dholokov

For some reason, when I was about 11, I had hoped that I would look like Chevy Chase. Then, at about age 13, I wished I looked like Prince Andrew. When girls started really noticing me at about 14, I stopped wanting to look like someone else.

july 1st is Canada Day

See... you had to go and tell me that...

Hey mate - I didn't get your email until I got back from TO. I tried writing you back, but hotmail bounced it back saying the address didn't exist - not something you expect when using the 'reply' feature.

Anyways - I wound up pretty much staying close to the hospital and the hotel. We'll hook something up when I'm in town for a longer and more social visit.

Perhaps at the Cure show, where we will be the envy of millions?

Ah - I'm a total gear whore for guitar and all things audio.

You should have seen my pedalboard a few years back.

Right now, I just use a VG-8 modelling processor and a Pod Pro amp emulator and that's everything.

Hey - I used to work at the Bloor LM

But for guitar work, I trust the guys at the Twelfth Fret. The LM guys are awesome, but I've been dealing with the Fret guys longer, and I bought this guitar from them.

Click on the "Contact" tab next to my profile, and you can enter a message there that'll get sent to me as an email. Send me a contact number and let me know what I should call you in real life. "Hey, dholokhov - you need another jaeger?" doesn't seem to roll off the tongue.

Like I said - I may be doing entirely too much stressing to even think about socializing. But it's never a bad idea to have options.

You are a much better human being than I am. I haven't volunteered for everything in a very, very long time.

I'm trying to get Superflea to give me his extra ticket, but he's being mean.

I might have to take yours.

Most of my watching these days consists of TV series on DVD. I just finished the second season of Six Feet Under tonight, and the gf and I marathoned season 6 of Buffy whenever that came out. I'm also in the process of watching season 1 of The Kids in the Hall, Invader Zim, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as well as season 2 of Law and Order while my gf is going through the first seaon of Dead Like Me.

I rationalize that I probably spend about as much on DVDs as I would on cable, only this way the only thing that's ever on is one of my favourite shows.

And don't buy into Sorcha's sob story. She knows full well she's in contention for that extra ticket.

And lets not forget the Gippers famous last words: "alkdjfoiaudnfadsoihjadoifoaiufiooi (droooool)"

That one's going in God's Little Slideshow Cruel, but hilarious.

hellz yeah.

have i told you the edge.ca thing yet? go there, register for their inside edge thing, you get a password so you can buy seats early.

mind you, the molson amphitheatre is a pretty good venue from any vantage point.

Awww... thanks, sweetie.

I think I'm pretty now, mostly because I look more "mature" than I did in that picture. (I'm ten years older). It'll be interesting to see these wizened eyes and smirk on my "young" body once I drop the weight.

I honestly can't imagine bringin my car in to TO and driving it around for a few days. I can see either a specific trip somewhere - ie I'm getting off the highway, going to the guitar shop, turning around and getting back on the highway - or driving in, parking for a day or two, and TTCing everywhere I need to be. Anything else seems cruel and unusual.

Which is a pity. I should visit more.

Are there any measures underway to make sure the monsters behind the "Double Exposure" TV show are never allowed to broadcast anything (even though the radio show was actually funny) ever again? THAT'S a measure of pressing national importance.

And (if you'll pardon the lateness of my reply) Bowie's show was in fact substantially different than the earlier Toronto gig I'd seen. For instance, he didn't play "Slip Away" - a song from Heathen which got a big build-up and its own video segment in the last show - and which I personally have never liked even a little bit. He brought out several rarities and even the banter was fresh, too. (I know what it's like to go through the motions onstage when you've been playing the same set for too long.) Then again, the guy has four decades of material to sort through. I wouldn't be surprise if he could do 30-40% completely unique material on any given night. Granted, that might go too far into the B-sides than many fans (like the shiatheads at the London show squawking "Play your hits!!!") might care to go... but the fact remains he could do it. And I'd go to see him perform again and again.

Raccoons. Yeah. They're everywhere. But, at least they're mildly comical. Have I introduced you to my arch-nemesis?



Yeah, so what if they're reasonably attractive? They are stupid, arrogant, and mean (perhaps they have a future in American politics?). Every year, they take over this small pond by the neighborhood grocery store because they realized "Oh, some people will think we're cute and feed us" and some pinheads do. So, when you park your car, some of these giant poop machines walk up to you and look for a handout. I had to rescue the neighbor's little dog from their harassment...apparently they took a fancy to dog food, and one little bichon is not enough to fend off 5 sky rodents.

Oh, about the "getting busted" thing. It was more about wasting time than what I waste time with, but, still, I am now being watched.

They are Canada Geese here, too. Unless you call them Rodents With Wings.

My mom & dad have been irritated by them all their elderly lives (they grew up in far northern Wisconsin). When they retired and moved to Texas, they were horrified to find out they lived in a community where, well, ALL the Canada Geese spend their winters. Their poor dog is so frightened by these things that all I have to do when I visit them is put my arms out and hiss, and she'll run & cower (I love their dog, but it's still fun to tease her!).

We actually have a family of Cougars running around the river bottoms here, terrorising some of the more affluent suburbs. Black bears are a problem further up north. And, I am always amused by the annual story of the errant moose mixing things up in some northern town.

I wouldn't trade living in the snowbelt for anything! Between the occasional tornado, mosquitos, and nature run wild...its the best! I can, however, live without the army worms & mayflies.

I agree, a full UPS Truck isolation and interrogation is in order.

Going back to your previous comment...the authors & managing editors are an interesting bunch themselves. There are 3 I can think of (my co-workers, being the immature lot we are, have nicknamed them)... Crazy Phil, Jar-Jar Binks, and DQ. Named as such because Phil talks to himself; Jar-Jar obviously works on only 1 publication per year because, no matter the time of day, he is always in the cafeteria; And DQ, we call him that because his hair looks like a Dairy Queen Twist Cone, and he smells bad.

Given the current deterioration of the American political process (Cowboy vs. Arrogant Herman Munster Clone), I may be looking to transfer to Carswell!

Hahahahahahahaha... I like that one.

I know the feeling. The Wings lost last night.

Ever since my Wild crumbled before the post-season, I've only been rooting on Detroit & Toronto for your & Sorcha's benefit.

I'll look for some good AAA or AA teams to cheer on...I can't support San Jose or Tampa Bay in good conscience...they don't even know what ice is in those locales!

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