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About Me

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My Interests

Music, Film, eating out, Kitlers & the library. (A wee bit of mystery is good, no?)

I'd like to meet:

Homosapiens first and foremost, possibly canines and felines but definitely not naked homosapiens posing with canines and felines.

Music:

Metric, Pixies, the Dandy Warhols, Peter Elkas, the now defunct band Roger , Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Danger Mouse, really into the Mashups done by Divide & Kreate , Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Colleen Brown , francophone punk rock (Caco Disco by the Hot Springs), Dolly Parton, Darren Frank Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Tapes n Tapes
And of Course The Divine... Ridley Bent Blackie & the Rodeo Kings Tom Wilson 5440 Tin Foil Phoenix Chin Barney Bentall and all the fine folks at Copperspine Records but that's enough shop talk...

Movies:

Movies made during the 40's, 50's, & 60's predominently (Ingrid Berman & Cary Grant are favourties). Casablanca, Talk of the Town, That Touch of Mink, The Philadelphia Story, Holiday, His Girl Friday, Wait Until Dark. Especially Hitchcock: Notorious, Suspicion, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, Dial M for Murder, Spellbound. Roman Holiday. Modern thrillers as well: the Machinist, Sin CityRock n' Roll DiG, Fubar, Spinal Tap, Tribute

Television:

Currently On the AirMedium, Corner Gas, Degrassi Junior High, Law & Order (regular and SVU), The Apprentice (the original Trump), 24, America's Next Top ModelDVD Series that are awesome or shows that require cableFreaks and Geeks, 24, Trailer Park Boys, Da Ali G Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Books:

Mainly Graphic Novels... in the Biographical Vein: Al Burian, Maus by Art Spegielman (brilliant), Craig Thompson (Blankets, Goodbye Chunky Rice, & Carnet de Voyage), Julie Doucet. I have a fondness for Drawn & Quarterly as a publishing house. Other Titles that are quite good (both graphic novels and other books) Go Ask Alice, Tommy's Tale, Diorama: A Love Story, The Villans Guide to Better Living, Summer Blonde.

Heroes:

My Blog

A Quick One

I decided to go for many many long walks and bike rides this weekend. on my travels i ventured into chapters...whilst making my way to the graphic novels I noticed something for the first time:the sc...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:31:00 PST

Yes you can survive without internet

Well we're in Regina at the Exchange. My cell phone is dead and this is the first time I've had internet in quite a while.The car got fixed without issue in Edmonton which is great. Jesse made a din...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

high hopes, spare tired

after a pleasant 15 hour drive from vancouver, we rolled into cam's parents house in lacombe, ab at around 10pm alberta time. i awoke with a mint tea in hand wondering why i was in the car by myself ...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:30:00 PST

insult to injury

so today i was doing some grooming maintenance by going for the ol waxing treatment at the estheticians which happens to be a reasonably priced spa in my neighborhood.i anticipated a relaxing environm...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:52:00 PST

if life=bitch, then taxes+debt= sweet release of death

the theme of today's blog is don't poke the bear. due to a complete lack of energy as most of mine is spent figuring out how the FUCK one is supposed to communicate with 20 something males that accept...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:56:00 PST

Do you have the Hits?

ah so the first call at work today was a demo submission request. i have a love hate relationships with these calls because on the one hand -- they're highly intrusive as i have to use energy to be p...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:13:00 PST

repost - the canadian stereotype

this was sent to me via my online folk forum... worth reposting. i have yet to see a polar bear walk down the street. Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics,these are...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:55:00 PST

random shoes

for some reason every day this week on my way to work i have walked past a random pair of shoes lying on the sidewalk. each time they are in a different location.on monday there were a pair of tan he...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:32:00 PST

Resolved.

Ok so mainly for myself here are my new years resolutions organized by category:PERSONALDress Better and your ageThis stems from an incident at the Dentist's office where i went to pay for my tooth cl...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:32:00 PST

Crazy!

What a fucked up day I've had! I can't go into detail but i now understand why the term "fan" comes from "fanatic".If you haven't checked out FOUND magazine you really should. People send in notes an...
Posted by Boite de Neige on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:48:00 PST