From A Pen...

So as I have posted before I have gotten back into writing quite a bit and have decided to make a new home for all of it. It's called "from a pen..." and you can check it out at fromapen.blogspot.com .
see you there!
Oh, btw, I will still be posting on this blog, with everything either then my writing.
Cheers!

Hello Again.

I haven't posted anything in a little while so I thought I would throw up a couple of music videos that I am currently enjoying. The first is a Radiohead offering for the song Jigsaw Fall Into Place; it's a helmet cam music video so it has good new bears written all over it. The second selection is from Richard Walters (solo project of the ex Theremin front man) called Brittle Bones. Listen and enjoy.
Cheers!

The Graph of Metal

Just came across this. If you thinking of starting a metal band one of the hardest things to do is to name it. Here we have the main areas you should be thinking of in your naming scheme and examples from all the greats (and not so greats) of the metal game.



It's rather large, so give a click and start the name game.
Cheers!

If You Didn't Know, Now You Know; If You Did Know... Did You Really?

10 Essential facts of John Yon that you must know:
By Annie Wong


1. John Yon was a member of a hard core screamo band. He was the main flutist.

2. John Yon enjoys zombie movies that star brainless monsters that are tortuous to watch. His favorite zombie movie is Sex in the City.

3. John Yon’s ring tone is the South Park theme song.

4. John Yon used to wear a lot of black. Now he wears a lot of tweed.

5. John Yon loves hard and often receives hard love.

6. John Yon has a love-hate relationship with the letter “h” in his name.

7. John Yon’s job at the computer lab mostly involves turning on monitors for frustrated art students.

8. John Yon is a vegetarian. I think.

9. John Yon still yearns for Scully from the X-files.

10. In high school, John Yon used to carry his black sketch book where ever he went. He still does.

Thats One Ugly Mug

So I have been in the market for a new mug to have at my desk at work and settled for a thermos type one to insure my coffee stays warm. I wish I would have seen these first, being first line tech support I think they are quite fitting...


This first tough customer would be super as I sometimes feel the urge to bust some chops when on a daily basis I am visited by this wonderful fellow who insist the computer he is using is broken even though every day i tell him he needs to acquire himself a new temporary user name and password... I guess some people are born with goldfish brains; never fear, it's nothing a pop to the jaw can't fix!



This next snappy little coffee cup with a cute little gun trigger handle would be be perfect to use on those who furiously shake the mouse and proclaim for all the library to hear that "these fucking stupid computers are always broken and no one here knows what the fuck is going on!". I would point it at them and yell "Stick 'em Up!" as I poked the power button which of course they neglected to do before going on their tirade! On days overflowing with these sorts of people I could always make peace with God and turn my mug on myself.



This definitely has nothing to do with any sort of discord in the work place... however it would be beneficial on those coffee runs for the rest of the staff when I wish I had a few more arms.



Finally, there is an on going debate two weather the Sith are superior to the Jedi... I know, I know. Joe has decided to bid the phone calls here farewell by saying "my the force be with you". I think if I had this mug it would put him and his Jedis in their place. The Dark Side is strong in this one!
Cheers!

...and a happy one to you all!

Hello everyone, I guess i haven't written for a while. I hope the new year is finding you all well. It is for me, working, working working, that's what my life is all about. Currently I'm working for Georgian College as the tech guy, it's fun. OH OH OH! I have started writing again and I feel like I'm 17. Here are two of my brain vomits.

An Ill Referenced Love:

It is quite studious, in fact, to say
the night could not be better for a moon dance
or with the stars if it pleases you,
take heart of take my heart.
Speak softly and love viciously
but never in the reverse;
vicious love spoken softly can stop hearts,
a motionless heart calls for bad hymns...
or is that bloodless limbs?
Either way,
Who wants a prayer of ill symphony?

And here is another little nugget of writing, which is infact the most recent. So far it is nameless.

Again and once more I answer:
"your heart is far to big for this place".
Poor mother of magpies,
swollen pith and crux is never secret
once they make their way between your tiny bindings.
Your pith for pithing
your crux for crucifiction.
Never forget, I slept with you offering
fastened to my arm.
In truth, I didn't;
I lay awake and spin the beads.
Rasarium of carion birds
Hail Mother Mary Magpie.

Catching Up

I guess I haven't posted in quite some time. I have been so damn busy. I just started my 3rd semester at Georgian in the CSTN coarse, next semester is my co-op and I'm quite excited about that. To follow up on the Algonquin trip, it was super fun. We ended up interior camping, so it was quite secluded. Our camp site was only accessible by canoe so it was great. It was really odd because random animals would just pass through our campsite and not even give us a second glance. The funniest was this awkward looking pheasant/quail looking bird that walked by so cool and collected. Needless to say when it got dark I was on pheasant/quail patrol. Ever night there was a mouse who hung out with us around the fire and every morning there were three chipmunks who would spend the days with us. At about 4 in the morning on our last day there I heard a rather large heavy footed animal outside our tent. It stopped and took in a deep low breath (I'm guessing it was smelling the tent) so I hit the side of the tent to scare it off; It let out a deep moan and walked off. My guess is that it would have been either a bear or a moose, either way, thats a little scary. On our last day before we left Tia decided to throw the bag with a few arousal cans onto the dock. She heard a hissing noise and informed me so I investigated. Turns out it was the bear mace that had exploded and it got all over me. My leg and foot swelled up and turned purple, but either then that the trip was perfect. Seeing our big trip we planned is done and over with we started planning our next. For Tia's birthday we decided to go to New York. She's been there before and I have yet to so I'm really excited to check out the art gallery and the museum of natural history. I hope the next trip we take is in Europe somewhere, I would love to visit Lahr which is the city in Germany that I grew up. Either then that, everything is pretty much the same. Hopefully I will have some time to make a new post with some opinion on something no one cares about soon =) Now that I come to think of it, heres something! I found this awesome band from Sweden called The Knife. The are a electro/pop/indie kind of band. Their music is great but also their attitudes are so rock star. They refuse to do interviews and any pomo pictures taken of them they are wearing bird masks (the ones the medieval doctors wore during the black plague outbreak). They have been around since 2001 but have only played around 20 shows during the winter of 2006, 3 of which were in the United States. Its so refreshing to see a band that doesn't want notoriety. However their song "Heartbeats" was featured in a Sony commercial for the Bravia TV. They were against the idea, but Sony offered them ALOT of money. In the end they agreed, but they gave rights to Sony to use the song if it was preformed by another artist, so in the end, they aren't in the commercial, just their song preformed by Jose Gonzalez (Who does an amazing job might I add). Way to keep your obscurity! =) Here's a video from their DVD for Heartbeats live. The DVD (Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience) showcases their one and only tour and really is what it says, and audio visual experience. The light show, costumes and spectacle pair well with the music. The live version is quite different then the album version. The album version is more dancey and upbeat where the live version seems more somber. Check out the album version if you like what you hear.
Cheers!