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It is now 2010...

2010-05-04T23:28:00.006-06:00

I tend to completely forget this place exists but I feel obligated to let you know I'm still alive.

Now for the yearly update you've been waiting for!

1. The date is set (it only took three posts or two years) and the Wedding is going to be completely full of win. I don't want to ruin any surprises but its going to be at one of our favorite punk rock venues, its a Halloween costume party and there will be bands that WE like! Eek. I'm excited!

2. The honeymoon has also been determined, which is why we bought this:
We took it out on our maiden voyage a few weeks ago, the only nice weekend we've had all spring. The rest of the time it just keeps snowing and raining. It was a good weekend, we managed to work out all the little quirks and get everything set up so that the next trip will be much more seamless.

3. I have a new job. A real job with a future. Definitely not the place I thought I'd be at but I don't resist the strange path life takes me.

4. I am still playing in The Rigormorticians. The Ramones tribute band I was in played their first and only show ever (twice), and now I'm in an all girl punk band with three of the most awesome girls ever. We will become instantly famous as soon as we teach the drummer how to drum!

5. The vacation LAST summer was amazing except I hate tenting. Well, tenting isn't so bad as the lack of showers. That's why we have an RV now.

Yellowstone is where we ended up and it was fantastic. We saw all of the sights, cooked delicious camp meals and drank a lot of cheap watered down American beer. Definitely cannot wait for the trip to the west coast this summer!

Oh. Hi.

2009-05-24T10:35:00.003-06:00

Whoa. My blog??? But this has been dormant for a year!

That's right its the now annual update.

Here are the top things that have happened in the last year or so....

1. Mikey and I went to Euroland last summer with Dad and Mark. We had an absolute riot, what a fun trip. Got to introduce Mikey to the whole family and we had a very good visit with everyone. We also became well acquainted with 7-11 beer.

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2. Mikey and I got engaged on Halloween. It was pretty perfect, my band and his band were releasing a split cd together that night. My band played first and while his band played after he proposed in front of a very large number of our friends. I couldn't have done it better myself. I said "Yes"

3. I got a new truck this year after spending a few weeks getting stuck in the snow with the old one. The new one fits more people and doesn't get stuck anywhere. Trust me, I've tried. It has big tires and four wheel drive when I need it. It's also ridiculously good looking and will hopefully last me a long time.

4. I'm still not in school.

5. We're still living in the same place which has been aptly named "The House of Punk Rock" after our friends moved in to the place in the back yard. Between both sides of the duplex here are the bands that are represented.

The Rigormorticians
The Press Gang
The Regurgitones
The Conniving Cadavers
Dead Man's Hand
The Hormones (Ramones tribute)
The Broken Soldiers
Bantha Fodder
Mr. Torrance
__________ (yet to be named)
God Damned Sonofabitches (Misfits tribute)
Bitch Kryptonite

Granted not all of these bands are full time, some of them only play one off shows every couple of months, but its a lot of bands between four people.

6. Sadly Ducky passed away this year. It was pretty awful and I miss the little guy a lot, he was definitely part of our family.

7. Mikey and I are going on a road trip style vacation this year. We're going to spend about four days in Yellowstone checking out some geysers and stuff. Then we will head into B.C. to a little remote lake and hang out for a few days. Do some fishing, some sitting and reading. Vacation stuff. If I remember, I'll post some pictures and write a bit about it, but facebook has replaced blogs.

Oh Hi!

2008-04-03T12:31:00.002-06:00

So we are all moved into the new place and most of the artwork .... er... posters are up on the wall. N.W.A made it into a prime spot in the living room right above the couch while the Iron Maiden flag was converted into a curtain for the dining room window. Somehow, despite our mutual love for him, Tom Waits was shoved into the hallway just outside the kitchen.

Quit my job two weeks ago, in time for Mark to come hang out for a week. We had fun, did some shopping and some skateboarding. I took him to some shows and some jams and I think he enjoyed himself. Now that he actually plays guitar he appreciates seeing other musicians a little more I think.

Now I'm in the process of actually looking for a new job, still probably in landscaping since I do enjoy the work and the money's not bad either. It may be a little more difficult this time around since I'll be in school part time come May and then after that I'll be out of the country for a month and then hopefully back in school in September.

We're hosting a bbq on Saturday for our housewarming/Mikey's birthday party so I've been cleaning the yard. It was in really really awful shape, there were leaves all over and the hedges and bushes were out of control. I now have a yard full of piles and piles of branches so I need to find a place to dispose them before I get fined for having an ugly yard and I'm not even close to being finished yet.

Moving!

2008-03-12T22:09:00.009-06:00

Hi.

I caved in and bought a camera, my airmiles points are at 68, I did not use them to buy my camera. I'm saving my points to go to the zoo, two more points to go!

I am in the process of moving into a new place. Its a three bedroom two bathroom two kitchen two living room house. Except one bathroom does not have a door on the shower stall and one kitchen consists of a fridge from 1963 a two burner gas stove and a recipe for disaster.
Its kinda ... well its a rental and that should justify its condition.
I like it though, I will throw lavish dinner parties and all my guests will drink cans of the cheapest ale available and pass out on the unmowed front lawn.

So far some of the biggest issues have been with Mikey, he seems to think that his stupid NWA poster
<- stupid
will take up the main focal point in the house. I tend to disagree. He can hang the poster in a hallway or something.
I think that maybe the Tom Waits

or the Iron Maiden
should be the main posters. This debate could cause a huge problem in the future.
I will keep you updated on where each poster winds up.

Hey look, its Ducky.

Ducky is moving with me too but his kingdom will be downsized. We are limiting his reign to the living room.

Did you miss me?

2008-02-18T12:38:00.003-07:00

Life's been busy, really busy. I like it even if I rarely have a spare minute to myself.
My truck got stolen a couple of weeks ago, along with my stereo, longboard, cd's, camping gear and my bass guitar amp. The truck was found last weekend though so I'm just waiting for it to get fixed. For now, I'm in a crappy rental car that is so damn small and zippy that I find myself driving a little faster than usual.

My band just finished two weekends in the studio recording our first EP so we're releasing it next weekend. Its pretty exciting, I'm buying five copies for my Mother! Actually, I'm not. She can have one of course, but I plan on handing out a number of copies to other people... like my Father!

Those are the two exciting things that have happened. I should have saved them for last so you could read this and be like "mmm hmmm, yup, oh really?, that's nice..... WHAT!!! WOW!!!!"
Instead, I'm telling you all my awesome stories first and then slowly telling less interesting things until you just stop reading and go to another site.

So, onto the boring stuff you don't care about:

I now am an avid collector of airmiles. I have 45 points, I checked this morning. That means, just 11755 points to go and I can get a free camera. I think I'll probably just end up buying a camera before that and maybe just use smaller amounts of airmiles points for less exciting things... like flying to vancouver. After last summer, Mikey and I decided that driving to the West coast and back in just four days once was enough. You only need like... 1800 points for a return ticket or something like that. The point of this particular paragraph is that now I collect airmiles so if you want my airmiles number I'll whore it out to anyone that will use it.

Ducky is cute, ridiculously amazingly cute. I just love him. Another reason I want a camera is so I can take pictures of Ducky. He's so friendly and used to people now, he chases me around the house when he wants attention sometimes. He also head butts you if you stop petting him and he doesn't want you to. Quite the demanding little guy, I'll give him anything he wants.... which is usually cilantro. I dont understand the appeal but if its cilantro he wants then its cilantro that he'll get.

I got some allergy testing done a while ago. I'm allergic to cats, trees and mold. Nothing surprising. Anyway, I was supposed to get some shots done that will help make me not allergic to trees and mold and I was pretty excited. Then the little form came in the mail that said the shots were $120 each for 11 shots per kind so 11 shots for trees and then 11 shots for mold. So... needless to say I am still allergic to cats, trees and mold. I've decided that doctors are useless and greedy.

It is family day and I don't have to work so I should probably do some laundry now.

Lisa Gets Recognized!!!!

2007-12-17T20:28:00.001-07:00

Tonight I had a mission, fill my truck with gas and then jet to the car wash up the street to quickly rinse off the salt and dirt and then go home and eat. Stage one went fine, filling up with gas is pretty hard to fuck up. My petro points are at 6080. I don't know what that means but it sounds like a lot.

Stage two went horribly horribly wrong. I pulled into the car wash only to put my hard earned toonie in the wrong money taking in exchange for car washing box. It wouldn't let me have it back so I tried my credit card. It didn't work. So I said fuck you Husky and backed out of the car wash. I took the hose for the brush with me on the drivers side. I rolled down my window and unlatched it from my mirror. Then I took the rinse hose with me on the passenger side. I unrolled my other window and unlatched it from my other mirror. I shunned Husky forever for being douchbags with unproperly latched equipment and then went home.

I grabbed two dollars out of the "For Laundering Clothes Only You Smelly Bitch" fund and whined my way up to the car wash up north. Wasting hard earned gas and a load of laundry, I pulled into the car wash, hopped out and put money into the correct money taking in exchange for car washing box. The hose turned on and I was stopped short by someone.

"Excuse me, but, did you play at the Castle pub about two weeks ago?" (Wasn't that last week? No... it was two weeks ago, he's right)
"Yeah," I said.
" You played bass?"
"Uh, yeah," I said again, dumbfounded. I held out my hand, "Hi, I'm Lisa"
He shook it, "Mitch"

I washed my truck.

its snowing

2007-12-05T20:42:00.000-07:00

Banff still exists. Mikey and I checked it out at the end of October. It was a pretty swell little day trip, I hope we do more of them soon.

Thats myself and Tony playing with The Rigormorticians on Halloween. Don't let the costumes fool you though, we often look like that.

November flew by. I work for a strange little landscaping company now. Lots of snow removal around condo sites and when there's no snow to deal with I work in the shop fixing things and cleaning things or sometimes even helping out in the office. It keeps me busy and employed and happy.

Also notable in November: Karen came to visit and we adventured around Calgary. Mikey played a show on Friday night and I played a show on Saturday night and Karen being the good friend that she is, came to both shows.

December is crusing by at an alarming rate. This is quickly turning into a personal account of my own shows which makes me look pretty conceited. That being said. Last weekend's show was fun and this weekend's show is going to be even more fun. We're playing at the Castle Pub you see, and despite years of threats of the beloved punk rock dive bar shutting down or getting demolished, it's still up and running. So before the place really does get shut down, we're playing there. Next weekend. Castle Pub.

And if that show isn't enough, come down to the Distillery for the "bad santa party" where we'll be doing things a little bit like... zombies at christmas. Or come to Verns for the epic new years show to end all new years shows, because we'll be there, playing. And if you really feel adventurous come celebrate my birthday at Verns because I'm throwing myself a conceited birthday party and my band's going to play, because its my birthday and my band will play if I want to.

Oh. And Karen, since you're the only one who reads this, Happy Birthday!

2007-10-29T20:00:00.000-06:00

Llisa's Fantastic List of What's New
That's Definitely Not in Chronological Order!

10. My childhood home is officially sold. Dad and Mark are living in a brand new place just around the corner. It's sad but good for the both of them. The old house was just too ridiculously big for only housing only two people.

9. I found a liquor store that sells Akavit even though its supposedly not exported to Canada anymore
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8. I have a job interview tomorrow to work for Arena's. I'm hoping it goes well, I'd get to drive a zamboni if I get hired. I'm fairly certain you've made it in life when you get to drive a zamboni. I could be wrong though, I haven't checked the Making it in Life Handbook recently. That's probably why I'm not in school...

7. This weekend was Halloween, well, the big parties for Halloween. I was dead Peter Pan on Friday night, what a riot. I still hurt from the mosh pit. I have a bruised nose, puffy bottom lip, bruised elbows and knees, bruised feet. I hit my head pretty hard too (then I cried and went home) I still maintain that I had an absolute blast though.

6. The Unwanted were in town not too long ago. I saw them play in Innisfail of all places. It was a pretty great night despite the poor turnout.

5. Speaking of great shows, I went and saw Matt Good in Edmonton with Zac this fall too. Solo acoustic tour once again but still a fantastic show.

4. Ducky is still alive and well and freaking adorable. He's really come out of his shell and he's not nearly as shy as he used to be. Ducky will even tell me when he wants something (like if I forget his carrots or if I don't pet him long enough)

3. Today is my first day of being unemployed in probably.... three years. Mikey and I went to Banff for the afternoon and took pictures of waterfalls. It was a good random adventure. Not working is pretty nice, but I'll be happy when I have a nice steady flow of money coming into my life once again. My rent is far too high to get away with not having a job and Mikey is too smart so I can't con him into supporting me.

