Have a court date with the Housing Tribunal vs. our old landlord. Carrie and I think we’ll nail the session, but who knows how these things work? I’m thinking it won’t be anything like Law and Order and I won’t have the opportunity to yell out “I WANT THE TRUTH!”
Perhaps I can blog live from the event…
iplaying: The Hardest Part – Coldplay (coming on tour again! Here’s hoping I actually get to go this time!)
Sony BMG is going down.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5944643.html
Also, Mel has a blog now. Welcome to cyberscape. Enjoy your stay.
Live 8 DVD: Live 8 4 Disc Set holding virtually all the Philly and London concerts, interspersed with other highlights (like Neil Young!). They also have separate DVDs for the other countries like Canada. Yay! What’s my beef with this? You would think that if they are splurging to have an entire DVD dedicated to Canada, they would include the whole concert. Sam Roberts and Our Lady Peace (amongst others) get cut down to one song out of three that they played. I’m almost willing to just download the TV broadcast off the Internet.
Amazon Wish List: This year, I’m thinking of setting up a Wish List on Amazon.ca for Christmas. I’m thinking that 90% of the things I would want can be found on Amazon, and they offer decent prices. Books, CDs, DVDs, video games…pretty well whatever I want for the holidays. I recommend it to all of you!
Alternative Work Arrangements: I’m going to start working extra hours so that I can get every second Friday off. If any of you are able to do this at your workplace, I suggest it! I may grow tired of working 50 extra minutes a day, but the thought of an entire Friday off will help me get through it!
Last night after class I was standing at the bus stop freezing my ass off. I was listening to some tunes and didn’t really catch what was going on when a gentleman was addressing the crowd. I caught the end of his speech of being from Toronto and needing money to stay at the shelter. Heck, it’s only spare change, I’ll give him some…
My only beef with this gentleman is that when he walking across the street to ask some others for change, he thanked those who passed along some cash, but then he said “And thanks to all the others.” in a sarcastic fashion.
He also continued his sarcastic comments on how he appreciated how the people who didn’t give him any money helped him out SO much this night.
Robyn spied this on the wall at Kit Kat which was hilarious. Turns out that it is a play found here.
Who would have thought?
It was great seeing Ryan and Robyn in Toronto on Sunday. We met up to to the Ontario Science Museum for the Body Worlds 2 exhibit. The exibit has been on display in Europe for quite some time as the person responsible for the exhibit hails from Germany. Gunther von Hagens plasticizes dead things. There were literally dead people who had their skin removed so that we can see how their bones/muscles/ligaments fit together. They were placed into a variety of positions such as a ballerina, a woman doing yoga, a baseball player. The skateboarder was cool actually. They even sliced up people so you can see how all the parts of the body are put together. VERY COOL exhibit and I would recommend it to anyone who can handle a good dead body. To be honest, I didn’t feel like they were cadavers as they appeared to be mannequins.
New York Subway.
Miguel introduced me to the best gourmet burrito in the world. I introduced Vero and even though hers was too spicy, she enjoyed it.
I can still taste the goodness in my mouth.
If you are on Queen Street West, you MUST go try a satay lamb burrito. For those who don’t like the thought of eating baby lambs, try the chicken or the beef!
“There is no director attached to the project, nor have any cast members been announced. The sequel has already earned over $60 million in two weeks and cost only $4 million to make.” – Dark Horizons regarding Saw III
Holy crap. We need James in here stat to do some calculations as to what % increase that is.
If I were to create something, I would be happy with doubling my money. This is crazy. I don’t usually follow how much movies cost vs. how much they make.
Just goes to show that if you have a good concept that is cheap (Saw…takes place in virtually one room. Maybe a few scenes here and there) it will pay off in spades.
Emphasis on good concept and not some unoriginal piece of junk like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2.
Friday night…Jody’s going away party. Good times had with a colleague who came from the Rock and is now returning.
The party was hosted by the lovely folks of Pansy Avenue and we were treated to smoke salmon (mmmboy), desserts, chili, and copious amounts of wine.
I must say that Maren’s parties are high up there on lists of events. They are not to be missed. I was disappointed that no one wanted to partake in the limbo once again, but at least we brought out the darts (to the fear of everyone around us).
Thanks Maren & co. for the wild times! I’m sure a few pictures will appear on the gallery soon enough.
Also picked up an album from AP by Steve Cuch. He’s from Sudbury and there’s a song about AP’s sister on the album…so far, not a bad album. Low key, acoustic stuff. This may be the way that Mike and I wish to go with our first attempt at recording. Just simple stuff really.
iplaying: 3Am by Matchbox Twenty
I’m going to send out an apology right now to everyone who I’ve been meaning to have over to my place, but just haven’t had over yet.
I live a nomadic life nowadays, where I either spend my time over at Vero’s or at class, or at work, or travelling through all of that. I would say that I am at my house a total of 10 hours a week (not including sleep time).
I find it ironic that as soon as I buy a house, I am no longer at it. I do not regret this as I want to focus my energies on education (and the new relationship of course. Props out to Vero!)
In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first GALACTIC EMPIRE…wait a second, where did that come from?
What I meant to say is that the first annual Palmer Christmas Bash shall be forthcoming in December. I’ll check my exam schedule and I also suggest you let me know what Saturday’s are good for you. I’m assuming the 10th/17th are the ideal choice for people.
Also, hokey Christmas sweaters are definitely mandatory. You have enough time to knit one.
I can forsee this to be a grand event involving decorating Palmer’s pad for the holidays…we shall string popcorn, put up a tree, hang mistletoe around…dip into the eggnog and apple cider!
As I walk on the Ottawa U campus, I look around at the falling leaves, feel the chill in the air and see my girlfriend’s photo on a poster.
What?
Vero is quite the photogenic person. She appears on a billboard on the campus that has been there for a few years, and now she is the poster child for the Winter Challenge.
It’s strange just waiting for an elevator and looking at a poster with your girlfriend on it. It’s cool though…she should get royalties.
But imagine yourselves looking at someone you know on posters plastered all over your building.