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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
5:16 pm	Hey You! Yeah, You! Not not you, the one in the shirt! Yes, next to you. Oh for the love of...could you tap him on the shoulder and let them know I want to talk to them? If you want anything done around here, I swear. Oh, hello there. You seem to have caught me with my dick in the cookie jar, which of course is code for it's my birthday coming up. So here's the deal, this Saturday (the 21st), is the time for celebrating since my actual birthday is on a tuesday and that's pretty lame for party related things. So I figure what's probably going to happen is some Moxie's action (was going to be Ichiban, but I thought I'd be kind on everyone's wallets) at around 6ish, maybe stuff before hand if anyone wants to russle me out of bed. Upon finishing our DINNER there, we'll come back to my house for a night of the usual rabblerousing. Alcoholism is welcome if you guys want to bring your own stuff, just don't ruin any of my shit, especially not my priceless PINESSES that Robotnik gave to me for converting my Dream Machine into a PINGAS Machine (excuse the Youtube Poop references, as I sit here giggling to myself). Also, there are a few people who I want to contact about this who I don't have numbers for, so if anyone sees Jonny, let him know, as well as Paul and Simon. But especially Bart. I'll try to contact these scalliwags via farcebook or some such sorcery of the new age. Let me know if you're coming via MSN or response here or phone call or any other whathaveyous. I must go now, to help collect cans on Jupiter. PEACE OUT Y'ALL! PINGAS! (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
5:33 am	Man, I haven't felt this down in a long time. The past few weeks have just been shit, basically. My dad got diagnosed with diabetes, he started losing his eyesight a few days after starting his medication too. He went from casually having to wear glasses for reading and painting to needing them all the time. Had a scare with him as well, one night his blood sugar was 38, and if you know anything about diabetes you know that that's incredibly bad. Like, a few more points and you'll lapse into a coma bad. Then my grandma had two straight weeks of being at 2 for her blood sugar, which again, that's exceptionally dangerous, especially for an 82 year old woman. Trivially, work fucked up my paycheque last week and skimped out on one week's pay, 300 $$. That can probably be rectified though, just need to get into the Chaplain's office and get my stub to prove where they screwed it up. So all this has been causing me to not be very creative as of late, and therefor that lead to more frustration when I couldn't progress on either music or writing. Lastly, and for me most troubling, we put my cat, Katie, down this morning. I know a lot of people would be like "it's just a cat", but no, it wasn't just a cat: When I was young, I wanted an animal so badly that I used to actually make my brother pretend he was a cat (we were 4 and 2, respectively), to the point where according to my parents, I took him on walks. My parents didn't want to get an animal for some reason, despite owning cats about a half dozen times before we were born, and even when we were born we had two cats until I was 2 and my brother was just born. Anyway, I remember this vividly. When I was 5, my mom told me that at the end of the week we'd be getting a surprise. My immediate response, and I do mean immediate, was "I bet it's a cat". I remember the look on her face when I said that, she was absolutely flabbergasted that I knew a cat was coming. Anyway, the end of the week came and we were visited by a friend of my mom's who had a box. Inside the box was a mess of cheerios, balls with bells in them, and a tiny black and white kitten. I fell in love with that ball of fur the instant I saw her. We were told that she was the runt of the litter, that she probably wouldn't live as long as other cats and that she might have issues with being friendly. None of this ended up being true. She was playful, happy and friendly. She slept on my pillow beside my head every single night until I was 14. If you're counting, that's nine years. Nine years I had a warm, furry companion next to me every single night. Then I got too big and too greedy with my pillow and she settled for sleeping on my chest or on my legs. It wasn't just me though, Katie cuddle with everyone equally, but when it came time for bed she always came to me, at least until I started sleeping with my door closed. The whole family loved the cat as much as I did, and for good reason. She was unique, rarely did she ever bite or scratch anyone or even do anything bad. I think the worst thing she ever did was make off with my entire steak one night, or maybe swat at my grandma's dog when it was still around. She was extremely well behaved. This lead to her having a unique personality that actually made her a part of the family. She had a number of different greetings depending on how you approached her. For example, if you woke her from a sleep, she'd make a gutteral brrrrrrrow? that actually sounded like a question, as if she were asking "what do you want? I was sleeping". She had specific ways she'd