70 blogs walk into a bar...

Bartender says, we don't serve blogs in here.

The 70th blog steps forward and says, "Dude, it's my 70th blog, come on..."



It's Friday night – Brian's big party…



So I have decided that I'm going to head out tonight as Cameron Crowe so I have an excuse to take some hilarious Halloween costume pics – I love those. I'm hoping that there will be a plethora of great rockstar photo-ops.



Anyopne that knows mw knows that I'm not really a huge party-goer, but tonight I'm willing to give it a shot and rock out a bit. I'm prepare to spend… $50 on the whole affair – that should get me about 5 drinks and to and fro in a cab safely and dryly.



Speaking of which, I have now noticed the level of ridicule has gone up with my chosen mode of transpo – people seem to think the scooter is hilarious. I don't blame them, it's an easy target for humour, and I'm willing to take the lumps for the sweet benefits that the scooter supplies me with – virtually no gas expense and the understanding that my 52 miles per gallon are better than even a Toyota Prius.



So what if I'm mockable – I admit, I am an easy target, I set people up nicely for good opportunities at jabs (I'm pudgy, I don't wear fashionable clothes, I put myself in public positions, I say dumb stuff now and again…), but rest assured, I can take the lumps and give them too. Sarcasm and wit are my friends.



But for now, I need to go home and figure out how to make a media pass up for a MR. CROWE of Rolling Stone magazine… Hope everyone plays safe this Halloween. (I might buy a lot of fire works – it's the thing to do in Vancouver).



PS - look for all the sweet party pics and details in the next blog, BLOG 100!

The long wait for more fecal matter from my brain is over…

More blog from Mike...

 

 

FINALLY STEPPING ON STAGE!

Well folks, here it is, the official FIRST performances I am doing as a Vancouver Theatre Sports League performer!  This Saturday, I’ll be doing all 3 performances: 8pm, 10pm and 11:45pm.  I’m excited and nervous, all the things I should be right?  Let’s hope it all goes well – I’m pretty sure it will.

 

 

THE SECOND SADEST THING IN THE WORLD

The second saddest thing in the whole world is watching Otis, the friendly 10 month old white dog (a Dogo/Bulldog cross) limp around the house in his cast all doped up on morphine.  It’s so sad to see the once energetic maniacally active dog be so lethargic and depressed. 

 

His ACL surgery is done, but the exceptionally long road to recovery for him (until xmas) will be torture because he’s not allowed to do any physical activity.  At least with a kid you can explain why they can’t play, but a dog just doesn’t understand…  It’s so hard to see.  I hope Tanja and Erik have the nerves of steel it’s going to take to keep him at bay. 

 

And now it’s time for another one sentence review of a movie (usually followed by a ranting, tangential paragraph)

 

 

THE PRESTIGE

This film was visually stunning (the cinematography and the design were fantastic), yet the plot of the film was flawed and one of the major themes was contradicted to make a convenient plot point that lead to a cool-in-concept, but overdrawn and wordy death scene. 

 

I was really excited for this film and was entertained but disappointed.

 

 

 

SCARY SCIENCE:

Call me paranoid, but the scientists studying the honey bee genome and how the honey bee’s genetic code can dictate it’s social behavior as on a slippery slope. 

 

find the article here (it's about bees)

 

Don’t they realize the results of their work could be applied to human beings in embryonic development?  Isn’t that what A BRAVE NEW WORLD was all about?  It’s a good thing I half read that book in grade 11! 

 

And that’s all I have to offer at this point.  I’m pretty busy at work lately, which is good and also means I won’t have a lot of time to write these crazy things all the time, which isn’t good.  Whatever.

 

Cyborgs & Mom turns 50 & tonight's the show

IT's true! We are only a couple steps away from becoming cyborgs. The following are a list of crazy articles that prove we are at the beginning of technology that will make us into humans that can intergrate machines in our daily lives. Just think of the inmplications and the possibilities! Video camera eyes are soon to be possible - you can record your memories folks, well, soon enough anyways...


silicone eye

bionic arm

parapalegic moves mouse with brain

Well, I..m officially weirded out that my mom has turned 50. It feels kind of like when I tuned 25 and I realized that approximately 25% of my life had gone by. I can..t help but feel that my mom is feeling the same thing. But, in the same breath, it makes me feel quite okay with the whole idea of where I..m at, at 27 .. there..s still time for me to have kids that will be 20 before I..m 50. 20 years is a long ways away, though I know in a while I..ll regret saying that.

