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Published by O-Henry: 12:28 PM Updated On: 12/24/2007 at 2:28 PM

Monday, September 03, 2007

London – We flew into Heathrow and the plan was to catch a train to Jamies grandmothers house in Oxford but her house was flooded.  So we got a tube to Camden & met up with Jamies cousin David who agreed to let us stay for a few days.  The first night in London we met up with some of Jamie’s friends.   We didn’t really want to do any of the touristy stuff in London, but we did go the National Gallery and Trafalger Sqaure. The exchange rate for pounds to Canadian dollars was pretty brutal so we didn’t spend much.  We caught up with a friend from school, Nicole who was in Kensington.  We walked past Hyde Park but we didn’t go check out the Princesss Diana memorial, so I didn’t get the chance to pee in it.  If London wasn’t so ridiculously expensive I would love to live there, going to the pub for a pint is a great way to spend an evening.

Amsterdam – I knew this would be the highlight of the trip, I’d heard a lot of stories about what we should do and where to go in Amsterdam.   To be fair there is a lot of cool stuff to do if sex drugs aren’t your thing …. we did go visit Anne Franks house, and the Rijksmuseum which has about 1000 Van Gogh and Rembrandt paintings.  But my favorite museum was the Heineken Experience which lovingly tells the story of Hollands favorite beer with interactive displays.  As you make your way through the “museum” there are 3 different pubs where you get to sample the beer.  
The nightlife in Amsterdam is amazing, we went to Boom Chicago which is an improv comedy club.  I was surprised how everyone in Holland spoke English, and the Dutch have no accent.  It sounds a bit American and a bit English, but I would have a hard time spotting a Dutchman.
I wanted to check out a coffee house in Amsterdam, but I was not planning on trying any drugs.  We went into a coffee house on the first night & they had a menu of what you could buy – they had cookies and brownies and doughnuts, and hashie milkshakes.   I tried a brownie, it was supposed to be the equivalent of 2 joints.  I think I was more influenced from the jug of beer we had at boom Chicago.   On our second night in Amsterdam we decided to get a gram of marijuana.  I’m not an expert but it was good stuff.  Amsterdam has to be one of the most interesting places, the people dress like Vogue models.  The red light district was not as sleazy as I expected, it seemed pretty touristy actually.   I was surprised when Jamie suggested we go see a live sex show, I was happy to try anything & everything we could on our trip. It was just regular sex, a guy & a girl, 2 lesbians and then a jungle woman with triple-D boobs having sex with a guy in a gorilla suit.  It was something fun to do as a one-off, but I don’t think it would be something you would do every week, like instead of going to the movies you would catch a sex show.
On our last night in Amsterdam we met up with the rest of our Contiki group.  There were 50 people in our group, mostly Australians & New Zealanders and some South Africans, Canadians, Americans.  There were a couple of Brazilians and Tawainese too, so it was a good mix of people.

Munich – we were all pretty hung over when we left Amsterdam at 6am to drive to Munich, Germany.  Our tour guide was Rachel, a cool chick from New Zealand, she basically talked to us like a school teacher & told us we would have to stay with the group & leave when she told us or they’d leave without us.  We arrived in Munich at about 4PM, just in time to go see the Glockinspeil.  Rachel told us it was the highlight of Munich … basically it’s a huge cuckoo clock. It went for 10 minutes, and there were literally 1000s of people watching.  When the clock finally stopped chiming we went for a tour of Munchen.  In the middle of the city is a park where office workers go & sit and eat their lunch and take their clothes off … it was a nudist park!  We went to a beer hall in Munich for dinner, the very one where Hitler used to go to give some of his famous speeches.   German food is pretty good, the main course was literally just a pork leg … no vegetables, no side dish, just meat!  I had 2 steins with my dinner so I don’t remember miuch else happening in Munich, except back at the hotel half the group went to bed & half the group went to the bar for another drink.  Jamie and I met a local Munchen man who offered to buy us a drink, cos he enjoyed speaking English and just wanted to talk to us …. ahh ok we went to bed pretty quickly then.   We drove to Switzerland the next morning, but we did make a stop at the Dacchau concentration camp, they turned the original buildings into a museum. I have to respect Germany for not trying to cover up their darkest chapter in history.

