you're, uh, bleeding pretty good there

i dont sleep!

2008-12-08T07:23:27Z

I love Will Arnett. There had better be an Arrested Development movie. I also love Aziz.

See more Will Arnett videos at Funny or Die

zombie @ 2008-12-05T03:26:00

2008-12-05T08:26:42Z

Dear, anythingtwice do you wanna come see Kevin Smith with me on February 7th at Roy Thompson Hall (I said Massey at first, but I was totally drunk)

zombie @ 2008-12-03T16:43:00

2008-12-03T21:44:55Z

Does anyone wanna go see Aziz Ansari with me on January 30th? Bueller?

zombie @ 2008-11-07T16:01:00

2008-11-07T21:01:24Z

I'm really excited for this movie.

BARACK TO THE FUTURE

2008-11-05T04:41:09Z

I don't have much to say (I'm in the middle of a game of Risk) but WOW. Good on you, America. Now I have to go and defend Madagascar.

HAPPY HELLAWEEN!

2008-10-31T17:43:41Z

From Bub and I.

zombie @ 2008-10-17T17:07:00

2008-10-17T21:08:10Z

Is anyone else rocking a Twitter account?

Gobble gobble goo and gobble bobble gickel, I wish turkey only cost a nickel.

2008-10-12T16:40:44Z

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, Canadians. My broham is going to be here in a little over an hour, which will be the first time I've seen him since Christmas. He's finally relocated from Halifax to Ottawa, and will be in Toronto once a week to battle it out with banks and other things people who work for the Canadian Government do.

I saw some sluts last night (hi guys) and passed out at the ripe old hour of 11pm.

But before all the sluttiness and perogies and trips to Blockbuster, I got to hang out with a baby lion! A dream totally realized! It of course all began in 1994 when the The Lion King came out... good times.

Anyway! Her name is Layla and she is property of the B.Dot Zoo. When people make fun of Bowmanvillage, I always remind them that he have the first privately owned zoo in Canada (bitches!) but somehow they never care.

A friend of mine used to work there and since some of the mothers don't always want to take care of their babies (for whatever reason) zoo workers take home baby animals to give them 24 supervision. My friend has taken home baby tigers (three at once) and a baby wolf.

She was adorable and sweet. She had just been on an epic walk around the neighbourhood so she came inside and promptly passed out on the living room floor. My mom went out for Sunday breakfast with her BFF (my friends mom) and she was saying how Layla was just wandering around the house this morning, checking things out, leaving epic poops in the backyard, etc.

Anyway, LOOK AT HOW CUTE SHE IS.

Jersey, 4 months old; Layla, 3 months old.

Her paws were so soft.

I wanted a cuddle.

Ah, young love.

OMG. How I wanted to keep her.

Derek and the Dominos "Layla" came on the radio as I was posting this. Weird.

Calm a llama down.

2008-09-16T17:56:00Z

It's really hard to wake up before noon when you have absolutely no natural light in your room. I got shafted (despite pulling the big straw) into having the tiny, pink room of the flat which.. is fine for me. I mean, I would rather have some air flow and sunlight but I lived in a basement for long enough to be able to revert easily back into Creature of the Night mode.

Since it's been a good five months since I've had one singular roommate, Roomieface is being retired in favor of ACT 1 (Ashley) and ACT 2 (Alex). It makes sense, since it's both of their initials and Ashley is older. Anyway, moving on.

I'm extremely unemployed and the result has been me sleeping in rather late. I'm going to bring out some more resumes and stuff today after I do my laundry and get some groceries, though. On the 18th I have my interview with 680News for an internship, so wish me luck on that front. I feel like I got it, since when she called she had nothing but good things to say about my (EXTREMELY RUSTY AND OUT OF PRACTICE) writing.

I met up with my all time favourite Italian yesterday. I had to go back to Seneca to get the head of Radio to sign some legal shit for the internship and he met up with me so we could get some lunch/dinner.

It was outrageous being at school again. Walking into the cafeteria and not knowing anybody. The Burli room had been completely gutted and was gone. Signing out audio suites had become computerized. There were MORE audio suites downstairs. It's all really very unfair, haha.

