dailyfake's Journal

Folk Fest Camping passes
Are sold out, and I stupidly have procrastinated and am now without a pass. If anyone hears of someone selling a camping pass, please let mo know. In fact, better yet, just buy it for me and I'll pay you for it with interest!

(Posted in response to a CBC story reporting a potential wheat shortage in Canada and the world, as Australia has also reported very low wheat stocks due to poor weather over the past two years and farmers switching to corn and canola for the bio-fuels industry.)

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Dan

Toronto

Anyone who has ever played Settlers of Catan knows that wheat is perhaps civilization's most precious resource.

This is what happens when one concentrates on producing comparatively worthless commodoties, such as lumber, brick, or sheep.

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Make up and "air brushing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U

(Dove evolution commercial)

One of the teachers I'm working with showed this commercial to her class today. Apparently Dove is initiating a "natural beauty" campaign, and has sounded the launch with such media as this. Based upon the reactions this video elicited in class, I would guess that the campaign will enlighten many teenagers and ossify suspicions about fallacy and artificiality in the modelling industry; however it will have little net effect on the current milieu the youth of today find themselves in, the power with which popular media influences their aesthetic choices, and the obsessiveness and self-criticism imbued slowly via lifelong inundation with images that they reflexively think to aspire to.

I just read this article from the national post archives; interesting indeed. I haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth yet, but I'm wondering if anyone has thoroughly examined the position of many climatologists and scientists as extolled in this article. (Hey - A U of W prof is quoted in the article too!). I was under the impression that there was a general consensus among scientists that increased emissions were contributing to global warming, but it appears that the debate is significantly more complex. One of the criticisms of the environmental movement intimated here is that often the scientists referenced are not climate change experts, but rather from much different fields. The only consensusus among the scietists referred to for this article, is that the field of climate change is vastly complex, and that current models used to make predictions are inadequate.
This does not, however, dissuade me from espousing a conservation axiom where I can. I don't believe that it is healthy to rely on cheap, non-renewable energy as heavily as I do. I do believe that trying to be more conscious of my lifestyle and its consequences is healthy, for my mind and mind.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=d0235a70-33f1-45b3-803b-829b1b3542ef

Also, this is a letter that was sent to Stephen Harper, signed by 61 scientists, but most scientists of disciplines which are focused on the study of climate change.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/harper_conservatives/pdf/lettertoharper2.pdf

any thoughts?

Halloween Party
On October 28th, a couple of friends of mine are throwing a halloween party, and I thought I'd extend an invitation to all of my friends who read "the livejournal".

If you're interested, let me know, either by replying to this, or e-mailing me, or calling me and asking me out for tea, because hey, we haven't seen each other for a while, and we should hang for a bit, and everyone likes tea (I think this applies to just about everyone reading this - the haven't seen each other bit, and the tea bit probably...)

There may be an attendance cap, depending on how many people they're inviting, so an RSVP would be cool.

"I have before now told thee many times, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "that
thou art a mighty great chatterer, and that with a blunt wit thou art
always striving at sharpness"

in other news:

Charleston!

I have four tickets for a comedy show tomorrow with YOUR name on them. The show's at six at the ramada entertainment and conference centre. Jon lundberg (or however you spell it) will be performing, and other comedians I know not of. I'm busy and can't make it, so all four are available.

First reply, first serve!

Happy Birthday to Nat and to Justin!

I believe I owe one of you a song...

I've an errand to run at St. Vital mall before badminton tonight. Anyone want to come along? (I may field requests for bribery...)

wallet = found

OH YEAH!!

Sometimes I wonder if, when I've had a snifter or two of spirit, I don't purposely do things that will cause me anxiety in the morning, such as leave my wallet (keys, guitar, etc...)at my host's dwelling. I wonder if what I'm unconsciously attempting to do is punish myself for indulging, or perhaps these lapses of reason are my oft-repressed devious inner trickster making himself known to me. Alas, if not having your wallet engenders anxiety, accompanying head pains, tiredness, and groggy memories compliment that anxiety with shame and regret; insult to injury, if you will. Needless to say, the resolution is that much sweeter...