Geneva / Lucerne / Zurich – the trip itinerary was very full, we spent a lot of time each day on the bus traveling to our next destination.  We arrived in Zurich at lunch time, it’s the one city in Europe that looked exactly how I expected & was looking forward to explore it.  Too bad Rachel gave us 30 minutes to see the city & have lunch …. just enough time to grab a McSwiss burger.  The Swiss Alps were beautiful and I definitely want to go back with my snowboard.  It was funny seeing the Australians and South Africans get excited about seeing snow for the first time.  In Lucerne we saw a yodeling demonstration and had a traditional Swiss dinner.  But the highlight of Lucerne was the hotel, which was basically overtaken by our group.  It’s where the group really bonded, and I leant heaps of new drinking games.

Cannes / Nice / Monaco – it was a long drive from Lucerne to Cannes, with a short stop in Zurich.  When Rachel gave the group the choice of having a quiet night at the camping grounds or going to Monaco we unanimously voted for Monaco.  Jamie & I were dressed up to hit the Grand Royale casino …. I wanted to order a vodka martini, Jamie wanted to bet 10∍ on black.  There was a 20∍ cover charge to enter the Grand Royale, so we hit the mini-casino next door.  Jamie was insistent that he was going to gamble in Monaco so he put 10∍ in the giant slot machine … and won 950∍! Back in Antibes we got a bottle of vodka to celebrate.  The funniest moment of the trip was in Monaco when Rachel pointed out Prinicess Stephanie’s palace to us, and Aussie Dave yelled out ‘jeez its bloody nice hey, I thought my house was nice but this is bloody beautiful!’.  We got to spend the next day in Cannes, you feel like a schmuck seeing all the sports cars and huge yachts and villas.  The only other interesting thing that happened in Cannes was a guy in our group nearly got arrested for taking photos of topless women on the beach.  There was a circus with lots of carnival rides next to the campgrounds where we were staying.  After a few beers a bunch of us went on the giant drop, it wasn’t until we got to the top when Derrick reminded everyone about the 13 year old girl who lost her feet on the same ride.  But we survived and went back to the huts for more beer and card games.

Barcelona  -  Spain was the last stop on our contiki trip.  I’ve always thought that Italy has the worlds most beautiful women, but Spain is a serious challenger to the title.  The architecture in Spain was amazing.   It was the groups last night & we went to a flamenco demonstration & to a nightclub which was I was looking forward to doing for the whole trip.  I tried Sangria in Barcelona, which was pretty smooth so I drank more and more.  Maybe it was the alcohol but everybody was pretty emotional about it being our last night, a bunch of us are planning on reuniting for another contiki trip next year.

Paris – Jamie & I flew to Paris the next morning .  Air travel in Europe is realy cheap, our tickets were $30, the same that it costs me to get a train to Toronto!  I’d been to Paris twice before & Jamie had been a bunch of times before too. We had 3 nights in Paris and Jamiie said he wanted to blow his 950 winnings from Monaco on a fancy hotel, but we eventually decided to stay at a hostel.  We got a room at the Woodstock, a pretty famous hotel near the Sacre de Couer.  We’d planned on doing a lot in Paris,, but we were both pretty knackered, so we ended up going to the Louvre and Les Invalides.  We met a Scottish guy at the Woodstock who spoke fluent French and he & Jamie explored the Latin Quarter.  I thought the Parisiens were pretty rude, but I would have been disappointed if they weren’t.  We got kicked out of out hotel room at 10:30 (they have a rule you’re not allowed in your room between 10:30 and 5), and our room got flooded from the sun roof that was left open.   Our last night in Paris was the best night of the trip, we were planning on a having a few quiet beers at the Woodstock, but the bar was full of tourists participating in a drinking Olympics.  

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Monday, March 26, 2007

I was in San Franciso last week with Stacey visiting Dad, cos he was there for a conference.    here are 9 things I noticed about San Francisco.

1. pretty much the first thing we did was the most touristy thing we could, which was head to Fisherman's Wharf.  The best part about Fisherman's Wharf is all the carnie food they have .. Hot dogs, chili dogs, popcorn, the works.  I had some clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl, I don't know what clam chowder is but it was pretty good.  There is a homeless guy called 'bushman' who is kindof a busker/street performer.  He camoflages himself as a bush, and when people walk past he jumps up & scares them, it was pretty hilarious.  People would pay him $5 to get their photo taken with him.  We got a ferry ride around the bay, the tour guide was telling us there was a massive earthquake in the 1930s.  Afterwards a woman tried to make breakfast on her broken stove, it caused a massive fire which eventually burned 70% of all the buildings in San Francisco.  It's known as the Great Bacon & Eggs fire of 1930.  Going under the Golden Gate bridge & looking up was phenomenal.  It's massive, and orange.   In comparison I thought Alcatrez looked pretty small, it's about the same size as our subdivision.  
   