interact with each member of the family as well, for example she came to me to get her head scratched, she liked when my dad fed her, she went to my mom for somewhere to sleep when my parents watched TV, and she sat on the back of the computer chair when my brother used it in the basement. She had an intense and completely absurd fear of water as well. If she was drinking out of a cup that her head would just barely fit in, she'd have to spend a few seconds getting her grip, as though she could somehow fall into this glass of water. On the flipside of this, she had no problems at all awkwardly positioning herself with her front paws against the dry spots to drink out of the toilet. Yes, a cat who drank out of the toilet. She started doing that after she saw my grandma's dog do it once. She'd regularly sit with us at meals (on the corner of the table in a box), she even came camping and was able to accompany us on a road trip once upon a time. She made us laugh, too, at some of the stupid things she'd do. She once tried to tackle a wild turkey, which is roughly twelve times her size. Upon leaping at it, she, in mid-air, decided this was a terrible idea and put on her airbrakes, revolutionary for a cat I assure you, and plummeted to the ground and scampered off before the turkey even realized what had happened. She also had a way of knowing when you were in pain and rest assured, if you were feeling extremely crappy she would find her way into your lap, purring and rubbing her head against you. She had a unique personality filled with traits, fears and quirks. I grew up with this cat. I was five when we got her, and I'm now 22, almost 23. That's 18 years that she was around, parading around like she owned the place, making sure there was one less chair for friends to sit around in the living room, and pestering me for food at 4 in the morning. Earlier this year she got a growth on her stomach that leaked a translucent liquid, and the vets said it was probably cancer. The past week she had been doing steadily worse, until she stopped eating and drinking and couldn't even make it from one end of the hallway to the other without taking a nap. She was in pain, I could tell, but for whatever reason my parents decided to see if she got any better after a few days, and she didn't. She kept getting worse. By last night she was practically a skeleton that could weakly lift its head and utter the tiniest noise. My dad finally said it was time to take her in, and we all agreed.  I laid beside her on the bathroom floor for at least two hours. I knew in the morning she'd be gone, and I think she knew it too. My brother spent time with her as well, he had picked her up and put her in his bed with him. She stayed with him until my dad took her in. She was, I hope, euthanized peacefully this morning at an animal hospital nearby. The house seems so different without her now, and I came home from Rob's not realizing that she was gone tonight. I walked in and found it odd that her dish and placemat were gone, and that all her blankets had been packed away. I have no shame in admitting I've been crying a good deal tonight, even as I type this. She's no longer suffering, I know that, and it's really my only solace at the moment. She had a bond with my whole family, we all felt it. If she didn't, we wouldn't all be as torn up about it as we are. I've never seen my father cry, never. Not even when his own parents died, but tonight he was dabbing his eyes with the rest of us. It's amazing how one small creature can impact the lives of four human adults in such a way. I needed to get this out, catharsis and that, and I figured I'd post it here so anyone who ever got to see Katie would know, so I don't have to tell the story again later. Rest in peace, kitty. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
5:49 am	Ah, dreams I've been thinking a lot lately. I had a conversation with Braeden over lunch on Monday and it really made me realize how passionate I am about music these days. I can't stop tinkering around with production, even when I'm not doing anything productive, I'm content just sitting around and experimenting. I think about how much I love J-Core and the UK Hardcore scene, and how my favorite artists are all really cool guys. Just the other weekend kors k was down in the US for a weekend. Why? Because someone who lived there invited him to come visit for a weekend. That's so fucking badass. And then I think of JAKAZiD, who is my friggin' idol. This guy, Josh McInnes, AKA JAKAZiD and Joshka, is like 18 years old, maybe 19 or 20, but not much older, and he's being released in the UK and in Japan on huge labels, we're talking Hardcore Adrenaline, Maddest Chickn'Dom, GUHROOVY labels here, not the self-promoted albums that T2K and those guys were doing. He just got back from Japan because he was playing at a big rave there. The guy's amazing, but when I hear his stuff, I think "Man, I can do that. I just need to buckle down". As ludicrous and probably not very wise as it sounds, I think this is what I want to do with my life. Work a job that pays me guaranteed dollars, and produce music until I can make a living doing that. I know I have it in me, I just need to really hunker down and put everything I've got into it