2. Holy segway!.... Mikey and I just had our six month anniversary, or so he tells me. I am pretty bad at keeping track of that kind of stuff.

1. I got in The Rigormorticians so I'm their new bass player. I should put the link to the site up here someday. Anyway, playing a couple shows before the New Year.
October 31 - Verns
November 17 - The Stetson (Rock for Tots Benefit)
December 7 - The Castle
December 22 - The Distillery (Bad Santa Party)
That means if you're in town, I'll give you candy if you come see us play.

Thus concludes the list of new stuff.

I'm still alive

2007-08-31T15:56:00.000-06:00

Oh boy. Another month and a half without saying boo on this thing. I'm still alive.

Lots of stuff happened. I went to Vancouver with Mikey and saw SNFU, we met Chi Pig. It was a really good trip and a really fun show. I took a million pictures while I was there.

Llisa, Mr. Chi Pig, Mikey

Karen and I went camping which was fun. We went to a Danish heritage museum which was pretty cool considering it was mostly just walking through the forest reading Hans Christian Andersen stories. Considering this was the first time either of us had to set up a camp by ourselves we did pretty good. (there's usually boys around for doing the hard work like setting up a tarp or moving picnic tables or chopping fire wood)

Karen

As per usual every weekend is spent going to shows, at least one. The Conniving Cadavers recently had their cd release which was a blast until I acquired a mild concussion in the mosh and spent the next couple days being dumb and whiny. Naturally the next weekend I went to another show and into another mosh pit. I think I should lay off for a while, I'm not nearly as strong as I look.

"Fat Tony" Conniving Cadavers

Mom and Harv and Mark came down for a visit last weekend and Mikey and I got Mark drunk on vodka. What a riot. I haven't heard Mark talk that much in 15 years. Turns out he knows how to talk and he not only has a personality but he has a sense of humour as well. I can't wait til he turns 18 so I can drag him along with me on my weekend adventures.

Mark

I've been jamming with The Rigormorticians lately so hopefully they'll let me in their rad band as the new bass player.

The Cock, my other band, has yet to jam. However, we do have a website that doesn't have anything on it and I can now be reached at my new and more awesome email address - lisa@wholovesthecock.com

In the Last Month...

2007-07-16T19:09:00.000-06:00

Life has been good and busy. Really busy. Lots of shows. Lots of random adventures. Karen visited. I'm going to Vancouver next weekend to see SNFU. I have a band, we have yet to jam due to lack of jamspace. Many more busy weekends to come. I need to clean my house. Its been really hot. Work is going good still. Everything is just peachy.

Mikey, Gizzy and Llisa as "Pirates"

Siobhan and Llisa at a benefit show

Heavy Metal Breakfast Ryan

Mikey

2007-06-05T18:12:00.000-06:00

Up until this morning Ducky was the lone inhabitant of 15% of my apartment. The dining room area was blocked off with random bits of furniture, cage parts and bits and pieces of cardboard boxes. Furnished solely for Ducky. I have no dining room furniture (as exemplified by the stack of dirty dishes sitting in front of me as I type this) so it only made sense to give Ducky that space. At approximately 5 am this morning I changed my mind as I was scared shitless by the monster under my bed.
Ducky has become a rather cunning escape artist.

That's all I have to report, so in the mean time, here are some pictures of my apartment. They are old pictures, I now have one more piece of furniture, some things have been moved around, I own more books and there are more things on the walls. Also, its less clean but that should come as no surprise to anyone.

The computer wall

The wall that my love seat sits on

The only thing I can afford to eat besides beer

I sent this picture to my Mom.

The "dining room"

One side of my kitchen

The other side of my kitchen

2007-05-28T22:37:00.000-06:00

Camping this weekend was pretty spectacular if you don't mind the gentle background noise of bugs. I'm not even joking. The bugs by the lake were so bad in some places we could hear the hum of wings in the campsite. Ahh home sweet home.....

Right.

Camping was great. Mikey met the Mom and Harvey and my Dad. The only threat he received was "If you hurt her..... we have guns" from my Mom of all people. It was a really nice relaxing (though busy) weekend. Went to lunch with Chantel which happens much less often than it should. Dad even tried to ride my longboard. He made it about two feet, good thing I was there to break his fall somewhat.

My goal for the summer was to show Mikey a bear since he's only ever seen one in the wild. ONE!!! I cannot even count the number of bears I've seen in my lifetime but it is probably at least a hundred times more than one. Dad, Mark, Mikey and I went on a bear hunt Saturday night though and we did end up seeing a bear. It was kind of anti-climactic really, first trip out and we see a bear like they live wild out there or something.

What else do I have to say... hmm...
Mikey and I fished off the dock at Goose Lake. Had a few nibbles the first trip out, even saw the fish that was nibbling. We confirmed that there were indeed fish in the lake regardless of how many people believe otherwise. The fish just teased us though so Mikey was determined to catch the fish, chop his head off, fry him up and eat him.

Sunday morning that's exactly what he did, it was pretty disgusting. The fish put up an honorable fight though and Mikey gave him a pretty nice send off before he threw the head out. The fish has since been dubbed "The Captain"

Everybody is happy and healthy up north. Not so much down in Calgary as we found out some of our friends got into a brawl with Asian gang members Friday night and wound up stabbed and hospitalized for the week. There are suspects in custody and the paper got the story all wrong but the important thing is that everybody's alive and healing. I think its time to move to the mountains

Sooo....

2007-05-18T10:07:00.000-06:00

I'm going camping this weekend with Mikey and his friends from Airdrie.
No outhouses or running water. I'm skeptical of my ability to survive without those two things. Ducky, the lucky little bastard, gets to stay at home by himself this weekend and have the run of the kitchen while I'm freezing my ass off in the woods. (Anna will be checkin on him to make sure that he doesn't throw any wild house parties while I'm out of town)

Next weekend I'm going home to go camping with my Mom and Harvey, fix my truck and have a bbq with my Dad. Mikey's coming with to meet the family. Should be good times provided everyone is drunk enough to actually talk to each other. I have ways to make that work. I told my dad we (as in me, Mikey, little brother Mark and his friend) drink Jagermeister and coke which got Dad a little curioius so that curiosity shall be thoroughly satisfied next weekend, provided he likes the drink as much as I do.

Still fighting with the ex roommates over damage deposit money in which they're holding half of mine in order to pay for repairs and cleaning that won't get done until they move out in a few years. Good times. Apparently Mikey's got a laywer friend who will help me out though so hopefully things work out. If not, its only $150 but its more the principle of it.

My new job is awesome, some days all I do is throw on my head phones, listen to power metal and trim grass with a weed whipper. The most human contact (other than coworkers) is giving a smile and a nod to passers by. No more fake "have a nice day" for me and no more gay slurpees. The best part of my job is that I wear SPF 70 sunscreen like its going out of style so I've yet to even tan let alone get burnt. Take that you sun rays!!!! That sunscreen is like a bunch of little white ninjas kicking sunshine ass all over my skin.

I'm still looking for a band to play with but these things take time.

Ducky and I are just peachy and if your name is Karen you should email me your mailing address and phone number. I swear I'm going to mail your present soon and if your name is Tommy you should mail me your mailing address so that I can ship your pile of stuff to you and if that is not your name and you want me to mail you something I could probably be talked into it.

That is all.

Yay.

2007-04-29T19:15:00.000-06:00

Twas the final rock for tits and ass last night at the distillery. Scott, Jane and James came out with me, we walked. It was a nice walk.
I got drunk off red wine and then Scott and James and Mikey kept that drunkeness going. It was a pretty good night. Siobhan came out with her friend. Everybody was there. I took pictures. I rocked out. I hurt my knee and ankle when a stray mosh pit person knocked me over. I'm hoping the pain isn't serious but I may have injured the left ankle to match the already injured right ankle. Yay me.
Fun times. Here's some pictures.

"Pix" and Davey Wasted

Dog Faced Models

BDFM

Hail Damage

The Duelling Neef Kings

Mikey in Dog Faced Models

The Inhalers

The Money Shot

Jane, James, Scott and Llisa

Llisa Lland

2007-04-17T14:17:00.000-06:00

Hi.
I'm still alive out here in Llisa Lland. Just so you know, in case you wanted to know.
I am still thriving off of stolen internet, its pretty sketchy. I'm sorry.

I'm finished school for a little bit. I'll probably take a block week course or something for those last few credits. I still need to pay my tuition but, I'll get to it eventually. I'm almost entirely stress free right now, it's a very odd feeling. So stress free I feel empty inside. I think that's good, its like being on vacation.

I love my new apartment. There are posters on the wall and pictures of people I love and my bass amp even has its own light switch to turn it on. I haven't shut my music off since I moved in, I sleep and shower with doors open and there are plans in the works to put speakers in every room soon. I eat perogies and popcorn for breakfast and I don't risk food poisoning by cooking in the kitchen either.
I even invited people over. Granted, some guests passed out in the bath tub, but fun times were had by all and that's what is important.

Last weekend I went to "Corpses for Cancer" and had an absolute riot. I even won a zombie competition against two breast baring zombies. Mikey tells a better rendition of that story though, he makes it sound far more epic than it was. I did win two t-shirts, 4 cd's, a strobe light skull, pins and stickers. It was fucking great.
Here are some pictures to see.

Mikey's Rock Stance (Goddamn Sonofabitches)

Lisa and Glen search for Brains

Philly (Goddamn Sonofabitches)

Mikey and Lisa

Weekend Randomness.

2007-04-09T14:26:00.000-06:00

Who knew that having a friend wear this shirt

would get you into trouble with neo nazi's on a c-train.

Hurray for cops having lunch at the train station and saving us a beating

I still like the Dead Kennedys

Dale the Birthday Man

2007-04-05T15:56:00.001-06:00

I got on the train this afternoon at the university and sat down. Dale the birthday man came and sat beside me. I think he's schizophrenic, but thats beside the point.
We introduced ourselves and then asked me when my birthday was. Wrote my birthday in his book of birthdays and then asked if he could send me a birthday greeting (i gave him my email, not my phone number)
He asked if I had celebrated December 21 because it was a very important day for me....my 8000th day. I hadn't. He gave me a scenario of his and asked for my opinion

He's seen a woman six times over two years, they've tried to go to the zoo together but the woman was sick, he's walked her home a few blocks, she's invited him to eat at mcdonalds... the woman is having a child in may and she asked him to be present for the birth. What would I do (not go) what should he do? (go...he's the birthday man)
Of the people polled in his church, 47% say go, 53% say don't go. Of the people polled that he's met that have given him a reccommendation, most of which have been women, 85% say go to the birth.
Between Sait and Sunnyside, Dale showed me pictures of the times he went to the zoo last year (17 times) with different girls in them- named them by name and told me what exhibit they were beside.

Dale said goodbyes are awkward.
I said good bye Dale.
I got off the train.

Did that happen?

2007-04-01T12:06:00.000-06:00

I am moving and about to say good bye to the internet. Hurray. I'm in a great mood. I heart my new place. Come visit me, I'm within spitting distance of a liquor store and within crawling distance of all the great venues downtown. K... BYE!!!!!

2007-03-29T16:42:00.000-06:00

I forgot to say this.... I got a job working for Calgary (yes. I work for Calgary, for the collective well being of the humons in Calgary) It's a lot less money than the job up north but who cares. This way I can actually enjoy my new apartment, get into trouble every night and join a band I hope. Plus, I get to work outside and possibly even enjoy my job. What a fucking concept.

I'm done talking now.

2007-03-29T16:15:00.000-06:00

Considering I enlisted my friend Glen to look up a quote for me on the internet this morning to finish off my performance piece, it went surprisingly well. The audience was totally responsive and had some rad things to say at the end. Many of the girls my age connected really easily to the piece which was also cool. Not exactly my best performance but it went alright. I'm not completely down on myself. I was nervous about playing my bass in front of so many people because I never play in front of people but other than a few fuck ups I survived. Fuck, I even sang, I can't even get drunk and sing karaoke but I can sing on stage. I'm weird. Got a lot of good feedback for the characters and the transitions which is essentially the bulk of the piece so yeah. Happy Day.

I ended up using a part of the Gogol Bordello manifesto for my ending and now I'm going on a Gogol Bordello binge.

If I can survive this weekend and next week of school I will be in the clear. I have to write a million papers on top of working and moving out of the house. But in true Lisa style, I'm planning on taking a nice long skate tonight before it snows again.

