alkaline trio, okkervil river, rilo kiley

So I decided on my drive to work the other day to listen to the older Alkaline Trio cd's since it's been a while. This is a decision I don't regret. I'd nearly forgotten how awesome their older stuff was and next week will try to post a couple of songs from each of their cd's for you all to listen to. I do this because Alkaline Trio was the band that got me out of my metal/hardcore/crap music, and into punk, and from there into what I listen to nowadays. So yes, expect some of them soon.
I'm also going to try to look up more of Okkervil River to post, since I'm loving them lately, and for the past few months, I've kind of kept them to myself.
Rilo Kiley is another band I was to sample for you, because they/Jenny Lewis end up on a lot of my mix cd's without conscious decision. Clearly they must be good if my subconscious likes them.
I've got a few more bands I'm into lately that I might put here as well (Plus/Minus, Lily Allen, Rocky Votolato, Etc) but I wouldn't count on it, because I am lazy, and really bad at followingn through with shit. So there you go, an update of things that may or may not happen. Aren't I so reliable?

Ill Lit

I've not been on the computer much lately since I've actually been keeping busy at work which is good I guess. Anyway, today I've got some tunes from Ill lit that I've been meaning to put up here. If you are a fan of The Format then you should definitely check these guys out.

Los Angeles
Across Country
Satan's Doing Fine Without Me
Bridge In Tracy

Los Angeles and Across Country have made it into some mix cd's I've made, and I only today noticed that I had a couple more tracks from them, so I gave them a listen, and realized that they are equally addictive. Give them all a listen and let me know what you think. Mmhmm.

Pick up their cd "Tom Cruise"

Format and The Blow

I never learn from my mistakes. I have overdosed on every little thing I've found from The Format, and I'm sure I'll do it again with this video for Dog Problems. They are just so dang good.

I've got four tracks by The Blow and they are as follows:

Pile Of Gold
True Affection
Fists Up
Parentheses

I can't pick a favourite, but Pile of Gold was the first one I heard and got me hooked, so maybe do the same.

Pick up their cd "Paper Television"


ALSO, Thanks to those of you how sent well wishes and whatnot for my birthday. It was fun, and good, and jolly. Mmhmm.

Web Cam Girl Strip Show

Strip Show

Watch that video, it is probably the funniest thing I've seen.. today. Actually though, this short movie is great, be sure to watch all the way to the end (a whopping 2:19) to enjoy all of the hilarity.



Sometime this weekend I'm going to try to post some music from "The Blow". I've got four tracks, and I'm trying to decide which is my favourite, which is proving to be unbelievably hard.

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

Margot And The Nuclear So And So's

I heard these guys for the first time in June, but only had one song, Skeleton Key. Recently I came across another song, Quiet As A Mouse and became re-obsessed. I don't think you will be anything short of impressed.

Buy "The Dust Of Retreat" for you
Buy "The Dust Of Retreat" for me

suprise song, other music.

I've got a secret surprise song for you all to listen to. It blows my mind.

Also, probably the most optimistic song I've ever heard. It's by "Best Friends Forever" and its called "2081"

Finally the Brand New song I quoted yesterday "Untitled 04" which has the lyric about Van Gogh and inspired me to go read about him.

While I was putting these online, I noticed a track I'd put up a while ago, meaning to link it here, and clearly forgot. So here that is. It's by The Fire Theft and it's called "Heaven". Check all of those out. Mmmhmm.

brand new

To think, of all the paintings we would be without,
if Van Gogh had gone and died face down,
from loss of blood,
the night he went and hacked his ear off.

That's from an untitled/unreleased Brand New song. Hopefully I remember to post it here for you tomorrow (Wednesday) because it is just so awesome. I'm so excited for the new cd, more because I want to know what tracks have actually made it, but also because I love every new track I've heard so far (fourteen in total, five or six of which I know will be on the new CD). Anyways, I am going to go listen to some more music, and knit.

And Laura, I'm not ignoring you if that's what you think, I just suck at reading emails on time, and signing myself onto msn and then leaving to take a shower. Um, yeah, I gotta talk to you soon times.

Later internet.

Drum/Piano mix, intense.

Amateur

This guy can't play drums or piano, but he can edit like no other apparently.

Something to do with my hands

Her Space Holiday - Something To Do With My Hands

The version I am posting is a remix by Arab Strap but I've never heard the original, so I don't know if it is a butchered version or what, but I personally like it.

