So, i went to see The Hives tonight, and would like to say IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO, DO IT DO IT DO IT.

Easily one of the best shows I've ever been to- these guys have amazing energy and stage presence, and make for one hell of an atmosphere. Plus, they're fun to boogie to!

PS THEY ARE PLAYING EDMONTON ON SATURDAY YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO.

All I can say is... OH MAN.

I am super stoked and can't hold this in any longer- it looks like next week I'll be carpooling down to Lethbridge with a couple friends in order to see Hey Ocean! perform once again, this time at The Slice.

There isn't much that I love more than live music, especially live music that I can enjoy in the company of good friends. Hey O never fails to provide a spectacular show, and I hope to see a bunch of familiar faces while I'm there!

It's pretty crazy how it came about, too. A few of us were essentially just perusing the show schedules and saw that they had a Lethbridge show next Thursday night, and after a few moments of sitting around pondering it, I casually suggested that, y'know, maybe we should just drive down, given that none of us work the Thursday night or have class Friday morning. And thus the road trip planning began.

It's a little nuts to keep driving out of town to see these guys, but they're just that fabulous. Very much fun to dance to, incredibly kind and warm people, and always up for a laugh. If they come to your town, you should go!

I should also mention that my friend Chelsea set up a new blog down yonder, and will also be attending the show. She may have also just posted about wanting to go to said show, and may or may not have used one of my photographs from their last show. You should check her out!

This is creeping the heck out of me. What happened to the days when kids would put on a burlap sac to be a couch potato, or when they'd throw on a sheet to be a ghost? What happened to dressing up like Care Bears and Unicorns?

Also, You Have to be Kidding Me.

It has been a while since I did a proper update! Last weekend was my birthday, and I had a pretty good time! I admit, there were a lot of really annoying things that happened, but overall I'm glad with how everything went. I got to head out to Edmonton to spend time with my Folks and Friends up there, so it was definitely a good feeling to get away from work, school, and the pressures of that stuff!  Plus, I got some really awesome gifts! The top two highlights include getting to have coffee with Mikkel and Jess, and getting the cards I ordered from David Malki which included a card that has Yet to be Released! It's pretty cool!

Also, I'm wondering what you think of me!

Greyhound never fails to disappoint. It also never fails to provide with AWESOME STORIES.

[Disclaimer: I'm tired, and so this is fairly incoherent. 38 hours without decent sleep?  Ah well. Enjoy!]

I keep not posting on here, even though I check my friends page daily. I'm not sure what that really says about me, except that as long as I know what's going on with other people, I'm content. And perhaps that I'm an internet stalker, of course.

I am heading off to Beautiful British Columbia on Tuesday, which is both fantastic and a little frightening. Between now and then I've got a shwagload of farewells, birthdays, and shifts at work to fit in, and while I love my friends dearly and want to celebrate with them, it's really not looking like I'm going to see the majority of them. Oh wells. In the name of going to various beaches and doing a solo trip, it's worth the sacrifice.

I'm going to attempt to post more regularly starting now, although I think we all know how well that's not going to go. But we'll see what happens, I guess. Not only will I (hopefully) put up some links to photos, but I might also post some of the artsy things I've been working on as of late? WHO KNOWS!?

so...er... yeah! This trip is going to be weird. I'm staying with family for the first couple nights, but then I'm taking off and couch surfing between friends places for my remaining days, which includes an extra greyhound and two ferries. woo! Plus, while I'm gone there will be both a stellar Lunar Eclipse (tuesday night!) and a wicked ass meteor shower, and apparently i'm going to be ina  PRIME location to view it! (saturday, sept. 1st).

also, i can't type, apparently! time for bed, and hopefully something else will be posted soon...

After spending a ridiculously enjoyable evening out with a good friend- you know the type, the one that you only see every once in a while, but those good times carry on through all the others; the friend who, no matter how hard your insecurities and fears have tried to split you from, still comes back, day after fucking day, putting up with all your walls and all the bullshit- after spending an evening with one of those people, the kind that make it all worth it i'm here, sitting at my laptop, thinking about how little i'd trade in.

i'm lucky in a lot of ways, only a few of which include my economic status, being born in such a wealthy country, and being blessed with having so many incredible people in my life. i have all these great things going, and i forget them sometimes.

Sometimes, i forget how much you, no, make that an all of you matter. how much your little quirks and questions perk up my days.

and I'm thinking- how much time do we have? Really? do we only have the time we're together, or the time we think about each other, or even the time that we are in touch with each other?

