Billy Joe is our pocket sized rock n roll boyfriend right Allison and 668?

Billy Joe is just a wee little guy. I think I love him. Green Day was so amazing! They get an A+++ in encouraging audience participation! When we got to our seats, I scanned the floor and saw how much dance room there was, and for a minute wished I was down there so I could bounce around freely. That didn't last long though, cause I realized we had truly kick ass seats (thank you Al, you rock at picking concert seats!)

Just before Green Day came on, a dude in a PINK fuzzy bunny suit came out on stage and started cavorting around, dancing, bending over and wiggling his bunny bum at us. It was hilarious! I swear to you now, I believe it was Billy Joe in that bunny costume!

That was only the beginning of a night crammed with delightful surprises from our boys in the Green Day band! Billy Joe introduced himself like this "Hi, I'm Billy Joe, and I'm from the Green Day Band!" (in a southernish twang) *mel instantly falls in love* Why can't I find me a boyfriend like that in real life?

Everyone in the stadium stood, and I was instantly overjoyed. Oh GOOD, I don't have to sit! We remained out of our seats for the remainder of the TWO HOUR set! First some things I have to tell you before I forget: The backdrop screen for the show was great! everyone in our party really dug that! Sexy! Numerous people made their way onto the stage (all wee kids, or teenagers) to rock out, hug and sing and play guitar with the band) all preceded Billy Joe shouting "GET YOUR ASS UP HERE!" so fucking cool right?!! I loved it so much. I wanted to get my ass up on that stage and hug him.

Billy Joe loves to play with the audience. He brought out a super soaker water gun, and sprayed the people on the floor, then told a kid to get his ass up on stage, handed him the water gun to continue spraying people while he fired t-shirts into the audience with a canon. He also loves to conduct the audience cheering, singing along and hand waves. Much time was spent in this way. I wooted, and I danced. Someone spilled beer on my feet I think, cause they were all sticky when I got home. Gross! Never wear flip flops to a stadium rock concert!

A kid named Caillum was brought on stage to sing a song, and he must have been dying with excitement; I know I was excited for him. I screamed "YAY" with hand claps and jumped up and down. Seriously, having to sit at that point would have killed me. Whew! Next a girl with purple hair was pulled up on stage for a cuddle. I bet she was exploding with excitement. Do you think she could fall asleep last night? I don't think so! Another dude from the audience got onstage to play guitar for Jesus of Suburbia. He was really good!

Ok, well this was basically just me, babbling my excitement Post Green Day at you. I hope it made sense Ha ha! I will add more as I remember it, if I remember. My hearing is almost back to normal *still happily bouncing around with huge grins* XOXO

Quotes of the evening:

Billy Joe "Get your ASS up HERE"

Me "YAY! I LOVE HIM"

Allison "Would you like some of my twix?" Me "No thanks, oh well maybe just a we bit of a piece or I will be bouncing off the walls" Allison *one raised eyebrow* "And this is you sedate?!!" XD *loves*

Billy Joe "I want to fuck each and every one of you right now" (near the end of the show, I guess we made him happy)

It's GREEN DAY tomorrow!

About this time tomorrow I will be with 668akaNeighbourofthebeast and Allison at the Green Day concert at GM Place. God, I am so excited about that! I intend to soak up every single second with my friends and enjoy it to it's fullest! I've been looking forward to it for so long it's hard to believe its only hours away *boing boing*

I was lucky last weekend too, spending 2 whole days with my best friends in the world. After the Grouse Mountain trip on Saturday I was pretty tired, but my friends picked me up on Saturday for a day which included Denny's breakfast, Naked People, Sand between my toes, a stair climb from hell, Lemon cake to die for, and a marvelous wind storm all in that order.

After brunch we went to THE NAKED BEACH. Oh boy! I will post some pics here (no naked ones though, don't worry ha ha) I thought the stairs back up from the beach were going to be the end of me. Luckily there was lemon cake at the end of that journey! True Confections really is a great dessert restaurant.

I hope everyone had a magnificent Canada Day. Mine was pretty meh...stayed home most of the day before wandering to the skate park to chill for a bit. XO

Naked Sand People

Three Besties *LOVE* (chris, you BETTER have cloths on dammit!)

The Stairs from Wreck Beach. Oh my god! I thought my lungs were going to explode

Vieh and Chris see the cake coming

Oh boy!!!