without distractions. I never thought music would become such a big part of my life, and really what started this was DDR and IIDX. But ever since, movies, music, everything...I pay attention the audio more than anything. Just look at the top paragraph. Three years ago I would have never known about any labels at all, but now I can name countless producers, labels, CD release series, etc... I love my turntables too, and I should really practice more. I think I just need to find a better place for them so I have more mobility. Standing and turning in spot takes its toll on my back after a couple hours. Anyway, I just needed to write this down because I seem to have had a revelation tonight and needed to express it somehow. My goal right now is to finish this track I'm working on before Fernando gets back so we can start a fresh one together. Original songs FTW ^___^   Current Mood: enthralled Current Music: GenYa - Silence (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 13th, 2009
11:52 pm	Shameless Self Promotion! Hey everyone. Some of you may not have known this, but me and Al are in the Fringe Festival this year. Come see us! The production is called Earth - Air - Earth, and basically is set in 1933 Berlin, right before World War II. Mystery, black humor and a brooding plot await you. Our venue is at 70 Albert in Studio 320. Basically when you find the building, work your way up to the third floor and continue along the hallway until you reach the very end, and it's the last door on your right. We open this Wednesday and play every night (except the 20th) at 7:30 PM. The last performance is the 23rd. Tickets are available at the door, though I don't know how much they are. Big help I am, n'est ce pas? Hope to see some familiar faces there. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
2:57 am	I can't even believe this So first off, thanks to everyone who came out to my place and kept me company while the rents were out. Awesome! So I'm laying in bed watching some MXC on TV when I see the most awful thing I've seen in a long time. Downtown's Gaki no Tsukai ya Arehende!!! has been a favorite show of mine for about a year now, and I relish in every piece of translation I can get my hands on. The Batsu Games are great, but I love the duo's antics in any given situation. Throw in one of the best sidekicks ever (Yamasaki) and some amazingly hilarious inside jokes from when the show began many, many years ago, and you've got one the best and longest running Japanese variety shows ever. However, thanks to really stupid people (read as MTV producers) decided that basing an entire show off of one of their skits would make for a great half hour program. It doesn't work that way. Let me explain something to you. The reason the Batsu Games in Gaki no Tsukai are so good is because they only happen yearly, for the most part. When you expose something that is supposed to be a gift to the fans in a bastardized format on a weekly basis, your doomed for failure. Remember Hole in the Wall? That's right, the improperly labelled "Human Tetris" videos on YouTube? Do you remember that they tried to turn that into a full program last year? It got cancelled after THREE EPISODES. So now GNT fans all over the world have to put up with a bunch of drunken college frat boys competing in Silent Library, that's right, a half hour version of a 10 to 20 minute skit that happens once in a blue moon on a variety show that has been doing it for years. Overkill much? MXC was brilliant, but the reason for that was the clever editing to create a brand new show out of existing footage. To top it all off it had some of the best wordplay I've ever heard in my life, akin to Futurama. So if you weren't busy laughing your ass off at people getting brutally wrecked on the obstacle courses, you were busy laughing your ass off at the banter between Vic and Kenny, which was the perfect combination of fart jokes and intelligent, though dry, humor. Silent Library is not. It's a crude way to try to cash in on YouTube infamy, much the same as Hole in the Wall or Wipeout after the backlash that occurred in the fanbase after MXC's cancellation. Here, this is how easy it is to get a show on TV, apparently. Step 1: Find something people love. Step 2: Find out how to make it "better". Step 3: Find a gullible station. Step 4: Find the most infuriating drunken contestants. Step 5: Come up with the laziest name ever. Okay, here we go. Here's my idea for a show. First, we take the wheel from Price is Right. Now, some spaces on the wheel aren't interesting enough, so how about instead we put spaces where people have to eat something gross. Or they get slimed in the face. Sometimes they have to do some sort of excercise, like running on a big hamster wheel. Now, I figure I can probably pander this to FOX, considering they'll pick up any piece of shit that a three year old could think up. Contestants will be required to answer a simple math question to ensure they can understand basic instructions like "Spin the goddamned wheel" and "stand over there and wait". Now, my first choice was "Wheel of Fortune", but that's a no go for obvious reasons, so I think we'll go with either "Spinning for Dollars" or "Round of Chance" because it's obvious as shit, requires zero brain cells to process, and is groan inducing. Man, seriously? I still can't believe this BS. Think up your own damned shows, people, and while you're at it, think up something worth watching.  (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
