booobies!

but seriously, the new calendar is out, and i recommed everyone checking it out and supporting the cause.

edit: bumped it up so it wouldn't fall off the first page...

now go buy one.

Happy Hallowe'en!

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Entourage

Dead Man Me

i don't have any pictures from saturday's party at mt.gieselrock, but i did steal these from chris a while back. check chris out from the year before...

they are from the best hallowe'en party. ever. maybe second only the year before. i can't remember. anything. at all. either year. but i did die. almost twice. long story.

Bee

edit: not a bee. sorry. my bad.

Fall Colours

Fall Colours

Quattrin

Quattrin

so i went from not working, to working two jobs today. blah. now i too can work for the weekend. and make effin' mone'.

Leaf

Leaf

What a time of year to start an outdoor job.

Excuses

my excuses: i ended up gettig back a little late on Sunday to post anything, and then i was lazy, the dog ate my homework, then the third night the power went out in one good wind storm, then i was just tired. so finally the guilt got to me, and here you go. pictures.

Bluff

Bluff

I live in an amazing provence. I takes less than 4 hours to go from sea to rain forest to desert to the Rocky Mountains. From the world's smallest city to the biggest truck, I got to see it all the past weekend.

Some Mountain

Mountain #73 or so

...and take a few good pictures.

Columbia Valley

Columbia Valley

- but I did get to see some amazing fall sights.

Fernie | Car

Road Trip

I went to Fernie and all I got was this lousy t-shirt car.

Marigolds

Marigolds

Things are still blooming here. Flowers, shrubs, school girls. It's kinda strange when the trees are losing their leaves though.

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I hope my road trip's like this!
(not like Rat's)

Pixel Flowers

Pixel Flowers

I'm leaving for Fernie today. A little ro-ad trip with Killer to pick up a Datsun 610. This way, he too can have a Datsun like everyone should. This of course, if he didn't already own posess a '60s pick up. But it could might as well be mine. or yours. Or that really pissed off guy somewhere you used to own a '82 Nissan truck... umm... nevermind.
And becuase I'll be gone, I'll throw up Sunday's picture too for you all to enjoy. I took a walk around the block and backyard today. the weather turned out fantastic, and anything was better than the forecasted rain. I mowed 3 sets of lawns in the last day and a half, as well as limed half of that. I've never walked so much in a back and fore motion before. I should have brought a pedometer with me.

Downtown Flowers | Nerds

Downtown Flowers

also, nerds gone wild.

Rainy Leaves

Rainy Leaves

i walked around downtown today and took a few rain soaked photos. bought another old engineering text. and visited with an old friend i've avoided most of the summer for no apparent reason.

Update:
Finished: Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Currently: Harry Potter: Order of the Pheonix
Listening: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Marc | Tea Party

fly boy

this is Marc. he does parcours. he's the only one left in his group that remains uninjured. maybe i should start. then i can go out with him in edmonton. anyways, i stole the original pic from his site. sorry marc. check your email.

Martin calls an end to the Tea Party
After 15 years of ethnically influenced rock, Canadian band the Tea Party is splitting up.

Jeff Martin, seen here at the 2003 SARS relief concert in Toronto, has announced his band the Tea Party is splitting up. (file photo)

In a statement, singer and band frontman Jeff Martin announced the band was "parting ways for the foreseeable future."

"I am deeply appreciative of all the support Tea Party fans have shown both the band and me over the years," said Martin, who has moved to Ireland with his family and is working on his solo career.

"While I'm not ruling out a return of the Tea Party at some time in the future, I am focused for now on my acoustic solo record, and hope to release the new music this winter and tour in support of it."

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- CBC Arts News
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it's too bad really. especially since i only saw them in concert once. he's an amazing musician (and the other band members too), and i will really expect grand things from this solo project.

Flight

My Eyes

My Eyes

the more artisitc side of me is trying to come out these days. Plain photographs....phhhfftt. boring (for now).

experiment

i was playing around with some images, and liked what was coming out. it reminded me of my abstract painting days. let me know what you think.
i'll be doing more and look forward to some feedback.

Poles | Smallville

Telephone Poles

this "style" i figured out my accident, and i kinda dig it - and it's not just an oil paint filter or something. but it looks that way, but i find it looks smoother, softer. let me know what you think.

I also finally watched the first 2 episodes of Smallville yesterday. let me say, it's gonna be a good season! Clark and Lana? again? we know it's not meant ot be.. why are they dragging us through more of this again!? and I don't think we'll seem him at university for a while, but who knows. and on a similiar note: wtf?

Playing at the Track

The 'strip

sunday was the last race of the year. the last. of the year... i guess the wait for ice racing will only be a short 3.5 months which will include some frantic car prepare.

i managed to be awake and at the track for the 8am workers' meeting, and was spent the day at Turn 1 (T1). Being the long weekend, attendance was skimpy - drivers and workers. With that, there was only a couple workers at each turn, and not that many photo worthy cars. But then again, i was too busy anyways.

i debated going over breakfast, and the final argument to myself that made me go was this: this is who i am, who i want to be. So to the track i went. i met some more great workers, one who should be at ice racing too this year, as well as spent time talking to Andy from Specialty Engineering. he builds some of the best race cars in the Pacific NW. he just broke the track record at Portland for his class (GT1) in his own car. and a car he built broke the GT3 record at Mission on Sunday, the car and driver's first time there.

