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Drove a sweet 4′ x 4′ x 9′ cargo van to Calgary. Helping Michelle get her stuff out of storage. A storage facility that was 5′ x 5′ x 10′ by the way. You do the math. Just saying.

Here’s my Halloween costume for the year. Sweet zombie action. 4 layers of liquid latex and some toilet paper. For tearing effects.

This picture is from the Freehouse last week. Also checked them out at Lyds Yesterday and they were in fine form.

Woke up at 12 this morning and felt a huge sense of accomplishment.

Rando pic.

The Rowdymen! Good times.

I was doing a little spring cleaning this weekend, which apparently, was quite needed as I’ve never cleaned my room. I found a couple of interesting things that I thought I would share with everyone.

As soon as I can get my hands on a scanner I’m going to take you guys waaaaaay back. I found a treasure trove of pictures that I spent at least an hour laughing at. I also have a hard drive I need to pull about 3 years of pictures off of. Stay tuned.

Did I actually see The Northern Pikes at the Kooler in 2000? Holy crap I did. I really did.

This little gem is from my friend Kerri waaaaay back on my 26th Birthday. Wow… Looking good Carlos.

Now that’s a little more like it. Coldplay in Calgary. Saw this one with Brad not so long ago.

I’ve never been to a show where absolutely every single member of the audience was 100% crazygonuts into the show… except for The Arcade Fire show at the odeon. I always thought it was cheezy when someone says the air was electric… until this show.

Some of you may or may not know this, but back in the day I used to be in a promising young local band.

My trip to Seattle to watch Manchester United vs Celtic also happened to coincide with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club givn’r in a sweaty club.

Poison’s double live album? Where the hell did I get Poison’s double live? There is actually a song call “Guitar Solo” on this thing. I’m serious.

There really isn’t much I can say about this one… Other than it is, still to this, day the greatest musical experience I have ever had. It was euphoric.

The aftermath. Bags and boxes of crap.

Special Super lucky for best luck link!!! 185 Pictures from my 2003 trip to Seattle! Lucky lucky you!

Best Halloween ever. I can’t believe how much love this costume received.

Check out the rest of the pictures here.

No, I’m not talking about the World Cup. I speak of the great double cheeseburger eating contest of 06.

The contestants: Harry and Shawn. Two noble warriors.
The challenge: Who can eat the most double cheeseburgers in one sitting.
The location: 8th Street Mcdonalds, aka “The Clown”
The rules: Contestants were to match their opposition burger for burger. Once a contestant finished a burger, a timer would be set and the opposing contestant would have to finish in the allotted time or he would be disqualified. No regurgitation allowed.

The beginning.

Harry and Shawn shake hands.

This is half way through the competition; at this point Harry was laboring heavily. He was sweating profusely and shaking uncontrollably. I’m not kidding. It was really funny.

The Outcome: Shawn finished his 9th double cheeseburger far ahead of Harry. A timer was set and at this point Harry had 9 minutes to finish his 9th burger. Harry hurled himself at the last tiny piece of burger with only 20 seconds left to finish.

The contest was declared a draw when, as the time keeper called the match because Harry did not finish his last bite, Shawn puked all over the table. Truly, a nobler outcome could not have been scripted.

CHECK OUT ALL THE PICS HERE.

This is going to being short as my lunch is almost over and I have to get back to work.

Notes on the weekend.

-Dave lost the fight. He’s banged up pretty good physically, but he’s all right otherwise. The kid he fought was really good.
-Tubby Dog and the ultimate gripper truly are truly a sight to behold.
-Jane and Simon are remorseless sleeping machines. They cannot, nay, will not be stopped.
-Jake has the aim of a military sniper… with a loonie.
-Alfred’s friend Allison “A-Train” is nutz.
-All you can eat sushi and Korean BBQ at the same time is the greatest thing in the history of food.

Alfred and I schemed up a little prank on our friend Jane. Check out the clip below for some good times.

Stacey came in from Regina on Friday and we went out for supper and we bumped into an old friend. Apparently, I’m now in a band called “Cobrawolf”, which is either the worst OR the best band name I have ever heard. I’m leaning towards the best but I’ll let you know when I figure it out. This is pretty much where the night ended, we usually go out with a group of friends for some intense bowling but we crashed at about 8:30 or so and the night was over.

Saturday night was action packed, beer night at Winston’s, then off to Crackers for some karaoke action. Stacey’s good friend is moving to Australia this week and her going away party was a held there. Melissa and I rocked the mic with a stirring rendition of The Human Leagues “Don’t You Want Me”.

Sunday I came in fourth in a poker tournament held at The Shark Club.

All in all, a fairly busy weekend. It’s no wonder the weekend goes by in a flash.