It took some hunting down but eventually Mike and I found Jim. He was teaching a large pack of first semester radio kids, and it was so strange. In some ways they were exactly like my year. They all showed up back at the Ward Beck room at the exact same time, like they were traveling in a big 30-kid pack. Totally what we used to do.

I took an agenda. Those school agendas are the best kind, I don't care what anyone says.

Mike and I had lunch at Blueberry Hill, for old times sake. As usual, his nachos took far too long to make and my poutine was delicious. It was nice to see him. So far, out of the radio kids, I've only seen Hobbs a handful of times. Mike and I talked about... well, depressing things, really.

On the topic if Hobbs: ACT 1 and I went downtown to the Horseshoe Tavern to see his brother's band play on Saturday night. We were feeling cooped up in the apartment and ACT 2 had a couple of friends over, so there was really sort of limited space. Hobbs had called me earlier in the day to tell me about the show and since I'd never seen his brothers band play, I figured why not.

Hobbs gave us some bad directions and we were literally soaked through to the bone by the time we arrived, but we made it in time. His brothers band is called We Are The Take and they actually struck me as something you would enjoy dancing to, anythingtwice. They played VFest this year. They're getting moderately big. I thought they were amazing.

Its nice living on the TTC, not having to be home by 11:30pm because you'll miss the last bus home. I just need a jooooob.

And, because it makes me laugh really hard, a clip from The IT Crowd:

Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable

2008-03-22T17:51:39Z

Hahaha. Man, I miss Lego.

merry ho ho, hos.

2007-12-25T18:11:09Z

Brand New @ Arrow Hall

2007-12-14T19:58:18Z

doctor_tony and I went and saw Brand New together for the fourth time last night. As usual, they were awesome. Rach braved the crazy roads to come and get me and we arrived alive, which was pleasant! My ears are still ringing, which is a natural effect to a Brand New show. I don’t care how old it makes me seem, next time we see them I am wearing ear plugs. I’m too old for this shit, I’m over the hill here.

The only bummer of the night for me was that they didn’t play my favourite song (Play Crack The Sky), but I’m over it.

After that I came home and Roomieface, her boyfriend, and I ordered pizza because we’ve been living off of perogies and popcorn and will continue to do so until Monday, when I go home to the parental’s. Tonight my friend Mike’s band is playing a show downtown at the Kathedral so Roomieface and I are heading down there because a bunch of kids from my class are going and its our last hoorah of the semester, which ended for us yesterday.

RIP John Lennon

2007-12-08T19:15:08Z

http://www.imaginepeace.com/

Little Shop of Horrors @ Bluma Appel Theatre

2007-11-30T23:48:51Z

The roomieface and I went downtown to the Bluma Appel Theatre to see Little Shop of Horrors, and it was terrific. The guy who played Seymour was actually on MADtv for like three years or something, and the woman who played Audrey happened to be on a show my roommate loves called Lexx, so that was cool. I haven’t seen the movie in something like eight years, so I wasn’t really bothered about storyline stuff being the same and just had a good time enjoying the singing and dancing. Everyone was really terrific, I thought.

Audrey 2 (the plant) was probably one of the most impressive parts of the show because he kept eating people, and they had different sizes for him, and it was just cool. In the end it was huge, like six feet tall, and the whole thing was done by one guy in there which was pretty impressive. I didn’t manage to get a good picture because I only had my phone but to get an idea he was this big:

If you are in TO before the 15th of December, you should go see this, its only about twenty bucks.

Randomly, download my two favourite tracks from the move soundtrack: Be A Dentist and Suddenly, Seymour.

On another note, thank God its Friday. Two more weeks of this semester and then one more semester and then moving to Calgary for the summer.

The immortal words of concerned childrens advertisers.

