Letter to Brabe #5 / Letter to Wookiee #9

Movits!!






Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings on Letterman last year.

Letter to Brabe #4 / Letter to Wookiee #8

After all this time, it's still an all-time favourite! And I was wrong, it's Brabe's hat being blown off near the end that I loved, not the squirrel's head.

Sorry the quality isn't great, but it's all that TheTube had to offer!

Random Quote #6

"It was the least pleasant experience I've ever had due to weather." -Wookiee, on boarding 7th Heaven at Blackcomb

Flickr Update

I've got a few new sets up on my Flickr site.

Wookiee's Wedding Weekend



1208 Greatest Hits Tour



Gorge 2007

Simpsonized

Over the past couple of months I've been slowly taking advantage of the public's ability to Simpsonize themselves. Finally I have a new profile picture! Wookiee thought the ad was for Simpson Size meals - sucka!

Here are my best friends in Simpsons style:

Wookiee


Brabe


Dave

& me, Spage!

Stoner Geeks

That's what we are. A girl I met in Amsterdam said that she got the feeling that I threw the wickedest parties. She would be wrong about that. Being an American in Amsterdam I knew she had a wild frat party in mind. When I chill with my friends, we relax, toke, and have high-minded philosophical discussions about things most do not expect.

Wookiee: You know what Will Ferrell is? He's an even-more-insane version of Bill Murray. He's Bill Murray squared.

Spage: Well, I don't know if 'squared' is really the right term.

W: You're right...Will Ferrell is the inverse log of Bill Murray!

S: Yeah, I think that's more accurate.

W: Will Ferrell is 10 to the power of Bill Murray.

QED


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Froo Froo Menu Generator

I found this linked over at WaiterRant and thought it would be good for Wookiee and Huggy's meal creations. The next time I'm the 5th wheel at your couples' dinner I'd like to be noshing on Pan-Seared Panda with a Secular Sauce and Sugared Bison with a Lima Bean Confit. Thank you.

Appetite

"I haven't eaten anything today - except some circus animals."

-Wookiee

Halloween

"Your pumpkin fell over."

"What pumpkin?"

"That pumpkin."

"Oh! Thank you! That's my Sponge Pumpkin."

"You have something called a Sponge Pumpkin?"

"I have 6! I also have 2 Sponge Bats!"

-Wookiee & Spage


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Wook, This Cow's For You

Letter to Wookiee #6

Hate to put the pressure on you bro, but I have to know ASAP if you're going to Gorge this year. There are people clamouring for my extra tix.

Notice that I spend one week in America and I call you bro instead of dude? Good thing I'm flying home tomorrow.

Alive And Almost Kicking

Wookiee called to tell me that I haven't posted in a long time. It's true. I've been working 12 hour days at the cubicle farm because things have just exploded there. Meanwhile I've been going through some intensive tests trying to score a plum job. The competition started with over 500 people, and now that I've made it through 3 exam screening levels, there are about 6 of us who have advanced to panel interviews. So I'm also studying up hard for that, plus I've got my first Psychopathology test on Monday night. As a result, while I have had blog thoughts stumbling about my skull, I've been too wiped to do much about it. So this one's for Wook.

While I explained to him why I hadn't posted, I flipped on a sports channel looking for the Edmonton/San Jose score (NHL playoffs for those who are unaware) and there was a Phoenix Suns game on. I never watch basketball and I've never seen Steve Nash play, but because he's Canadian I'm very aware of him and his talent. I mentioned to Wook that he did in fact look like an awesome player on the court and we discussed his recent MVP win. After we talked about the unlikelihood of a Canadian playing in the NBA, let alone being so fucking successful, Wookiee said,

"Yeah, Steve Nash...he's the Gretzky of hockey."

Who'd have ever thought I'd find pictures of Steve Nash playing hockey? Fucking crazy.

Gross Conversation

"Sounds like you're cooking."

"Well kinda. I'm pounding meat."

"That's a precursor to cooking."

"Yeah, totally. The dog's wondering what the hell I'm doing."

"Practicing for when you're going to pound her meat."

Letter to Wookiee #5

A picture of Gisele Bundchen that I came across during my Internet travels today is displayed here for you. There's a couple more here, I like the last one where her legs mimic the camera legs. Since I saw you yesterday, there's really nothing else for me to say here. Except of course the usual about you being a coconut hating bastard.

