My Audio Visual Project

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I took an audio visual class at gonq this semester. The most useless class of my life, but at the end we got free rein with the cameras. This is what we came up with. I didn't embed it cause the player doesn't fit. Click the link for HD.

Beard

Some of you may have known that i was trying to do movember this month. I lasted 8 days (i was one day late) until it was pointed out that it kinda looked like a chinstrap after i shaved my neck. The beard was gone 15 mins after that comment was made. I am now rubbing my face on everything, its wonderful. Nobody wins when you grow a beard. Due to the awesomeness of my camera the image is huge. Click below to see a super high res image of my face, and enjoy. Ill fix the massive image below later.

Halloween

The month is over and the sidebar remains the same. The guilt of this failure, and the desire to not start my term project has driven me to write this post. I think the events of the last 72 hours could warrant a post. As a collective my roomates and i feel that our houses party potential is not being fulfilled. Because of this we took it upon ourselves to host a halloween party. The friday before the party ben came over to begin working on his costume. Nothing of the sort happened. We instead went shopping for light bulbs, and made cheese-stuffed-bacon-wrapped-chicken-doubledown-ceasar-wraps (see image below). Tears of joy followed. Saturday was spent cleaning the house, shopping for and installing blacklights, and ordering chinese food. Ben returned and after a few iterations his costume became a transformer, or tin man, or decepticon. I was a chilean miner (bee-tee-dub). It was snowing, which was wonderful, to celebrate, despite severe health and safety risks we figured out how to turn on our gas fireplace without exploding anything. The first hour or two was spent being terrified if anyone was going to show up. But they did. Ben spent most of the night being harassed in the bathroom while i sulked and threw eggs at my roomate. Our bompin-blacklit basement was a success and i think weve built up a good enough reputation now to be able to host a decent sized party. We think after one more trial run we will attempt a kegger. To which your all invited, if you choose to make the journey. I awoke to ben picking remnants of his costume out of my bed, and our living room covered in playing cards and feathers. Lactose free pancakes and 8 hours of lord of the rings followed. All in all, a perfect day.

ALSO - INSIDE JOKES FTW

I think Im going to go buy a desk chair to replace the crippled death trap im sitting in now. That should kill an hour or so. Tee-tee-why-elle.

Twenty

A hoy' hoy.
It is twelve thirty four on October the twentieth, two thousand and ten. Nineteen years, three hundred and sixty four days, and twenty three hours ago at this exact moment I was being born. I can think of no better thing to do to mark this anniversary than type words on the internet.

It just occurred to me this evening that when people ask me what age i am, i have to respond 20...... I had to just take a break to let that sink in.
I remember in grade three, 6th graders seemed ancient. In my eyes a sixth grader seemed old enough to be snorting cocaine and mutilating cats at night.

They were terrifying.

By the time i was in grade 4 i wouldn't go to the "big kids" side of the playground where the 7th and 8th graders hung out for fear of... im not even sure what.
I remember how strange and grown-up the concept of highschool seemed to an 8th grade kyle, but know highschool seems like a brief blip. Four and a half years of attempted ditchings, and the creation and destruction of many friendships, condensed into a tiny fraction of space in my memory. And i never realized how perfect our highschool experience was until i began describing it to other people. There are so many inside jokes that need to be explained first to fully tell one of our highschool anecdotes, that i rarely finish a story, or people have no idea what im talking about.
I think it was grade ten that i pretty much turned into the person i am now. It was then that i stumbled upon "indie" in urban dictionary, and deciding that is seemed like a pretty safe way to feel superior to other people for no real reason started watching the wedge on friday nights and downloading random songs. While at the time, i felt like a poser, if i met a 15 year old today that listened to built to spill and neutral milk hotel, they would deserve some serious indie cred.

Now I'm fucking 20, and that indie cred has blossomed into not shaving for days and hanging out at hipster danceclubs at night.... Ok ive been there like once, but i will not be out-artsied by our west coast, university dropout, film student friend.

Well I suppose I should tell you about the life of 20 year old kyle. He lives at 1569 B Fisher Ave Ottawa, (drop by anytime). In this (fucking amazing, if i may say so) house live with him, 4 of the greatest roomates ever. Despite the occasional drama, and language barriers, life is beautiful. He wakes up most mornings to a breakfast of weetabix and half a coffee, and then sprints down the frost lined sidewalk to cram himself into the mobile-sars-factory otherwise known as the OcTranspo Number 3. A day of napping through programming lectures and getting in trouble from math professors follows. His days are broken up by embarrassing himself, not realizing he just butted infront of twenty people in line at the coffee place in the atrium. A couple hours coding, screaming, and chatting about obscenities and internet memes with professors follows in the computer lab. Then pasta for dinner. Some nights he may venture across town to play RTS war games with ben kiefer keifer, and on his way back home miss multiple buses and walk through little italy at midnight. Then get picked up by an off duty bus on a deserted road in the middle of the experimental farm and shuttled home. He may return to a late night php study session, and sit around a table for several hours, achieving nothing other than memorizing the lyrics to prozzak and backstreet boys songs, learning new accents he can do, making gay jokes when a certain roomate leaves the room, and, ofcource, random screaming.

He really couldn't have ever imagined anything better.

I really mean it when i say that in all the years i wondered about where i would end up by the time i was 20 i never imagined a time as amazing as this. I like to keep that in the back of my mind at all times.

Now I'm sorry that my only post in months has been a pathetic soppy heart-to-heart and i promise that my next will be much more entertaining. It has come to my attention that the side bar on this fair site is extremely out of date. Hopefully that will be remedied this coming week month. Also just because otherwise i think this would be my only post to date that doesn't mention a certain much beloved friendly giant by name... hi grant.

Double sour skittles, Shaving cream, and the Dutch...

Hello all!

I am temporarily lifting my writing boycott of the GWA in an attempt to redeem myself for Grant and Kyle’s obscure point system when I am currently at -4,999,990 points. So as you all know I just had my 20^th birthday and am no longer a teenager which is kind of an odd concept because I still in no way feel mature at all. What is an even weirder concept is the kids that are 20 who are married or are dropping babies like flies.. Im pretty sure Brockville is full of them.

I am currently sitting in the library at UofT and let me say I feel like I am at Hogwarts I am surrounded by old dusty tombes and novels there is stained glass windows, a fireplace to my left, and dated oversized chairs. I plan to write this throughout the weekend and post it at some point...

So my bus ride was pretty messed up I sat behind this guy that smelled like mustered and this kid with an annoying laser pointer. The Dutch guy I sat beside was rather cool though. He was here to travel all over North-America and had literally done every job from gas station to lab technician. Apparently every time a travel opportunity comes along he just quits his job if they don’t give him time off. We stopped half way and chilled ate some mushrooms and had a very interesting bus ride... Our bus started to smell like burning rubber and then eventually started smoking. So we stopped and me and the Dutch went to a pub and got bitched at by these filthy Oshawa kids. So we left and played soccer on the side of the road with a pizza-pizza dipping sauce container.