You know it kills me to see such a pretty girl so tired
You've got your mother's cheekbones and your father's crooked smile
Forget all those places that you've never really been
And all those situations you somehow found yourself in
Let your body sink into me
Like your favorite memory
Like a line of poetry
Or a fucking fit of honesty
I'll do my best to keep you, keep you sleepy as the south
With my old watch on your wrist
And my thumbs inside your mouth
Suck on my fingertips until you kill all my prints
So your boyfriend has no clue
Of how much I've been touching you

My problem with me is my problem with you
It doesn't take much
For me to come unglued
I put my headphones on
And hear your favorite songs
And it kills me to know
That this won't be one of them

You know it saves me to think even for a little while
I owned the set of shoulders that you came to rely on
Like in that movie theater when you whispered in my ear
I almost didn't make it
This has been my hardest year
Your job is killing you faster than a cancer could
So now you're giving up like they always said you would
You've got that old map out now and you found the farthest town
You hope that if you're lucky this is where you'll settle down

I don't care where you move, I don't care if it's far,
All that I ask is that I know where you are
In case our timing is right
In case you need more from me
Than a bit of advice
Or a tongue full of sympathy

You know it kills me to see such a pretty girl so tired
You've got your mother's cheekbones and your father's crooked smile
Forget all those places that you've never really been
And all those situations you somehow found yourself in
Let your body sink into me
Like your favorite memory
Like a line of poetry
Or a fucking fit of honesty
I'll do my best to keep you, keep you sleepy as the south
With my old watch on your wrist
And my thumbs inside your mouth
Suck on my fingertips until you kill all my prints
So my girlfriend has no clue
Of how much I've been fucking you

The bolded parts are just my favourite lines, and I thought you should be made more aware, cause I'm like that.

Will it blend?

MARBLES

Normally I hate shit like this on the internet, but this actually made me laugh. I'm pretty sure I watched all of them.

You won't see much of me, I live in old movies

You won't see much of me, I live in old movies

So apparently my blog is now an MP3 blog (secretly, ok maybe not so much, I've want to do this regularly for a while). Anyways, I'm really wishing that I had some, even just one, blank cd at work so I could burn this song and listen to it on my drive home tonight. But alas, I don't. You on the other hand, can download this and listen to it in the comfort of your own home. Sweet, no? This track is a cover of the Pixies "Where Is My Mind", which was used on the "Fight Club" soundtrack.

James Blunt - Where Is My Mind

I should probably start doing this better, and link to the bands, or to somewhere where you can support the artist. Maybe tell you how I found the song, but really, most of the ones I'm posting have been on my computer, and I've only recently noticed them. This James Blunt song for example, has been on my computer since July, and I listened to it for the first time today. Anyways, when I post a song, I'll remove it after it's been up for about a week, so I don't get in shit legally. But for now, I've got to get out of the internet. Give that track a listen, or download while you can. Enjoy.

Metropolis

Laura, a while ago you drew a picture called "metropolis" and I asked you if "man of metropolis stole our hearts" was from a song. As it turns out, I was pretty dang close to being right.

Sufjan Stevens - Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

Check that song out, since I've known I've had it, I must have given it six listens. Very good. Also, I really think ben Gibbard has something to do with teh creation of Hanalei. They remind me of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service mixed in with some other bands. Check this track out.

Hanalei - Josh And Sarahs Belated Wedding Present

That's all for now.

Brand New Brand New

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Brand New Brand New. Pretty much this is up for Adam, but you are all welcome to give a listen.

Sowing Season (yeah) - Brand New

PS. Adam, the quote "you're the worst thing that's ever happened to me" from Silversteins song "bleeds no more" is actually from Fight Club. I think.

sickly

I've been sick this week. I still am, actually.

Artsy

I just remembered that I told Sam I would post a link to a wicked artist I showed her the other day. Audrey Kawasaki is her name, and she's frikkin sweet. Keep an eye on Copperpotts Cabinet Of Curiosities for links and such from all kinds of artists (I think that is where I found Audrey, if not, I don't know how I stumbled upon her). My personal favourite from CCOC so far is Kelli Nelson. I think that covers this entries fair share of links. I'll leave you to explore them, and listen to the music from the last post. Seriously, do it.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC

Logically, since it is friday the 13th, I would assume that I would be excited or halloween. Fuck that. I'm already all about christmas, skip halloween, skip my birthday, bring on the carols, bring on the trees, that snow yesterday was an awful tease. Normally when the radio satations start there christmas music at the end of November, I'm all "shiiiit, its not even December yet". Not this year, I'm already listening to all of that at work where I've got some downloaded.
Listen to my personal favourite so far: Copeland - Do You Hear What I Hear
I don't know if this is techncally a chrismas song, but: Belle And Sebastian - Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
(I made it nice and easy for you, just right click and save as, or just normal click, and it should open windows media player, or whatever your default player is for mp3s. You're welcome)

I will be making a cd soon, with more like this for me to listen to while driving. So excited. This is the part where I would say something like "Leave a comment if you want a copy" but I know that I would never get around to it. So make your own damn cds. Shit.