PROCRASTINATION!

gogol bordello

2007-03-28T01:31:00.000-06:00

I'm doing my final solo performance creation in my (surprise) performance creation class this Thursday. I'm not even finished writing the ending yet because I didn't know what to say.

The piece is about the huge amount of influence music has had on the human I've become and I was trying to think of a certain song that encompasses the music and the philosophy to use as a way to end the piece when it hit me.

Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz has already said it perfectly. I absolutely love this essay he wrote and I don't think I've ever posted it before so here it is now in all its glory.

HüTZNOMOVETZ - INTRO WORD - There are many of us for whom music is an irreplaceable part of life We rely on it to take us out of sadness, pressures of poverty, youth, age, etc Mixed with alcohol it seems to be a remedy for just about anything Be it a rapid fire of notes exploding in catharsis all over the major key or an obsessive marathon of soul-searching sounds crawling around minor it all appears somehow more solid and present in our lives than materials something we can always address and hold on too At its best music connects us to a feeling as large as the whole goddamn universe itself...

Of course, sometimes when sober, we can say, Well, after all, its just music Yet everywhere youll go, in every culture, youll see its major royal presence Some say with a straight up claim that music is the essence of life (for example: Wlodzimier Staniewski with his theatre group Gardzienice(Musicality of Earth, or seePraktyki teatralne Wl. Staniewski Test, Lublin, 97, Poland)) I join in with them Others see it more as an inhancing luxurious amusement-like activity. Sure, Im down with that too, but one way or another, both positions advocate its primal positive powers

Often you will hear people talking about a concert theyve experienced for years! Why? In Gypsy mythology they say it is memorable because the devil visited that room, others say the other guy was there But one way or another they all link it to supernatural

Considering its power, it is not impossible to think of music making as a sacred art discipline and, for example, in anthropological tribal studies the medicine man functions are not really differentiated from musicians But lets not get too anthropological on your ass These are just elementary streamline reminders of musics rocking good and what it could do.

But instead, saturated with garbage, airways discredit this art and separate people from the power and meaning of music Rivers of meaningless puke are poured into ours ears on daily basis and many forgot to even think about music as of a major source of energy, joy and inspiration and fucking heat too!..

As a matter of fact, it has been turned into something that steals our energy and replaces it with stress and discouraging examples of what making music leads to All kinds of false notions of joyless, artificial, pseudo-mythology are now firmly attached to it... Celebrity lifestyle, VIP status, acting like an asshole all these notions seem to be inseparable from music making these days. Many fall for it just to be spat out with a raped and destroyed sense of self-worth Kids start bands often motivated by fame alone Of course, many great famous brothers, like Stravinsky or Josef Boyse, for example, succeeded in turning fame into a vehicle of positive energies and spreading great progressive shit But it is perhaps, worth to mention that mechanics of modern fame have changed from its original oral tradition drive, which produced legends, anecdotes, good word, etc Mechanics of modern fame are fueled by media and media alone and nobody in their fucking right mind, of course, would start passing legends about, for example, The Strokes or their twin sister Britney Spears

But getting back it is as easy as one plus fucking three The more sources of inspiration you have, the better off you are The happier you go through your day towards a more enjoyable night the better you generally walk through the fire and so on life-ward to the next drink(Russells Strategies of Being). But economics these days so strongly rule the arts and for obvious reasons favor English-speaking product, that it does not provide you with any info on actual real music at all Even if you are a curious soul and ventured out to get something different, you very well end up with Buddha Bar or Putamya record products which promises you something exotic but basically are traps for yuppies who would like to fancy themselves cultured That is basically like attending a belly dance class in Wyoming with the hopes to understand Muslims Even if a good artist shows up on a compilation like that after a labels re-mastering his work comes across as nothing but an ass-licking background singing for Starbucks coffee shop. This situation also prolongs total ignorance and confusion Youll find millions of people not knowing if they support or oppose Globalization simply because they dont know what it means Or thanks to great products like Global Lounge compilation you will find people who celebrate Globalization And youll think, wow man, I never thought that new Colonialism can be such a great cause for a party

Favoring of White-English speaking product is often explained by patriotic or simply stupid arguments like, people can really understand this song. This is total fucking bullshit. For every scientist will tell you that sound is the purest form of information. The language barrier in the context of music does not exist. And majority of power is contained in fingers of a player and in the tone of his/her voice. This is why the emotional message of music is so instant and human Thats why the voice of Johnny Cash or Vladimir Visotsky goes unstoppably through anything to anyone And meaning of music stands up in its full pride Of course lyrical content of a song may take it much higher, but not knowing English never stopped millions around the world (including myself) from growing up on rocknroll So if you dont mind an extra fuel for your life you just may have to make music research your task, for information on good music is not provided, and not searching for it, is basically stealing from yourself Fortunately, most of us live in places where information, if not provided, is still accessible without riding a horse for a week In some most animalistic highs sometimes I dive with my ribs open out from the stage onto the table full of glasses and bottles Im pretty sure that if I would do it in silence, I would perhaps go straight to the hospital

With our music, and music that we popularize, we try to reach out and remind people that when taken out of the hands of a parasite, music is still a great lead into a democratic atmosphere of chaos where moments of great freedom and where great friends could be found And that in the world of rapidly dissolving authentic cultures, soul-searching through the music is something that connects you with the most authentic thing there isyour savage heart

And so to answer many questions at once, here is a list of music that we recommend and keeps us company on our tour bus and everywhere else we go Of course we cant provide you with detailed information on where to get each and every album, for we are not a shop but the albums recommended here are solid from the beginning to the end for the most part. It is a matter of individual feeling if you go completely nuts for it Keep in mind also that many fantastic things are not mentioned simply because they are part of our previous or next tour bus collection But if used wisely and with a good awareness of a sequence this collection alone can make you a best dj in your fucking hemisphere

Stay Strong and Fucking Enjoy, Hütz - Finished Aug 2003, Friday night, NY all music is fucking yours To view the music collection please go to: http://www.gogolbordello.com/hutznomovetz/musiccollection.html

2007-03-23T15:36:00.000-06:00

How the hell did I acquire so much junk in the last two years? Geeeez. Its going to be nice to have more than a teensy bedroom to put everything in

2007-03-22T00:14:00.000-06:00

Wow. A whole week without posting, that must be some kind of a record.

I'm still alive out here, life is going at breakneck speed. I have two weeks to do an absolute shitload of homework and papers and research and performances and rehearsals. Not to mention working, volunteering, partying and of course... MOVING!!!! (which reminds me, there are currently three garbage bags in the living room and a frying pan full of moldy rotting rice and unidentifiable meat. I cannot move out soon enough)

I am once again a raging insomniac, but that's alright because I have too much work to do to sleep anyway.

I put some new songs up on the playlist, current obsessions of mine so have a listen. Speaking of music I'll plug some upcoming shows, not that anyone lives in Calgary to check them out but you never know who might stop by here.

March 24
The Distillery

Broken Soldiers
Epi-Demic
Conniving Cadavers

March 31
The Stetson

Blind Assassins
Broken Soldiers
Desmadre

Friday April 7
The Distillery

Gudenpist
The Piss Offs
Broken Soldiers
Von Tomcats

Friday, April 13th
The Underground

Blind Assassins
The Cryptomaniacs
Conniving Cadavers
Rigor Morticians
The Goddam Sonofabitches (misfits cover band)

Lisa's Pajama Inventory

2007-03-14T23:26:00.000-06:00

I've been really cold the last couple weeks so at night I'm starting to look like a potato I have so many clothes and blankets around me

Pajama Inventory

2 pairs of socks
1 pair of fuzzy pajama pants
one tank top
one tshirt
one fuzzy pajama top
one rage against the machine hoody with the hood up
one fuzzy blanket
one feather duvet
one large blanket
and before i go to bed i usually warm it up with my hair dryer

yeah, I'm cool!

maybe i should eat more protein or something...

2007-03-12T23:06:00.000-06:00

So it seems to be that I am working in Blue Ridge this summer. Living at Daddy's house during the week to work and jetting down to Cowtown on the weekends to take advantage of my new apartment and ample fun things.

Good money, bad location, lots of travelling on the weekends. But, I can bring northern friends down to Calgary with me and make up for lost time.

2007-03-10T14:01:00.000-07:00

I GOT A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT TODAY!!!!! ITS IN KENSINGTON AREA JUST NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE SO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF TROUBLE.

I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED, I MOVE IN APRIL SO THAT MEANS WHEN I CLEAN THE PLACE WILL STAY CLEAN AND WHEN ITS MESSY ITS MY OWN FAULT AND I CAN BE AN INSOMNIA AND NOT KEEP THE HOUSEHOLD AWAKE

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS NOW I'M TOO POOR TO OFFICIALLY CELEBRATE BUT I FIND THAT TYPING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IS REALLY MAKING ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT.

HAVE A SUPER FUCKING AMAZING AWESOME GREAT RAD DAY EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome to my happy world, now get your shit and leave

2007-03-10T01:03:00.000-07:00

It's a great feeling to come home after a show, sit down and play the bass and then look up and see that two stress free happy hours have somehow flown by.

So my remedy for all life's stressors right now, is to carry my bass around and serenade myself and stay in my happy world.

2007-03-07T00:56:00.000-07:00

So today marked day one of the super frantic house hunting. I failed at getting to see one place. I called another place and went there instead.
It was a decent price $725/mo. for a one bedroom apartment in like, a little four plex.

Apparently $700/month won't get you far these days. From the street, there was a nice professional little house, behind the house was the apartment building, nestled in between a parkade and two high rise buildings on a giant slab of concrete. At the back was a huge pile of garbage and random furniture (and as my friend Sarabjot pointed out, a rapist hiding to get me)

I peeked inside a window to see a bare room with a couch, mini fride and a microwave on mismatched tiled floor.

I left.

2007-03-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

Finally finished the scene today, for the rest of this week we sleep in as everyone deserves a rest. What a long rehearsal process....

Glen and James

James and Jane

Next scene is a Shakespearean piece...done in the style of a rock off (Metal vs. Emo)... I am super excited to see what we can do.

2007-03-04T14:31:00.000-07:00

I've been sick to my stomach the last two weeks because of stress.... the $2 bottles of beer at the underground last night probably aren't helping my situation right now either. Went and saw the Black Halos last night, it was a pretty good show regardless of my poor stomach, fat lip, largely bruised shin, hip and scraped elbow. I heart mosh pits.
The underground is, well its a cool place and I like it there but they're renovating and turning it into ... a nice place. A place where you almost have to consider what you look like before you walk in the door now. There are booths and fresh paint and a nice floor and they're bringing in x-boxes and putting in tv's at the booths to watch the band on. This is all very nice and all, but I prefer the old underground with its two booths plus an assortment of mismatched tables and random chairs. Not to mention the overall scuzziness of it all.
I do still like $2 beer though. It's not even $2 shitty beer on tap, its a bottle of beer for $2 which, at some upper scale club would set you back at least $5.

Anyone want to find a one bedroom apartment for me to live in by April 1? I need to go to work right now so I can't look.

SEXY !

2007-03-01T00:04:00.000-07:00

I love my bass.

Conundrums

2007-02-27T22:58:00.000-07:00

So I just applied for a nice paying job.... in Whitecourt. :(

If I get it, I'll hopefully be able to afford renting a place in Calgary still. Since this job includes a long weekend every two weeks I would be able to come back to Calgary to go to shows and see people and take my little brother Skateboarding. But that's every two weeks and I kinda wanted to join a band this summer and stay in Calgary. But, it would likely be for only three months and its still warm enough to skateboard in september. I don't know what to do.

Long Personality Test Results

2007-02-21T23:45:00.000-07:00

You are the absentminded professor, the same personality type (in at least one major system) as Albert Einstein. Plato said that the function of your type is to study nature and figure out ways to tame it. You see connections between concepts that others do not, and must sometimes stop to check in with your audience to see if you’ve made intuitive leaps that left them far behind. When you see a problem, you naturally apply technique or theory from an entirely different system and are the most likely type to make a conceptual, inventive breakthrough.

Ever since you were a child you questioned those in authority, not explicitly trusting teachers or other leaders to really be qualified enough to deliver the instruction they were delivering. You were open to their thoughts, but quick to identify biases or knowledge gaps in those in authority positions.
Yup.

http://www.perex.com/index.php

In fact, skepticism is one of your defining traits. You don’t trust titular authority, appearances, beliefs, traditions, customs, reputation, degrees, or credentials awarded by any agency or school. This is not conspiracy thinking or suspicion of bad intent, but an honest impersonal belief that no one holds anyone or anything to the high, accurate, objective standard that you do. You will be the judge of someone’s competence and no prior ratings by anyone else will sway your impartial evaluation.
Pretty much.

