skinny

it has been brought to my attention that i do not look very good in my profile photograph. so, with this said i am on a hunt for another picture of myself good profile photos are difficult to come by so it may take a while.

so i was blown off the other night. oh well, that'll happen! i was supposed to meet up with a 'lady' but it just didn't happen. the funny part is that i wasn't disappointed. if you know me, you know that find a reason to stress out over that sort of thing. however, i'm trying on a new face - a face that just doesn't care! i keep on telling people to "not worry about it" when who i should have been telling it to is myself!

guh. krista goes home on friday. i'm not looking forward to that. why can't ubc offer the same programs as the university of toronto?

i'm going to add an interactive section to my blog. i just like really hearing what people think, and sometimes hearing a few people opinions i feel myself inspired. i will be adding a 'question of the day'. feel free to send me your response!

currently listening to: the frames - perfect opening line
question of the day: what is your favourtie word?

those skittles are excellent

got all ready to go to dan's welcome home/summer end party with krista last night, and then i find out at 7pm that it's not happening until next weekend. mmm lack of coummunication. oh well, i wanted krista to meet all my friends before she went home but i guess that'll happen next time. instead, krista and i met up with sarah and victorb for a rousing game of mini-putt and tims horton.

just having a lazy day today. this was a rather pointless post. woot.

currently listening to: bloc party - postive tension

i heart thursdays

finally! a decent cheque will be coming next week. my hours have been cut recently at the good old factory. i just saw that i have a photo of myself on the coast mountain web site. it was taken about a year ago when i was still a lowly ice cream stacker and not the prestigeous freezer operator that i am today. speaking of which, i recieved a pay increase the other day. booyeah!

this is fucking awesome. clicky

on friday i'm going to see krista again. it's great to have her home. i have no idea what we'll do, but it'll be ok - i guess. afterwords i'm going to a staff gathering at the jolly miller. though seeminly uninvited by few, i will make an appearance nonetheless before i'm whisked away to travis and kattie's barbeque at his parents' place. it's quite the busy day. travis is trying to set me up with a young lady so we'll see how that goes. she unfortunately received news that i'm going to see neil diamond with my mother in september. does that make me sound sexy as hell or what? or what. then on saturday danny has a welcome home party at his place. it will be wicked sweet fun.

my gramps is out of the hospital now and is in good spirits. thank you to all who expressed concern. he's just taking it easy for the time being and i'm hoping he finds an answer to why he was in the hospital in the first place.

currently listening to: the white stripes - death letter

tired

so many possibilities but so much uncertainty.

i had a great weekend, though i wish it was longer. went golfing, watched a movie, went out for pints, and saw my gramps a few times in the hospital. i've also decided i'm going to buy a house in sardis in the next few months. i'm going to sell my van and start thinking about investing. crazy eh?

currently listening to: america - the sandman

cream'd

i love thursdays. i especially love waking up at 4am on a thursday morning, because i know that there's only 12 more hours until i have three days off to relax and enjoy the long weekend. yesterday was a kick ass day at work and i had a fun evening with kevin and jamie. i haven't seen those two in so long. we actually talked about possibly renting a house in the fall for the sake of cheapness and the fact that i'm so bloody lonely at my current residence.

travis gave me a buch of his old records that he doesn't listen to anymore because he bought the box sets or collectors editions. i got the best of cream, jimi at woodstock, rolling stones hits, and cream's strange brew. i can't believe i never had these records before...

travis and i had a great practice yesterday, though we still haven't thought of a band name. i played bass for 'bass'ically the first time in a rehearsal situation and throughoughly enjoyed it. in fact, i'm buying a cheapo on saturday when travis and i go to long & mcquade. i'm finding i'm starting to be a little more care-free with my spending habits lately. i've been so tight assed about how i spend my money. i've decided i'm going to finally buy a bloody cd player for my car and some rear speakers. i'm pimping my ride. tercel nation, forever!

currently listening to: cream - i feel free

alright

everything is going to be alright. except for my phone...it keeps on buggering up.

just a few days to go until krista gets home. on the same night, it's donny's funeral up at manning park resort. i wish i could do both, as i really liked working with donny and it sucks that he's passed. however, i also really want to see krista so that's where i'll be. besides, his wake doesn't begin until 8pm on the monday, and so that means i won't be home until at least 1am and i have to be up by 4.

danny also gets home on saturday! i'm glad i got to see him in comox, i've been talking about going out there for a long time. we're throwing a welcome home, good bye summer party at his place on the 27th in which i'm uber excited for. finally my friends get to meet the infamous kreetsa i've told them all about. it's crazy to think they never met each other years ago. ah well.

currently listening to: bread - the guitar man

have you ever...

have you ever wanted something to happen or come true, and then when the moment actually arrives you feel lost and disheartened? i suddenly feel lost, and it seems that the issues i had before this moment came true weren't really issues. were they, or am i just telling myself to ignore them because i feel suddenly lost? have you ever felt regretful for deciding that the grass is greener on the other side? perhaps the grass really is greener on the other side, and i'm just too afraid to ignore that warning sign to step on the grass. what am i so afraid of? am i afraid of change? am i really afraid of stepping onto the unknown? or am i just afraid to let go? so many feelings...

my gramps is back in the hospital, and last night i went to visit nanna for the first time since her passing. i talked to her for an hour. maybe i was looking for answers, or maybe i was just looking for an honest soul to listen to my problems. like i said above, i feel lost, and now with gramps back in the hospital everything seems to tangle itself further.