3:08 am	Again with the house to myself! I have ridden the mighty moon worm!  I'll start with opening questions. None? Alright then, to the task at hand. Which one of you hid my penis envy? Whuzzat? That's tomorrow's topic? Boy is my face red. *ahem* Alright. So it's about that time of the year, the time of the season when my parents and brother bugger off for a few days and I'm left alone with a house. I now post here to invite everyone who can see this to come sit around and be merry, and if the postal system isn't a big fag (which it most certainly will be) enjoy some BlazBlue. If you want to come, bring your own food, this ain't no free ride. There's a bbq, a stove, a microwave and a copious amount of seasonings and spices. Comment or call me if interested, if you can read this you're invited, and all the usual rules apply, if someone's here you don't like, put up with it, yadda yadda. If you plan to stay the night, let me know. There's a lot of room, etc. let the games begin. Peace out y'all!  (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
10:07 pm	I'm Back Again! Hey y'all, been a while. So what's new? Oh yeah, I got a new laptop. Music production go! Actually I already finished a new song. I wrote a really catchy melody but then found out it was really similar to another song by an aspiring producer like myself so I just emailed that guy and asked if I could remix it, and he said yeah so I changed my melody to just be his. HaHA! I'll upload it sometime soon. I'm just really lazy right now. Other than that, hanging out with people is awesome and so is making music, and I thank Fernando for years to come for the hookups. Also for that delicious raw machine gun I just ate. Peace out. EDIT:  Here's the song. Enjoy and give feedback. http://www.filefactory.com/file/agach89/n/Calling_Out_To_Me_mp3 Current Music: Calling Out To Me - Hommel remixed by DJ Wop_ouT (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
10:32 pm	Pretty Miffed, To Be Honest Okay so here's the set up: I had apparently joined eHarmony back in the day. Don't remember doing it but apparently I did. Anyway I reactivated the account and then saw that there's about, oh I don't know, 0 things you can do without handing over 80 bucks a month. No thanks. So I changed my account and put "I'm not paying money to get messaged by bots every month, so if you're actually interested in meeting me, drop me a line at my email address", thinking nothing will happen. I was wrong. Some girl ended up messaging me and we exchanged emails all week. It seemed pretty cool, she seemed pretty cool too. But then came the Facebook request. I added her and she added me, then after about five minutes all of a sudden she suddenly has to go to a hockey game. I think nothing of it. An amount of time later (6 hours) I check my Facebook page again. Bitch has blocked me all of a sudden, and I know that because when you block someone on Facebook they become non existant to the recipient of the block, so after I saw she was no longer listed in my friends list, I did a quick search for her name and nothing came up. I then signed in with my brother's facebook and searched again, and there she was. Fun times. My best guess is behind her sophisticated, seemingly intelligent exterior lied a shallow narcissist who wants Mr. Dreamboat. Sorry, but those guys dont' exist on the interbuttz, and if they did, you'd know you were talking to one immediately because they spll laik thees whn tehy taip n teh intrnet lolllllllllllllllll It's not like I had grown attached to this chick at all, but really? Really? You're that incomprehensibly shallow? On the plus side she affirms my admittedly unhealthy generalization of women yet again, and for once again showing me that what women apparently stand for is lying about looks not being everything. And even when that is true, wallet size sure as fuck does. Reminds me of a good "joke": How come men can't please women? Because no man has a penis made of chocolate that ejaculates money. So my next question is Can anyone point me in the direction of a good genetic scientist willing to make me one of those? Because short of actually getting one, I'm tapped for ideas. I'm sick of trying, sick of failing, sick of putting time and effort into trying to find a partner only to have the most ridiculous shit happen that puts me back at square one, or in some cases square zero or even negative one. If you don't believe me, ask me sometime about my history with women, you'll be amazed at how retarded it's been. It's getting to the point where I'm wondering how far down the road it's going to be when ultimately a relationship ends with some woman peeing in my gas tank while anally raping my mother. I honestly don't know why I even bother, since most of the time spent in relationships is time spent consoling someone because of one of the following reasons: they start fucking crying for no goddamn reason right in front of extended family members of mine and don't stop, they think I'm cheating on them