Hockey Night

I want to be blogging every day but I don't wan't it to be bullshit. I really don't want to record my lameness, but I have missed so many good posts over the last month. I met Kevin Smith, got an interview for my dream job, and applied to University, but haven't blogged about any of it. I guess I should catch up on my blog. Keep the peoples happy. I think I might have to go private though.

I could lie and say I went to the gym today but I didn't. The gym is so much easier with tunes. I have no idea where my ipod is, and this shitty internet connection makes it impossible to download new episodes of Howard Stern in any reasonable time frame.

I went to Paul's work to watch the game. He works with a redhead which I would find distracting, but he seems to manage. The Game was killer, I was expecting Canada to lose to Russia since they haven't beaten them in the Olympics in fifty years. So far these Olympics, Canada's men haven't impressed, but tonight they fucking rocked. It was so cool to kick so much ass. We won the Hockey game, then Gold and Silver in bobsled.

Paul and I went to the Free Times Cafe to see Will. He was really good, and playing to the typically tiny Free Times audience. I really love Will's style and writing. A great night.

Now I write, and tomorrow I write more, Bassquarter is sleeping on my bed that sexy cat. She just loves me cause I got a bag of treats in here somewhere.

QuickTax puts bling in my pocket.

I did my taxes today and watched the Olympics. Canada's Ashleigh McIvor won Gold in women's snow cross (a sport I think we just invented). I should have gone to the gym, but the Tax Man stressed me out just enough to make a few excuses. At least it's out of the way now. I'm going to the gym tomorrow after breakfast. I bought breakfast supplies at Shoppers, so I'm good to go.

I used the online version of Quicktax, and since my taxes were so simple it was free (I'm so poor!). It was faster and easier to use than last year, so I'm happy with QuickTax, which will be called TurboTax next year in a bid to confuse future me. I have been preaching taking care of business and getting stressful crap out of the way, so I was glad to get it done quickly and painlessly.

I'm going to use my return to buy my Burning Man ticket for this year.

Watched the games. Olympic Hockey was cool, we won against ze Germans, Russia tommorow!

Southwest Airlines can go eat a bag of pre-chewed dicks

I don't know if your on Twitter (you should be), but if you are you must have heard about Kevin Smith being "too fat to fly" this weekend.

Kevin was ejected form a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank after boarding because someone deemed his size a safety risk, even though he fit in his seat with armrests down and could buckle his seatbelt.

This has been an unmitigated public-relations disaster for Southwest (Remember they once booted a woman for a skirt deemed too short), Obviously the person who made the call had no idea Smith has more than a million followers on Twitter (it's actually 1.6 but let's assume some are compu-bots). Most people would shy away from publicly disclosing the incident, but Smith has made no secret of his weight issues in the past, and has described the entire event in detail on his wildly popular Smodcast(106#). Give it a listen.

A lot of media outlets have picked up the story but most are ignoring facts and going with the sensational angle"Silent Bob Too Fat To Fly".

I'm a skinny guy. I have never run into this problem, ever. But it hurts my heart to think of the humiliation someone could inflict on another because of their weight.

if you want to check out his Twitter:
@thatkevinsmith he is the king of tweets
or mine:
@socialdynamo Stalk me!

Mj ultimatum

Valentines day is so tacky. All the plastic red heart garbage... and I don't have a lady so...

Paul and I had some Tim Hortons (Irish style) and took the bus over to Mom's place. A Sunday tradition, dinner and Simpsons. Mom made a great meal, and we all had a fantastic time together.

We watched some women's speed skating. Then the Simpsons went to Canada again! Marge and Homer were at the Olympics in Vancouver, which was so cool.

Paul stayed over and I took the bus back downtown, I need to help my cousin move tomorrow.

I got the Clap from the Wolfman

This title is an inside.

Went to see Wolfman with Ian. We did some TV shopping first. Got the hard sell at best Buy and left empty handed.

We went to Queensway Cineplex to see the movie and got there just before it got busy. We sat a row lower than normal so the Wolfman would loom over us.