Chris watching the wind storm at Kits

You want me to do WHAT?!!!

...um...no thank you?

My crazy best friends want me to go Zip-lining with them this weekend. According to the wikipedia article it is also known as "DEATH slide" OMG! I thought maybe we could go watch a Shakespeare play on the beach and eat ice cream?

Occupational Hazard

I gots a paper cut today at work. One of many, and it sure won't be the last before I'm done with this job. I stole this paper cut photo from HERE, According to the name of the jpg, the girl's name is Beth. Beth, I feel your pain sista!

I'm telling you what we're not, we're not people who jam staples into other people's heads, that's CIA crap!

A good part of my day is spent prying staples out of papers, because we do not allow staples in patient's charts. Problem is, every secretary,unit clerk and whathaveyou seems to be STAPLER MAD!! This is what I want to do to all of their staplers.



Or just walk up to them, grab their stapler, Shriek "USE PAPER CLIPS DAMN YOU* and staple a lab report to their forehead* Ok, maybe I need some time off work.....

New-ish Job

Week Two into my new job. A twitter friend suggested I watch American Splendor. I thought I hadn't seen it before, but yes, I had. Anyways, at least the job is daytime hours monday to friday, and there are still benefits (yay)

Rock Proper Netlabel: Albums

There is a wealth of fantastic (free) music on this site which the encourage you to burn and share with your friends. Worth the click X 100 !!!



Rock Proper Netlabel: Albums

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"Free Is The Enemy of Good" Really?

What do you think about this article?

RIP Jay Bennett

Kidnapped for a day of fun and mayhem

Friday night Chris from Calgary and Vieh from Victoria (my two bestie friends from Jr High) decided at the spur of the moment to come to Vancouver for a visit. So Saturday afternoon they swooped in and "dragged me off" for a day of fun and games.

First we went to Stanley Park where many views were admired, then the beach. Vieh and I agreed how going to the beach made us want to throw ourselves into the water, so that is what we did. (While Chris looked disdainfully on) I had a hell of a time getting my tights off without anyone on the beach noticing.

NOTE: Converse are not recommended beach footware

Vieh and I played at the shoreline, making fun with a wave game, see how far we could run out until the waves chased us back again. Then we collected shells, tried to find hermit crabs (alas only two dead ones) and ended up finding a wee baby starfishie. it was so cute.

We visited Granville Island after that, and Chris treated us to a FABULOUS meal at The Sandbar. Seriously, the meal was so good I felt like I was brain-damaged afterwards!

I forgot my camera at home, but Chris promises to email me the photos he took, so I will post them when I gets them!

Happy Mummy's day to all the Mummys out there

*loves*

JULY!!!!!

Making and Exhibit of Himself

Ha ha! Jarvis Cocker is a nut! I love him. You can view video feed of his latest experiment from his website; currently listing the videos on the front page The sound is a bit crunchy, but I found it interesting for a bit. I only viewed the first video and will probably check out the rest this weekend

Jarvis newsletter quote worth sharing:

"I have lost count of the number of articles proclaiming the imminent or actual death of the music industry. Does this mean that music can now go back to being an art form again? & If so, is it the first art form to begin adapting itself to the post-capitalist society we now find ourselves living in? Or is it just something you get free when you buy a mobile phone? Digital content"

2 Gems this year

I'm currently listening to Dark Night of the Soul via the Chrysalis Music blog on Wordpress. If you check it out, the link to stream the album is to the left. Very cool, very chill :O) I just found it today from a twitter friend who works with/for War Child Heroes. Listen to this if you want to Chill out.

Listen to: Dark Night of the Soul

Absolute best find this year without a doubt is the War Child Heroes CD. I listen to this every day on my iPod. I love cover tunes, and these covers are effing awesome! My favorite tracks are by Lily Allen and Mick Jones, Beck, Franz Ferdinand, Peaches and The Kooks. Barb, there is even some Rufus on here! WOOT! It's all good really. Listen to this if you want to rock out.

Find out about: War Child Heroes

Sucked In To The Twitter-verse

I've gone and done it. Joined twitter a while back. For the first month I didn't think it would really last very long; seemed so boring and pointless. Then I found a few to follow, and they followed me back and I could see their "tweets" in my feed. I was mesmerized! Then I discovered celebrity twitterers...oh my!