I eventually made it to TO and got into a cab with this crazy Jamaican driver who was swerving all over place and yelling at every other taxi cab. The minute I get out of the cab I get attacked by these two drunken Asian girls who start assaulting me with a barrage of questions thankfully Shannon was there to rescue me. I will have to continue this since it is already too long and I need to pack for thanks giving. Hope to see some of you soon!

-Ben

october 5th

HI,
i read the description on the side of this blog, and realized that what i've been posting doesn't really fit the intent of this blog. So, here is the first of hopefully many memories that will be preserved here.


I was doing some thinkin, and I remembered one particular evening out with Kyle and Ryan. There have not been many times when I have laughed as much as I did that night. It was Go-geous. I will try to remember as much detail, so this post is actually worth reading.

I cant reacall the day, month or year... But it was an early evening in Winter, it was dark, so maybe 8pm. We were in the SRS (may she rest in peace) I also cant tell you what we were doing that day, or what we were going to do later that night, we may or may not have been heading to a movie... for whatever reason we ended up in the parking lot of then A&P. Anyways... there was snow on the ground. christmas-ey. The air was crisp and the three of us (kyle, ryan, and me) were bored, and more than likely talking about something meaningless. I wouldn't be surprised if the topic of discussion that night was the feasibility of a double-shot gun, or where we would go to eat. What came next has reserved a spot in my mind, were it will never leave, so long as I am here. Kyle was piloting and Ryan I believe was first officer of Navigation. I was pressing buttons. We then spent the better part of an hour doing donuts in the empty parking lot, at one point nearly driving off cliff face where we would have surely plummeted to our deaths. but we didn't :) thats pretty much all it was..... but for whatever reason, i still remember it, and I am glad . I a looking forward to christmas and caroling with ben. Ryan, if you read this, contact me :) hi kyle.


Grant

This is what i've been up to.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dURC9JJybs


twas shot in three hours.

I had a snickers.

The purge of my hard drive continues, and I found this gem.

Micheal and Ian and Pumba

These were found somewhere in my documents. Enjoy.

Micheal and Ian by kthomps

:D

hello world, specifically the few fantastic Ontarians that frequent this website.

i have five minutes of free time, and so I will fill you in with what is new in my life.
not much.

I am still in Vancouver, and still very busy with school work. The work is fun and the city is great, which makes being here a lot easier. I still miss my pals from the East, but i expect we shall reunite soon enough. Time flies here, and I am already in to term 3, which blows my mind. I've been out of Ontario now for over four months. sigh.
This weekend we are shooting 10 short scenes, with a three hour shoot for each, which will consume most of my weekend, apart from coffee and Vitamin B breaks. Anyone looking for something to keep them energized throughout a long day - Vitamin B supplements. It was recommended by my directing instructor, and really helps. This is very boring, but there honestly is not much more. I wish i had something to talk about rather than just my life. Everything that i do is related to school.
i saw a man get hit over the head with a steel rod the other night... that is kinda intriguing. i drink a lot of coffee... I am looking forward to christmas, it should be fun.

bye for now,

Grant
.... sorry for this very lacklustre post... the nex twill be better. i promise.

Last Minute

I've been wanting to post something for a few days now but keep forgetting. But i am taking my laptop to ottawa in T-minus-an-hour-or-two to finally get 'er fixed. As some of you may know, shes a screamer. Last night i think i played enough risk to make me want to bash my fucking brains in. I dreamt about risk last night, about endlessly rolling the dice but nobody was going anywhere. It was horrible. I saw scott pilgrim the other night. It is now one of my favourite movies ever. I cant decide which is the best movie ive seen this year, its between scott pilgrim and inception. I am hopeful for the facebook movie too. I have one more week at the shit plant. I am working alone there now so its far easier to take naps, not that it was hard at all to begin with, so i expect it to go pretty smoothly. Then sunday im moving! Daydreaming about my own house has gotten me through some boring classes since grade ten. And although my house doesnt have the ball bit room, black lights, and bead curtains i always promised myself it would, its still pretty awesome. It would have been awesomer if i had bought that black velvet painting of an indian chief that i saw at a garage sail to go over the fireplace (i have a fireplace), but i just couldnt bring myself to do it. I was planning on riding my bike to school every morning but i went outside at 7 the other morning and it gets fucking cold at that time now! I did not realize that. I hate the cold more than anything, except the heat, and being a passenger in the car with grant. Oh sigh, that hasnt happened in a while. Grant when you get back your driving! Ummmmmmmmm so thats about all the news i have. Your not allowed to ask for news for another week now G-man. Although you wont be able to because ill be sans msn, and you'll probably ditch us all for you lady friend anyway. So bye.

SURPRISE! its a blogg! epic fails, procrastination & more!

Hello Alligators;

So there I was, sitting in my room after a hard day of slave labour at the factory, watching my subscriptions from YouTube, when the mood to blogg hit me. I'm not really sure why, but it did, so hear it goes...

First off, where the hell did this summer go? It's already freakin August and I havn't gone Fishing, Camping, Swimming at a beach, or Boating once yet. EPIC FAIL. Work is truly ruining my summer. The only thing i have time for is movies at the theatre, which are surprisingly not as fun by yourself (Kyle = EPIC FAIL....(Just kidding, Kyle = DECENTLY LARGE FAIL , Richard = EPIC FAIL #2 for leaving his cell at home) FYI don't see "The other Guys". Not worth it in theatres.) Now this doesnt mean that I have not enjoyed what I have been able to make time for this summer (ie Wonderland, Bar nights, RUSH concert and ComiCopia vids) its just disappointing to spend 5/7 days working your ass off, just to hand over your hard earned cash to a greedy school. Sigh. Fuck you tuition. Fuck you. Moving on.

Speaking of tuition (damn that was a good segue, NAATTT) after I paid my tuition deferral fee for OSAP, I assumed that the college would be sending me an application form for Res, since I hadn't found one in my admittance package. So I waited, and waited, and then I did what Kyle seems to not be able to do anymore but I do endlessly, I procrastinated. My parents told me I should call the school to find out when I'd get the form, and I said those two little words that every procrastinator says: I will. A month later and i finally decide that maybe i shouldn't put this off any longer. So in the process of looking the phone number up on line, I decide to see if there was any info on the res applications on the website. Low and behold, in rather small writing at the side of the page was a few bullet points. One of which says, “your res application form will be included in your admittance package”. Hold the phone, i got that back in April, and I didn't see a form. Hmmmmmm. Upon a second view turns out I did. Although in my defence, it was hidden better than the doorway to Narnia. In some stupid little booklet thing they sent with my admittance package, on the very last page was the form. EPIC FAIL #3. So i figured before i even bother filling out the form, i should call the school and find out what the room availability is. Enter procrastination for a few days. Eventually i called them and apparently there's a 100 person wait-list. Needless to say, or write (although I'm writing it anyways) I won't be living in res this year. I will be living on the streets of Toronto. PSYCHHHH, no i'll actually be livin with a friend I met at SLC, which is kinda bitter sweet. Sweet being that i get to live with a friend and not on the street or in some dirty apartment where the toilet is like right next to my bed, and there isnt even like a wall, or a curtain, or beads. Bitter being its now a 44 min bus commute to school everyday. EPIC FAIL #3.5.

