Iron Giant Interview

Some other lovely Moncton folks were in town this weekend - the boys in Iron Giant. Love the band, love the company even more. I showed up to the venue and was greeted by the guy who'd interviewed Ryan and Dana a few weeks ago. I couldn't place him at first, until he asked if I wanted to come and hang out in the men's bathroom for the interview since I missed the last one. I politely declined. Here's what I missed out on:

Warning: nudity + obvious grossness. it's in a bathroom stall. you do the math. pretty funny, though.

This one's for the geeks

Amazon.com has the entire series of Arrested Development, one of the best shows ever made, on sale for only 28.99US today. All 3 seasons. 28.99. I'm pretty sure 80% of my friends already own every season, but just in case you need another copy or want to hook someone else up, today's the day to do it.
Going to write my last exam in a couple hours. Obviously, playing around on Amazon is the best way to prepare beforehand.

Thank YOU, Ryan North!

Something you don't see every day..

Drinking from my new favourite mug today (some sort of horseshoe/"M" logo on one side, and the other side CHARLES written in red), I looked up from my computer and saw a dog's face staring at me through the window above me. Smallish dog, maybe a terrier. Naturally, I screamed like a little girl and shot up from my chair. The dog didn't even blink. Then I realized that it wasn't looking *at* me, but behind me, where there was a dog bone on a plate on my coffee table. I forgot that I'd tripped over it yesterday and put it there, intending to bring it back to its owner when I went downtown last night. After my heart started beating again, I opened my kitchen window and threw the dog the bone (heh). Then spent the next 45 minutes measuring the windowsill and looking at curtains online before realizing that it really wasn't worth the trouble.
I think I should write a novel about it. Good story.

Motorleague

So, I had an amazing visit from my friends in Moncton this weekend.We had some good times, some Bad Times (live), and it was fucking amazing. The only regret is that after they left it just made me miss the maritimes even more. Luckily, I'll be able to see them in about a month anyway. Two videos for y'all, in case you want to feel a little of what it was like having them around. This is an interview given to hardimes.ca by Dana and Ryan (Don, Nathan and I had to go and get pretty, and pick up gear from my apartment). It's gold. Even if you have no interest in the band, you should watch it.

I Will Sing When You're All Dead

On Wednesday, I was at the bar, playing on someone else's computer, trying to think of other things to check online before getting back to an uncomfortable conversation. I wandered over to the morning news, part of my morning tradition (you know what I mean, the websites you check in a certain order every morning? right?), because they do an afternoon news update that's sometimes very amusing. If you're never checked it out, you should. It's got a nice little roundup of real news stories and just plain fun links on the sidebar (serious up top, weirder as you scroll down). Plus, the profiles and articles that are on there are great. Some of my favourite writers are contributors.
At any rate, when I checked tmn that night there was a new profile story up on Dmitri Nabokov, son of Vladimir. The title? I Will Sing When You're All Dead. I meant to read it that night when I got home, but I just got around to it this morning. It's fascinating, detailed, and well-written. If you have a few minutes you should read it. Even if you're not a Nabokovophile (I just made that one up, but it's pretty awesome, right?) like me.
Some other great TMN articles that I've particularly enjoyed over the past little while, if you're so inclined:
Henry Rollins and the Emergence of Hardcore
Boats We Missed, by the tmn writers
The Non-Expert: Is He Cute, or Is He British?
TNE:Today We Learn About Canada
And Great Lyrics Quiz Rock Roll The (these are classic songs with the words of the lyrics listed in alphabetical order, and you've got to figure out the song... some are easy, some are ridiculous. try it.)


This morning, I'm ostensibly cleaning my apartment like mad. In reality, I'm watching The Little Mermaid. Don't worry, I'm planning on fast-forwarding through the scary parts. Sebastian's kind of a douche; I'd forgotten about that.

Fanboys!

OK, so I should be in class right now, but this is way too awesome to leave for later. I finally (FINALLY!) saw the trailer for Fanboys today. If you're reading this, you should know what this movie's about: a group of dudes who want to break into Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. There's a cancer subplot/reason thing, but whatever. It looks fucking awesome. Veronica Mars? Check. That funny guy who lives in my neighborhood and was on Undeclared? Check. Incredible SW cameos? Check. SW-based plotline? Check. Kevin Smith? Check. Fucking William Shater? CHECK. Hope this release date sticks; there have been a million of them over the past year. February 9th, bitches.
Here's the trailer, for your viewing pleasure.