I..m kind of sad that she..s here in Vancouver and that I couldn..t be with her on her birthday, but I was at a rehearsal for the show that I couldn..t miss (seriously, it was the dress). She was all alone for her 50th birthday on the terrifying (she is really afraid of heights) 12th floor of the Wall Center Sheridan. I tried calling several times, as did my brostar, but her phone was off so we couldn..t even say happy birthday. Too bad. Happy birthday mom.



Tonight is the first night of the show .. it..s called 3rd Person. It..s all about narration and the concept of description. We look at a variety of different narrative techniques, and there..s actually no direct dialogue in the piece (though I don..t think I..ve ever spoken so much in a single show before). It will certainly be interesting to see what the audience has to say about it after. It really is art-house improv and not a show that everyone will ..get.., maybe that..s not the right word, it..s not a show that everyone will appreciate.

But for now, I..m off to finish up the day..s work and then head home to get ready for the show .. I hope I don..t sweat through my shirt.. I know I will though.

Good food, good company and a decent film.

Last night I called Tanja and Eric to see what they were doing for supper – nothing – so I brought over some sweet fettuccini and some sun dried tomato pesto and we cooked.  It was great!  We had roasted zucchini, garlic toast, asparagus and the pasta – which we made perfectly al dente.  It was amazing and delicious – I was perfectly sated after. 

 

Then I got a call from Alistair – he needed to get out of the house as he spent the whole day there.  So we went downtown to the Paramount – there was nothing good playing – so we ran to the Granville – there was nothing playing – then we called Jayden to see if it was worth running to tinsletown – it was! So we trucked it down as quickly as possible. 

 

And now, another 1 sentence review:

 

FEARLESS

 

Apparently Jet Li's final martial arts epic (whatever that means), FEARLESS sure wasn't fearless in it's rather flaccid delivery, which was a disservice to the exciting martial arts action that peppered the film with excellence. 

 

Maybe Jet Li is right – he doesn't need to do another martial arts epic – maybe non of us need another one.  The trailer for CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER played before the film and it looked beautiful, but it almost seems like that stunning cinematography and ballet like action has become a tiresome cliché now – too bad, because it was poignant and innovative when it was first employed in main stream Chinese films. 

 

My mom arrived today and is waiting for me to pop by the hotel to take her out for supper.  I am excited to see her because it's been so long (well, a month, but I miss her – What?  Can't a guy miss his mom you jerks?).  And, she's going to be able to see the show I'm in this weekend.  Yay!

 

Now all I need is for Dad to com out and visit – we could go fishing for salmon on the open ocean – that would be pretty sweet! 

A post after many months - just for you dad! (seriously, get a myspace)

YAY! the rain is here!

For a bit there I was getting worried. I thought, just for a bit, that global warming had killed the rain. I was half excited but also terrified... I guess the next 10 years will be crazier and crazier when it comes to strange weather patterns.

Last night I went to the Vancouver International Film Festival closing Gala and it was lots of fun. There was free wine and beer and great food. Everyone was having a great time. That kind of social lubrication is great. Everyone was talkative, dancing and generally jovial. It was super good to head out to a function like that and just enjoy it. And, the tickets included the words ..Festive Dress.. .. basically it looked like prom for 20 to 60 year olds.

I enjoy being all dressed up and socially drunk (not sloppy but glowing) at something like that, and it was pretty sweet that the rest of the Razer crew was there too , they..re good people to party with. We took so many photos and I think I drank between 7 and 9 glasses of wine. It was quite refreshing. The only thing that would have made it better would be to have a film in the festival.. Soon, very soon.

I box of kraft dinner, 2 veggie weiners and 2 liters of water and an episode of Futurama before bed kept the hang over away and I managed to clean house and do laundry as well as get a little work done today too. And, the best thing about today will be going to BO KONG for supper. I can..t wait to eat some delicious Buddhist food. Mmmmm.

I hope you all had a good weekend.