Oops ... in hell

I finished resizing the good photos from our trip. It ends up that it wasn't such a laborious task after all. There weren't that many good photos that needed resizing.

But then instead of thinking of the words that would accompany the photos, I spent an hour writing a stand-up bit about the homeless. If I had to bet on it, I'd say that it is kinda mean, but I think it's also pretty funny. Too bad I'll never print it here!

To make up for it, I'll put up this one photo from the trip. It's Maura in BC.



Seeing the image on the camera's display, I said, "That looks like someone's last known photo." I quickly remembered it's bad luck to say that on a road trip, so I took another photo of her ...



... to which she said, "I look retarded," but I don't think taking another photo can undo that. (Oh snap!)

Anyway, Maura survived the trip. I honestly believe it was only my quick thinking in taking the second photo that kept her from getting mauled by a rabid muskrat two nights later.

Don't taunt the rabid muskrat

I'm still in the process of resizing the photos from my trip to BC (or more accurately, my trip from BC to Saskatoon). This process is one best described as "laborious". Also, considering the quality of photos, it can be called "pointless". Also, my eyes are bloodshot from not enough sleep. Also? Have a nice day.

Look. Chocolate.

A planet where apes evolved from boredom?!

It's Friday night, 8:22pm. I'm going to watch all the Planet of the Apes movies in order tonight. I think it'll take 8 hours or so.

If you get this in time, feel free to call or stop by. 129 5th Ave North, apartment 7A. That's in the heart of downtown Saskatoon, "the jewel of central Saskatchewan". The number is (306) 664-6452; you'll need to call if you don't know the front door code.

Also, if you get this in time, it means you're reading blogs on a Friday night. Wouldn't you rather spend your time more productively, like by watching 5 sci-fi movies in a row? No? Huh. I guess it's just me, then.

Meanwhile ...

I'm not a big fan of copyright infringement or piracy or whatever, but last Sunday's episode of Venture Brothers was absolutely amazing. (Right-click and "Save as ..." if you're so inclined.) I realize that people who haven't watched the show from the first episode may get a little lost, but they can take that as a motivation to buy the first season on dvd.

Holy crap it's hot out.

If repetition summons hell, I've got you covered

I've lived in Canada for a few years and just when I start thinking, "There's little discernible difference between Canadians and Americans," something like Trooper goes and throws a wrench in my thesis.

Have you ever had a wrench thrown in your thesis? I guess it's more typical to have a wrench thrown at your thesis, and then only at plumbers' grad school. Still, the basic idea is the same: What the hell is the deal with Trooper?

If you went to allmusic and a record review featured the phrases "carefree snippets of harmonica" and "cordial blues-rock guitar riffs", you'd run screaming, wouldn't you?

You would ... unless you were from Canada.

To be fair, maybe it's a prairies thing.

But maybe it's not.

I first heard "Raise a little hell" at a karaoke party last year. The crowd went nuts. I was amused by the basic idea, that of raising a little hell; we wouldn't want to raise too much, now would we? Just a nice, manageable amount of hell, if you please; we've got to go to work in the morning.

But the repetition! Oh, the repetition was painful. Instead of writing a chorus, they'd just repeat "raise a little hell" a few times with that way-too-high hair-metal-harmony "Are you ready to raaaaaaaaaaahck" voice.

Hippie Crystal asked me if I could download the song and burn it to a cd for her (like all things Hippie Crystal, her motivations defy scrutiny). I thought, "What a complete waste of a cd for one song." So I made a track I like to call "Highlights from 'Raise a little hell'". Its half-assed production values make it sorta charming, and I think you'll agree that it's not significantly more annoying than the original.

It's 66 megabytes; I guess that's pretty annoying.

Right-click and "Save as ...", and wait for Lucifer to show up. I bet you five bucks he'll show up to ask you to turn it down.