too hot for this shit.

Since i am back and cleaned up (but still too hot) I guess i will update this thing.

Trevor, Tracy and I took off for a camping trip/concert on Friday and it was part debacle and part awesome.

Since the place we originally booked sounded like it was a place for families/nazis we decided on scoping out other camprounds on the way and eventually found a place near Innisfail and set up shop.

Step one: set up tent in dark.

Oh, but I forgot to mention it was right next to a fucking road/highway and more or less one large ANT HILL.

Still, it was a place to sit and have a fire and eat and drink, which is all the matters.

Step Two: construct raging inferno

And step three would be sleep in a tent placed on top of what feels like rocks and tree stumps because they jab into your back real good.

But it was all worth it because the next day we cheesed it to Calgary, saw a movie and met up with Geoff.

Then we ate and went to Sledfest where we sat and waited and then stood and waited for Mogwai to take the stage. The only good part of this was that there were hot girls all about, and I got a shirt.

playing the waiting game.

Mogwai was fucking incredible and I can now cross off another thing on my list. I guess it could have been even more incredible had the crowd been a real crowd and the setting been a little more intimate.

Still, they sounded awesome for being so fucking loud and it's something I'll never forget.

All my shots of the actual show turned out like shit, so I won't bother posting those. Perhaps Geoff got something worthwhile. (ps. I still owe you for the ticket(s))

The man doing what he does best.

Then it was back to camp for...well, sitting and not sleeping because of how uncomfortable it was.

We were then to meet up with Geoff in the morning, I believe, and since Tracy had to be back we were going to try and find somewhere to camp closer to home, but that never happened.

I guess because we were pretty much sick of sitting out in the sun and fucking up our backs while attempting to sleep.

I suppose it would have been a better experience had Geoff joined us the first night we were there, but I guess I don't blame him for not doing so since the plans and communication were all pretty fucked from the get go.

Camping is weird. I don't mind it, but it really gets old pretty quick for me. It's not necessarily being away from all THIS, it really isn't. It's just, sitting around and relaxing and doing nothing is all well and good but only for a while I guess.

That, and it was too fucking hot out. I don't think there was a cloud in the sky on any of the days.

Next time I think we should all research an awesome place with a GOOD lake or river nearby (as in Part of the campground) so that we can go fishing whenever the fuck we want.

Camping would be better with fishing mixed in, but it never seems to work out that way.

Also got some short, but semi cool videos of a few things, but I'm too lazy to post those as well as all the other photos.

Burlap sack man lurks in the night

Wii fit called me overweight!

Yesterday my mother stumbled upon the ever elusive Wii Fit (I had been telling her to keep an eye out for it during her travels)

She got the last copy from Best Buy for me. Apparently they had 60 in that morning and they were gone in minutes.

Basically you set it up and it does a body test after you input your info, it then displays your weight ( it called me overweight!) and your BMI.

It then determs if you are underweight, normal, overweight or OBESE.

Then you do a balance test and after all that it gives you your wii fit age (23, motherfuckers!)

You then set a goal to lose a certain amount of weight in a given period. I think I put 1.5 in two weeks. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT WII FIT.

(as I eat a bacon sandwich and crack open a coke)

This morning I actually got to play and it's pretty cool. It actually tracks your progress using graphs and other witchcraft.

I put in 25 minutes and learned that yoga is impossible and I have sometimes terrible balance.

Running is awesome because you put the wii remote in your pocket and it acts as a pedometer basically and you just run in spot (not on the board) and your mii runs around the little Island.

Ski jump is my favourite balance game so far, you unlock more based on how much time you put in though, so we'll see.

Anyway, god bless Nintendo for being so bizarre because the end result is fun that is actually good for you. Imagine that.

In other news I also got a new widescreen monitor and it is awesome, but I am not used to having such a huge (wide, mostly) resolution, things look different, but I am liking it.

And with that I am officially fucking broke.

EDIT: I just played some games with it for the first time and it's fucking beautiful, even WoW looks 3 times better and smoother (once I actually changed the resolution). and no more of that blurry ass shit like my old one.

just give'r

A while ago my younger bought a cheap remote controlled airplane, like a $20 deal. It was incredibly fun to piss around with but we broke it on Monday, so we were off to actually go get a better one when we found some even cooler shit.

