urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol Michael Michael 2005-11-19T07:49:20Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:49294 2005-11-19T07:49:20Z 2005-11-19T07:49:20Z it's amazing we all worry so much, when if you think about it... everything is just a bunch of chemicals blinking in and out, on and off... it's all just a bit of this and a bit of that, and sometimes there's too much of one and not enough of another, and then you get your problems. it's just chemicals. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:49091 2005-10-25T00:11:25Z 2005-10-25T00:11:25Z just started smoking this weekend... already up to a pack a day<br /><br /><img src="http://cardhouse.com/a/candy/world/popeye.gif" /><br /><br />Still, I can't seem to get my fix... started grinding it up into my hot chocolate, seeing if that would give me the fix i needed... it was better, but still not enough. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:48873 2005-07-10T14:42:15Z 2005-07-10T14:42:15Z Coldplay After deciding that maybe we shouldn't be 21 and scared of horror movies... Tania and I rented the trilogy of George Romero Zombie movies.<br /><br />Bad Idea.<br /><br />FUCKING RETARDED (and not in the good way)... Night of the Living Dead was pretty cool for an older movie, I actually enjoyed it, but Dawn of the Dead was the worst damn thing ever. Yes, being locked inside a mall completely safe would be a good thing, because you could have whatever you wanted... but in a zombie movie, I dont expect 3/4 of the movie to revolve around how cool it is to be in a mall! I want flesh eating and brains exploding! Day of the Dead was on the meh side of things... not great, but not horrible. The gore effects were sweet... Intestines should be ripped out in every movie. The thing I dont understand is that the big problem with these people, is that they are coming back to life after they are killed by zombies. The zombies in question are human looking with a few mangled bits on them, but still, you could tell it was a person. HOWEVER... when the zombies kill someone,they rip them into a million pieces and eat their guts! If it was an army of marching TURDS coming after the heroes of the movies, I'd understand... but it's not! <br /><br />I'm probably just uncultured or something... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:48521 2005-05-23T23:45:23Z 2005-05-23T23:49:00Z John Coltrane Here's a picture update. I'm going to put it behind a cut for everyone's enjoyment.<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/mask.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />my friend erik went to toronto and bought me a wrestling mask there. the reason for this is that when the two of us "worked" at nemak, we'd spend most of our time looking at cool masks and ninjas online, then we'd send each other the pictures. it was the best way possible to make $15 an hour. <br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/duck1.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/duck.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />There's a sweet duck living in our backyard underneath one of the bushes near our pool. The only thing that sucks about it is that the duck has a need to break out into quack attacks at 2 am every night... with the weather being a bit warm right now, i've been leaving my bedroom window open to allow some cool air in. i'm cool while sleeping, but this also allows the duck to wake me up pretty much every night. its ok though, because she's going to have cute baby ducks and i'm going to name them. straight up.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/taniame.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/yawn.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />instead of going to the bars downtown and drinking and dancing, tania and i have been going and just looking at people and having coffee at random places... sure, it might sound creepy, but its cheap entertainment for creeps like us, so suck it. <br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/squashwelt.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />my newest and favorite hobby is squash. here's a little reminder to get out of the way when people are trying to hit between the legs jump shots... i took the ball right in the arm and it left a nice welt for a few days... its ok, chicks dig bruises... and squash players.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/shoe.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />today we went to great lakes crossing and i got a sweet new pair of shoes. i've already been lectured by numerous people to not wear them without socks because my feet will stink, but screw that... i like stinky feet, and so should you. woo hoo! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:48304 2005-05-11T14:58:56Z 2005-05-11T14:58:56Z Coldplay Last night Tania and I went to the Stereophonics concert in Detroit. Upon arriving to the states, we had a rather colourful discussion with the customs officer.<br /><br /><b>Customs Officer</b>:How do you two know each other?<br /><b>Me</b>:She's my girlfriend.<br /><b>Customs Officer</b>:Oh. So are you going to marry her?