This is what I want to do. But how do I get there?

Rainy Car

Bright Red Sports Car?

Rainy Days

Rainy Day

Fall really is upon us here in the valley. it has been raining a bunch lately, and isn't supposed to really stop until after the weekend. I managed to squeeze in mowing the lawns, and everything looks better when it's covered in rain. i love the rain. it really is home. people thought i was weird for liking the rain in Edmonton. they thought it was even stranger when i could predict when it was going to rain. the fresh smells, the clean feeling.

Moon | Scarf

Tree Silouette

what can i say, i love moon/cloud shots. I seem to take them every night i have my camera out with me. why i take more is beyond me, they all look the same. excpet this time a tree ran and got in the way as you can see.

also, yesterday my sister and i hit up Michela's the craft store and we both bout thing to start new projects. her, some yarn and a pattern book so she can crochet an afghan. i said she picked it so she never really has to finish it. she can just blame never being done on the fact the size could be HUGE, but in reality, it's really tedious and boring to make.

i on the other hand bought some "Thick & Quick" (Melissa said it was the perfect yarn for a guy) yarn so i can make me self a fashionable scarf. something i've wanted since moving to edmonton. funny i get one now, the first winter in four years i won't have to spend there. for the keeners playing along (*cough* Sara... *cough*), the MC is Denim 114 with Fisherman 099 (off-white), K2 P2 ribbing, 22 sts wide. should be fairy long, with some stripe of an undetermined variety. i'm at the point of starting them, and they're driving me bonkers. how many? how wide? do i want the whole thing striped? or just a couple, then a space, and a couple more... ahhh!!!

Garden Center

camera's in the car, too lazy to get it. so you get more leftovers - very appropraite for this week though. and with that said, no one break in and steal the camera from my car, it's not worth it.

this picture goes with this one.

Stick Humour

Hockey?

stickin' to a hockey theme. wish i had taking the photo though. Giese shot this one. I just cropped it.

hockey's back

heeeeeeere's Johnny!!!!

I can't believe I didn't post anything about hockey being back. i guess it really was too much for words though. very overwhelming and all, with all the teams playing all on the same night. and the canucks winning. and Sundin getting hurt.

It will all sink in today when that spectacular song from the heavens plays at 4 and 7pm.

CBC: Hockey Rules!
And it's little coincidence that the hardmen on the CBC's negotiating team quickly folded their tents and settled with the union with the imminent return of Don and Ron.

Because Hockey Night in Canada - the Saturday night staple of Canadians' TV watching habits that went missing during the long NHL lockout - is one of the few programs that is wildly popular with a huge part of the Canadian population.

The Coach's Corner segment, featuring the legendary Don Cherry and his straight man Ron MacLean, often has higher ratings than the hockey game itself. Love him or hate him, millions of Canadians can identify with the man they call Grapes and his refreshingly conservative views of the world.

Of course, CBC brass hate Cherry for it. Several times they have tried to muzzle him or get rid of the former Boston Bruins coach.

But they can't. Ordinary Canadians would not put up with an action so cynically and blatantly political.

More importantly, Hockey Night in Canada advertisers, who pump $50 million onto the CBC's bottom line each year to support all its politically correct programming that nobody watches, would also likely kick up a major fuss.

Plain and simple, the CBC came to its senses and settled with its workers in time to get Hockey Night in Canada back on the air tonight.
- Edmonton Sun: Commentary
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don't get me wrong, i don't typically read the Edmonton Sun, the trash it is. i only look at it. for the pictures. of the sunshine girl. and to then make rude comments. back when i went to NAIT. and it was free.

Bon Voyage 2 (you too)

Rachel

the other Martens going away for a year. lucky kids.

Bon Voyage

Andrea

I hope you and your sister have a fantastic year! Be sure to see, do, and learn lots. I wanna see pictures. Keep in touch, and I look forward to seeing you two next summer (or sooner maybe?!)!

Remember to keep your head up, and your stick on the ice.

Practicing

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T04 - Samples

just playing around with some filters and thought i'd show you all. i know, they're kinda hard to see when they're that small... not to mention, they lose some of their detail too when they're reduced like that, making the filter seem less significant. booo....

Speeding Train

i threw in a comic for a bonus. i feel guilty using these older pictures to fill up days.

"i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures,
i must take new pictures"

Valley Sunrise

edit: this picture's colors are as is from my camera. though the tungsten lighting option was on. all i did was crop it.

finished: The Chamber of Secrets
started: Prisoner of Azkaban
still reading: Adventures of Tom Sawyer (bathroom reading...)
listening: Fractal Pattern

Napolean Quiz

You are Kip Dynamite and you love technology.
Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?

man, of all the characters... i think i'd rather be sara.

You are a Social Liberal (66% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (10% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

everyone else is doing it...what are you?

Flowers on the Porch

Quin-pod

something ain't right

so i forgot my camera for PG's b-day. but there really wouldn't have been anything spectacular. just a bunch of people. and one helluvan elastic-band fight! let me tell you, this party was off the hook. really.

and to laugh, click here.

Rainy Day Sailing

...
I'm just a boat on the ocean,
And I'm just a ship lost at sea.

"While We We're Hunting Rabbits"
-Matthew Good