Day: June 9, 2008

Here’s a funny story…

I was listening to Malajube (a French band from Montreal) the other day and I decided to see if they were on tour anytime soon.  Sure enough, in July they will be going to Buckingham, Quebec.

I recognized the name Buckingham and couldn’t put my finger on where it was but I knew it was close to Ottawa.

When I told Vero I was interested in going to this festival, she thought Buckingham was close to Montreal.  I didn’t think so and she checked it out and said the place was about 40 kms away from Ottawa.

I didn’t think was too far at all and said it’s probably the equivalent of traveling from Orleans to Kanata.

Anyhow, I went onto the maps today and had a good laugh when I found out where Buckingham was in relation to me.

It’s right across the freaking Ottawa River near where I live!  And it turns out that five kilometres up the road in Cumberland, there is a ferry that travels 24 hours a day!

So I have a feeling I’ll be heading out to see this festival this summer as all other concerts I’ve tried going to this summer have been squashed due to scheduling.

http://www.buckinghamenfete.qc.ca/ 

Mark (guy I work with) just passed me some new tunes to listen to.  Right now I’m absorbed in Airbourne which are quite clearly, the new generation’s AC/DC.  It’s quite uncanny how much they sound like them.  Even the singer!  It’s quite rocking.  I’ve also got some Michael Franti to listen to later in the day.

I also checked out Los Campesinos!, Malajube, The Dears, and some CBC Radio 3 all weekend long while studying.  Very excellent tunes going through my head.

My thoughts right now are all about my final exam on Thursday and the trip to BC coming up this Saturday.  I had forgotten to call Aeroplan to ask them why they switched my seat number (which was next to my cousin).  Hopefully they will switch it back for me.

Other thoughts look towards next week with a slew of guest writers coming to this website to give you their best.  I have no idea what they will write about but I sure hope they actually DO write SOMETHING over the next week and a half and don’t just pile in here one day and leave it empty for the remaining week.  I also hope that you find it entertaining.  I have opened up some floodgates to people to contribute, but also feel that every one of my friends have something of interest to share.  That’s why they are my friends (I don’t hang out with uninteresting people!).

Can I also point out that I enjoy a nice hot day with a bbq hot dog by my side?  Vero and I threw some on the other day at lunch and it was amazing.  The simplicity of a good hot dog astounds me.  Props go to Mom’s way of doing hot dogs as she fries the buns in a pan and they come out a-ok.

This seems like a neat project to try out at a future party…

Read here.