Monday, June 28, 2004
I really enjoy dead stops in songs. I really enjoy the song 'dead stop' by Negative Approach. I really enjoyed the fact that Buried Inside didn't have any 'clicking in' in their songs.
The show at Gerry's on Friday was amazing. I was incredibly exhausted from the night before. Morgan, a very drunk Gerry, and a reasonably intoxicated me went to the Casino after the show at the Attic. Gerry got harassed by a disgruntled blackjack player, peed on the floor of the classy casino needle depository...er bathroom, and generally was his usual entertaining self. I mainly just pooped and peed a lot as I consumed nothing but penny candy, beer, and soda for 24 hours straight. That's usually what happens to me when I near the end of my paycheque.
I questionned my stamina and judgement before heading to the Hunter Street house on Friday night. I didn't think I'd be able to handle a crowded house show with a very loud band after only 3 hours sleep and a full day's worth of work. Work has been especially stupid lately. A co-worker asked me, earlier in the week, if I ever thought we were working with/for 'special' people, faced with the sheer incompetence of the last week, I have decided that the answer to her question is indeed a yes. I suppose that makes me a retardist. [I'll probably regret writing that so that makes me a retardist with a conscience].
Being that it was Gerry's birthday, being that it was the first Buried Inside show in the city that I would be present for, and being that I hadn't seen Morgan in two years, I figured I'd be an idiot not to go.
I'm not good at show reviews, I never have been and I doubt I ever will be. So excuse the poor writing to follow.
Buried Inside set up in Gerry's breadbox of a living room and took up approximately 60% of the space. It wasn't a pretty sight. Paul handed me some toilet paper for my ears as we made our way to the living room. Kids were packed in about 5 deep with a large number standing on desks, chairs, tv stands, and holding desperately on to light fixtures and fireplaces. I promptly made earplugs out of my scraps of toilet paper.
What was to follow was easily the loudest and most amazing house/basement show I think I have ever seen.
If I wasn't exhausted before the show, I was definitely exhausted afterwards. I left Gerry's (before This Message Will Self Destruct and the Literati played)and ended up at the Oxford Theatre to see 'Winged Migration' at midnight. I watched about 15-20 minutes of the movie before shutting my eyes and soundly sleeping until we were the last ones in the theatre.
The show at Gerry's on Friday was amazing. I was incredibly exhausted from the night before. Morgan, a very drunk Gerry, and a reasonably intoxicated me went to the Casino after the show at the Attic. Gerry got harassed by a disgruntled blackjack player, peed on the floor of the classy casino needle depository...er bathroom, and generally was his usual entertaining self. I mainly just pooped and peed a lot as I consumed nothing but penny candy, beer, and soda for 24 hours straight. That's usually what happens to me when I near the end of my paycheque.
I questionned my stamina and judgement before heading to the Hunter Street house on Friday night. I didn't think I'd be able to handle a crowded house show with a very loud band after only 3 hours sleep and a full day's worth of work. Work has been especially stupid lately. A co-worker asked me, earlier in the week, if I ever thought we were working with/for 'special' people, faced with the sheer incompetence of the last week, I have decided that the answer to her question is indeed a yes. I suppose that makes me a retardist. [I'll probably regret writing that so that makes me a retardist with a conscience].
Being that it was Gerry's birthday, being that it was the first Buried Inside show in the city that I would be present for, and being that I hadn't seen Morgan in two years, I figured I'd be an idiot not to go.
I'm not good at show reviews, I never have been and I doubt I ever will be. So excuse the poor writing to follow.
Buried Inside set up in Gerry's breadbox of a living room and took up approximately 60% of the space. It wasn't a pretty sight. Paul handed me some toilet paper for my ears as we made our way to the living room. Kids were packed in about 5 deep with a large number standing on desks, chairs, tv stands, and holding desperately on to light fixtures and fireplaces. I promptly made earplugs out of my scraps of toilet paper.
What was to follow was easily the loudest and most amazing house/basement show I think I have ever seen.
