Juxtaposition of the Incongruous

Goldfinger was fucking amazing.

However the same could not be said about the opening acts.
Dodger was the only exception. The rest were too rock and roll cliché for my tastes.

Also Skye Sweetnam (anyone remember her?) was strutting around dressed very much like one of those Lolita novelties from Japan (or your local Anime convention). She doesn't look a day over 15.

Apologies go out to the guy whose shirt I bled on; as well as the cute chick I nearly destroyed in the pit ...and mad props to the pixie of a girl who gave me a toke from her spliff.

I'm gonna be in a lot of pain when I wake up.

AND
                                               THE
                                                                                             CROWD
                               GOES






W     I      L     D  !!!

(or at least I do)



Mad props home slice, mad props. And another chapter closes in our lives.

This summer have you:

[x] Made new friends.
[ ] Fallen in love.
[x] Been infatuated.
[x] Bonded with someone.
[ ] Met someone that you will never forget.
[ ] Made out with a stranger.

[ ] Changed your look.
[x] Dyed your hair.
[not yet] Gotten a piercing.
[ ] Changed your hair style.

[ ] Moshed until you were covered in bruises.
[ ] Gone to Warped Tour.
[ ] Crowdsurfed.
[x] Danced like a fool.
[x] Skanked.

[ ] Snuck out of the house.
[x] Snuck someone into your house.
[x] Lied to someone close to you.
[ehh........] Been caught shoplifting.

[ ] Been to Europe.
[ ] Gone on a road trip.
[ ] Been on vacation with your family.
[ ] Been on vacation with your friends.
[ ] Been on vacation by yourself.
[ ] Been to camp.

[ ] Lost a friend.
[x] Forgotten about a friend.
[x] Gotten in a fight with a friend.

[does outside my house count?] Slept on the streets.
[ ] Slept under the stars.
[ ] Slept in a tent.
[ ] Danced in the rain.
[x] Been outside in a lightning storm.
[ ] Explored an abandoned building.

[ ] Been to a party in a park.
[x] Thrown a party.
[ ] Been to a rave.
[ ] Had a birthday.
[ ] Been clubbing.
[ ] Had a photoshoot.

[ ] Gotten in trouble with the cops.
[ ] Been arrested.
[x] Made a fool of yourself in public.

[x] Spent the night with someone.
[x] Spent all night partying.
[x] Pulled an all-nighter.

[x] Regretted something.

[ ] Tried a new drug.
[x] Thrown up until your throat burned.
[ ] Thrown up in public.
[ ] Overdosed.
[x] Passed out.
[x] Forgotten a night.
[x] Forgotten a day.
[ ] Been on a drug binge.
[x] Been on a drinking binge.

[ ] Peed your pants.
[x] Peed in public.
[ ] Not showered for a week.
[ ] Worn the same clothes for a week.

[x] Been to the movies.
[ ] Seen Snakes on a Plane.
[ ] Watched a foreign movie.
[x] Had fun sober.

[x] Had a summer you will always remember.

Why am I up so early? It's March Break man. I should be in bed until fucking noon- at least.

I could care less about this English project that isn't due in more than two weeks. 

I woke up at around 8:30. It's been two hours now. I could be doing better things with  my life.

I fucking love Sublime.

Friday night will save what's left of my Spring break. I can't wait until tomorrow night.

There's nothing like hot chicken curry to warm you up when the weather outside is shit.

I feel violated.

Yesterday I purchased a TTC weekly pass. Hah. 
Can you say abuse? 
Yup. I'm going everywhere this week. 

After tomorrow, no school for the rest of the week. Score.

I'm looking forward to going to Asia in the summer.

I haven't been there in over twelve years. It's insane when I think about it. 
I was born there, and I barely know a thing about my heritage. 
There are so many people there who I have some sort of relation to, and I know nothing about them. 
Really, when I think about it I can only name.. maybe 4 of my cousins off the top of my head. 
I want to get to know them more. 
It just feels like I've been missing out on so much stuff with my family.

Another thing I guess is that I kind of want to get away from here for a while. 
Sure, I'll miss Toronto and crap, but I think going to the Philippines for a month will be a good experience for me.
Toronto is so familiar to me- I can truly say that it's my home. 
I love it here, but I want to submerge myself into the unfamiliar.
From what I can remember, everything there is so different, so much more laid back. 
It's not as hectic there as it is here. I want to live that man. 
I want to soak everything up like a sponge, and gain some sort of enlightenment from this.