2. I had one job to do in San Francisco - I had to get a bag of sand for my liittle brother cos hes studying geology.  Pretty easy right, it's San Francisco,  I literally thought the hotel would be a 5 minute walk from the nearest beach.  Well apparently there aren't any beaches, theres one really small beach near Fisherman's Wharf, and another beach on the west side of the bay.  So I never got any sand unfortunately,  but to be honest I wasn't too ecsatic about coming back into Canada with a bag of sand anyway.
3. On Wednesday morning we went for a walk down Market Street & we saw a genuine anti-war protest rally, with real hippies and anti-Bush posters. A lady in her 60s gave me a flyer saying why the troops in Iraq should be brought home.  the California police don't mess around, there were probably 200 protesters, and about 50 policemen, with riot gear & big machine guns. and the police have those kickass black and white police cars, they look a lot more intimidating than the Toronto police.
4. Afterwards we walked around Chinatown and Japan Town for a bit, then we got the Bart train to the Golden Gate bridge, we walked about a third of the way across … it's too bad you can't walk across one way, and then get a train back.  We got Mexican for dinner, we must have chosen the cheesiest restaurant possible, there were Mexican guys with somberos playing guantanamera, but the food was grouse enough.
5. we were watching the 10 oclock news when the newsreader came on and said 'by the way, if you just felt the ground move, you didn't imagine it, a earthquake measuring 2.4 was just reported near san some-place.' I never felt it, but it seemed pretty big, 2.4. Stacey goes 'thats on a scale of 1 to 5 right?', and I said 'ahh ... yeh it is'.
6. I did some shopping, I went to the big Apple Store to check out the Apple TV, and I got a fancy tie & shoes for prom from Macys.  I also knicked into Borders to get a book for the flight home, (I got Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut). When I went to pay for it, it was $15.27, so I gave the guy a $20, 25c, and 2 pennies. The guy gave me the pennies back and said 'you can have these, do you have any American pennies' ... I'd given him Canadian ones. I thought it was a bit cheeky to make a big deal about 2 pennies.
7. I was surprised at how short Californians are, I don't think I saw 5 people over 6 foot, most people were an inch or two taller than me, so that was pretty sweet.
8. The light bulbs in California are bright!!  The bulb in our hotel room was 250W (the light in my bedroom is only 70W, though there are 3 of them).  The lights were so bright, it felt like the sun was shining.
   
9. here in Canada you can turn right on a red light (if you stop & give way).  I don't think they have that law in California, cos a few times we were waiting for cars to turn & they just sat there.  and the drivers in California were WAY polite about giving way to pedestrians.  it got to the point we were waving drivers to go ahead, & they'd just shake their head & wave for us to go ahead and cross.

So that’s about it, I  definitely want to go back to San Francisco, next time I'd probably go for a week and try to visit San Jose and Berkley.

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

 I got to see my two favorite Australian bands on the one bill last night.  the Living End were on first, I didn't realize what a big following they had in Toronto (I kindof assumed 95% of the crowd were there to see silverchair).  This is their 3rd time playing in Toronto in 12 months.  I think these guys must spend 10 months a year touring, their live perfomance is pretty faithful to how they sound on their cds.  I was glad they played a lot of the songs from their first CD, I like their newer stuff too but theres something about 'Prisoner of Society' that reminds me of when I was in grade 4  & pretended to be an anarchist.  i'd forgotten how much i liked 'wake up'. at one time that was the highest played song on my itunes. they played a couple of songs I hadn't heard before, I'm not sure if they were new songs, or covers, but they sounded pretty damn good.  but it was their classics - Who's Gonna Save Us, Second Solution, West End Riot - I think everytime they started a new song I jumped up & yelled 'f*ck YEH!'. Hopefully they'll come out with a new cd soon, and they'll be back in Toronto again in 2007.

