| things to do in alberta before youre dead |
[19 Jun 2007|01:33am] |
the one way ticket is dated july 31, and thats when i move to toronto.
for the record, my heart is in this frontier town. its hard to explain to outsiders what the appeal of my little city of 1 million people and 6 months of winter.
photo recap of my life out west to follow.
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[13 Jun 2007|12:41am] |
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| watch me melt |
[14 Sep 2006|12:52am] |
i mean its kinda been awhile
i always mean to write in here and then i just stare at the screen and think about IM/AIM conversations with erin, anne and estabu in the past and i kinda smile and then i think 'what the fuck?' and then wonder what the chances are that you guys still use those?
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| hey roxstar |
[28 Jun 2006|10:28am] |
clean break
im sorry youre going through some shit but all of a sudden like one day it will just be ok and you wont really understand why but it will be much much better
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| back like the clap |
[20 Mar 2006|12:51am] |
so here it is
ive got like 8 classes left and after changing my direction twice, i will finally have my psych. degree... ok big deal right? yeah but in the last two years ive become borderline obsessed with city planning and urban reform... (im espically interested in things like sustainable development, the idea of local communities defining their own urban situations, and the loose ideas of 'new urbanism' <- i dont subscribe to the entire movement but im feelin a big part of it)
so after these clasess are up its either a masters program or a second degree (which i can do in two
years) and then im working (finally)!!!!
the main program that im interested in is in toronto and ive spent about a month there in the last while (over the course of a couple trips), getting a feel for things... toronto is ok, just a big stinky city with lots of gross sprawl, certainly no vancouver but i think ill be into living there for 2 years.. plusi was born there so maybe ill feel some pull to stay... ;>
so yeah, ive got work and school and im volunteering with a group of architects and designers who run an organization concerned with downtown redevelopment and design standards etc.. its pretty dope, im in the beginning stages of trying to get some community forum stuff organized and we bring in lectures/presentations etc. as well as run design competitions and are heavily involved with arts festivals etc..
also ive gotten involved with this lawsuit thats being launched by people in the building that i live in... i get to deal directly with the city planning board and deal with other shit like zoning bylaws etc... im in *waaaay* over my head ( and i guess am heading up this committee?!?) so if anyone knows anything about canadian zoning bylaws or the legal system, please send help!
im living in the same loft that i was living with my ex gf... long story short is she moved to vancouver and im renting it for next to nothing off of her mom who i always got along well with...
a little strange at first having a new girlfriend and having her stay over at a condo that i essentially built with an ex gf but its all worked out ok thus far...
also playing indoor soccer and organizing the dinner club
all of the above are the reasons why i havent been good about updating lj... but i wanna make the effort!
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so im not kidding but edmonton is being hailed as one of the new music hotspots in north america... ive been saying this for a couple of years and people laugh, but a recent national front page story calling us 'the new montreal or seattle' has people believing...
heres the jumpoff for you guys, these two are ill as hell, even with my bias of them being good friends...
CADENCE WEAPON - youve all probably heard him by this point, the internet hype is amazing but this kid is dope... hes got like vitalic and lady sov. remixes on the way... fucking plays with raekwon in toronto last week (and hot chip? weird...)..
last night i get a text message that says simply 'dude im eating dinner with fucking ghostface right now.'
hiphop from edmonton? yeah i know, funny but true...
his page is here http://razorbladerunner.blogspot.com/
SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT - these guys steal the show no matter where they play ever. they just 'won' north by northwest in TO, selling out the 650 capacity club with a lineup around the block and slayed at SXSW (so im told)
they sound like if daft punk were a live band... theres like 6 of them onstage, two drummers and yeah, i guess its like daft punk meets chikchikchik... they were just called 'our arcade fire'... umm ok?!?
http://www.nrmlswlcmrcrds.com/
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as far as music im into thats not my friends? i had my top ten 2005 list but its not in front of me (im at my parents house tonight for some reason) ...
my best recall is this: (not in order except for #1)
1. Modeselektor!!!
2. v/a - kitsune maison (kitsune is a cool french label that puts out lots of cool electro music)
3. diplo - fabric
4. "buckshot/9th wonder" or maybe those "clipse" mixtapes
5. david banner
6. coldplay
7. alan braxe and friends
8. common
9. "le dust sucker" or maybe "jackson and his computer band"
10. M.I.A
the best show i went to (the one i had the most fun at anyways) was M.I.A and gwen stefani... it was like going to the grammys or something... i never go to shows where theres like set changes and costumes and shit... it was awesome...!!!!!!!!!