If I wasn't exhausted before the show, I was definitely exhausted afterwards. I left Gerry's (before This Message Will Self Destruct and the Literati played)and ended up at the Oxford Theatre to see 'Winged Migration' at midnight. I watched about 15-20 minutes of the movie before shutting my eyes and soundly sleeping until we were the last ones in the theatre.
mrb And then on Thursday night at the Attic, there was a period where I wouldn't let anyone talk to me unless they 'signed' on my hands.
big texas philly So like Helen Keller essentially?
mrb Basically.
big texas philly So how'd that work for you?
mrb Not very well, since I don't understand sign language. I saw someone at work do it and I thought it looked cool.
big texas philly Stupid, but Funny : the story of my life.
big texas philly So like Helen Keller essentially?
mrb Basically.
big texas philly So how'd that work for you?
mrb Not very well, since I don't understand sign language. I saw someone at work do it and I thought it looked cool.
big texas philly Stupid, but Funny : the story of my life.
From Elections Canada
Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?
Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act. These rules are part of a system of unobtrusive checks and balances that are intended to protect the integrity of the voting process and Canadians' trust in the integrity of the electoral system. The relevant procedures provided by the Act are summarized below.
Before the deputy returning officer gives a person a ballot, he/she initials it. A numbered counterfoil is attached to each ballot. The elector must thereafter proceed directly to the voting compartment, mark the ballot paper, fold it as instructed by the deputy returning officer and return it to the deputy returning officer (the form of the ballot and the voting procedure are governed by ss. 116 and 150-53 of the Canada Elections Act).
When the voter returns the ballot, the deputy returning officer verifies that it is the same one that was handed to the elector. The deputy returning officer then removes and destroys the counterfoil, and returns the ballot to the elector to deposit in the ballot box or, at the elector's request, deposits it in the ballot box.
At the counting of the votes after the close of the polls, the deputy returning officer must determine, before the candidates' representatives present, that all the ballots the returning officer initially provided are accounted for. This entails counting the number of ballots in the box including spoiled ballots, and the number of ballots that were not used. If the deputy returning officer is unable to account for all ballots, the election results at that polling station can be contested on the basis of irregularity.
According to section 167(2)(a) of the Canada Elections Act, "no person shall wilfully alter, deface or destroy a ballot". Subsection 480(1) of the Act also provides that every person is guilty of an offence who, with the intention of delaying or obstructing the electoral process, contravenes this Act.
These provisions, based on practices that date from the 19th century, are essential to ensure that electors can exercise their right to vote in conditions that reflect the importance of this aspect of the democratic process and that the count of the votes is accurate. Canada's system to control all ballots is recognized worldwide as being at the forefront of measures aimed at preventing electoral fraud.
Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?
Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act. These rules are part of a system of unobtrusive checks and balances that are intended to protect the integrity of the voting process and Canadians' trust in the integrity of the electoral system. The relevant procedures provided by the Act are summarized below.
Before the deputy returning officer gives a person a ballot, he/she initials it. A numbered counterfoil is attached to each ballot. The elector must thereafter proceed directly to the voting compartment, mark the ballot paper, fold it as instructed by the deputy returning officer and return it to the deputy returning officer (the form of the ballot and the voting procedure are governed by ss. 116 and 150-53 of the Canada Elections Act).
When the voter returns the ballot, the deputy returning officer verifies that it is the same one that was handed to the elector. The deputy returning officer then removes and destroys the counterfoil, and returns the ballot to the elector to deposit in the ballot box or, at the elector's request, deposits it in the ballot box.
At the counting of the votes after the close of the polls, the deputy returning officer must determine, before the candidates' representatives present, that all the ballots the returning officer initially provided are accounted for. This entails counting the number of ballots in the box including spoiled ballots, and the number of ballots that were not used. If the deputy returning officer is unable to account for all ballots, the election results at that polling station can be contested on the basis of irregularity.
According to section 167(2)(a) of the Canada Elections Act, "no person shall wilfully alter, deface or destroy a ballot". Subsection 480(1) of the Act also provides that every person is guilty of an offence who, with the intention of delaying or obstructing the electoral process, contravenes this Act.
These provisions, based on practices that date from the 19th century, are essential to ensure that electors can exercise their right to vote in conditions that reflect the importance of this aspect of the democratic process and that the count of the votes is accurate. Canada's system to control all ballots is recognized worldwide as being at the forefront of measures aimed at preventing electoral fraud.
