.

2. To be a bigger failure than in previous years.
Success Rate: Moderate.
Screwed up on breakfast, but upped my douchery.

3. To eat breakfast (more importantly eat bacon) in every county, regional municipality, single-tier municipality and district in the Province of Ontario in 2008.
Success Rate: Poor.
Only nine times that I went out for breakfast in outside the usual locations.

the tuesday numbers - december 30, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9 (total)
Backlog of comics not yet read = 8
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 9
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 2

the tuesday numbers - december 23, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 9
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Days I went a hospital waiting for others= 3

the tuesday numbers - december 16, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9 (hoping for one more)
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 10
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 0
Days cleaning = 3

the tuesday numbers - december 9, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 10
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = none :)
days without alcohol = 11 :(

the tuesday numbers - december 2, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 11
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 1
Frustration level at the moment = medium

the tuesday numbers - november 25, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 12
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 11
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 4
Amount of Snow moved = LOTS!!!!!!

a little snow

the tuesday numbers - november 18, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 13
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 7
Hours of Moving things that should have been removed ages ago = agh.

Time

June 2008



November 2008

the tuesday numbers - november 11, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 14
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 8
Number of hours ploughing this week = too many

the tuesday numbers - november 4, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 14
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 10
Number of Personal Cardinal Rules broken on the weekend = 1

the tuesday numbers - october 28, 2008 (really it's wednesday)

days late = 1
changes from last week = 0
weather changes from last week = lots
what vinyl I scored from the London Record Show on Sunday = AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, and Nick Drake

the tuesday numbers - october 21, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 15
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 8
Level of awesome for the Great Lake Swimmers performance on Friday = High

the tuesday numbers - october 14, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 16
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Backlog of Podcasts not yet listened = 11
Dead cats seen on the farm this week = 1

the tuesday numbers - october 7, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 7
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 17
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Amount of weeks I travelled to Toronto recently = 2
Amount of times I got breakfast in T.O. in those weeks = 0

I found some awesome for my ears

I'm not done listening to it yet my ears are in an orgasmic tantric audiophile love fest right now. I found The Flaming Lips album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [ON VINYL] today in Toronto while trying to fill gaps in my comic book collection and I stopped in the occasional record shoppe to try and find Brian Eno Ambient One: Music for Airports, with no luck.

BUT MY EARS ARE IN AN EAR PORN MOVIE FOR EARS! SO AWESOME!

the tuesday numbers - september 30, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Backlog of comics not yet read = 6
Backlog of graphic novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 20
Backlog of DVDs not yet watched = 7
Days reading Alan Moore 46 issue run of Swamp Thing = 4

odd moment in my life

I've been getting text messages from some girl who has mistaken me for someone else. To be honest, I don't if this is an elaborate text spam from some company based in South Western Ontario or a girl who's very bad at stalking. Anyways, it's annoying either way.

the tuesday numbers - september 23, 2008

Ontario counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Comics not yet read = 61
Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 7
Days left doing corn silage = really I don't know

the tuesday numbers - september 16, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Comics not yet read = 71
Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 7
amount of interesting things happening to me = none

the tuesday numbers - september 9, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Comics not yet read = 82
Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 7
troubles with internet = extremely high

the tuesday numbers - september 2, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
Comics not yet read = 93
Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 7
probability of using a mini-storage locker = medium

the tuesday numbers - august 26, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
comics not yet read = 70
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 10
amount of boxes in my room = too many

the tuesday numbers - august 19, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in 2008 = 9
comics not yet read = 103
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
things I own that are in a 9x9 room = too many

the tuesday numbers - august 12, 2008

ONTARIO counties I've ate breakfast in = 9
comics not yet read = 113
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 12
days without a decent night's sleep = 10

the tuesday numbers - august 5, 2008

counties I've ate breakfast in = 9
comics not yet read = 123
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 12
days without satellite tv = 3

the tuesday numbers - july 29, 2008

counties I've ate breakfast in = 8
comics not yet read = 124
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 12
amount of wheat I've taken to the mill = lots

let us congratulate Mr. Idiot

In late June I got an oil change for my car. Not even one month has past and I successfully have gone two thousand kilometres in this period of high gas prices. Bravo.

the tuesday numbers - july 22, 2008

comics not yet read = 124
graphic novels not yet read = 23
DVDs not yet watched = 12
corn rows to detassle = 0
days gone without shaving= 10

useless observations

I haven't been in the Forest City since Sunday.

