Blog Roll Ups!
I'm dry today so I thought I'd troll off my virtual friends.
Acid Reflux relates a story of his French interviewer being highly interested in his erection while being HIV positive.
Blamblog relates how I felt in the 80s, but without the drinking.
Brokeass Weave posts a preeetteeee pickchur! (NSFW language)
Citywoof has a serious pain in the foot, a night of debauchery and a stolen tryst in the loo.
Got Cris posts an interesting mix tape.
WARNING! CulturalSNAFU hasn't updated since Nov 5...
The Electronic Replicant has a post about... uhm. It's a post where he talks about bluetooth... uh. He has nice colours on his site.
The Fortress of Solitude continues with his Bond Haiku Movie Reivews.
Sadly, From A to B hasn't posted anything since October.
Fresh Ink for Gambrinous With Griffonage. And it's about time too.
Hairy Fish Nuts blows a circuit when a right winged blogger shows some liberal backbone.
I Always Win riles against the machine that is City Hall. I wish I owned a car so I could get mad.
Just a Dude Talking About Life takes us on a locomotion ride. (rest of site NSFW)
Mid-Century Maudlin is old! So he plays young!
WARNING: My Life in the YYZ hasn't posted since October...
My Blog Rules Your Ass has his Xmas miracle gift online for all to see!
My Prozac Cocoon lists the things he's thankful for... and he's not even American!
Nice To See SteveieB proves to us that he is Mark Hamill / Val Kilmer's love child.
You have questions? Phronk has Answers. But not as to why he's wearing Family Guy underwear.
Planet Romach reminds us that Xmas isn't about online porn. Wait... No... I mean "just ourselves". Did I say porn?
Rainbow Dishes is also caught up in the 6x6 Flickr meme. Cute dog!
Ripping Stitches says what I've been thinking last week: Bailout? No! Loan? Yes!
Sharkboy is also in the throws of the 6x6 meme. Of course it's a picture of me in an ugly shirt.
StudioYVR has a taper worm. Ha! Not what you think...
The Mangina Monologues beats the pants off his Dad with a Wii. Er. Playing with his Wii. Uh. Video games. He beat his dad in video games.
Matias N Oz quotes my favorite holiday cartoon and posts a lovely pic!
bstewart23 wonders why there are two people a day infected with the HIV virus in the city of Toronto. I blame online ads.
Bizarre Christmas wishes are the order of the day at tomato transplants. Are you sure she actually wanted to be on a crappy reality TV show?
Turniphed posts the "Cop overdosing on pot" video.
Unsweetened posts about her numerous blogs being nominated for a Canadian Blog Awards category. I'm not bitter. No.
Yarraville posts arty shots that made me have some 'splainin' to do to the IT department.
Whew! That's a long post. If I left you out you either need to post something or I missed you. Love to all!
Reconnecting
Here Be Dave
In the fall of 1981 I met Dave while doing props for a community youth theatre show. A few of us went over to his house for lunch on a break between rehearsals and while I was chewing away on a sandwich, Dave concocted a 2-second blood pack of ketchup and a ziplock bag, behind an open fridge door. He tried to throw at me as a joke and it didn't work so he resorted to exploding it across his chest. Dave was obsessed with horror movies, you see. Not sure what happened, but when the prank failed miserably, I thought his cunning was a thing to be reckoned with.
Dave was one of two friends I did acid with for the first time. And was the reason I will never be 100% welcome back into his house by his mother. She's convinced I shoved the tab into Dave's pure and vestal mouth, when it was Dave who upped the ante with pot and a few drinks at his sister's house while we waited for the drug to kick in. And kick in it did. When the acid refused to recede from our reality, Dave called his Dad to come get him before he "died". What ensued was a comedy of sorts, seen through the fog of teenage drama, heightened by LSD: Police were going to be called; one friend's career in the RCMP was going to be ruined; my mom would find out and I would cease to exist with one glare.
