I require evidence that Magellan actually gelled anything.
I went to Tinseltown today. I went quite early, and took my D&D books with me. I got butter chicken and a taro milkshake bubble tea and prepared for D&D for about an hour and a half. Then Janet showed up and I tried to explain how D&D works but not very successfully. Then we saw The Delicate Art of Parking and I got dizzy about halfway through because of the camera work. That’s the first time that’s ever happened. Apart from that I enjoyed it. I probably shouldn’t have been surprised when Peter New and Shannon Jardine had prominent roles, but I was. They probably told me about it ahead of time, but I don’t listen. One of Peter’s scenes got the biggest laugh of the film – well, from me anyway. On the bus ride back we discussed peeing.
Chris Woods art show The Magic Hour, Part 1 runs from Jun 3-26. The opening reception is June 3 at 6-8 at the Diane Farris Gallery. Don’t miss it!
Before I go to the Drexoll 24-hour game-a-thon on Friday night, I’m going to go to this crazy “57 Varieties” show at the Butchershop. …the second instalment of this (monthly?) “57 Varieties” show series at the Butchershop Floor! We only made it to 39 varieties of performance last time (even that courtesy of some somewhat shady tabulation) but with YOUR HELP (cf. your poems, short films, unamplified musical performance, dance, acrobatics, puppetry, Iron Chef competitive cooking, or some more esoteric specialty) we can make it to 57 varieties and thus fulfill the conditions of the ancient prophecy, bringing about the end times and a golden era of unprecedented prosperity for the 57,000 chosen ones in and around Vancouver’s arts community. Don’t miss this opportunity for a fun Friday night and life everlasting at no extra charge! (Crazy people indeed…) Doors at 8! Entrance by donation or bring something (unplugged or visual) to share!
It’s days like this that make me want to go hiking into the forest, find a water hole and go swimming with friends.
Members of Congress were given a private viewing of unreleased photographs and videos from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; some showed Pfc. Lynndie England having sex with other soldiers in front of prisoners; other images showed prisoners cowering before attack dogs, Iraqi women being forced to expose their breasts, naked prisoners tied up together, prisoners being forced to masturbate, and a prisoner repeatedly smashing his head against a wall. “It was pretty disgusting, not what you’d expect from Americans,”
Oh sure it is. It doesn’t matter what country you are from. People of any nationality, any religious upbringing, any race – we are all capable of the lowest acts of depravity to the ultimate acts of kindness & self-sacrifice.
An American businessman named Nick Berg was decapitated on video by Iraqi militants.
That just supports my point.
Rumsfeld, who this week made a surprise visit to Abu Ghraib prison, compared the Iraq war to the American Civil War and said that “the carnage was horrendous, and it was worth it.”
The Bin Laden Construction group was selected to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in Dubai. “Nothing good or just can be built on the destruction or suffering of others,” said President Bush at a commencement address
Ummm…think about what you just said there, dum-dum….
Homosexuals were lining up to get married in Massachusetts, and President Bush again called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
There’s a lot of flag burners
Who’ve got too much freedom
I wanna make it legal for
policemen to beat ’em
I’m an amendment-to-be
And I hope one day they’ll ratify me
Australia’s treasurer promised to pay $2,000 for every child born in the country; “You go home,” he said, “and do your patriotic duty tonight.”
Would that pay for airfare? And now, the sciences:
Scientists reported that the amount of sunshine that reaches the surface of the earth has dropped significantly in recent decades. An EPA study found that household “air fresheners” could be causing a carcinogenic smog in people’s homes, and the World Wildlife Fund said that world cod stocks could be wiped out by 2020. Mammals that live in colder climates benefit from having a large penis, scientists said, and trillions of 17-year cicadas were preparing to swarm, mate, and die in the Eastern United States.