No Children

No Children - The Mountain Goats

I hope that our few remaining friends
give up on trying to save us.
I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot
to piss off the dumb few that forgave us.

I hope the fences we mended
fall down beneath their own weight.
And I hope we hang on past the last exit,
I hope it's already too late.

And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
someday burns down.
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away,
and I never come back to this town again.

In my life, I hope I lie,
and tell everyone you were a good wife.
And I hope you die,
I hope we both die.

I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow;
I hope it bleeds all day long.
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises;
we're pretty sure they're all wrong.

I hope it stays dark forever,
I hope the worst isn't over.
And I hope you blink before I do,
and I hope I never get sober.

And I hope when you think of me years down the line,
you can't find one good thing to say.
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out,
you'd stay the hell out of my way.

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me,
hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die,
I hope we both die.

Poem

I found this poem on BME and liked it.. a lot. I would probably find some personal meaning in it if I'd lost someone close to me, but I'm glad to say I haven't, though I still do appreciate this immensly. Read it if you feel so inclined.

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide!
There are a hundred places where I fear To go, – so with his memory they brim!
And entering with relief some quiet place
Where never fell his foot or shone his face
I say, "There is no memory of him here!"
And so stand stricken, so remembering him!
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950).

Re-cap

What have I been up to lately? Work mostly. Not so great, been four months, and I'm still not used to the whole "wake up and leave at five am" routine. I did some camping at kill bear, I don't remember if my last post was between trip there, or before I'd ever been. But I quite liked it, and want to go again. Do some more of the cliff jumping. I forget what the heights I jumped were. Something like: the chain 52', Some ledge deal across from chain 56', and suicide 48'? I don't know for sure, allI know is that suicide was my first jump there, and it was fun.
I've also been hanging out with Rachel a lot, which has been pretty rad. A lot of time spent at her place, which has been fun. Especially the last minute deceisions to crash at her house, just cause we either lose track of time, or I am to bagged to drive back home. Sucks that that won't happen nearly as much due to school. She helped me move out of the condo and into my parents place, so I've been there a lot, hanging around, watching movies, making meals. Good stuff. I went to the Georgetown fair the other day, pretty old school and ghetto, but overall fun times. I want to go back to Toronto sometime soon, and hit up Pogue Mahone, and the Eatons Cantre, since I didn't really go there for a last visit before I left. Maybe this weekend.

I really stopped caring about updating this, so I'm done, check these out:

No One Is Awake

I Guess I'm Floating

Skatterbrain

Good Weather For Airstrikes

The DIY Rockstar

Aurgasm

Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good

You Ain't No Picasso

Come Pick Me Up

Today bloooooows

I didn't sleep well last night, so I woke up late this morning. In turn, I forget to grab everything to hopefully go to Killbear tonight. I only forgot an extra blanket and sheets, so it's not to bad, I've got clothes and such. I also forgot to grab a lunch for today, so I will have to smoke everytime I get hungry, and go full on anorexic today, normally I just do semi anorexic and have a couple slices of bread all day. This plan would workperfectly if I had more than four cigarettes. But I have cash to buy more, and even if I did, the only place to get them is the lunch truck that comes on the job site. Players light anyone? No thanks, I'll just chill out in the portable washroom and breathe that shit in for a few minutes every time I crave. Anyways, this pissees me off more, so I rush to work, get stuck behind a slow guy, more angered, finally pass him, and.... get a ticket with two demerit points. Up yeah, love it. So I can fuck all my dreams of insuring my bike for the rest of the summer, and some of next year.

Also, it's ten am, and I still don't know for sure if I'm getting tomorrow and Tuesday off, I will also need to get a weekday off in the last week of August to move out of the condo, and now another day off if I want to fight this ticket. Over the course of a month or so, I've used up six of my ten vacation days for the year. Fucking Balls.

If anyone knows a good bike insurance company, or a way that I can get my hands on like fifty grand relatively easily to get a house with, you would be my new hero, for serious.


