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Help me move, maybe?

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

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Termithulhu

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.
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Professor Ghost

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.

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Pssst! Act! Act!

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!

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B-: Me all over

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.

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Rockonomics: The Fifth Album

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.
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Thrifty

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.

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Anthony's Song

So I can actually start moving into my new place as of August 15th. Oh the pain, the pain of it all! My new address is 3890 ALEXANDRA ST VANCOUVER BC V6J 4C4. Isn’t that exciting? This old place may look pretty barren for the birthday auction, but for all the goodies on the block. I think this is going to be the most impressive birthday auction ever in terms of stuff, what with both Stewie and I whittling down our possessions in anticipation of the move.

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Stargate

I got a role on the Stargate TV series. They want me for one day of filming (I do have speaking role), but they don’t know what date. The best they can do right now is somewhere between the 17th and 27th. That could screw up my Birthday Auction or the Chilliwack show on the 25th. Pray for me.

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It looked like a sasquatch, and Yet I….

When I’m not being subjected to stress, I sleep well and usually don’t remember my dreams. Recently I’ve been remembering tons of dreams, most not worth transcribing (although recently I dreamt that I had created a sexy android to do my whim, who was so lifelike that she even critiqued my performance – I had another one that involved an extremely hairy baby – like sasquatch only sparser and more disturbing), and sleeping poorly. Of course my perennial problem of preferring to stay up watching movies and writing blog entries rather than going to bed doesn’t help, but it’s safe to say that the whole eviction thing is really the culprit here. Stress ruins my sleep. This is why when I book plane flights I try to book them very late at night – if they’re during the day I usually don’t even get to sleep, I’m in such a state. I guess I inherit my worry from my Ma.