Moving on to EPIC FAIL #4 (damn im good with these segues) I'm being audited...ish. I claimed the rent i paid when i lived in North Bay last year on my 2009 taxes. Last week i got a letter saying that i need to provide receipts for all months of tenancy or else i may be required to return a portion of my tax return. And here's the kicker: i dont actually have any receipts. So ya thats great. I got my landlords number finally, but iv still got a few more days of procrastinating before I call him.

Hmmm. this blogg seems more like a rant on my epic fails. EPIC FAIL #5.

On a lighter note, Im finally getting to go camping this weekend, which is a big relief! Its not really camping cause its in my cousins backyard, but im sleepin in a tent, and they live in the country so its good enough for me. My parents bought one of those multiple room tents and its actually pretty redic. Its 7’5” (or grant height) tall in the middle of the big room which is sick. Then theres 2 other rooms that are like 6’5” so its pretty decent. Ill probly end up playing music most of the weekend. My cousins and I are planning on writing an album, we’ve already got like 10 songs written, they just need lyrics. Since our band is called Metal Piece Theatre, we want our album to be like one big story where each song is a part, but we’re not really sure what to do it on yet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Well i think iv bored you guys to tears enough for today. Also i just realized that in writing this blogg iv successfully procrastinated going for a run for the third day in a row. EPIC FAIL #6.

Later Alligators
Rich

PS. Kyle Im still waiting for Origin of Species: episode 2, so there you have something to procrastinate now. be glad that i just made your day.

Moar Quotes

Because grant has fulfilled his obligatory blackmailed blog post, and I am a man of my word and clearly much more punctual about my blog requirements that grant. Here are, in no particular order, a few exerts from a saturday evening spent at richards last weekend.

"She's a stoner, im gonna call her everyday and say hey wanna fuck! I don't even care!" - Erik Bahm

"I can spell words you don't even know!"
- Kyle Thompson

"Fuck you ryan i'm peeing! Is this an apple tree?"
- Erik Bahm

"I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, Grants a miiiiiidnight toker."
- Ryan Burton (another classic gem burt)

"She knows how be-cute-iful I am."
- Erik Bahm

"Your brother is a very good looking man."
- Erik Bahm (to Ryan)

"A hug is not gay! It's a friendship!"
- Kyle Thompson

Upon recolection, thats mostly Erik making a fool of himself and me shouting at people. Some things never change.

Hi

The sun did not shine
it was too wet to play
so we sat in the house
all that cold, cold wet day

It rained again today in Vancouver. First time in about a month which is nice.
That is an excerpt from The Cat in the Hat, which BTW was the first book that I ever read on my own, with no parental assistance. I can remember running up the stair in my old house to announce to the world that I, Grant, could now read on my own. Although it did go something more like this:
ve sun deed noat shoine
it wos too we-at to pway
so we saat in ve haose
all vat coad, coad we-at dai

Nothing is really that new in the city. I am just finishing up with the sound edit and will be done with the documentary in three weeks. We are now in pre-production of our Independent Projects, and I think I am directing two short films in October; a comedy and a drama. Sooooo, if anyone is in Vancouver in October give me a call and you can be in one of my shorts :D which would be pretty sick, considering I miss all my Ontario buddys.

I think that is all for now.

so.

Bye

P.S I was almost shanked a couple weeks ago in the downtown east side.
that is all.

Summer

On my desk, and in various drawers of said desk are countless scraps of paper, mostly all ripped out of the same small sketchbook i got in my stocking two Christmas' ago. Upon these scraps are lists, of things to do. Chores, reminders, big things, small things, phone calls to make, things to look up on the internet. In a days work there are usually around 5 or 6 items written down. Upon the end of the day usually only 3 or 4 get scratched off, and scribbled over meticulously as to be sure that they cannot be read and their nagging memory is gone. The paper is then discarded as a new, updated version replaces it the next day, with the uncompleted items of the previous list nearer to the top and adorned with exclamation marks and underlines. A strange phenomenon has occurred though. The most recent lists i can find in the scrap heaps in my room are from months ago.

I have officially ran out of things to do.

Productive things to do that is. Measurable tiny goals that can be achieved within the day. My life is in order, i have a job, a place to live, no homework. No school or banking related paperwork to fill out. Nothing. This is a moment i have looked forward to for over a year now. You see ever since the end of high school i have always had something to procrastinate. First it was looking up university programs, then applying to university and scholarships, then completing my portfolio. Then sorting out my residence and osap applications ect. Then school, i even had an essay to write over Christmas break, which, by the way, i completed in 20 mins and got a C-! Through all those long months, even when i did nothing all day, the nagging guilt of doing so ate away at the back of my brain. I longed for a week or two of no responsibility. Now i have four fucking months of it, and halfway in im starting to lose it a bit.

I dont have a single fucking thing to do. I even invented pointless things to eat up time. I switched rooms with my brother, i painted my room, i have organized my drawers and shelves a few times now. I rearrange my computer desktop and wall paper daily. And still i cannot fill the few hours i have after work every night. Today an hour or two of simcity glazed over my evening quite nicely. Then it crashed. I had not saved. So i opened it up and did it all again. The traffic in the downtown core of "Contra" is moving quite nicely now im sure you'll be pleased to here.

So i sit here. Dreaming of september, when i officially move away from home. It's very exciting. Too exciting. Even more so when compared to the stagnant endless drone of summer in brockville. Im sorry for depressing you with my teen angst, but to be fair i only have a few more months of it left, and blog was at the very bottom of some old list i found. Desperate times.

PS. You happy now grant? It's your turn, and i have nothing other to do than remind you. :)

Star Trek Dubbed

Dubbed from kyle thompson on Vimeo.

This is something my a couple of friends at school and I have been trying to get done for months now. It didnt work out quite as well as i wanted. The beginning is kinda gay, and it sounds like the sounds glitching out when theres no audio clip playing, i had to edit in some background static in places. I wanna try doing another one, ideas?

It Lives!

I was about to go to bed, when i found this on my computer, and i dont want to forget, so here it is.