You quickly brush aside prejudice, convention, custom and tradition for what works and produces results.
I think I try?

You define time by the event, rather than the reverse. You are certainly capable of making and keeping appointments by clock time (although you’re often a few minutes late) but in your mind you are living in a time interval based on a concept, activity or stage which you can clearly define. For you, a time period ends when a certain activity ceases, when a goal is reached, or when your attention naturally shifts rather than when a certain clock alignment occurs.
This is true, though I'd never considered it before

You are particularly concerned with the proper definition and usage of individual words. For example, you are likely to notice the error if someone describes something as “very unique.” If something is “unique” then it is incomparable to anything else. It can therefore not be qualified by the word “very,” because that word is necessarily used for comparison. You economize with language, using the fewest words, each highly defined, to get a point across assuming that others will feel bored or insulted if you over-explain.
I thought that would just be called "nerdy"

You are prone to understatement. You will always err on the side of saying slightly too little, estimating slightly more problems or more cost in terms of time or money, slightly less exciting or beneficial results. This is done completely logically and you could go into more specific estimations if you thought the receiver would take such predictions logically, realistically and unemotionally.

Your special talent is understanding and optimizing complex systems. You can quickly explain how you personally fit into macro and micro social and economic machinery.

You are objective and when your friends come to you they know they can count on you to deliver the blunt truth. You recover quickly, if flinching at all, when someone puts you down or criticizes you personally. You realize that either the critique was deserved and you intend to correct it, or the person delivering it was incorrectly biased or misinformed and therefore the criticism was inaccurate and inapplicable.
Yeah, but criticism still hurts.

You are known for your impatience with ignorance, incompetence, small talk, fake people, or too much time given to a small matter. You bring total involvement and attention to each moment in life.
This paragraph was where I started believing in this personality test.

As a parent you encourage individuality in your child. You particularly enjoy debating topics with your child. You encourage your children to be original, think actively, and take action on their own. If you see your child taking an unrecommended path you are likely to suggest alternatives, but wouldn’t consider forcing them or demanding that they act differently.
I don't have kids, but I'd like to think this is how I'd be.

You face each activity with self-improvement in mind. While others think of games, work, even social events as a mere passage of time, you engage each activity as an opportunity to observe the nature of the event and further develop your mastery of the skills involved. For you, even relaxation is done with a sense of duty to optimize the rejuvenating effects.
Just because I conciously think "its time for relzxing now" doesn't mean...

You are an intellectual and enjoy logical investigation and theory building. You are honored when someone asks you to explain the rationale behind your latest project, but often find the audience uninterested in nearly the level of detail with which you are capable of discussing.

You respect yourself to the degree that you act independent of the impositions of other people. You would never just “go with the flow.” Your mind is always in motion and every action you take is by conscious choice.
My motto is "go with the flow"...but that refers to my own path, not yours. Get your own path.

Your type becomes most obvious in traumatic, stressful situations. While the rest of the world goes insane, you are the one who remains calm and collected, mainly because you realize that this is the best mindset for understanding and resolving whatever issues are at hand.

You are a true utilitarian. Your hallmark is your nearly empty refrigerator, containing exactly enough food for your next food interval and nothing more.
This is why I love grocery shopping so much, and yes, my weeks worth of food fits neatly into the produce drawer.

You have a wide variety of hobbies which get sporadic attention. Others may become frustrated with the fact that you start many projects but finish few.

Grade school can be particularly frustrating for your type because your desire to connect the music and mathematics lesson is out of the theoretical range of your respective instructors. You probably did quite well on standardized tests and found college style learning far more appealing.
Pretty much.

Baby Steps

2007-02-21T00:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight I enlisted my friend Greg to go see Aces and Hearts and Hail Damage at the Stetson. Twas a good show although the crowd was less than energetic (granted, it IS a Tuesday night) I believe this marks the first time I've ever gone to a local show without having Mikey there so...good for me. Baby steps.

On the flip side of taking baby steps, holy Story Tree Project. I'll be a "TA" for this project and I'm absolutely incredibly stoked to be a part of it and completely entirely terrified. "The Story Tree aims to build a sense of community by discovering common threads among stories drawn from the cultural backgrounds of Grade 4-6 students and their families, presently living in the Greater Forest Lawn area of Calgary." I have no idea what I'm getting myself into but I sure hope I do a good job and don't let any body down. I know I have years of knowledge to back me up but I've never had the opportunity to put it into practice until now. So, come Saturday I'll see what I've got in me.
Wish me luck.

I spent more money than I have today on gas, text books and groceries (milk,eggs,veggies,canned soup,mr noodles). Not to mention batteries. Stupid expensive batteries for the camera and for the active pickups in my bass. Damn you batteries, damn you! I could have used that money to buy beer :(

2007-02-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

In order to pay rent this month (pay day comes two days after give landlord money day) I have to be really careful with my budget of $28. No more gas in the truck, no books for school and surviving off the food I already have (ceasar salad dressing and spagetti anyone?)

I love being a student!

On the bright side, I've been looking for better jobs and better places to live etc...

Plus, I have three pay days in March.

2007-02-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

Oh My!!!

Our house is getting landlord inspected tomorrow and my roommates cleaned!!!

I am so happy. All I took care of was the bathroom and..soon my room I guess.

But this coming from the people who move my rabbit into my room because he "stinks" while there is a three day old burnt pizza on the stove and 5 full bags of garbage in the dining room.

THE HOUSE IS CLEAN!!!

I could cook in the kitchen right now if I wanted to and not risk salmonella poisoning.

To the Soda tomorrow night for three of the best bands Calgary has to offer. Mikey's The Broken Soldiers, the awesome Hail Damage and one of my personal favorites Deadman's Hand.

2007-02-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

My little brother and his friend visited last weekend and we went pawn shopping. I got a digital camera that, once I found the right combination of memory disks etc... works like a charm.

So, I took pictures and I managed to snap one of Mark where he is smiling. Some of you that have met Mark will know that its a rare occasion to see him smile (or talk) I got to see both this weekend. Not only did I catch him smiling, but I got him drunk and he said a whole sentence that was audible and not mumbly.

So, here's Mark. A picture that I am going to have to send to Mom.

2007-02-13T17:09:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I spent my grocery money on a new and improved mp3 player because I can survive without food but I absolutely cannot survive without music. Sadly, I cannot play it on the stereo at work and that has caused some minor bouts of depression while at work but nothing that telling off a customer can't help.

And on that note, to work I go!

2007-02-09T21:44:00.000-07:00

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
I actually have to mail my phone bill and write a cheque, which is why I haven't paid in two monts

2. Where's the best place to eat a romantic dinner?
I've never eaten a romantic dinner so I wouldn't know.

3. Last time you puked from drinking?
About 4 years ago after a night of tequila and beer.

4. when is the last time you danced on a bar?
I think my first year of university but I didn't dance long.

5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Ms. Erickson

6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Not sitting at my computer

7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Actress, Teacher..... Wow. I stick to my vision hey?

8. How many colleges did you attend?
Just U of Calgary so far

9. Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now? It's comfy, clean and it says Against Me!

10. GAS PRICES First thought?
I wish gas was free

11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you? Denmark for a while and I don't know who I'd take. Nobody would want to come with me, besides my Dad

12. First thoughts when the alarm goes off in the morning.
How much time can I sleep before I become horribly late?

13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
How many hours do I have before I have to wake up again?

15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
I don't care.

16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Vaccuuming. Stupid cords and noise and running into shit

17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer at an art gallery?
Possibly, although I don't know much about art.

18. Get up early or sleep in?
I'd like to be able to sleep in, just once...please?

19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
Astro-boy

20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with someone of the opposite sex?
Watch local bands play

21. A secret that you wouldn't mind everyone knowing?
If everyone knows it's not a secret then is it...stupid question

22. Are you planning on remaining in your current Job?
Absolutely not.

23. Do you see yourself married in the next five years?
I am getting to be of marriageable age I suppose.

24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Cervelet Salami

25. What do you get every time you go into Asda?
wtf is Asda

26. Beach or lake?
Beach

27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual that was invented by people who died at 20?
No. Sometimes it still works.

28. TV show you miss?
Gem

29. Favorite guilty pleasure:
Chocolate

30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
I don't think I have one. sorry.

31. What's your drink?
Jagermeister and coke

32. Cowboys or Indians?
Both.

33. Cops or Robbers?
Cops

34. Do you cheer for the bad guy in a movie?
If the bad guy is cheerable then I do.

35. What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best?
According to one website, Adrien Brody...

36. If you had to pick one, which cast member of Lost would you be?
I've heard of that show and I don't know nor do I give a shit.

37. What do you want when you are sick?
To have time to get better instead of continuing to run around like I always do.

38. Who from school would you like to run into?
High school? I haven't seen or heard from Tony T in a long while.

39. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
I don't listen to the radio.

43. Raskolnikov (Crime & Punishment) or Leo Myshkin (the Idiot)?
Crime and Punishment

44. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Putting up with bullshit
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45. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
The people I work with are the only reason I still work there

46. If you could get away with it, whom would you kill?
... Bush

47. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Matt Good, he'd at least be human.

48. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
None of them.

49. Have you ever had to use a firearm?
I've shot lots of guns. I went to a hunter education summer camp for fuck sakes

50. Last book you read?
Brian Way's Drama Development book thing

51. Do you have a teddy bear?
Many, all of them at my Dad's house

52. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In a campground?

53. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
That would be nice and warm...

54. Number of texts in a day?
Sooo many. Mikey's fault

55. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or relationship?
Career.

56. Favorite Winter Olympic Sport?
Snowboarding *halfpipe*

57. Pencil or pen?
Pen

58. Ancient Egyptians or Mayans?
Mayans are rad.

59. How many jobs have you had?
7 or 8

60. Are you where you thought you would be at this age?
I don't really look too far ahead in the future so I wouldn't have known. I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow

Exhaustion!

2007-02-07T17:15:00.000-07:00

I've got about five minutes to kill before I go to work so I'll bitch about how unbelievably exhausted I am.

I have so much to do and it keeps piling up and piling up. School is insane this year and I love it, but I'd only love it if I didn't have anything else to do.

I'm suppposed to wake up around 9am
I have rehearsals from 10:30 am until 12pm with my cast (who I owe so much to)
Lunch/Nap/Homework 12pm - 1pm
Class from 1pm -5pm
Then I jet home and get ready for work from 6-11 pm
Then I jet home again and try to get some homework finished. I usually go to bed around 2 am
Any days off school are spent at work
Any nights off work are usually spent running around getting groceries or finding props for the scene
Saturdays I'll now be helping out with a project that the Epcore Centre for Performing Arts is putting on.
Sundays are always spent at work.
The last month of school has felt like three months.

I am tired.

Good and Bad

2007-02-05T17:03:00.000-07:00

I talked to my Daddy last night and it sounds like my dog Morgan is going to get put down tomorrow morning. He's just getting old and he's stopped eating so it's time... Morgan is probably about eleven human years old now.

So that kinda is lame and sad.

But on happier news, my little brother, his best friend Blair and possibly even my dad are all coming down on Thursday night. I am so excited. There's an all ages show Friday night I'll convince them to come to, we might go swimming or to the olympic park for snowboarding. Good times for everyone!

Stories

2007-02-04T02:56:00.000-07:00

I went to the Alcove last night with Scott and James. With three pieces of karaoke paper on the table, there was no other choice than to make up a story three words at a time.

2007-02-01T01:52:00.000-07:00

I take my vitamins with a good healthy glass of red bull.

Dear Morons,

2007-01-28T13:27:00.000-07:00

Learn how to fucking drive.

In the past two days I have had two cars pull out in front of me so that I have to swerve into the next lane not to hit them. One car coming at me swerve into my lane so that I have to slam on my brakes and hope the fuckhead driving sees me in time so that we don't get into a head on collision. Two cars drive on my side of the road so that again, I have to swerve not to hit them.

What is so fucking hard about paying attention? What? Why is that such a problem for people? You're in control of a 1000 pounds of speeding metal - show a little fucking responsibility and watch where you're going. I love my truck like it's my child but sometimes it gets to the point where I don't even want to drive anymore because I can't trust the idiots that I have to share the road with.

