The Canada of the States

Tomorrow I'll be heading up to Oregon.
The Portland area. It's the City of Roses. (Which means that they also get to hold a Rose Festival.)
Also known as Stumptown.
Neato I guess.

As LL Once Said.....

I'm going back to Cali...

Actually, I'm already here.
Now you just wait until I tell you about the jackass US security guard at immigration.
That's for tomorrow, or maybe a little later.

Now that I think about, Biggie said it too.

Hiatus

I'm having problems with my uploading of stuff from work. Which is why the History of Violence post is wonky and others before that.
So, umm. I'll start posting again after in a couple of weeks once I'm in Sac town.
Woohooo!

At that time, I'll also be changing the look of the site. A new template even!
But, yah. Once I get this uploading problem outta the way, I'll have a shitload of posts for yah, cuz I haven't stopped writing them, just the posting of them.

Adios for now

Deep

A History of Violence, broheem

"When mom brought you home from the hospital I tried to strangle you in your crib. I guess all kids try to do that."

-Richie Cusack

Brutal, Honest, Raw, Cronenberg.
That is A History of Violence.

Willaim Hurt rocks. Very cool, very awesome. He's even better than how Ed Harris looks in the movie. (which is very cool by the way.)
It's pretty nifty broheem.

I don't know how you can go back to the family again + again, when the least annoying person is your youngest daughter, who is one of the children of the corn. But then again, he does have one kinky wife, broheem.
That calls for a rowr!
But seriously, what's with all these corn children all over the place. Is Cronenberg trying to tell us that some of them do actually grow up?

"....ask "Tom" how he tried to rip my eye out with barbed wire, and ask him, Edie, how come he's so good at killing people"

-Carl Fogarty

Philly is the city of brotherly love broheem. Even the white people are brothers.
Do brothers really talk like that?
Or is it just the white brothers broheem?
Then again, it could be a combination of all the characteristics, broheem.

brotherly love (cheese steak variety) + the mob + whitey

= A very cool, oscar nominated William Hurt

I'm not pulling the race card out here. (I hear you all gasping b/c I don' t already have it out)
It's staying right around my neck (much easier than pulling it outta my pocket with the amount of use it gets.
It's a temporary measure until I tatoo it to the inside of my palm. So that way you guys can see the bastad before I smack you with the sucka.
Yah! Thas right, the inside of my palm.
The inside of my palm!

Anwyas!
It's non-goeey movie, but very graphic.
Pun intended. (cuz it's based on a graphic novel, I whisper to you)
Noses bashed into skulls, necks twisted and crushed. Not that this is an action movie or anything broheem. Chunks of stuff flying as well as the blood.
Very cool.
It just has moments of explosive violence, that is only more punctuated (!) by the calmness surrounding it.
Well done movie.
I quite enjoyed it.
Quite.
Did I mention that William Hurt is awesome broheem?

Also, I officially rename Ms. Bello to Maria "the muff" Bello.

Links:
Official Site; Wiki;
Reviews:
Ebert; Entertainment Weekly; About;
Rolling Stone; LA Times; Washington Post;

Scurvy Green...

Aye Matey!
There be little Scottish men in them thar woods. Or they be Irish.
Whichever is them green...

Manitoban Exceprt, Part 2

As I had said yesterday, I picked up a copy of The Manitoban this week for the first (1st) time in a long time. I stumbled upon two (2) editorials that you guys should read.
Here is the second (2nd) of two (2) for your reading pleasure:

“People” will say that they hate Winnipeg and that they are leaving, but these deserters should not be taken too seriously. Their disillusionment is real, but it is not total. A case in point, let us peruse the old renter’s guide for a moment.

Hmm . . . “sublet,” “sublet,” “sublet,” “sublet,” and not much else. Between the lines this tells a familiar, pouty tale: “I hate it here. I’m leaving! . . . um . . . for six months.” Winnipeg is defined by the love-hate relationship.......

......Read the rest here.

Manitoban Excerpt, Part 1

I picked up a copy of The Manitoban this week for the first (1st) time in a long time. I stumbled upon two (2) editorials that you guys should read. The Manitoban is the official student newspaper of the University of Manitoba.
Here is the first (1st) of the two (2) aritcles:

I’ve never known a city quite as deserving of my disdain as Winnipeg.

It’s not even that I have a characteristically Winnipeg inferiority complex: it’s just that, for me, the lack of benefits outweighs the low cost of living. Before any other reputation the city has — for frugality, for gritty tenacity, for moderation that could only come from geography — certain negative qualities will always precede it........

......Read the rest of it here.

The second (2nd) article I'll have for you tomorrow.

Random Conversations With The Prof:

P: lol, there's this Indo Canadian doctor on CBC newsworld talking about vac­cin­a­tion­s.
me: and?
P: But he;s like our age and reminds me of you but wuth a scruffy bread and his last name is Wilson, gots an Indian name for his first name.
Dude just doesn't look like a doctor.
He's wearing a button brown collared shirt and he;s got a army t-shirt un­der­neath, I can tell cause he didn't button the collar.
me: lol, nice
P: He just looks like some dude they pulled off the street.
Like Globals gonna grab in when your going home and is going to ask you to say these lines and they'll have the header un­der­neath saying Dr. Sandeep Smith­so­ni­an dis­cuss­ing Jaw pain related to back posture.
That dudes gonna get yelled at by his mom and his dad is just gonna shake his head.
me: lmao
P: Oh son, what the hell were you wearing? Your a doctor for God Sake, you have money to buy nice clothes. This is whhy you don't have a wife you dress like a bum.
me: ha. so riight.

who says I don't have a sense of humour.....