PS. Does anyone know what it feels like if your tonsils are swollen? Does it feel like theres two ballish/lumpish things chilling out on either side of your uvula/back of the tongue when you swallow? If so, I've felt/noticed it this past week, not pleasent. I kind of feel gaggy all the time.

"I wear women's underwear, And then I go to strike a pose in my floor length mirr-or, I cross my legs just like a queer, But my libido is strong when a lady is ne-ar. What defines a straight man's straight? Is it the boxer in the brief or a 12 ounce steak? No! I tell you what a woman loves most, It's a man who can slap but can also stroke!"

Cansie De Ser Sexy - Lets Make Love
Check it out Laura, it's all very peculiar

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah seriously, watch this video, or just listen to it.

While you're at it, go over to MOKB to get some covers of it (technically the Jeff Buckley version is a cover of the original, but apparently it is the version people prefer to cover).

I've been feeling very unmotivated lately. There's a book I started a few months ago, that I've been trying to get back into, but it's just not happening. About three scarves I started, that are sitting half done in my dresser, untouched for probably two or three months, that could be that its not cold and don't see the need to make them though. A painting I started litterally in December that has been sitting in a closet, or on a shelf ever since, and everytime I see it I want to work on it but never do. This isn't really out of the ordinary for me, I rarely finish something I start, but for some reason I'm more aware of it now. Maybe it's because my time is split between work, hanging out with Rachel, hanging out with friends, or a bit of sleep that I never seem to be able to get enough of. I've actually had probably ten days in the last six months that ive had nothing to do on that I could just laze around with, which is sweet, but hard to get used to when I used to have pretty The last half year has been pretty interesting, and I've had a lot of fun, I think I just crave a vacation, or some splurging on myself. Hmmm. Three and a half hours until works over and I think I'm going to listen to all kinds of new music, and maybe some old favourites really loud and smoke a lot. Should be fun.

Purely for Zach

I finally partially cleaned up my links. All the music is under one link that sends you to a bunch of bands, so if you have any for me to check out, comment on the most recent post, or the actual music link thing. I've already got a couple I want to add, like Rooney, and Sigur Ros. OH, and one I found that I think Jer would appreciate, Rediscover, a hellogoodbye, meets the faint and panic. Then they all get drunk, check out a sleazy motel room, realize not a single one of them has condoms, and wake up the next morning with hangovers and a love child in the shape of a free cd for download on the internet. I'm digging it so far, then again I've been listening to all kinds of fucked up shit lately that half the people I know don't like.. so yeah, maybe you won't check them out simply because it's me telling you to. If thats the case, fuck you.

what else could you expect from me, really?

ZACH, watch this and comment:

http://www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/flash.htm#Main

Or anyone else for that matter, I just figured Zach would be the one of all of us that would have researched something like this.

Composing - Boys Night Out

So come over to my house
Catch up over dinner
We are having strychnine and sirloin
Port wine and paint thinner
You'll convulse through the chorus
It's the song of the sinner
The audience is all dead
As I slowly clear the table
I know that this won't be the last time
It won't be the last time
I wrote this song
And the world will sing it
To me it's everything to me it's everything to me
it's on every corpse. I see her face,my love, my heart
I hear her laughter and she’s still alive
It's like she’s still alive
It's her body I'm holding
As we make love
My heart breaks every time I dismember the flesh
Hide the evidence and start again because

It's all about the song in my head
The one where the audience is all dead

I've probably listened to this song about thirty times, and only today realized it was about murder and necrophilia. Not that I care, I still like it. Plus I learned about Strychnine, so that's cool. If it wasn't one of the more painful ways of dying, I'd like to die from it, cause it sounds fun. Anyways, I added more links to the side, if any of you ever actually check them out. I'm thinking I need a way to have them more organized, and smaller without having them gone, because I use them a lot. Some spiffy little scroll bar or drop down menu of sorts. I dont know how to do those, so it will probably never happen, but a boy can dream about being the nicest little blog in a field of ones that are way to distracting or confusing. Yeah...

This is for you Laura

yeah, check that out, pretty autistic? no... awe-tastic. yes.

