I'd like to wish you all a blessed
Samhain!

Happy Birthday David!

So sorry to have let it slip by. I hope that you had lots of fun!

Someone really cool emailed me this link to the Cochrane Community Mural Mosaic. The mural was unveiled September 12, 2007, at the Cochrane Ranche House and apparently each tile is one foot square. Each tile is it's own individual picture and each was created by a different artist. All of them together form this huge mural.

Check it out. By clicking on each of the tiles to see them in detail.

Wow! It's been a whole week since my last post. Time certainly flies...

I'm still trying to adjust to getting up so early so that I can get to work on time. The transit system here is a lot to be desired and thus, I am either really early or quite late to the office in the morning. I suppose that it's better to be late but it's a little weird to have to be up before six in the morning so that I can get here early. All I can really say is that I would love to have a lie in but that isn't possible if one is working for "the man". It makes self-employment look really good at the moment.

As if having to be more rushed in the morning so that I can get out of the door isn't bad enough, I also have to endure the teenagers on their way to school. I still cannot figure out why in the hell they have to get to school so early, knowing full well that if they weren't there, the commute would be a great deal more peaceful. It makes buying a car much more attractive in that I would be spared the little shitheads lack of manners and noise. However, the CO2 emissions and the fact that I'd have to be dealing with a whole other set of idiots (the other drivers) makes me reconsider. Perhaps the only solution is setting up a tent close to the office in order to be spared the aggravation in the morning.

I'm thankful it's Friday because tomorrow I will not even be awake to see the sunrise. I cannot do anything about the idiots on the bus but at least with more sleep, I'll be more tolerant of them.

I haven't been reading much so I've nothing to post on the Fall Reading Challenge.

I had my third Recording Fundamentals class yesterday and it's making things much more clear for me. And, while it's just an introductory class, I can see loads of possibilities! Now all I have to do is get the equipment and start working on things. I'll start researching that and hopefully in a couple of months I'll get started... I might even get some stuff that Robert can attach to his journal.

For now, I'll just have to dust my camera off and keep the creativity flowing...

Anyway, I realize this is a pretty sad attempt at a post but, hell, at least it's a post.

Have a great weekend all!

Well, it's Friday and another weekend is upon us. Thank goodness because I'm feeling a little sleep deprived...

Last night, I went to class two of my recording class. I felt a bit better because we got to hear what effect the different microphones have on the recording process. It was really cool. I was about five minutes late though because I miscalculated the bus after eating dinner with a friend at a new restaurant called Casa Tequila (sorry no link) in which the food was good but our server was not. That said, I did fill up on great Mexican food and then went off to class where I felt overstuffed. It was a great night though...

I've really enjoyed the inclement weather we've been having. The wind and the autumn leaves are a lovely sight. Even the rain, despite being a bit dreary, adds to the feel of the season. I've even seen a couple of sunrises that are wet, yet also really beautiful.

This weekend, I plan to sleep and some friends and I are going to check out the Jellyfish Lounge. They're websites not really up entirely so if you'd like to read a little more about them, you can do that here.

Anyone got any exciting plans that they'd like to share?

Are you one of those people out there who cannot see being able to afford a house in the near future? Is everything looking out of reach as far as size and price are concerned? Well, here is an option for you from a company called Tumbleweed Houses.

These are kind of funky, non?

If you'd like to see inside of one that is actually lived in, you can take a look here. These are photos of Jay Shafer's actual abode.

I was thinking that this was pretty cool however I suppose that means that I'd have to get rid of a lot of the things that I own.

Thanks to Olivia at Yummy Wakame for spreading the news about this...

If anyone out there is looking to buy me a present, on the top of my wish list would be this. (I saw it at the Home & Interior Design Fair last weekend...

So, how has the week been for you folks so far? I love the autumn season and am especially fond of the exquisite wind that blows around this time of year that scoops up the fallen leaves of many colours and whisks them around. Perhaps this is why I always have the urge to travel at this time of year. I'm in awe of the leaves that - after being swept off the ground - land somewhere far away from where they started. Hmmm. Where should it be this year? I'll let you know if I decide to come to your part of the world.

I'm sorry to say that I will not be able to complete my Fall Reading Challenge list as it stands now because I absolutely cannot get any further with "Ulysses". I gave it the old college try but the punctuation and the lack of coherence have totally turned me off. So, I've returned it to the library in disgust. That disgust is not of the book but of the fact that I just couldn't bring myself to even get close to finishing it. Not to despair though, I've got a new one. It's entitled "Home Recording Made Easy" and I bought it to give me a little more background for my course. So far, it's pretty interesting.

Besides the weather, the early darkness and the reading, things are just moving along. I'm still adjusting to getting up when it's still dark but I think I can conquer that...

Justin Ryan loves the way I wear my eyeshadow...

How do I know? Because he told me.

I was at the Home & Interior Design show specifically to see the dynamic duo that is Colin & Justin and actually was lucky enough to get an autograph from them after their hour long show there. That is when I got close enough for Mr. Ryan to see my "glittery" eyes. I invited them to the "island" and hopefully, they'll come for a visit.

