The Legoland Convention

my phone was off and i don't want any attitude about it, in case any of you tried to call and couldn't get me. i hadn't realized it was off. it is on now. i am reachable.

i am also in Victoria.
fido gets really bad reception here.

i don't know if Allie is here or not....Allie? did you come to Victoria?

tonight i played settlers of catan for the first time ever....i don't see what's the big deal about it.

this is the baby i have travelled over to this wonderous island to see...



isn't she adorable!!??

her parents have tried to persuade me to move back to victoria. it is beautiful here.

but, no.
i will not move....back to victoria.

Otto where were you yesterday? I went to chapel. I hung out with Allison. It was swawesome.

I can't resist anymore.

Top 5 Reasons to Film a Television show about Smithers in Langley
1. It's where City meets Country
2. All the amenities of a small town, with big town traffic
3. The people look surprisingly similar
4. So many parking lots - you can put those movie trailers anywhere
5. Did I mention Langley is where City meets Country? That's what our welcome signs say.

Anyways, on to more pressing matters.
I called this drum type studio today about teaching. It's where Driedger used to teach. The owners don't come back until Monday. So pray for me. I want a kickass drum teaching job. That would be cool.

Andrew, I got your message. I will call you back, but probably not until Saturday or so. Just so you know.

You all should hang out with Allison more. She's great.

That is all.

Oh Otto. That will be a great list. I can't wait for the return of our beloved website. Here are a few of my ideas:

Nature's Top 5 Kodak Moments:
1. A shark eating a puppy . . .

Top 5 Things To Spray in your Face with a Weedeater:
1. Surprisingly, mushrooms . . .

My Top 5 Favourite Songs of All Time:
(Classified)

And so on.

On another note. I'm going to Chapel at Summit tomorrow. You should all come with me. Even Bryan.

I have a great I dea for a top five lst, but will hold off until we have a stopfiverecords site again. Here is a brief preview:

Top 5 Loves:
1. I loves me some......

I think you get the idea....or do you? No matter.

"There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "i" in meat pie. Meat is the anagram of team... "

Alright Bryan, it's been about three weeks since our last discussion. I hope progress on Stopfive is progressing. If not, I will send a posse over there to get you. And it won't be pretty.

That is all.

I've been reading a few people's blogs tonight, because that's what I do in the library. They're all super serious (including mine). So, to break the intensity a little, I offer, for your reading pleasure, the first installment of a story I'm writing starting now.

now . . .
nnnnnnnow . . .
righhhhttttt Now.

Arthur Allen stepped off the train almost unconsciously. It was 9 am, and he was grumpy. He had just awoke from a nap. That was what he always did on his way to work. He was thinking about time. Particularly, time as it relates to naps. There is a very real law governing nap times. The formula goes something like this: (length of nap/previous fatigue)*fatigue at time of awakening=G. Of course G represents grumpiness. There are variables, such as sleeping position, and the travelling factor. Otherwise, the formula works like a charm. The only problem of course, is that no one quite knows how to measure fatigue. Or grumpiness for that matter. Scientists are working around the clock, or at least one would hope.

Arthur had no time to worry about scientific endeavours however. He was late. This fact didn't necessarily make him hurry. It only made him slightly more grumpy. Not a real issue though, since his job barely required consciousness. In fact, it barely required him to be there. He thought about this as he walked. His computer wouldn't miss him. Nor would his desk, or even his lamp. In fact, no one would miss him. "The world has enough data programmers," he thought. "I don't even really know what it is I do." The sad fact was, nobody really knew what it is Arthur does. He had been hustled down to a basement office and given some kind of project to make way for the new sports bar that was moving in to the ground floor of his office building. "Today," he thought, "I'm going to keep on walking."


Okay so I have to leave the library now. If anyone at all wants this story to continue, feel free to let me know.

later.

I met a girl on Sunday night. It was this big setup. Kind of awkward, but kind of fun. I may call her. We shall see.