2007-11-27T00:44:16Z

Projekt Revolution @ Molson Amphitheatre

2007-08-26T18:50:13Z

Projekt Revolution: Since we both had to work, Julie and I only made it there in time to see HIM, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park. HIM we sort of listened to from afar, as we were wandering around the grounds aimlessly, not interested in sitting down yet. Taking Back Sunday were terrific, as per usual. I really love them live. The drummer and guitarist were both away (due to back troubles and a new baby, respectively) and were replaced by dudes in other bands. Adam talked about how the band had gone to see Justin Timberlake live at the Air Canada Centre the night before (which is true, since their buses were parked outside of Julie's building which is just down the street) and Fred played Human Behavior by Michael Jackson which was just hilarious.

Work: Tomorrow I start my last week of full time work at The Country Club, and while I am beyond excited for school to start again, I'm also going to miss seeing everybody every day. On wednesday about fifteen of us from the Turf Department went bowling, which resulted in a lot of early afternoon drinking and fun.

The Wedding: My cousin Collin got married yesterday, and it was just beautiful. I got to see all of my family (on my Dad's side, at least, though my moms cousin Liz did show up to see her) which was just awesome. Made me wish we saw each other a lot more, though Christmas is just around the corner.... I guess. Pictures are at the Flickr.

Random shiz:
- I'm coming home next weekend! Saturday morning, so (Rachel and Brittany) we should do something Saturday night. Call Patrick, Christina, Amanda, and anyone else!
- I'm addicted to Arrested Development... why was this show canceled?
- I'm reading Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer... the main character really pisses me off. A lot.

Happy birthday tomorrow, Anne!

2007-08-19T20:13:39Z

So its my weekend off, and I spent yesterday afternoon wandering around downtown Toronto by myself. Amazingly enough, I didnt spend any money. I just sort of mosied along, looking in random stores and wasting time until I was supposed to go to Julie and George's place. It really made me miss living in North York, where I could pretty much just hop a bus and be downtown fast and cheap whenever I wanted.

As much as roomieface and I love our job at the golf course and really want to go back next year, we dont think we want to live in this apartment again. We know that any place we move to after this will be a downgrade, because its a really nice place, but living in Vaughan is just too far from anything. She has one more year of school than I do anyway, since I'll be graduating next year and hopefully on my way to a job in the radio biznass.

So last night I went to Julie and Georges for dinner, which was pasta and home made sauce, and delicious. Julie and I went to see Evil Dead: The Musical... again. This was our third time. We love it so much that we are going one last time before it closes in Toronto. I dont even want to think about how much money I spent seeing it this summer. Last nights seats were by far the best we've had, though, as we were right in front of the trap door that the character of Cheryl spends a majority of the show in.

Tuesday is Projekt Revolution and next weekend is my cousin Collin's wedding, which I am excited for because I havent seen that side of my family in far, far too long. I cant wait for school to start, though I'm starting to get stressed just thinking about it.

Evil Dead: The Musical

2007-06-17T22:48:38Z

Ventured out of Vaughan for the night last night to head downtown Toronto to see Evil Dead: The Musical.. and it was pretty much the funniest thing I've seen live, ever. After one viewing it is already up there with the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The place it was showing at (The Diesel Playhouse) is this small place on Blue Jay Way (holla Beatles song), and ugh it was just so good. I had the soundtrack already so I knew all the songs and that made it really fun. As soon as it ended, Julie and I walked out and said 'IM GOING TO SEE THAT AGAIN!' Luckily for us, they extended the run to August 4th. I've already bought tickets for my brother and I to go see it on July 10th.

http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/toronto/

To all of you Toronto friends, GO SEE IT. I promise you will love it.

week four.

2007-04-22T03:13:44Z

My first year of Radio Broadcasting is finished, and I almost can't believe it. I'm not sure how my marks for the second semester will turn out, but right now I dont really care. The only grade I was worried about was Effective Business Writing, which I would really like to never have to take again. Ever.