during intermission Jamie & I got chatting to two aussie backpackers.  they had been backpackign around Canada & the USA for the last year & were supposed to go back to Australia last month, but decided to extend their stay an extra month when they found out silverchair/the living end were playing.  Jamie & I were telling them about the big day out & the hottest 100,  there were a lot of australians at the kool house (maybe 20%?), I have a knack for spotting who the Australians are in a crowd. I have to say though Canadians, and Toronto especially love the chair.  I've seen silverchair four times, in four different countries (Auckland, Melbourne, Seattle, and now Toronto).   considering diorama came out 4 years ago, it is pretty amazing that their T.O. concert sold out in just a few days. during the show Daniel said they had recorded their new CD in Toronto, how cool is that?

the crowd were chanting 'sil-ver-chair', I think they were expecting the guys to come out with one of their heavier rock numbers, their first song was ... without you.  eh, wouldn't have been my pick, but the fans obviously loved diorama.  Tune in the Brine, and Luv Your Life sounded a bit weird to me ... I like those songs, but at a live show I would have rather seen the chairs heavier songs.  in fact most of the songs were from diorama.  Emotion Sickness sounded amazing, my highlight was Greatest View.   There weren't any songs from frog stomp not suprisingly, but they did play the Door & Freak.  Jamie tried in vain to stop me from singing along to Freak.  there were a new few songs, Straight Lines was easily my favorite,  I am definitely looking forward to the new cd, Young Modern.  

they are very different bands but I would have to loved to see the Living End come back on & see the two bands do a few songs together (imagine silverchair + the living end covering some ACDC or Midnight Oil?).  but thats not how it ended up, Freak was the last song. 

well I got my dose of Aussie rock for now, I know my mates in Brisbane were spewing when I told them about the show.  I hope silverchairs new cd does well, I don't think diorama did as well as their earlier stuff, but what bands are still selling CDs these days?  one thing going for silverchair, they don' have any problems selling out shows.

