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03/28/2004 - 04/04/2004
04/04/2004 - 04/11/2004
04/11/2004 - 04/18/2004
04/18/2004 - 04/25/2004
04/25/2004 - 05/02/2004
05/02/2004 - 05/09/2004
05/09/2004 - 05/16/2004
05/16/2004 - 05/23/2004
05/23/2004 - 05/30/2004
05/30/2004 - 06/06/2004
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06/13/2004 - 06/20/2004
06/20/2004 - 06/27/2004
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07/04/2004 - 07/11/2004
07/11/2004 - 07/18/2004
07/18/2004 - 07/25/2004
07/25/2004 - 08/01/2004
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08/08/2004 - 08/15/2004
08/15/2004 - 08/22/2004
08/22/2004 - 08/29/2004
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09/19/2004 - 09/26/2004
09/26/2004 - 10/03/2004
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10/10/2004 - 10/17/2004
10/17/2004 - 10/24/2004
10/24/2004 - 10/31/2004
10/31/2004 - 11/07/2004
11/07/2004 - 11/14/2004
11/14/2004 - 11/21/2004
11/21/2004 - 11/28/2004
11/28/2004 - 12/05/2004
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12/12/2004 - 12/19/2004
12/19/2004 - 12/26/2004
12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005
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08/21/2005 - 08/28/2005
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11/13/2005 - 11/20/2005
11/20/2005 - 11/27/2005
11/27/2005 - 12/04/2005
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05/13/2007 - 05/20/2007
05/27/2007 - 06/03/2007
06/10/2007 - 06/17/2007
06/17/2007 - 06/24/2007
06/24/2007 - 07/01/2007
07/01/2007 - 07/08/2007
07/15/2007 - 07/22/2007
09/02/2007 - 09/09/2007
09/16/2007 - 09/23/2007
10/07/2007 - 10/14/2007
10/21/2007 - 10/28/2007
11/18/2007 - 11/25/2007
11/25/2007 - 12/02/2007
12/02/2007 - 12/09/2007
12/09/2007 - 12/16/2007
12/16/2007 - 12/23/2007
12/23/2007 - 12/30/2007
12/30/2007 - 01/06/2008
01/06/2008 - 01/13/2008
01/13/2008 - 01/20/2008
01/20/2008 - 01/27/2008
01/27/2008 - 02/03/2008
02/03/2008 - 02/10/2008
02/17/2008 - 02/24/2008
02/24/2008 - 03/02/2008
03/02/2008 - 03/09/2008
03/09/2008 - 03/16/2008
03/23/2008 - 03/30/2008
03/30/2008 - 04/06/2008
04/06/2008 - 04/13/2008
04/20/2008 - 04/27/2008
04/27/2008 - 05/04/2008
05/11/2008 - 05/18/2008
05/18/2008 - 05/25/2008
06/01/2008 - 06/08/2008
06/08/2008 - 06/15/2008
06/15/2008 - 06/22/2008
06/22/2008 - 06/29/2008
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07/20/2008 - 07/27/2008
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Jurassic to the Pizzark
Jurassic Park + beer + "lightly toasted" popcorn (the second batch, anyway) was quite the good evening. It sure beats sitting around here playing the UT2k4 demo. After our little suaré, I headed home and got a slice from the open all night 2-4-1 Pizza (mmmm) and worked until about 4:30am.
I spent the week getting harassed from all sides by people wanting me to do things for them; two of these three forces pay me. I finally got my iBook back from it's second service stint - the mouse button now works properly, they had to replace the entire top case, getting rid of some annoying knicks and ink stains. I should probably study some calculus this weekend. That's about it I think.
The usual roundabout of links: a drinkable Krispy Kreme, a very disturbing video of an anime con, the USB Gundam, the Homeland Security Advisory System, and the other Homeland Security Advisory System. Also, I want a Robo Sapien. That's it for now, folks.