Letter to Wookiee #4

Happy Birthday!

Bert

The other day I was thinking, that if I was ever forced to write Wookiee an e-mail, letter, note, etc. under duress, I would want some way of covertly letting him know that something was up. This is assuming I was allowed to write but under the condition that my writing be subject to censorship...so I'd want it to appear totally "yeah, everything is great how are you" while still coding a message to him. The first thing I thought was that I would misspell his nick as like "Wookkie" or something like that because I figured he would know (pursuant to earlier wookiee spelling sessions) that something was amiss. But that was just the first thing that came to mind. Maybe we should come up with a code phrase and word that means help, danger or something...like how Chandler and Joey have "Bert". I want to have some kind of code like that, but one that is less blatant. I think a phone conversation would be harder. So we'd need some kind of discreet phrase that suits any situation or conversation that can be slipped in as a secret message without seeming out of place. I'll have to ask Wookiee for ideas, anybody else got one?

On an aside, because of Wook's name, I'm always writing cookie with an extra 'e'. Cookiee. Damn Wookiee. No, damn brain.

The Word

Wookiee and I finally remembered the word that he always used to describe the Dave Matthews Band. He thinks that they're too virtuoso.

The Dictionary.com link is up there, but it defines virtuoso as; 1)A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. 2)A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts. 3)A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities. 4)Archaic. A very learned person.

When Wook first told me this, and used it as a kind of insult, I was puzzled for nearly a year. I thought about it on and off for months, wondering what he meant. I mean, it seems like being virtuoso would be a good thing for a band to be, why was he using it as a negative? I always meant to ask him about it, but of course, being always stoned, I would never remember to ask when I was talking to him, and so the question languished in the back of my brain. By the time I asked him in this post, we had both forgotten the word. Months later, I finally remembered it and got the answer I was looking for from him.

Wookiee said that in his opinion they do more than they should when it comes to their jams. Which for fans is of course the best part of the live show and highlights the fundamental difference in our musical enjoyment of Dave (This is why I hope to make enough money this year to take him to Gorge this summer. I'd like him to experience the music live and see if it changes his mind.). Anyway, Wookiee tends to believe that with the jams, less is more. To which I say, that really, only more is more.

Congratulations Wookiee!

While I was away last week, Wookiee proposed to his girlfriend and they're planning to get married later this year! I don't have much to say about it other than yay! I'm sure they will continue to be enormously happy together until long after I've shuffled off this mortal coil . He's all grown up and a real adult now, and I'm still cheerfully keeping the light on at the No Responsibility Dorm. Wook, I forgot to ask you if she ended up being surprised or not when you asked. Also, you know how I like to organize shit, so if you guys need help with anything, let me know!

Atheist Christmas Digression

Wookiee and I were talking the other day about religious labels. I was being subjected to Karaoke Xmas Carols at work for a manager sponsored 'party'. I was on the phone with Wookiee and commented that I refused to sing praise to God. Carol after carol came on talking about the faithful, adoring Him, worship, Jesus, and all that shit. I mean, I won't even sing the God line in my own National Anthem ("God keep our land"), I just join back in at "glorious and free". Now to be fair, ChristMass is mostly all about that religious stuff (except to me it's just the commercialism side), so people should take part in whatever they want, I'm not condemning it, I just don't take part. Anyway, we got on a tangent about how we define ourselves in this respect. Wookiee said that we are, of course, atheists. I agreed, but pointed out that it's not quite accurate, for example, our after death beliefs, while not identical, are more complex than a single currently accepted word can define. I don't like to use the term "other", because I do find it necessary to make it clear that this is a No God Zone. So I suggested a modification of terminology that will be my new answer for those who ask where my spiritual tendencies lie - I think, that Wookiee and I, are Atheist Plus.

Letter to Wookiee #3

Dude, (do I start all letters and convos to you with the word 'dude'?) it looks like they're taking down the billboard in your hood. Which one? The one that we used to not know who they were advertising to until we came at it from the eastside. I dunno, I guess it should come down, but at the same time, I'm gonna miss it. What do you think? Here's the article. Oh, and the commotion that preceded the "No, they just have absolutely no class!" statement from Penny was her giving us seasonal presents. Mine included another puck of licorice soap! Oh yeah! You know you're jealous!