Feb 15 @ 07:00 ITA – CAN
Feb 16 @ 14:00 CAN – GER
Feb 18 @ 09:30 CAN – SUI
Feb 19 @ 15:00 FIN – CAN
Feb 21 @ 10:30 CAN – CZE
Feb 22 @ 10:30, 11:30, 14:30, and 15:30 – Quarterfinals
Feb 24 @ 10:30 and 15:00 – Semifinals
Feb 25 @ 14:30 – Bronze Medal Game
Feb 26 @ 08:00 – Gold Medal Game
Monday, February 13, 2006
i heart patrick wolf
oh my god I’ve found the greatest site ever!!! there're so many live patrick wolf audio and video on it... i'm in love!!! (with both patrick wolf and the site) it's 3:30 in the morning and i'm listening to patrick wolf live in amsterdam! all of the songs were performed with a ukulele, a violin, or on the piano, even the "techno" stuffs, so fucking beautiful!!!!! plus, the quality is amazing... probably one of the best live recordings out there!! if you get a chance, check it out!
tracks highlight: The Shadowsea & Pigeon Song, Jacob's Ladder & Tristan, To The Lighthouse, Pumpkin Soup, and Afraid
tracks highlight: The Shadowsea & Pigeon Song, Jacob's Ladder & Tristan, To The Lighthouse, Pumpkin Soup, and Afraid
Sunday, February 12, 2006
i just spoke to someone from the future
So I just talked to Jesse on the phone a few minutes ago. He said that it’s Monday morning at around 11 in Osaka. He told me that he met one of his roommates already, I think her name’s Katrine, but I’m not sure. They went shopping and that there’s a dollar store right around where he lives... I guess they probably call it the 100 Yen store there. He said that the costs of most things are pretty reasonable, except for bread: they’re like $2.00 Canadian for 10 pieces, what a rip-off!! Oh, he also mentioned that he lives right near this huge open door stripmall. Well, that’s all I have for now, I’ll make an update again when I hear more news!
feedbacks please!
In the next week or so, I’ll be working on my portfolio. So, I am asking everyone who I have gave sketches, drawings, posters, etc. to let me borrow them so I can make a scan or photograph them. In addition, please contact me via email if you have copies of any published work I’ve done. Lastly, please give me feedbacks on the piece above! Is it too tacky? Is it too busy? I have to have at least one finished piece in my portfolio that include all preliminary work; unfortunately, I don’t usually save my roughs, so I had to create this to show the developmental stages of the Queer Cab poster.Thanks!
Saturday, February 11, 2006
sic transit gloria... glory fades
I am lucky enough to hear 9 latest demo songs by Brand New. I have listened to them about 3 or 4 times now; they are incredible and I can’t wait for the new album to come out (unfortunately, no release date yet). But in the meantime, here’s an exclusive track: Moshi Moshi (Acoustic) which was originally released on the “Quiet Things” CD single in the UK. Keeping listening to Your + Favorite + Weapon and Deja Entendu!Damnit, I really have to stop posting random craps onto this blog and start studying... I have two midterms coming up in a few days!
i saw woody allen, kind of...
So back in December, I went to my old work's Christmas party, and there was this guy there that look actually like Woody Allen (picture of the real Woody Allen). Those of you who know me know how much I worship Allen’s work, so I was so amazed and excited... I was star-struck! By the way, go see Match Point!
Friday, February 10, 2006
letter from Jesse
Many of you may have received emails from Jesse via Japan, but unfortunately they were all in some kind of gibberish language… I’ve managed to get a draft from his blog and this is what he wrote:
Hey guys, I’ve been in Japan now for about 5 hours. All I can say is it is freaking crazy here. So far I’ve seen a bar called Jesus Christ, a gothic clown, a bunch of those weird casino arcades that you always see in the movies, and all of the taxi cab drivers wear tuxedos (as far as I have seen at least). I’m a bit tired because I have been up for more than 24 hours: when my plane ticket said I was arriving in Osaka at 4:55, it was Osaka time (obviously) but I didn’t put into account that meant almost 3am Toronto Time!!! The flight to Dallas was good because I had a whole row to myself, and got to sleep most of the time. At the Dallas airport, I sat beside an old Texan couple who sounded more incoherent than Boomhower from King of the Hill, to match the stereotype, the woman kept referring to someone named Peggy Sue, and a hound of some sort. I then sat beside a guy from Thailand who talked for about an hour about his love for Poker, based on that conversation I tried to sleep the rest of the flight so as not to have to engage in any further conversation. I also ended up watching all of the in-flight films available: Walk the Line, Pride and Prejudice, and The Greatest Game ever Played. I liked the first two although I’d already seen them before, but that last one was pure bullshit. Once I got to KIX, I had to take a bus to Osaka, which was about an hour away from the airport. Once there, I met up with the guy who worked for the housing agency that got me my apartment. He was alright, but at that point I just wanted to go to bed. However, he showed me around the area of my apartment… it’s pretty cool. There’s a long street half a block from my place that has a bunch of food and bar places. Oh and the street is called Friendly street. That’s where I am right now actually, it’s 11:02 pm here, and I almost didn’t get to write you guys this message because the guy who worked here couldn’t comprehend what I was asking for. He kept saying Japanese when I asked him if the computers had English so that I would understand. So I originally left, but came across a white dude on a bike that I flagged down; he told me that the programs are almost identical to the English versions, so I would probably be ok. However, I am having trouble seeing where the buttons are on the webpages and the keyboard has like twenty other symbols between the commas and asterisks. So I keep hitting something that switches the English letters to Japanese. Oh, my apartment is nice, small but that’s to be expected, I took some pictures of a couple of things, but have decided they are too bland to be worth putting up. Stay tuned for some better ones shortly. Interestingly enough, my room in the apartment is bigger than the one at home in Canada. The bathroom is also about the same size, so I don’t know what the big fuss is about. Here, there is a gas valve for heating the water in the kitchen and the bathroom that you need to light each time; I thought that was pretty interesting. I’m sure I’ll die of carbon monoxide poisoning by the end of the year (knock on wood that I don’t.) Oh, I live on the same street as all of the “men’s clubs” according to the housing guy, he said there’s also a lot of good bars on the street as well… don’t worry though mom, the seedy part of the street is on the other die of Friendly Street, so I’m sure nothing will happen. However, with the being said, I probably won’t have to leave the two block radius around my house to have a good time for the rest of the year! I hope you guys can get this message in the format that I wrote it. If not I hope you at least get part of all: I’m thinking of all of you and hope that you have a really good year. I’ll talk to you soon.
