3890 Alexandra St,
on the corner of Laurier St and Alexandra St
one block Northwest of Granville & King Edward in Shaughnessy. See map:
3890-alexandra-toren-toast.pdf
Once you’re there, not there are several suites in this old building. Mine is the basement suite, accessed on the South side of the building, a few steps down. See below:
As you can imagine it’s been a hectic week with moving, my birthday auction, a rock show coming up, plus Stargate stuff, so I’ve been neglecting this blog. But come back on Sunday, if I can get my internet hooked up at the new place I’ll be posting new and vivacious updates. And if I can’t get the internet hooked up, then I’m pooched.
Don’t forget that the big fat birthday auction is on Sunday at 5pm at my place. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST AUCTION EVER thanks to the eviction! Looking at the pile I see DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, video games, board games, roleplaying games, clothing, audio cassettes, VHS tapes (and more VHS tapes!), electronics, cameras, computer hardware, posters, furniture, models, toys, phones, kitchenware, camping gear, a didgeridoo, and much more! AND THAT’S JUST THE STUFF FROM ME AND STEWIE!
604-737-4283
apt 302, 1015 West 13th Ave (corner of Oak St)
Bring your friends!
Toren’s Birthday Auction FAQ:
Q. What the hell is that?
A: Since you asked so nicely, I’ll tell you:
What I’ve done for previous birthdays is instead of having a regular, boring, predictable birthday party where people bring “gifts” for the birthday boy, what happens is I, and everyone who attends, can bring (donate) whatever they have around the house* that they want to get rid of, and we auction it off. All of the cash that is raised goes to me me me.
You get rid of your old eyesores
We have an auction chock full of hilarity and shenanigans
You get some new eyesores
I get a pile of cash
EVERYBODY WINS!!!
After the auction (and before, really) comes food, drink and socializing. So bring a friend or two, bring some coins or a checkbook, and bring your old junk: books, CDs, knickknacks, action figures, comic books, gewgaws, baubles, bric-a-brac, objet d’art, white elephants, bagatelles, curios, trifles, whatnots, toiletries and trains…
Don’t bring anything that you don’t literally want to give away because things you might expect to go for a lot might only bring in a nickel. Money’s not really the point.
Q: Are you really being evicted?
A: Yes. Yes I am. So is everyone in the building due to “extensive renovations.” Because of this, I’m getting rid of more stuff than usual, including DVDs, books and gaming stuff.
*The management reserves the right to NOT auction something off that you bring (because I want it).
Okay so here’s the deal with me moving:
I am moving some stuff (mostly small stuff) tomorrow (Saturday the 18th) and the bigger stuff during the day on Saturday the 25th. Right now I’m just going to address tomorrow’s move.
I’m dividing the moving into shifts:
SHIFT 1: 11:30am
Shawn & Carina ‘n’ Tim are coming over at 11:30 am with 2 vehicles. So we’ll have vehicles but may be short on manpower. If you want to come help lug boxes, etc, down stairs your muscles would be very much appreciated.
SHIFT 2: 1pm
Carina ‘n’ Tim will probably be gone by now. Shawn may still be around with his SUV. Depending on how things have been going, I’ll be making some phone calls. If you’re available for shift 2 let me know and I’ll call you some time around 12:30pm to let you know the situation. Vehicles will be needed if this shift happens.
SHIFT 3: 4pm
There are a couple vehicles that are only available around this time, i.e. Chris Geisel & Stephane. Again, there’s the possibility that we’ll have moved everything that I have ready to move by this time, but I will be making calls to confirm. If I still need help by this time, I’ll need arms more than wheels, but if you have both, bravo! Let me know if you’re available for this shift and I’ll call you around 3pm.
NEXT SATURDAY THE 25TH:
As for the 25th, Mr Woods will be coming in with his big old truck in the morning and we’ll need arms to move the bigger things. If you are available then please let me know!
