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Saturday, August 21, 2004It's finally fucking happened.
There's now going to be a Starbucks in my area. St. Clair West and Christie, where the old TD Bank was, is now going to be half H&R Block, and half Starbucks.
It's not that they make bad coffee. Once upon a time I drank it. It's the fact that there already enough fucking coffee shops for all the affluent floozies to get their lattés from. No doubt they'll open two more in close proximity which will be nowhere near viable, just to crush the local competition. Of course trying to organize a boycott is utterly useless, since even the supposedly counter-culture types yelling "fuck authority" at the top of their lungs go to the same over-priced bean whore at the end of the day (I can't count the number of times I've seen some goth/punk/hip hop homeboy etc. carrying a frappucino or other assorted nonsense). Beats the heck out of me why. Wednesday, August 18, 2004So people just shouldn't be allowed to have children
So today because I had nothing to do I began going through my sister's UFA yearbook for 2003-2004. I feel it is my duty to inform everyone that UFA now has a Wiccan Circle with about a dozen members. There was not one mention or any pictures of last years Big Idea (filthy exclusionary buggers). I was however in the picture from last years baseball team. Only Ashley and Benji were present in any pictures from the prom.
Watching olympic swimming loses its appeal after about 15 minutes. Happy Birthday, Geekdom!
Yes, I'm fully aware that everybody has already seen the works of Jack Chick and this therefore won't be new to anybody, but in honour of the 30th aniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, I believe that this story is especially relevant.
Well, now that that's outta the way, I gots more t'say. Since it seems apparent that a good half of us willn't be able t'go up north (which is quite a shame), is there anything else we wanna do this week-end? Happy times at Ape Central, and a third party take on this mess.
I'm sort of glad I didn't get involved in this ill-fated camping trip. Though it's sad it didn't pan out, after all that planning, I think we'd all do better to just try and move on.
I'd rather not take sides, but while the coordination really did seem to lack, I'll agree with Neil that the last post on Shirin's part was a little over the top. Furthermore, two things:
Hopefully this will serve as warning for people who try to do things that require planning in the future. And please, people, let's keep the gnashing of teeth off the 'Ape. The Return!
Well my internet's back. It took a failed delivery, Canada Post loosing it, a failed puralator delivery, sending it to the wrong house, a drive up to Kipling to pick one up, an incomplete modem and finally prayer to fix it (and hours and hours of tech support to fix it).
So now I have the internet, that's the good news. The bad news is that I come back to ape and tempers are swirlin' (I blame the lack of pictures... damn you blogspot damn you!) From where I'm standing it looks like the trip has been effectively nuked for the male half of us (well Matt's going, but Maddy's not so we'll trade and call it even). I hope that you vangoers have a great time. Say hi to Ben and Leo for me. Tuesday, August 17, 2004Comparatively Sane
Hey, Leo's still alive.
Here's a link for everyone feelin' a little crazy. Feelin' sane? I know I am! Fellas, hmm.
If you do hitchhike, do it from Barrie. You can GoBus to Barrie for relatively cheap and then you're about 1/2 way to Killbear.
10 people in a minivan with all of their stuff does not sound all too practical unless you guys are really ready to rough it. That would be, like, maybe a sleeping bag, change of socks and undies and one cooler between e'ybody. Every grocery not in the one cooler and beer you'd buy after you got up here on a seperate mission. But, fer the luvva god, if you can possibly remotely, at all, get a second vehicle.... On a positive note, once you guys do manage to make it up here, and you all will, you'll get to see Ben and I dressed up as a francophone lumberjack and an alcoholic railway worker, respectoively duting our spirit night on the 19th.. PS Ben informs me that the driver of the one minivan is a new G2'er is alreaqdy uncomfortable with the idea of transporting 7 pople, let alone 10. BEST OF LUCK, RENNY I'll Help!
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If necessary, I'll pack myself in a bag and sleep in the trunk so we can all go in said same van. |