Nitro powered RC cars.

So we went from wanting a cheap plane to a bitchin' monster truck.

After looking at all the models and bugging the guy to open the boxes on three or four of them to show us we decided to get one and split the cost.

There were models there proudly displaying "up to 70 MPH!" which made me salivate. But being out here we decided to settle on a 4WD truck so that we could haul ass everywhere.

The T-Maxx 3.3 almost read for use.

So we bought it and went home. After the break in period (which is fun but also agonizing) we finally got to open her up and holy FUCK it is incredible how fast these things move.

I've used one before but it was a lot smaller than this one.

I now believe the "55+ MPH" claim on the box. We don't have the room or traction (some pavement would be nice) to necessarily get it going that fast, but it could easily do it.

The thing actually has two gears and once it kicks into the high one it's downright frightening at times.

Super badass

That night became one of the most enjoyable I've had for a long time. It might sound silly, but they really are just toys for older people and as such it brought me back to times when stuff like this was all that mattered.

You know, in between kicking up gravel after power sliding down the driveway and catching air driving through the ditch.


Anyway, it might develop into another (expensive) hobby because it's so damn fun.

here's a super badass video that is more about superbly badass skill and less about speed. Also it was the easiest to upload. I think it works?

The Shitening.

Today was a movie day.

I saw the incredible hulk with James in the day and then The Happening with Trevor later on.

Let me just say the Hulk was pretty solid, pretty much what I expected. The end fight was pretty awesome, but I think after about 20 minutes it was pretty much just the director having a CGI masturbation fest.

Still, good.

The Happening on the other hand....jesus.

Despite it being popular to hate on M. Night Shyamalan, I have pretty much enjoyed all his movies so far.

In fact, Unbreakable is one of my favourite movies ever, as is Signs.

But this was pretty awful.

I can buy the idea and the overall tone. I will buy into pretty much anything if the end result is 1.5 hours of entertainment. Seriously.

But you can't sell your possibly silly ideas when you write dialog this fucking terrible or have your actors deliver their lines like they are robots.

I seriously do not understand if those aspects of the film were intentional or not. It was that bad at times.

There were obviously some cool scenes, but far too many pointless ones to make the good ones matter.

As an un-intentional comedy it works pretty well. I had to hold back some SERIOUS laughter a few times. The people dying in random ways was hilarious.

I think Shyamalan is a competent director, he just shouldn't write AND also produce his own movies because he's either losing what edge he had or he's completely full of shit to think he can get away with this forever.

useless! use less!

I just realized my banner doesn't even exist anymore.

Perhaps because it was hosted on Homestead and I recently had that site deleted.

They kept emailing me and saying "please update your credit card info, we have tried to charge your account unsuccessfully! your site will be deleted in xx days!"

and then I just didn't update it, because it was easier than having to phone them and cancel, which they make you do.

I also replied a few times and said "leave me alone!"

and they have.

Anyway, the point is I will make a new banner soon using...PAINT.exe

also why can't I upload pictures? has this been a problem for anyone else or is my computer being a cunt somehow?

It worked before so I am a little angry. It times out whenever I try. I thought perhaps some firewall horseshit was going on but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Satan tempts us.

I got a Zune yesterday since the finally got released here.

( A picture would go here if blogger wasn't being such a piece of shit today)

I've been dying at work listening to the shit they play over the intercom. Mostly because it's the same shit on a constant loop it seems.

So this little baby is my way out.

I really like it so far. The interface is slick and easy to navigate as is the little touch pad thing. You can just graze your finger over it, flicking up or down and it will continue to scroll though lists as if it had momentum, so it's fun to play with.

The screen is gorgeous. I can't comment on how it compares to the newer ipods, because all I had was an old black and white piece of shit, but it sure is pretty, and large.

Anyway, Seems like the best route to go if you don't want to own an ipod (I never will again) plus you get to stick it to THE MAN.

sure, Microsoft is also a billion dollar company, but in terms of MP3 players, the ipod is untouchable.

For an underdog, this thing is pretty fuckin' nice.

The Zune software is also awesome looking, certainly better than the shit that is windows media player, but it doesn't support plugins so I'm back to using itunes for my computer listening.