A few nights back I was chatting on MSN with a fellow blogger, and we started off by discussing a news story about a star which exploded 13 Billion years ago ... Then, we started twittering while we chatted, talking about who was the most interesting and funny twitterer.. Next thing we knew we were discussing hollywood gossip, and suddenly my friend asked me "Why are we talking about this" I answered promptly, knowing without any doubt "Twitter will MELT your brain"

So be forwarned, if you decide to cross over to the twitter side of the Internet, Following too many celebrities will cause your brain to turn into a gooey puddle of mush!!!!!

That is all :O)

Still Floating

....On a happy fluffy cloud of Leonard Cohen Goodness!


It's been 5 days since the concert at GM Place, but I am still all aflutter! Will was good enough to share this link on Twitter, so I am passing it on to you. I could relive this concert every day *gooseybumples*

Ok, apparently the Leonard Cohen video is now down and they have moved on to the next thing, so I've removed the embedded video. So, if you are interested, you can always check youtube, or buy the DVD :O) *cheers*

7 more sleeps!

Russell Brand Makes Me Feel Funny In My Pants

My newest and bestest find; Russell Brand. Rawr! I found his website via my twitter account; you can find it HERE where he posts frequently, including video clips. I adore how in touch he is with his fans; I believe it will make him even more adored and famous. Smart man.

I hope he comes to Vancouver sometime in the near future. It seems to me his stand up comedy would be best viewed LIVE (the dvd is really great). This fellow Gemini is my brand of funny, (and did I mention he's quite hawt?)

My next bookstore purchase will be his Bookywook Maybe Vieh and I can get our hot little hands on it by next weekend before we go see Leonard Cohen at GM Place on the 19th of April. (8 more sleeps WOOOOO!)

Anyways, I digress (im so excited, can you blame me?) Here is a wikipedia page about him. He's an interesting person who seems to lead a wild juicy life.

Russell Brand: Doing Life Live @ Yahoo! Video

Story published in the Vancouver Sun March, 2009

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

St Trinian's

Bedtime Stories

Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger *shudder*

Thank heavens they are hitting roadblocks!

Vancouver April 19th!!! I want tickets!!!!!

Making Valentines

That's My Boy :O)

Disconnect

I've been without Internet at home since Saturday. I hope they figure out the problem soon, cause I'm going bonkers!!!! :O(

Daily Gems

Rudolph Bus

The Rudolph Bus at the UBC Bus Loop December 2008

Got My Hairz Cutted

The Coolest Thing I've Seen This Week

Hope you had a Horrific Halloween!

Parade of Lost Souls 2008 - Sat October 25

Last weekend was a full one. After Punk N Pie night (see last post) it was time to get ready for Saturday's Parade of Lost Souls. Here are a few of the photos I took:

Punk N Pie

Im trying to write this post on blogger right now, but Blogger is being a big ole BITCH! *sigh* So Im gonna compose it in a note on Facebook, and paste it in here later!

All week I was looking forward to last night. 668 aka Neighbor of the beast and I had planned on meeting up for pie and coffee, and then she came across an event she thought we would both enjoy. The Vancouver Historical Society hosted a lecture by Scott Beadle on "The Early History of Punk in Vancouver" As a young kid, Scott started his own Punk fanzine, inspired by local Vancouver Punk Shows. He said Punk inspired people (the audience) to want to join in and DO SOMETHING. I was so stoked!

Last night was fabulous, and Scott's lecture was enhanced by a projected slide show comprised of scans of posters and photos by Bev Davies. I was thrilled to see photos of someone from my past (who I haven't seen since 1995-ish in Cranbrook) Zippy Pinhead (His real name is Bill) Bill's younger brother Bob was my bestest friend, and even though we aren't in touch, I think of them every now and then, and wonder what they're up to. I'm sure they are just as funny, and lovely as they were back then.

I didn't realize until after the lecture, that Bill's friend Brad was in the audience...I mean ok EVERYONE knew the dude was there, because he was so vocal, but what I didn't realize was that he was THE Brad I knew. A lot changes in 10 or so years.... I wish I had realized that sooner, and perhaps said hello. Then again, that was a long time ago. It would've been embarassing as hell to get a blank look instead of an "oh yes, I remember that" hehe So I shall keep my soccer ball pillow story to myself and smile when I think of it.

Anyways the lecture and photos were fabulous! It was the first time I had been to the Vancouver Museum. We were told that Scott is working on a book, so I will be keeping my eye out for this. I will post links at the bottom of the post so you can check things out for yourselves.

TO BE CONTINUED.....

668 aka Neighbor of the Beast and scrumptious Pumpkin Pie and Vanilla Bean Ice cream with Vanilla Bean Tea
My blueberry cheesecake. I had a caramel macchiatto with it. Nom Nom Nom!

Links:
Facebook Event : Early History of Punk in Vancouver; a lecture by Scott Beadle

The Vancouver Historical Society

The Vancouver Museum

Punk History Canada

The Rain Outside My Window

I can hear the rain ...actually not the rain, but the cars driving on the wet wet streets just beyond my window. I love that sound when it's nighttime and I'm all warm and cozy indoors :O) It's awesome!

Those Crazy Canadian Kids!

Helluvator

Squirrels Love Starbucks

This little guy amused me so much, I had to post it on Allison's Facebook wall, cause you know how much she loves squirrels ;O) I thought I would share it with my bloggies as well!

This demented little squirrel was bothering me during my lunch at work today(Tuesday). He kept running right up to me on the bench I was sitting on, and I kept shooing him away! Finally he gave up, and turned his attention to a Starbucks cup sitting on the end of the bench. He knocked it to the ground, and gnawed on the lid until it popped open and drank all the hot chocolate inside. I thought of Allison of course!

OH.MY.GOD!

Ok, this haircut is just soooo screwed up, I had to share it with you. One side is nearly chin length, and cut on a weird angle, and the other side reaches my collarbone. What you can't see is the back, which has stragley bits left in the middle, which reach the middle of my back, which is how long the REST of my hair USED to be.

I came home and cried my eyes out. Yes, I know, it's stupid to be so upset over just hair, but it was getting really long, and I thought a few nice layers would look great. *hate hate hate*
I am thinking about shaving my head right about now!!!!!

Pssst

Images From Last Night

Last night.....

........We went to see these bands at the Cobalt (stayed for the first two sets; the bands drunktank and the pogs)

.......And bought this RAD t-shirt and a book

........From this dude (Chris Walter)

.......then went to see Evil Dead on the big screen at the Rio Theatre. I'm tired now, but happy :O)

Personality Crisis

Just got this message from my friend/ex-neighbor Chris re: his book launch this Friday, which I will be attending before going to the Rio's showing of Evil Dead 1 & 2 at midnight! Yes, I will be very tired on Saturday; but that's ok :O)

I can't wait to read his book, and maybe I can even harrass Chris for a few quotes when I post a review.

Facebook Event Message:

Hey geeks!


Tune in to Punk-a-Rama tonight at 11:00 Pacific time on CFOX 93.3 where Brian Goble and I will be bending Mary-Anne's ear about the book launch tomorrow and playing cool tunes.

http://www.cfox.com/

I'll be listening in on my Mac Book.

Zombie Walk 2008 Part 2

I didn't capture near enough photos of the hoards of zombies who took part in Vancouver's Zombie Walk 2008, so I stole some photos from our event website on facebook to share with you.

You can find the full album with credits to each photographer on the Zombiewalk Vancouver Event Page HERE.

There is also a facebook Zombiewalk Vancouver Group with over 1000 photos HERE

Or you could go to Flickr and type in Vancouver Zombie Walk, we have a group there too!

We are invading the Internetz!

The starting point: Vancouver Art Gallery. The Zombies Gather

Zombie Toddler is going to EAT HER FACE!!!

Zombie Kid

Vancouver Art Gallery Fountain Zombie Grrrrl

Zombies Attack!

Zombie Bride and Groom

I loved this one. He was handing out flyers at the Park for a Zombie party. I had a photo of him and my friend Patrice, but I can't find it!

EWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwah!

Approaching Vanier Park - The end of the Zombie Walk and start of the Zombie Picnic

A Zomb-Wii !!!

Zombies overrun the Vancouver Transit System

This guy scared the HELL out of me! Good job!

Here is a story Zombies Come Alive Downtown!! I love the accompanying photo:

Vancouver Zombie Walk 2008 Part One

Devon's Zombie Girlfriend, Caitlin

Nadine Getting Ready To Go. How disgusting, and how very cool!

Jade The Zombie Killer. Ready to Lay The Smack Down on Some Zombies!

Nyka all ready to go, and very excited!!

