Back from vacation. Went to Fundy, hiked a lot. Went to Buctouche, very pretty there. Was given a very nice 70-300mm lense for my retro Nikon FE SLR, which is very nice. Going to take a photography course from Maurice Henri in September, another gift for my birthday. Trying hard to ignore the whole governor general nonsense, but this is what you can expect when one person, acting alone and without consultation, can appoint the head of state. Andy Savoy attacking Bernard Lord for the latter's criticism of the GG selection is amazingly dumb - any citiizen in a democracy has the right, nay the duty, to question any action of the government that they deem suspect, and last time I checked, Bernie was a citizen. My ultimate frisbee team finished dead last in our ultimate league, not helped of course by my feeble come back attempt from my fractured foot. Amazingly hot girls in the Saint John city market yesterday for some reason.
Saturday, August 20
Tuesday, July 26
Path
Drove to Halifax, worked the morning, then drove back to Moncton, all by 4:30...stopped by downtown Amherst on the way back - the turn-of-the century buildings are very well preserved - I don't know where the money comes from though, doesn't seem to be any serious businesses in town...enclosed picture is from the Sackvile Waterfowl park, using my beloved Agfa black and white slide film...World's second largest cruise ship in Saint John, that's kind of cool
Monday, July 25
Journey
Funny - just as I was criticizing Asimov's Foundation series, along comes this - Cell Phones Predict the Future - basically, using math + previous data (in large quantities) to predict human's behaviour - exactly the premise of Asimov's Fuondation series...This scares me - Canadian Telco Admits to Blocking Union's Website - the willingness of an internet provider to censor content for no other reason than they don't like it - well that just gives me the "big brother" corporate willies - BOYCOTT TELUS !!!...The new NHL rules rock...I can't believe those dinosaurs actually had the balls to make these changes...no-red line rule (I almost typed no red loin which might have been more interesting) might have the extra effect of forcing teams to choose more-mobile defencemen over less-mobile physical defencement to avoid getting burned, which should also help cut down on the clutch and grab...shootout rule might tempt teams to give that last lineup spot to a sniper instead of a plugger, which also should help scoring.
Second Foundation
Found my copy if Asimov's Second Foundation behind my bookcase, rereading it...I like it, but the foundation series tends to re-use the same plot devices with small variations over and over...can't put it down, though...gorgeous girl in tank top leaned over in front of me today, I had such a good view that I could see through the cleavage to the inside/bottom of the bra-bridge, as seen from the top...not that, as a gentleman, I would notice...do women who wear tank-tops not know what happens when they lean over?...enclosed picture is from Saint John, N.B....I liked the colours...
Tuesday, July 19
Tuesday
Got my black and white slide delivered today - they look marvelous, kudos to Toronto Image Works...got them back 6 business days after sending...two phot contests upcoming, Sandpiper Festival in Dorchester (due July 22), and one in Hillsoborogh, date unknown (around the 20th)...problem is, these contests usually want pictures of people and nature, and as anyone knows, I usually take pictures of buildings only...part of the reason is that I don't have a devent telephoto lens...or any telephoto lense, for that matter...interesting court case out west - some guy is suing the government under the charter of rights because he can't allow smokers in his bar yet the native-owned bar can...basically saying laws have to apply to all or noone....interesting if he won, as some of the natives don't pay taxes either...wouldn't that be neat - against the charter of rights to pay taxes
Saturday, July 16
Dreams
I had a dream involving Danielle, my first girlfriend again...it was wierd, different than the others...he hair was all dyed, stringy, she was wearing loose, raggy clothes...unlike other dreams where she is very sensual, coming on to me all the time...very stand-offish, in and out of the dream, and I kept telling her honest things, which of course I never did when we went out...took pictures of a nice church (built 1825) in Grand Barachois today, a place I have never been...Funny quote of the day - Mariah Carey has wardrobe malfunction , and the link is quoted as saying "..Quick-thinking organisers plunged the stage into darkness to protect the star's modesty..." (when her dress fell apart)...ok, I saw the dress (don't feel like posting the picture, kinda humdrum mood today), her "great tracts of land" :) are spilling every which way out of the dress, no way can you describe this as being modest in any context, and this is before it fell apart.
Thursday, July 7
Confederation Bridge
Damn foot is fractured, have to wear an air cast and use crutches for a month...was supposed to go to Halifax tomorrow, that's off now...Atlantic Nationals car show is out, as well as ultimate frisbee...