Things to do while in Asia:
1. Get piercing
2. Learn how to surf
3. Go clubbing
4. Visit all the tourist hot spots
5. Chill at my dad's rural province.
6. take pictures/document everything
7. buy souvenirs for friends. 

There's so much more I want to do. I don't know if one month will be enough. I'm really excited about this.

This week was the most amazing start to the year. Nothing can top this. Seriously...

More detail when I have more time.

I found this vaguely amusing. You will too.. especially if you live in Toronto. (taken from facebook)

You know you take the TTC when...

- You cry of happiness at the sight of an empty bus

- You get mad when you go to the back of the bus and
someone ruins the empty seat, occupied seat, empty seat alternation and "have" to stand

- You get excited when you see a free one-person seat on the bus

- You know the Finch bus smells wierd <-- ugh.. yep.. definitely....

- When you have to stand, you try and stand in the sweet spot at the middle of the bus where you can lean on the window

- When your phone rings on the bus, you get embarassed and talk softly on the phone so people can't hear yuor conversation

- You've seen at least one dumbass who doesn't know how to open the doors and you had to yell STEP DOWN

- You hesitate whether to leave the bus through the front doors fearing the bus driver will tell you to exit through the back doors making you look like a tard

- The 190 Rocket is the most convinient bus ever <-- Aleksei should know this one for sure. =P

- If you live past Neilson, your fucked

- You've used the TTC as an excuse for being late at least once in your life i.e. the bus broke down, there was an accident on the road, or the bus took too long

- You've developed ways to stop a bus on the other side of the road

- All your friends think you are so lucky when you have a Metropass

- When you have to transfer busses and you get off the first one, you cry when you see your other bus already leaving

- When the bus is full and the bus driver tells you to move back, no one ever does

- If you have to stand and your the only one standing, you stand by the back doors

- If your bus is leaving and you decide to run for it, and DON'T make it..you start to walk and try to play it off as you weren't trying to catch the bus but you see everyone on the bus looking at you.

- You just know the fares will rise again

- You were angry at the designs of the last bus ticket

- You walk to the stop before the one you usually take, hoping the bus wouldn't be as packed

- When you are with your friend on the bus and they go to the back doors to leave, the bus happens to stop at a red light and the stop is on the other side of the light, so your friend is awkwardly standing on the stairs to leave

- When your in the two seater, you get angry when a person sits beside you

- When your in a two seater and have to get off, you get angry when the person beside you just moves their legs, expecting you to be able to travel through that tiny ass space

- When you have to pay your fare in a lot of change, you try to put the fare in the box as light as possible so no one else on the bus hears all the change

- You've had at least one diagreement with the bus driver in your life

- You get angry at the fact that there are so many Finch busses, but it's still always packed

- You know the lives of at least 3 random people on the bus because of easedropping

- You've fallen asleep on the bus

- You love how busses like Finch and York Mills run all night

- You know the bus schedules are never right but still look anyway

- On the train, you've reached for a handle that you didn't notice wasn't there

- You've done chin-ups on the train  (hahah... boy have i got stories about this one. lol Darwin)

- Youv'e noticed that the stop you have to get off at on the train usually feels like it takes the longest time to get there

- When your bus comes and it's packed as hell, and you have the time, you wait for the next one just to get a seat

- If you don't have to take the bus, it becomes the best day ever

- You try and use a transfer as a temporary metropass, and become paranoid whether the bus driver will make a scene and tell you to repay.

- You fantasize going to the station to get the immaculate January 1st, 12 AM transfer. (OMG I WANT THIS ONE NOW!!)

- You let others who don't even look like you borrow your student card so they can get away with paying student fare

- You laugh at people when they miss their stop or struggle with the doors

- You sometimes use your transfer to take not only a second bus, but somemes a third and even possibly a fourth bus, just so you dont have to pay a new fare.

-when you have to give ur seat for an old person to feel good inside, only to have yourself regret it cause you're stop is about 30 minutes away

-(this one's by me) when you've fallen into at least one person's lap while riding the bus.





I love Toronto's crusty public transport. It completes me.

On another note, gig next week! =D

Also... I'm thinking of investing in recording equipment for my room, so I can work on my music more seriously.

Tonight, I sleep with a baseball bat. 


Why, you ask?


Because a certain pedo in a red suit is coming to town to shower us with his Christmas Joy. 

Ew. That sounds nasteh.




However, that said, 



MERRY X-MAS!

1) Temper Temper- Envy on the Coast
2) When your heart stops beating- +44 (kim on vocals, myself on bass)
3) Meant to Live- Switchfoot
4) Facedown- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

I love all the songs on this set list with the exception of number 2. 
I'm really excited to perform these songs, I just think it's too bad that we dont have an original to play.

