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Well, it's been a while since I last posted so here's an extremely quick recap of my life in the last couple weeks with a couple witty observations...

Mark and I went to the Regina Folk Festival this past weekend. Ani Difranco put on a killer show while Steve Earle played an amazing stripped down set that included "Rich Man's War," "I Ain't Ever Satisfied," and of course "Copperhead Road." I think that there's a rule that he has to play that last song in fear of him getting pelted and lynched onstage. However, the highlight of the weekend was Feist's perfromance. We saw her Sunday afternoon during the workshop and later that night when she closed out the festival. One word. Wow. I think Feist is coming dangerously close to vaulting past Liz Phair and Shirley Manson on my celebrity crush list. She is definitely one feisty chick. Get it? "Feist"-y?.... Well then...

Other than that, April and I have possession of the new apartment so we are gradually moving all the small tedious stuff into the place before we move the furniture this Saturday. Can't wait. It can't come soon enough.

Another good friend of mine, Mr. Jai Mo from Superjuice, is leaving town for a year so he will be heavily missed. Definitely one of the most laid back and genuinely nicest people I've had the pleasure of knowing. While on the topic, I highly recommend tracking down a copy of Superjuice's debut album Apetite For Dysfunction. My two fave songs are "Trust Me" and "Devil's Disco 999." I just added these songs to my mp3 player for when I go running and they sounded great sandwiched between songs by Buckcherry and Pearl Jam. Great job guys.

Reason #942 Why I Try To Avoid Shopping At Walmart... Besides being union-busting assholes and being soley responsible for the downward slide of retail working conditions in the world, Walmart sell "Satiny Soft" toilet paper. I bought a 24 roll package of the stuff and they are definitely truthful in their advertising. That is if by "satiny soft" they mean "more ragged than coarse sandpaper laced with razor blades."

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A few months ago April and I went wandering around downtown and I found this classic t-shirt that I just HAD to buy April. Unfortunately, it wasn't the highest quality and the letters started to fall off. But here it is, unedited. Yes, I would be said fuckface.

Random Thoughts from The Ex

Walking around the Exhibition grounds the last couple days I 've noticed a few things.

1. There are lots of fat/ugly people in Regina. Yikes. They don't only come out at night. (But when they do it's usually to JD's).

2. Young "tweenage" girls dress skankier and skankier than ever. A 13 year old girl should not wear a string bikini to the Ex.

3. A 10 year old boy should not have a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

4. (*politically incorrect ALERT!!!!!*) It's really hard to tell if young native girls are pregnant or if they just have a gunt.

Spirit of the West

Last night at the Exhibition I saw Spirit of the West for the fifth or sixth time. Even though I don't listen to them as often as I used to I always make it a point to see them live whenever I can. They have been together over 20 years and they still put on a helluva show and they can still produce brilliant albums. I credit SOTW and R.E.M. with opening the gates to me discovering great music. I still remember that random day when I was in Grade 9 and I was listening to absolute crap music like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice so I took it upon myself to go the music store and buy R.E.M.'s Out of Time and Spirit of the West's Go Figure. I listened to those albums non-stop and I've made it a point to buy each new CD these bands have put out ever since. Of course it was cool to hear the obvious classics like "Home For a Rest," "Save This House," "Political," and "And If Venice is Sinking," but it was nice to hear four new songs from their stellar 2004 album Star Trails. "King of Scotland" and "The Wedding Speech" sounded great amongst the rest of their better known tunes. Great show, great band.