paris

we are in paris. the keyboard is whack and hard to use.

the louve was closed today, so we will go there tomorrow. it should be interesting.

it is stinkin hot here but i see other parisans sweating, so i do not fell so bad. we also went to the neighbourhood amelie was filmed in, it is also where the moulin rouge is. we also walked the champs elyisse and saw the arc de triump.

lots of walking and plent of more to do in the coming days.

pics that make me laugh

summer is here, school is winding down and vaca starts about right now...hope you have some fun in the sun...

you have to check out these new blogs that i have found...please take the time to check them out...

1 fail blog - i am not sure what its about other than showing things that have failed!


2. 1000 awesome things
this one is about the little things in life that give you a smile

3. awkward family photos - this one is all in the name

4. stuff white people like - this is funny because i am white...

Mike v Ireland

Today...my buddy Mike is playing vs Ireland, the newly crowned champions of the 6 nations tournament, and its today at Tbird stadium at UBC.

If you cant make the game, its on Score TV at 4pm...go mike...

Now What

Well Canucks shit the bed and Arsenal have too...

I dont know what to do with all this free time!

I did find somethings that have piqued my interest...

Weezer covering Mgmt. check it out...good!



Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam bassist, was mugged outside an Atlanta studio while recording Pj's new album...here is the link

Finally, Coldplay has released a new live album for free...its very entertaining if your into Coldplay...here is the link

have a good long weekend...i will try to

Excuse Me?! You said WHAT?

Today I rode my bike to work and I have to say that man does my ass hurt. I really need a new seat, in fact I need one of those gel padded seats. I think that is the way to go. Anyways the meat of this post goes like this...

I was riding home, well actually to my parents place. Along the way, I was riding along 47 and came to an intersection. Well I was watching this mercedes and wanted to make sure that it saw me. And of course he didnt and then at the last minute he did and did this jerk stop. So I proceded to go through the intersection and looked at the guy. I didnt really think that I glarred at him but I rolled my eyes or shook my head.

As I rode by and he went through the intersection he yelled out

'What are you looking at CHINK?!'

I couldnt believe what I had just heard. I quickly did a sharp turn to go back towards the guy but I went too sharply and went over the handlebars. Luckily I landed on my feet and when I picked up my bike to get on and chase after the guy, I noticed that my chain was off. So I put it back on and then went to chase the guy but he was long gone. I did find a mercedes that looked like his going into an underground car park but choose not to follow. But man was I pissed. My head was in a haze for an hour.

I'm not even sure what I would of done had I made that turn properly...

Anyways here is some new Doves...

Also, I will be going to europe in the summer and Pearl Jam just anounced some dates over there but timing isnt right...too bad...that would of been awesome to see them in London or Berlin!

Doves-Kingdom of Rust

Cant Sleep, What Else to Do!

Its is in the wee hours of the morning and I cant sleep. Maybe its the turkey waiting, no, more like kicking to get out of my stomach.

I thought that I would check on the status of my blog and came to the realization that I no longer may any attention to it. I should but I dont, so now on I will do my best to be a good friend and nourish this blog back to health once again!


Nucks won their division for the 2nd time in three years...not bad...i bet there are a lot of broken ankles that are healing just in time for the playoffs. Burrows has been pretty clutch for the last little while. Lets hope he can keep it up and watch out for Sundin, its his time to shine.

Got my Pearl Jam ten re-issuse...very please about that. I forgot how awesome that album really is. It hasnt really left my cd player for the last couple of weeks...
Finally got really into the police over the weekend watch Spectacle with Elvis Costello. He was interviewing the Police this past episode and there was some cool insight into the band. Here is their combo performance of 'Watching the Detectives/Walking On the Moon'. Very cool...



This is a clip of how Roxanne came to be and how Sting originally wrote the song



Thats it for now...time to try to sleep so I dont lose it on the students in the mornin' b/c I'm grumpy!!!

its been a while

i usually try to get at least one post in a month...but jan seemed to pass me by!

whats been going on?

my knee was f'd...then my back was f'd

the nucks lost a lot and now they have won 3...

i am about to invest in a hd pvr...

thats really all thats exciting and good...

and i liked the grammys this year...




radiohead feat. usc marching band - 15 step

WTF

blogger has fisted me twice now...

i have twice wrote about pearl jams new re-release of ten.
i am not going to bother with that any more. needless to say, i am excited about it.

it was a nice ceremony that they had for trev. i enjoyed it a lot. he was my idol and still is in many ways.

world juniors is starting soon...c'mon pat quinn...do us proud!

here is to a merry xmas and a happy new year for all of uses!

enjoy the time with each other...and remember that i have been fisted by blogger...

what do you do at work

right now i am in a workshop about blogging. i feel that this is good professional development. i did find out a about a good new search engine called TECHNORATI. this search's just blogs.

also while i am at it, i have been using mostly one main blog to search for the music. the name of it is

pretty much amazing.

this site is very good. i enjoy the music that is posted.

death cab for cutie - christmas (baby please come home)

and listen to JUSTICE and buy their new DVD/Cd 'A Cross The Universe'

justice - we are your friends

crawling on the eastside

So after all of last weeks shenanigans, its was time for a little fun. A was in the eastside culture crawl. It was a really good time. I think that she enjoyed it and had fun with it but it was a very long weekend.