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

1.            Lupe Fiasco     Kick Push

2.            the Sounds       Painted by Numbers

3.            the New Pornographers    Sing Me Spanish Techno

4.            Anti-Flag          Hymn for the Dead

5.            Arctic Monkeys  I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

6.            Hilltop Hoods    the Blue Blooded

7.            Islands              Rough Gem

8.            Los Capitanes         Scene Queen

9.            the Kooks       She Moves In Her Own Way

10.       the Herd          Burn Down the Parliament

11.       the Killers       Bones

12.       the Sounds             Tony the Beat

13.       Wolfmother               the Joker and the Thief

14.       Yeah Yeah Yeahs    Honeybear

15.       Gnarls Barkley    Crazy

16.       the Decemberists            Summersong

17.       Anti-Flag          the W.T.O. Kills Farmers

18.       Arctic Monkeys           Mardy Bum

19.       Belle and Sebastian   Funny Little Frog

20.       Ben Kwellar     Penny on the Train Track

21.       TV On the Radio     Playhouses

22.       Kisschasy        Do-Do's and Whoa-Oh's

23.       The Rapture    Get Myself Into It

24.       Kanye West      Touch the Sky

25.       the Subways           Rock and Roll Queen

26.       Los Capitanes         the Underpants Song

27.       Malajube           Montreal -40C

28.       Snow Patrol     You're All I Have

29.       Talib Kweli         Ms Hill

30.       Tokyo Police Club       Nature of the Experiment

31.       the Herd          77%

32.       the Killers       Bling

33.       the Lawrence Arms   Like a Record Player

34.       the New Pornographers    Streets of Fire

35.       the Strokes             You Only Live Once

36.       the Tough Alliance My Hood

37.       Wolfmother               Dimension

38.       Wolfmother               Woman

39.       Alexisonfire               This Could Be Anywhere in the World

40.       the Faint         Birth

41.       Akon               Smack That

42.       Beck                  Nausea

43.       City & Color      Comin Home

44.       Gotye             Thanks For Your Time

45.       Islands              Where There's a Will There's a Way

46.       Les Trois Accords           Tu

47.       Metric             IOU

48.       None More Black     Who Crosses State Lines Without a Shirt?

49.       Tegan and Sara       Wake Up Exhausted

50.       the Cat Empire    Down at the 303

51.       AFI                  Miss Murder

52.       the Flaming Lips    Yeah Yeah Yeah song

53.       the Kooks       Ooh La

54.       the Sounds             24 Hours

55.       Eagles of Death Metal   I Got a Feeling

56.       Of Montreal               Disconnect the Dots

57.       Akon               I Wanna Love You

58.       Anti-Flag          Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

59.       Ben Kwellar     Run

60.       Chris Cornell     You Know My Name

61.       Coldplay           Fix You

62.       the Sainte Catherines   Ring of Fire

63.       Goldspot           Float On

64.       Jet                   Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

65.       Justin Timberlake       Sexyback

66.       Kisschasy        Shake

67.       My Chemical Romance   Welcome to the Black Parade

68.       Nelly Furtado    Promiscuous Girl

69.       the New Pornographers    Bleeding Heart Show

70.       Rhianna            SOS

71.       Sacre             Mad World

72.       Snow Patrol     Hands Open

73.       the Killers       For Reasons Unknown

74.       the Marble Index      All That I Know

75.       the Sounds             Night After Night

76.       Wolfmother               Tales from the Forest

77.       the Tough Alliance   Keep It Pure

78.       the Whitlams          Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent

79.       Dirty Pretty Things    Bang Bang You're Dead

80.       Red Hot Chili Peppers   Dani California

81.       Arctic Monkeys           From the Ritz to Rubble

82.       Ben Lee           Into the Dark

83.       the New Pornographers    Jackie, Dressed in Cobras

84.       Alexisonfire               We Are The End

85.       DJ Champion        No Heaven

86.       Fronda              Rullar Fram

87.       Mates of State      Think Long

88.       Yeah Yeah Yeahs    Gold Lion

89.       Rise Against            Under the Knife

90.       Scissor Sisters    I Don’t Feel Like Dancing

91.       Sufjan Stevens    Adlai Stevenson

92.       Tegan and Sara       Take Me Anywhere

93.       the Decemberists            July, July

94.       the Killers       When You Were Young

95.       Juelz Santana           Gone

96.       the Pack         Vans

97.       the Streets             Hotel Expressionism

98.       the Subways           Oh Yeah

99.       Three Days Grace    Animal I Have Become

100.   Billy Talent        Red Flag

 

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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

call me a nerd, but I am glad to be back in school!  and what a great day it was too, first day back at school kicks ass!  so only 364 days left & I graduate, woo hoo!

by the way, if you anyone can hear the song on my profile can you please leave me a comment saying it works?  Liam said it doesn't work for him, but I'm not sure if hes telling the truth or if he's taking the piss.  Thanks!


my top ten artists from last.fm from last week:




and the 10 most played songs from last week were:

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

If you a scared motherf*cker go to church!!

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my top artists and tracks on last.fm last week:

 

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

this summer is going to be epic, EPIC I say!

CANADIAN, EY!  -  I'm going to Ottawa on Canada Day to take the Oath Of Citizenship, then I will officially be a duelie!  That's a dual citizen, Australian/Canadian!

HENRY TO THE ICU, STAT  -  I'm going to be doing a student work placement at Southlake Regional Hospital, part of the Future Doctors Induction Program

AUSTRALIAN INVASION  -  Lock up your daughters Canada, cos my two best mates from Brissie, Dazza and Boydo are coming to visit for two weeks!

THAT"S AMORE!  -  The Cardamone's are going to Italy!   We're going to Venice & Rome in August for two weeks!

YOU WANT BANDS?  WE'VE GOT BANDS!!  -  I'm going to see Wolfmother (16/5), the Cat's Empire (30/6),  Arctic Monkeys (17/6),  Red Hot Chili Peppers (TBA)




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my top 10 bands on last.fm from last week were:

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Monday, February 20, 2006

woot, my Podcast is now in itunes!!  this means that subscribing to Short Poppy Syndrome has never been easier!  All you have to do is follow these simple steps:
-  in the iTunes music store,  in the 'Search Music Store' bar enter Short Poppy Syndrome
- you should come to a page showing my podcast.  Just hit the silver 'subscribe' button & you will automatically get every new episode of my podcast, sick!


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http://shortpoppysyndrome.blogspot.com/

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Monday, January 09, 2006

Well, no snowboarding for me for the next 4 weeks or so.  I managed to break my wrist on a rainbow rail at Mont Tremblant last week.  but on the plus side, they're calling for 10 degrees + weather in Ontario this week, heehee.