Wednesday, July 6
Twisted Ankle
Twisted my ankle playing ultimate tonight. We were getting killed 14-2 and I twisted my ankle trying to block a pass - I'm beginning to think that I'm a real pinhead....saw the hottest chick today riding a harley, clad head-to-toe in leather, bomber helmut, tight blonde pony tail sticking out from back of helmut - I actually had my camera on me but froze...Checkpoint Charlie Torn down - historians will rue this day. The exact point where the counter philosophies of democracy/capitalism and communism stood toe to toe, armed to the teeth, with the collective firepower to wipe out humanity, for 40+ years - gone. What are they thinking?
Monday, July 4
Sackville "Waterfowl Park"
Sony confidant you'll work harder (more hours) for their PS3...PS3 at $500, IPods at $500+...wouldn't ya rather take the time you would have to work to get these toys and go to the beach? I would...Liberals hit funding wall - I could care less about the sponsoship scandal - I think we should have the RCMP check and see what the Liberals are stealing right now - they obviously think Harper is more dangerous than Satan and have already stated in the sponsoship inquiry that they think it's legit to bend the rules if they think it's good for the country, of course loosely defining good for the country as them always being in power.
Saturday, July 2
Off to Saint John
Off to Saint John tomorrow, to take black and white slide photos of all it's stone churches...won at ultimate this week, first win...Top 25 questions in Science...xampp is the finest open-source tool I have ever used, damn user-friendly...Lemiuex on Team Canada? He's played, what, 15 nhl games in last 2 years?...Yzerman's a question mark too...no room for Sidney Crosby? I would take a shot on his young legs for a 4th line spot...I would really love it if someone (anyone) could leave a comment or sign my guestbook, just one person....just one!!!!....I know it's a boring blog, but at least it's real thoughts, not just link to or aggregate other peoples stuff...might go see the Saint John Wanderers play the Riverview Mustangs in Millidgeville tomorrow at 2:00...
Monday, June 27
My Movie History
First movie I remember seeing - 101 Dalmations, around 1973...Last movie, as a kid, with my mom - Star Wars, 1977...Only movie I remember with my grandfather, father's side - Every Which Way But Loose, 1978...only movie I have ever been turned down for, age reasons - Bachelor Party, 1984...movie I saw first school night, university - Rocky IV, 1985...one of the last movies I remember watching with my best high school friend, and certainly the one we enjoyed the most - Top Gun, 1986...last movie I saw (while in Saint John)with Owen Smith - Evil Dead II, 1987...Worst movie that I ever saw - Ishtar, 1987...Worst movie that I saw more than once - Witches of Eastwick, 1987...last movie I ever saw with my first girlfriend, Johny Be Good, 1988 (no wonder she got rid of me)...man, why did I go and see so many bad movies in 1987?
Monday
Blackhole, Herbie Goes Bananas, Every Which Way But Loose. Three movies I remember watching at the movie theatre at Lancater mall, when it still had a movie theatre. I went to see Every Which Way But Loose with my grandfather in 1978, and I remember feeling embarrassed because one of the previews showed a women wearing a lacy corset...I remember the lineup being all the way down the mall hallway for the Herbie movie...I remembr having a $1 to go to the mall, and being mad that I couldn't quite get three comics (which at 35 cents each would cost 1.05) - 3 comics these days would cost me $15 which I probably wouldn't do...wierd, eh - at 10 years old I could easily afford 3 comics on a shopping trip but nowadays, a highly paid professional, I wince at the price of 3 comics...First comic I remember buying was a fantastic four comic, one where the Thing was hanging out with the Hulk but then fights him when he hurts one of the other fantastic four ...bought it at the Shopper's Drug Mart, Towers mall, Saint John...I remember when the Irving on Main Street, Lancaster stopped selling comics, which meant that I could no longer get a comic on the way home from our Sunday night visits with my grandfather. Random thoughts on a Monday.
Sunday
I want to move to Sackville...seems like a nice place to hide..I would just hang out in the cafe, bookstore, and convenience store down town, and go that retro theatre once and awhile...and walk the waterfowl park everyday...
Saturday, June 25
Friday.
