Neat interstuff: Check out twistori, a hybrid of twitter and wefeelfine.
Does anyone else remember (and miss) grouphug.us?
If you haven’t already, it may be time to send your first sardonically relevant e-greeting from someecards.com.
Though you’d be late jumping on the bandwagon, you’ll have a good time catching up with the archives of garfield minus garfield - the existentialist, schizo-depressive adventures of a lonely Jon Arbuckle.

I added a new recipe to mal/recipes - it’s super simple but you might get some use out of my all-purpose salad dressing and marinade. I’ve got a few more recipes to add over the next few days but we’ll see if I actually get around to that.

In bike news, I’ve got a new 44t chainring (riding 44:16 now), and thanks to my absolutely lovely housemate Keri I’ve got a new front wheel and (finally!) a new (to me) saddle that’s not rotting out from underneath me (and simultaneously tearing holes in my jeans). Shot some photos of my bicycle yesterday at the skate park so expect to see those relatively soon… you know, when I remember to bring my camera to work because my computer’s hard drive is too full for me to even attempt to upload photos. Win!

Coming up…
Some friends of mine will be showing their work at The Cheaper Show in Vancouver on June 21, 2008. Buy amazing art for the low, low, low price of $200 per piece. The whole concept is pretty cool.
If you are in Vancouver, there’s a show at the classy Croatian Cultural Centre on June 1, 2008 featuring Fake Shark - Real Zombie!, The Birthday Massacre, and - oh yeah - Mindles Self Indulgence.

Thanks to an alert reader, it has come to our attention that the induced miscarriage project we reported on a few days ago was a hoax. Aliza Shvarts, the artist responsible for the induced miscarriage project, was apparently shitting us; personally I think it’s just as effective, while at the same time being way less gross. (Blood and vaseline? Yick…) The ‘project’ still sparked a lot of debate for a lot of people on a myriad of topics. I’m thrilled.

In other news, this is my favourite old ratty sweater (beware, photo is three years old; sweater is older). Spring is springing in Vancouver. I went for a great fast-paced bike ride yesterday with a friend - and was left craving more. So many of my pals like slow, leisurely rides, but I like to go super fast. I also really enjoy turning left at roundabouts. The precise control of skirting them in a three-quarter circle on my track bike is quite delightful.

When I went to see Why? at the Media Club in Vancouver on April 16th I was totally blown away by the opening band, Brasstronaut. I didn’t have the money on me for an EP at the show so I contacted Brasstronaut’s vocalist and keyboardist, Edo Van Breemen, who hooked me up this week. I highly recommend checking this band out if you like jazz, or indie, or indie jazz, or good music in general. I think it’s quite lovely.

Another band that I somehow just started digging today is Mose Giganticus out of Philly. They deftly combine elements of electronic synth, punk and metal for some truly amazing songs. If they’re coming through your city, be sure to check them out; they’re touring this June.

I’m currently trying to raise funds to get to San Francisco Pride this year. Want to help fund my hot babe habit? Of course you do.

Hey - if you’re in a link clicking mood anyway - I love Andrea Gibson. She makes my heart go thump-thump.

I’ve probably listened to “Oh Yeah” by The Cliks five times in the last two days.

Got a couple of rolls of film developed from the Dominican Republic. Photos are slowly making their way up onto Flickr, as well as a few portraits I’ve taken lately.

Did you participate in Earth Hour? It was a symbolic gesture, but it shows some solidarity in the face of a problem we have only the smallest ability to solve. Remember, kids, turning off your lights when you leave the house will help save the planet! Apparently Vancouver’s consumption only fell 3.5%, but in Calgary energy consumption spiked up 7% during Earth Hour… thanks for your dedication, Alberta. (There was a hockey game on.)

If you haven’t heard yet, emo kids are being targeted in violent attacks in Mexico.
NYPD officers beat and arrested some non-violent Buddhist Free Tibet demonstrators in front of the UN.
Good nuclear power? Brian Gordon’s article means we should all go mine Thorium OMG.

Painted yesterday afternoon and like every time I take the time to get my art stuff out and actually start working, I realize how much I love it, how much I need to do it. I just wish I had the dedication the rest of the time, or maybe so much inspiration that I couldn’t do anything but work. I like to think that if I had a studio devoted to artwork, with all my stuff out and at the ready, I’d get more work done, but I don’t think that’s necessarily true. My laziness knows few bounds.

Go listen: If you ever have a chance to dance to Kasey Riot you will be more than pleased. But I recommend not listening to her mixes while at work, because they will make you wanna dance, which sucks when you are sitting in an office chair. It’s painful, really, how badly I want to “bust a groove”.

I moved back to Vancouver last Saturday - so, the eighth March - and yeah, I’m super happy to be back. Started my new job on Tuesday, after the interview on Monday, and I’m settling in… and I’ve moved in with the lovely Amanda - who is one of the only people I know who is just as strange as I am, just as childish and adventurous. I love her.

Boyskout have been in my head all day long. Maybe because this morning before I went to work I listened to this song twice. (Also, watching the video for “You Act Strange” makes me want to cut my hair off. Anyone?)

Tonight’s Midnight Mass, a twice-monthly nighttime group ride here in Vancouver… and as I just got my bicycle back from the lovely Miss Kreeli, who was babysitting it for me - well, I really ought to go, don’t you think?

If you’re reading this in time, and you’re not the night ride type, you really ought to go to OMG WTF at The Modern. Or maybe next Thursday, or any Thursday really… but especially tonight because it’s an I GLOVE MICHAEL JACKSON party.

Next week: F**k Off and Dance.

Until then…

Currently digging the Calgary local music scene. There’s some amazing bands that I hadn’t heard of before I came back here, and the community seems really tight and really supportive. If you’re into the same sort of sweet indie stuff that I like, check out The Consonant C, Woodpigeon, and The Neighbourhood Council. I’m told that my current music crush, Raphaelle, is a member of that last band.

Oh - and while you’re here, here’s some love for fellow Calgarian-cum-Vancouverite Jacqueline Bell of A Relative Distance. Buy her CD!