Otto, this one's for you. I found it on this place called Lark news (Which I found from Kyle's blog):

Bassist convinced he's the best musician in the worship band
FRANKFORT — Jerry Clark can slap the bass with the best players in town. And as a member of First Assembly of God's worship band, he's convinced he's better than anyone else on the platform.
"I'm way ahead of the other guys in terms of talent," he says during a break at Saturday worship band practice.
Clark has played in a local rock band for 18 years, honing his bass-playing gift. The band has made several CDs and tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky.
Clark began lending his musical expertise to First Assembly 11 years ago, but at times gets fed up with the amateurs in the worship band.
"The piano lady can only play notes you put in front of her," he says. "She can't jam. I'll be over there slapping and grooving, and these other guys look at me like, 'What? What?' They get so caught up in what I'm doing, they lose their place. I'm like, 'Dudes, play the worship music!'"
Clark says he often feels he's "carrying the band," but he's committed to it as his ministry.
"Everyone's got their cross," he says. •

It's late and I feel stressed out. I don't operate well under stress. In fact, stress pretty much shuts me down and I have to fight to keep on going. This semester has been pretty rough on me physically and spiritually, and I have found that after many nights of little sleep, I may have blown this semester. I have fallen so far behind in most of my classes, that I don't know if it will be possible to salvage any of this semester. Actually I'm pretty sure I can, but stress and an inability to get my head straight kind of has me at a disadvantage. On the bright side of life, I have definitley improved at Bass. Somehow, somewhere, I developed skill. Not the "I'm-skiled-enough-to-play-on-Rejoice" skill, but I actually think I can play real non-churchy music. Screw the cheese. I loves me some real music. Muzack if your from the hood. The hood of Salmo. Word to my dawgs G.

Well, I have officially moved back home (though at the moment, I find myself back in Abbotsford). It has been nice, though at times boring. I stay up way too late watching bad TV, then sleep in until noon. Sounds like the life, eh? Well the job hunt begins. I am also relegated to library internet, where my lack of procedure knowledge resulted in me being kicked off by a 5 year-old. Anyways, gotta run. Or sit. I prefer the lazy one.


"’49 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe Dimaggio
’50 Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe"

"We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning"

Could it be true? Stopdicw reoxoesa? Stupid laptop keyboards. Let's try again . . .

Could it be true? Stopfive Records' triumphant return?
Rumours are flying, the whole world is abuzz.
Perhaps the mysterious Mr. Dubien will come out of hiding.
Oh I'm all atizz with glee. Wait, let me rephrase that in a less effeminate manner.
I'm super excited. What will become of these rumours?
We can only wait and see.
And that is what we shall do.

A Flames fan eh?
Wheeheehee.
That's alright, I was cheering for them too.

I'm really thinking about starting up a new Top 5 site, although I'd like to hear from Bryan on the issue. We'd probably have to make sure we don't let any crazy friends know about it. Anyways, it's something I'm thinking about.

NHL 2006 tonight. The Flames-loving Oilers are going down.

I actually came on here with the idea to do a tribute to Stop Five Records, where I would do a Top 5 Moments in Stop Five Records Life, but I don't think so now. Really, what I want to do is confess a deep dark secret that I have been harbouring for just over a year now. I am deeply afraid that after I make this confession, I will be shunned by those whom have trusted me over the years. so it is with great trepdation that I say this...I actually like the Calgary Flames. After years of being a die hard Flame hater, I have come across to the other side. They have such an exciting team and have such a great potential to be a cup contender this year. So there you have it, my dark secret for which I will forever be ashamed and shunned. I apologize.

Holy Crap! The last time I posted here, I had just got the job at HoJ. Now, I've been done for a good week. I am moving home to Coquitlam one of these days (and by one of these days, I actually mean one of the days in the next week or so). Sorry Josh and Rob for not being sure. It's crazy how quickly time has gone by.

I haven't had consistant Internet access these last few months since my computer has been on the fritz again. I don't understand why. Going home will not make this better, so I may have to resort to going to the library more often or something.

I am looking forward to going home though. It opens a lot of doors for me, and I am looking forward to seeing my family more. Anyways, I am quite distracted right now with Star Wars Battlefront. Later.


"If I was a banker,
You would be a millionaire!"