Biopic

So the blogging all summer thing isn't going quite as planned... in my defense i've been busy doing nothing at my shit-easy job. Anything mildly of interest i've got going on ive probably already told you all. So i'd like to instead share with you something grant and i came up with a while ago. If i, or any one of the gang for that matter where to die in some dramatic, firey, alcohol and methadone fueled, catastrophy, or more likely choking on a mcnugget. I hope that our filmy friends would craft a fitting memorial in the form of an epic biopic. For grant this would be unnecesarry, just edit together "horton hears a who" and "forrest gump". But for the rest of us, the perfect cast must be assembled to do us justice. Our picks are as follows, if anyone as any thoughts, or changes, comment dat shite!

Steve Carell is: Erik Bahm



Gary Sinise is: Richard Withers



Nathan Lane is: Ryan Burton



Carrot Top is: Tyler Wright



Kal Penn is: Amit Ubhi



Zombie John Belushi is: Aaron Armstrong



Alan Rickman is: Ben Kiefer



Will Ferrell is: Grant DeVries



Liam Neeson is: Kyle Thompson

Reel Hype TV!

Oi! So I wont be posting all of the vids on here but i thought id post the first one. Heres the movie review channel Erik and I are doing. Subscibe if you like. Bear in mind that this is the first episode and that they will hopefully get better as we ga ahah.



later alligators!

HI

Internet world, I address thee,

I have been checking this blog on a daily basis for at least two weeks now. No updates. So, I will take the opportunity to provide an insight into my new life on the west coast.
On April 24 I packed up my life and flew to Vancouver. The travelling went well and I was at my home by 4pm that day. I am living in a home in East Vancouver. I rent an upstairs bedroom from a couple in their thirties. There is also another guy from my program who rents a room across the hall. My landlords cook all my food, which is nice. Anyways, thats boring. I had a week off before starting school on May, 3 so i took the time to explore the city. I ventured out to Stanley park and the convention center. I also took in the lower east side and two movies (how to train your dragon, and Chloe - both excellent).
I must say that I am having the time of my life here. The weather is Go-jus, and I couldn't have asked for more from the program. Everyone of my classmates are great. We work well together, and should have fun this year. for the next 8 weeks we will continue to develop our documentaries for shooting in week 8. The night life here is great, and there is no trouble trying to find something to do on weekends (lately we've been busy on weekends). The scenery is absolutely beautiful. This really is one of the greatest cities I have ever been to.
That is all i think. Hope everything is well at home :)
If anyone is ever in Vancouver make sure to look me up.

Your pal,
Grant

Internet Portal

This is a vid i did a few days ago cause i was bored. There are some definate errors in it but wat eves, it was mainly just an experimental video. Hope you enjoy!

Also I'd like to point out that YouTube is increasingly become a huge douche. First they fuck around with the layout, and then they fuck around with the video player, and now the pièce de résistance they've increased their audio security where by all new videos are now scanned by an audio recognition program to identify copyrighted music. This enfuriated me when I uploaded the vid yesterday only to find that the audio had been muted due to copyright infringment. However, all it took was a gquick trip to google to figure out how to trick YouTube and I am now happy to saw that I know how to get copyrighted msic onto videos!

Finally, just thought I'd let you all know that I'v decided to go to Humber!!! I went and saw the campus last weekend and it's pretty sick, and the program is amazing, so thats what I'll be doing!

Wow im impressed that I actually managed to make this into a blogg instead of just a video post. Yay me. Anyways hope everyones exams went well and a reunion dinner/movie night/ party/ gerneral shenanigans is in order very soon!

Later Alligators

Hahah, i thought this was hilarious. Check out his youtube :P

How to Cook an Egg

This is a video I made for my final project in my video editing class this semester.

Attack of the Great White Alligator

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: episode 1

TO BE CONTINUED!! does the doctors machine work? is there a world beyond who-land? will grant really like droppies? Find out in the next episode of THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. . .

Star Wars Mad Libs

A star wars mad-libs i found while cleaning up my room. By Kyle, Grant, and Ryan in the mall, outside coles, sometime last year. Ahem:

If you ever want to get away from the hustle and human crap in a cup of a throbbing city, I recommend taking a trip to my wet home planet, Naboo. The lake country on the moist, green planet is one of the most crusty places in the entire galaxy. Here you'll find houses with ancient columned balls and babbling anal beads filled with the bluest, purest spermicidal lube you've ever seen. There are waterfalls over 69.3 feet high and ample grasses to get lost in. It's the perfect place to fall lustfully in love. In fact many newly-midgets, like myself and anakin electronic-dildo-walker, consider the lake country on Naboo the perfect destination of a honey-strap-on. But be careful when you visit, the peace and amateur porn are so gaping, you might never want to leave!

...It Smells Like Cheese

i thought grant would appreciate this one.

Many a' Words

Most used words on great white alligator.

Arn't you glad i didn't say banana?

The following is an exact dictation of Kyle and grants conversation upon falling asleep on the eve of grants departure, twenty ten.

Hello electric online community,
G-rant and K-dawg here. Three twenty one in the AM. The living room of an apartement on the tenth floor of a highrise apartement building in the nations capital, overlooking the magestic hogs-back falls and a parking lot, where this chick got raped once. What does AM mean? It astounds me that in all of my years on this planet i have never attained that peice of vital information. Also PM. We beleive it comes from the latin: ano-moulatina, which of cource is latin for, that which dances before the high sun. PM, on the other hand means pridoidi mastronom. Which we beleive is so common that we wont go into the patrionising details here. But it must be understood that the calling of the pigroast as the sun sets it a soothing though as grant sets into his comfy rest. When i was a young warthog, stephen fry would lull me to sleep with his gentle musings on themeaning of life and pleasent conversation over an hour or so of tea. Grant wishes to express that if an hour of tea with stehen fry waere to be attained that he would die, implod eif you will, of pure glee. Yipee. Yipee Kayay, mother effer. Wheater r not that is appropriate language is debatable. Kyle remembers he first time he hung out wiht grant. It was an verage lunch time, at some point during in grade eleven it was common for kyle, grant , chris and noah to expedite into the north end of brockville to feast on fast food. On this particular occasion, chris and noah were not available for whatever reason. Thus kyle and grant, two, not strangers but at this point mild aquaintences, set off to mcdonalds, kyle had never before experienced a big mac, beofer. Grant took it upon himself to take kyles big mac virginity. I beleive at the time he was working at shoppers or somehting, and thus had more expendible income that kyle. Grant, being the fine young civilian he was treated kyle to a big mac, and kyle beleive that that is the most money grant has ever spent on him. Kyle was wary that the lunch period spent alone with grant would be akward, as was common with his social endevours, but grant and kyle got on like a house on fire, and it was a loverly time. It was not untill scout was introduced into the equation that the friendship truely flourished, grant beleives that he was exploited for his posesion of a vehicle. Wheather or not this is true is beyond the point, grant has become more than the odd looking, folksy owner of a vehicle. the rides in that car have been some of the best times in kyles life, and will honestly and thuroughly miss them. We wish you all the best is vancouver grant, and it would be alot easier to be more solem about this if you werent sitting next to me, layin out beats, going: "wakka wakka" "k-y-l-e his name is kyle" and telling "arn't you glad i didnt say banana" jokes. Well, we are off to google stephen fry bedtime stories, goodevening. Grant is sends his goodwishes, this is kyle signing off.

