I guess it is natural to hate yourself for what you did or didn't do if you are a self respecting perfectionist. Now calling me a perfectionist would be a far cry from the truth but in this particular case i think i deserve a Hammerhead award. I ended up getting interviewed today by the CBC live on air. The theme of the show was patience... i had plenty of time to think about my angles... perhaps too much time because i had it all figured and even had a few points written down... but the truth is i was like a god damn clucking chicken. It has been a long time since i have felt "stage freight" (i feel "stage shame" all the time). They knew i had young twin girls and a 4 year old... talking about patience should have been a slam dunk... all i had to do was to relive the events of last Friday when i was home alone with 3 sick kids for the day... but no, Robertson chokes like a victim in a horror movie an then tries to make a point about the virtue of impatience failing to connect the dots on how impatience can be a driving force in getting things done... next thing you know I'm talking about gardening.
I think next time this happens i need them to call Willingdon Black or i need somebody standing beside me with a taser ready to give me a little shot when i start losing my fucking mind.
I wonder if the batteries in a standard taser would last a 10 minute SR interview.
In the end I'm sure it's all good.. cant be worse than that time I __________.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I'm afraid this might become a night of bad bitching
#1
WHO IS FALLING FOR THAT SHIT?
I'm sorry, truly unbelievable... that is like Bugs Bunny talking Yo Samity Sam into taking another beating in a trap that Yo Samity Sam set himself (remember the exploding piano).
This one works too...
Speaking of American Politics... who would have thought that "Batman" would foreshadow 2008 all those years ago.
Now lets shift over to Hockey, in particular, my favourite show CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.
As we all know there is an new "anthem" for Hockey night in Canada and with that comes some sore losers like this guy... who specifically asks to send this to everybody in the world.
"....I've just heard them. I've just heard all of the five semifinalist's hockey songs.
And they ALL...SUCK!! I've been jobbed by some useless dude named Bob Rock.
But am I bitter? Hell no. "F" you...Bob Rock. CBC has done it again. CBC sucks too.
My song was...and is...the Best. Thank you CBC...for ruining my life.
Yours truly, Lloyd H. Manuel
PS: Please FORWARD this to everyone in the World."
Poor Lloyd... at this point we can only hope that he is fictional. If you are real old buddy don't feel too bad because your in the Super Robertson Chronicles... a place where rage gets the better of one's judgement from time to time. I mean surly your life can't be ruined by the CBC... If they had just paid the 3 million for the old song then you never would have had the chance old Lloyd boy.
I think the real error that CBC has made (and i think the song chosen will be fine) is hiring Mike Milbury, who just wrote a piece called The Vancouver Canucks: Contenders or Pretenders
... in the first line of the article he actually has the gall to point out his article title is clever!
Good grief, as Charlie Brown would say... Mike Milbury could be the worst GM ever! He is a man with the ability to set an entire organization back for a decade. The man that traded Chara and the draft pick that became Jason Spezza for Yashin. He also traded Wade Redden, Eric Brewer, Bryan McCabe, Roberto Luongo, Olli Jokinen, Todd Bertuzzi, Raffi Torres, Taylor Pyatt and Tim Connolly among others. A well known mad man of a GM who is now paid by the CBC to write opinions on other GM's. As one Islander fan said "Mention his name to me and you get an eye twitch and my blood pressure rises to an uncomfortable level".
Not only that but they have inserted him into a segment with Kelly Hrudy and Ron Maclean. I'll admit that at first i didn't like Kelly Hrudy... he seemed too slick but after watching him for the last few years he has proven to be a man of keen insights and integrity. It almost seems like Milbury is there as the obnoxious "shoot from the hip", confrontational character that some yahoo decided might work for ratings... and i guess it might. Many of these sports shows have guys that don't see eye to eye and the viewer is treated to the spectacle of the annoyance. I mean, sure, it's hilarious when Don Cherry moves Ron Maclean's hand away from the imaginary line that says "this is your side and this is my side". Apparently 2 of the guy's on sportsnet hate each other (i don't have cable tv) but i know people who watch the show to see those guys fight.
