meh

meh.
left work at 3:55.
ran to waverly.
missed 78.
waited.
crossed street to catch other 78.
bus stop i was just at has the 80 go by.
blast!
catch 78 at new stop.
went to Danali.
tried on pants and shorts.
went to Meyers for some cake.
meyers closed for holidays.
went to rogers. checked out there used bin.
went back to Danali.
bought said pants and shorts.
joked with the crew there.
feel a bit better.
i like Danali.
went to Food Fare.
bought some cake.
went to the bank.
got some cash.
went to the LC.
got some booze.
tried a sample of iced cappacino vodka cooler.
the chick was cute.
bought one.
iced cap vodka cooler, not the girl
bought a cigar.
went home.
went and got my hair cut
she gave me a discount as a gift.
went home
ate some cake.
drank said iced cap vodka cooler.
shaved.
got picked up.
drank a Yuha. Mango Citrus!
got to Verna's
ate some chicken
i din't even finish.
left Verna's
drank a Yuha. Orange Guava Passion Fruit!
went to The Pyramid.
had a southern comfort & coke.
din't feel like dancing.
kinda did. but body wouldn't move properly.
had a shot of something.
got home 1:30.
watched a bit of die hard 3.
went to sleep.
woke up 10:57
caught bus at 11:06.
now i'm at work.
meh.

In 12 hrs, Officially

This will be updated more fully later. Ah, the update, kinda.

I'm bitter and pissed off* and I don't know why.
Well I kinda do, but not really.

My mum did something that she's never done to me before. Sneak up on me and scare the crap outta me. Luckily, I was half asleep and too tired to respond.
After she wakes me up with a scare....
Mum:

"you working today?"

Moi:

"uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh"

mum:

"cause we could have gone for chinese"

moi:

"uhhhhh"

mum:

"chinese would have been good to get today"

moi:

"uhhhhh"

fin.

My 2nd call of the day was from Mona and we didn't really talk about anything. Just that Patterson Billboards wants to advertise on her forearms.
But since that call, I can't get this smirk off my face.
Damn you.....

Still kinda pissed off* though.

Not how I wanted to start my day. I wanted to start it off with this. Well the real thing actually, like so:



Bastards.

*english accent please

Multi - Use Napkins

So I get a call. Which is normal, since I do work in a call centre.

Yay! Internet tech support!

I'm talking with this old-ish man from Tennessee. He was transferred over to me from AOL. Now, this old-ish guy is a Comcast internet subscriber. Unfortunately for him, I work in the Earthlink powered by Comcast Department.
Different division of internet providers.
Well, the internet is still provided by Comcast, but the email and things is through Earthlink.
Now this sorta thing ain't new. AOL does this all the time.

So I says to the old-ish guy:

"Unfortunately , you've been transferred to Earthlink tech support."

Old-ish guy:

"Well, AOL gave me this number"

Moi:

"They have a habit of doing that." (or something to that affect)

To which the Old-ish guy responds:

"Yah, what do they know, they're Indian"

Ahh, ignorant racism. Isn't it grand.

Reminds me of the time when I went to Sals with a bunch of the fellas for some late night grub. We sat on the stools at the counter and ordered our food and milkshakes. The waitress comes around with our milkshakes and hands them out to the people who ordered them except for 1. The chocolate shake that I ordered.
The waitress turns to the cook who is native and asks her:

"Who does this shake go to?"

To which the native chef turns and points at me and says:

"The brown one for the brown one!"

I have the look of the subtle 'wtf!?'(or as some people tell me, the 'other' normal look), while Bro has a look of complete shock on his face. And as they all chuckle at this turn of events, Bro looks at me and wonders out loud:

"What are they gonna say when they bring you your cinnamon bun?,
Here's you cinnamon bun, you paki!?"

As we now amuse ourselves with this bit of knowledge, P.slam down the counter suggests making a turban out of a napkin so as not to confuse any of the workers at the lovely local spot known as Sals.

Ahhhh, the memories.

Happy Birthday!

Today is the celebration of the birth of my good friend, cinnamon stick!

On this day, the geezer is turning 25. That is a quarter of a century.
That's almost 10 yrs older than my nes.
Hope your day is great as can be, but since you be in etown, I hope it is at least not boring!

with lots of perverted sick love,
moi

Dearest Emily....

pour vous......mod night and the river.

Either more pics will be put up or I'll just create a new thingy or some such.

tata

The Island

Neelix is in the movie!

He is!
As you can see by the poster above, I went to a screening of The Island with my friend Scoop the other day. Nice enjoyable movie that went well with the Safeway Subs that we had conveniently had with us.
Mmmm, safeway subs. So tasty, so filling. So good.
I should get paid for that.

