October 29, 2006
eeeeee snow!
I just threw a snowball teehee!
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October 26, 2006
Global Warming
Hard hitting topic I know.. So I was treated to watching Al Gores knockout documentary about global warming last night and it completely awoke me to the crisis, some of the numbers and images are staggering. I'm probably, in relative terms, not a great producer of carbon emissions but I hope the facts and figures tossed at me over the course of 90 minutes yesterday will make me think twice about simple things like popping the toaster down a second time.
The movie actually manages (and I'm sure it was on purpose) to really make you think how someone with such responsibility, education and the correct political balance was beaten by Bush. Good on Al Gore he's showing everyone who voted against him up, and in the right way.
Whistler is in a unique situation where it could easily become a Summer only resort within 5-10 years, sustainability programmes are in full effect but without sounding like a hippy Greenpeace weirdo, everyone can do more.
I strongly recommend everyone tries to watch the film, if not, you can't ignore the science.
Oh incidentally, it's snowing at last!
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October 22, 2006
Magic Erasers suck...
...don't believe the hype, it's no Cillit Bang (Easy-off Bam??)
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October 19, 2006
TVIV and update
With it being fall, or autumn, the big TV lineup has recently commenced. Having not very much to do in the evenings due to weather, lack of people being around and general routine I ended up watching a fair few this year so here's a quick run down:
Lost - 3rd (and difficult season), it's only 3 episodes in but I'm finding myself increasingly uninterested in what's going on, it's really slow and the upcoming 14 week break is just enough to make me disconnect.
Heroes - A trashy superheroes living in the present day sort of affair where the story follows a few people who are discovering their "superpowers" and an undercover secret government sort of style coverup. Relatively entertaining but I doubt I'll stay interested past this season.
Jericho - Started out kind of slow and the acting/dialogue is both cheesy and poor but the story is quite compelling, nukes have fallen on the US and this small town remains dispite fallout, lack of power and all the other scenarios that go along with post apocolypse. Again it has a couple of secret stories of government officials and other such nonesense that is just beginning to be explained. Probably the best of the new shows.
Prison Break - I missed the first season but it's hardly a complex plot involving pretty interesting romp through a, surprise!, prison break.
Vanished - One episode and I was done, I actually think I read that the series is going to vanish after the first.
Veronica Mars - Entertaining and funny as always, easy on the eyes and brain and still going strong on the same formula after 2 seasons.
Extras - Excellent, I kind of lost interest in the first season of this after a few episodes, maybe I didn't give it enough chance because this, the last in the series, was hilarious.
Mitchell and Webb - Disappointing trashy sketch show from Peep Show lords Mark and Jez, it didn't quite survive the transition from an apparently amusing radio show.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - I take it back, this is the best new show of the year and infact up there with the original seasons of ER and the like. Matthew Perry puts his attachment to his Chandler mold in a superbly entertaining peek behind the filming of a weekly comedy show.
I should become a short column TV critic.
With that over we're onto the Mark news. I'm off to Montreal on the 1st to see Robyn, I'm there until the 20th then I finally might stay a night in the new house! Having already paid $1500 in rent.
I've taken up position working in the office on a pretty much daily basis and am really enjoying the routine, especially getting out of the apartment and the generic office banter, work is flowing in pretty steadily which is also pretty nice.
The snow still hasn't come, infact it's only rained maybe 5 days in the last month, a little worrying as this time last year it didn't stop raining, and by rain I mean proper West coast Canada style rain, unrelenting torrential downpour. Anyway, we've had none of that and there's more sun forecast. It's cooled down to a touch of frost (not the TV show) in the mornings and hoodie + jacket weather but we need some snow! The mountain opened the 5th November last year, we'll be lucky if there's enough for the scheduled 23rd this year.
Keith comes back into town this weekend which is excellent news as one of the original bunch of people to hang out with is highly appreciated.
I'll undoubtedly have a big amount of photos to share when I get back from Montreal.