the tuesday numbers - july 15, 2008

comics not yet read = 124
graphic novels not yet read = 23
DVDs not yet watched = 12
pieces of farm machinery I broke today = 2
unexplained bruises on my body = 2

the tuesday numbers - july 8, 2008

comics not yet read = 124
graphic novels not yet read = 23
DVDs not yet watched = 12
Ontario Counties I've eaten bacon/breakfast in 2008 = 4

the tuesday numbers - july 1, 2008

Kilometers travelled over the weekend - 802.4km
Amount of time on the road over the weekend - 9.5 hours
mosquitos bites - too many
comics not read - 126... maybe less

the tuesday numbers - june 24, 2008

comics not yet read = 126
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 12
Days until Washago = 4
Days since Guelph = 3

the tuesday numbers - june 17, 2008

comics not yet read = 140
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
Days until Garfield the Cat's 30th birthday= 2
too many years that the Garfield comic strip has been published = 29
grammatically incorrect phrases = 6

the tuesday numbers - june 10, 2008

comics not yet read = 160
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
Days of recovering needed from heavy drinking from saturday= 3
bicycle helmets I own that look like WWII US Army Helmets = 1

the tuesday numbers - june 3, 2008

comics not yet read = 160
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
amount of times running away from an unstable hydro pole = 3
bicycle helmets not purchased = 1

the tuesday numbers - may 27, 2008

comics not yet read = 167*
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
hours of working out in a cold wind = too many
hours behind on things I want to accomplish = too many

*it's probably less than 167, but the problems this past week have put me on edge

the tuesday numbers - may 20, 2008

comics not yet read = 167
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
hours of working out on the field today = 6
hours of working out in a cold wind = 6

Look at that!

next possible investment

2008 Norco VFR Cross

OR
2008 Norco Malahat

the tuesday numbers - may 13, 2008

comics not yet read = 171
graphic novels not yet read = 22
DVDs not yet watched = 11
TVs in bedroom = 0
space in bedroom because of no TV = more

the tuesday numbers - may 6, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 1
comics not yet read = 178
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
wikipedia addiction = high
using Facebook= No

the tuesday numbers - april 29, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 5
comics not yet read = 184
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
amount of comics planning to get rid of = 489
amount of space freeing up in my room = very little

the tuesday numbers - april 22, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 7
comics not yet read = 184
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
next possible exotic locale to eat bacon = really, no clue
consecutive days of working the land = 2

the tuesday numbers - april 15, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 9
comics not yet read = 185
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
that Karl Pilkington book I'm reading = done
next possible exotic locale to eat bacon = no clue
consecutive days of drinking beer since last posting = 4
consecutive days of not drinking in Ottawa, Canada = 0

I didn't eat breakfast in Ottawa but I saw this

The rest of the vehicle is mindblowing.

the tuesday numbers - april 8, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 7
comics not yet read = 185
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
that Karl Pilkington book I'm reading = nearly done... still
next possible exotic locale to eat bacon = Ottawa

the tuesday numbers - april 1, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 12
comics not yet read = 186
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11
that Karl Pilkington book I'm reading = nearly done
trays of corn to fill from shelling = 27
loads of laundry to do = 3... really ongoing until I die

the tuesday numbers - march 25, 2008

podcasts not yet listened to = 16
comics not yet read = 186
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11

Galactic Funk my ass

Reason #33946 on why George Lucas controls the licensing on the Star Wars properties.

the not yet tuesdays numbers

podcasts not yet listened to = 26
comics not yet read = 185
graphic novels not yet read = 21
DVDs not yet watched = 11

I'm not even halfway on Karl Pilkington's book.

what the tuesday numbers will look like next week...

Unlistened Podcasts = 28
Unread Comic Books = 185
Unread Graphic Novels = 21
Unwatched DVDs = 11

Yes, I know unlistened and unwatched are not words.

the tuesday numbers - march 11, 2008

X=185
Y=21
Z=11

Gee, what progress.

the tuesday numbers - march 4, 2008

X=185
Y=21
Z=11

I've been reading Happyslapped by a Jellyfish by Karl Pilkington and it's occupying some of my time along with work.

just leaving it out there for people...

You know the majority of Led Zeppelin song titles would also make excellent names for rigid airships, also known as Zeppelins.

Think about it, who wouldn't want to ride an airship called "Royal Orleans".

the tuesday numbers - february 26, 2008

X=185
Y=21
Z=11

the tuesday numbers - february 19, 2008

X=186
Y=21
Z=12

I would like to say having bronchitis sucks ass.

the tuesday numbers - february 12, 2008

X=184
Y=21
Z=13

mild frustration

There's a record show over in London tomorrow, but I busted the stylus on my turntable yesterday.

vinyl bonus track

The Tragically Hip put out their first EP in 1987. The EP for record and cassette had seven songs, but for the CD they put out had eight as cds were new to the public at that time. Turn to 2004. The cassette is next to non-existent in North America and the record is suburban big box store dead. However, the band Death From Above 1979 put out their album "Your a Woman, I'm a Machine" with a vinyl bonus track that's not on the CD. It's like some bizarre full circle has occured. In the eighties, you were rewarded for new technology while in the early twenty-first century you were rewarded with nostalgia.

the tuesday numbers - february 5, 2008

X=188
Y=21
Z=13

one of many reasons why I'm not on Facebook or own a video disc player...

I look at internet social networks the same way I look at home entertainment technology: it's an unconscious popularity contest where one group that has to be elitist and supplant their control over the rest of the groups for the sake of the status symbol.

Wait, how can I make this more confusing?

Ass #1 gets into to supporting one format of home entertainment like CED Video Discs, someone that is larger and more important called Ass #2 has decided that another format which is supposably better compared to the one you are using is now the dominant format like videotapes and Ass #1 has wasted an x amount of money on an obselete technology. Ass #3 sees what Ass #1 and Ass #2 are doing and figures another form of home entertainment will be coming along like laser discs and screw over Ass #2 (in reality, Ass #2 got the upper hand on that one).

My mindset is why go to the latest fad when it's going to be out of fashion once enough people get sick of it and wait for the next one, as someone higher up and lower down is going to screw over the masses.

myspace is being difficult

I like myspace. It has that nice dead feeling you get at once popular bars in once popular sections of once popular towns. However, it seems that when I logged on myspace, it shuts down my web browser (safari for those who are curious) three to ten seconds I hit my main page and not the login page. As a result of that, the writings I do there will appear here, so coming next tuesday the tuesday numbers will appear here.

Daft Colargol

Today, I was listening to Daft Punk's album Daft Club, and as I listened to Daft Punk's own remix to Aerodynamic, I couldn't help but think of the introduction theme music to Jeremy the Bear from TVOntario from the 1970s and 1980s. The cartoon originated in France, but it was called Colargol (done by a Polish animator from a series of children's books from yet another country if my false information from wikipedia is right).

Anyways, I took the time to listened to the theme song to Colargol, which sounds nothing like Daft Punk. However, there seems that there is a simularity to each song at this time I can't put my finger on it. Edit: It's not at the guitar solo if you're thinking the original song.

(I also like to explain how New Order's song "Blue Monday" is the hippest polka song, but I don't want to hit another state of confusion and frustration for others at this time.)

If someone is reading this, try and answer this...

I saw a few seconds of Batman and Robin on youtube, and yes, I'm well aware that I can't get that time back. For the few images I saw in that brief moment, the Bat-nipples is one type of sad, but the molded bat-ass cleavage and Batgirl torpedo tit covers is a completely different level of sad in which I can't explain into detail at the moment. Like why would you need molded ass cleavage tights to fight crime? I thought Batman is supposed to instill fear into the criminals, not make them break into hysterical laughter.

I want to know who do you blame on the costume design of the Bat-costumes, the director Joel Schumacher; costume designer Robert Turturice (Batman and Robin, Gia, and assistant costume designer of the Star Wars Holiday Special); or costume designer Ingrid Ferrin (Batman and Robin, The Santa Clause 2, and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause)?

Gifticus has Begun

Gifticus, The Period of Disappointment, has started. I get a record player from Johnny Sixteen. A record player that altered the appearance of my room... possibly for the better, but makes me realize that I got to get of more stuff and that totally bums me out.

Interesting or Depressing?

I took time to count the amount of titles of the monthly and weekly comics I currently read. By adding all the titles I pick up, and by a loosely based scenario that all comics cost the same price of 2.99, and all came at a regular schedule; I would be spending over $135 a month. Fortunately for me, some of the comics I read come in a few weeks late to coming out nearly bi-annualy. However, the costs of some of these funnybooks can range from $2.25 (not bad) to $12.95 (ouch).

This little discovery made me realise (again) that I have an addiction towards comics. From what I can figure out right now is that at least eight comic book publishers and a handful of area retailers are benefiting from my addiction.

Are comic books drugs to me? Are the publishers the grow-ops? Are the retailers my dealers?

Every writer and artist's storytelling is like a drug; the creative style a particular high. I know a few readers trying to overdose on Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison, while taking some bad hits from reading Frank Miller, or giving themselves a mindcleansing by reading Carl Barks.

All I know is in order to detox from comics, you need to replace it with either another medium or a social activity... and right now, there's nothing good on television and I'm not a people person.

New Years' Resolutions

I actually made a couple of resolutions just so I can break them.

1. To be a bigger prick to others.
2. To be a bigger failure than in previous years.
3. To eat breakfast (more importantly eat bacon) in every county, regional municipality, single-tier municipality and district in the Province of Ontario in 2008.

I do enjoy that by breaking my #1 of being a bigger prick to others, I end up succeeding in my #2 of being a bigger failure than in previous years, but succeeding in failure is still a success nonetheless.