A friend of mine who got into Hockey a few years back credits Hrudy for teaching him things about the game... and that was one of the advantages CBC use to have... that and the song.
I guess i should add that i think Marc Crawford is a good addition to the CBC hockey Night in Canada Staff.
WHO IS FALLING FOR THAT SHIT?
I'm sorry, truly unbelievable... that is like Bugs Bunny talking Yo Samity Sam into taking another beating in a trap that Yo Samity Sam set himself (remember the exploding piano).
This one works too...
Speaking of American Politics... who would have thought that "Batman" would foreshadow 2008 all those years ago.
Now lets shift over to Hockey, in particular, my favourite show CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.
As we all know there is an new "anthem" for Hockey night in Canada and with that comes some sore losers like this guy... who specifically asks to send this to everybody in the world.
"....I've just heard them. I've just heard all of the five semifinalist's hockey songs.
And they ALL...SUCK!! I've been jobbed by some useless dude named Bob Rock.
But am I bitter? Hell no. "F" you...Bob Rock. CBC has done it again. CBC sucks too.
My song was...and is...the Best. Thank you CBC...for ruining my life.
Yours truly, Lloyd H. Manuel
PS: Please FORWARD this to everyone in the World."
Poor Lloyd... at this point we can only hope that he is fictional. If you are real old buddy don't feel too bad because your in the Super Robertson Chronicles... a place where rage gets the better of one's judgement from time to time. I mean surly your life can't be ruined by the CBC... If they had just paid the 3 million for the old song then you never would have had the chance old Lloyd boy.
I think the real error that CBC has made (and i think the song chosen will be fine) is hiring Mike Milbury, who just wrote a piece called The Vancouver Canucks: Contenders or Pretenders
... in the first line of the article he actually has the gall to point out his article title is clever!
Good grief, as Charlie Brown would say... Mike Milbury could be the worst GM ever! He is a man with the ability to set an entire organization back for a decade. The man that traded Chara and the draft pick that became Jason Spezza for Yashin. He also traded Wade Redden, Eric Brewer, Bryan McCabe, Roberto Luongo, Olli Jokinen, Todd Bertuzzi, Raffi Torres, Taylor Pyatt and Tim Connolly among others. A well known mad man of a GM who is now paid by the CBC to write opinions on other GM's. As one Islander fan said "Mention his name to me and you get an eye twitch and my blood pressure rises to an uncomfortable level".
Not only that but they have inserted him into a segment with Kelly Hrudy and Ron Maclean. I'll admit that at first i didn't like Kelly Hrudy... he seemed too slick but after watching him for the last few years he has proven to be a man of keen insights and integrity. It almost seems like Milbury is there as the obnoxious "shoot from the hip", confrontational character that some yahoo decided might work for ratings... and i guess it might. Many of these sports shows have guys that don't see eye to eye and the viewer is treated to the spectacle of the annoyance. I mean, sure, it's hilarious when Don Cherry moves Ron Maclean's hand away from the imaginary line that says "this is your side and this is my side". Apparently 2 of the guy's on sportsnet hate each other (i don't have cable tv) but i know people who watch the show to see those guys fight.
A friend of mine who got into Hockey a few years back credits Hrudy for teaching him things about the game... and that was one of the advantages CBC use to have... that and the song.
I guess i should add that i think Marc Crawford is a good addition to the CBC hockey Night in Canada Staff.
Friday, October 17, 2008
disrespect
I finally got to see Def Leppard's idiot singer Joe Elliot put the Stanley cup upside down. it was on TSN.com and the video was about how Chris Chellios was not too impressed with that kind of deliberate insult. He wanted to make sure that people knew that it was not a Detroit Red Wings event but rather an NHL event.
too bad it didn't go like this...
Joe Elliot goes and puts the Stanley Cup upside down on a hockey net and then Bob Probert with a Red Wings Classic Jearsy comes on stage and begins laying a series of haymakers on old Joe's head until it is a mess of red. Then a giant Gatorade bottle rolls on stage crushing the rest of the band and bursting open the members of the tragically hip would start in with "fifty mission cap".
too bad it didn't go like this...