Anyways.

The movie is about these people who are in a facility where they are told that they are the last survivors on Earth after some sort of fallout. They all have a chance to win a lottery. The prize being a trip to the last uncontanimated place on Earth.
The Island.
aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh ( sung in an angelic voice)
But a certain someone, Lincoln 6 Echo(Ewan McGregor), finds out that this isn't so. He thus takes his very ravishingly gorgeous friend, Jordan 2 Delta(Scarlett Johansson), and they go on the run to escape the evil fate that awaits them at the hands of Dr. Merrick(Sean Bean).
dum dum duuuuuum.

The movie clocks in at about 2hrs and 15min. Not bad. Zips along too, so it doesn't seem to drag. For the most art, unless you get bored.

The movie starts off as a classic sci-fi but then turns into a classic action sci-fi chase movie. Too bad. It had some interesting things to work with. Cloning, whatnot and such. But it is Michael Bay after all. It also starts off with a nice clean stark look, due to the medical type facility in which the movie begins. When they get outside though, we are flooded with brown. Can't say I like that too much. Reminds me of Swordfish, without the orange.

Ewan McGregor(L6E) was very good. Always entertaining he is. The humourous moments that came out of his role were top notch. I like him and I don't really have anything to say about him. Nothing that troubled me, so he shall be spared my wrath this time.......
This time.

Scarlett Johansson(J2D) was, I can't believe I'm saying this, not very good eye candy for the start of the film. Don't get me wrong, she's gorgeous. But something about the way she just stands there with her lovely lips slightly apart, looking off into the distance, was..... off.
That and she looked kinda ditzy. Other than that she looks amazing at times in the film and her pants fit her o so well.
Oh so well.
As the movie went on, she got more and more radiant. The good kind. Not the bad kind that we are first subjected to. By the end though, you won't remember the ditzy, weirdness.
Just the,
"Oh my!"
and
"Why is the movie only pg-13, dammit!"

Djimon Hounsou, as I continue to find out, was one of the best things about The Island. I love this guy.
He was great in Gladiator & was the best part of Constantine. That's right, The.

Neelix is in the movie!
Sans makeup.
Not just a little bit part. An almost big, bit part is what he got.
Steve Buscemi makes a few appearances in the movie. Wasn't even a creepy part.
Yay Buscemi!
As did Michael Clarke Duncan. Bit part that is, the smaller variety. More of a role, time wise, that Sean Bean would usually get. Speaking of Sean Bean....

Sean Bean. What can I say about him. Well, he makes a great bad guy. He is awesome. Only problem is, all his good movies only have him in them for small amounts. This flick has him through out. I think he's trying to ruin my theory. The aptly named, Sean Bean Theory.
Nonetheless, he is evil and conniving in all the right ways.
Well done 006.
Well done.

I can honestly say that I think that this is one of the slowest action movies that Michael Bay has done. That ain't saying much if you've seen any of his other action movies. I'll give him some credit though. The choppers, and there's always choppers in his movies, don't show for almost an hour. He didn't bring the suckas in until about 55min in. But don't worry, you'll see a lot of them after that.

As for the special effects, they were top notch. Nothing stick out like a sore thumb with one exception. The only bad spot was during the 2nd half of the car chase. Jet bikes and blending in, don't seem to go together.

Now here is the major problem with the movie. Other than Michael Bay trying to make a smart sci-fi movie. Let me put it thusly...holy product placement batman.
Cadilac, Aquafina, xbox, msn search. michelob.
Now normally, I don't care , but when it is as blatant as the placements in this movie, I get annoyed. Takes you out of the movie. Real bad.
Example:
One point in the movie, they (L6E and J2D) are told to use the information directory. When they find one, what do we see? A msn search booth. Nice and subtle fellas.
Near the start of the film, L6E an J2D are duking it out in this virtual fighting simulator thingy. Huge scoreboard on the back wall that all the spectators can checkout. Escpecially the huge xbox logos on it. That's right, I said logos. As in, more than 1.
It seems that in the future, the last non-contanimated place on the planet, other than the island, has an xbox.
puh-leese. (eye roll required)

All in all the movie is not too bad. Other than the crazy blatant product placements and Sean Bean trying to ruin my theory.
It makes for a good background flick. Could throw the flick on and just have the images wash over the room as you go about your day. Kinda like in Minority Report when John Anderton gets his eyes replaced. Except that instead of a film noir, you got a somewhat fluffy action movie with less memorable lines and more brown. But nontheless, similar to that.
If you're into it, the movie holds your attention and it kinda zips by. But, if you're not into it or are tired, the movie won't do anything for you. You might even fall alseep. *coughscoopcough*

Did I mention that Neelix is in the movie!