Anyways, my parents are doing another move tomorrow, so any help is appreciated. I think I asked you guys about this already, but I.. am a scatterbrain, so it's on here. Tomorrow isnt actually, that important though, the actual move is next week saturday, so if you can help either day, it'd be cool, and I'm sure I can convince my parents to get pizza, or beer, or burgers, or steak or something.

you want some muuuusic? theres an entry on that site back in march about an artist called KT Tunstall you should find it and listen to black horse and the cherry tree. or. OR, just click this. It's near the bottom. yeah, I'm all about making it easy for you guys. I tried to direct link it for you, but apparently the site isn't cool with that. probably for the best, now you'll be forced to scroll through it and maybe find something else you like, like saves the day, or the tiny. Anyways, I'm going to get back to work. peace.

I know the spark inside your eyes was just the match I used to set myself on fire

I just added a bunch of bands to the links on the side. Check out: Architecture In Helsinki, Bayside, Bleed The Dream, The Format, The Subways, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

I crave a weekend of great weather to camp in, friday was not prime. Not to say it was bad, but it could have been a lot warmer. For soem reason I couldn't drink that night either, I barely got one drink down. Oh well, Saturday I mixed up some weird drink, maybe thats why I can't drink a lot, whenever I do, it's some fucked up mix. Oh well. Gotta say though, timmies on sunday morning was cool, felt like the first time in a long time. Anyways, I suck at these weekend re-caps. Jer you've really dropped the ball on those.

I need: a nail clipper, cash, tartufo, a time machine, and a nap. Not all at once, but I could use all of those at some point today. For now though, I'm off to call people I've never met before.

Last night I got home after listening to boxcar racer, specifically "I feel so". The one where it's all 'I wish for all kinds of things', and as I was listening I was thinking of things I'd wish for, when I got home started writting them down, filled a page in about ten minutes. I felt kind of greedy, but oh well. I may put some of them on here one day with some explanaition of sorts, but not now. Then afer that I couldn't sleep because I kept adding to the list in my head, and ended up awake pretty late. I finally fell asleep and woke up at seven am. Yeah, I'm supposed to be at my desk then, so this morning I was rushed and pissed off, and had about four smokes on my way to work. It was made worse because I forgot my CD's in Lauras van, and really wanted to listen to Finch, my angry driving music. I really need to find a way to either get more sleep, or require less so that what I get is fine. And yes, that was on the list of wishes. Anyways, I'm going to get back to listening to The Rocket Summer, that music always makes me happy. Love it.

Almost forgot, yesterday afternoon my phone crapped out. It will show me someone is calling, but won't let me answer, which is balls, but not really, cause I miss more calls then I answer usually. Anyways, its pretty much a pager right now, so I'll just have to get used to calling people back I guess.

Anybody out there want to feel like a cheap slut? Tell your friends to get this, oozinator, and you can squirt all up on each other all day long.

This dude is as crazy as I can only wish to be.

Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge

Got a big plan, his mind's set, maybe it's right
At the right place and right time, maybe tonight
In a whisper or handshake sending a sign
Wanna make out and kiss hard, wait never mind

Late night, in passing, mention it flip to her
Best friend, it's no thing, maybe it slipped
but the slip turns to terror and a crush to like
when she walked in he froze up, leave it to fright

It's cute in a way, till you cannot speak
And you leave to have a cigarette, knees get weak
escape was just a nod and a casual wave
Obsess about it, heavy for the next two days

It's only just a crush, it'll go away
It's just like all the others it'll go away
Or maybe this is danger and you just don't know
You pray it all away but it continues to grow

Then he walked up and told her, thinking maybe it'd pass
And they talked and looked away a lot, doing the dance
Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there
Told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare

They took a step back, thought about it, what should they do
Cause theres always repercussions when you're dating in school
But their lips met, and reservations started to pass
Whether this was just an evening or a thing that would last

Either way he wanted her and this was bad
Wanted to do things to her it was making him crazy
Now a little crush turned into a like
And now he wants to grab her by the hair and tell her

I want to hold you close
Skin pressed against me tight
Lie still, and close your eyes girl
So lovely, it feels so right

I want to hold you close
Soft breath, beating heart
As I whisper in your ear
I wanna fucking tear you apart

how a baby gets made

Seriously, click that, it's hilarious.

I am incredibly tired and hungry right now, kind of want to just leave.
I just called my head office to find out about travel allowance, so that'll be sweet when I get that.
I need to stop by T.O. Cycle to pick up the Solenoid starter switch to get my bike fixed saturday or sunday.
I need to wash my car.
I need to find a Mechanic.
I probably need to do laundry.
I need groceries.
I need to get my licence back.
I need to figure out who is all coming to Toronto on friday, and how that will go down.