Stabbing Monkeys

Hey all

so this was sent to me by my cousin chris and i thought it was pretty freakin hilarious and worth y to show to all of you. The embeded thing on youtube is messed up right now so im just going to post the link, i'll fix it later when you tube gets their act together and quits fuckin around with their format.

Later Alligators

A Tragic Tale

In an attempt to conserve funds, and quell my midnight peckishness without the use of pizza pizza, of which i have eaten so much of these past eight months that i fear i will never be satisfied by it again, i hopped on the Ol'Otrain and scurried out into the world to buy bread. Upon my return, i plopped my still warm, freshly baked bread on top of my minifridge, which serves as my kitchen workspace of sorts in my ever so humble abode. I opened my jam, and peanut butter which were provided to me by my dear mother, and prepared to dig in to a well deserved and simple meal. Now i am rather particular about my bread, only the freshest will do, but when consuming entire loaves before they dry, and crispen is rather inconvenient and unpleasant. I do find though, that the bakery fresh style ages quite well, much better than the bagged, commercial and, this is the crucial part, sliced wonder bread does. In my small residence hovel i am not very well equipped, and i found myself with all of the means and dressings of a fantastic afternoon snack, and.... alas... no tool with which to slice my bread. In desperation i tried the butter knife, and the results of that endeavor are evident in the above photo. And so goes the tragic, and ironic tale, of the ghetto-est peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the world.

Mind Blowing Math

And who says math is boring? Aparantly it can be used to predict the olympics!

Grants Oscar Predictions

I'm very excited for tonight :)

Writing (Original Screenplay) - A Serious Man

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - An Education,

Visual Effects - Avatar

Sound Mixing - Transformers

Sound Editing - Star Trek

Short Film (live) - Didn't see any of them :(

Short Film (animated) - Didn't see any of them :(

Music (Original Score) - Something from the princess and the frog

Original Score - I hope for Fantastic Mr. Fox

Editing - i hope for District 9

Directing - Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Cinematography - Inglorious Basterds

Art Direction - Avatar

Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique - although Anna Kendrick deserves it too

Leading Actress - Sandra Bullock

Supporting Actor - I hope for Christopher Waltz

Leading Actor - Jeff Bridges

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND best picture - i would die if District 9 or UP won (my 2009 favourites) :) but imma guess Avatar will take it, even though i don't think it deserves it.

Oscar Predictions

Hey All

So I know all of you are as excited as I am about the Oscars tomorrow night! Here's my predictions on who's gonna win most of the awards(which isn't to be confused with who I think should actually win, cause if I had it my way Inglourious Basterds would sweep at least half the awards, with Avatar, Star Trek and District 9 cleaning up the rest):

Best Documentary - The Cove

This is hands down one of the most exciting documentaries I’ve ever seen. It's honestly like combining "Disney's Earth" with "James Bond". It exposes the world’s worst dolphin massacres, which takes place annually in Japan. Not only do the makers of this film document what’s going on, they try tirelessly, with some of the most innovative methods I’ve ever seen in a documentary, to expose this travesty to the general public, which is being kept secret by the Japanese government. It’s a gripping and engrossing film, and I’m positive that the academy will feel the same way as I do about it.

Best Original Score – Sherlock Holmes

Not only do I love this movie (I’ve watched it about a dozen times already) I also love the music. It’s a pretty odd and wonderful score that represents Holmes’ eccentricity and brilliance. It was written by Hans Zimmer, who has done way too many movie scores to mention, and has won a couple of Grammy’s, Golden Globes, and Oscars.

Best Art Direction & Best Visual Effects – Avatar

I really don’t think there will be any competition for this one. I mean the whole movie is like one giant animated piece of art. I imagine James Cameron hired an army of conceptual artists to create all of the creatures, plants, and settings in this movie. And for visual effects, do I really need to say anything? I didn’t think so.

Best Sound Editing & Best Sound Mixing – Star Trek

This award almost always goes to Sci-Fi movies because of the skill it takes to create and edit sounds for creatures and machines that don’t even exist. Although Avatar provides a bit of competition I think that the academy will recognize that Star Trek’s sound was just better and more abundant.

Best Film Editing & Best Cinematography – The Hurt Locker

Here’s where it gets into more of who I think the academy will pick rather than who I feel should win. Personally I would give editing award to District 9 and the cinematography award to Inglourious Basterds, but I have a feeling that since The Hurt Locker is going to get knocked out the top two awards, it’s going to pick up some of the smaller technical awards like these two.

Best Animated Feature – Up

Now I haven’t actually seen this movie yet, but I know it’s been getting amazing reviews, and almost everyone I’ve talked to said it was great. It’s also nominated in the Best Picture category, where it stands absolutely no chance, but I think it will easily win this category.

Best Adapted Screen Play – Up In The Air

Again here’s another one that I would not necessarily pick, but is most likely a favourite among academy members. I would probably have gone for District 9, but realistically it’s going to go to Up In The Air. It actually is a decent script, and I was impressed with the whole movie, until the very end. I personally didn’t care for the end, because it kind of left everything, for lack of a better phrase, up in the air. I mean it just ends with him in the airport staring at departure and arrival times, and he’s pretty much back to where he started at the begging of the movie. I think the academy will overlook this bad ending though, as they seem to like that kind of garbage.

Best Original Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds

I will be very surprised if Inglourious Basterds does not win this award. I mean when was the last time you saw a world war to movie where Hitler not only died, but got an entire clip of a Tommy gun in the face, and then was blown up. This movie screams originality and excellence, and since I don’t think this movie will win best picture, nor will Quentin Tarantino win best director, I think they will at least give the film the honour of this award.

Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique for Precious

A movie about fat black woman struggling with life really did not catch my interest, so I really didn’t care to see this movie, but Mo’Nique has been getting so much attention over this movie that she’s almost guaranteed to win. Again, I would have made a different choice, probably leaning towards either Anna Kendrick or Vera Ferminga both from Up In The Air, or even Maggie Gylenhol for Crazy Heart.

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds

This is defiantly mine, and many critics, favourite performance from the entire year. Waltz owns this role, and not only gets under the skin of many of the characters in this film, but also gets under the audiences skin with his masterful performance as the Jew Hunter. He is defiantly a favourite to win this role, and I really don’t see anyone else in this category taking it from him.