THANKS!!!
home: 604-737-4283
cell: 778-558-8590 (use home number first please)
old address: 1015 W 13th Ave, buzz 302 (corner of Oak & 13th)
new address: 3890 Alexandra st (basement), corner of Alexandra and Laurier Ave, one block northwest of Granville and King Edward (25th Ave)
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=3890+alexandra+st+v6j4c4
Here’s the drawing I did for Duncan’s t-shirt. You’ll recall I put a custom t-shirt design on auction to raise money for the Heart of the World Theatre.
While I should have been packing last night I was writing up my character for Jon’s “Spirit of the Century” game. Mike’s character is Robotnik (Soviet robot hero of the people), David’s is Congorilla (US agent transformed into a gorilla by a mysterious flying alien space-ape temple (a la Zardoz)), Jason’s character: The Conductor (Viennese wielder of The Baton of Power) and me…
Rauf Zorlu, AKA Professor Ghost.
Imagine an 1890’s Turkish steampunkesque ghostbuster, who looks like he came out of an Edward Gorey book with Dr Seuss equipment. When I get a chance I’ll scan in the sketch.
Backstory: Raised in a very religious atmosphere in 19th century Ottoman Turkey, Professor Ghost turned away from his people and pursued a campaign of debunking spiritualism and the supernatural. That is, until he traveled to Russia, and the mad monk Rasputin proved him wrong! The professor turned to scientific methods of exploring these arcane realms, but disaster struck – he was trapped in the ectoplasm of the spirit world for almost 16 years! Upon his escape, he discovered a world at war, and a very different Turkey. He renewed his investigations, and found that his long sojourn in the shadowlands was not in vain – he was able to stop a nefarious cult from conquering Estonia with an army of the living dead, needing only the finances of Congorilla and the brawn of Robotnik to clean up the mess. He was able to return the favors when Robotnik faced down Destruct-Tsar, a ghost inside a robot body, and when Congorilla was targeted by Congolese zombie assassins.
These past couple of days I’ve been acting as a Russian scientist working for the CIA in a History Channel/CBS Eye Too Productions documentary called “Beyond Top Secret.”
I also got my script today for the Stargate Atlantis episode. Oooooh!
There’s a review of “The Shadow Out of Tim” in today’s Vancouver Province. CLIP IT!
update: http://www.thickets.net/content/view/78/34/ to read the review.
Back when I thought that the Shadow Out of Tim narrative would just be a few songs on the latest album, and not the entire thing, my best idea for the album name was Supercthonic. Warren pooh-poohed it as sounding too ‘lispy’ but Mario thinks it’s great. I hold out hope that the fifth album will harbor that name, unless something better comes up.
The forthcoming album, which may be out in 2008 and may not be, will mostly be a miscellany, not like the last two concept albums. I thought I’d share some of the song ideas I have. If you’re going to steal them for your own nerd rock band, please stop reading.
I want to do a song about Vigo the Carpathian, the villain from Ghostbusters 2. Someone suggested on a website somewhere (Stewie?) about how Vigo’s monologue would be the perfect beginning to a metal album, and I agree. If we do that, we have to figure out the legal ramifications as Sony is not known for being generous with its properties.
An anthem to the “living fossil” coelacanth, called “Coelacanthem”
A tribute to Lovecraft’s tale “The Music of Erich Zann” – something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but never had access to a violinist. Anyone know any rockin’ ones?
A re-imagining of one of our old songs. Maybe “Shoggoths Away,” “House of Clocks,” or maybe even “Three Hour Log.”
The coelacanth.
Today I biked all around this town to find some kind of a costume that could pass off as a deep see diving suit. I didn’t find such a suit (or boots, or a belt) but I did have some fun exploring the thrift stores. The best ones are “My Favourite Thrift Shop” at Fourth Ave @ MacDonald and Value Village on Victoria Drive @ 48th. If I was shopping for actual clothes, I would have bought something. So, I’ll be back. Especially since when the wardrobe people who dress me for acting roles ask if I have X, Y, or Z, my response is invariably no, no, and no. I’m not what you would call a sharp dressed man. I’ve found my niche and have, perhaps a little sadly, stuck with it. I did manage to buy a tie today, so that’s something.