That was the major highlight of my weekend. I endured a couple of ferry rides, a huge traffic jam going there and loads of high-powered and high-speed shopping to get there but in the end, I did. My bag was much heavier returning than when I left, that's for sure.

Yesterday, was very relaxed. I bought a frame for my autographed print and spent some time with a friend. It was a brilliant way to spend the day. Although, laundry was the task of the day (for both of us), it was just lovely to hang out and talk.

Now, if I can only get rid of this urge to gather up a few clothes, my passport and my credit card to wisk myself off to Glasgow, things would be fine. (Oooh, you just have to adore that lovely Scottish accent...)

Cheers all! Have a brilliant day.

I had my first class of the Recording Fundamentals course last night and realized that, while the theory is interesting, it really is difficult to wrap my head around things without experiencing things. Sure, it was only the first class but I really should have some of the tools to start feeling more comfortable with my knowledge. As we all know, that's a very expensive proposition. Too bad one couldn't just wish for that iMac and it would appear...

Anyway, the instructor gave us his business card and he works for a company called thenumber. Briefly scanning the website, it looks like a very interesting business. Hmmm. This is dangerous... Why? Some of my ideas have popped back into the front of my head.

It looks like it won't be that productive a day after all!

I'm off to the big city tonight and would like to wish you all a great weekend!

I found an interesting bit on the Reuters website today. It posed the following question:

An asteroid is on a collision course with the earth and you have one hour left to live. What would you do in your last 60 minutes?

You can click here to see what some people commented and you can find a brief summary of the results as well.

Personally, I like what KF commented:

I would complain about the A– holes who only let us know 6o minutes before the thing was going to hit the Earth. Why couldnt it be two weeks or even three? It also depends on what time of day ect. Are the bars closed? It would be fun to have sex while drinking from the tap. Who cares who watching when theirs only 60 minutes left. I would also finally have my confirmation that God doesn't exist.

Or Anthony who apparently doesn't like his neighbours (Why, I wonder...) says:

I don’t drive so if it’s all going to end in an hour I’d wait at the nearest red light and jack a car to race home and kill the people next door.

Or the person who said that they'd try heroin...

What would you do?

I do mean to post... really. I just don't have time right now. I promise that I will soon...

Sorry about the lack of posts. I'm still clogged up from this freaking cold.

I suppose that I should just really sleep a whole lot and get it over with. This thing had better be gone by tomorrow because I'm cancelling some really fun plans tonight. I suppose that I'm just gonna have to go home and take it easy. At least I have the first episode of Torchwood to look forward to. In case you don't know, it's a Doctor Who spin-off so I can get over my withdrawal since that series has ended for the season...

Hmmm. Now I feel like a real geek. Stayin' home and watching sci-fi on telly. If I feel better tomorrow, I might just go and see a couple of films in the theatre. (I've been dying to see the film Silk but not because of the female lead. Rather it's because I really love to watch Michael Pitt onscreen.) There are a couple that I'd like to see but as I was stuck inside this past weekend, I didn't get to it. Instead, I lived through two whole days of the Colin & Justin marathon on HGTV. (I think I might go and see them at the Home Fair next weekend in Vancouver... hmmm. Have I really lost it?)

Anyway, I hope that everyone has a better weekend than mine is shaping up to be...

Take care!

I just love Radiohead.

After hearing this in a conversation with one of the regulars on my bus on my way home now, this article from Reuters online makes me love them even more. For more details on the purchase of their new album, you can check out their In Rainbows link here. It appears they are leaving it up to the fans to decide how much they want to pay for the new digital release of their next album.

In fact, I was wondering when this would happen on such a large scale. It seems that nowadays, there is no need for bands to be signed to any sort of label. I've been dreaming about this. Dreaming about a time in which the artist gets everything that is related to their art. It's about bloody time. No middle man.

On another recording note, I've signed up to take a course on recording fundamentals. I'm pretty excited about it because it means that I can just move a little closer to my musical aspirations. I've spent what seems like a lifetime to where I am now in that I had musical ability, and then moved as far away from that as I could and now have come full circle.

I think that music is SO important in life. It is a necessary part of being human and has probably existed as long as humanity has. It has, I believe, the ability to heal the soul.

Don't you agree?

Okay, so I have to admit it.

I was tempted by Facebook today while my friend was showing me the virtues of the thing. I saw many people that I would never have expected to be on it as well as many people that I haven't seen forever which definitely brought on feelings of nostalgia.

However, I thought about it with this still-clogged head of mine and after a quick shake, decided not to allow myself to be seduced by it... It's hard enough keeping up with this blog.

So, instead of signing on, I'd like to take this opportunity to say hello to everyone out there that I know. I'll try to contact you all soon, either by post or by telephone. However, the telephone will have to wait because I still cannot depend on my voice holding out..

Continuing with the seduction theme, don't you find that it's funny when one is plagued by such that husky voice that is often heard when calling those 1-900 numbers at a time that one actually is far from feeling the slightest bit sexy... I can attest that when one has a head cold, it's definitely not at a time when I'm feeling remotely sexy. Especially when your scent is eau d'eucalyptes and your nose is running incessantly...

Anyway, folks, stay happy & healthy!