P.S. I can’t wait for garbage day so I can get my own computer. Peace out kids.
-Jesse
Hey guys, I’ve been in Japan now for about 5 hours. All I can say is it is freaking crazy here. So far I’ve seen a bar called Jesus Christ, a gothic clown, a bunch of those weird casino arcades that you always see in the movies, and all of the taxi cab drivers wear tuxedos (as far as I have seen at least). I’m a bit tired because I have been up for more than 24 hours: when my plane ticket said I was arriving in Osaka at 4:55, it was Osaka time (obviously) but I didn’t put into account that meant almost 3am Toronto Time!!! The flight to Dallas was good because I had a whole row to myself, and got to sleep most of the time. At the Dallas airport, I sat beside an old Texan couple who sounded more incoherent than Boomhower from King of the Hill, to match the stereotype, the woman kept referring to someone named Peggy Sue, and a hound of some sort. I then sat beside a guy from Thailand who talked for about an hour about his love for Poker, based on that conversation I tried to sleep the rest of the flight so as not to have to engage in any further conversation. I also ended up watching all of the in-flight films available: Walk the Line, Pride and Prejudice, and The Greatest Game ever Played. I liked the first two although I’d already seen them before, but that last one was pure bullshit. Once I got to KIX, I had to take a bus to Osaka, which was about an hour away from the airport. Once there, I met up with the guy who worked for the housing agency that got me my apartment. He was alright, but at that point I just wanted to go to bed. However, he showed me around the area of my apartment… it’s pretty cool. There’s a long street half a block from my place that has a bunch of food and bar places. Oh and the street is called Friendly street. That’s where I am right now actually, it’s 11:02 pm here, and I almost didn’t get to write you guys this message because the guy who worked here couldn’t comprehend what I was asking for. He kept saying Japanese when I asked him if the computers had English so that I would understand. So I originally left, but came across a white dude on a bike that I flagged down; he told me that the programs are almost identical to the English versions, so I would probably be ok. However, I am having trouble seeing where the buttons are on the webpages and the keyboard has like twenty other symbols between the commas and asterisks. So I keep hitting something that switches the English letters to Japanese. Oh, my apartment is nice, small but that’s to be expected, I took some pictures of a couple of things, but have decided they are too bland to be worth putting up. Stay tuned for some better ones shortly. Interestingly enough, my room in the apartment is bigger than the one at home in Canada. The bathroom is also about the same size, so I don’t know what the big fuss is about. Here, there is a gas valve for heating the water in the kitchen and the bathroom that you need to light each time; I thought that was pretty interesting. I’m sure I’ll die of carbon monoxide poisoning by the end of the year (knock on wood that I don’t.) Oh, I live on the same street as all of the “men’s clubs” according to the housing guy, he said there’s also a lot of good bars on the street as well… don’t worry though mom, the seedy part of the street is on the other die of Friendly Street, so I’m sure nothing will happen. However, with the being said, I probably won’t have to leave the two block radius around my house to have a good time for the rest of the year! I hope you guys can get this message in the format that I wrote it. If not I hope you at least get part of all: I’m thinking of all of you and hope that you have a really good year. I’ll talk to you soon.
P.S. I can’t wait for garbage day so I can get my own computer. Peace out kids.
-Jesse
film of the moment... Feb 10, 2006
Keeping with the topic of Jesse’s trip to Japan, my movie pick of the week is Lost In Translation. It is written and directed by Sofia Coppola. I heard that the story is actually based on Sofia’s relationship with Spike Jonez. Watch the movie again, but this time, imagine Scarlett Johansson’s character as Sofia Coppola, Giovanni Ribisi as Spike Jonez, and Anna Faris (Kelly) as Cameron Diaz. Seriously, Anna Faris did such as great job at imitating Diaz... do so, and you’ll discover a completely new enjoyment for the film!
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