I told this story to Miwako and Mike a while back, but since I've lacked content here for the last week plus, I figured that I'd retell this thrilling story of weirdness and shame.
When I went back for Thanksgiving, Danny/Denny and his girlfriend, Jill picked up a kitten to bring back to Danny/Denny's place here in PG. As of yet, they haven't named it yet (I suggested Lightbulb). Last night, they
both came over to visit Anson. Danny/Denny asked Anson if he could give him some condoms, for obvious reasons. Anson gives him three. To this, Danny/Denny says "This will do for the night." Jill, hearing
this, tells Anson that the condoms are for the kitten. The fucking kitten. I'm not sure if she's either ashamed of their sex life or they have unspeakable plans for the kitten.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Italian zeitgeist and Fell
Ho ho ho! MKZ has once again captured the attention of Italian smut lovers. This pleases me greatly.
I haven't picked up any of Warren Ellis' work since he was signed his exclusivity deal with DC a couple of years ago. Sure, the first couple issues of the Global Frequency were ace, but it quickly petered off until they got to the Japanese and Hyper Violence issues. His other stuff was a mixed bag. I wasn't exactly fond of MEK or Reload and I missed out on Red, which supposedly retreads everything that Reload did, but with a man instead. His Marvel output hasn't been exactly fantastic either, if you forgive the oblique pun. Now, it seems that Ellis has exited the valley of shit material and is on his way up to producing good material. This brings me to Fell. Normally, I pick up Ellis' stuff in trades, as they look nicer on my shelf and they tend to flow a lot better. Fell, on the other hand, is the anti-thesis of Ellis' other work. Instead of being an ongoing story like Transmet or Desolation Jones (which looks super ace), each issue is a stand alone packed to the gills with dense goodness. Best yet, Fell is extremely afordable, costing you a fistful of change. With the extra material in the back, it seems to me that you're getting a better bang for your buck than most comics out there. Pricing comics like this would definately make me pick up more monthlies than I do (which is none, currently).
I haven't picked up any of Warren Ellis' work since he was signed his exclusivity deal with DC a couple of years ago. Sure, the first couple issues of the Global Frequency were ace, but it quickly petered off until they got to the Japanese and Hyper Violence issues. His other stuff was a mixed bag. I wasn't exactly fond of MEK or Reload and I missed out on Red, which supposedly retreads everything that Reload did, but with a man instead. His Marvel output hasn't been exactly fantastic either, if you forgive the oblique pun. Now, it seems that Ellis has exited the valley of shit material and is on his way up to producing good material. This brings me to Fell. Normally, I pick up Ellis' stuff in trades, as they look nicer on my shelf and they tend to flow a lot better. Fell, on the other hand, is the anti-thesis of Ellis' other work. Instead of being an ongoing story like Transmet or Desolation Jones (which looks super ace), each issue is a stand alone packed to the gills with dense goodness. Best yet, Fell is extremely afordable, costing you a fistful of change. With the extra material in the back, it seems to me that you're getting a better bang for your buck than most comics out there. Pricing comics like this would definately make me pick up more monthlies than I do (which is none, currently).
Thursday, October 06, 2005
I am not dying, thank God!
First thing's first. I talked to the doctor yesterday and he said that I have restless leg syndrom. After a conversation with my mom today I found out that she has it too. Sounds like spasmatic legs run in the family.
As I am leaving for FSJ this weekend for Thanksgiving, I'm gearing up with a lot of music for the ride there. Thanks to the heavy layer of trees in the pinepass, the radio is dead for 90% of the ride. Thankfully, I have one of those things that plugs into your tape deck allowing you to hook it up to any portable music device. Armed with soulseek, I'm downloading lots of tunes for the drive. On tap first will be the Pixies concert live from the Commdore Ballroom in Vancouver last year. Listening to the first couple of track I've decided that this is probably the best recording of a concert *ever*. The energy that flows between the Pixies and the crowd is electrifying. The crowd's bellowed sing along mates well with Frank Black's squeals. This surpasses my recording of the Flaming Lips in concert ten fold.
I'm also working on getting music by Radio Birdman, a punk band from Australlia from the mid 70s. If you haven't had a chance to listen to them, give them a shot. They have a crunchy guitar punk sound that's blended with a Hawaiian surfabilly twang. They're fairly obscure, but definately worth checking out
As I am leaving for FSJ this weekend for Thanksgiving, I'm gearing up with a lot of music for the ride there. Thanks to the heavy layer of trees in the pinepass, the radio is dead for 90% of the ride. Thankfully, I have one of those things that plugs into your tape deck allowing you to hook it up to any portable music device. Armed with soulseek, I'm downloading lots of tunes for the drive. On tap first will be the Pixies concert live from the Commdore Ballroom in Vancouver last year. Listening to the first couple of track I've decided that this is probably the best recording of a concert *ever*. The energy that flows between the Pixies and the crowd is electrifying. The crowd's bellowed sing along mates well with Frank Black's squeals. This surpasses my recording of the Flaming Lips in concert ten fold.
I'm also working on getting music by Radio Birdman, a punk band from Australlia from the mid 70s. If you haven't had a chance to listen to them, give them a shot. They have a crunchy guitar punk sound that's blended with a Hawaiian surfabilly twang. They're fairly obscure, but definately worth checking out
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Rob's twitch
I don't often write about my health because it really hasn't been much of an issue to me in the past. Sure, I still have troubles moving my middle finger on my right hand and I have Christmas toe on my left foot due to tree planting, but besides that, I'm in okay shape. Lately, that's changed. For the last couple of months I've noticed that my body has developed some pretty bad vicious twitches/spasm when it's at rest. For example, when I'm in bed, trying to sleep, I'll feet a sharp poke on my body and another part of my body will twitch or spasm. It's not so that I can't sleep, but it's starting to affect my peace of mind. I've had minor twitches for the last three years. When I worked at the Lido theater in FSJ I'd have occational face twitches, but they didn't happen in the places that it does now nor with the frequency. One of the people that I worked with said that I might have Torrettes. Hah hah hah. My ex-girlfriend Pearl, who is training to be a nurse says that she doesn't know much about what couple be happening to me. She said that it could be neurological, but I'd have to talk to a doctor to make sure. Anyhow, sinceI'm relatively new to Prince George, I'm going to have to find a family doctor as the walk in clinic nearby isn't very good. I went there a couple of times to help out Anson and his friends and the doctor's diagnosis has always been quick and I I've felt that they didn't give patients enough time to talk about their symptoms, et cetra. I suppose this is due to the crumbling medical system here in Canada.
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