But on a happier note I went to Verns last night and watched the show, had some drinks and some nachos and some hugs and kisses. It was a good night, I had fun.

2007-01-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

I went adventuring today down to get a costume for one of my actors and to go to Bushido for the new jewellry. The little domes for my face were so incredibly small that I decided I much prefer the bigger balls.

I also got to pay some of my tuition today. Boy. That was fun. Apparently my student bank loan thing ate half my $1000 scholarship so that was $500 I didn't have.

Oh well. Tomorrow I'm going to Verns to see some bands play and to drink and be merry for my birthday. All will be forgotten

2007-01-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

The dates for the 2007 festival are Friday April 27, Saturday April 28, and Sunday April 29, marking the first time in its history that the festival will be three days long. Band confirmed for the line-up are:

Nickelback,
Air,
Erol Alkan,
Lily Allen,
Anathallo,
The Arcade Fire,
Arctic Monkeys,
The Avett Brothers,
Benny Benassi,
Andrew Bird,
Bjork, The Black Keys,
Blonde Redhead,
Bojones,
Brazilian Girls,
Brother Ali,
Busdriver,
Manu Chao,
Circa Survive,
Jarvis Cocker,
Coco Rosie,
Comedians Of Comedy,
Cornelius,
The Coup,
The Cribs,
Crowded House,
CSS, T
he Decemberists,
Digitalism,
DJ Heather,
DJ Shadow,
Roky Erickson And The Explosives,
Evil Nine,
Explosions In The Sky,
Fair To Midland, Faithless,
The Feeling,
Felix Da Housecat,
Lupe Fiasco,
The Fields,
Fountains Of Wayne,
The Frames,
The Fratellis,
Ghostface Killah,
Girl Talk,
Gogol Bordello,
Jose Gonzales,
The Good, The Bad And The Queen,
Gotan Project,
Grizzly Bear,
Happy Mondays,
Richie Hawtin,
Hot Chip,
Infected Mushroom,
Interpol,
The Kooks,
Jack's Mannequin,
Junior Boys,
Justice,
Kaiser Chiefs,
Kings Of Leon,
Klaxons,
Kokono No. 1,
LCD Soundsystem,
Amos Lee,
Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong,
Mika,
MSTRKRFT,
Willie Nelson,
New Pornographers,
Nickel Creek,
Nightwatchman, T
he Noisettes,
Of Montreal,
Ozomatli,
Peaches,
Peeping Tom,
Peter, Bjorn and John,
Pharaohe Monche,
Placebo,
Pop Levi,
Rage Against The Machine,
The Rapture,
Red Hot Chilli Peppers,
Mike Relm,
Damien Rice,
Rodrigo Y Gabriela,
The Roots,
Satellite Party,
Silversun Pickups,
Sonic Youth,
Soulwax,
Spank Rock,
Sparklehorse,
Regina Spektor,
Tapes 'n Tapes,
Tiesto,
Tilly and the Wall,
Tokyo Police Club,
Travis,
Paul Van Dyk,
Julieta Venegas,
VNV Nation,
Rufus Wainwright,
We Are Scientists,
Gillian Welch,
Amy Winehouse,
Yeva

So, I think I should try to go to this.

2007-01-21T14:02:00.000-07:00

There is a music player at the bottom of the page. It plays music. Feel free to listen.

2007-01-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

I got an awful haircut today and now I'm ugly and embarrassed to show my face in public.

Tomorrow I'm going to Edmonton to go bowling. Edmonton has good bowling.

I think I'll be in town by 4 pm. Give or take.

I don't know where I'm staying yet. Possibly in my truck. I like being a hobo.

On Saturday our friend Chantel is coming to town and we will all get together and be friends. Yes.

This post is pretty much for Karen

See you tomorrow Karen.

2007-01-17T00:34:00.001-07:00

2007-01-16T23:33:00.000-07:00

Oh Boy!!!
I got a parcel from Denmark today for my birthday and I opened it. I know its not my birthday yet but I saw the wrapping paper and ribbons and there are no parental units around me these days so I opened my birthday present. It's a black purse with buckles and zippers and secret pockets and bolty things and red silky insides. It also came with a matching black change purse inside with two birthday cards and a piece of amber. My Bedstemor loves amber and she gave me one of her pieces. Maybe that's why I'm in such a good mood despite the chaos of today.

Today was complete chaos too.

I woke up ten minutes before I had to leave for rehearsal this morning, I barely made it on time.
Rehearsal went very well, this scene is going to be great I think.
Then I walked back home, showered and decided how I was going to spend my time before next class.
I ended up taking the train downtown to exchange my too small shirt I got for Christmas. I got to the store to find it was closed so that trip was pointless. I picked up some groceries on my way home. Went to school for my class only to walk into a strangely empty room. I figured maybe today is one of those days that we don't have class so I walked back home again, excited about the extra free time I had. I was minutes from my doorstep when I realized that my class didn't start at three but it started at four - which explained the empty classroom. I had to turn around and march my ass back to school so I wouldn't be late. An afternoon of pointless adventuring.

Then at work tonight I was a little tired and frustrated until Barbie and Ken showed up. The guy was so metrosexual I thought he was gay until I noticed the bleach blonde overly made up girl sitting in the BMW outside. I laughed at their plastic perfectness.

Good Bye 2006

2007-01-12T17:16:00.000-07:00

The remaining schoool assignments left over from 2006 have reminded me that I did not properly wrap up 2006 blogger style. So, here it is - a reflection of sorts of the year that was 2006.

Concerts

Gogol Bordello-
The concert that forever altered my perceptions of what a good show is. I went into that show knowing one Gogol Bordello song and nobody in the room. I walked out having experienced gypsy punk in all its fast paced dizzying glory. To this day, wearing my Gogol Bordello shirt will give me the opportunity to talk to at least one other who shares the appreciation for that band. It's a small group of people but the experience is something we have in common and a chance meeting of someone who saw that show is always great.

Matt Good solo acoustic-
Matt Good. Solo acoustic. Tears. Beautiful. Favorite songs. Another one of those shows that will invite conversation among those who shared the experience of seeing it.

Frank Black-
FRANK fucking BLACK. I stil owe Chad for talking me into seeing this show. Great tunes from a legend.

*Note - I went to all three of these shows alone and I have met people as a result of all three of them.

Happy Times

Denmark -
One of the best summers yet.Travelling about northern Europe with two of my favorite people in the universe - Dad and my baby brother Mark. With Mark and I being a bit older this time around we had a blast. Hauling my Dad around amusement parks. Videotaping hot blondes doing photo shoots on a beach. Random late night adventures in Holland. Seeking out skate parks all over Europe and of course, seeing my family and friends.

Tool weekend-
Two Tool concerts in two nights combined with good friends new and old and more alcohol than I care to consume any time soon made for one of the most ridiculous weekends ever. Our hotel room became a haven for any and all who wished to party - which was many.

10 Cliche Life Lessons

* Don't take your friends for granted because you never know when it's the last time you'll see them
* Don't be scared to try new things be it new music, new food, strange classes or learning to skateboard there are some gems out there that you might stumble upon
* Failing can be more beneficial than succeeding
* A good insurance company is good to have
* Don't park in obscure areas - your vehicle may get robbed
* If you find cool boots for $7 - buy them.
* Take good care of yourself. Eat your fucking vegetables.
* Try not to procrastinate (apparently I'm not learning this one very well)
* Venture out by yourself if you have to, as long as you venture out.
* Stand up. Speak out.

6 Musical Acts I Never Thought I'd Love This Much

Tom Waits

Dragonforce

The Exploited

Tiger Army

Gogol Bordello

Iron Maiden

Music Survey.

2007-01-09T01:04:00.000-07:00

1. What are you listening to right now?
Pee in the Shower - Guttermouth. Shut up its a funny song.

2. What song makes you sad?
All Together - Matthew Good

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Hero - Enrique Iglesias ...actually. Anything by him.

4. Your all time favorite band?
Finger Eleven or Matthew Good (Band)

5. Your newly discovered band is?
Dragonforce. Where have they been all my life?

6. Best female voice?
Holly McNarland.

7. Best male voice?
Matt Good

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
Punk rock and its various sub-genres

9. What do you listen to hype you up?
Either Finger Eleven or something stupidly fast and ridiculous

10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
Finger Eleven or Matt Good

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
The Motherfuckers, BDFM, Duelling Neef Kings etc... (at the Distillery for New Years)

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
Tiger Army

13. Most hated band?
Nickelback

14. Song that makes you think?
Ex Pats of the Blue Mountain Symphony Orchestra (Or anything else off of White Light Rock and Roll Review - Matt Good)

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
The Nerve Agents

16. Coolest music video?
Its been a very very long time since I've seen a music video friends. Especially a good one.

18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
You know, I think my family members occasionally read this blog.

19.What song makes you yearning/longing/something of that sort?
Explosions in the Sky

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Have I ever gone to a show and not gone in a mosh pit?

21. Are you in a band?
Only in theory.

23. Ever dated a musician?
The question is, have I ever not dated a musician? (Maybe thats my problem!)

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
I wish I was a more talented one.

29. Best chick band you know of?
The Donna's are pretty cool

31. Last song that you heard on the radio?
What's a radio?

32. What do you think of Classical music?
Pretty cool but not something that I listen to often.

33. What do you think of Country music?
I grew up in a farm town so as long as I have a dance partner I'll tolerate it.

34. What do you think of Death metal?
Define death metal - but I'm assuming a-ok.

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
TOOL in August.

36. Are you a groupie?
Hell no.

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Yep. One of my favorite songs I have no idea what they're saying. Gogol Bordello - Madagascar

38. What famous musician would you like to fuck?
None

39. Worst concert moment?
Getting trampled and spraining my ankle in a circle pit at Dropkick Murphy's. Some pits just have bad vibes and that was definitely one of them

40. Funny concert moment?
Those moments of banter

41. Sad concert moment?
When any one of them ends

42. Best local act you can think of?
Broken Soldiers, Collapsed Empire, Conniving Cadavers, Hail Damage and the Duelling Neef Kings.

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
Triangle. I have a few sides.

44. Do you listen to the radio?
Nope

45. Do you watch music TV?
Nope

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
Absolutely Not.

47. Have you met any famous musicians?
Finger Eleven members, Idle Sons members, Metric members. More smaller band members than I can think of.

48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
Lots of my friends are, apparently both sides of my family are as well.

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag

50. Song that describes your life?
I am far too complex a person to describe my life in one song.

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
Rarely.

52. Does a musician’s physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
I don't watch music, I listen to it.

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
I don't want to marry any famous musician, what do you think I am? A golddigger?

53. Favourite movie sound track?
Fight Club? That one had some pixies on it I think.

56. What do your parents listen to?
The radio and that usually means top 40 and country.

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Smokin Bowl - The Real McKenzies

58. Do you wear band T-shirts?
70% of the time

59. What do you think of people who do?
They either must like fitting in with all their emo/indie friends or they must actually like music or something.

2007-01-09T00:37:00.000-07:00

I love living in Calgary sometimes. I've been skating to work all week.In January. Takes about a half hour to skate home after work but it's a nice trip late at night when there isn't traffic and I can just skate on the street. Listen to some music, have a coffee and have some down time to myself. I hope it doesn't snow any time soon but it probably will.

I joined last.fm the other night. It keeps track of what I listen to on my computer. It's a neat little thing except it takes what your tastes are and makes recommendations of bands you might like. I checked out what I was being recommended today and was more than a little insulted - who hasn't already heard of The Misfits or Ramones? Gee...thanks for the heads up. Oh well. There's a chart at the bottom of my page here that shows you what and when I'm listening to something. It's pretty exciting. I like music.

I had something else exciting to say too, what was it? Oh, right. My left eye is officially bruised due to the new piercing which is not surprising. They look good though and feel good other than the bruising of course. I think they'll take just fine.

Oh. Happy Birthday celebrations for Karen, Kelsey, Brent and myself are going to be happening in Edmonton on the 19th and 20th. Because its our birthday and our birthdays need celebrationing.

2007-01-05T17:16:00.000-07:00

Today brought with it another good day of free shit and/or cheap shit.

My friend Anna and I dined at the Olive Garden this afternoon where one of her friend worked, he bought our lunch which was aweseome. We tipped him about $15 - the cost of our food probably.
After lunch we stopped in at Army and Navy again where I picked up some more cheap (and awesome) underwear. The most awesome boots ever for $7 -
SEVEN DOLLARS!!! Seriously, for $7 - anything can be labelled as AWESOME!!

