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Web Cards

2007-09-13T02:10:56Z

Remind me to send this to the next person I have sex with.

a web card

Also awesome. Old people talking about young people and young people talking about old people. Just stream all of them it's sweet.

Productivity

2007-08-12T21:01:30Z

Do you find that your productivity goes through the roof when you have an I-don't-really-want-to-stand-up hangover. I do... I don't know if that's a good thing or what, but whatever. But back to writing and making myself a fried egg sandwich.

If this were...

2007-08-12T12:32:53Z

If this were facebook I would be not Jordie is not sober right now.

Also Quinn did you make it home?

Ants on a Log

2007-06-30T09:42:26Z

Who remembers Ants on a Log? That question was purely rhetorical, but you can answer if you really want to. It was one of my favourite snacks in preschool and daycare. Celery filled with cheese whiz or peanut butter and raisins (ants) evenly distributed by sticking them on the celery filling. My mom always made them when it was her turn to bring the snack for preschool/baseball team/whatever because it was "healthy". For those of you who were curious they are every bit as good as they used to be.

Bad Spock

2007-06-17T17:31:42Z

Last night i came home from concerting and found out about Bad Spock. It's pretty awesome. People who are fairly decent artists draw Spock again and again badly.

Also I just found out that my favourite author (Neil Gaiman) placed an award winning shortstory of his up online to read. So I'm going to go do that now. It's called How To Talk To Girls At Parties, but aside from that I know nothing about it. But hey I talk to girls at parties. You probably do to!

Back

2007-06-04T15:32:38Z

Hey I'm back!

It turns out I really missed my music. You probably don't find that surprising and I don't really either. It's so nice to be able to hear those songs that you think about while you're walking around though. You know the ones that sort of stick in your head until you get around to listening to it again. There's a buildup in my head of stuff like that.

Mmmmm pi

2007-03-14T08:44:43Z

Happy Pi Day!

My other blog

2007-02-18T08:10:45Z

So I made an other blog in the interests of blogging for people who aren't involved in livejournal (such as my parents and relations). This blog will be back in business when I get back, though. However, most of what happens in Ethiopia will be blogged about over there.

The time

2007-02-06T21:38:46Z

It's the 1337 time of day.

(also the 137 time of day on a 12 hour clock)

This Friday's Going Away Party...

2007-02-06T08:03:45Z

This Friday's Going Away Party will be happening without the originally planned dinner, however I will be drinking at the Brick House on Main near Chinatown around 9PMish and anyone who wishes to wish me a bonne voyage can come down and join me. Tell anyone who is interested. I will also send out an email.

Jordie

An update

2007-01-30T08:10:28Z

Things have been a little busy lately so I haven't really kept people informed of what's been going on in my life.

I am definitely going to Ethiopia now as an IT Trainer at a Teacher's College in a city called Adewa. I'm working out what I should pack right now. I really have only a slight idea what I should bring since I can only take about one large suitcase full with me. It's hard to prioritize these things. Jess advised I pack lots of underwear which seems sound advice.

I will be having a going away get together and seeing as I could be leaving on any day between the 11th and the 14th I'm going to ask that people put aside the 9th for an as yet undetermined get together in a restaurant followed by a bar. If I end up being in town for a few days after that I'll just pretend I don't know anyone I've already said goodbye, too.

Speaking of my leaving Sarah, will be subletting my room while I'm gone so if you're missing me, just pretend she's me. There'll be some of my clothes in storage that you can make her wear and then you can make her only talk about music and computers.

Anyhow I'll try my best to keep everyone in the loop about my going away get together.

Jordie

Sleeping

2007-01-25T09:03:05Z

I'm going to sleep until I can't possibly sleep anymore. It's going to be awesome.

Goodnight everyone.

Back in town

2007-01-23T18:29:53Z

I am back in town for those of you who weren't informed by other means. I would write more, but I'm not surprisingly really busy.

In brief though, Quebec was awesome. The food was fattier, the weather was snowier, and the people were frenchier.

Exit stage passport office!

In a snowy governmental resort

2007-01-19T17:00:47Z

So I only had a very brief stay in Montreal. And yes Quinn I did have poutine while I was there in a bar with real cheese curds. They were disappointing, so I guess I just don`t get it.

After an afternoon in Montreal which was freezing we quickly moved on to Orford where we are having a government training course. It`s really fun, but most of the people in the training course with me are francophone, so while it`s not hard to communicate with any of them one-on-one whenever they are in groups they quickly fall instinctively into French. There`s about 25 of us in all and most of them are from Montreal and have been training together for a couple months so it`s like falling into a really boisterous group of friends. The language barrier alone though makes socializing more difficult than I`d like, but on the other hand it`s probably easing me into what I should expect when I`m in Ethiopia*.

The bar at this centre was advertised to have reasonably priced drinks so I was a little disappointed to find $5 drinks, until upon further research I discovered that that was the universal price for any drink, this included the Cutty Sark, which I greatly appreciated. In addition to that the bartender poured everything as a double,* making her probably my favouritest bartender ever. I had three of these, which was more than enough to do me in. I ended up serenading my neighbours with the Magnetic Fields in a drunken slurred voice while putting off going to bed doing this for about a dozen songs. They haven`t complained about it yet, but I`m terribly embarassed that I may have kept someone up. The Magnetic Fields have rapidly become my soundtrack for this trip and at the moment I`m not really listening to much beyond that.

