Memory Burning

So, being as I'm moving to Summerland, i was packing up my stuff today and i came across a bunch of birthday/Christmas/graduation cards that I'm pretty sure lasted all the way back to when I learned to read. I was going to keep them because I had kept them thus far and there really wasn't much of a point in throwing them away now, but then they wouldn't fit in the box that I had for them so had to dispose of them somehow. Throwing away just wouldn't quite cut it so I decided to burn them. The following are the mundane events that transpired. Also it's my first attempt at vlogging







The whole thing lasted a lot longer than I thought and eventually I kept having to splash gasoline on it because it was raining. In the end it left a big scorched patch on the lawn, but I covered it in leaves and although I smell of gasoline right now, I'm pretty sure my parents wont notice... except for the fact that I posted it online... oh well...

Park Ranger

Pope and Kepsie

So I've got this great idea for a webcomic that I'm going to make: Pope and Kepsie. I definitely have to credit the excellent name to Alpha and her word-mixing-up skills, but the idea for the comic is mine. It's set in a post-apocalyptic future where the Vatican city is the last bastion of freedom withstanding the siege of a world government of some type. Pope is a refugee who helps defend the city and its inhabitants, and Kepsie is his dog. it's going to be epic. Now all I have to do is learn to draw... oh shnapp...

zen master

starting again and changing my ways

I slept in mad late for work this morning so I told myself I'd get to bed by 11 tonight. Meaning I'll only have a couple minutes to blog left. Today, because I took the day off (accidentally) I spent most of the day laying around, but at about 3:30 I went up and did some Christmas shopping and didn't buy any Christmas presents and then went over to the bread garden and had a double shot espresso and read my Bible and settled down to the filling of the epic notebook/sketchbook I have recently acquired. So far it's pretty rough around the edges (it always is when I don't write or sketch for a while), but I suppose I might transcribe some awesomeness. Here's a rough rap verse that could be put with another verse I have in the book.

like a drop on a leaky faucet I lost it builds up too soon here's the line and I crossed it I was stalling for time forsaking the rhyme no rythm or timing it stopped my climbing no progress but regress if this is test then I just failed but the worst bit about it is I just bailed mailed out my resignation from this race digital eyes taking its place but if there's time left for me to retrace I'm starting again I'm changing my ways

It's not in a good format and there's a word misspelled among other problems, but I'll fix that as soon as I can (thus making this sentence irrelevant)

pipe smoking professor

BfME2

So I never wrote anything the other night. It sucks, I know. Last night was pretty bad too, when I went into my room in the evening I was determined that i was going to shut down my computer and spend my time writing, but when I turned on my computer I realized that I was halfway through an epic Battle for Middle Earth II campaign so I pretty much had to finish it. Unfortunately finishing it took me well through the night and into the morning and I only got a couple of hours of sleep and no writing done. I will though. It's going to happen.

fool sitting here typing

sufficient awesomeness

We got an awesome tree this year, probably the best yet. We went up to Aunt Leah's Tree Farm, a charity tree farm, and bought a noble Douglas fir for eighty something dollars. It's insanely full and rich (and expensive), but I don't feel bad one bit about having such a costly tree in my house, purely for our enjoyment/amusement because the money is going to a great charity (Aunt Leah's works with mostly troubled youth, halfway homes, and unwanted pregnancies). I really feel like I should write something now. it's been a few days since i last wrote anything and i feel "ripe" to write. I feel like a drop of water that's been building on a slightly leaky tap for a long time and it's been swelling to the point where it can't stay on the tap and it'll fall in another second. I definitely will write whatever it is that i need to write tonight and I may post it on here if it is sufficiently awesome. speaking of awesomeness, I just thought of a great word... awesomeless... which is like the opposite of awesomeness in every way, lacking in awesomeness I guess.

pipe smoking professor

folk-rap awesomeness

Right now I am rocking out to the awesomely talented Josh Garrels. We went to the "Spirit of Christmas" at TWU and he was playing a live set in the Atrium and he definitely outclassed the Western Fiddlers who played before him. In fact he pretty much not only destroyed them, but he also blew minds, mine included. The man is a mix of folk music and folk rap, which is awesome. Last year when I got my first K-os album I became fascinated by the concept of melodic rap and especially folk rap (artists like Matt Kearney), but then that kind of faded out of view until the other night when I heard Josh Garrels and the man is pretty much the embodiment of the folk-rap genre. go check him out and prepare to have your mind blown. Also check out the folk-rap genre because although it is madly underrepresented, it is one of the hardcore sweetest genres out there. because folk music rocks, and melodic rap rocks, and together they rock madly.

zen master