dogslife

That (dog v. squirrel) is especially hilarious to me as I imagine that is exactly how it would go down if Bruno ever got his mouth on one. He's been lusting after them for so long through the front window, I think it would be much like if a 14-year-old me were to suddenly find myself making out with Yasmeen Bleeth.

The first few months of this year saw the two biggest sophomore-hipster-boner-releases I can remember ...

The Arcade Fire: 8/10 I like it.
Clap Your Hands Say Yearh: 4/10 c'mon guys .. you're not there yet.

Now I'm hungry for squirrel, dammit...

Primer = good, X Men = bad.
So say we all.

Despite my best efforts in the matter, I've not seen Primer. I've been avoiding X3.

What is the What was indeed excellent.

You're alive!

(And currently online, no less!)

I don't think you've even welcomed me to Toronto yet, jerkface.

Pencil me in for Friday. My weekends are always a little weird, what with travel back and forth to visit the girl, but I think she's coming here this weekend, and it'd be a hoot to catch up. Let's go to your brewpub of choice. I'm just off the Danforth, which is all kinds of convenient, but I wouldn't know the finest pub from the most base watering hole, so I'll happily head somewhere with a recommendation.

^^^ jesus; although incredibly funny, have a little sensitivity for his plight!

If you need muscle to mitigate any ill effect from the set-up, let us know.

Sometimes a glass or nine at the of the day is the most reasonable course of action. Best of luck with this.

I hope the show rocks for you, then, and that you got amazing seats. (For myself, I later realized I would probably not pay $225 for reunion tours that I would like to see more, ie, the Stone Roses or the Smiths).

^ Ya it will be fun! Happy holidays if we don't get something sorted out before then (which, seeing as its the 23rd, looks likley).

Ping.

Haha. Check out my blog. The same thing just happened to me.

We're heading out to India on December 17th, where I'll be literally monkish for about 3 weeks of a 5 week trip. My memories of India tell me that it's a bad place to have long hair, in terms of keeping it clean, etc. I figured no hair at all would be much preferable.

Nice specs, btw.

any luck on the frames hunt yet?

I should be heading through Toronto on my way to visit some friends in St. Catherines (I know, weird) on the last weekend of Oct. (26-29) I thought perhaps a coffee and some bookshopping was in order.. Montreal's terrible for second hand English language bookstores.. and I've been to at least a couple great ones in Toronto before.. on Queens I think (near the university) .. let me know if you're free.

That`s true.. it`s one of the few cities in Canada I haven`t truly explored.

I just remember something about Queen St. (maybe Bloor) and walking around U of T which is where I recall the bookstores being.. as well as perhaps the snobbiest (and therefore to some extent great) video rental place that I`ve ever been to. I spent maybe 24 hours there that time while visiting this gorgeous older women (well not that much older) who had a fantastic giant modern about on the 23rd floor of a high rise near the Old Mill subway station. The only time I`ve been outside of the airport was for Prom and that was a blitzkrieg tour itself.. my learning about Toronto geography was hindred by my lack of a proper map (I usually study one extensively before visiting a new city) and my mind being distracted by other substances and women.. not necessarily in that order. And I had people to drive me around, which of course helps immensely.

I`ll definitely drop you a line closer to the date.. I`m still arranging travel plans at the moment.

I don't know that one.

Tell Ginny that she is wrong... Leroy doesn't growl when I approach a sleeping Bean. However, Leroy growls when Bean approaches a sleeping me. He stops growling if Bean picks him up, though.

We had a puppy socialization breakthrough today -- Leroy actually jumped up on obd's lap today at our house. Leroy usually growls and barks and runs away from our guests.

Love your work. Seriously. And now it makes me want to read "Midnight's Children" again. Off to Japanese Amazon right now...

It took me so long to find a copy of Ulysses in a used book store. Complete accident.

this does concern me.

Oh, things were never really that great over there. My enjoyment of the job was based on three main factors. Firstly, most of the people I was working with were really awesome folk. Secondly, I was making good money. Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, during the early phase of my career there, I was just giddy to have a job in the industry that I sort of turned a blind eye to some of the more unusual aspects of the gig.

I'd been warned on multiple occasions prior to starting with the company that people "didn't want to say anything, but I sort of heard that's not the best place to work". Nobody wanted to say something directly, but everybody seemed to have a cautionary tale or "knew somebody who used to work with somebody". It was kind of mysterious.

Ultimately, with a few brief exceptions, I basically dreaded going in every single day for the past two years of my four year stint with them. I stuck it out for two big reasons - I was working with a bunch of friends, and I needed a certain income level to make my car payments.

I kept a lot of shit bottled up.

We should really go have a beer one night.