I think my longest relationship was just that- the longest- because if you string together our first date (sometime in 2003) and our breaking point (sometime around this time in 2005), you get two years worth of relationing, which had a period of around 8 months where we didn't talk- and not because we didn't want to, but because with all the hubub and nonsense, we just weren't able to keep in touch. and if you add in the inevitable meeting again that many have suggested, because that's just how we seem to work, then how long will that be? maybe this break is just a temporary break. maybe moments before death we'll meet again- a destiny fulfilled in itself. or maybe it was fulfilled that first time, but sheer will broke through fate and created something else instead.

and the time we do have, however it's defined, how is it counted? what are seconds, minutes, and days, if not merely an abstract idea we've agreed upon for the purpose of productivity and time management. How can I manage time when it doesn't exist?

mind, if i don't exist, and you don't exist, then what does it really matter that there's this time? if we're all caught up in some beautifully intricate dream that's either somehow coexisting, or if we're all characters within each others dreams, what does that mean for when we wake up? are we the split second thing that feels like just an expanse that when you wake up and it's one minute after you last checked the clock, if we're that moment, then what's that to say about each of our moments- how do those even compare? If i live for 75 years, then (give or take, depending on how the leap years are working) i have 2360275200 seconds to spend accordingly before that dream ends. (assuming my math is correct)

two trillion, three hundred sixty million, two hundred seventy-five thousand, two hundred seconds.

uh... thoughts? and bonus points to whoever can point out the reference?

Concert season has officially landed, and it could not have begun with a better performance! I went down to the Broken City to catch a *free* HEY OCEAN show last night, and although I'd only heard a couple songs before the show, I was relying on the word-of-mouth praise to be reliable. And i was not at all disappointed. In fact, it was a ridiculously awesome show!

I boogalooed with the best of them, and although the crowd was a little strange, it was well worth dragging my butt out for. Plus, they're pretty much touring nonstop for the foreseeable future, and will be back in Calgary in July.

It was a spectacular way to start out the season, and i hope that you all will join me at some point throughout the summery months to break it down, boogaloo, and bust a mean move at a show of our collective choosing. I've included Hey Ocean's show listings, and you can also check them out on MySpace (where you can listen to 4 wicked songs) and Facebook! Stay tuned for more updates on some more shows, and feel free to let me know of any heading my way!


ps- my legs hurt from all that shimmying. shimmyshimmyshake

i haven't updated in almost three weeks, which isn't to say that i haven't thought about it, or that i've been too busy, or that i haven't wanted to. more than anything, it's that i haven't really had much to say, because i've been going back and forth doing stuff so much.

awwww man... i have to say, although it's tacky and totally crazy, i love my new phone. it looks like the friggin batmobile!

BAT FRIGGIN MOBILE

DANANANANANANANA BATMAN

so, following in my current pattern of forgetfullness, i've lost track of my cell phone. scratch that, i flat out lost it. so.. yeah! i'm friggin brilliant.

any calls will still go to my voicemail, and i'll do my best to check it often, so keep calling for angry reasons- i like mad messages! it's a good feeling to remember that i'm an asshole. keeps me grounded.

well duders and duderinos, keep in touch, and hopefully there'll be better news on the horizon. much love!

1. Choose one (1) song from your music library whose title starts with the first letter (or number) of your username.
2. Repeat with each successive letter (or number) in your username until you run out of letters (or numbers).
3. Post your results.

Secret smile - Semisonic
Absolutely (story of a girl) - Nine Days
Ready or not - Lauryn Hill
Angry nerd rock - The Ataris
Holiday from real - Jack's Mannequin
Billie jean - Michael Jackson
Emcee murdah - K-Os

i'm on the backside of a sugar high. screw the liquor, last night was lethal because of all he syruppy goodness. i woke up feeling hungover, and not in the head-pounding fuzzy vision kind of way, but in the 'my stomach wants me to die a slow and horrible death' kind of way.

but MAN does IKEA do a mean breakfast! $3.67 for hashbrowns, sausages, a pancake, scrambled eggs, orange juice, a small croissant, and a side of bacon. which was FOUR slices instead of three. suffice to say, i'll eat there anytime.

the original plan was to come home from work, crash, and wake up when the calendar said "tomorrow". instead, i rushed home, threw down my things, changed my clothes, and ran out the door to dinner and a poetry reading.

there's this intoxicating thing about going out and relaxing, about being with people without having to really be with people... and about taking a night to relax and not think about what has to get done today/tomorrow/next week, especially after a month of planning and emailing and scheduling.

suffice to say, things aren't going according to plan, and i've stopped trying to force them to.

special thanks to willow for being such an amazing friend, and for putting up with my relentless bitching! next weekend, not a word!