Today I must draw. I haven’t drawn since Thursday and that’s bad. Last night I had another mini-painting potluck. We also watched the last episode of Justice League. It was a 3-parter and they showed all 3 parts in a row, which was good. The episode itself was pretty good. Actually, it was very good compared to most episodes of JL. I want to do a nitpicker’s guide to Justice League, but of course I won’t. Anyway I painted a bunch of figures as did Norm, Kelly & Paul, Stewie, Chris Gibbons, James, Jon, but not Marlo. Kelly brought over cake and I made pancakes with banana, strawberries, raspberries, and little Reese peanut butter chips in them – which were quite good. On the weekend I got a bunch of Warhammer 40,000 stuff from a garage sale for 12.00 and change. The best part was the paint set and the little cardboard buildings. So I painted a couple of the miniatures that came with that. After everyone left Anghold came over and we watched two more episodes of Six Feet Under. It’s quite good. I think that’s the way to watch TV shows – wait for them to get released on DVD. No commercials, no waiting another week to see what happens. Of course that doesn’t do much for their ratings so if everyone did that the show would never get a second season, but if I thought that my input actually made a difference in the world of tv-making then I would be concerned. And also I’d have my own show.
This photo was taken yesterday while Stewie and I were having a delightful walk from my place to the Varsity Ridge Bowling lanes. We met Marlo & James there and on the electronic scoring system we entered our names as Walter, Smokey, Maude and Donnie. First one to name the reference gets a good sasparilla. Some restrictions apply. You must be 18 or over and a resident of the Vancouver area.
If you go here http://contradictionfilms.com/projects.html you can see the teaser for “Believers.” That’s me in the robes, chanting “Ia! Ran Tegoth! Aklo Sabaoth!” and that’s my little demon drawing too. That’s not my blood though…we got that from a cat.
I forget who my Buffy-fan friends are.
For the benefit of those bored readers like Marlo & Yvonne I’ll post some interesting tidbits from my past involving rodents.
When I was a wee lad – I guess 11-14 years of age – I rescued a mouse from our cat. I don’t remember the cat’s name. It may not have had a name apart from “kitty.” It was a calico cat and I was very fond of it. We were living on a farm at the time and it wasn’t allowed inside the house, so sometimes on rainy days or cold days I would go out onto the porch with a big puffy jacket and put her in the jacket (while I was wearing it) and slip my arms out of the sleeves and pet her for a while. Once she caught a mouse and my brother and I saw it. Often she would, as many cats do, leave her kills (mice, voles, moles, birds) on the doorstep as little offerings. This time she was still playing with it, and we forced her mouth open and took the vermin. We put it in a box and brought it into my brother’s room. It wasn’t moving – we weren’t sure if it was at death’s door or not. We brought it some cheese (of course) and tried to nurse it back to health. It must have just been in shock because after a couple minutes it completely regained its strength as if nothing had happened and shot all over the room on its tiny legs. We managed to catch it again and release it outside, presumably far away from kitty.
So that’s a happy story, and here’s a sad one. In Chilliwack, while we were living on the army base (this happens before the above story by several years). I had a friend whose name was Shawn. Shawn’s parents were hippies, I think, and he called his father by his father’s real name, not “Dad” which was weird to me. Sean had a pet gerbil. I was over at his house once and he left me in his room while he was doing some chore or something so I brought the gerbil out of the cage. He always tried to get away from me (and with good cause as it turns out) so I held it by the tip of its tail so it couldn’t get away. Not to be beaten, the damn thing pulled so hard that the tip of its tail popped off leaving me with a little bloody stump. I don’t think I fessed up because I remember being confronted with the gerbil in front of Shawn’s dad and I was asked to leave. I don’t think I was allowed over to Shawn’s house anymore
Did I already tell the story of my brother’s rat – the one with an infected leg?
I’m finished my tight deadline now so I actually have time to see a movie at…Tinseltown! Showtimes are for May 14, 2004 to May 20, 2004
Good Bye Lenin! 14A 121 mins
Fri-Thu: 12:30 4:05 7:05 9:45
I’m Not Scared PG 108 mins
Fri-Thu: 2:40 7:35
Main Hoon Na 14A 100 mins
Fri-Thu: 12:00 4:00 8:00
The Corporation PG 165 mins
Fri-Thu: 12:10 3:55 7:00 10:10
The Delicate Art of Parking PG 87 mins
Fri-Thu: 12:35 3:30 5:30 7:50 10:00
The Punisher 18A 124 mins
Fri-Thu: 4:40 9:50
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion PG 104 mins
Fri-Thu: 2:15 7:25