Yesterday my friend Ashley and I moved into our new apartment. I'd never seen it before I signed the lease, since we were running out of time and focusing on school, but she'd seen it and said it was good so I trusted her. It's actually..... huge. We are living in the basement of a lady, and the house itself is massive. I'm all moved in but Ashley doesnt have a bed, and our furniture isnt getting here till tomorrow so we've been hanging out in my room entirely. Going home on Monday for a few days and then work at the golf course starts on May 1st.

day 22: Pretty much the view from the elevator lobby on the tenth floor. That is the campus of Newnham, which isnt my school. But I live here and commute to my campus.

day 23: Some inspiring words on the wall of the audio sex suite.

day 24: Vee's magical chord that allows me to put anything thats on my IPod into Protools. Literally made my life.

day 25: In the midst of packing. It is hell.

day 26: The residence I spent the last eight months of my life. Bye bye, 1022.

day 27: My last night in rez, which I spent on my friend Marks bed taking shots and playing Super Mario 3. We were two worlds from the end when he kicked the chord and lost our game.

day 28: laura. says (8:03 PM):
i wish i could magically be all unpacked
Mike says (8:04 PM):
close your eyes and click your heels together that might work
laura. says (8:04 PM):
no dice
Mike says (8:05 PM):
are you at least back in kansas?
laura. says (8:05 PM):
sure am, toto

week three.

2007-04-15T20:29:08Z

day fifteen: This is my best friends bearded dragon. I woke up on Sunday, hungover and next to his tank. He eats baby mice, it breaks my heart.

day sixteen: Here is my friend Hobbs. I call him 'Cheetah-bear' cause he's fast like a cheetah.. and he has hands like a bear.

day seventeen: The Italians, Mike and Joe. This is during a break while we worked on Mikes 60 second commercial. It was fun, I got to die.

day eighteen: Sweeping the nation. Again. I'm addicted to rolling up the rim to lose.

day nineteen: Justin. Doing... I don't know. We took a series of pictures of him making funny faces while we ate breakfast.

day twenty: Roll up the rim to win! A coffee! Except, I didnt win it. My friend Brandon did. But he gave it to me, SO IN THE END I WIN.

day twenty-one: Late posting, busiest day ever. This is Shan! Our last hangouts until next month.

A day late. Last night Justin and I went down to CHUMFM to sit in with Richie Favalaro while he did his shift. It was cool, and I learned a lot. It's cool to see that he things we're learning in school are actually used in the industry.

week two.

2007-04-07T18:05:38Z

day eight: Boring Sunday. It's rainy and lame. My room is a mess and I have to survey 20 people before tomorrow.

day nine: Didnt have time to take pictures at school today. It was gross out, anyway.

day ten: Audio suite at school, the makings of a 40 second PSA. Mmm. Diet Pepsi.

day eleven: Forgot my camera. Boringgg.

day twelve: Garth. He is the actual pride and joy of my life.

day thirteen: This is Zoe. She is, without a doubt, my brothers baby. We call her Zoodles. Brittany and I call her Dreads, cause.. she has dreads. She is actually a beautiful cat, but shes too lazy to groom herself properly.

day fourteen: Sorry about the cat theme. I promise, I'm out of cats! This is Lint. She is the baby. She followed me home from school when I was in grade 11.

Thanks to the peeps who filled out the lame survey! I got a 90% on the assignment. Woohoo.

week one.

2007-04-01T03:52:10Z

day one: I went to school today. Chumps like me go to to school on Sundays. This is obviously a sound board, and since it was working today I decided to take a picture of it. Nothing else exciting will happen today except laundry and an essay.

day two:
After staying at school from 11am - 9pm, all I wanted in the world was my bed and my Puffalump.

day three: It was so fricken hot today, all of the nonsmokers and I ventured outside into the courtyard to rejoin our smoker friends after a long winter of spending our breaks hiding inside. Janette was wearing some sunnies. Very classy.

day four: After Radio Production class, the boys and I went for nachos at Blueberry Ill. We bribed Hobbs into eating all of both his and my hot peppers. This is the after shot.

day five: Bad picture. My old nano and my new 30g. Watched Veronica Mars on the bus, it was awesome.

day six: My friend Mike handing in his assignment. He doesnt trust the drop box so he wanted photographic evidence that he handed in his essay.

day seven: The living room of the apartment my friend and I looked at today. We are hoping to get it and move in next month. Very exciting.