Joe Elliot goes and puts the Stanley Cup upside down on a hockey net and then Bob Probert with a Red Wings Classic Jearsy comes on stage and begins laying a series of haymakers on old Joe's head until it is a mess of red. Then a giant Gatorade bottle rolls on stage crushing the rest of the band and bursting open the members of the tragically hip would start in with "fifty mission cap".
Thursday, October 02, 2008
be rightous in your wrongness
I had this idea an i think it has merit.
It's how the global warming deniers dominated for years and still remain to this day.
I just hate selling... the idea enrages me.
smart people should make their own decisions based on rational needs and contained desires. That's the way it has to be... perhaps it would be better to be a debt ridden mindless consumer, perhaps you probably wouldn't care, and so there wouldn't be the constant disappointment. Maybe there is another culture on earth... but still the earth has a limited biosphere so once you know we are fucked can you ever lose that. Perhaps i need to volunteer somewhere and make a difference and see that difference and then begin to believe in some change some where.
i went to the park with the twins the other day and it reeked like solvents. they happened to be working on an OLYMPIC ice rink at trout lake park... you know the one where they spent all of the citizens money on the Olympic rink and now there is no money left for the community center and the perfectly good rink that was there before has been closed for 2 years so there is no local hockey or skating for the community. Another interesting point now that i am frothing into another patented rage. The new UBC rink is open and i talked to a guy who was offered a chance to play some drop in FOR $28. 28 bucks to play hockey... usually it is 15 bucks per person. Do i smell a rat... if that is the case WHO THE FUCK CAN USE THE FACILITY? to be honest i'm not too sure what the whole deal is but neither of us had ever heard of 28 dollar drop in hockey before.
What about the Mount Pleasant Community center in Vancouver? They are building a NEW ONE on a triangular piece of property by one of the more insane intersections in Vancouver... the building is mostly apartments but there is a small area for a community center (also a library and a child care center with a 5 year wait list... better get on it now in case you meet that special someone and have a child in the future)... no pool of course... wouldn't want that for a community.
Apparently they are going to tear down the old building and just go with "green space"... unless the plan gets altered of course.
Why tear down the building? first answer i'm sure starts with "can't afford". It's a great big building with a few gymnasiums with old school hardwood floors and all... surly we the community could use that space.
why is Kaiya crying.. i need sleep
It's how the global warming deniers dominated for years and still remain to this day.
I just hate selling... the idea enrages me.
smart people should make their own decisions based on rational needs and contained desires. That's the way it has to be... perhaps it would be better to be a debt ridden mindless consumer, perhaps you probably wouldn't care, and so there wouldn't be the constant disappointment. Maybe there is another culture on earth... but still the earth has a limited biosphere so once you know we are fucked can you ever lose that. Perhaps i need to volunteer somewhere and make a difference and see that difference and then begin to believe in some change some where.
i went to the park with the twins the other day and it reeked like solvents. they happened to be working on an OLYMPIC ice rink at trout lake park... you know the one where they spent all of the citizens money on the Olympic rink and now there is no money left for the community center and the perfectly good rink that was there before has been closed for 2 years so there is no local hockey or skating for the community. Another interesting point now that i am frothing into another patented rage. The new UBC rink is open and i talked to a guy who was offered a chance to play some drop in FOR $28. 28 bucks to play hockey... usually it is 15 bucks per person. Do i smell a rat... if that is the case WHO THE FUCK CAN USE THE FACILITY? to be honest i'm not too sure what the whole deal is but neither of us had ever heard of 28 dollar drop in hockey before.
What about the Mount Pleasant Community center in Vancouver? They are building a NEW ONE on a triangular piece of property by one of the more insane intersections in Vancouver... the building is mostly apartments but there is a small area for a community center (also a library and a child care center with a 5 year wait list... better get on it now in case you meet that special someone and have a child in the future)... no pool of course... wouldn't want that for a community.
Apparently they are going to tear down the old building and just go with "green space"... unless the plan gets altered of course.
Why tear down the building? first answer i'm sure starts with "can't afford". It's a great big building with a few gymnasiums with old school hardwood floors and all... surly we the community could use that space.
why is Kaiya crying.. i need sleep
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