currently listening to: elton john - i want love

my name is angelos

krista is coming home in 8 days! 'tis a scary thought, as we're quite the dangerous pair and much stupidity will ensue.

krista hams it up at the local "watering hole"

currently listening to: how much does it cost?

baby takes

wow, two late nights in a row. last night i met up with cathy, in which i haven't seen in at least 3 years, and her friend michelle. we went for coffee, watched a very entertaining "baby takes", and checked out the meteor showers. it wsa so cold yet so cool. i didn't get home until late and slept in way past my usual time.

who drives their car into a house? honestly? so i met up with jay and erik tonight and we went out to an old timey pub that does kareoke. i sang a couple of songs and met up with some people i graduated with. since i was the designated driver, i only had one drink at the pub and played it sober the rest of the night. jay and erik wanted to go to a party next to my sisters' old boyfriend's place (matt!) and so we went there for a few hours. i met up with a lot of my sisters' old friends from highschool that i used to know so that was alright. then, the next thing you know it, there's 3 police officers walking through the house looking for a young man that drove his car into a neighbours house. COOL! so yeah, that was wicked sketchy. on the way out of the party, i walked past two guys (in their late 20s) trying to convince this uber drunk guy to drive them home and pushing him towards his truck. if i had the cash, i would have given these guys money to take a cab. i left the party feeling disgusted. i feel so old even standing next to people the same age as me or even older. there are some pretty fucking immature people out there. some still stuck in highschool. i felt like i was one of the most mature people at the whole party of 40. am i getting old or am i just lame? i'm tired so i'm going to bed.

currently listening to: of montreal - disconnect the dots

chugalug

finally! travis and i have narrowed down our band name down to three potential names. i'll post the 'winning' name either tonight or tomorrow.

last night darren hosted coast mountain's monthly drinkathon and i'm feeling its ill effects today. en route i bought granville island lager from a girl that met me at a party at manning park 2 years ago. i guess i leave a lasting impression on the ladies ;) but anyway, i wish i had a camera for some of the stuff that happened at the party. cole and bobby got some real good ones on their phones... haha

travis has asked me to be one of his groomsmen in his wedding in september, so i'm getting my duds fitted today and then later i'm meeting up with an old friend i haven't seen in years.

currently listening to: the grateful dead - casey jones

partastic

i just want to thank evan, jenni, aAron, and lindsay for the wicked awesome housewarming party on saturday! that was the most fun i've had in a long time. it was so good i fell off my chair...

heidi and i walked around vancouver for a few hours to find some uber-trendy stuff to take my promos in. it was more of a fun time than anything else. narrowly averting a homeless bush man and avoided being jumped on by a 13 year old shit distuber, we met up with evan and tried to take photos on granville island. we suck.

i bought a wicked sweet hat and the party began at the new pad. it was a great party! we went to the firework finale, met a really cool undisclosed lass, watched the official vantasy tour dvd, went to dennys not once but twice, and drained the remainder of the granville island keg... *tear*

tofinolicious

i stole these photos from heidi's web site. thank you, darlin!

darren, evan, me, dan & heidi, and chris

darren and i before the seagulls stole our cookies
me, darren, evan, dan, chris

what year am i in?

i just bought the festival express. for those that don't know what this 1970 tour is all about, 5 big time bands of the 60's went on a cross-canada tour in a via rail train - toronto to calgary - playing shows from ontario to alberta. bigger name bands include 'the band', 'janis joplin', 'the buddy guy band' and 'the grateful dead'. i'm watching this video and i'm wondering - what year was i born?

i don't belong here. i don't belong now. i'm not comfortable with the era i live in. i'd gladly give up my youth to live in 1960. i'd gladly give up my life of boredom in a year i don't belong in, for a lifetime of eternal happiness in a decade of lsd, peace, love, and unity. i've never lived in this era, but i know that i'd feel free and open in this time frame.

this ADHD millenium can fuck itself. i'm tired of mtv. i'm tired of my chicks for free. all i want is my unity, and that's all i really need. i want to grow my hair back out and live in peace.

currently listening to: mashmakhan - as the years go by

photopolous

heidi will be taking some promotional photos of me in the next little while, which is very exciting because the last promo shot i did was in august 2003! i'm very excited and i'd like to send some 'mad props' her way for helping me out.

speaking of photos, i'll be designing coby's web site in the coming weeks. coby is a local award-winning pop/rock musician. some of you may recall i used to play for her before i went to new zealand. i'll post the address when it's finished.

currently listening to: black crowes - hard to handle

what makes something funny?

i've been thinking about this for quite some time now and so i thought i'd throw it down on this blog.

what is it exactly that makes something funny? i mean, truly funny? do you ever watch a specific comedy program or movie on your own and maybe get one or two little chuckles, but then when you watch the same program(s) with a friend or more, laugh your ass off? i encounter this all the time. i could watch an episode of the simpsons by myself with little to no laughter. i could watch the same tv show with 2-3 friends and i could be crying because i think it's so funny.

power in numbers? i'm starting to think so. is it because i feel i'll be judged if i don't laugh because others are? is it because people will think i'm smarter for understanding a quick and witty joke? is there really anything to prove?

i'm also starting to think that it's getting more and more difficult to be keep humour original. a lot of humour derives from movie or television quotes - or at least that's how it seems in my circle of friends, not that there's anything wrong with it. coming up with original stuff is difficult, or maybe i'm just not as funny as i thought i was.

oh well. just thought i'd write it down.

currently listening to: neil young - old man