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Danny

About Me

Designer extrordinaire! Not only did I go to art school, but I'm a two-time holder of a BFA!!!!

My Interests

Looking at the sky, drawing, dancing, going to gigs, dust, blinking (you should try it sometime), and the Oxford comma.

I'd like to meet:

Should say 'Whom I'd like to meet' but the answer is: Colonel Sanders

Music:

Saint Etienne
Franz Ferdinand
Paper Moon
New Order
The Delays
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Judy Garland
Snow Patrol
Kenickie
Art Brut
Ash
Charlotte Hatherley
Mint Royale
Belle and Sebastian

Movies:


Good Bye Lenin!
The Transformers
4 Weddings and a Funeral
Equilibrium (WATCH IT!)
Saved!
Amelie
Delicatessen
Spirited Away
Much Ado About Nothing
A Midwinter's Tale
Trainspotting
Thunderbolt
Shaun of the Dead (did anyone catch Lauren Laverne?)

Television:

Home and Away
Arrested Development
Doctor Who
Heroes
Lost
The Avengers
Little Britain
The Prisoner!!!

Books:

The Lady in the Van
Writing Home
The Harry Potter series
The Adrian Mole books
Fermat's Last Theorem, by S. Singh

Heroes:

It'd be great to have my own super team!
Fei Fei
Boris Becker
Mr. T
and their fearless leader, who's no chicken ... Colonel Harland Sanders!

My Blog

Eating for one is hard!

It's so bloody hot today, that I was looking at getting some ice-cream sandwiches from the store. BUT the smallest box there held 12!!!How am I (me) going to eat 12 ice cream sandwiches? On Friday I m...
Posted by Danny on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:05:00 PST

Funky gift!!

I got a late birthday gift in the mail ... That's Jeremy-rific!
Posted by Danny on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:07:00 PST

24/7? As if!

Something that REALLY bugs me, is when store hours aren't adhered to.Kinko's is supposed to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They even have this HUGE lighted sign that you can see from the highw...
Posted by Danny on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST

Marmite Goodness! (or Guinness)

Whoa! Something new and tasty that I have to get!
Posted by Danny on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:54:00 PST

WHERE'S MY CAMERA!?!?!?

I saw something odd in the library washroom. You may not believe it; especially since I have no photographic proof. There was a mini container of Vaseline on top of the urinal!! Who brings a lil' tub ...
Posted by Danny on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:01:00 PST

TREE preempts the Reege!

Man, I'm really lazing about today!!SPOKANE, WASHINGTON! How does a storm blowing over a tree warrant cutting off Regis and Kelly!?!?! That's not an emergency broadcast! ...
Posted by Danny on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:14:00 PST

Finally. The Pet Shop Boys.

Having been a longtime fan of the Pet Shop Boys, I'd always bemoaned not having the opportunity to see them live. For various reasons it'd never happened (usually cos they've never played in Alberta, ...
Posted by Danny on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:58:00 PST

Looking for Cows. Preferrably named Calgary. And ready for a good time!

Getting back to Calgary recently, I had a tonne of actual mail to go through. Most of them are the usual suspects: bills, flyers, credit card applications.And then I came to a postcard. Posted from Lo...
Posted by Danny on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST

Coffee bar music still haunts

I'm trying to go to sleep, but am wired. I figure I've been home a total of 7 days in the last 6 weeks. A cosy lil' coffee bar I was at this afternoon was playing Fleetwood Mac, and I've got Gypsy in ...
Posted by Danny on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:55:00 PST

Star Bar

A photo of a place in Vancouver. Sort of says it all.
Posted by Danny on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:34:00 PST