It was ok. The effects were solid, Rick Baker is the shiznit. But it took an hour before any Wolfman showed up, and you really couldn't root for anyone.

Java Puke

Paul called me up to do lunch. We went to Java Hut, where I haven't been in a long while. We had lunch and a pitcher of Steam Whistle, and than decided to to one more pitcher. Paul asked if I could smell vomit, I though it might be cause I just burped in his direction, but then I smelt it too. It was a dude sitting near us, it wafted off him when he walked. We had to move. Who smells like vomit? I pondered perhaps he had a colostomy bag, but that would smell like shit and not puke, so it wasn't that. Maybe dude blew chunks and used his t-shirt as a bib. I'm gagging just thinking about it so I will stop here. 

A good time with Paul and an honest chat.

SPEED (sucks more than I remembered)

Pop quiz hot shot, the local cinema is playing a movie you thought was awesome when you were a kid, now in crisp digital projection, what do you do? What do you do?


You go see Speed!

Wow, not as good as my pre-pubescent mind thought it was.


Seeing Terminator 2 a few days ago made Speed look like Speed 2: Cruise Control. It just can't hold up, the dialogue is terrible and delivered with Keanau's patented "I am acting" style.  And why is the airport a good place for the bomb bus? It doesn't make sense, other than to crash it into a plane, the inevitable conclusion. Oh yeah, I hate Sandra Bullock too.


Fun times with Paul.

Adam Giambrone has to leave some of the smoking hot Toronto ladies for the rest of us or he wont get my vote

So I decided not to run for mayor of Toronto, and I'm feeling good about my decision after reading about TTC Chair Adam Giambrone's mayoral race speed-bump. The dude cheated on his live-in girlfriend, which is foul, but there are a bunch of other way bigger douchebags running for mayor who I'm sure have done far worse things for pussy. If every candidate had to disclose his sexual history we probably wouldn't vote for any of em. What upsets me most about Mr. Giambrone's actions is how he removed two smoking hot ladies from the Toronto bar scene, that's greedy. A handsome guy with a good job should chill out with his lady and let us unemployed dudes get a shot.

Terminator 2:Judgement Day

What a shitty time of year for movies. Once you've seen all the December Blockbusters and caught up on all the Oscar nominated fare in January, February is just blah (Until Cop Out February 26th!). Dear John finally knocked Avatar from the top spot this weekend, but romantic shmaltz won't get me to the movies. Cineplex Odeon seems to have caught on and is running a "digital film festival" to put some asses back in seats and sell some popcorn. I think Cineplex is testing it's customers to see if they will pay to see older movies in digital projection.

Some people don't enjoy the theatrical experience, preferring to watch stuff at home. I love to see things up on the big screen, a TV just can't compare, probably because of my visual impairment.

The Bloor is a great place to see something you may have loved on VHS back in the day but may have never seen on the silver screen. Toronto has a few great repertory Cinemas, but Cineplex's foray into the Rep market should be seen as serious challenge. The rep cinemas are still using traditional film projectors, and how "good" the picture looks depends on the quality of the "print". Cineplex uses digital projectors and Terminator 2 looked better tonight than it would have 19 years ago (strange but true). Cineplex has the rep cinemas beat in terms of older special effects heavy movies. I saw Die Hard at the Bloor in December and I'm sure it will look better at the Cineplex presentation (But Die Hard is a Christmas movie so who wants to watch it in February?).

It was so fucking cool to see Terminator 2 with a crowd. Of course this movie still rocks. It looked so tight in digital. Edward Furlong delivers a classic performance and Linda Hamilton is fit like nobody's business. Best of all, the groundbreaking special effects still hold up almost 20 years later.

A word on Cameron's dialog, yeah, it's a little hammy, but so what? People love it. Also,
Will James Cameron even notice a residuals cheque for T2 under the pile of all that Avatar money?