Best Actress – Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia

I haven’t seen this movie, nor do I really care to, and I’m not much of a Meryl Streep fan, but many of the academy members are. I personally would have picked Sandra Bullock for the Blind Side, which i found to be an incredibly emotionally uplifting movie, and one of the best performances of Bullocks career. However, since this is Meryl Streep’s 16th nomination, and she hasn’t won an academy award since like 1982, I'm betting the academy will likely wish to honour her at least one more time. Since Bullock is younger, she will more than likely have another chance to win this down the road.

Best Actor – Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart

I finally watched this movie, and was pleasantly blown away with how much I liked it. Everyone is saying that Crazy Heart is this year’s “The Wrestler” which I think is almost a put down, since Crazy heart is so much better. Jeff Bridges gives the best and most believable performance of his entire career. It’s almost like this role was written specifically for him, because in my mind he really is Bad Blake, and I could totally see him sitting in some old country bar, belting great old country classics.

Best Director & Best Picture – James Cameron & Avatar

These two awards almost always go hand in hand, and I don’t think this year will be any exception. I do feel that this film has gotten far more hype than it deserves, and really should not be a $2.5 billion dollar grossing film, but all of the hype aside it really is a great film. It invokes all of the right emotions, and has a perfect balance of action, story, and special effects. The story might not be 100% original, however it is a great story, and is defiantly one that is culturally relevant at the moment. James Cameron devoted almost ten years of his life to this film, including creating the 3D cameras used to film the movie, which I, and I think the academy will agree, defiantly deserves the award of Best Director, and ultimately best picture.

Let me know what your guys predictions and personal picks are!

Later Alligators

A Bearded Chick

New characters do we have? with kyle i must consult.

Another image drawn while alone on MSN, this one more recent than the last. It depicts a factual event. We are introduced to the wise mullet man and the happy tree. (imagine michael sayin "hulllo happy tree" :) ). < wierd punctuation,

- The killer bees on red bull, and upset samurai are perhaps the most terrifying of plagues in this depitcion. the launderer (?a word?) used too much starch in the undergarments of the samurai :(. in the top left you will see a strange bird. thats exactly what it is. no name. no name brand bird i guess. its what happens when a gay sparrow is raped by a female pigeon/pterodactyl cross that is experiencing menopause.
(also the spider was not meant to scare anyone)

well spent time, of course

while alone on msn after kyle left a conversation this popped into my mind.left side seems a little stacked considering they have an angry bear (very, very angry. His mother died, turns out the giraffe made cookies with macadamia nuts. of which the bears mother is allergic). also the left side has whovill (they do have a few tricks up their tiny sleeves). then again, right side has johnny, chickens in shining armour and a lone peragrin falcon with mase (she was mugged the week before). Its up to you now to decide who you think would win. at the summer solstice this battle Will commence. i'm just affixing a laser sight to the sword. cheers :)

Words of the Day

Grant and I have recently stumbled upon some previously overlooked words of the english language. These are them.

fujjelululu - NOUN
- the last drop of liquid that is impossible to get out of the rim of a can of soft drink, resulting in madness
- the distance between four houses in hawaii

gergamit - NOUN
-a word invented to drive grant to madness while looking for a definition, hilarity ensues

croppingthus - NOUN
-a celebration held by the devries people for generations where the clan assembles in an open field at dusk and the youngest male child rides a dwarf elephant and does battle with a midget on a normal sized elephant while the soundtrack of pirates of the carribean is played
-the word used by yoda at the end of an explanation of why cropping is needed

dark friction - NOUN
-the phenomena of the force that appears in the absence of friction

pants, the - ADJECTIVE
-to accel in excellence and awesomeness of great magnitude or splendor, resulting in legend making

irrelephant - ADJECTIVE
-the quality of having absolutely nothing to do with elephants. antonyms: "croppingthus"

nappack - NOUN
-an unexpected attack of exhaustion resulting in unwanted nap length

vibe - NOUN
-a visible aura perceivable only by grant that radiates information pertaining to a persons morality, synonymous with "skin colour"

squidge - NOUN
-the sound that is created by the hand sliding along the hand rail of an escalator when the stairs continue to move but the handrail momentarily stops

immagiplant - NOUN
-the transfer of an appendage or organ from one imaginary character to another, the skill of a highly trained imaginary doctor is needed

toothiologist - NOUN
-not a dentist per-se but a dentistry enthusiast, willing to perform dentistry for kicks

lost-coste - NOUN
-a misplaced item of lacoste merchandise

OMAL - ABREVIASION
-stands for "off my ass was laughed", what yoda says instead of LMAO

Flatulent Dynamics - NOUN
-a theoretical movement started on october 30th at 9:02 pm when grant farted in the mcMaster library beginning a revolution where the shackles of the rules of public farting where abolished. Later followed by the "womens tooting" movement that fought for and failed to gain the womens right to fart in public

Eternal 69 - NOUN
-the theory that when two vampires got into a 69 position and bit, that the blood would continuously circle between them for eternity

Schlock - PERSON
-the intensely studious, biggest digger i've ever seen in my life. He is tall, pale, has dark hair and pointy eyebrows. He looks like a vulcan and his last name is Schoch (we dont know how to pronounce that) so we call him Schlock (a'la Spock).

Micheal and Ian

Movie of the Week - Edge of Darkness

So this is Mel Gibsons first acting role since Signs, after which he became a druken antisematic hermit for like 6 years. But he's back out of the closet like a bat out of hell in this half action, half mystery, half conspiracy, half killing rampage of a movie. It's actually an adaptation of british mini-series from the 1980's, and is dirceted by the same guy that did them, Martin Campbell.

The movie starts out a lot like Taken, where Gibson really likes his daughter, but he hasn't seen her much lately, and he doesn't really know what she does for a living any more, and he feels like hes lost touch with her, blah blah blah. It kinda takes a while to get into it with all of the daughter stuff, and these random flashbacks of home videos, but then out of no where BLAMMMM. His daughter is shot dead on his front pourch, with a shot gun I might add, like gory freakin wound, her guts are hanging out a bit, and Gibson is trying to put pressure on the wound when its like the size of her whole stomach. Now since Gibson is a cop, the polices immediate assumption is that Gibson was the real target. They do the whole examination of the crime seen, while Gibson just sits in his living room looking like at any moment he`s gonna go on a mad killing spree, but that doesnt happen till later. His boss tells him that he can't work on the case since it a personal matter, but obviously Gibson doesn't listen. For an old man, he can still move pretty freakin fast (that's the magic of movies). He's pretty smart too, and it doesnt take him too long to figure out theres a conspiracy taking place between his daughter and the company she worked for.