Right now, I'm working on one song that's really coming together.
I'm hoping to record sometime before February. 

Also, I'm hoping to start a new song midway through the break. 

Goal: 4 songs before March Break.

Be excited!

(Note to self: stop procrastinating!)

Okay, I leave you all now to do my laundry/ clean my room. Who says musicians don't do their own laundry ? *scoff*

I am finally going to get some Christmas shopping today. I'm actually pretty excited.
Only problem is, I really don't know what to get people. God damnit people.

You should all be easier to shop for.

There are a few thigs I want this Christmas/ for my birthday:


-PSP
-"Picture of Dorian Grey"- Oscar Wilde
-Tegan and Sara t-shirt/cd/poster. Anything T&S really.
-"Fight Club" Chuck Palanhiuk
-Alexisonfire t-shirt

There's actually not that much I want. Really, all I want is to spend more time with the people I dont usually get to spend time with. I'm not feeling particularly materialistic.

As you can probably tell, I'm currently obsessed with Tegan and Sara. I liked them before, but recently I've found myself listening to them more and more, and I want to see 'em live one day. So, it's settled, my life goal is to watch Tegan and Sara live =P (for you slow ones, it's not actually....)

I just have to say that tonight was amazing. Honestly, I've never been this proud of my peers and myself on any occation prior to this one. Guys congratulations on a job well done.

Seriously, the play was amazing. I'm not saying this just because I was in it. We were able to pull it off and get it together and put on a great show. We even got a standing ovation. It was an amazing feeling to be able to run out of the auditorium when we were done, and just scream my lungs out. It was such a relief. I feel so accomplished.

Erik, Eilish, Esther, Emily, Sam, Cole, all of you guys did an amazing job. We have a lot of untapped potential here at Woburn, and I am proud to say that I was part of such a dedicated group.

Stage Cru, you guys were simply brilliant. The lighting and the sound. Rachel, you are an amazing stage manager. I hope to work with you again really soon.

The sketchy after party at Tim Horton's was a blast, even though we were threatened by the staff, lol at our cake =P

Erik and Angela, it was jokes trying to find that ATM.

Guys, I really hope the cast stays tight. You were such amazing people to work with and it'd be a shame if we all lost contact.

Today was the strangest day ever. Filled with school trip, meeting random kids, hormonal bitchy teenaged girls, and evil.

Things started out weird, I was supposed to wake up around 6:30, and ended up waking up at 7 20, which left me about ten minutes to get ready. Needless to say I arrived at school ten minutes late, and I swear to God that my class was about to leave me, but everything worked out.

We arrived at the U of T teacher's college campus about twenty minutes late, but still made it in time for Craig Keilberger's presentation. Let me tell you something, that man is amazing. He is an amazing public speaker, honestly, you could tell that he was really passionate about what he was doing. He's been working for childrens rights in third world countries since he was twelve years old. He's really inspired me. The rest of the trip was pretty non-descript, except for the fact that I had to pretend to hit on a student in one of the sessions. *ahem*

So at around two, I seperate from the group (my teacher knew about it ), and I head to over to Queen and John to see Panic! and meet up with Siweon. However, I'm about an hour and a half early, so I stayed around the Much building, and just happen to catch a glimpse of Panic doing their soundcheck. Brendan Urie is pretty amazing, he's really talented. I'm kicking it there, being the loner I am, and strike up a conversation with these kids from Markham. They've been there since 1, and they ask me to join their group, so I do (Cathering, Natasha, Miles). They were really nice kids, and they're fun so we exchanged email addresses.

Around 4:15 (still no C1), they started to get the audience for the outside portion of the show organized. See, what really ticked me off was that we had been waiting for a really long time, and these kids just kinda walked infront of us, and got to be right infront. I was pretty pissed about that, but I figured hey, whatever, I was pretty close and I had a goodview. Finally around 4 25, I see Siweon across the street, and Miles and I (one of the kids I met) start yelling her name. She notices, but we can't get her in to stand with us because at this point the platform is packed, almost completely, and I can hardly move as it is. The show starts, and all is cool, except people start to push, and I mean really hard.

The funny thing was that except for Miles and I the audience was pretty much filled with hormonal 13-15 year old girls, and let me tell you when boys are involved they will push harder than 23 year old guys. Seriously. I am afraid of teenaged girls. They are the scariest creatures on the face of this planet. I started out at the front with an amazing view, and slowly got completely shoved out of the crowd infront of the building before their live performance and grinded up against poor Miles. I have the worst luck. Seriously.