Lots of crap to do, I'll probably only accomplish about half of that list. Anyways, I'm going to grab my phone charger since my phones been pretty much dead since friday.

This blog has a serious lack of scientists. Oh wait!

WE ARE SCIENTISTS

They will help me find the cure for the canker sore on my tongue. For serious, I've had it for like a week. Aren't they supposed to go away after a day or two? I know if I was one, I'd be all "Fuck this guy, he keeps biting at me, I'm just trying to relax. Alright you know what? Fine. Fuck you guy, Im out" and I'd be gone. Oh well, I'll just smoke it out. It works on criminals occassionally. (I think it looks like there is one too many sets of double letters in that word, but I can't decided what one looks wrong, so I am going to leave it). Anyways, I am going to get back to work, so that I can finish the three to four things I need to accomplish today, and then hopefully leave nice and early, like quarter to four or something. Not actually, I'm hoping for like two-ish.

Bigfoot with an uzi is like a shark stapled to a lion

I found this to wierd not to post, since Laura and I were talking about this very creature not two days ago. I've still got to do my own version, eventually. I also had a new name for it, uni-something-gasus, but of course I can't remember it right now. Anyways, back to work.

Sweet deal



I recommend you all do this, just because I am curious. It took me like five minutes to find on that site, because I am thirty percent rearded, so go to it, then games, quizzes, and its somewhere in the list that shows up.

mmm fun

I wish I was independently wealthy. I would buy a huge house, somewhere in the country, so that this past weekend could last longer then two days. One of which I felt like crap for and slept away. What the hell was that? Oh well, we'll just have to do it all over again sometime.

Somehow I was tired as crap this morning, and sincerely wished I could sleep instead of drive this morning. This is the future, where is my car that drives itself? My tiredness made my drive seem short though, because I zoned out a lot. But I noticed something, the first week I did this drive, I'd drive at about 140 km's or so, and it took fifty minutes. The two times I've stayed in the middle lane, going 11o km's or so, it’s taken me about 40-45 minutes. Is this even possible? Also, the two times I stayed going slower, the cops had speed traps set up.

Anyways, that’s been my confusion lately. If you want something that isn't my boring, barely comprehensible rambling, go here. We Are The Fury. So very good, even though I'm listening to All American Rejects as I write this.

Busy busy week. Not actually, just that I need to be in a bunch of different places this week. Tonight I have to talk to Bryan to make sure thats all sorted out, and call Belair to make sure they get the forms that were supposed to be faxed to them. Also to make sure Bryan isn't insured on my car, because they may have done that by mistake. Tomorrow I have to go to MaRS to pick up paycheques and speakers, then head to brampton. It is going to take forever, but it'll be fun. Then Thursday all-abody is up to Toronto for concerts, and hangouts. Going to be a good break in the week. Then the weekend at Lauras, very sweet. I think I have errands and laundry and crap to do somewhere in there as well. Not actually all that busy now that its all written out, but it is a lot of driving, for short stops. Oh well.

Next week I resolve to do dick all. Except maybe knit.

I crave leaving work, right now.

I spent pretty much all morning on the phone with the insurance company, and mostly set up for that, so that's good. The car got all safety'd today, just needs an e-test, and licence plates and that crap, I think I have to do plates early Saturday morning, which sucks, cause it means an early night friday. today. tonight. whatever. One thing I do know for sure, is that I hope I never get in an accident, because that would mean more time on the phone with insurance, and that is just not cool. I need a smoke, and an iced cap. That would redeem this crap day.

Rachel! (me)

And also this (on brown). Thank you very much.

Can someone PLEASE get me this? My birthday is coming up, and it would be grand. Actually my birthday isn't until November, so... my half birthday? Yes, May 27, sounds good.

mmmmmusic

i just added a bunch of music links off to the side. all purevolume. because fuck myspace. i gave up halfway through the letter b in my media player to look for bands though. i am lazy.

this link is pretty much only going to be for zach. i think he's the only one that could appreciate it, seeing as we've both seen this dude. click this or die zach. haha, good stuff.

job going full time +
a car +
an overly awesome girlfriend +
staying in toronto =
addition to the square root of a tie with laura

this is me at timmies this morning


jason: hey can i get a garden sallad sandwich, regular, on whole wheat toasted
counter girl: what kind of cream cheese?
j: herb and garlic
c:and on white or whole wheat?
j:whole wheat please
c:toasted?
j: yes
sandwich maker: what size? (please note shes already cutting a regular bun in half to toast)
j:regular
c:alright thats 3.10
j: id like a drink as well, extra large tea with one milk, one sugar, and one bag
c:(grabs the extra large cup procedes to put the stuff in it) would you like a combo?
j:(thinking: i cant get an extra large with a combo, and you're already making it) no, thats fine


honestly, downs syndrome

Anybody have any important forms they need to get signed? Rachel? I think maybe you do.

