You're Messing With My Zen Thing, Man

Lots of stuff going on lately...

For Christmas I decided that I would give my girlfriend the tattoo session that I had booked for last Saturday.  She had been wanting to get some work done for a long time and I really wanted to give her something that was meaningful and that she would have forever (and beats the shit out of jewelery... plus she won't be able to pawn it)

When we got to the shop and explained that I was not intending to be under the gun today my artist got a little upset... it turns out that he had drawn up a new piece for me and was really excited about it.

So he suggested doing us both!

Behold the new tall ship on my left inner fore arm! 

(Banner to be filled in at a later date...Once I come up with something...)

We also had some discussions about future pieces to go on the other side of the arm and some filler up into the armpit... but I'll post those pics once I am wearing them...

In Other Happenings:

I just saw Tron: Legacy starring Jeff Bridges on the weekend.  It was my first foray into the world of 3D film, and I did not hate it as much as I anticipated that I would.

The movie itself was pretty enjoyable.  I enjoyed the story and the visual effects were very good.  Even though it was my first 3D movie it seemed like they could have done more with it.  This makes me happy because the movie will be as enjoyable to watch on a television as it was in the theater.  Hollywood is doing a lot right now that I do not approve of as a fan of film in general.  This new fangled 3D is merely at the tip of the iceberg since it has not yet permeated into every single motion picture that is being made right now... hopefully it will disappear into the ether before this trend reaches any further.  The other major issue I have with the current generation of Hollywood films is the digitization of movies and the recolouring of every frame in the movie.  The abomination that is known as Orange and Teal (link for further explanation).

But getting back to the movie:

Tron Legacy brought us back to the 'Grid' and explored what has been happening over the last 30ish years since we left it back in 1982 (at which point most of the cast was not yet  born...)  Flynn (Bridges) has managed to get himself stuck inside his tabletop PC for the last 27 years, and his son is lured inside by an evil, younger, and leaner Bridges.  To accomplish this the producers digitally scanned Jeff Bridges' likeness into a PC and used reverse aging software to turn the clock backwards.  This combined with a much more fit body double equals a younger version of the man himself, which brings me to my next point: Lets start scanning the heads of actors living and dead!  We could exhume Bogey, reverse age him... or better yet skip the reverse aging, and make an all zombie remake of Casablanca!  We could reverse age Clint Eastwood and everybody would get a lot more bang for their buck in Cowboys and Aliens...

Aside form Daft Punk's soundtrack my favorite part of the movie was Jeff Bridges channeling 'The Big Lebowski'  virtually all movie long.

 

Quote: "You're messing with my Zen thing, Man."

What better line for The Dude?

I half expected him to say "Hey you mind if I do a J?" during the dinner scene... In fact, I'm pretty sure thats where he disappeared to at the end of that scene.

Also, who could not like a brunette Olivia Wilde?

2011 Already...

Well here I am again, almost exactly a year after having started this blog I find myself very disappointed in how little use I have maintained it.

So I made myself a new years resolution to try and write daily. Somewhere... Anywhere...

If for no other reason than to look back at this next January and hopefully look back to see what was going on inside my head over the last 12 months.

So what will these next twelve months hold for me? Who knows really...

I have been kicking around the idea of going back to school, perhaps getting an English degree... Time is fleeting in nature and as such, three or four years is a short time... I could have a degree before I know it...

I am certain that there will be more tattoos to come in the following twelve months...

And hopefully hundreds of posts, musing on the banality that is my day to day life...

So there you have it! My commitment to maintain this blog much better this year that I have the last!

Stay Tuned!

March already...?

...so February was a blur...

I thought I would have had some excitement to write about... instead all that happened in that month was me going to vegas, seeing a few live shows, turning thirty, and a few new tattoos... so like I said: a very uneventful month...

Ska, Ski's and other Highlights from my Weekend

Being an introvert and somewhat of a recluse during the winter months, this weekend contained a flurry of activity.

First, I decided that I would try my hand at Skiing again this wekkend after a 15+ year hiatus. It was not as spectacularly catasptrophic as I had feared it would be, not to say I walked away unscathed. Having equiped myself with a pair of millitary issue extreme cold weather trousers as well as a black parka I looked rather akward skiing down the hill without an automatic rifle of some sort a la snowy James Bond henchmen. That being said it has been decided that I need to spend more time on the slopes...

So to follow up throwing myself down a mountain (hill) for most of the day I checked out the Casbah here in Hamilton for some live music. The flavour du jour was a nine piece ska outfit whose name I believe was 'One Sound'. The band was a first wave ska revivalist outfit which only really works if they go heavy on the covers. I felt they would have a much fuller sound if one of them would balls up and give us some vocals. I am told this was the CD release party for the band and as such everybody's Mom and Dad come...  if you have never been to the Casbah, throwing a nine piece ska band into that space along with Mommies and Daddies its already packed even if you don't sell a single seat.

Next Post Vegas!

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