P.S. Naomi, could you change your nickname back to "Naomi" instead of "Nanaimo"? It's screwing up your photo, and I don't have access to Ben's Cybertarp gallery to change the name of your photo there. When I get the info, you can be Nanaimo.
Speaking of Russel Crowe...
Apparently Russel and....can't think of the name of the actress, are filming a movie around my neighbourhood. They're up the street on Baby Point for the next couple of weeks apparently. Kind of cool, though I don't know if I'll bother to go gawk...heck, I'll walk the dog on over at least. Friday, July 23, 2004
Yeah, but he should have punched the little girl.
They have Russel Crow punching ethnic groups around the world, and a CANCER PATIENT (hahaha) yet they don't have him punch a little girl into a steel bar and then use her unconcious body to beat her mother. It would have perfected the episode. I was waiting for it. Good episode though.Come on over to my house
I realize that an open invitation to the entire internet could backfire on me, but Neil and I have rousted up a small group of people to come to my house and watch movies. My parent's aren't at home so fellow blogmates feel free to come along. So far it's Neil, Maddy, Dave and Theo(?).
So I spent most of today on the GO Trains. I had to go to Pickering and pick up a package for work and I was surprised by how fast and cheap it was. It was $10 and about an hour and a bit round trip. I can see how all these people commute in, it's very easy.
It was pretty great.
The Russel Crowe thing I mean. It makes me giggle to think about it, giggle like a little schoolgirl. Teehee.
Goin' back now. See yehs.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
My name is Joe. And. I. Am. American.
You're reading Churchill's WW2 histories, box? Cool. I liked those a lot (but lots of minutae). I found them very similar to Lord of the Rings in style. Great epigraph: "In which the English speaking peoples through carelessness and unwisdom allowed the wicked to rearm".
So Molson's going to merge with Coors (The same Coors who's eponymous chairman is running for US Senate and has no idea who Paul Martin is). One good think is apperently this'll help microbrewries to gain a greater market share (The Star predicts 1/5th).
Last night I had fallen asleep early but was rudely awakened by my cat who meowed loudly and bit me. I went downstaires and fed him but noticed it was 11 and decided to watch the Daily Show. Alas, it was a rerun but rather than get out of the sofa (cause I was still tired) I switched over to the Simpsons. Then suddenly there was a knock on the door. I got up and who should it be but Neil, Ben and Matt. I threw on some pants and we walked around in the usual circuit and ended up at Neil's watching a South Park episode which had a show where Russell Crowe travelled all over the world beating people up. The moral of story is listen to your cats.
Yae yo
I'm writing from the Base Borden library which is pretty shabby looking from the outside but inside is quite nice.
Tonite is steak night at the officer mess so I wanna get back soon, then I'm running ball hockey in the evening.
Ben: You aint got nothing on this John Bull, I've been reading The Gathering Storm the first volume of Winston Churchill's account of WW2, in addition I'mma reading Mutiny on the Bounty for my full fix of Imperial fun. Not to mention all the people I get payed to subjugate up here. Oh yeah next time you see Nat warn her about whatever it was you picked up that crazy night you spent on Church Street.
I'm all for driving in someone can get their hands on a van, but bussing it wouldn't be too bad.
Remember I'm home the 29-1 prepare to Go Ape.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
All the ladies, they be askin' me: "Yo Ben, how come you don't come down no more?"
Jus gimme a chance, to leave my Killbear stance.
In Toronto for tonight only! Tomorrow I go visit the grandparents, and then I'm back up to th' Killbear once more. I prolly won't be back fo' the rest of the summer after this, so come now, if y'all a real g. I'mma meet up with Neil-dawg in a couple and drop some blunt on a new belt. Awww yeah.