The digital film fest concept is a good one. They have a few more movies I want to check out. I have wanted to see Speed again for a while now, and I was going to rent it, but now I can go see it on Tuesday night! Ghostbusters on Thursday should be cool as hell too, and of course no self respecting geek would miss Wrath of Kahn.

Cop Our Red Band Trailer!

Cop Out press is heating up, here is the redband trailer:

Kevin did press for the movie with Canadian media yesterday. I made a play to get into the press screening, but Kev had no idea where/when it was. Oh well, I will have to wait. I'm looking forward to February 26 when I can finally see it.

Kevin Smith & Walter Gretzky announce World Record ball hockey attempt

Kevin Smith is here in Toronto for his 5th Q&A in as many years at Roy Thompson Hall this Saturday. It's going to be great, he's sure to lay the podium down. He spent the whole day today doing press for the 4th annual Walter Gretzky Ball Hockey Tournament. This years event will be even bigger than last, attempting to break the world record for ball hockey, Kevin also promised a second live Smodcast event (If your saying what's a smodcast? click here).








Kevin fell in love with Wayne Gretzky after Zack and Miri Make a Porno underperformed at the box office. He would get baked and watch Hockey a Peoples History and felt better about the world. He devoted both nights at Roy Thompson to talking about Gretzkyism (Worship of Wayne as Jesus). When he stumbled upon the website for Wayne's dad Walter's charity ball hockey tournament he had to get involved. I went and it was awesome, a day of ball hockey and a night of live smodcast.

I got a few minutes with Kev, at 4:20. I want to upload it but Rogers sucks so fucking much, they are slowing my internets. I will have to got to the library tomorrow, or maybe a coffee shop, but you have to see it.

Crazy Heart at AMC Forum

Saw Crazy Heart with dad where the Montreal Canadiens once played. The AMC Forum is not to far from his place and we wanted to check out it's Oscar nominated performances.

The guy working the concession was so baked, he had to have just blazed, cause he was moving too slow even for me!

The movie was nice, even if you don't love country music, the acting is great. Jeff Bridges is excellent, and you can't help but be reminded of Lebowski when he walks into a bowling alley in the beginning of the film, but that quickly ends and you are totally sold on his character, a drunken never-was traveling from shitty gig to gig. Like The Wrestler of country music but with a little redemption.  Maggie Gyllenhall was fantastic and so smokin' hot, give her the Oscar!

Staying awake for Conan

I helped out at the Grenadier with the Cnib metropass distribution. I was early so I grabbed a Vitamin Water, they remind me of being in California. The last time I helped out I just waited by the door to help people to the back of the lobby to where the ladies exchanged the old pass for a new one. I didn't have anything to read and it sucked, cause it wasn't busy and a lot of waiting. This time I came prepared and had a much better time. I read a script and also got to spend some time talking to the two older ladies who were also helping out. It was nice.

I gotta watch Conan now, switching to Letterman at commercials where possible.

Melissa Auf Der Maur's OOOM! New Video!

Watch the new video from Melissa Auf Der Maur Out Of Our Minds!

I cant't wait till this record comes out. If you want to pick up the ep or get me something awesome for my birthday go to her store HERE.

And leave comments below!

Take Control

The title of this blog has nothing to do with the post, I'm just listening to Weezer demos. But I think I might just use Weezer song titles when I can't think up a good title from now on.

I met Grandma at the mall really early. She bought me breakfast. I got an omelet at Marche, it was good. I rode the train up with her so we could continue our conversation.

I dug out my Beer Store coat, I can't believe I waited so long. It's so much warmer than the leather jacket I've been wearing. It always turns heads when I wear it. People will stop and ask me where I got it, and I tell em my Dad worked there.

I went to the gym for the second time this month. Good Life added advertising screens in the change room, not so classy. I have to step up my workouts if I'm going to get my sixty bucks worth, and rock a fit bod on the Playa.

Paul and I walked back to his place after he finished work. It was a nice night, so the walk was pleasant. He was meeting up with a guy off Craigslist to trade audio equipment and wanted me to be there as his muscle, I guess. The trade went well and Paul didn't get raped so I did my job.

