October 2009
34 posts
I wasn't planning to dress up for "last day at the...
but after looking in the mirror, I’ve realized that I’m wearing a sweet “web developer circa 2006 who made a poor tie choice” costume.
Travis: hey, mr. original [NOTE: Robert Kroetsch emailed me a congrats this morning and called me "original"]
Matthew: howdy
Matthew: and life gets more absurd
Travis: i like that descriptor for you
Matthew: original or absurd?
Travis: a little from column A and a lot from column B
Matthew: haha
Reuters: Canwest says National Post could close... →
blownspeakers:
Although, it’s not really a reflection on the state of print media:
“The National Post Company has been unprofitable since its inception, recording annual losses as high as approximately C$60 million in 2001,” Canwest said.
Also, good-fucking-riddance.
QFE
“The B.C. Civil Liberties was leaked a government document detailing plans to...”
– Locking up the homeless for the Winter Olympics
I’m at work and haven’t actually listened to the audio, but it’s from Rabble.ca so I can only assume that the headline is more than a little exaggerated. What I do know, however, is that Vancouver is opening up extra shelters (per...
Stevie Wonder - “Sir Duke”
My age and...
Things I've learned about myself while packing
I have too many shoes
Movie night OR My internal monologue escaped
Travis: what do you think?
Matthew: fo sho
hrm
maybe not
no, yeah, it'll work
oh shit, wait no
haha
focus matthew
i don't have the technology unpacked to watch it anywere but the laptop screen
Travis: i feel like i just veiwed a conversation between you and yourself
A few days ago, I saw a beetle in my bathroom.
I saw again him the next day, on the other side of the bathroom and looking dusty. So I addressed him as “Gregor” and told him that he was trapped in an existential panic and needed to recognize himself as an individual before returning to his human form.
I haven’t seen him since.
Life is absurd(ly awesome)
George Elliott Clarke is attending a ceremony, and possibly accepting an award, on my behalf.
That’s like winning an award for album cover design and having Gord Downie thank the crowd. Yeesh.
“The show that Glee wants to be is, on paper, promising. And its pilot came...”
– Unintentionally (???) hilarious criticism about Glee from one of my favourite magazines, Maisonneuve
I’m not sure what the author was promised, but I think the show delivers “dramatic comedy about a high school glee club from the people who brought you Nip/Tuck” perfectly.
The National Post: Cadence Weapon presents first... →
(via blownspeakers)
Cooking tip
“Washing” your hands with those used coffee grounds you have lying around gets rid of post-hot-pepper-rubbing-your-eyes pain. It also makes you smell like coffee, increasing your attractiveness by a full two points on the ten point scale.
Serious conversations
Greg: is that curious george?
Matthew: nah
generic monkey
Greg: oooh
monkey fail
Matthew: i disagree
monkey ftw
New hobby
Acting surprised that people have “heard of the Beatles” when they start singing along.
Apparently they do music shows on Sundays now
Dan: We're doing a show on the 18th, you should come out
Me: Yeah for sure. Where is it?
Dan: The Penthouse
Me: ...
are you doing Bon Jovi covers all night?