Happy Valentine's Day.

2007-02-14T15:23:12Z

"Don't get shanked in the sex room." Wise words from Chuck Palahniuk.

2007-01-13T23:07:45Z

I wrote to Chuck Palahniuk. Chuck Palahniuk wrote back. Every couple of years he takes a few months away from writing books and devotes his time entirely to writing back fans who write to him, which is pretty sweet. He did it all himself, the postage was signed by him and everything. I’m tickled pink, obviously. I can’t even remember specifically what I said to him, but in his letter he said that he went to college for Radio Journalism. He also said he used to hate replying to fan mail, but that he made it fun for himself by looking for cool things to send to everyone.

Here is what he sent me:
- Chuck Palahniuk Tour Stories Volume I and II: he told me to warn my brother that Guts was on Volume II, since I told him that at the reading we went to Guts almost made him sick. He wrote ‘Bedtime Stories for Laura’ and ‘From Chuck Palahniuk’ inside the jackets.
-A signed photo.
-Hello my name is ____ sticker, signed by him.
-Telephone calculator.
-Pendulum, tassle thingy.
-Aerobica chocolate cigarettes from Holland.
-Magic Cards.
-An adult novelty pocket comb (not to be opened near faces!)
-A Harmonica.
-Orange flavoured mints.
-A plastic spider.
-Crayons & a pirate colouring book.
-Rubber balls.
-Glowy ceiling things.
-A severed tongue and a severed finger.
-Carrot, Forget Me Not, and Money Plant seeds.
-Body Jewels, and a temporary tattoo.
-Birthday candles (ones that relight, at that).
-And a fish, my ‘power goldfish’.
-The box was also absolutely filled with confetti.

Speaking of mail, I checked mine and Rhianne’s for the first time since Halloween on Friday, and thanks a lot for the letter and Christmas card you sent me, Jenna D. I feel like a big douche for just getting them now, but I suck at life like that.

Shan is currently over, but she’s sleeping. Last night we went downtown to the Paramount to see Alpha Dog, which was fucking amazing. There were so many people in it, I was really amazed. Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, etc, etc. Shan and I recognized so many people and we kept looking at each other with ‘what the fuck are they doing here’ faces.

Today we were joined by Chris, who was sick all last week and feeling better. The three of us watched Pirates of the Caribbean 2 downstairs in the movie lounge. I love Jack Sparrow, okay. The more I watch that movie the more I appreciate it.

Rancid @ Kool Haus

2006-12-12T05:56:53Z

Holy Hell. I just got back from seeing Rancid. Anybody who knew me well when I was fourteen knows that Rancid was my life. Matt Freeman was the reason I picked up a bass guitar. I had all the CDs and knew all the songs and I just loved them. Needless to say, they will always have a place in my heart. I saw them play Warped in 2003 and figured that was it, I'd never seen them again. Don't ask me why I thought this, I just did. I've seen Lars and the Bastards since (and met Lars, mwah ha ha) but seeing them tonight was just fantastic. And it was all thanks to Lars getting sick in September, which is a horrible thing to say.

Shan was lovely enough to take me along with her. I slept through the first band, dozed through the second. Apparently I'm reverting back to when I used to nap frequently at shows. I'd had a long day of waking up at 6am, going to school, hanging around with people until four, meeting up with Julie at five and finally meeting up with Shan at six. That calls for a nap, okay.

Anyway, back to Rancid. Wow. Aside from Brett being mysteriously replaced by Branden Steineckert (formerly of The Used) it was everything I imagined and more. They were all amazing and Matt's solo during Maxwell Murder (the specific song/solo that made me want to play bass) actually left me slackjawed and wishing those lessons I took had paid off. Lars and Tim are still obviously an old, gay, married couple and Branden seemed beyond excited to be there. They played a bunch of my favourites (and they actually played St. Mary, holy cow I love that song) and they had videos playing in the background the entire time of stuff like clips from Evil Dead and other horror flicks. Fucking cool.

Now its time to wash the smell of other people off of me and rest up for my English exam tomorrow.