I have been to Vancouver, London England, Nice in France, Edinborough, Chicago, Paris, Ottawa, Washington, Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore, York, the Lake District in England, Glastonbury, Toronto, Kansas City, New Orleans, Houston. I have been 2 feet away from the Rosetta Stone in the British museum, stood on the HMS Victory, walked in the Capitol building, walked down the French Quarter in New Orleans, stood under the Eiffel tower, stood in front of stonehenge, taken pictures in Versailles. I have played league games in Lacrosse, hockey, soccer, water polo, basketball, baseball, softball. I have two university degrees, including a master's degree that I aquired after having failed out due to low gpa at another university. I have fooled around with the daughter of one of my university professors. I have fooled around with two seperate woman on the same day. I once won a hockey playoff series with a series-ending penalty shot. Not a bad list. But I always feel as if I am missing something, like life is passing me by. Blah.
Thursday, June 23
Bradford
Ok, today's theme is reality shows....
Michael Jackson Reality Show...realit,y coming from Michael, that would be a first, I think...
Celeberity American Idol - they quote that they are going to get A-list stars to try out - yeah, good one, we're going to see Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie....more likely more Brady Bunch/Partridge Family style leftovers...
Reality Show Writer's strike - love this - don't all the advertisements for reality shows boast up the 'unscripted part'...how can you write reality?
Michael Jackson Reality Show...realit,y coming from Michael, that would be a first, I think...
Celeberity American Idol - they quote that they are going to get A-list stars to try out - yeah, good one, we're going to see Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie....more likely more Brady Bunch/Partridge Family style leftovers...
Reality Show Writer's strike - love this - don't all the advertisements for reality shows boast up the 'unscripted part'...how can you write reality?
Tuesday, June 7
Tuesday
Lost opening game of ultimate frisbee today...didn't play bad, didn't play well, just kind of there...my black and white slide film arrived today, less than 24 hours after ordering for only 8 dollars shipping - way to go Applebys...China orders chinese websites/blogs to register with government - I can see this as a future boondoggle that our marvelessly inept government would attempt...
Monday, June 6
Monday
Appleby's camera in Saint John sells Agfa black and white slide film ! Yay ! Saves me a bundle in time and money shipping it from the States...Gurmant Grewal got caught? Arrested? today hanging out in an airport trying to get passengers to carry a package to Ottawa for him - not sure why he didn't ship it or take it himself - this guy is really wierd. Everybody knows you don't accept packages from strangers on flights - maybe he's had a Svend Robinson style breakdown...put together a toddler bed tonight, once again proving that I am the least handy guy in the known universe...big plan this summer - I am going to create a "musical ligne" - a series of photos, with a connecting theme, presented to music - I am going to use stone churches (or maybe just churches) in New Brunswick, in black and white, to "Amazing Grace"
Sunday, June 5
Blah
Kind of getting the blues. I'm beginning to worry I take photos to try and impress others, not because I like to. That I blog to see what other think not that I like to keep a diary. Everything I do I seem to be concious of what others think. I wish I could just let go, like Luke Skywalker turning off his targeting computer when attacking the death star, relying on his own instincts. Problem is my instincts aren't pretty. Porn. Cheating on girlfriend. Mindless video games. Wandering around aimlessly. I remember watching a movie years ago and there's a quote that stuck in my mind - "...there are no real New Yorkerers - everyone came from somewhere else." I wonder if there is no real me. Just someone trying to impress others.
Wednesday, June 1
Nice Day
Not sure why there is all the fuss about the Gurmant Grewal tapes...at best, they only prove that government posts will be traded by the Liberal government for votes, but we already know that - that's the only reason Stronach is sitting in a Senior Cabinet position with no political experience...the ministry she got is a hoot as well - as if she ever had to worry about unemployment - she found she can become a CEO and a Cabinet minister with one year of university and no experience...Bought Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "August 1914" for $1.20 and the Reader's Digests' "Strange Stories and Amazing Facts" for $.80 at the Owl's Attic used book store which was having a 90% off moving sale...Got $750 rebate from Suzuki after buying a new car for being a recent grad, which is a laugh because I qualified for graduating as far back as June 2001...Gurmant Grewal isn't exactly coming off too well in this tape thing either - by not releasing the tapes immediately he's leaving himself open to tampering charges...got to 23c today and going to 27c tomorrow, gotta bring camera to work
Tuesday, May 31
Sunny days
Finally, sun in Moncton...+20, first tank top siting, girls in light summer dresses...mmmm...ultimate frisbee starts again next week...desperately need a haircut, everyone is making fun of my retro 70's do...government didn't fall today, as far as I know...those tapes by Grewal have potential for fun...included picture is of a beautiful church in Saint John...
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