<br /><b>Me</b>:Uh....<br /><b>Customs Officer</b>Come on man, I'm putting you on the spot here.<br /><b>Me</b>:umm... maybe? I don't know?<br /><b>Customs Officer</b>Haha, I ruined your date, didn't I?<br /><br />National Security my ass!<br /><br />Tania also followed this up by stating that her birthday was exactly one week away, so that I had that amount of time to get money together for a ring. She can get me a ring, bastard. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:48018 2005-04-24T17:23:32Z 2005-04-24T17:25:39Z the format Oh its beautiful! Spring has finally arrived, the birds are outside singing, the treets are sprouting their leaves and flowers are starting to show their colours!<br /><br />Our pool gets opened in a week and a half!<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/spring001.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/spring002.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/spring003.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/spring004.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br /><big><b> PSYCHE!!!!!!</b></big><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:47409 2005-04-11T03:35:39Z 2005-04-11T03:35:39Z bloc party fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!<br /><br />i need to learn how to shave or something... i tried again tonight and wound up with three pretty substantial gashes on my face. <br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/bleeding.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />i'm passing out i think! i may not wake up in the morning... so peace out homies. jonny, you can have all my cool stuff. tania and kc, you guys split up my kind of cool stuff. the rest of you can fight over my crappy stuff. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:47235 2005-04-07T02:12:03Z 2005-04-07T02:12:03Z kyle's tunes. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/ihatescrabble.bmp" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />fucking stupid ass game. go to hell. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:46908 2005-03-24T14:34:58Z 2005-03-24T14:34:58Z Placebo I've actually been applying myself lately to school, which is kind of strange... I dont know if it will get me better marks, but I know for sure it has certainly kept me hella busy. I've got two presentations and a paper due next week, but things should fall nicely in to place by the weekend.<br /><br />One thing is for sure though... After readying shawna's journal, marks in school really mean absolutely nothing. I wish your family the best and I'll do whatever praying I can to help you get through this. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:46612 2005-03-17T00:26:11Z 2005-03-17T00:26:11Z The finest song ever written. Alright, so back in OAC I wrote a song that could probably be considered the greatest song of any genre of all time... I dont mean to be arrogant, but seriously. Everything else is shit compared to this song. Today, while digging through stacks of CDs, I found the only known recording of this gem, and consider this your lucky day, because I'm posting the mp3. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.bvdemergencytraining.com/banana.mp3">Spoon your Banana</a><br /><br />The lyrics are probably too deep for most of you... I apologize in advance. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:46488 2005-03-16T19:24:15Z 2005-03-16T19:24:15Z I just got 50 gmail invites, so if you want one, just ask. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:46168 2005-03-04T16:27:30Z 2005-03-04T16:27:30Z Armor for Sleep So reading week has come and gone, and it's back to school on monday... damn. I had big plans of studying and getting ahead in classes, but I haven't even opened a single book yet. <br /><br />Tania and I had a wonderful trip to toronto last weekend. Sleeping in a bed with someone else was a neat experience, except for being kneeded in the spine and shoved out of the bed by a sleeping zombie. We also were introduced to a drunk old couple in the swimming pool who apparently had taken a fancy to Tania, and decided the best way to show this would be for the woman to show us her small, saggy boobs. After that, swim time was over. <br /><br />We also got to ride the subway and shop on Queen and Yonge Street. We didn't buy a lot of things, but we got to do a lot of walking together, plus a lot of staring at people together. Thjngs I've learned from this trip - If you think you're getting the silent treatment, make sure you look at the person, because there's a chance they may have randomly fallen asleep for 45 minutes... sometimes doing nothing with someone you love is the most enjoyable... don't eat in arabic restaurants that are on side streets, unless you want to see a possible shooting or jihad, or what ever the hell it is... finally, learn your subway maps inside and out... so you don't get stuck walking 400 miles. oops. <br /><br />Last night, I went and saw yellowwood for the second time in 2 weeks... Those bastards are easily the best band in Windsor and if you haven't seen them yet, do yourself a favour and pay the 4$ cover charge to see them wherever they play next, because eventually you're going to have to pay $35 US to see them at state theater. <br /><br />This week was quite a musical highlight... I got the new armor for sleep cd which is amazing... it's a story about someone dying and coming back as a ghost and seeing what life was like without him there. I also got the new mars volta cd which is just insane. I can't wait till they come in concert, that's going to be one of those life changing concert experiences.