So yeah, this nice weather is making me want to just leave my office and go outside and do some.. outdoor activities. I don't really know what.. but I know I sure as hell don't want to be all cooped up in here. I just realized that for all the times I said I wanted to go snowboarding this winter, I never actually did, and that sucks. So my new Aprils resolution is to go do that next winter, seeing as there probably won't be more snow around these parts for a while.

I'm already out of things to say on here. I don't really know how I've kept this blog this long. I would have thought I'd give up after a month or so. Then again, I tend to not post much on here for a couple months, and then go all "bursty" and do a bunch in a row. Mostly about nothing at all too. Oh well. That's what you've come to expect, I'd hope at least. And probably part of why only like three people read this. ....Annnyways. I'm going to get back to work, listen to some music, get bored, and probably be back on the neterweb in like half an hour. Oh what an interesting life I lead.

Holy shit, an actual post, written by me.

After exploring purevolume the other day, I rediscovered Steel Train. I used to listen to these guys like last year or something, and wanted their cd, but was either to lazy to get it, or couldnt find it, or something to that effect. The point being, I never got it, and now that im listening to them again, I really want it. So I'm going to have to go on a search mission for it, cause even though its different then a lot of what I listen to, it's still pretty chills, kind of happy music. Good stuff.

I know I had more to write about, but cant remember any of it now. Oh, I've got only one more month in Toronto. That kind of sucks real bad because you can literally live within walking distance of almost anything you need. Being in a condo helped, cause theres so much cool stuff in the basement of it, including a billiards room, library, tanning room, hobby shop, and dining room, all of which i never used once. But yeah. It's kind of cool, cause im getting sick of my roomates, three years is enough. Also I'm moving home, and my parents are getting a new Mississauga house, so thats cool. Closer to friends a little bit, I don't know if I'll be further/closer from work, but oh well. Being home means a car is more readily available to me, and hopefully I can get my bike working sooner rather then later, because after riding Zachs the other day, and seeing them on the road lately, I CRAVE.

I finished reading "Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer" last night. The ending seems kind of rushed or something. His writting style is fucked up, like the chapter where he doesn't use a period, so confusing. Ok maybe he uses a couple, but not nearly as many as he should have. Actually, any punctuation for that matter, no quotes or anything. damn. But over all I liked it, and want his other book, so I might pick that up after in done reading "Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde" which looks hella cool. And yeah.. I like this warmer weather, though it sucks that I just started making a scarf, that I won't be able to use till next year. SHIT. Oh well, I could probably find more to babble on about, but I hate this blog, so I'm going to go explore the intarwubs.

everything is illuminated

"He knew that I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or wil love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else. He knew that it is, by love's definition, impossible to love two people"

-Sasha (Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer)

Dallas Green tonight!!!!

Could I ask for more? Yes, I can. A house, a car, a job, and a better motorcycle. Oh, and either for lots of snow, or for warm weather, I've had enough of this back and forth crap.

FUCK

(happy now laura?)

Meatloaf - I would do anything for love

Will you raise me up? will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colourise my life, I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?

Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Will you build and emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?

After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around

you're so fucking irresistible

1) spell your name backward: nosaj
2) story behind your name: first name is after my moms old boss that she hates. my middle name goes back four or five generations
3) whens your birthday: nov 27
4) where do you live: toronto

DESCRIBE YOUR...:
5) wallet: Black leather
6) eyes: brown
7) toothbrush: blue/green
8) jewelry worn daily: eight bracelets, two necklaces, glasses, piercings
9) cell phone: shitty audiovox
10) pillow cover right now: incredible hulk, blue, leaves, flowers
11) Car: 82 or 83 yamaha virago 750 cc that barely works
12) bedroom: big ol' mess
13) sunglasses: couple pairs of 2 dollar aviators
14) cologne/perfume: axe, tag
15) cd in stereo right now: saves the day - through being cool. but thats at home.
16) piercing: 2 tongue, both ear lobes, helix. sadly my eyebrow and lip are gone
17) what you are wearing now: globe shoes, hollister jeans, three old navy shirts, found scarf, touque
18) wishing: for vancouver
19) wanting: a drink
20) after this: getting tea
21) if you could get away with it and murder anyone who would it be: if you actually want to get away with murder it has got to be 100% random, i woudl think. but probably someone who does these religiously.
22) person you wish you could see right now: sandman, i needs more sleeps, i was late-ish for work again
23) some of your favorite movies: american beauty, cruel intentions, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, nightmare before christmas, moulin rouge, lord of the rings, notebook, fern gully
24) something your looking forward to in the coming week: weekend, as always
25) something you just ate: last thing i ate was a bowl of cereal last night
26) something you are deathly afraid of: being ordinary (thats right, american beauty)