because I'm in a musical, or they're mad at me because one of their friends said I was cute. And then there's the times when they make me so infuriated I'm pretty sure I have an aneurysm coming soon, such as when they force me to come to their work friend's birthday party and then refuse to acknowledge me as their boyfriend in front of their work friend (who they later cheat on me with, thanks), despite having been my supposed girlfriend for the last ten months and even openly admitting it in front of this person when I'm NOT around, leave me by myself for a few hours to make conversation with people who can barely speak English and I've never even fucking met before while she's off taking pictures of herself and said work friend at the same birthday party (and then on top of that get mad at me when I put my arm around her), lie to me about their name and neglect to mention they have a boyfriend and then try to tell me they're single, or any number of other total bullshit fucking stupid games that I stupidly decide to play against my better judgement every fucking time. Jesus christ, reflecting on it they must think I'm the most gullible person ever. In short, I give up, and for the first time in years not because I hear Big Dog coming. Fuck the "fairer" sex, and fuck whoever coined that term because throughout my entire life women have never once been fair to me.   (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 16th, 2009
6:31 pm	An Update  Well, that was certainly an adventure I hope to not ever repeat. So I was supposed to hang out with Rob and others tonight. Long story short, I didn't know my pick up (I apologize!) was already on his way. Anyway, we got a call from Tache, the old folk's home/hospital my grandma resides in. They told us she was sick with something, so we decided to go see her (she's old, "getting sick" could mean she passes away overnight). When we got there though, they had quarantined her floor. Seems there's some sort of stomach virus going around. That was both frightening and stupid all at the same time, and I hope everything works out in the end. Sorry to whomever was driving. What else...ah yes, for anyone who hasn't heard yet, my laptop has been rendered next to useless. I don't know what happened, but it gives me a critical hard drive error when I try to boot up. I can run in safe mode though, although nothing except the Internet and word processing programs, and once in a while MSN will work. Fun times. This sucks because now I can't record mixes (especially gay because I had just signed up for a mix contest on a certain bemani based website) and I can't work on music. Figures that when I have loads of inspiration, this happens. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I made three resolutions this year. Finish my album, finish the rough draft of my novel, and read 50 books. I've read two books so far, have one song finished and have about a sixth of the novel's rough draft finished. Also fun times. Ah yes, New Year's...what a clusterfuck that ended up turning into. I will say this though, I don't feel the need to pick sides, and I still think everyone's cool in my book. I've spoken with the two closest to me already, both are still good friends to me. So if things go awry, this could get tricky. I'll manage, I always do. I have a lot of great friends and a lot of great people in my life. I love them all dearly, even those who I don't see that often. I feel a real connection to certain people though, and hopefully that never changes. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
4:08 pm	Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee This post serves three purposes!  1) Happy Birthday to The Terrible Two, The High Flying Klass Brothers! Happy Birthday Simon AND Paul, and hopefully I'll get to see you both soon. I'd pop by but it being Christmas Eve and all, my (peanut) arms are kind of tied. 2) Hey, it's Christmas Eve! I guess this is a joyous occasion? Consider this a preemptive strike on wishing everyone Merry Christmas! Ha! Beat you to it! 3) In celebration, and also because I don't have enough money for absolutely everyone, I made a cop-out gift. http://rapidshare.com/files/176500586/HouseMix2.mp3.html A mix of some excellent Electro House, Dark Wave Electro and other various styles of music that I made on my new fancy decks and line out cabling. Hope someone finds it entertaining!  I'm off to do mandatory Christmas type things, and I'll talk to everyone probably on the 26th. Later! Current Mood: dorky Current Music: Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends! (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
7:25 pm	Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa That's the Hank Hill scream for anyone wondering. So tomorrow's my birthday, and the plan so far is to go to Ichiban. So anyone interested, come to my house for 5:30-ish and we'll wait around till 6:30-ish. After that, we're leaving. Probably will return to my place for some relaxing and talking about Big Willie. That's it, gimme a shout tomorrow after 3 or 4 ish or reply here if you're interested in coming. See y'all later. BIG WILLIE (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
1:38 am	I hate Microsoft Dear Microsoft: Please make a gaming system that doesn't completely ruin a game disc just because the system receives a slight nudge while running. No love, Darren (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
1:43 am	Blarg. Well, something totally out of my hands happened the other day. Long story short I can't go to Toronto anymore for two reasons: one, my parents are being neo-Nazi "get a job or get out" people right now, basically that narrows it down to if I get a job in the coming few weeks, I'll most likely get fired for having to take like three weeks off right away. And I like living at home right now, thanks, so I'll pass on risking it. Second, apparently there's "complications" on their end, meaning I have to shell out half of the price of a press pass now, which is money I simply don't have. So that blows, but at the same time I'm angry at them for being so dumb all of a sudden. Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to going (Braeden, feel free to say "I told you so" XD) but bllerlheohoegegegshghsgh. Shit happens. Let's go on a different trip later this year! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, August 29th, 2008
1:02 am	A Third Bungling So once again my parents are leaving for the weekend (brother too this time). I work Sunday night, which blows since that's also Braeden's birthday but I'll try my best to get down there after work. Once again, if people wanna come stay the weekend, do so. Festivities start Friday at 5 ish, all the same rules, bring your own food, booze, whatever. Uh...yeah, see you here hopefully. (Comment on this)
Monday, August 25th, 2008
3:28 am	I had written out a huge rant concerning one of tonight's (last night's) events, but decided against posting it. So, how about that local sports team? (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
5:06 pm	Whoa what? So yeah, this is kind of short notice, but my parents are going away for the weekend so party here why not? Again I work on Friday and Saturday, but hey, that didn't stop the party before so why should it this time? All the usual rules apply, reply if interested. They leave Friday during the day, come back Monday. That is all. EDIT: Okay, if you're interested in coming you have to come fairly early tomorrow, as I have to be at work before 6, and I need to co-ordinate who's going to be in charge of my keys and such (most likely Braeden since he's off for two days straight). Anyway, yeah, call my house or phone Liz's cell phone as I'll be with her for a portion of the day. Robot. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 4th, 2008
4:26 am	An Update haHA! I am using the Internets! Haven't posted in a while, so here it goes. Things have been...strange, lately. My aunt did pass away a few weeks ago (actually the week before Ai-Kon) and after seeing how money truly changes people, I'm not impressed, to say the least. It really does make a mockery of supposed family values and/or morals, but our answer after everything was said and done was to disown certain people. You're no longer welcome in the Cenerini clan, Bud. The "good" thing to come out of this, and I use that term very loosely, is that we got a new car which we in turn traded in and got TWO new cars, so now my family owns a blood red PT Cruiser and a grey minivan. What sparked this, you may ask, is a few days before my aunt passed away, my mom was in a big car accident which totaled what WAS our new car at the time, and we bought my aunt's car from the now disowned uncle Bud. So I guess things worked out at the cost of my mom getting whiplash, my aunt passing away, and us disowning her husband. Ai-Kon was pretty awesome, as usual. I find out things about myself every year I go, and this year it was that I'm a really bad dancer and that my friends who stand by me with everything I do are the best people in my life. I was excited enough that I was the DJ at Ai-Kon this year, but having Al, Rob, Ryan, Bev, Dave and everyone else up there with me for the whole dance, dancing with me and offering to help me out however they can...that was just awesome. It may seem trivial to you guys, but it meant worlds to me, so thank you all for that. Special thanks go out to Al for the incredibly early birthday gift (I'll put it to good use, I swear!), to Rob for the constant flow of the root beer and for dancing alongside me, and to Dave for making the trip out here from Calgary again. Also for the sweet mustache shenanigans all weekend. I also want to thank, and then apologize to Fernando. Thanks for taking the time to make that song, and sorry that it got screwed up. After a blunder like that I felt I owed it to the crowd to get right into the good stuff, hence why I didn't play it over. A big thanks also to Liz for offering up her credit card and scoring us a room at the last minute, even if it was horribly expensive for everyone. It was also really nice to see everyone else there too, and ridiculously funny that we ended up next to Paul and Simon room-wise. I had a good larf at that. In other news, I've made plans to finish a "mini album", a demo, whatever you want to call it. It will comprise of five songs: 1. [UK HARDCORE] Stormy Smile - DJ Wop_ouT feat. Phunky'D 2. [UK HARDCORE] Black and Silver (UK re-edit) - DJ Wop_ouT 3. [NUSTYLE GABBA] terafan - DJ Wop_ouT fw. MC KenSee 4. [HANDZ UP] B w/ U - DJ Phunky'D 5. [ELECTRO HOUSE] Time Bomb - DJ Phunky'D I guess with music production moving along at a nice pace, We Are The H!A!R!D!C!O!R!E! is back in the cards, though I don't know when that will be done. It's now two years over schedule, but meh, it was a pipedream back then and seems to be right now. The mini album though...that's at least in reach, considering two of those five tracks are actually done. I have a bunch of other songs that are done, half done, etc... but those five are actually "good", at least IMO. I start a lot of projects I never finish, but this one feels different...feels like it's actually going to prove something to myself. In other news, my novel is...uh...put on hold. Yep. That's the one. By now everyone should get the hint that "hey, I'm a writer!" I'm also an avid film buff, so writing reviews fell hand in hand pretty much. I'm currently a staff writer for 24framespersecond, which is an asian, foreign and cult cinema website. Anyway, they're giving me the chance of a lifetime come October, where they're going to give me an all exclusive press pass to the Toronto After Dark Film Fest. Totally going to that for its 8 day duration, including THE ZOMBIE WALK! If anyone wants in to go to Toronto for a week, let me know! We'll be bussing it so make sure you can get LOTS of time off. And lastly, as a bit of a personal news note, I got a 360. As such, I'm offering it up to those folks who'd like to play a game on it (I'm looking at you, Rob and Simon). You can't BORROW it, per se, but I have no qualms with either of you playing through games on it as I watch, because as y'all know, I love watching vidya games just as much as playin' 'em. So Rob, if you want to play through Tales of Vesperia...now's your chance XD And Simon, Lost Odyssey maybe? In conclusion, I love my friends and want to see more of a few of them. Also, if someone can get me a sweet job, that would also be cool as I'm getting sick of this working on the weekend garbage. That is all. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
4:10 pm	Ai-Kon Room Alright, since Braeden's a honky and won't be at Ai-Kon no more (lol) I'm thinking of starting my own room petition, so post here if you want in on an Ai-Kon room, same rules apply, I'm thinking no more than 6 people, but if the demand is high enough I guess having more wouldn't hurt. I don't have prices or nothing like that, I'm just getting an idea of who wants in before I commit to the reservation for the room.  (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
1:13 am	It's that time of the year again. My parents are leaving on Thursday and I've got the hizzle to mysizzle. The usual deal; bring your own food, supply bedding stuff if you plan on staying overnight ever, bring money etc. Thursday around 5 is when stuff will start, comment in here or talk to me somehow if you're interested. Also, I have to work Friday and Saturday, starting at 6 on both days. Friday is...a really far away place. It's in Birds Hill Park, apparently. So if anyone with a car would be willing to drive me, that would be enormously helpful and gas money is in it for you. I'm pretty sure I can get my own way home, so that isn't a problem. Saturday however is on St. Mary's, so relatively close. I'm going to see about weaseling out of Friday night though. Anyway, comment if interested or get a hold of me some other way. EDIT: Okay, so Friday I got off, and now Saturday is so close to my house it hurts, it's at the St. B Golf Club which is on Youville. So yeah, if anyone was scared off by me needing a ride, it's all good now XD Start time: Thursday 5 ish End Time: Parents come home Monday at some point Other notes: Parents will also be here Saturday for a brief period of time, but they know what's going on so it's not a big deal. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
3:22 am	- My aunt, who's been battling various types of cancer for the past six years snapped her right arm so badly she needs surgery to have steel rods put in to graft her bones back together. Her bones are so brittle from the newest chemotherapy treatments that she did this making her bed. - Her husband, my uncle, is in the hospital for chronic kidney failure and severe pneumonia. He's not expected to live very long. - My dad's mother, my grandma Cecille, had a stroke and cannot speak anymore. Furthermore, she has pancreatic cancer. - My other grandmother has severe dementia and alzheimer's, and generally you cannot even communicate with her. - My cousin Cliff phoned us late yesterday. He had been hospitalized due to pneumonia as well, however his reason for phoning was because his test results came back. He's now HIV+, as in someone gave this to him. - My other cousin Kim's husband Tyson was just informed his father, who is an all around incredible guy, has less than six weeks to live. He has leukemia. - A girl I've been interested in broke the news that she in fact has a boyfriend, and has not informed me of this until yesterday. This seems trivial, but considering the other pile up of shit, is quite upsetting. - And a news update, at about 2:30 PM today the afore mentioned grandma Cecille passed away. I had a GREAT weekend, didn't I? (2 Comments |Comment on this)