Movies = Crack

So in the last couple of weeks I've gone on a little shopping spree of sorts.
I'm addicted to movies. More precisely, I'm addicted to dvds.

Newsradio: Season 1 & 2 - it finally came out and I found it. So happy!
Zatoichi - I found it for cheap. Only 20min after I got Newsradio. Happy day!

rented Suspect Zero. Watched it then headed home. On the way home I got...
Manchurian Candidate - I was in that intoxicated mood that this movie is great for.
Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow - I needed another cheap flick to go with it.

A couple of days later I stumbled upon a movie that has such awesome style
Hulk - the transitions between scenes is gorgeous.
Entourage: Season 1 - I heard it was good.

A day or so later...
The Last Castle - A great movie, I found for cheap.

A couple of more days go by. Went to the docs, said I had to fast and get some blood tests, so to cheer myself up I got
Srubs: Season 1 - I love this show
ER: Season 1 - Some intense medical shows never hurt anybody

Before I went to the labs to do the tests I picked up
Constantine Deluxe Edition - was a very entertaining movie in the big seats.

I think I have a problem.

A friend of mine described it best:
This was said while watching High Fidelity during the scene where John Cusack is rearranging his records while arguing with his mother on the phone.
"that's you, except with movies"
That's right. I'm somewhat obsessive when it comes to my movie collection and I argue with my mother. Some think I have OCD when it comes to my fliks.

I need something to watch during my streaks of somewhat kinda insomnia.

The Lab

Went to the docs. Said I gotta fast.
Might have a virus that is going around. Sticks with you then shows flu like symptoms.
12 hours of fasting later:
Went to the lab.
It's a room in a clinic. It had a desk with a chair for the nurse and another for me.
Got poked with a needle, they (she) took some blood.
Had a small box to put the samples in.
Now I gotta wait 2 weeks*.
Bastards.

*The results are in.

Fantastic Four

Honestly.
The most entertaining movie of the summer so far!
I know, I know. You think I'm crazy. But I'm right.
Batman was good.
War of the Worlds was aight.
Fantastic Four, though, was entertaining!

It was cheesy and has some bad plot stuff and Jessica Alba is a scientist. But still. It's an easy going light fun film. And they don't show Jessica Alba doing sciency stuff.

Besides nobody can be worse as a scientist than Denise Richards in The World Is Not Enough. She single handidly ruined that flik. It's true.
Watch that movie and skip all of the scenes where she talks. One of the best Bond movies that way.

Anyways. FF had all the characters down pat. They were just as they should be.
Now here's my problem.
Dr. Doom is the prodigal son of Latveria. So, of course they would give him a prestigous gift. What is the gift you ask, well, it's a metal mask.

Dooms' homeland of Latveria gave him a demonic metal mask as a gift!

The Fantastic Four even use science to fight the bad guy!
Completely awesome!

Either way.
Entertaining movie.
Go see it.

War of the Worlds

The ending suuuuuucks
What is it with Spielberg ruining the endings of movies, so that he can get his stupid theme across.
We would have got it without the ending of choice, since you were ramming it down our throats for the last 2 hours. It started off so good, too. Set the mood, the characters, everything, right quick. Knew where everybody stood.
The first scenes of destruction were cool. Then the movie kinda started to go down hill.
Tim Robbins seemed a little out of place. I love the guy. (Antitrust anybody!) But his character just seemed slightly off. Not in the hes' got a screw loose, which he does, but more of how he just didn't mesh with the rest of the flick.

Not as bad as the ending though. Speilberg and his endings. Man.

Jackass.

It's like in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. That 2nd ending was soooo unnecessary. Waste of an half an hour.

The rest of the flick was pretty good I guess. Didn't realise that the story was going to be that small. Movie looked good.
Aliens kinda blow though. Nothing exciting on that front. Tripods were cool.

As for how the aliens were beaten back. This is what happened.
Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum flew up into space and uploaded a virus into the mothership thus corrupting the shields of all the other ships. Allowing us to attack the aliens without worrying about the shields.

That's right. Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. The actors. Not the characters they played in ID4.

Praise tha lord!

Pop

So I ran into an old friend o mine last night.
Anyways a long story short, the lot of us.
Lot being 6.
We were discussing muslim chicks that went back to the motherland to get sewn up for marriage.
Let me put that another way.
The Juice bottles (muslim chicks) go back to the factory (motherland) and get there cap resealed (sewn up).
They do this you see, so that when they get married, the fella will think that she is a virgin.