as far as 2006 goes, heres the stuff ive bought (in no order again except for #1)
1. J-DILLA!!!!!!!!!!
2. copy - mobius beard (like vitalic but plinkier)
3. markus guenter
4. justice - the new 12" whatever its called
5. thin white duke royksopp remix (i forget the song) 12"
6. tekel - new 12" again i cant remember the name cause im at my moms
7. the new mogwai is surprisingly good (for a band ive never really been into)
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so yeah, what about you guys, lets talk and shit - im up for whatever, espically if its to do with city planning, music or sports!!!!!!!!!!!
life is a cool thing and you guys fucking rule!!! (its kinda creepy how youre like all on jury duty and shit but whatever!)
oh and theres even rumors of ben good and friends the sequal in LA this summer... ive got some friends who have a clothing company there http://www.ironarmyclothing.com/ so e-rod and i may hit the road (with who knows who else?!?!) ya'll should come!!!!!!!!!!!1
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| tti took me likke 3 tries to log in |
[10 Sep 2005|02:20am] |
uhoh im jdrunk like a-1 steak csause
itrs weird being single agaiun cahuse uooyre allwowed to iht on girls again and its like its ihnencoughraged but wow i felt liek agrandpoa at this club so i dont ihtink ill go ther again buts yoyu guys should know a guople of things
1. i dont post in lj as much as you dgiuys do case youre pretty fucking awesome people who are reallt lamnazing at what you do and imk honestly in awe of all of tyou and its like what am i gonna add? some jokes? come on now, these polpe dont kneed more jokes thye need results dammit
2. i read yoyu guiys and your ljs and im jhust like 'fuick me i am lucky to even sorta know these poeople cause they are really incredible people' for all the shit i complain about i am bleessed the fuck out when it comes to frineds and stuf and you guys are like a-1 steak sauce
abwyays its good to ashake it up like a whirplool dishwaseher sometimes and its god to trokc like a bear and to shake like, a peanut bu t if your frined kell y chia says hes buying you drunks say to him, 'opk'
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[02 Sep 2005|02:24am] |
so i guess i sort of have hope for having a big kids job one of these years, when i went to toronto a couple weeks ago (i had been reading about it beforehand) i went to ryerson university to ask about an afterdegree program in city planning... basically its the only professional related anything that ive ever given a fuck about, i know a few people doing it and im insanely jealous.. (including my little sister)... at any rate i sat in on a class, talked with the program head for a couple hours (not at ALL the kind of treatment i was expecting) and yeah it looks like (the plan anyways) im gonna TRY and move there for next fall to take my last two years of school... this all depends on whether or not i can finish my degree this year, i think i may need another full semester after this year...
my problem is that i have to work so much and cant take full 5 course loads so its taken me an extra year to finish... now that im excited about the future it sure seems pointless to be still doing what im doing but yeah steps on the way etc.blahblahblah
living close to my friend kevin again will be awesome... see most of the the people i know here are artfags and music geeks and i just realized that i dont know any regular fucking guys... not total dudes but just like regular guys who wanna talk about football instead of record labels etc... it will be a nice break to get away from all of that...
ive been trying to live without the internet because its a blackhole that i will waste unspeakable amounts of time on if its at my disposal but unfortunatly about 30 feet outside of my apartment is a 24hour internet cafe... im not sure whether or not im saving money by doing this...
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what the fuck else... i dont know, ive reevaluated alot of things and yeah its pretty alright... i hit the point a few days ago where i was consciously aware of the fact that everythings just maybe gonna be ok...
ive gotta say that im never dating anyone from the same group of people ever again, more than anything the last 6 weeks have been tough because all my friends know her and all her friends know me etc. so theres been so much whispering and behind the back stuff thats been kinda tough to deal with
example? a good friend of mine has a (rather unsuccessful) dj night at a place a couple blocks away, so i go to show support every tuesday for a bit but a close friend of his is the guy who fucked hilary 2 days after we broke up and hes always at a table with his friends and (you can see where this would go...imagine this scenerio in a club with like 3 full tables) anyways im a grown ass man so i dont get mixed up in anything but theres so much talk and weird crap that its made everything really messed up
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yar
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what else?
i could give a fuck about music anymore, ill be hard pressed to find 10 albums this year that i care about... mostly ive just been into classical piano music, thug hiphop and really dancey stuff... and whenever stuff happens in my life i retreat into stuff like samiam, jimmyeatworld etc...
oh blonde redhead were great live
heres my list though, the only records ive bought this year... (in no particular order)
m.i.a
slim thug
alan braxe & friends
manhead
colder
coldplay
im not sure why im not as into music anymore, ive just been really overwhelmed by things like my friends, cooking, running, playing soccer/basketball and laughing...
the best thing that came out of that entire relationship is i think i became a genuinely (sp?) positive person... 2 years with the most negative person youve ever met really has that effect on a guy...
anyways, enough feelgood selfaffirmation, im out
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| you have no idea how excited i am |
[01 Aug 2005|07:15pm] |
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ok so i havent been to toronto in years, i was born out there but havent been back in awhile and ive never been to montreal, where im gonna go stay as well and im going to get to spend time with people i love being around... also i cant wait to go look for clothing in montreal and eat food and stuff but would i be a douche if i said im most stoked for toronto blue jays baseball? holy fucking shit i think i might even get to see roy halladay pitch! the doc himself!
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| anne and erin |
[26 Jul 2005|03:30pm] |
hey if you two can handle the one man sexual atomic bomb that is eric duffy, the owner and creator of the the dynamic duo that has broken a million hearts, thats right its the top secret, better than blue steel, unbridled sexual energy of the 'wink and a 'baby' move, he will be in los angeles for two weeks at the end of august
if you guys are into it i think he'd like to hang out some night when hes down there... (might even get a preview of some of the new moves too, you never know what he'll drop)
anyways, give me your phone numbers if you want to hang out with the duffman
;>
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| goddamn its deafening |
[26 Jul 2005|03:41am] |
so yeah, hilary and i are splitsville
relationship over im ok with
other things im not ok with
place we lived in was honest to god (i never mentioned it too much before) the most incredible place ive ever seen in my life, like straight outta some wallpaper magazine, im talking like 100 yr old building, 11 ft ceilings, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood, MARBLE walls EVERY detail about it was incredible
anyways when we moved in it was just a total empty shell and my dad and i basically put the place together, i mean like we put in the ENTIRE kitchen, the hardwood flooring for 800sq ft, built closets, put in security stuff you name it... anyways so it was really hard leaving something that was never mine from the start, but clearly something that i put a TON of myself into to go live in some shit dive place that feels like the equivilent of milhouses dads divorcee 'resort' on the simpsons, the whole building im not kidding is full of like these pathetic single guys...
anyways so the kicker is that shes rebounded on some guy who has always pretended to be my friend, i mean like laid it on really thick 'dude youre so cool, youre like the only boyfriend i know that doesnt get jealous, wow man youre like the coolest guy etc' 2 days later with this little cunthole who wears a scarf in the summer and has an ironic moustache cause he pretends hes french..
anyways, whatever its over and done with, they can do what they want but heres the final kick in the balls
i never go out to parties or clubs or anything as you probably know, so i get talked into one on saturday night and what are the odds, they show up together, ok again im ok with this, i know a tonne of people there so i just hang out elsewhere until he decides that 'we need to talk'
i spend the next 45 minutes locked in a bedroom with him, scarf and all listening to him going through all the cliches 'dude i am SO sorry... aww man you must wanna punch me, come on, here, please punch me, it will make both of us feel better' and on and on and me just saying 'whatever man, i dont care, im not gonna do something stupid, lets just go have fun etc'. until.... (and get this)
he gets really serious and says 'if it makes you feel any better, she broke up with me tonight, im really broken up about this, it just hurts so bad and i care about her so much' and literally puts his head on my shoulder..
think about that really hard for a second... im thikning, what on earth am i supposed to say to this, i date and live with and build a home with this girl for 2 years, he fucks my exgf for a week, two days after we break up, in a bedroom i built and then comes crying to my shoulder... now THAT is some audacity...
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in the last two years ive probably only went out and gotten drunk maybe two times, but oh boy did i proceed to tie it on that night and i ended it all by making out with some other girl
next week i fly to toronto
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| nyc people and also |
[10 Jul 2005|08:43pm] |
hey for those of you who live or have lived in newyork, what would you recommend to someone (like me) who is thinking of going there for a week as far as accomadations? are there hostels that are decent or should i go for a hotel?
flight and food etc. i can afford, i cant however, affford 6 nights of $150 hotels
what should i do?
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[05 Jun 2005|01:50am] |
anne if you get your nose 'fixed' ill come down there and fix it back
fuck that show
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[12 Apr 2005|09:20pm] |
the toronto blue jays are 5-2 and will clearly be the 2005 world series champions
good luck making up that 1.5 game lead in the next 6 months boston and new york YOU TOTAL LOSERS!!!!
;>
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| let me introduce you to some cats that wont shoot you |
[13 Mar 2005|11:34am] |
holy the new daft punk
all ive been listening to lately is mainstream hiphop like freeway, jayz, beanie sigal etc., and minimal classical piano music like john cage and maurice ravel
but holy the new daft punk
the french sure know how to walk that fine line between cheesy and holy christ this is so dumb
i loves it ;>
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