I also found a bin of DVD's for $1. $1.00 for DVD's!!! I had to get them, they're old bad movies - at least I'm assuming they'll be bad. I have:
"The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues" (1956) - for a dollar
Frank Sinatra in "Suddenly" (1954) - for a dollar
"Kill Baby, Kill" (1968) - for a dollar
"Dead Men Walk" (1943) - for a dollar.

After dropping off Anna I stopped in for work to grab a free coffee and ended up walking out with two pocketfuls of free Christmas chocolate and an actress for my next scene.

In a while, I'll head over to my friend's place for free drinks and see what the night brings me.

Today = Le Awesome

2007-01-05T01:42:00.000-07:00

I was walking into my house tonight taking small quick ladylike professional steps. All the while, daydreaming about wearing some cute shoes and a nice little outfit instead of the sweatpants I was in. In my daydream I looked great, then I tripped on my sweatpants and came flying back into reality. I'm glad nobody was around to witness my lapse in grace and poise.

Grace and poise? Who am I kidding - I am the poster child for, well, a lack of grace and poise. And as of today, I am the proud owner of two new little babies that will have the graceful and poised crossing the street to avoid meeting me on the sidewalk....

PIERCINGS!!!! YAAY!!!! Don't Tell Daddy!!!
(I love how in that picture I look like a terrified drunk.)

And, for a close up of one side:

Good quality webcam photos friends.

Finally. After months of waiting and anticipation I am pierced x2. Took close to an hour to line everything up but we got it (more or less). The dome balls are too big for my face and so smaller ones are on order, but for now they will suffice until everything lines up.
I didn't even bleed (or cry)

2007-01-02T18:20:00.000-07:00

I went shopping today at the Army and Navy department store and fuck was it ever amazing.
Underwear and socks for 99 cents each! A $5 belt - half the price of what you usually find! Another zip up hoodie for $10. I could have spent so much money there, just because everything is so incredibly cheap. I stayed in control though, in control and within the budget.

Mom got me a $50 gift card to Sears for Christmas so I bought a fancy little black jacket. I'll have to find some nifty patches and pins to stick on it, fancy isn't really my style.

Retail therapy. Good times.

Oh, and, hopefully Thursday for sure this time I'll be able to get my temples pierced. They booked me an hour so that there will be enough time to line things up, jewellery is in (they are teensy little surface barbells). Cross your fingers that this all goes according to plan for once.

anti fashion

2006-12-30T07:16:00.000-07:00

I just got finished my 13 hour shift. I should be in bed as I need to be at work again in less than eight hours.

I have pressing news to tell you though.

I have decided that my new hobby is creating things out of duct tape. I constructed a beautiful navy blue messenger bag (complete with a comfortable shoulder strap, reinforced bottom and sides and a pocket) for myself at work last night.

I must say, the purse is fucking amazing. I've been searching for a purse in that style for months now and I couldn't find one I liked so I made my own out of duct tape.

It had to be done, because honestly what the fuck is up with all these girls carrying around Gucci and Chanel bags? What is the purpose of spending $150 0n a puny little purse? Why? Stupid girls.

I named my new line of products "Anti-Fashion" and I even have a slogan. "fashion for the fashionably unfashionable" I'm pretty proud of myself right now.

I need to sleep.

Caution: Emo Post

2006-12-27T00:39:00.000-07:00

There's been too damn many of these emo posts lately.
Christmas was good. Thanks for the gifts and the love.
I'm depressed still. YAY!

Blah Blah Blah.

Winter Solstice!

2006-12-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Well. It's the night before I get to leave Calgary to go home for a few days of peace and quiet. I'm having myself a nice glass of Jagermeister and Coke. Not exactly the classiest choice but it tastes good and makes me smiley. It's been the preferred drink for a few months, quite good.

I'm suppposed to go and see a show downtown tonight, don't know if I'll go or not yet. I may stay in and behave myself so that I can wake up early tomorrow morning. I am not looking forward to having to pack up all this stuff into my truck tomorrow. Bass guitar must come with me because there is no way I'd survive a few days at home without it. The rabbit, presents and boxes of dishes from my Grandma, not to mention what I'll need to survive. The worst part is that I need to go and dig out some sandbags from the back yard so that my truck will stay on the icy roads.

I'm off for a few days now. Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.

Llove,

Llisa

2006-12-18T23:55:00.000-07:00

Happy 21st Birthday Karen!!!!

Another ridiculously rough week and it's only Monday. I am looking forward to Christmas so much you have NO idea, I need a break.

I added music onto my page, let me know if it works for you. These are the songs I've been addicted to the last few months and who knows where I'd be without them.

Box Fort!

2006-12-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

Lindsay, myself and Scott. Lindsay and I created the box fort. The three pictured here were the only ones who stayed in the box fort the entire night.

Good times in the box fort! Lindsay, Lisa, Scott Dan and Luz

Scott and Dan during a tense moment in the box fort. Any sudden movements could send the fort tumbling down.

2006-12-10T02:39:00.000-07:00

So Kristopher and Trav's funeral on Friday was very healing, and as difficult as it was I can now start to continue with life.

Starting with Friday night in which I ended up sort of stranded at a house on the opposite side of the city fighting with Mikey over text messages. Needless to say I was pretty grouchy today but I do have new stories to tell.

Tonight after work I went to my friend Luz's going away party (she's moving to Japan in January) The house we were at was amazing in the sense that it had creepy paintings of children everywhere and a basement full of empty boxes. My friend Lindsay and I built the coolest box fort in the history of box forts. Her, our friend Scott and I sat in it all night and hung out with whomever came by. Smoked a bit and drank a bit and admired the handywork a lot. At one point we had 11 people in the fort, and it was squisy. At the night's end we all fell out and destroyed the fort, depressing.

So, the moral of the story. Box forts fucking rule.

2006-12-06T16:45:00.000-07:00

I did a class worth of work last night for Art. I did it without reading the book or going to class. I just have to write an essay and hand it in for Friday and I'll be done that class for good.
My scene went up today and then it came down on top of me. Well, not really. It just wasn't as good as I wanted it to be and then a flat fell down and the tech stuff didn't work. It sucked but it's over now. In hindsight I do recall saying I'd like to experience failure on a project this year in my directing class, I just wish it didn't all come down on me at once.

For my other classes I need to write some research essays, none of which have been started yet, and some writing assignments. I still have my work cut out for me before Friday.

This morning I had to rush my roommate to the emergency room at 7 in the morning. It was kind of scary but he'll be ok.

I'm kind of numb. The funeral's on Friday, I don't know how I'm going to get there. It's in Lethbridge.

2006-12-04T16:46:00.000-07:00

Ever have one of those days where you think you're going to be ok and then someone drops a fucking bomb on your head and you wish.....

Travis I will miss you so very very much.

2006-12-02T15:47:00.000-07:00

lalalalalala

So... I have one week to um... catch up on three months worth of university classes.

HAHA!!!

HA!

fuck.

This is what I look like right now:

Notice the nail biting and concerned look upon my face.
I'd also like to point out the fact that I am ... not doing anything overly productive right now. I think it's become my trademark, you know, the whole "let's leave EVERYTHING until the last minute" thing.

I had a really really good sleep last night though, and the night before that, as well as the night before that.

I think maybe I'll go do some Christmas shopping...

I Heart Beckett

2006-11-30T01:08:00.000-07:00

Showing #1 of the scene in progress today. It went... there were some details that were really really off. The set up time was horrible, the pacing was off off off, the tech screwed up blah blah blah. It was sloppy. I'll put it that way, it was sloppy.

On the bright side, the concept worked. In fact, I think the concept may have worked so well that some people didn't even understand what was working.

I'll explain.
Act Without Words II by Samuel Beckett- The action of the play revolves mainly around two people taking turns crawling out of sacks and going through their daily routines. "A" is slow and depressing while "B" is quick paced and busy. They move across the stage. That's the play in a nutshell.
What I did was add a multimedia element. While the actors play out the scene images of war, homelessness, dead children, anorexics, tiannamen square etc.... flash across a screen that the actors don't even acknowledge. Ie: Western culture, everyone is so in their own little sphere they don't even acknowledge the shit around them.

The absolute best criticism I got today was "After a while I stopped paying attention to the images" ... the person who said it didn't even understand .. THATS THE POINT!

So, even if the scene today was sloppy and didn't entirely work as I wanted it to I am extremely excited now to clean it up in the next week and get it on its feet. If we can get it to work I will be running around grinning and wishing for more showings. All this work for one measly performance.

2006-11-26T14:19:00.000-07:00

Last night was relatively awesome. The Broken Soldiers and The Inhalers and The Anti-Social Club played downtown for a live cd recording deal.

It was freezing cold but drunken good times regardless. The Broken Soldiers ended up playing in various stages of nudity. The drummer and guitar player without shirts, the bassist without pants and the singer in a pair of increasingly ripped boxers.

Good times. I snapped some pictures of the Inhalers and the Broken Soldiers, hopefully some of them turn out.

Two more weeks of school left, it's going to be hell. I don't plan on sleeping very much.

2006-11-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

Holy fuck I'm tired.

I had two rehearsals today, back to back. Plus a shitload of errands to run and it's not going to stop for the next two weeks.

Again, I feel that I am in desperate need of a personal assistant, I am at the costume shop, in class, in rehearsals, in interviews, at work at shows at the theatre.

WHEN WILL IT END?

In other news I may be helping my friend to start a forum theatre group next year. *nods* I will be in Edmonton and Calgary at the same time.

Holy fuck I'm tired.

The Stars Know All!

2006-11-20T19:13:00.000-07:00

My horoscope told me that "You will soon receive an unexpected sum of money."

So this afternoon I was pleasantly surprised to hear that I got another $1000 scholarship (which should pay for most of next term) In addition to the scholarship I learned that one of my stolen library books (from when my truck was robbed) was returned and I got a $60 refund from the library

So... yeah. Horoscopes tell the truth guys

2006-11-20T01:02:00.000-07:00

I am still stressed but I'm working on the video portion of my next scene which is going to be a compilation of videos and images from war

and now I don't feel so bad... because holy fucking fuck.

Is this what you're fighting over there? (Caution: Graphic, may cause tears of guilt and sadness)

Got Stress?

2006-11-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

I found myself at the Underground again last night taking in the sounds of The Inhalers, The Groans, Deadman's Hand and my newest most favorite local band The Conniving Cadavers.

Granted, there were more important things I could have been doing at the time but Saturday night is supposed to be my time and I'll be damned if I let a pile of homework get in the way. So there I was rocking out when I got a phone call informing me that I had lost an actor for my scene.
Not only had I lost an actor but with that actor was the answer to the technical problems.

So I had a lovely falling apart. It was fun. I pulled myself together just in time to catch Deadman's Hand (quite good, rockabilly type stuff)

Now I am in a desperate search to find someone to fill the shoes, quite literally, for this scene. I have my first showing on Wednesday. And I thought I was stressed before

Big Huge Rant

2006-11-15T21:12:00.000-07:00

I have a class with a woman this term who absolutely is the most backwards thinking, hypocritical, stubborn, stupid person I've encountered in a while. She is basically the kind of person that I NEVER EVER want to become. This woman stands for everything I stand against to put it bluntly.

She's made some comments in discussions in the past and today and likely in the future that boil my blood but she's too stupid to listen to what I say or try to see my point of view so alas, I am left with my only option for self expression.....

The Blog Rant

Part I: "Art has the power to influence others, and for that we should be aware of the ramifications. Some of the music that's out there is trash. Anti-authority, anti-everything and all about 'me' expressing myself and we wonder why the world is in a state such as it is."

Fuck! Do people honestly believe that we should never question authority? I don't even know where to start with this. Perhaps with some quick examples of trashy anti-authority music?

Just off the top of my head I can think that a guy named Bob Dylan was pretty anti-authority with his involvement in the civil rights movement and all. "The Times They Are A Changin" and "Blowin in the Wind" are very trashy songs clearly since they are so anti-war and pro-civil rights.

Or, how about the Dead Kennedy's, those dirty horrible lyrics criticizing American politics and religion are definitely going to inspire millions of impressionable youth to go on killing sprees.

Even the increasingly mainstream bands of today have very anti-authority lyrics. Bands like Anti-Flag " The next minute you find yourself dying for fucking oil." or Rise Against " So here and now, in our rotting nation the blood, it pours, it's all on our hands now" are spreading their anti-authority views to more and more kids.