Carmen and Maggie are currently at the concert. Lucky bastards.

Never again guys, never again. Next time I get wrist bands. I'm not EVER standing out there. Jesus...

However I have a few things to look forward to:

1)Drama Production (Dec. 1, which I'm performing in!)

2)Illscarlet w/ the Flatliners

3) Alexisonfire =P!!! (Dec. 17)

I haven't had some in a while. Coffee that is. Man am I ever addicted to that stuff. Actually, it's anything with caffeine in it so stuff like, tea (all kinds), and brown sodas (coke, pepsi, dr. pepper)- oh and let's not forget chocolate. It's just so good.

I'm a caffeine fiend. I need it to function. I'm so relient on it. =P

I also love starbucks. Damn that place is good. Seriously though mang, once you get over the wonky size names (venti? I mean, what the hell?). I mean the atmosphere is just so... pretentious. All the cool stylish kids hang out there. (I would say hipster, but all the hipster kids hate starbucks. =P) Have you seen the starbucks on Queen and Richmond? SO many stylish kids. Seriously, If scarborough had more starbucks, I bet cool stylish people would hang out there too (no.. actually it'd just be the ghetto kids. Wait.. do ghetto kids even drink coffee =O? <--controversial statement.)

So today, afterschool, I stayed for about an hour? Why? To watch Emily Darwin Carmen Allan and Adam do their media arts film. That's why. It was pointless for me to be there. It really was, but I have to admit it was amusing. No one hair swishes quite like Carmen. XD. It was hilarious, and I'd better get to see that damn movie when it's done.

hah. that was my random quota of the day. =P

Today I visted the happy land of art supplies and happiness (known to the normal human being as Curry's art supplies. It's the one near Pacific Mall) and got happy art supplies.

I now know what I'm going to be making C1 for her birthday, but I can't say on here. It'll ruin the surprise.

But I bought this poster board, and I'm having trouble deciding what to do with it. I know that when I'm done with it I'm going to want to frame it in my room. Problem is, I dont know what medium to use. I want to use paints, but I kinda suck. However... I have faith in my artistic abilities. (wow i'm getting into art hardcore these days.) Any suggestions?

Perhaps I should create an interpretive dance of current events in my life.




That'd be vaguely amusing.

Zomg. Public entry. This is the first one for a while. This is a journal entry I wrote for my philosophy class. I thought it was interesting. I have to do stuff like this all the time.



"In terms of philosophy the branch that confuses me the most is epistemology. Which as we all know, is the study of how much we know, and how we know things. This afternoon, I decided to read up on some Descartes in order to better understand the body vs. mind debate, as well as to learn about the man’s theories and ideology.

Cogito ergo sum, (“Je pense donc, je suis” or “I think therefore I am”) is his most quoted and famous saying. Which is to say that since your thoughts exist, therefore you exist, and without thought we cannot exist. This attempts to answer the age-old question, “how do we know that we exist?” Or even, “what do we know is real? What is real?” Which of course is a valid question. How do we know that we are indeed humans in existence, and that we are not just some sort of illusion. The biggest argument is mind vs. body. Which do we trust more, our reasoning, or our senses?

Descartes gives the example of a dream. In a dream, we perceive different things. We can see, touch, and hear, and they all seem real. However when we wake up, we then realise that the dream had not occurred at all, and was in fact not “real”.

He also uses what is called, “the Wax Argument” in order to further express his point in the body vs. mind argument. He uses a piece of was as his example. His senses tell him that it is a piece of wax, because using his senses, the characteristics of the object placed in front of him implies that it is indeed wax. It looks like wax, it tastes like wax, it feels like wax, and it smells like wax, therefore it must be wax. However, when the wax is placed near a flame, the characteristics of the object change almost completely. Only, our mind is telling us that the object is still wax. In conclusion to this argument he states, that in order to properly perceive the wax he must use his mind and reasoning, rather than his senses.

From this, Descartes argued that the body and the senses were not reliable when trying to separate reality from the surreal. Therefore people should rely more on their mind and their deductive reasoning in order to pass judgement, and to make decisions.

Personally, I don’t know where I stand in this argument. I believe that both the body and the mind must work together in order to in order to make an accurate perception of reality. Although Descartes believed that the senses were involuntary and are not willed by him, and therefore cannot be trusted in true judgment because they are outside the mind, I disagree with him. The sense help and act as a guide. We base our thoughts and ideas on what we perceive when using our senses. Without our senses we lack a depth of perception. In order to better understand what an apple is we must be able to feel it, and to taste it, rather than just “knowing” what an apple is."