Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Happy Grey Tuesday everyone!!!
For those that don't know, today is Grey Tuesday. A while ago, DJ Danger Mouse remixed Jay-Z's The Black Album with the Beatles' White Album to get, well, the Grey Album. Tricky thing is, he didn't/couldn't (not sure which) get permission to use the Beatles' tunes, and now EMI (the Beatles' label) is all in a tizzy. In typical RIAA fashion, they've started throwing lawsuits and cease-and-desists all over the place, and today is the day to protest that. Go to the GT site for more. I've just downloaded the album, and it's really quite good so far. You can download it from about a gazillion different places, all of which are linked to from the GT site. I highly recommend it, since because of all the mirrors, you can have it done in a couple of minutes if you have high-speed.
Zip.ca vs. Gunbound
You all know that Gunbound is one of my current vices of choice. (Lost some more sleep again last night because of it...) Now I have a new one, and I'm unsure of the consequences. Zip.ca started up recently, possibly in answer to my prayers lamenting that Netflix did not cater to Canada. Zip is based in Ottawa (I think), and does cater to Canada, so of course I immediately signed up. Top of my queue so far is Lost in Translation, Rushmore and Citizen Kane, so at least I have some quality flicks coming. The problem of course, is that if I'm watching movies (or doing anything else for that matter) I'm not playing Gunbound. I'm afraid the battlefield of my psyche might soon be an army of celebrities led by Johnny Depp and Orson Welles vs. the cute little tanks and dinosaurs from GB. Might get ugly, and I don't expect all my faculties to survive. Fortunately, my job isn't the most strenuous, so I can have a little downtime during the day. My mental state aside, if you want to get a free rental or something from Zip, let me know, since I can send them out. The selection is far better than I expected, including both movies and a bunch of TV series, and they even have the Criterion Collection of Brazil, my most wanted DVD period right now. This, plus What To Rent, means I'm probably going to end up being a far greater cinephile than I have been until now. You are forewarned.
My new drug
I finally received my antenna today. My dad made two of them for me, but the first got lost in the mail. Since I also have a nifty shirt coming, I really hope my mail service isn't FUBAR. In any case, I now have a grand total of a staggering TWO channels!! Yes, CBC and CTV is about the sum total of English programming I receive that I might want to watch. I also get a kids channel and several french ones, and the rest are just very badly received. Not that it matters, since I really don't watch TV worth crap. The only shows that I am inclined to watch are Corner Gas and Rick Mercer's Monday Report. Oh, and the Daily Show, but it's on at midnight, and on worknights, that's past my bedtime. I'm lame, I know, but I also happen to enjoy receiving about 7 hours of sleep. I also don't own a VCR, so that's that.
Another drug I'm fond of is booze, and as it happens there's a co-op party going down at Dooley's on Thursday. It's a pool tournament, so I'll let you know if I win anything. My pool skills are usually pretty tenuous, but any excuse to drink, I say! Sometimes I get better as I get drunker, but "better" usually means "luckier" in that case, and flukes are not in line with the rules in this competition. Bottom line is, everything's up in the air still, and I will keep you informed (or as informed as one can be from reading a blog...).
If you really believe...
You too can be Peter Pan! If you are though, please stay the hell away from me.
Cool beans! This here is why astronomy is neat. Not much more I can say, but that it's really cool. Mmmyep.
One more silly link here, and this is the history of Sci-Fi inventions. Wanna know who made the transporter first? I'm pretty sure this'll tell ya.
Anyways, the dishes await. I managed to find some pre-seasoned pork tenderloin the other day and I cooked some up tonight. Surprisingly good. Coupled with the veggies after my handy-dandy steamer basket is through with them, and you have some pretty decent eats. Especially for a single male student. Nyah. ¶ 5:13 p.m.
For those that don't know, today is Grey Tuesday. A while ago, DJ Danger Mouse remixed Jay-Z's The Black Album with the Beatles' White Album to get, well, the Grey Album. Tricky thing is, he didn't/couldn't (not sure which) get permission to use the Beatles' tunes, and now EMI (the Beatles' label) is all in a tizzy. In typical RIAA fashion, they've started throwing lawsuits and cease-and-desists all over the place, and today is the day to protest that. Go to the GT site for more. I've just downloaded the album, and it's really quite good so far. You can download it from about a gazillion different places, all of which are linked to from the GT site. I highly recommend it, since because of all the mirrors, you can have it done in a couple of minutes if you have high-speed.
Zip.ca vs. Gunbound
You all know that Gunbound is one of my current vices of choice. (Lost some more sleep again last night because of it...) Now I have a new one, and I'm unsure of the consequences. Zip.ca started up recently, possibly in answer to my prayers lamenting that Netflix did not cater to Canada. Zip is based in Ottawa (I think), and does cater to Canada, so of course I immediately signed up. Top of my queue so far is Lost in Translation, Rushmore and Citizen Kane, so at least I have some quality flicks coming. The problem of course, is that if I'm watching movies (or doing anything else for that matter) I'm not playing Gunbound. I'm afraid the battlefield of my psyche might soon be an army of celebrities led by Johnny Depp and Orson Welles vs. the cute little tanks and dinosaurs from GB. Might get ugly, and I don't expect all my faculties to survive. Fortunately, my job isn't the most strenuous, so I can have a little downtime during the day. My mental state aside, if you want to get a free rental or something from Zip, let me know, since I can send them out. The selection is far better than I expected, including both movies and a bunch of TV series, and they even have the Criterion Collection of Brazil, my most wanted DVD period right now. This, plus What To Rent, means I'm probably going to end up being a far greater cinephile than I have been until now. You are forewarned.
My new drug
I finally received my antenna today. My dad made two of them for me, but the first got lost in the mail. Since I also have a nifty shirt coming, I really hope my mail service isn't FUBAR. In any case, I now have a grand total of a staggering TWO channels!! Yes, CBC and CTV is about the sum total of English programming I receive that I might want to watch. I also get a kids channel and several french ones, and the rest are just very badly received. Not that it matters, since I really don't watch TV worth crap. The only shows that I am inclined to watch are Corner Gas and Rick Mercer's Monday Report. Oh, and the Daily Show, but it's on at midnight, and on worknights, that's past my bedtime. I'm lame, I know, but I also happen to enjoy receiving about 7 hours of sleep. I also don't own a VCR, so that's that.
Another drug I'm fond of is booze, and as it happens there's a co-op party going down at Dooley's on Thursday. It's a pool tournament, so I'll let you know if I win anything. My pool skills are usually pretty tenuous, but any excuse to drink, I say! Sometimes I get better as I get drunker, but "better" usually means "luckier" in that case, and flukes are not in line with the rules in this competition. Bottom line is, everything's up in the air still, and I will keep you informed (or as informed as one can be from reading a blog...).
If you really believe...
You too can be Peter Pan! If you are though, please stay the hell away from me.
Cool beans! This here is why astronomy is neat. Not much more I can say, but that it's really cool. Mmmyep.
One more silly link here, and this is the history of Sci-Fi inventions. Wanna know who made the transporter first? I'm pretty sure this'll tell ya.
Anyways, the dishes await. I managed to find some pre-seasoned pork tenderloin the other day and I cooked some up tonight. Surprisingly good. Coupled with the veggies after my handy-dandy steamer basket is through with them, and you have some pretty decent eats. Especially for a single male student. Nyah. ¶ 5:13 p.m.