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

After a long day of snowboarding, there's nothing I like better than a hot cup of Tim Horton's Hot Chocolate  ...  it's got that chocolately taste you just can't beat!

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

I went to Boston and Falmouth for Thanksgiving and needless to say it was pretty awesome.  The highlights include:

• the food!  turkey, pumpkin pie, ham, clam chowder, the works!
  

• finally driving on the big dig!  strewth, they were working on it when I first visited Boston way back in '95!

• hanging out with my cousins, they took me on a tour of Cape Cod

• we did a bit of sight seeing in Boston, we saw the Cheers Bar, School Street, Boylston Street  - we drove past Fenway Park but I couldn't really see it
  

• coming back to Canada to see all the snow!  let's hope it sticks around!
  

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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Everytime I clean me room, I make another mess
Everytime I miss the bus, I'm late for a test
Everytime I have a hangover, I have to go to work
Everytime I masturbate dry, it tends to hurt
Everytime I pat a dog, it bites me on the hand
Everytime I talk to aliens, they don’t understand
Everytime I skate, I get another bruise
Everytime I get drunk, I vomit on my shoes
Everytime I freestyle, I just talk sh*t
Everytime I catch the bus, there's no where to sit
Everytime I catch a train, I'm hassled for a ticket
Everytime I bat in cricket, 1st ball takes a wicket

Everytime I give advice, it comes out wrong
Everytime I get raided, my prints are on the bong
Everytime I brush my teeth, I find another cavity
Everytime I try to fly, I discover gravity
Everytime I gamble, I lose all my chips
Everytime I eat "All Bran" I get the sh*ts
But everytime I sh*t, it takes about an hour
And there’s never any paper so I have to have a shower
But everytime I shower the towel is already wet
And it’s not wet with water but wet with common sweat
Everytime I pluck my pubic hairs to make myself attractive
My dick gets sore and I f*ck like a spastic
Everytime I catch a wave, I hit a coral reef
And everytime I order vegetarian, I get beef

Chicken’s not a vegetable, alright?

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

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Monday, May 23, 2005

I was on a bus with Claire on Saturday, & this little Chinese lady sat in front of us. She was having a good old conversation with her self, & she took out this little bottle of rum & took a few swigs. I thought it was pretty funny, but Claire was shaking her head & telling me its not funny, she can be a bit patronising. Then the Chinese lady dropped her bottle of Tide on the floor & it rolled all the way down to the front of the bus. so I picked it up for her. Five minutes later she turns around & says 'were you the boy who picked up my laundry detergent'? I said yhe, she said here & held out her hand, I said no, she said 'yes, here', so I took it. It was $50!! at first Claire said I was an asshole for taking the money, then she said she should get half. i didn't give her any money though, I'm not silly.

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Sunday, April 10, 2005

this is gonna sound like bull sh*t but anyway - two weeks ago I was at the airport in LA & I saw Steve-O from Sum 41 (I think he's the drummer). As soon as I saw him I thought "weird, that guy looks like Steve-O". then I saw '41' tatooed on his arm. So later on I got on the plane, we we're flying back to Toronto, & theres Steve-O on the same plane, sitting in first class. Thats when I got a bit cheesy - I gave him the thumbs up & said "Steve, nice work". He just grinned & said 'thanks', which was fair enough.

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Friday, April 01, 2005

I was at Hockley on friday, & when we got lunch I left all my stuff on the table for a minute to get my poutine, & when I came back my toque was gone! My wallet, watch, phone & Oakleys were intact, but for some reason my toque were just too tempting not to steal. So if you're ever at Hockley, I'd recommend hiding your toque when you go get your poutine.

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Sunday, March 06, 2005

Fridays = Filet o Fish for McDeal at McDonalds. I love Filet o Fish, and I'm not even a big fish eater. They put the perfect amount of tartae sauce on them, and they've got cheese. Who'd of though, cheese and fish go so well together? I could eat two filet o fish for dinner, I wouldn't even want the fries. Definitely a Sprite goes best with Filet o Fish. You know how they call Quarter Pounders Royale with Cheese in France? I wonder what they call Filet o Fish in France? Maybe they don't they have them, those crazy Frenchies. I'm sure they do. As much as I like Filet o Fish, I could probably only handle eating them once a month. Yhe, you wouldn't want to eat them everyday.

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