I`ve had my plans changed a few times as to where my placement will be which is driving me batty, but the absolute latest I will be going will be February 14th (Valentine`s Day on a plane). Currently I`ll be going to Ethiopia, which wasn`t my first choice, but I`m still really excited.

*Ethiopia still isn`t confirmed, but it`s that or nothing.

*Sometimes a triple.

In Ottawa

2007-01-16T04:30:45Z

I am sitting in snowy snowy ottawa right now on a computer in my hotel. From my previous post I've realized that some people don't even know what I'm talking about. So I recently got accepted to an overseas internship helping the developing world set up their internet infrastructure through a volunteer organization called VSO. I will likely be in Africa sometime in the near future doing just that. Right now though I am in our nations capitol and in a couple days I'll be in Quebec for training.

Right now though I'm starving because my plane in Toronto got cancelled and then delayed so I am extra late right now. Also I have to work on a feature for Streethawk while I'm travelling and some Discorder reviews. So I should go try and find someplace that's still serving food. If I have time I might walk down to look at the parliament buildings.

Jordie out

Woohoo

2007-01-15T02:42:06Z

I got the job! Ottawa here I come! I'll probably be LJing a lot more in the near future.

I will be back in town after the training next Monday. Don't know where I'll be going overseas yet.

My CV

2007-01-03T21:10:35Z

So I'd never heard this expression before. After I filled out a job application that didn't allow me to include my own cover letter or resume, I get a request for my CV to continue the job application. I have never seen this acronym before so I promptly replied asking what it stood for. Apparently it stands for my curriculum vitae, which if you didn't know (I didn't) is the most pretentious name for resume ever.

Jordie out

New Years Party

2006-12-30T21:19:36Z

For those of you who think you are really clever ducks and will come to our BYO Theme party with the theme of "No Theme" you should know that Alasdair will arbitrarily assign you a theme that is both humiliating and accurate. Then he will point and laugh. Alasdair is cruel that way.

What have I been doing lately though?

Val Kilmer

2006-12-16T11:38:46Z

Happy Bday Quinn. Also I just got home and proceeded to watch the end of a movie on TV. Val Kilmer blew mymind . I am not at all sober and will now go to bed

A recipe for delicious mulled wine

2006-11-29T02:14:56Z

I searched around on the internet and came up with this, which is the third variation I've tasted. It's delicious.

Make in a mug.

1 shot of orange flavoured brandy
Add water until the mug is about a third full.
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon of sugar
Stir together

Fill with cheapass red wine

Microwave, but do so at a low heat and make sure it doesn't boil.

Jordie out

link dump:
-so true craigslist
-book of analogies on copyright law greg london
-locksport MAKE
-anyone who hasn't read transmet should download issue #1 Vertigo Comics
-the flying lizards - money youtube
-commentary on 60s women's magazine's culture of despair A Hole in the Head
-UCLA student tasered for not having a library card Daily Bruin
-smart op-ed on australian copyright law the age
-piece on why the zune is idiotic chicago sun-times
-wil wheaton's amusing summary of open water vox

Snow! And Christmas! And free concerts!

2006-11-26T23:17:31Z

Today is a day of cleaning. Yesterday was a day of concerts... free ones! I saw the Rolling Stones while working yesterday and they were appropriately epic and enjoyable except the sound quality at BC Place sucks. Then I went to the CiTR Fun Raiser which was free for DJs like moi. Today I have decided that the Christmas season has officially started on account of the snow and the fact that I've decided it's a day for hot alcohol. Also I listened to Sufjan's Christmas album earlier today. I'm going to try my hand at mulled wine later this evening. Then maybe watch Seven Samurai. Haven't decided yet. The landlords kids made a snowman and when no one was looking I added a top hat. So it's a pretty sweet snowman.

Jordie out

My phone

2006-11-21T22:28:08Z

Works again! Hoorah!

CDs Archived

2006-11-05T22:50:53Z

I just finished archiving my digital music collection so I never have to worry about it being lost. While doing this I titled each DVD by first artist on it to last artist on it, and I thought it provided a nice slice of my musical tastes. So I've decided to record it for posterity:

DVD 1: !!! to Bright Eyes
DVD 2: British Sea Power to Destroyer
DVD 3: Devo to Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
DVD 4: Hank Pine & Lily Fawn to Luna
DVD 5: Lyrics Born to New Buffalo
DVD 6: New York Dolls to Rogue Wave
DVD 7: Roots Manuva to Tender Trap
(Note: My "the" section is sorted seperately from the "non-the" section)
DVD 8: The Advantage to The Kleptones
DVD 9: The Knife to The Velvet Underground
DVD 10: The Walkmen to Yeah Yeah Yeahs
CD 1: Yo La Tengo to the Winston Giles Orchestra unsorted mp3 file

Jordie out

Broken computer

2006-10-25T05:28:30Z

My monitor and with it the speakers in my monitor broke yesterday, which means I couldn't use my computer for a day until I borrowed Alasdair's monitor and I still can't listen to music without headphones. Boo. I'm however getting myself a free new (to me) monitor on Monday I guess I'll have to buy myself some speakers though.

Sad Jordie

-libraries are hot the nonist
-US congress looks into taxing virtual worlds reuters
-good piece on how gay tv works towards making same sex marriage safer pop matters
-this article on the fat tax debate should have been titled margerinal utility, but apparently they don't like the puns pop matters
-on the general shittiness of the quality of the No Fly List 60 minutes

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