I certainly know I wouldn't want my children to listen to this garbage. Kids these days should listen to classical music and propaganda only. Youth should be taught to respect their elders and never question authority.

....

Does the woman even know what she is implying? If nobody ever had the balls to stand up to authority figures where would we be? I personally would rather listen to trashy anti-authority music that's obviously detrimental to my person than live in a fascist regime.

Part II: (angrily) "There's not even Christmas in the public schools, it's WINTER SOLSTICE now"

Lady! What the fuck?!?! How can this possibly be a problem? I pose a question: when is the last time you walked into a public school? Of course it's Winter Solstice! The majority of kids in public schools aren't the good little Christian boys and girls you would like them to be.

Here's some stats for you. The Major Religions in the World:

Christianity 2.1 billion
Islam 1.3 billion
Secular/Atheist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Nontheist 1.1 billion
Hinduism 900 million
Chinese folk religion 394 million
Buddhism 376 million
Primal indigenous ("Pagan") 300 million
African traditional and diasporic 100 million
Sikhism 23 million
Juche 19 million
Spiritism 15 million
Judaism 14 million
Bahá'í Faith 7 million
Jainism 4.2 million
Shinto 4 million (see below)
Cao Dai 4 million
Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
Tenrikyo 2 million
Neo-Paganism 1 million
Unitarian Universalism 800,000
Rastafari movement 600,000

You may have noticed, that within the global sphere there are different belief systems. If you think of a public school as a microcosm you may then take a guess that there are different belief systems within a public school. You would likely be correct in that assumption.

What a novel idea!

I'd like to throw out a definition for you, mull it over, "Oppression is when you are made to think, feel or do something you are uncomfortable with" With this definition in mind think back to your school days when the public school system was not so secular and you obediently said the Lord's Prayer every morning, or sang Christmas Carols.
Now take a minute and imagine for a moment you are a student with a different religion and the majority of the class is obediently saying their prayers and singing about Christ.
Remember what happened to the kid that didn't fit in? The kid that didn't fit in was ostracized for being different. Sure, this kid has a choice, the kid does not have to participate but I am willing to bet that the kid would rather assimilate into the norm than be made a victim.

I don't know about you, but that sounds a little bit like oppression to me.

So when public school system's became secular and Christmas time became Winter Solstice who did it hurt? The fact that now Winter Solstice can be a time for kids to learn about celebrations other than Christmas does not sound like a bad idea to me. Instead of bitching about the loss of Christmas in the school maybe take a look around and see what the kids gain instead. Take a fucking minute and learn about Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah, let kids embrace other cultures instead of forcing Christmas on every one of them.

Part III: "My son has to learn about Alternative Lifestyles. I have gay friends both men and women, but they don't set out to confuse my son"

As I mentinoed in my previous rant Lady, the kids that are different are the kids that grow up being picked on (Then they grow up to be angry anti-authority music listeners who go on shooting sprees). Fact: Kid's pick on other kids. Don't try to ignore that, kids bully eachother. Look at the major issues in schools these days, bullying is on the top of the list.

Learning about alternative lifestyles at a young age does not mean that your little boy is going to learn about what goes on in the bedrooms across the nation. I highly doubt that learning about alternative lifestyles at a young age is going to confuse kids either. What I do think it can do is teach kids to be accepting of the fact that little Johnny has two Daddies.

Educating children about why they are all different from each other is a good thing, it brings issues into the open and allows them to explore each other's backgrounds. Ignoring issues such as sexuality makes those issues taboo and therefore subject to ridicule. If educators sweep tough issues under the rug they're fostering an environment where differences between kids aren't allowed to be celebrated.

What part of learning about differences rather than making them taboo is so hard to understand?

I feel better now, slightly nerdy and hippyish, but better.

Anti-Productive

2006-11-14T18:11:00.000-07:00

Soo it's Tuesday and I am not at work. I called in sick. I am attempting to grab some time in order to finish the assignments I have due tomorrow. I am clearly making a lot of headway on those assignments by writing here. Who's idea was it to take a full course load of the most time consuming classes they could find?

I don't think I am able to form coherent sentences anymore although that may be a side effect of listening to the Nerve Agents. Their music is very in your face, I love it but I am trying to concentrate and the Nerve Agents will not let me. Of course, I'm not going to take them off my playlist because that would be productive of me.

P.S I LOVE CHEESE! Cheddar Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Havarti Cheese, Cream Cheese...

Bands Bands Bands

2006-11-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend has been a weekend of shows, as it should be. In the wee hours of Friday morning I was reminded by Chad that Frank Black aka Black Francis aka Charles Thompson of Pixies fame was in town.

I managed to get to the venue in time to get a ticket and I am sure glad I did. Aside from hearing "Wave of Mutilation" and "Where is My Mind" I got to rock out to Frank Black's new stuff. Cripes it sounded good. I was thoroughly happy I went.

Saturday night was spent in the Underground having a few beverages and taking in the lovely comedy of "puntry" band The Duelling Neef Kings whose songs include the ever popular "Salami Nipples" and the like. Starting off the night with a blend of acoustic songs and comedy was a nice change.

Next on the roster was the newly reunited Broken Soldiers who really got the crowd moving with Calgary's favorite "The Night We Ate a Hobo"

They may have started out wearing suits and ties but by the end of the set many jackets, shirts and ties were being worn by various audience members. Their next show is on November 25.

With "Land of the Dead" still ringing in my ears The Conniving Cadavers did not disappoint. They gave out free EP's.... I took two and I've been listening to them ever since. Very catchy tunes indeed.

Sadly I left before Hail Damage played, but I know without seeing them that they were awesome as per usual. The line up switches are always refreshing and bring a new style to each song.

That has been my weekend so far.

Ridiculous

2006-11-10T00:05:00.000-07:00

What a ridiculously stupid day.
I started my truck up to warm it up before work this afternoon and when I finished scraping the ice off of it I realized I'd locked myself out. I knew I had an AMA membership for a reason.

The rest of the day went by with similar stupid mishaps, I don't know where my head was today but clearly it was not situated on the top of my neck as it should have been.

Rehearsals for my Samuel Beckett scene start next week and it's five days a week from now until the end of the month. I have a pretty clear concept of what I'll be doing with the piece but I don't know if I'll have enough time or resources. My actors will be more reliable this time around though which is a weight off. I even have my own techy so I don't have to do all the work. This directing class consumes me, I think I love it but it's stressful. Granted, it's stressful in a different way than you'd find in an engineering department but theatre students put more time into their school than you'd think with the whole getting a show produced deal. Rehearsals are le suck.

I have minimal hours before I need to show my face at work again. Back into bed I crawl.

Edmonton

2006-11-06T21:51:00.000-07:00

Edmonton was, as expected, a blast this weekend. I sure needed that break.

Friday afternoon after I was done my training class ( I needed to take it for work. What a fucking joke. Some people take their job way too seriously) I scooted up to Edmonton. Trying to get out of Calgary during rush hour, despite the wall to wall traffic, was relatively painless. I found Karen's new place with ease and after 30 minutes of deliberation a.k.a the "What do YOU want to do?" game, we had a plan.

Friday night took Karen, Kelsey and her little brother, Brent and his girlfriend Kat and myself to New City The terrified looks coming from Kelsey and Karen were enough to cut the visit short. The girls just aren't ready for the "scary" Goth/Rave scene just yet. I would like to mention that the scarier people often look, the nicer they really are.

My friends Adam and Randy were inhabiting the Stone House just down the road that night and so that was our next stop. The girls were a little more in their element at this place, the people were normal. I think they had a good time. Brent and Kat were like fish out of water with all the pop music and they took off early.

McDonalds was our last stop of the night.

Saturday was spent with Kevan eating Denny's, wandering Whyte Ave, and getting sick from Denny's. Later in the day everyone (EVERYONE) congregated at Kev's for drinking, random video watching and general merriment. Enough alcohol was consumed to ensure that we would survive the 20 block trek to our final destination that night.

Filthy McNasty's, not as filthy or mcnasty as it sounds, was great fun as always. Pool was played, people were randomly bitten by other people with teeth, jagermeister was consumed. The night started off really well musically but by the time we left the dj was playing top 40 pop shit. On my way out the door I gave the poor bastard a piece of my mind.

I ended up pushing a shopping cart back to Kevan's and Karen, a guy named Tyler and myself unsuccessfully attempted putting the cart into a tree. I ended up getting hit in the nose with the cart, which hurts. ... .... lots.

Sunday I left Edmonton at 12 pm, got gas, drove to Calgary, dropped my stuff off at home, got ready for work and was at work at 3 pm on the dot. I was impressed with myself.

The Saga Continues

2006-11-02T14:24:00.000-07:00

So I'm getting my temples pierced...eventually.
Here's the story so far.

Friday the 27th: Original appointment with Jake my most favoritest piercer ever. I show up at the shop to find out that Jake is randomly gone...forever. I make an appointment for the following Monday with Shawn.

Monday the 30th: I get a phone call at noon from the shop cancelling my appointment as Shawn has been snowed in on the West Coast and can't make it back to Calgary.

Thursday the 2: I show up at the shop. I get all measured up, sharpied and then no holes get poked since they need to order some better sized jewellry just specially for me. Apparently this is a less common piercing than I thought. I've been told to call the shop on Monday and harass them to put the order through so that eventually guys...my temples will be pierced.

So until that day arrives when I get four brand new awesome holes poked through my head, I will enjoy having the ability to roll around in my sleep.

boring

2006-10-31T23:35:00.000-07:00

I can't say that anything overly exciting has happened over the course of the last week. Halloween came and went in a nice drunken blur.

I lost my house key and as a result started hating my roommates ( I left a note on the door about my lack of keys and then came home from work Sunday night to find all doors and windows locked and an absence of human responses to the door bell ringing. I stayed the night elsewhere and have not spoken to them since)

School stuff is piling up and this weekend will be strictly for fun times meaning, as usual, no homework will get done. Surprise. I started this year with such good intentions and I have yet to do any homework. ... At all. There's only a month left in this term. I'm sure I'll be kicking myself in the ass soon.

I'm excited to go to Edmonton this weekend though, fun times. Karen I should be there by 8 pm if all goes according to plan.

I am deciding that tomorrow will be a good day, I start it off with art class where I am painting (not so awesomely) this:

2006-10-25T23:16:00.000-06:00

I love Mondays and Wednesdays, after my classes are over my life turns into one happy random solitary adventure. Randomly skate around, listening to music and hopping on random trains to nowhere. Today's random adventure took me in search of my missing student i.d. It's not at work, it's not in my truck, it's not in my back pack, safeway or on the train. I know where it is not. I do not know where it is.

I ended up at a different, although equally close shopping centre this afternoon than I normally go to during a search for safety pins! (I'm going as static cling for halloween again, so unoriginal i know).

The Safeway there is amazing. It has everything plus I bought my supper there for so cheap. Potato wedges and a chicken thigh for $2.39. Unbelievably cheap. Amazingly tasty. Superbly Satisfying.

And I have to be honest with you, the only reason I updated my blog today was so that I could tell you about my $2.39 supper. It was so amazing, I danced.

2006-10-23T21:36:00.000-06:00

As I sit here amidst weeks of unfinished homework and piles of laundry waiting for me to hang to dry I am drawn to this computer to give you an update on my life. Because it's so fucking riveting.

I could tell you all sorts of nasty, incriminating or downright weird gossip from my weekend but that would not be very nice. So I will generalize and not drop any names instead.

* Some people, despite all outward intimidating appearances, are incredibly kind hearted and lead me to believe that random hugs should be given out daily.

* Some girls are stuck up, snobby, boring, no fun, bitchy party poopers that I can now cold heartedly mock in class without guilt.

* Other girls will offer to let you suck on their breasts for unknown reasons. (This offer being the most random, uncomfortable yet hilarious encounter of the evening)

* Some guys are unbelievably narcissistic (granted, they are right in their assumption, but it is not imperative that they outright tell me how beautiful they are lest they make an ass of themselves) Also hilarious in a "You must be joking" kind of way.

*Apparently in Eastern Europe there are real gypsy punks.

Also. Still sick. Great huh? I'm going on a month now and granted, I'm slowly getting better, but I still lose about two hours of sleep per night due to uncontrollable coughing. Yeah, that's a really uplifting thing to put here.

I know how to end this.... EDMONTON SOON! Party Party Party.

Oh, and new awesomeness is happening this Friday, pictures will follow. Stay tuned...for awesomeness.