She even managed to sell a few things. Not much really to say other than it was nice to finally meet all of her other studio mates and that the show was great. here are a few pictures.


Another thing...i have noticed that my visit counter went from just under 10,000 hits up to over 16,000 in less than a week. it lead me to believe that there is some sort of malfunction with the hit counter or someone is pumping up my stats. it took me almost two years to get to 10,000 and less than a week to get another 6,000?! it doesnt make sense!

The next day

Well, I talked to Ed today. He did nothing to take ownership of what occurred and offered nothing but excuses and bad reasons on why he did what he did. I told him that when he said that he was going to be around 4-430, that sounded like an appointment to me. He countered by saying that he was there by 4. I told him

'I dont think so. We were home by quarter to 4. Also when we listen to the playback of the message, it said that it was received at 332.'

He response was something muttered under his breath about 330, 4 its all the same.

I asked about the toilet and then he said that it was just surface mold and we should take care of it. He then told me how to clean the mold for 5-7 minutes. The whole time I was thinking that there is no way that this is normal looking mold and this guy is an idiot.

From now on the less I have to deal with the yahoo, the better.

I am going to take care of it myself and thats that. I do have the option of taking it to the health unit and having them to inspect it and then they put the pressure on the landlord but how far do i really want to take it? I do like living here and its in a great location...

also if you are ever in the market to buy a place...i would steer clear of royal lepage and any agent with the name ed or laura...


here is there theme song

team genius-i'm just an idiot

YES WE CAN

Well i suppose that today is one of those that will go down in history. yes, its true that all US presidents will go down in history but today Barack Obama has been elected president of the USA. it is a truly historical day.

I also wanted to pass along this link to a fabulous mixtape that can be downloaded from the hood internet. its a fun party mix that makes you want to move!

get it here

Here is to a new chapter...?

check this out...


hot ad with a hot track ...doves-pounding

vancouver 2010 ad


doves-spaceface

Big Changes

Like the title implies, there have been some big changes over here. First off, I would like to acknowledge that it has been a long time without a blog post but maybe I can be excused for it!

So what has happened to me (that sounds funny doesnt it?)

- I am now a full time teacher in Vancouver. No more of this subbing stuff, at least for now! Although I am a two different schools, it is nice to know that I am going to the same place and see the same kids everyday! Now as long as I dont show up at the wrong school...

- I have moved to a different apartment. The old place was beginning to look more and more of a dump. And it didnt help that there was a crazy lady in need of some serious help who was terrorizing us. Lets say that she has quite the imagination!

- I got a new phone...not as exciting...but its an expensive phone that i got for a lot cheaper and no its not the iphone...my gf got that one...jealous...maybe a tad bit!

-finally, my knee has been f'ed. i cant straighten it and its in some serious need of some serious help. I am going to physio on wednesday. Hopefully something promising will occur there!

I suppose that those are the major events that have been taking up my time...

sweet track - sia-breathe me (four tet remix)

In The Meantime

I was really amazed that I havent blogged in so long...what has been going on...

- Olympics... are you watching? I was...and was also not worried that we hadnt won a medal until this past weekend. what was the big deal. we were setting all kinds of Canadian records. I really have been enjoying watching the stories as they unfold.

- Usain 'Lightning' Bolt ...dude is really fast...like really really superman fast...unreal...he let up and still killed the world record...tiger woods of sprinting...


- radiohead tomorrow night...hopefully no rain...but you never know...

radiohead-how to disappear completely

- i got a bike...its red and because i havent had one since i was 12...i feel like i am 12 when riding it

- the premiership started this past weekend...Arsenal newboy Samir Nasri scored on his debut for the win...good start boys...


- school starts soon...where did the summer go...

- thats really all i can think of right now...

ps...dont complain that its too hot out...soon you will be complaining that there is no sun out at all...be thankful...we suffer all year for this weather, enjoy it with a beard papa!

LIVE NATION LICKS BIG ONES but the music was awesome

As you can tell by the title of this particular blog, I was really not that happy with Live Nation, the promoters of the Pemberton Music Festival. I was going to write this really long and drawn out blog about how bad the festival was. But this is what I am going to do...only complain a little.


The GOOD:

- The Lillooet Nation playing traditional songs at the end of Sunday after Coldplay
- NIN
- Tom Petty
- Jay Z....amazingly good...best of the weekend
- Black Mountain
- Interpol
- Coldplay
- NERD
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Sam Roberts Band (the two songs a actually got to see!)
- My Morning Jacket
- the fact that I got to stay in Whistler instead of the crap hole known as tent city
- i found my cousin on the last day after searching for two whole days
- the family that let us park on their lawn for free b/c some let them park on their lawn in Florida and she really wanted to screw the promoter
- i'll add anything i can think of later...