Shirin's feet really stink. She's hardly even been outside today and already I'm getting the scent of strong limburger and dill pickles wafting towards me. Her Liberachi wiles have no effect on me, however: I am a pillar of self restraint, taste, culture, and all the British Empire holds dear. Sorry Box. I have taken over your life while you've been away, with the notable exception of your room. I do not need it; I bunk with Natalie.
Ah, family obligations...
Hey all. Sorry I didn't get back about the big trip up to Killbear earlier...I spent the 19th/20th in Welland as per my sister's request. Otherwise, I probably would have gone up to Owen Sound to see a cool concert.
I would have felt bad adding myself to the camping list anyway, since I have no miraculous means of transportation...that's right, this little girl only has her G1, and no vehicle.
Can we have a York reunion at the Ab sometime at the beginning of September anyway? Or somewhere in TO, once everyone is home? I suggest having a monthly get together for the blog, based around some really cool theme....I'm blatantly stealing this from TCOW.org's Pie Day. We could have our own pie day!
As far as myself, nothing too interesting is going on. For the first two weeks of August, my sister is going to Vancover. I'm going to split up the time between TO and Welland. Should be alright...nothing much to say. =)
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Guess Who's Back
Alright everybody.
I am back in Toronto.
Tonight I am registering for my courses online at York.
Tomorrow morning I am dealing with financial bid'ness at York in person. I hope to be done at three pm. At which point we should all gather round.
On Tuesday I have the morning up until a certain time. I must czech the bus schedules to learn when exactly.
I'd like to see F9/11 either tomorrow or the day after that.
SEE YOU SOON
Separated at Birth?
So I saw/read two "sequels" last weekend and was pretty disappointed by them both.
I saw F9/11 and it was nowhere near as good as Bowling for Columbine. I didn't really enjoy it all that much and I don't go to movies to be informed, I go to be entertained (For information I read books or newsmagazines like the Economist or New Republic). Maybe I should have seen Spiderman 2 again. That was a good movie.
I read Speaker for the Dead and it was nowhere near as good as Ender's Game. Ender's Game was a tightly paced intersteller war bilungsroman. Speaker for the Dead is second rate anthropological sf. OSC wrote a lot of books (as far as I can see it) retelling Ender's Game, maybe I should read one of those (Ender's Shadow etc).
One of the pleasurable things I get to do at work (alas this is not a supervillainy thing) is look up interesting articles and file them for people to read (I don't think they do read them, I should put a $20 bill in the middle of the files and I bet I could pick it up at the end of my time there). Anyway most of them have titles like The iron-loaded gerbil model revisited: effects of deferoxamine and deferiprone treatment (which actually does sound kinda supervillainous) but there are some on politics. Anyway I discovered that U of T has back issues of the aforementioned New Republic online so I've been browsing through them to try to find some interesting stuff. Anyway there's a lot of (dramatic) irony in some of things you read. Writing during the 1992 campaign they say about Clinton:
It would bother me greatly if Clinton was still messing around after the "60 Minutes" interview--let alone after the election. That would reveal a brutal willingness to deceive the public--way beyond the normal politicians' cynicism--as well as a frightening lack of self-control.
Less (i.e. not) funny was something written from Rwanda back in May 9 right before the genocide:
You are leaving without the full story, my friend," he had said, watching forlornly as we carried our luggage through the hotel lobby. "These massacres are just beginning.".
I wonder what people in the future will think when browsing the news of our time?
Returning to the front today
Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, I told my parents of the camping plan and my need for the van. Apparently they're going to Windsor that weekend to see my grandma. They didn't like my suggestion that they could take the bus or train.
Are we dead set on 20-22 or could we push it to 27-29? Otherwise we need to find an alternative mode of transportation? By all means call my parents to convince them that our need for the van is more pressing than theirs. We can't rent a van because I'm pretty sure you have to be 25 or maybe it's 21 but either way it's an age I am not.
I'm fully on board and wish I could be more involved with the planning process to remove some of that weight from Shirin's shoulders. I'll try to get access to the internet over the next couple weeks.