TANGO!!
TANGO!!

slow slow tango close; slow slow quick quick slow slow quick quick quick quick tango open; slow slow left turn open; slow slow right turn open; slow slow tango close.

just rode a bike down knox mountain! It was the first time I've ridden in about 9-10 years or so. After that me and Ken rode around the waterfront on this beautiful paved shore rise, and then across curved docks, by the beach bar, etc...
Ken was curious as to why the City of Winnipeg doesn't raise the walkway along the forks and Assiniboine river so it's not underwater all the time. I wasn't sure what to tell him, and thus subsequently acquiesced to his suggestion that perhaps our tax dolars are dedicated to snow removal, though I did offer infrastructure and street maintenance as additional culprits.

some thoughts:

use the REAR wheel brake when descending a steep incline on loose gravel

if you haven't ridden in a long time, it his highly advisable to avert your eyes from cute joggers/walkingalongthewaterfronters (this may prove particularily difficult. Furthermore, do not entertain ideas of venturing friendly comments if they notice you glance- balance is everything, reaping the rewards that are sure to come to skilled and confident bicyclist can wait until distractions don't cause you to stumble and look foolish)

temperance is important for an unskilled rider- no more than a few tastings...
ok sorry for the long post, am a tad irrigated at the moment

later

Day three in Kelowna, and here are some of my thoughts:

I love climbing mountains (I already suspected this, it is now confirmed)
teva sandals rule (I forgot my running shoes, but the tevas are proving themselves worthy replacements, even for mountaineering)
watch out for cacti on Okanagan mountains, especially if you forgot your running shoes and are wearing teva sandals. (This is a skill that must be honed)
holy precarious weather! (but way better than Winnipeg)
holy white people!

checked out a couple of vineyards today, tasted some fabulous wine, attained a modest levity...for FREE!!!
Vineyard the first: Cedar Creek. This wine is amazing, I mean fantastic. I bought a bottle of a tasty, umm mertidal or something- it's a cab franc, merlot, cab sauv mix. Apparently they, and many of the other vineyards here, do not export to the rest of Canada, which would explain the stigma against Canadian wines which exists in Winnipeg (at least among wine drinkers I know). Then went to St. Hubertus, a smaller vineyard that was destroyed during the '03 fire here, but has since been rebuilt.
tomorrow going to see some abandon railway trestles which are part of the abandoned Kettle Valley Railroad.
Bye for now to all who read my scarce posts, I'll be back on Sunday

Jeff Buckley
You've probably all heard the tune Hallelujah before, but if you haven't heard Jeff Buckley's version, you should get it. I just discovered it yesterday, and I recommend you listen to it. What a voice, and what a great intro to the tune- simple harmony, but veers just off the consonance enough to offer a nice resolve into the the intro chords. I believe he was the first person to cover this tune (it's originally by Leonard Cohen), I think his version is by far my favorite best so far, although Gord Downie did a version for a movie called Saint Ralph that I heard once and it was pretty good too, unfortunately I can't seem to find it anywhere. The soundtrack is not for sale, and I can't find it online, but I doubt it comes close to Buckley's anyhow.

Wow, the last few 'Hallelujah's in Buckley's version are perfect- perfect.

Let me know what you think

why are my ears embittered with soulless, anodyne pressure waves, an insult to the ardent ambitions of a deceased jazz aficionado? I suppose the answer is market forces, sponsor pressure, too many "common" ears in this city, blah blah blah. LIFELESS IGNORAMUSES, THE LOT!!!

COOLFM, BAH!!!