This is horrible, yet oh so funny.
Oh my, oh my.
I'm going to hell.
yep yep.
Here's another take on it.
~~~
Also here now.

guess what we were talking about:

Moi: "That's pink, not red"
Red: "That's as red as I got in my box"

Also!
Not only did I get green whipped cream on my Java Chip Frap, I got green sprinkles!
AND
The whip was/is mint flavoured.

Lunchtime Beer Is A Good Thing

It seems that Cris got hit by that green beer harder than she thought, cuz she was all backwards. (I think it was the roofies)

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Since the likelyhood of getting a pic of me with green beer is quite low, since:

1. I don't like beer
2. Green doesn't make beer any prettier
3. Most places only have shitty beer in the shade of green (during peak hours, they don't got time to add green colouring to your beer, fuckers)
4. I try not to drink a beer that I've previously had. with some exceptions of course (Stella for example)
5. Oh, none of us will have any sort of camera. Yah, that's a big one. I think that might hurt the attempt more than anything. But then again, somebody could be quick with a set of pencil crayons and some paper. You never know....
   

Ummm, oh. As I was saying;
Since the likelyhood of getting a pic of me with green beer is quite low, here is a pic of someone who looks nothing like me, except for the fact that she has glasses and teeth
.... and some hair.
Uhhh.... that's it.

pic courtesy of Cris

Sleep Sober, Wake Up Drunk

That's what happened to me.
Or something like that. I had a bit of a headache at least.
And I did wobble and weave my way to the bathroom in the morning.
I didn't even drink last night! I had 2 (two) drinks!
Afterwards I ate half a pizza.

Odd.

I don't even get hungover. I get a headache. Then I have a glass of juice and it goes away.
I didn't even get that far today. I was thinking of what I should drink and the headache went away.
Think it was the late bedtime.

The goal is for that title up top to be reversed tomorrow. But then again, work might be more fun this way.....

I was just called a FIENDISH KNAVE!
See:

(12:43:11) Carnie: HOW DARE YOU FIENDISH KNAVE!

Mmmmmm, Pi

Happy Pi Day people.

Now there is three (3) things you can eat (somewhat) officially!
Read more about it here, here, here, here, here, here and of course, the ever popular here.

Now for your infotaiment, 2006 digits of Pi:

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944
59230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709
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8133904780275900994657

steak is a selling point

The day before the ides is a 'holiday'
I don't know if it is better than Talk Like a Pirate Day, but I'll let you know after the day is over.

two (2) frappuccinos later

Beware the Ides of March.

That's all I got.

Day = Made

Well my day was just made.
Eggs just cam to my desk asking for my mouse.
He goes thru the C:/drive to a folder entitled "backup"
Transfers it to his folder so that he can use it on his pc.
It contains....... msn and all of that [stuff] jazz.
Ahhhh.
Guess you had to be there.

Did I mention that this day is blah?

16 Blocks of Jalapenos

Saw 16 Blocks on Friday.
The most memorable part of the movie was when Irish dropped his nachos.
We got our seats you see. I dropped my jacket off and went to pop a cap.
Urination!
I get back and sit down and give Irish the napkins I had grabbed earlier.
Irish: "The nachos flipped over"
Moi: "They what?"
Irish: "They flipped over the chair"
Moi: "They flipped over the chair?"
Irish: "Yah, onto the girls foot"
Moi: "Ahahah, what! That's awesome!"
So for the next, almost 2 hours, I got to smell jalapenos.
It adds that extra layer of realism to the movie, bringing the authentic smells of New York into the theatre.

When the flick was done, we checked out the damage.
All that happend was that the chair seat flipped up and the nachos fell down into the gap.
Nowhere near as funny as the chair launching the nachos into the air, over the seat and onto the feet of the girl behind us.
Too bad.
Still funny tho, since he was looking forward to eating those nachos.

Something About Persistence

This is pretty nifty.

You can order your own set and make your own designs and what not.
Spoke POV is the name of the site, which is a part of this whole conglomerate thingy.
Yah, I said conglomerate. That's how out of it I am
....
Saw 16 Blocks yesterday.
What I liked about the movie is also what I didn't like about the movie.
Which I might get into at some point as long as that point isn't now or anytime within the next 8 hrs.
....
I tired.

That's Inky on the right by the way.

Like Daffy Duck My Man

I just got a venti java chip frap as I usally do. Usually.
yowza!
This was not needed today. I was jazzed up as is, but now....wow!
1/4 of the way thru and my eyes are already buggin'.
I got this one at the good Safeway Starbucks. I accidentaly asked for it double blended. I don't need it that way at this one. Now my drink is like a melted slurpee.
Oh so tasty tho.
Extra java chips too!

I'm gonna be so wired today, it's dispicable.
Like Looney Toons: Back In Action. Such an entertaining movie that was. A live action cartoon. So good, so good.
Bouncing around like a madman/duck.

Craziness going on now.
Like Daffy Duck my man, like Daffy Duck.