A band called “Necrotic Mutation” has done a cover of my favourite Christmas song, “Ça Bergers”.
And to cleanse your palate, the song the way I’m more used to hearing it.
Holiday-themed WTF
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Star Trails
The trails are stuttery because the clouds rolled in, off and on. But I’m quite enamoured with the colours that I ended up with. (And here I contemplated doing it up in black and white, to avoid the orange glow of the streetlights.)
Video:
Starbuck
If you have the chance, check out the movie Starbuck. I just got home from showing it at the Evans Theatre, and I must say, I really enjoyed it. It’s funny, it’s touching, and it shows — yet again — that Canada can make great movies.
It’s the story of David, a forty-something who I would describe as a lovable loser. He’s drifting through life, working at a butcher shop, playing soccer, getting into debt. He discovers that, due to some shenanigans at the sperm bank where he used to donate, he’s the father of 500+ children. Over a hundred of those kids — now in their late teens/early twenties — have banded together in a class-action lawsuit to find out the identity of their real father, known to them only as his sperm-bank codename: Starbuck.
What comes next? You’ll have to check out the movie to find out. Trust me. It’s worth it.
Task list
- Rent chainsaw
- Chop up tree that fell in the back yard
On a related note: anyone want some maple firewood? I can’t say yet how dry it is…
Stray thoughts as I biked to 10th Street to visit G., and then home again
On the way there:
- Man, that wind is cold. Cuts right through my jacket. I’ll sure be glad on the way home, when it’s at my back.
- Not a lot of traffic, even for a Tuesday evening about 8.
- C’mon, turn green already.
- Thanks for giving me plenty of space.*
- I’ll have to make sure I turn off my taillight when I lock my bike up.
- C’mon, turn green already.
On the way home:
- Crap, I left the taillight on. Oh well, it doesn’t draw a lot of battery.
- Still not a pile of traffic.
- I”ll be halfway home before G. gets to his truck.
- How can the wind be in my face in both directions?
- Heh. “Pleasure Chest“.
- Oh right, washboard**. This sucks even worse at night.
Later:
- Oh crap, I left my taillight on again.
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* Not sarcastic; the truck in question went into the other lane, giving me lots of room, something that doesn’t always happen in this town.
** They’re repaving several streets in my neighbourhood. So far they’ve done the part where they tear up the old asphalt. The surface left behind is less fun to bike on than you’d think.
Rum tasting
So my friend Kevin called me up last night, just before supper time. “Are you gonna be at home for the next ten minutes?” he says. “I have a tasting we need to do.” Continue reading
Lately
What I’ve been up to lately:
Judo
Learning some Kodokan goshin-jutsu.
Writing
Not as much as I’d like, sadly, though I did go to the Tunnels of Moose Jaw on a research trip.
Work
Just waiting for the faculty to all show up again. After all, it’s the end of summer.
The Evans Theatre
Part of the “webmonkey” side of my profile: I’ve been monkeying with the Evans Theatre’s website, trying to make it look purty and be useful. I’d like to think I’m close.
Have a look: Evans Theatre’s new site
<nerd>It’s a hand-coded WordPress theme using responsive design concepts. Check it out at various browser widths — the images should (mostly) scale nicely. If you’ve got an iPhone or some other pocket browser, I’d love to hear comments.</nerd>
So? Is it purty, or what?
“Exit Interview” is now available online
Read my short story “Exit Interview” on Daily Science Fiction.
Not only is it up on the site now, but it appears to be the “Featured Story” on their site, too. Woo hoo!
They liked it
As they say, “That went well.” The Facebook comments for my story “Exit Interview” were all very positive. (Whew.)
You can click the little wee screenshot to see ‘em, if you want.
On tap for tonight: Write Club. (Followed up, almost certainly, by a farewell to a couple of our writers, who are going to Guelph* and China, respectively.)
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* I think it’s Guelph, anyways.