I think the comethedawn machine is oiled and beginning to function once again. We've had a couple of practices, and last practice we jived a new tune I wrote. The band it down in three hours, which shouldn't be a surprise, but the calibre of musicianship my mates demonstrate never ceases to amaze me, I feel blessed to play which such great people, who are also such great musicians. I can come at them with a broken, dishevelled collection of ideas I've swept into a pile, and they'll show me how to sew them together and make a song. This time I had the lyrics and music done, but rearrangement of a tune from solo with guitar to a three piece band presents challenges and necessitates re-organization. I'm excited about the tune, it's much different from anything we've done before; less obscure, and I think more apprehensible.

The purpose of this post is for me to show off our newly re-designed website. Our old one was not unsightly, but perhaps too crowded. It had an online store, and a forum and a whole bunch of stuff that was rarely used. This one I love, it's simple, sleek, and the colours are more agreeable to me. (The old one had a white background, which I never quite got used too) Our bass player/ singer Craig designed and implemented it. It's nice to hae a graphic designer in your band; websites, album art, posters, etc. are all designed for free!

http://www.comethedawn.com/

I ran into my mom while walking to work today; serendipitydoo. Almost got to have a band jam last night, but it didn't work out. I'm sitting at work right now collecting guesses at where I left my salesmanship this morning; probably it's lying under a pile of clothes next to the hair cut I considered sporting today. I love ambling along the cobblestone carpets to the ham'n'eggs grill and Al's fleeting nod; maintaining focus on the seven breakfast specials tended simultaneously, he spares no short smile for me, nor the long change I place by the register. I read the regular's faces behind today's free press, the various headlines are temporal; autonomy, depression, apathy, concern, wisdom, ignorance. The aroma of banality wafts into my nostrils from the coffee pot combatting the smell of spent cooking oil. Incidentally, I don't miss the moderners, in a hurry to return and resume their pose in the pictures depicting them, or the artsers, inhabiting the specialty coffeetorium I almost visited on my way here. I wonder, would those artsers see the gruff lustre in the dishevelled unstyle of my fellow patrons? I feel naked in my polyester shirt and leather dress shoes; I'm an elephant in this bedraggled breakfastaurant, but the bland coffee keeps me coming back.

Well, I'm at work, and qit's dead right now. The last two customers I had were fun. The first ones I totally got the "new age", or newage vibe, but not the peace love nudity newage, more like the hip thick rimmed starbucks newage. The fellow and lady both shook my hand and offered their names, and asked mine, right off the bat, which is unusual. Then whenever the lady asked something I felt like she was trying to enter some sort of mutual connection with me that served both of our interests.

I feel like swinging right now.

I just spilt 2/3 cup of rice in my kitchen. I think God may have had a hand in it, though. I think it was an attempt to harass me a bit, maybe motivate me to clean the floor. Ironic though, I was just beginning to clean the kitchen when it happened, and now that God decided to illustrate the obvious with a demeaning gesture, I'm probably going to leave the kitchen dirty just to spite the unnecessary observation.

More noteworthy, perhaps, is my recent purchase of lotus leaves which will be used tonight to make, well, lotus leaf wraps. They are quite large leaves, and they are held together by what I think is some saort of palm frond, in the likeness of a hand fan.

Show Tonight
Hello too all my friends on LJ! (especially to those I haven't seen in a while)

Anyone who has met my friend Alan, and perhaps some who haven't, may be interested in coming to see him play at Finn's Pub (2nd floor, Johnston terminal) this evening. He won't be up until 10:30 or so, but I'll be there earlier.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe...

before the winter's over, I should like to see a theme party in the spirit of the story framing this poem (anybody get it without looking it up?). Whether this happens shall depend upon vigourous responses and securing a venue, but the idea came to me a few days ago. If you, as I, think this idea exquisite, to gyre and gimble at a party, themed, than please do let me know and perhaps you can aide it's execution. Contrariwise, should you think it foolish, pay heed not this whim, and perhaps your no fun!

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