Gibson has some good action scenes, however I was hoping for a few more. Theres also this character who's helping Gibson out, played by Ray Winston, who is excellent. And the head of the company Gibson`'s daughter worked for is played by Danny Houston who always plays a terrific bad guy. Although the plot is a smidge tough to follow at times, the pace is kept well between Gibson beating the pulp out of people and keeping out of the grasp of some CIA guys that have been ordered to take him out. It's actually a pretty good acting job by Gibson, cause he has to use a Boston accent through the whole thing, which kinda sounds like bugs bunny if you ask me, but what eves, its the way they talk, I guess they`re all fruit cakes in Boston.

Anywho, I was pretty impressed with the acting and the action, and the way people get fucked up in it, cause it happens a couple of times, and they dont hold back on the gore which is great. It's not as action packed as taken, but it's got some better acting, so it balances out better. I think this was a great movie for Gibson to come back to acting in, cause it's a lot like his old movies like Mad Max, or Lethal weapon where he is bad ass that you really did not want to mess with. Im giving this movie a 4/5, and I'm looking forward to some more movies by Gibson in the future. Here's the trailer for Edge of Darkness:

Tent Fail

Procrastination 101

Not that any of you need help procrastinating or finding things on the internet to suck up hours of life, but i would like to share some of my favourites, beyond youtube and ebaums world.

Hell Of Sand

This thing is fucking unbelieveable! I almost feel bad for sharing it, i blame my F in math on this thing. I know it looks stupid, and ugly, its so simple, but so fun, I played this for so long i began to dream about multicoloured sand, my favourite thing is putting a line of "plant" at the bottom, and putting a line of "spout" at the top, then filling the plant that grows with nitroglycerine while it grows, then setting it on fire. Sometimes the java applet doesnt like to work, so click on this.

XKCD

The funniest webcomic ive ever found, who ever writes it is a fucking genius and knows retarded amounts about every subject you can imagine. So its hilarious, but you learn something along the way. And knowledge is power.

Geekologie


The first website i check every morning. Its full of random awesome stuff, even though at least 50% of what is posted comes straight from gizmodo.com. Its kinda like a less serious, dumbed down version of gizmodo. Make sure you actaully read the mini articles that go with it. Its really worth it, the writers quite the wordsmith, just he way he says things is hilarious.

Chart Porn

I just found chart porn, some of it can be a little bland, recently theres a lot about the economy and haiti, but theres some genius and funny stuff on there too. And i find info-graphics interesting sometimes, maybe its just me.

TED

This vid is really funny, but alot of the other talks are really facinating. I like to watch ted after i get a bad mark on something. It makes me feel intelligent again. I hope that one day a moment comes where i am siting around a fireplace infront of a bearskin rug, in high backed chairs smoking a pipe, drinking sherry and talking to an old british man with a large moustache, so i can bring up the facinating conversation starters i learned while watching ted.

... and when all hope is lost, and there is 1500 words to write about Robin Woods theory of the repressed in horror films, or Maximilien Robespierre's role in the french revolution, and there is not a reason in the world for you not to do it.. there is stumble. I think grant put it best when he said: "There is a lot of random shit on the internet, and im glad that stumbleupon is there to hold my hand and guide me"

StumbleUpon

Yea this stumble is not to be taken lightly, choose your categories wisely, for they will determine your interests and thoughts for many a coming month. Stumble, she be a double edged sword, one of uncountable joy and unimagionable suffering and mental torment. Time travel has been invented, as stumble can propell you hours into the future and leave you with no recollection of what happened. Use at your own risk. I hold no responsibility for death due to lack of hydration, vitimine D, or madness.

PS. i realize that this post will be almost completely useless to you grant, as you have already seen more of the cyber world than is normal of a man twice your age. You have learned much in you brief 5 months in the land of broadband, and i fear t'was not for the better. (jk)

Holy Shmuckers!

I have a physics lab due tommorow, but i dont really feel like doing it, so here i am. Procrastination FTW! on a side note, i have been short handing the word tomoro for so many years on msn, i dont think i know what the actual spelling is any more. On a side side note, did you know they invented a punctuation mark in the 60's to replace "!?" its called intterobang and it looks like this: ‽. it never really cought on, which is tragic, so i promote its use. just press alt+8253, unless your on windows 7, where it doesnt work for whatever reason, but no worries, i have personally informed billy gates about the matter through the medium of aggressive telepathy, and im sure they're all over it. There was a ten minute blizzard in ottawa today, my tiny class of 20 people completely stopped to watch it. Our teacher, bob, is almost completely bald, with a semi circle of strawberry red hair on the back of his head, a deep melodic voice, and two sets of glasses which hang from his neck and he switches between continuously. His deep voice is very soothing and in a dark, warm room whirring wiht computers, i often find his musical ramblings about Style sheets and syntax lulling me to sleep. I get the impression hes an aging hippie, he wears moccasins and rides a bike to school. Ok the moccasins were a lie, but im sure he has at some point in his life, i can tell. He says things like okidoke, and anywho, which are even more hilarious coming from a large old man. When he saw the snow, he exclaimed "HOLY SHMUCKERS!", i enjoyed that.

Anyway! i came up with a theory lately that i wish to share with you. Do you ever realize that some of the people in your dreams are strangers? I wondered if it was just me for a while, hoping it would indicate some strange condition that i could use as an excuse to not feel in akward in akward situations in a "ITS NOT MY FAULT! IM DIFFERENT!" kind of way. but apparantly not, it happens to everybody. My roommate says he completely fabricates and has sex with strangers in his dreams. So i got to wondering how does the mind render completely new characters, out of nothing, that talk and interact and, if your me, ridicule in your dreams? The people in my dreams do and say things for reasons i don't understand, how does the mind completely invent a whole other personality for a dream character to have and act out without it being a projection of your own personality? because its impossible to imagine how another person thinks. Which brings me to my theory that these dream people could exist in real life. I like to think they live somewhere in the world, possibly another time and i have met people from all over the world while i sleep. I like to think they dream about me as i dream about them. We are brought together in a little dream world from across the continents. Its a rather lovely thought i think, and i hope its true. It would also make a fantastic idea for a movie, so look forward to SLUMBER starring ERIK BAHM, directed by GRANT DEVRIES and RICHARD WITHERS, written by KYLE THOMPSON, assistant to the director: BEN KEIFER, catered by RYANS MOM.

much love,
kyle

Movie of the Week - A Few Good Men

Unlike many of todays movie goers, I firmly beleive that Tom Cruise is one of the best actors out there. All you have to do is simply watch one of his dozens of movies to know that this guy can act. Todays media being the way it is, word spreads pretty quickly about actors and their personal lives, and how they live them, and many people are blinded by Tom Cruises public actions, giving him an unfair rep as an actor. Being a devout scientoligist and jumping histaricaly on Opra's couch screaming "I love Katie Holmes", despite being very weird and even slightly comical, really has nothing to do with how he acts on the big screen. For all of you that say he's nothing but a nut job wacko that couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, I object, because the fact is, "you can't handle the truth!"