<br /><br />The rest of the week will be spent painting my room a dark shade of blue, which i'm quite excited about... no more wolf print on the border! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:45567 2005-02-08T21:29:19Z 2005-02-08T21:29:19Z "Do squirrels lay eggs?"<br />"Do squirrels all have rabies?"<br />"Do squirrels hibernate?"<br />"Do squirrels attack if you look them in the eye?"<br />"Those two squirrels were having a stare down, then they started fighting..."<br />"How do you get a squirrel to attack?"<br />"I think all squirrels are plotting against us..."<br /><br />Seriously, I think she's the next Steve Irwin... except she's not completely insane... and is a chick... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:45288 2005-02-06T16:23:22Z 2005-02-06T16:23:22Z So in my annual Madden superbowl prediction game, I have the New England Patriots defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 22 - 16. Tom Brady won the MVP with 145 Yards Passing and a key rushing touchdown late in the 4th quarter. Terrell Owens DID play, and made a minor impact, catching 4 balls for 52 yards, and almost bringing in a touchdown with 2 seconds left in the game, but couldn't get his feet in bounds. <br /><br />Hopefully the real game is this entertaining! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:44814 2005-01-22T19:38:13Z 2005-01-22T19:38:13Z ambulance I've shovelled my own driveway twice, and helped 2 neighbours shovel theirs as well. Even though snow can be a true pain in the ass at times, I'd rather have this than rain anyday. my sister got an iPod mini yesterday... so now i'm jealous of both her and tania for having iPods... bastards.<br /><br />I guess I really haven't kept my new years resolution of updating more... my bad. Anyway, come next Friday to the Liquor box on Wyandotte to see us play (hear songs <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vacancy">here</a> with a bunch of other local windsor bands... <br /><br />Socom navy seals II is owning my life.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:44792 2004-12-11T02:59:43Z 2004-12-11T02:59:43Z My pay check this week will be for 76 hours of work. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:44314 2004-12-07T03:24:16Z 2004-12-07T03:24:16Z Converge <center><br /><img src="http://www.blaskan.nu/Bilder/death_race_2000.jpg" /><br /></center><br /><br />wow...<br /><br />just wow.<br /><br />Death Race 2000 is a film starring a young and flabby sylvestre stallone, and david carradine. The premise of the movie is a transcontinetal race, in which the winner is decided by the number of people they can run over in their cars. Old people are worth 100points, teenagers are worth 40, women are worth 10, and toddlers are worth 70 points. At one point, all the patients at a Geriatric hospital are lined up outside on the road for what is known as "Euthanasia Day". You will not see a better movie in your lifetime. If you get a choice between killing your own best friend or seeing this movie, kill your friend. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:44033 2004-12-04T15:37:34Z 2004-12-04T15:37:34Z Jimmy Eat World I know its been a long ass time since I did a decent update...<br />Things that have happened in the last month:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li>Lost my sweet office at work and had to move to a cubicle, which is still pretty sweet</li><br /><li>Played 8 shows in the month of November... pictures are below</li><br /><li>Kicked everyone's ass at Trivial Pursuit 90's edition</li><br /><li>Continued to have best girlfriend ever... even though her trivial pursuit skills are a bit raw. Don't worry, you'll get better over time</li><br /><li>Watched girlfriend fall madly in love with Jude Law, who I am now planning to kill</li><br /><li>Watched girlfriend get HELLA good at paint brush drawing, see example below...</li><br /><br /></ul><br />Overall, no complaints. I'm looking forward to getting back to school in January, but work has been fantastic this semester, I think I'll actually miss it when I'm done.<br /><br />I Promise to update on a more regular basis.<br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/paris2014.jpg"><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/paris2013.jpg"><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/taniasskillz.jpg"><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:43987 2004-12-04T15:12:32Z 2004-12-04T15:12:32Z Christmas Music <img src="http://trivialpursuit.com/images/boardgame_90s.jpg" /><br /><br />I will own you at this. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:43602 2004-11-03T17:24:35Z 2004-11-03T17:24:35Z What ever happened to good quality assassination attempts? Don't tell me NO ONE has a high powered sniper rifle they could put to good use... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:43379 2004-11-01T02:33:09Z 2004-11-01T02:35:05Z flickerstick Today I beat my dad at golf for the second week in a row, and now I'm apparently not allowed to put my clubs away for the season for at least one more week... even though its so damn cold out that you can barely grip a golf club. <br /><br />Besides that, today was halloween. I got dressed up as a white trash type guy, Tania was an 80s work-out girl and my sister was a dead prom queen. We gathered in the living room and handed out candy to the neighbour hood children.<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/pumpkins.jpg"><br />Here are our beautiful pumpkins<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/taniakc.jpg"><br />The dead prom queen and the worker- outer.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/closeup.jpg"><br />a close up of tania's costume. notice the high quality of the spandex.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/tania1.jpg"><br />Tania preparing for vigorous handing out.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/us1.jpg"><br />us.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/bobbyone.jpg"><br />this is a bobby brown t-shirt i found at value village yesterday. i was so incredibly shocked to find this gem.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/smashtania.jpg"><br />This is tania laying waste to her pumpkin. you're not seeing the end result, but the pumpkin has just been thrown, and is about to smash all over the road.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/taniakin.jpg"><br />I think this one's self explanatory.<br /></div><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:43263 2004-10-16T22:04:11Z 2004-10-16T22:04:11Z I just got home, checked my email, and this is what I found.<br /><br />"Hey asswad, <br />You know what today is? It's Sweetest Day! It might be just another Hallmark holiday, but it's still a holiday. I'm giving you a heads up, so you better acknowledge it somehow. <br /><br />Byeee."<br /><br />So... I guess I better get out there and start shopping?!?! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:42817 2004-10-11T19:45:46Z 2004-10-11T19:45:46Z Last night, I got home from a football road trip at about 2:30 in the morning. After unpacking all the therapy equipment, I head home. I was driving along the EC Row, when someone decided to enter the expressway, and come across 2 lanes for really no reason. The problem with this was that I was in the second lane. I slammed on my breaks and spun my car completely around, missing the guardrail by inches. Luckily, it was 2:45 in the morning, so no one was right behind me to slam into my car. I finally got home, but didn't sleep until about 4:30, because I was a bit wired after almost dying. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:42570 2004-09-29T01:10:29Z 2004-09-29T01:10:29Z apparently there's a new paris hilton sex tape featuring nick carter on the internet!!! today is my lucky day after all.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:graceandcontrol:42365 2004-09-26T12:33:06Z 2004-09-26T12:33:06Z hopesfall Last night I had a particularly good time at the alexisonfire/moneen/hopesfall/lola ray/the reason show. It was particularly nice to see lola ray again, because they're a very good pop band. <br /><br />I noticed something very interesting in tania's crowd behaviour last night though.... Earlier in the day, I worked the University football game (which Windsor lost... fuck Western). When watching Tania, I noticed that she moves through the crowd the same way that a running back does. I have some pictures now to demonstrate.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/taniaplay.jpg"></center><br />Here you can see an example of the crowd. At point 1, Tania notices a small hole, gets a block from a random mosher and makes a break for it. <br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/gray_block.jpg"></center><br />1. Tania uses this block and rapidly cuts up field for a big gain.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/WVU5.jpg"></center><br />2. Tania then issues a stiff arm to another mosher, embarassing him and tossing him to the ground. she makes a few more spins and dodges and scoots up further into the crowd. Now she's only feet away from the barrier and her goal.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/graceandcontrol/jenkinsjukemove.jpg"></center><br />3. At this point, the moshers think they've got Tania wrapped up, but no. She throws down a MASSIVE juke, which breaks two of the moshers ankles, and then she's got nothing but open field ahead of her.<br /><br />4. SHE..... COULD......GO.......ALL........THE........ WAY!!!! and she does! Its a touchdown for Tania, and she's now at the barrier!<br /><br />Its really quite impressive. Next show, I think I'm going to set her loose and go up stairs so I can watch this spectacle from a better angle. Now only if the University team could manage to do a bit better...