There was more conversation had, but it is too early in the day and I can't remember due to the early morning fog in my brain.
Yes, I do know that it is 3:30 in the afternoon.
shuuut up.

Gloves To Hide The Fingerprints

I was supposed to have a play by play of some dreams, but it doesn't work without pictures, so I'll get on that and we'll continue down that road at a later time.

In other news.
My mum is thinking of going to India. I say Go!
After all, I do need some more pajamas.
She would be gone for about 2 months. Thus I would have her place for 2 months. Rent free!
Which would be great.

In other, other news.
I think I have found a roomate to move out with. More like she found me. But that is neither here nor there. We even would have a place right away I think, but we could get a better place than that.

At work today, we had a lively discussion on.....
Invisibility.
If you you were invisible, what would you do?
Now before you answer, lemme clear some things up.
1. The invisibility goes as far as anything touching your skin. But only the immdeiate area. So if you are touching the floor in your bare feet, the floor only in the immdiate area would be affected. Within a foot or so. So if I touched your arm, your arm would be invisible and part of your shoulder but that would be it. If you were not a child, even less than that.
2. Logic doesn't count. You are able to see even though your eyeballs are then unable to process the light, etc, etc.
3. The Invisibility will not mysteriously wear off all of a sudden.

So, If you were invisible, what would you do?

I Have A Dream...

Actually, I had 2.
Which is kinda weird, cause I'm not one to have dreams. But when I do, I remember them quite vividly.

The first one I had was last week.
It involved the white house, its courtyard, a lot of trees with grapes on them and monkeys.
And pirates.
Maybe even some monkey pirates.
The vividness is starting to fade it seems.

The other one happened last night.
This one involves 2 of my friends. My pops place, an odd airport sponsered by a bank and me freaking out on the stupidity and lack of concern by said friends.

Bastards.

I wrote down what happened after I woke up. So I'll get that paper(s) and go into more detail on the morrow.

Here is something deep for you.
And something,... oh so shallow.
I also got something with depth. I do like the name.

All which can also be told to you by the crew.

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order."

Saw the season(series for those across the way) finale of Doctor Who. All I gots ta say is that better not be the new Doc. He looks like a dork. That and the daleks looked like they should.(click on ep.6)
Well done.
Maybe they can give the new guy a scarf to cover up his stupid grin.That might help.
Might.
Season 2 (series 2) comes out in 2006. But first we get a xmas special at the end of the year. Season 3 (series 3) has been confirmed as well.
Seems he is the new Doc.
Damn.
Ah well. I'll forget that he is the new guy by the time the xmas special airs.

I was watching The Day After Tomorrow. Movie is aight. Here's what bothers me.
Near the beginning of the movie, when the storms start to hit and big chunks of hail starts to come down in Japan. The Japanese guy in Tokyo has a cell phone. An Audiovox cell phone.
Whazaa!?!?
There is no way that such a crappy cell phone would be used in Japan by a native of said country.
Bah.

Finally finished watching Alexander. What a bunch of crap that was. Don't even bother with this flik. I would tear it apart hear for you, but it would be pointless and waste of my time.
Angelina Jolie looked good as usual and Val Kilmer was good as well.
That ends this paragraph.

By the way, The Muppet Show: Season 1 comes out in about a month. The whole season. Not more of these 'best of ' collections.

You may rejoice.

Things learned on Canada Day:
(can also be read here)

• If wearing a tube top and running. Hold one breast in your hand. The other will tow along.
• Lazy ninjas are unable to catch a bus if it is raining.
  
• If you're fakin' bakin' and are not attractive, rubbing your breasts while walking will only distract people from the rest of you until you stop rubbing your breasts.
  
• Newcastle Brown Ale goes good with BBQ.
  
• The streets of this city are determined to sprain my ankle.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens up this month (July 15th). I still think they should have had Christopher Walken play Willy Wonka with Johnny Depp playing Charlie. I know what you are thinking, but remember this, they made hobbits.
Other movies of interest out this month: The Aristocrast(July 29th) and The Island(July 22nd). Also, kinda interested to see Hustle & Flow(July 22nd).

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Today is the joyous celebration of our countrys' 138th birthday!

Our country came into being as we now know it (kinda) in 1867.
We gots coloured money (scroll down a little).
It's nicer when it isn't all green and safe to sniff without the fear of accidentally snorting dirty cocaine.
The national sport is Hockey. The official national sport is Lacrosse.

I have more to write (not really), but I gots some BBQ-ing to do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA!