Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Wet

Rain Rain Go Away.....

....I hope it stops for a lil while for my BBQ...I don't think having to eat soggy hotdogs would be much fun. But maybe we could bring out the slip n slide?

Sunday, June 26, 2005

I wanna live in Leeds


Everyone check this out....I can't get enough of these guys! *OOoooo & my parents love me...la la la la la la la la la la* How kool would it be to see this show?

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Splash

I woke up to Minou drinking out of my toilet bowl. I didn't know cats did that, well Minou anyways, she's so damn fussy. Then I noticed her water dish had 3 tiny little cat food kibbles floating in it. If so much as a hair is apparent in her water she will not drink, EVEN if she's dying of thirst. Does she not realize I pee where she just drank?? I probably shouldn't tell her. She may hiss at me.

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Sugar Crash

I ate too many sweets last night at the dessert potluck extravaganza....now I must wait for Jordy to return home from work so I may begin the viewing pleasure of Six Feet Under S3...damn I wanna watch it now!!!! I must stretch my limbs out now.

Friday, June 17, 2005

Before It's Time

So I stretched out on my living room floor last night & listened from beginning to end the new cd I purchased yesterday. It's Dinosaur jr. 1st release before they added the "jr." part to the name. Wow. This album was recorded in some guy's basement in 1985; def. before it's time. It's hard to imagine just how amazing it would've been to be making music that was so "out there" by the industry's standards. This album has been slated as a stepping stone for much hardcore music you hear today (as much as you would thank Sonic Youth for the indie scene we now have)
As I was listening to J. Mascis scream his head off with the assault of swirling fuzzed out guitars I was completely taken by just how f'n brilliant this was! I mean think about it...1985!!! The top 5 songs on the charts were as follows:

1- Careless Whsiper - Wham!
2- Like A Virgin - Madonna
3- Wake me Up Before You GoGo - Wham!
4-I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
5- I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

Then you have these boys completely rebelling to the entire scene in some basement. I love it. For all of you out there who love those bands such as on Trustkill, Ferret, Equal Vision...pay homage to who started it all.

Brilliant noise rockers here

Thursday, June 16, 2005

I did something awesome today. I thought I worked the wrong shift today & ended up being 4 hrs late for work leaving the new guy completely on his own!! Ack!!! Thankfully this doesn't happen with me too often so it was kinda laughed at...eesh how embarrassing. Oh well stuff happens I guess. I'm too tired however to keep writing so off I go to listen to my newly purchased Dinosaur jr. cd, yeah!! (Oh how I miss high school at times...)

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Apathy

I can't seem to get off my ass today. I feel headachy, sore, & sad. I have no reason for any of this! My life is great...maybe it's the rain. Or the fact that I'm uninspired? I totally feel like I'm going through adolescence again. Ack. Perhaps I shall try to sketch my feelings or watch a sad movie...heh, does anyone buy into this "quarter life crisis" stuff?? Maybe that's my problem...

Tuesday, June 14, 2005


We miss you!

Renewd luv for the Tea Party boys

I dunno about anyone else out there, but I was EXTREMELY disappointed with Tea Party's last "effort". What happened to the wide instrumentation we saw on Splendor Solis heck even Triptych?? Seven Circles just seems so stripped down & almost arrogant? Hey look at me, I'm better than the Doors but please don't bring up the fact that I look like Jim M...I have my own IDENTITY!
Well why bring it up then Jeff?

Hmm bottom line I miss them. I've seen them in the flesh 5 or 6 times, met them in '96 & have been a follower for as long as I can remember. Now they're opening for Def Leppard? & what was up with the Scott Stapp collaberation? *shudder* C'mon boys, you're so much more talented than this! I guess alot has to be blamed also on who they hired to mix this album...Bob Rock. He def. sucked the juice out of Our Lady Peace as well, I guess all he's capable of doing is making "radio hit friendly" singles. The mystery & almost "darkness" is gone from these 2 amazing Canadian bands. Perhaps it's also hard in my mind to follow up after Interzone Mantras...this one magazine review depicted it best:

"Just listen to Interzone Mantras, Tea Party's album directly before this release. Hear what it sounds like to have a lead singer and songwriter produce the album. That album has a vision, and all its shadows and dark corners stand the test of time; the Eastern influence Tea Party writes with so well is rampant. These things are barely noticeable now. Seven Circles misses its mark, any mark, by having so many hands stuffed in the mix the vision is not unclear, it’s just plain confused."


Well I guess the title of this post got away on me...I was listening to Triptych & loving it. I guess I'll keep the latest album in my collection, maybe someday I'll get it...but heh all you go listen to Interzone, or Edges of Twilight NOW! As much as I'm disappointed I'm still a fan....always.

"waste what we want
we beg and we're bought
and nothing is wrong with us"

Monday, June 06, 2005

Broadway Hooker

It was Jordy's grad from PIMT last night (that's massage therapy if no-one knows) It was held at the Radisson in one of the banquet halls, QUITE an adventure! Anyhoo the food rawked...I even was treated special & got my own veggie entree which consisted of these delightful phyllo spinach chickpea things & the BEST spring roll I have EVER TASTED!!!!! (yes it was that exciting) *grin* Drinks were ridiculously expensive however ($4.50) but Jordy & his classmate Tyler had rented a suite on the 18th floor for the rest of the night. WOW. It was soo kool to be that high up, in this amazing suite with like 2 massive tvs, a bar stocked to water all of Saskatoon, & jacuzzi. I felt like I was Uma in Pulp Fiction. Well minus the blow.

So there was a good amount of people up there drinking, was a good time but strange being I always tend to get massive amounts of "creepo" attention when drunks are involved. I was decked out all nice in the new outfit my mom bought me (aaawwwww) which was a black hippie-ish tank top with a flowy black skirt that went to the calve area. (Yeah I'll try to get a pic up as my descriptions tend to suck arse) Regardless I thought it was tasteful & nice. So this guy who happened to be there who knew a grad....wow where do I start? First off he comes off as being so kool cuz he works at the Radisson...but as a bellhop! Ha. We were listening to some Chili Peppers I think at the time & being I was pretty cut, I was humming along a bit. So here's how the conversation went down....

Mr Kool - "So you like music huh?" (starring at my boobs)
Me- "Uh huh"
Mr Kool - "What other music you got here?"
Me - "It's over there..." (I point to a selection of Perfect Circle, Stone Roses, Fog, Fila Brazilia, Sublime)
Mr Kool - "Oh ...hmm dont see too much"
Me- "Well what do you listen to??"
Mr Kool - "Oh you know I like to listen to the radio..."

OK let us pause here & analyze that last comment...can you see where this conversation is going?

Me - ...blank stare
Mr Kool "Well I like CFCR but I listen to 102 during the day." - meaning I love Theory of a NickleCreed.

At this point I am searching for any form of escape...Jordy unfortunately is hoopin it up in the other room & I'm left to my own devices. Well let's get a card game going. Yeah that worked for a little while. I keep drinking. I AM ANTHONY KEATUS!!

Later on...

We're sitting around the table & Mr Kool tries to strike up another conversation with me. He claims he knows my "type" & I think he's trying to hit on me by showing how perceptive he is...but it's all so lost on the fact that 1. I'm so taken & 2. I'm that kind of drunk where I will say anything. Yeah I know you, he says, you probably live on Broadway. I scoff, Broadway?! What makes you say that? Oh wait the way I look huh, because the dreads I MUST be a transient who plays guitar on the corner. I laugh so hard the whole room stops & I then point out how I think it so funny that my whole life I've never fit in anywhere & here he goes & lumps me into some sort of category. Gee thanks guy, I feel like I belong now! Now this is the part where he digs himself deeper & i'm struggling to understand what the flip is going on.

He says his grandma thinks all the girls on Broadway are hookers. And he's staring at my boobs while saying this. Now I'm so lost....is he saying that I'm a Broadway callgirl? Am I dressed pretty racey? HA! I laugh so hard I almost fall out of my chair & Jordy, Mike, & Tyler all start to look at Mr Kool now in a not so nice way. I carry on by how not only has Mr Kool found me a home in this genre world but I now have a profession. Move over Jordy, I'm making the big bucks now!

And I live on the east side? I also like to bathe. Hmmm not too keen on sex with strangers either...but heh this guy KNOWS me.

Bah.

I highly recommend the Radisson however for a good party...but dont eat greasy pizza from Olympia after plowing through a mickey of gin/vodka. I almost lost my cookies.

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Too Many Ceasars

I find it really annoying when someone in your group of friends decides to single you out & point out the fact that you have a set of "tits" to the general public. No, I don't dress in a way that shows my chest prominently but F*** if I feel like wearing a slightly "form fitted" shirt for the evening. Let's just say I'm quite disappointed that I can't be comfortable around my own people. I struggled through it all through highschool hence the baggy grunge clothes I wore to hide the fact that yes I'm female. As an adult I grew way more confident & actually started to wear clothing that wasn't black & 3 sizes larger. Tonight made me ache for my RATM hoodie & big baggie jeans. Damn you!! I guess I shouldn't let it bother me since this person has the tendency to be quite crude often, but what was upsetting was the fact he didn't acknowledge that it made me uncomfortable. At least say "hey I'm sorry for being a pig" I guess that may be too much to ask in this not so perfect world. It surely makes me evaluate who I keep close in my circle of friends....

Eesh