I give you exibit a, A Few Good Men (1992). This courtroom drama, which happens to have an all star cast including Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, and small roles by Keifer Sutherland and Cuba Gooding Jr., is a movie not only with a great story; it's a movie with tremendous acting. The film revolves around the trial of two US Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine, and how Cruise prepares a case to defend his clients. There's literally no action or suspense in this movie what-so-ever, however you are compelled to keep your eyes glued to the screen as Cruise wins you over with his witty and briliant personality. Jack Nicholson plays the "bad guy" for lack of a better word, however I won't explain that so as not to spoil any of the movie. The story is kind of this emotional rollercoaster ride that Cruise takes you on as he is forced to consider his values and what he beleives in through out the course of the case. Despite being an interesting story, the movie truly would have failed without the great performances of Cruise, Nicholson, Bacon, and even Moore. Its a movie that really just makes you feel good inside, and appreciate what it takes to be a lawer. I give the flim a 4/5 and strongly recomend seeing it if you havn't already. Here's the trailer:



After seeing this movie I can gaurantee that whatever beef you have with Tom Cruise, you'll put behind you when you watch his movies. This is just one of many of his great performances. He's an excellent action star in films such as the Mission Impossibles, Minority Report and The Last Samurai. He plays smart believeable lawer s in both The Frim, and A Few Good Men. And he is a terrific character actor in films such as Rain Man, Jerry Maguire, and my probably one of my favorite performances ever by him Tropic Thunder. He's coming out in a new movie this summer with Cameron Diaz called Knight and Day, which looks awesome! Heres the trailer:



Well that's all until next week!

How to Make Clubs Drug Free

This video should be shown to all club owners that wish to make their clubs drug free!

Today is Sunday

Hello to all my beloved readers,

I have managed to pull myself out of my overly congested schedule to fit in a blog post.
I will begin with an update. Many of you know that my biggest news of the past fortnight has been my acceptance into Vancouver Film School, beginning in May of this year. yay. In actuality, thats all of my news from the past fortnight.
To quash some fears and anxieties you may have; University has not changed me. I will valiantly return to you in my usual splendor, and still amazingly, and cooly tall. I feel enlightened and educated ready to face a world of troubles. This has not hindered my love of the hunt (seagulls), the pleasure i get from eating Dominos pizza at Block House Island, or my desire to rid the world of its many Douchebags. I am what I am, and thats all that I am.
At this exact second I am sitting in my dimly lit room staring out the rain splattered window and wondering when my Stephen Fry autobiography will arrive. Hopefully tomorrow. Hamilton has yet to go with a full week with snow on the ground. Making for a rather dull winter. Although, yesterday I was able to go for a walk with only a light jacket on, which was nice.
I wish that something completely enthralling happened to me this week so that this post would be a little more interesting. I would have even accepted being kidnapped, blindfolded, trucked to a remote location and given the decision between surviving in a ring with a raging bull, or killing both an alligator and a great white shark tied together at the tails while a small mexican boy sprays water on them. THAT would have made for a more interesting week, and subsequently, post. Fingers crossed for a more event filled week ahead.
Until next time,
I hope you are all well and in good spirits,

Grant D.

Hours of Entertainment

Second Funniest Blog Ever (is that better grant?)

So i was checkin out yahoo news today, cause really who reads the paper anymore, and i saw this video about a sleep talking guy, so i checked it out, and it turns out there's this guy that says the most REDICULOUSE stuff in his sleep, and his wife tapes it every night and puts the best of it on this blog:

www.sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com

It is honestly the funniest shit i have ever seen, like the stuff that comes out of his mouth is soo fantastical, it's like he has devine knowledge, like he's having a conversation with jesus. it will blow your mind so read it!

thats all for now

THINGS KYLE LIKES

I too think i need a regular item to keep me focused and reduce creative strain. Ive decided on Things Kyle Likes. In which i will outline things I like, and dislike. as they pertain to my life. Installment one is as follows:

THINGS KYLE LIKES

Arizona red apple green tea.
Nectar of the gods, possible the greatest beverage i have encountered in my life. Cheap too! Amazing.


(elementary)Physics.
A shocker, i know. But ive never taken physics before, so i was pretty trepidatious (minus 1 point) about having it this semester, especially after failing math last semester, but its going really well. Actually, i find my self kind of enjoying it, i think its because its the first time since grade 8 i have understood a form of math that is being taught to me. Could always get harder though (thats what she said).


Sandwiches.
I've just really been craving them lately. All kinds, in every colour and creed in the deli rainbow, i dont discriminate.


Fantastic Mr. Fox.
I have watched this movie twice in the last 2 days. It's not for everybody, but i love quirky, kind of odd, movies. Plus it looks amazing. The human puppets are particularly impressive, their entire faces move so complexly when they talk. Micheal Gambon (Dumbledore) is awesome in it, and George Clooney's in it, so you know its good (that was for grant).

THINGS KYLE DOESN'T LIKE

China!
Recently, the chinese government has hacked the Gmail accounts of chinese journalists and performed cyber attacks against google itself as well as enforcing stricter censoring of google searches. In response google announced its not going to censor searches in china anymore, even if this means they can no-longer operate in china. Which is pretty amazing if you think about it. Google is willing to step out of the fastest growing economy in the world and loose billions of dollars in revenue in order to make a point to the chinese government. Kudos to google.


The Kindle.
I just dont get it. What does a kindle do that a book cannot? New technology is supposed to fix a problem with old technology. What was wrong with books? The only possible advantage they have is that its easier to hold and turn pages. That is not worth &300. If my math is correct, which it probably isn't, you'd have to spend another $300 ontop of the cost of the kindle, and buy the cheapest kindle books you can find, to make buying a kindle cheaper than buying the same amount of books in book form. Plus it opens up the publishing world to piracy, which isn't as rich as the movie and music industry and could take a serious blow, i could go on but.... just don't buy a kindle!


Australia.
I wanted to go to australia, but apparently everything there will kill you. Box jellyfish, blue ring octopus, giant spiders, sharks, salt water alligators, fresh water alligators, giant spiders, 8 out of the top 10 most dangerous snakes in the world, more giant spiders, platypuses (platipi?) are poisonous apparently, if you hit a kangaroo with your car your dead, if you stand near a wombats tunnel, you are dead, there are stone fish which just sit at the bottom of the ocean pretending to be stones until you step on them, then your dead, and giant spiders. The rest is sheep.

I think thats enough for now, cya.

PS. my reading week is 15-19, so if anyone wants to come and stay up in ottawa for a night, then's your chance.