Speaking of music, Mogwai is a fucking incredible live band. I've been listening to the Government Commissions album and it's mind blowing how good they sound.

Well, I'm off to bed, because that's the best cure for this fucking headache I've had all day.

It's all about. it's all about girls with JET BLACK hair.

One thing I miss about this new computer is my LEGALLY ACQUIRED copy of photoshop.

I misplaced my LEGALLY ACQUIRED disc somewhere and am now out in the cold.

if anyone out there wants to SELL me a LEGALLY ACQUIRED copy, let me know. I'm looking at you, TREVOR, the guy who SOLD me a LEGALLY ACQUIRED copy last time I was LOOKING TO BUY one.

(or maybe it was Ryan?)

In other news I hate the name of this blog and I hate the banner up there and they will both probably be changing soon.

I might just buy a domain and have it redirect here or whatever witchcraft it is the do to make it happen.

I guess I could have just said I hate this blog and been done with it, but it's a fun diversion sometimes.

In other news part 2

patching games is fucking annoying when said patches are nearly impossible to find.

In other news part 3

I suggest we all go play some Wii Fit because it certainly looks like a lot of fun

New computer smell.

I got my new computer yesterday.


However, I didn't have much time before bed to mess around with it. So I've been at it all morning downloading/deleting/tweaking things. You know, the pain in the ass shit you have to do when you get a new computer.

Anyway, it's awesome.

Prior to ordering I did some actual research and found out that the most expensive options aren't always the smartest or best bet. I think I struck a nice balance between performance and cost.

I've got:

-Dual 512 MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT's for video cards.

-Intel Core 2 duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz for a processor. I found that quad cores weren't worth the price (an extra $900) considering the one I picked outperformed the others offered in most games/tasks according to what I read.

- 4 gigs of delicious RAM

among other things.

Yes, I got Windows Vista despite all the bitching from everyone ever.

It's early, but so far I have zero complaints. It's fast and slick looking is about all I can say at the moment. Just takes a bit of getting used to and exploring (which is fun)

I mainly got it because sooner or later (whether you want to admit it or not) we'll all be using it, and because I wanted some Directx 10 goodness.

I got Crysis the other day and it runs like melted butter while looking incredible, so I can't complain.

I'm tempted to re-install some of my other games I didn't finish to see how they perform. STALKER used to kick my old computer's ass, for instance.

I will install WoW eventually, I'm sure.

Anyway, it's nice and I have to hand it to Dell for the high quality packaging and shit for their XPS systems, it's fancy.

Now I just need a new monitor and some fancy speakers to compliment it. I'll save those for when I have money though.

Also I think this will be a computer I'll just actually upgrade the piss out of once it becomes obsolete, as opposed to getting a whole new one.

PS. I'm not kidding, new computer smell is glorious.

Because you were home.

James and I watched The Strangers (in a nearly empty theater, yay) today.

I found the commercials and trailer to be intriguing and had hopes that it might be decent.

What it happened to be was pretty fucking awesome.

I don't know if I was just in the right state of mind or what...but holy hell I've not been so creeped the fuck out by a film in a long, long while.

Great suspense and some genuinely CREEPY (there is that word again) scenes are all over the place.

Of course, mixed with your classic "jump" scares and general horror cliches...but I've realized cliches will never disappear from films, especially horror, so it's best to just go with it and enjoy the ride.

I also have to admit sometimes I'm not scared by what is necessarily supposed to be creepy, so again... I could just be fucked in the head.

It's actually a remarkably simple movie when you think about it, but man...It worked for me.

Thank you, gravity.

Ever have one of those days where you feel like doing millions of things, but at the same time don't want to do anything?

I'm having one of those days.

From really small things like starting/finishing some books you own or playing a video game to more pressing matters...none of it is particularly appealing to me right now.

So I've been sitting here doing nothing all day. Now I'm writing this which is pretty much still nothing.

I recently borrowed the entire series of the Trailer Park Boys from my brother and watched it all within a week I'd day.

I never gave that show a fair shot back then and I've come to see it for the comedic greatness it really is.
Some of it is still pretty hit or miss, but overall it's awesome, especially the earlier seasons since they focused more on making it really feel like a low budget documentary.

That's all I've got.

I hope tomorrow is better.