The Bad:

- the Hip...started strong...then Gord just stared to yell alot
- the Barcadi tent had three hour lineup...that meant no Chromeo, DJ Shawdow...etc
- Parking was an hour walk away from the site
- RCMP didnt do much to help the traffic situation


The Ugly:

- the lack of proper organization
-the fact that the papers said it was not as bad as it was...
- the average of 4 hours in traffic
- you could catch a shuttle for the airport/parking to the site without having to push people out of your way
- LIVE NATION
- $7 pepsi's
- that lack of training for the poor volunteers
- the lawlessness that was going on


But other than all of that...it will take a lot for me to go to this thing again...I will be going to the Whistler Music Festival instead...thats if they have another one again...I heard no one was at that one b/c everyone was poor from buying tickets for Pembie....

BUT the music saved the show...live music will always out trump shitty everything else...

Summa Time

So school is finally out. I am always amazed at how fast the year seems to go by. But really should I be? Time is always the same and another school year has passed. The beauty of being a school teacher is that I get this time off. I have effectively taken the last week off. By that I mean that I have done absolutely nothing. Nada. And now I am bored...time to get some new hobbies, read that book I bought during spring break. maybe even blog a little bit more! Seems like people are looking at it a bit more...or maybe its the same people always looking at it!

Today was the best tennis match that I have ever seen. I slept in today and figured I go to tsn.ca and look at the result. To my surprise, the match was rained delayed in the fifth set two games apiece and tied 30-30. Okay...lets watch. What I saw was truly an amazing battle between two so evenly matched players. Nadal was coming off his French title win (where he dominated) and Federer was the world number one and on top of that, he hadnt lost at Wimbleton since 2001. The match went over five hours with about 4 and half hours of actual playing time. Nadal finally pulled out the win with a 9-7 win in the final set. Amazing win...is this the changing of the guard or is Federer going to come back to his former glory?



On another tanget...anyone who knows are plight the last few months with questionable landlords and downstairs tenents...well... i dont know but it seems to be firing up again...first sign, the note that says 'Leave My Cats Alone!'...second sign...lady downstairs yelling and landlord "Leave my f'in cats alone...dont f with them'...cue slammed door!

OH GREAT!

Reunionized

Last night was my hs 10 year reunion. I have to like most, it was a better experience than i thought it was going to be. I wasnt really sure what to expect. Some one i know, at her reunion there was all kinds of stuff going on. People brought their new borns (not that weird) who were next to the girl dirty dancing on the piano. And there was also a group who decided to rent a hotel room and everyone had a 'neat' experience with each other.

So who knows what was going to happen at our reunion. Well nothing much. There was what you would expect. you have a conversation with this person, the same conversation with that person and so on. You know its time to move on when there is that awkward pause when both of you are trying to think of something to say but dont have anything else to contribute and you excuse yourself to the washroom or get another drink.

Thank being said, it was a good time and it was nice to those conversations with people before things got awkward!

good luck to all those grads and wish that some of the other ones made it out!

also i dont have any pics...i figured someone would take care of it!

on a side music note...

1. just got the new coldplay...not bad...only listen to it once...but i first impression is more of the same, so if you like coldplay, which i do...get it. by far the best album cover of the year!

coldplay-viva la vida



2. Girl Talk...i dont know much about them but i do know that they are trying the whole radiohead pay as you want system. I decided to give it a try and i do like there music. It is a mash up of all kinds of music and its pretty sweet but it comes with a warning. you must crank it up to appreciate it...

girl talk-play your part pt. 1

pc...until the next reunion (or maybe a little sooner)

ps...also euro 2008 has been pretty awesome...check out bobby mcmahons blog...the link is posted further down my page...he has good review/analysis of the games and a quote of the day...thats the best part of my day...reading that quote...

Trevor Linden retires

Well...I knew that this day was going to come but I suppose like so many other Canuck fans, we didnt believe that it would. I know that I have blogged about this before on the last day of the Canucks regular season but I am still in shock about the fact that there will be no more Trevor Linden. He was one of my idols growing up and still is. I wanted to be like him.

My one everlasting hockey fantasy was Trevor and I would be going on a 2 on 1 in the old Coliseum, he would pass to me, I would fake and then pass back and he would tap it into an empty net for the game winner.


I will also never forget the cup run of 94. Him and Captain Kirk were unbelievable. I also remember that my friend Al was able to predict the games results and he called every game of the playoff run. Damn him for predicting game 7 correctly!




I would like to say thank you so much to the only Canuck Captain in my heart. I still have my Linden for Rookie of the Year button too!

A New Day

Today I browsed the Arsenal website and came across this. Its the new first choice jersey for the Gunners. I have to say that at first glance, it is not the greatest but its not the worst either. I know that it will grow on me and that I will want to own one. ha! I still think the one that they wore the past two seasons are the best ones that they have ever had. I suppose thats why I am hesitant about the new one.

One a side but somewhat related note. Euro 2008 has started. The only really cracker of a game was Holland 3 Italy 0. I like that final. I am not a fan of Italian football. France bored to a draw. Honestly that is the team that I am cheering for. They have some of my favorite past Arsenal players of all time, Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieria. Oh Spain just scored on the Ruskies 2 nill. Thats it for now.