06.27.06
Go Team Venture!
After re-watching the last season of The Venture Brothers on DVD recently, I managed to snag the first episode of the new season. Hot damn!
To anyone who enjoyed the first season, YOU MUST SEE THIS!
06.20.06
Skateboarding
iolarah and I went to an empty parking lot last night so I can brush up on my skateboarding techniques (ie: Not falling over, turning, etc.) It went quite satisfactorily, as I didn’t land on my ass once! The only issue seems to be that either a) my deck is warped or b) my trucks are wonky. The board had a definite list to the left, and we have no explanation for that. I have to go get longer screws to secure my trucks properly, so while I’m at the store (either Hogtown or So Hip It Hurts) I’ll see if they know why my board is being weird.
06.19.06
So I was walking to work…
Some days the walk to work really pays off. In entertainment, that is.
My workplace is at the corner of Carlton and Jarvis (for those that don’t know.) As I was walking along Carlton, I see a very wet and bedraggled someone at the corner of Carlton and Church. Once I get closer I can see that the person is rifling through a bag at their feet, pulling out soaked clothes and shoes, then stuffing them back in. It turns out that the person is a male-female transvestite.
Now this on it’s own wouldn’t be post-worthy in the least, but what happened next is.
I managed to miss the light at Church, so I had to wait for the next cycle. Every time a car passed the corner heading south along Church, the transvestite (let’s call her Sally) would drop the bag that she was holding, thrust her pelvis out at the car and put her hands on her hips. Once the car had passed, she would bend over to pick up her bag and let out a hoarse “WOOOOO!” This happened every time a car passed. Every. Time.
As I crossed the street, I could still hear Sally saying “WOOOO!” as she tried for better luck with the traffic on Carlton.
Wooo!
06.13.06
Festival Lust.
Today I caught a gander of the World Electronic Music Festival poster on my way to work. I saw that John “00″ Flemming was headlining one of the stages and my interest was piqued. Upon visiting the official site (http://www.wemf.com) I was blessed with awesome DnB (“Nero” by Reqiuim) and some mind-blowing lineups. The Hardsound stage has DJ Neophyte (ZOMG), and the DnB stage has Grooverider along with the laundry list of awesome DJs on the other stages. I was in love.
Then reality hit. At $75 (if you get tickets before July 2) per person for 3 days (including a camping spot), it’s a bit steep. The other major problem is that it occurs on Wednesday-Thursday-Friday instead of the standard Friday-Saturday-Sunday Okay, I am HURRtastic today… I was looking at the calendar for June. The festival takes place on the Friday-Saturday-Sunday. That’s a big Boo-urns. It also occurs the week *after* I go to my parents cottage for a week, which kills any possibility of time off for me.
So I’ll console myself with DnB and plan on going to some local outdoor shows (if they are still happening, that is.)
It’s worth visiting the WEMF page just to listen to track 2 (The music controls are in the top left hand side of the screen after the splash page) as it kicks ass.
06.12.06
The weekend!
What a busy weekend! It started on Friday night with a small celebratory dinner at Gothjen and __Flatline__‘s place in honor of Margrock‘s birthday. Much merriment was made, although iolarah had to leave early to finish off a cake for her step-sister-in-law’s Baby Shower.
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06.09.06
Handy DIY Project
Here’s a handy thing for hot days on the patio: a DIY outdoor mist cooling system! Apparently it can lower the temperature by up to 7 degrees via mist evaporation!
And more time on the patio is NEVER a bad thing 
06.08.06
District B13
Last night iolarah and I watched District B13, a French movie co-written by Luc Besson. And WOW what a movie!
I will probably rank this as one of the best pure action movies that I’ve seen recently, behind Ong-Bak and ahead of The Transporter. It was very stylish, had great music and was paced so well that at the end of the movie iolarah asked me how long the film was. When I told her that it was an hour and twenty one minutes, she looked shocked 
I highly recommend seeing this movie if you enjoy action movies.
06.06.06
6/6/06
So today is the National Day Of Slayer, and I’m celebrating as best I can. I have a Slayer t-shirt on, Reign In Blood in my portable CD player (dug out for today just for that purpose), and a large playlist of Slayer on my desktop at work!
I encourage everyone to go out and listen to a little slayer on this, a once-in-a-lifetime day.