Things sorted themselves out when Dave's older sister stepped in and told his mom that time will bring Dave down (he had tread a groove in his bedroom carpet walking off the acid) and that everyone should just calm down.
As you've probably guessed, Dave was the fearless one in our circle of friends. He would try anything if it meant getting a reaction from anyone.
And fearless he is. He has a wife and two kids and a house in the Beaches and is now sporting a huge CSI/Grisham-style beard because "it pisses everyone off". Glad we were able to reconnect!
Weekend, Live TV, Cow Tipping
I was remiss yesterday by not mentioning Da's Outstanding Award for Community Service (story and pics at SharkBoy's pages) Way to go Da! You'll also be glad to know that we were on the same page about the MCCT service - the Church of Broadway - They sang the entire time. Who is the patron saint of Jazz Hands?
Geddit? Cant Face?
Today we went to the "live" taping of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" and had a great time! I'm writing this before checking out the PVR to see if they got us on TV.
Having Nun of it
The whole process was taped live before a studio audience with no slip ups. I love Gavin Crawford. I saw him once at an open Mic years ago and he was brilliant. But here he was 100% scripted (I watched the teleprompters), which is a shame. We tried to get his attention with our sign:
Cow Tipping Votes
We waved it hard but he never noticed, Jenna did, I think. I was in a brief shot with a steady cam but they didn't use the shot in the final show.
Sharkboy and Stage
On My Radar
Here are some things I'm looking at, wondering about, going to do or ignoring:
I go for a refitting (or second try?) of contacts tomorrow morning. My right eye seems to go in and out of focus at the blink of an eye. Weee! That will certainly make driving random!
Tomorrow night, SharkBoy and I will line up (early) to say "Hello!" to David Sedaris. SharkBoy just finished his last book and called it his best. I just want him to say my name.
I got my first Mini Book Expo in the mail yesterday: Devil May Care. It's yet another fanfic (debatable classification, since it's ok'd by the publisher?) of someone writing in Ian Flemming's style. I have to say I'm enjoying it a lot. Review to come soon.
Through SharkBoy's constant refreshing on CBC.ca, he got us tickets to the second last elimination show of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? I'm going to make a special sign for Gavin! Go Jana! WOoooOOO!111!!!
Rogers stores aren't having PS3-like hysterical line ups like New Zealand, or the US. If Apple is really "punishing" Rogers for their prices, then they forgot to take into account that there are as many Rogers stores and kiosks as there are Starbucks. So 10 per shop is like 1000000000 available for sale. Just walk to the next block if your local is sold out. Or better yet, send a message to Rogers and dont buy one!
I would like to see Hellboy II this weekend. 'Nuff said about that.
Da is fine. He's taken to ordering food from a woman who cooks for the gods. I swear her BBQ beef could melt titanium. No, I won't tell you any more details other than she lives in the East End. He has the cutest little belly on him, now that he can eat untethered. Big Puffy Chest Alert: He's been named the MCCT's Volunteer of the Year! Time to break out the suit for July 20th!
And finally, a crawling Japanese Business Man Robot, just for shits and giggles:
Dead Robot
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Wear Your Dead Robot
Twitter Mumble
- Lady Cromwell! #victorianeraorgasmyells 1 hr ago
- Is it wrong that I sort of agree with most of the Discovery Channel gunman's demands? http://bit.ly/cPAAp6 1 hr ago
- OhMyGod you guyses! This email from the Sudan requires my Urdent Attention! 3 hrs ago
- 8 Reasons why John Carpenter's THEY LIVE is the best American move ever. EVAR!! (and I agree with every one) http://bit.ly/dAwWSP 4 hrs ago
- Official Twitter for iPad? Goodbye Tweetdeck with your bizarre updates, API issues and well.... that's it. Other than that, I like Tweetdeck 5 hrs ago
- Stormtroopers costumes-"No buckles or laces. Elvis or mariachi boots are not acceptable." What if I want to be Liberace Trooper? Helloo 5 hrs ago
- More updates...
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