I'm volunteering again tomorrow with the CNIB. Distributing metropasses to CNIB clients at a retirement home, which was boring last time, but I'm gonna bring a script to read and pass the time. Looking forward to it.

This is a shitty post, I will try harder tomorrow I swear.

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It's Howard Stern's 56th birthday!

I helped out with the CNIB Metropass distribution again, this time at the Grenadier Retirement Community. It was slow and boring. Being around all those old people made me want to hang out with Granny Mo, she called today and we're going to meet up tomorrow morning after her computer lesson at the Mac store.

I watched the first episode of the new Kids In the Hall series, Death comes to Town. I was not impressed, but I want to reserve judgement till I see the second episode next week.

Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town - watch more funny videos

It's my birthday next week, I don't expect you to get me anything but if you did wouldn't this be awesome!?!

This EL Wire pack would be kick ass, and can be found here. It would come in handy for Burning Man (maybe even Igloofest).

Youth in Revolt

I know its still just the beginning of January, but Youth in Revolt will prove to be one of the funniest movies of the year. It's a big weekend for movies I missed at Tiff. If I had seen this back in September it would have made my 2009 list for sure.

HP and I went to check it out after Hollywood's birthday breakfast. His Bday was on the 6th but he is so busy working on the PreThingy he had no time to party.

H-wood dropped us off at the AMC, he could not come with cause he committed to seeing it with someone else later in the week.

Michael Cera plays lovably awkward virgin Nick Twisp, he also plays Francois Dillinger, his suave but trouble-making alter ego. Francois exists only to commit the acts Nick could never do himself in order to be with the girl he loves. Cera is going to be huge this year, with Scott Pilgrim coming in August, and he deserves it cause he is fucking excellent. All the supporting cast is great, especially Ray Liota, and Zach Galifianakis.

I loved this movie so much, I'm going to put it in my top ten of the year, already! Now it could get crowded out later but I doubt it. Go see Youth In Revolt and let me know what you think.

Back to the gym and then Daybreakers

I made it back to the gym for the first time in 2010(and since November!). I eased myself into it, so as not to put myself off so quick. I love how my body reacts to working out, I can be super fit in no time if I just stick to it. I love how my body responds to the exercise, and just have to remember to keep fueling it.

I went to see Daybreakers at the Scotiabank Theatre (my aunt gave me a gift card for Christmas, good thinking). It's the vamp-ocalypse movie that I missed when it preemed at the festival back in September. I waited for it so long I couldn't wait any longer, so I went alone when no one else could make it. It was really cool, Ethan Hawke Sam Neill and Willem Dafoe were great and the design of the vampire world was so cool. I would see this again in a heartbeat.

Aww Artie,

I was sick today, I decided not to use the expired NyQuil (2005 vintage). I wretched at the thought of drinking that shit knock-off Robitussin. What I did was drink lots of water and just take it easy. I'm already feeling better, I want to go to the gym tomorrow (for the first time since November, December was so cold and lazy).

Sad news. Artie Lange attempted to take his own life. He has been battling addiction and depression for a long time. I love him so much. He is one of the best parts of the Howard Stern Show. My thoughts are with him and his family and I pray he gets well.

Here are some examples of his genius:

more Metropass and Avatar again.

I volunteered at the CNIB again. Today was busier than yesterday, but no where near Monday's volume.

I went to see Avatar with Granny Mo. It was fun, she really enjoyed it. I liked seeing it a second time. I'm reading a lot of hate from people complaining about the story, all douches who have never written a movie in their life.

Kevin Smith tweeted tickets for his Roy Thompson Hall gig next month are sold out through ticketmaster, but you might still get them from Roy Thompson Hall directly. I got my tickets as soon as they went on sale. His Q&A's are always fantastic and always sell out. He is guaranteed to lay the podium down. With a movie coming out a few weeks later, I'm praying for a Cop Out preview screening at the Bloor.