today is thanksgiving in canada.. and as we sit and eat our turkey and our stuffing and look lovingly at our pumpkin pies cooling on the counter.. we should take the time to look to the right and/or left of us and remember the things that make this the holiday it is and the things we should be thankful for ( Read more... )

hi all.. it's been a while since i've blogged and i'm sorry for that. a LOT has happened that i'll get to over time but first i have to go onto a topic that's near and dear to my heart. that of my friendships with others.

i'm a very social man.. i try and do my best by my friends and to prove myself worthy of thier love and trust and hope that they ( Read more... )

yes dear reader... american idol season seven has come to a close and with it another in a string of BLOCKBUSTER season finales for the idol franchise. the show started with the top 12 contenders including fan and personl faves chakeezie, Carly Smitson and Micheal Johns joining the current top 2 David Cook and David Archuletta in the prerequisite ( Read more... )

hello dear readers and thanks for bearing thru the angstfest that was my last entry. now onto something a lot more fun ( Read more... )

hi everyone.. sorry i've been lax in posting on my LJ of late.. i have no excuse save that i've just been wrestling with a lot of stuff. there's a kick ass entry on my birthday anr ruminations on turning 39 that i'm going to do next entry but this entry is mostly to put down on paper that which has been sitting in my head the last few months and to ( Read more... )

 it's friday afternoon here as i type this. i'm currently about to move my computer to the middle room to run off my want list for this weekend's big comic and game expo. i'm so excited i can hardly contain myself. there's gonna be comics and mark waid and comics and george takai and comics and micheal rosenbaum and comics and trisha Helfer and ( Read more... )

i'm going to take a few minutes and indulge in some pointless emo/self reflection ( Read more... )

well, it finally happened yesterday dear readers.. i came home to find my subscription reduced to "poverty" levels for my star Choice satellite system... officially brining to a close my 6 year association with thier company and all it's ensuing benifits.

(for the record, this downgrade comes five months after i've left thier employ)

this has caused ( Read more... )

as many of you know.. i'm a big fan of those idol shows.. (canadian, american, alpha centurion) and, as a music afficiendo, have had an oppertunity to develop a "public ear" to these sorts of things. as such.. i've developed a "do's and don'ts for idol tryout/competition"

let's start with what you DON'T do.

DON'T be a mimic: i know gwen stefani and ( Read more... )

 i did not know you Hunter Brown.. i didn't get the oppertunity to greet you on the sidewalk or come over to your house for christmas. i didn't get greetings or see you or your wife walk your dog every day for 30 years like those in your community. i wasn't your friend, grandchild, brother or neighbor.. but i'm angered and saddened at your death ( Read more... )