2006-10-19T23:16:00.000-06:00

So yesterday I decided that I accomplished a lot at school. I had my first showing of my scene for directing class and it went fairly well. Just a bit of cleaning up to do for the performance next week and I'll be set. With that behind me I figured "Hey, Llisa you worked hard, give yourself the night off"
So I did.

I came home after my last class, grabbed $10 and my longboard and I hit the road. I skated around for probably two hours, hopping on c-trains, stopping at work for free coffee, picking up carrots for Ducky and just generally exploring.

I ended up at the Subway in the University and I was going to treat myself to my favorite sub but they had run out. Once I have my heart set on a sub there's no talking me out of it so I skated home and hopped in my truck to drive to a Subway that would have what I wanted and satisfy me. That lucky Subway was in Kensington, the lady gave me lots of pickles and I was happy. I've been having the same sub for ten years (with the exception of the recent bread change)

I meandered home again and hung out with my roommate Blair. We watched Adam Sandler's movie "Click" (the one with the remote that can control his life). I have to be honest with you, I was pretty bored, and then I cried at the end. Stupid sappy movies.

After the movie I rocked out on my bass to Pink Floyd and the Pixies, wrote a song and then went to bed.

It was good times. A very relaxing and stress free evening.

P.S. I love my longboard.

2006-10-18T01:45:00.000-06:00

Gah.

I have so many assignments for one of my classes that is due exactly 6 days ago. I'm handing it all in tomorrow but I haven't done them all yet. I have officially just said "fuck it"

I have a showing in my directing class tomorrow. I hope my actors show up and I hope they don't screw up.

I am still sick. I can't sleep at night because I'm coughing so fucking much. It sucks. I hate it. I have not seen a doctor, I don't see what the point would be. I don't know where to go in Calgary even if I was to see a doctor. And even if I knew where to go I don't have time.

I need a vacation. So on November 3 after work I'm coming for a short visit to Edmonton. I will leave early November 5th so I can come back to work.

I hate my life.

I wish I could stop coughing.

I have so much to do.

So It Seems

2006-10-15T13:28:00.000-06:00

that Monday is just around the corner again.

Despite the fact that I am (still) sick I managed to have a relatively eventful albeit random weekend.

After work Friday night I was sitting at home convincing myself that I should meet up with my friends from first year and not go to sleep when my phone rang. It was Mikey offering me a free ticket to the sold out Three Inches of Blood concert downtown. The only catch, was that I had 20 minutes to get there as they were getting ready to play. Not being one to turn down free anything let alone a free concert ticket I grabbed my jacket and headed downtown for the show.
Good times. Good show. The only drawback however, was the tiny little venue (Broken City) was not meant for this kind of a show. The bar staff had to stand on the already small stage (which was only about a foot above the ground) to hold the crowd off the band.

Saturday morning came too early and I slept in for my rehearsal which, as the director,is supremely uncool. I had to borrow $4 from one of my actresses to pay for parking. The rehearsal went really well though and I think this scene may come together just in time after all.

Saturday afternoon was spent at a ranch outside of Calgary listening to the band that Mikey is in jam. They are sounding quite good. I spent most of the time curled up on a couch just listening.

Saturday night marked the first time I've ever watched the X-Files, kind of a creepy show but enjoyable nonetheless.

I have 30 minutes before I have to go to work so I should probably start some homework.

2006-10-10T23:30:00.000-06:00

I am grouchy as hell.
Seriously fucking grouchy.

Sick too. I've had a lame cold for weeks now that won't go away.

(Insert copious amounts of swearing and jibberish here)

2006-10-07T13:35:00.000-06:00

Friday night consisted of the following:

A flask of Jagermeister

The Inhalers at the Underground

Making fun of random people

Deadneck Fury and The Intended at Verns

Random sing alongs on the train ride home, at one point the entire car was singing "Oh Canada" which I recorded on my phone.

Tonight I am going to see Pennywise, The Circle Jerks and Ignite.

Rancid!

2006-10-03T00:08:00.000-06:00

I went and saw Rancid tonight with The Aquabats and a local band that I wish I knew the name.

The opening band was one of the better openers I've seen on a tour like this. They really were able to get the crowd into it and the lead singer rocked out on a digeridoo. How original is that.

The Aquabats really only pissed me off and made me wonder what kind of a night I was in for.
I guess it's only a natural progression with the commercial success of punk music and I hope the guys were being satirical but I'm afraid satire may be too much to ask for. Behind the band was a large projection of b-movie clips and cartoons of the band. They even took a commercial break to show a fake advertisement starring the band. The whole act was entirely shitty and rehearsed and the kids, being just as fake as the set, ate it up. Rarely do I ever get disappointed by a show but this was one of those times unfortunately.

Rancid continued the trend of using projections but were slightly less fake in doing so. Obviously the set was very well rehearsed and everything played out smoothly, but there were no stupid costumes, commercial breaks or other lame gimmicks. Just Rancid.
I was pinned to the front rail for a while just long enough to see Matt Freeman (bassist) play Time Bomb, one of the reasons I ever picked the instrument up in the first place. After playing Unity (Operation Ivy) I was finally able to squeeze myself off the front rail and get into the pit where I wanted to be. The rest of the night played out in mosh pit bliss, one of the better friendlier pits I've encountered in Calgary. Two out of three downfalls of my night were technical (my shoes kept falling off and my bra strap bit the dust in the pit). The third downfall would be the kids.

Another rant shall I: Kids these days just don't realize the meaning of a good friendly mosh pit. I stepped to the side of the pit for a moment near a large guy in an attempt to reclaim my shoes. The big guy was a bit older and obviously knew the mosh pit code and happily let me use him as a stable base to fix my shoes, the group of girls to my right however did not. One little bitch tried to push me back into the pit, so I shoved her back (she was just tiny) she then proceeded to throw a hissy fit and push, punch and elbow me. I ignored her, 80 pound girls throwing hissy fits can't push me around. When she calmed down I fixed my shoes and was off again.
Kids. Don't act like this. It's retarded. It's all I can say. DON'T BE STUPID.

At any rate Rancid was pretty good, they played some good tunes, an acoustic version of Fall Back Down and they ended the night with Ruby Soho. Good times.

2006-10-01T01:34:00.000-06:00

Went to see BDFM at their cd release show the other night. It was a good time, good show.

Drove one of Mikey's friends home afterwards and ended up getting ridiculously lost in southern Calgary. We decided to take deerfoot home but of course deerfoot northbound was closed for whatever reason so everytime we ended up at a deerfoot turn off (which was three or four times) we ended up going further south and further from our intended destination.

It was quite an adventure getting home but we eventually did.

2006-09-25T17:21:00.000-06:00

I sprained my ankle at the end of my first year of University. It's been pretty sketchy and sore ever since, and I am now in my third year. That means a year and a half of ankle hurtiness.

This last week, with the skateboarding, dance classes and random concerts I have managed to not only rehurt my ankle but rehurt my ankle in such a way that forces me to hobble.

As much as I love the word "hobble" the act of hobbling is not very fun.

2006-09-22T01:06:00.000-06:00

I have found my two actresses for my first scene in my directing class.

That is ... a teensy bit of relief, but I am still uber stressed.

Last night, I randomly went to Airdrie, then to a cd release show for Verbal Deception. Then... to Dennys. I got very little sleep. Stupid school. Tonight looks to be a late one again. Stupid work.

matthewgood.org

2006-09-19T23:45:00.000-06:00

If not for the music alone THIS is why Matthew Good is my hero:

"For everything a price. The price of ignorance is celebrating freedoms that
are routinely debased, replaced instead by the white noise of picture perfect
lives beamed out through the night into the hearts of decaying inner cities,
disparaged farming towns, and quaint Middle Class gated communities.
Spellbound, our sybaritic patient lays silently watching the drops slip slowly
down the tube shoved in their arm, a smile made and daily celebrated by
hundreds of millions of parasites too bemused to realize that they are feeding
on themselves.

Long legged blondes with bronzed skin, tall rugged men with sculpted
features, parents and children laughing at the dinner table, eating microwaved
gourmet, comfortably pacified, the family dog laying bewildered on the back
porch, casually watching a homeless man pick through the garbage.

When the machine consumes more than it produces, then it is a machine
meant for destruction, not creation. When good ideas need guns and missiles
to promote them, then what ever led you to believe that they were good ideas?

If we are this empty, then you have the rest of your life to figure out one
simple thing – what is so dangerous about being full?

Making a difference in the world starts at only one place: with you. And despite the distractions that would have you believe otherwise, there is no convenient alternative. It is neither easy nor without risk, financially rewarding or at all popular. But then, nothing worth doing ever has been.

Every new day is a chance to turn it around. Maybe tomorrow will be your
first day. Maybe tomorrow you’ll just start to think about it a little more and,
in time, might find yourself a little closer than you’d previously been. Either
way, we are all individually responsible for making that choice, just as we
are all equally responsible for our collective failure."

Amnesty International.

2006-09-18T16:58:00.000-06:00

Last January for my 21'st birthday I wanted to give myself a present by joining Amnesty International.

My birthday came and went but I still had no membership to the organization.

Today I went in search of food in the student centre and I came out of there with rice and my Amnesty International membership.

Apparently it's clubs week.

So.. yep. Good times. If you want to find out more there is a link directly to your right.

2006-09-13T20:53:00.000-06:00

This past week has been, as usual, insanely busy.

Tomorrow marks the end of week one in my final year at U of C and what a year it's going to be.
I'm taking an art education class which I can hopefully apply to what I'm learning in the theatre.
I'm enrolled in a dance class which is going to whip me into either shape or submission. So far it's been exceptionally painful but that story will come a little later.
I have another performance creation class, a continuation of my favorite class last year and with many of the same people.
My drama education class is already proving to be a nice intimate (9 people) and valuable class, on Monday I get to teach my classmates "How to Survive a Rock Concert" or something to that extent
The biggest challenge is going to be my directing class which is terrifying me to death but as long as I have actors I think will be the best class yet. (See post below and come act for me or risk dying a terrible death by ninja).

This week has also been chock full of friends and lunches and random 3 am dates.

On Monday I bought a longboard. It's a sector 9 and it's quite nice I think. On Monday night I met Mikey after work (3 am) to learn how to skate. As a result of that lesson I am insanely bruised which brings me to my first dance class. Imagine bruised hips and then imagine falling down and rolling around on the ground for school. FUN! Somehow, I have skinned the inside of my elbow from falling off my longboard. How do you skin the inside of your elbow?

CALGARY ACTORS NEEDED

2006-09-11T17:47:00.000-06:00

I am in a directing class and I will be needing actors all school year long to help me out in four short scenes (15 - 20 minutes long)
Actors should be available between 1 and 3 pm Mondays and Wednesdays and rehearsals would be worked out according to availability.
Stage experience is super, but a willingness to learn will suffice.

I can be reached at uglybutterfly@msn.com or through the comments on here if you're interested

This Just In

2006-09-08T01:09:00.000-06:00

I officially decided tonight that in .... we'll say Novemberish, I'm going to get myself a pair of temple piercings. A teensy weensy surface piercing on each side.

Yep. Those are going to sting a bit. $5 says I get black eyes.

I think I'm nuts.

2006-09-06T23:28:00.000-06:00

What a week. I have been so insanely busy with work and hanging out with people and going on random road trips that I've had no time to catch up with anyone not living in Calgary. Sorry about that guys ( you know who you are )

School starts next Monday for me and I am not looking forward to it. Even worse than school starting though, is the fact that one of the classes I was actually looking forward to got cancelled and now I need to find a replacement for it right away so I can get credits that I need to get this degree out of the way.

I went shopping for a longboard this morning and of course found nothing. I was looking for a Speed Demon board because they're $100 cheaper than the Sector Nine's but of course every single store in town only carries the expensive board. Maybe I'll wait a little bit and splurge on a Sector Nine board, they are pretty nice after all. I'll wait and see how expensive books are going to be this year. Hopefully not too bad.

I believe its a full moon tonight which would explain my hyper crazy mood. What kind of trouble will I find tonight?

2006-09-05T03:24:00.000-06:00

Going with Mikey to buy myself a longboard this week.

2006-09-04T01:39:00.000-06:00

Steve Irwin. Crocodile Hunter. Death by Stingray. Rest in Peace.

2006-09-03T23:47:00.000-06:00

Working lots, playing more. Never home. Life is going well.

2006-09-01T15:45:00.000-06:00

Things moving quickly and smoothly. Random road trip to Bassano.

2006-08-31T14:14:00.000-06:00

That's it. This week is another ten word post week.