Patrice with his makeup half done

Patrice in the middle of the Road, causing some heads to turn on the way to the Zombie Walk Route

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains!

Caitlin and Devon relaxing under a tree at the post Zombie meet in Vanier Park

Caitlin , Devon and Zombie Gal Pals

I love this pic. They is so sweet. Zombie Teen Love :O)
Coolest.Kids.Ever!

Jade Zombie Killer relaxes under a tree in Vanier Park

Mom says "Jade Shoot Your Sister" So she does

Nyka and Patrice relaxin. Being a Zombie is exhausting.

Three random Zombies really getting into Character with Patrice and Nyka. Check out the look on Nyka's face! She claims she wasn't freaked out, just checkin out the nice lady's makeup!

Random Zombie Boy comes after Jade as We Pass By. He wants her BRAAAAAINSSSS

Jade shoots Zombie Boy Dead. He lands with a bone cracking THUD! (Seriously, I thought the kid might have broken something, he threw himself down on the ground so hard!)

Scary Zombie Nyka

Patrice and a totally awesome Zombie we shambled into at 7-11 while buying Slushies.

Patrice and Nadine at Vanier Park. Yikes!

More Photos to come later! XOX

GruuuuuuAAAaaaagh!!!!

Friday at 10:30 - Go to Nadine's apartment next door after a nice nap (No need to change, I shall go in my pink hello kitty pajamas) and get fake blood slathered on me. Fill up on energy drinks. Watch Nadine apply her zombie makeup and Jade dress up as Shaun (complete with bowtie, and white shirt "with red on")

11:35PM - Leave for the Rio Theatre with Nadine and Jade to watch Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later from Midnight to 3am

3:15am - Stagger home making zombie noises the entire way.

3:30am Rest up for the Zombie Walk on Saturday afternoon.


Saturday Afternoon Zombie Walk - The Route:

Official route - walk time approx. 45 mins:

The Gathering will begin at noon on Saturday at the Vancouver Art Gallery steps, (fountain side). The Walk will begin at around 1pm.

1. Circle the art gallery
2. Leave East via Robson
3. Turn right/South on Granville
4. Follow Granville to Davie
5. Up Davie to Burrard
5. Left onto Burrard
6. Across the Burrard Bridge.
6.Terminating at Vanier Park for group photo and zombie picnicing

2:30 - 3 PM (est.) - Zombie Picnic at Vanier Park for mass photo, nasty nibbles, and zombie socializing. BYO-Brains. If you don't feel like shambling, meet us there with blood blankets and messy snacks!

Oh yes, I WILL be bringing my camera!!!! *cheers*

On Repeat On My iPod 2Day

Oh My God!

And:
I like you so much better when you're naked (embedding disabled on this vid)

PB and Honey

Lunch today is a PB and honey sandwich (slightly squashed) and a bag of Fudgio cookies. How school lunch is that?! I feel like I'm right back in Grade 5....all that is missing is the juice box (lunch box punch brand)

The sun is coming out again, and I hope everyone is having a good week. XOXO

Caution!!

A co-worker took this photo near Granville Isle

Krazy this Friday

Goin to the Vancouver Art Gallery tomorrow AM with my friend Teresa to see this.
I will let you know how it went. Happy Almost Friday XOXO !!!

I'll be rockin' out with Cyndi and Friends

She's still Unusual (and I love her that way)



For my 37th Birthday, my two bestie friends (we met in Jr High in the 80s) have purchased us tickets to see Cyndi Lauper and special guests (including the B52s) at Deer Lake Park on July 2nd. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it! Back in school, I would hardly have believed that one day when our own kids were teens, we would be going to a Cyndi Lauper concert together. I'm tickled fushia!

For Barb - Zombie Teens

Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins!

I will eat your head Nom nom nom!

Dev's new G/F after dinner

Worth going to work while sick for

I'm still feelin' under the weather, but this cheered me up! My friend Dionne got this as a Birthday gift for me. You can't beat the cupcakes from that place I tell ya! MMMMM!

Happy Birthday Allison!

Look what I bought today!

I'm bouncing back and forth between feeling extremely ill at spending so much money at once, and being THRILLED with my new toy.....

Off To The Show

668 aka Neighbor Of The Beast waggled a free ticket to see The Raconteurs at the Commodore Ballroom under my nose a couple of hours ago. I'm currently downing as much caffiene as my body will hold so I can make it there upright. What a mean friend she is eh? haha!