DO YOU...:
27) like candles: scented ones for sure
28) like incense: sure, why not
29) like the taste of blood: yeah, maybe to much so
31) believe in lust: uhh, yeah? of course
32) believe in love at first sight: semi
33) believe in heaven: yeah
34) believe in god: semi

SOME THINGS...:
35) can you eat with chopsticks: don't think i've ever actually given it a serious try
36) whats your favorite coin: pennies, cause they are useless and need some love
37) what are some of your favorite candies: fizz
38) whats something you wish you could understand better: the foreign guy in my office
39) are you shy around your crush: probably, but not purposefully so
40) this question is missing and i cant think of one to add off the top of my head that isnt "how much does jason want sleep" to which i'd have to answer "very much". so if you like, andyou've actually read this far, throw one in my comment thingy, and i might answer it. maybe. i'll touch that one once you make the first move.
41) would you sacrifice your favorite possession for your best friend: most likely, i dont know what my favourite possession is though.
42) what kind of shampoo do you use: salon selectives, or herbal essences.
43) what are you listening to right now: nation, forgive us - we are the fury, but i want straightjacket feeling -by- all american rejects to come on the radio
44) what are essentials in your life: music, friends, smokes, driving, money, sleep
45) random thought: sweet shit im done, i hate these fuckers, curse you jer. oh, and there was one up there somewhere i wanted to come back to, but i couldnt be bothered now, so yeah... now im off to get tea

Chuck Norris... isn't fucking funny, I'm sorry.

And in honour of literacy, see below:

lose: To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay
loose: Not fastened, restrained, contained, taut, fixed, or rigid

That has to be one of my biggest pet peeves. Get it right, Christ. I know that I'm a horrible typist, but that is usually not a typo. I've seen people write "lose" then go back and add an "o" when they had it right all along. Dang, anyways, I might just go over to the live journal now, and post some pictures, but first, its time for dessert. TOFU, yum yum. banana, mashed up with an actual banana, and maybe some other something somethings.

Spill Canvas - The Night Will Go As Follows

Consider this song a testament
Of my devotion to your saccharine scent
And to be completely honest
You're not like all the rest
You're not like all the rest

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But you gotta go here to find it out....

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my weekend starts on wednesday

yes, i was so excited for wednesday for some reason, but now that its here i can't remember for the life of me. damn. one thing i do know though, is ive watched alot of movies lately, for me at least. i went like half a year without seeing any, then all of a sudden a bunch since a month ago or something. i watch "glass house" on monday i think. seriously, i dont know why it was in my house, its awful. like i was telling jer, i actually expected scooby doo to come out, rip off the bad guys face, and everyone would be all shocked, and the guy would be all "and i would have gotten away with i if it wasnt for you meddling kids". fuck that movie sucks. but to redeem movies, i watched moulin rouge, and the notebook last night. both in my top ten ever movies. i dont actually have a list, but if i did, they would definitely be in it. i think they were made better because i was tooling around on a typewritter the other day and just really craved moulin rouge. and im reading the notebook, so yeah. extra appreciation i guess.
On a side note, I feel very prepared for an armaggedon or something. I have my tea, bottled water, and V8 in front of me. I also have Adams Ipod, because i forgot it was in my pocket. I was listening to it last night and realized that I don't hate Matt Good as much as I thought. OH, also, I think I was telling Arin about how I left water on my stove and forgot about it and my fire alarm went off a week ago or something. Well, I did it again last night, thats three times now, in the past two weekes maybe. I think I'm losing my mind. ulll. I should live with my grandparents for a while, to make me seem really on top of my game in comparison. Genious.

Ps. Download this compilation. It takes a while since its 100 mb, but well worth it. http://compilation.europunk.net/download/ thats the link to go see the playlist and such. But if your lazy, like me, I've got a treat for you, just right click here, save target as... You'll have to unzip it once its downloaded but you can figure that much out right?