Coachella Music Festival '05

There are rumors spreading about the internet in a fashion that is usually synonymous with fire of the wild persuasion.

Yes, that IS right, the list for Coachella '05 is rumored to contain the following artists:

April 30th, 2005
David Bowie
Nine Inch Nails
PJ Harvey
Interpol
The Faint
Franz Ferdinand
The Polyphonic Spree
Boards of Canada
TV On the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Squarepusher
Clinic
French Kicks
Secret Machines
Phoenix
Beep Beep
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Death From Above 1979
The Helio Sequence


May 1st, 2005
R.E.M.
Tears For Fears
Wilco
Bright Eyes
Jimmy Eat World
Mos Def
Badly Drawn Boy
The Streets
Spoon
Cake
The Postal Service
The Shins
Sleater-Kinney
Rilo Kiley
Radio 4
Doves
Iron and Wine
The Arcade Fire
Moving Units
From Suicide Girls.com

I'm uber excited to say the least, now it is between the trip of a lifetime to Thailand and a musical trip of a lifetime to Coachella. Tough call.

So not funny

I've been foolish to post about this in excess. This is a retarded joke that really isn't funny. If you are being raped and you need some help try Rainn.Org in the states, Kids Help Phone if you are a Canadian child going through something rough. I highly suggest getting help as soon as possible.

From the original post

Ok, this is old now. I'll continue to let you play your little games, but it seems a lot like a sick joke to everyone who comes around here.

The jig is up, even if you had gone to the RCMP to press charges for something as serious as rape, then I'd have been questioned by them already. Also, I didn't have ANY powers as "Student Council President".

The one worth leaving

I saw "Garden State" today, and I must say I was extremely impressed. I don't have any experience with Zach Braff as an actor or director or writer, but I was in love with his performance.

The movie probally had the best soundtrack to a movie that I've ever heard. Nick Drake, Coldplay, Simon and Garfunkel, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7 and The Shins. It's great, although I was rather sad that there was no Postal Service, although they used it in the commercial.

Whatever, Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation is such a jazzy song.

Later days...

I'm so totally gay

Sunday afternoon, I took in a great play called "Drag Queens on trial". It featured the metatheatrical performance of 3 drag queens who put on a play about being on trial for being Drag Queens. Along with several dance routines, it has some pretty hilarious and tear jerking performances.

Other than entertaining me, it made me think about this annoying pest that insists on commenting on my blog and calling me gay. Now, this may just be Danny, the person who always post comments on my blog out of sheer boredom, but it also could be one of the most immature people I've ever come into contact with.

Hmmm.. I seem to have come to a crossroads!
I really enjoyed Drag Queens on trial, I support gay marriage, and I really like "Queer as Folk". However, I like lesbian porn, I have a girlfriend that apparently likes me (and I like back), and my fashion sense isn't very good. So... do I go with my gut and stay hetero? Or do I become the homosexual that some people have prophecized me to be?

Either way I think I'd end up happy. I'm sure all of my friends (the good ones) would stay friends. I could still do everything I was doing before, but as a gay man. So next time anyone wants to make fun of me and calls me gay, I might just say "Yep" and touch your bum.

Thanks for reading!
-J.W
Forgot to add these bad boys up.

Merry Christmas to you guys!
Here is a picture of the awesome poster I got today. Later days.

Speaking of Archives

I had no idea that my archives didn't work, but now they do, and you can read them if you have some spare time to read about what I thought about a long time ago.

In that same theme, I give you a post I made when I first moved permanently to Lethbridge. This didn't get posted when I wanted it to since I didn't have the internet, but I guess I wrote it to deal with bordem. (I didn't edit any content, but the post had a few grammatical, so I fixed those.)

A month alone?

Tuesday, august 3rd.

It’s about 11:40 right now on what I think may be an entire month of living alone in Lethbridge. I took my time getting to town, I had to stop to pick up my brand new mountain bike from Sport Chek. I stopped for cigarettes at “Sheffield and Sons” but some herbal cigarettes caught my eye. I picked up the oddly decorated package, and a “Star Trek” lighter, since all my lighters were in Lethbridge. Sadly, my debit card didn’t work, contrary to what the bank clerk had told me earlier that day, so I had to drive to the nearest Alberta Treasury Branch bank to lift a “No debit” ban I had put on my card some time ago to restrict my spending.

I got back, bought the herbal cigarettes and was on my way back towards deerfoot trail. The drive was rather uneventful until just before my grandma’s house. Cruising at 130 KM/h I saw some birds in my path, foolishly crossing the road. I didn’t swerve or slowdown as there was traffic around me I had to think about. I realized that the birds were in fact ducks, ducks that couldn’t take flight fast enough to dodge my front bumper.

So a plastic piece of my car is missing, as well as the life of at least one duck. There were 2 of the on the road, I know I hit one, but I think I may have spared the second one. Upon arriving at my grandma’s house, she told me a few stories about things that old people do and gave me some bread. Odd things like that are the norm for my grandma, a tad eccentric, but extremely kind none-the-less.

Upon arriving in Lethbridge, past the old-timey charm of Fort McCleod, and just east of an entire field of electricity producing wind turbines. I pulled into my drive way and immediately took out my bike. I filled up the tires as to not ruin the rims before I had chance to use them, and I set off on a short ride around my neighborhood. I found a weird dirt ally that lead to a vacant lot, which I cut through to gain access to the road. Finished with the thrill of biking for the first time in too long, I unpacked my belongings and rested.

Realizing I needed some household items, I grabbed my backpack, flipped my baseball hat backwards and set off on my bike towards Safeway. The vigorous trip took a surprisingly short amount of time, but as I pulled up to the store, I realized I did not have a bike lock and that leaving my bike unguarded while I shopped would be a foolish decision.

Taking the long way home, I saw more and more of suburbia while getting some much needed exercise. This lead me to realize that I was going to be doing this for 4 years, and that at the rate I was at, I was going to become one healthy mother fucker. Upon arriving home, I jumped into my automobile and took off to enjoy some grocery shopping. Picked up the goods that I deemed necessities and left much poorer than when I arrived.

When I got back home, I realized I had nothing to do. I made myself a sandwich, smoked from my pipe while enjoying some Guinness draft and read from the beatnik chronicle that is “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac.

This night was nice, I saw my family, but I am afraid that tomorrow will not be as pleasant unless I can make some friends. Which I know will not be an easy task.

More about Christmas

With the holidays coming, we have to think about stuff. New years resolutions, charity, gift giving/receiving and such. So I thought I'd throw some shit down to help you think about these things.

-Really stylish T-shirts for the holidays on sale for 10 USD a pop.
-The best collection of pixel shirts I've ever seen.
-The Penny Arcade annual "Child's Play" fund/toy drive Because sick kids need love too.
-Amnesty International: Christmas is no fun when you are being terribly abused by your country.
-Ad Busters Read a few issues and there is a good chance you'll either become a vegetarian or you'll start a crusade against giant corporations.
-Subway: Because McDonalds is just so bad for you.
-Amazon.ca: Buy gifts if you're too lazy to go to the store.

I'll leave you all with a quote: "Strangling someone is much funnier when you are wearing Mickey Mouse gloves".

Long December

Just a few weeks off of the arrival of December. I'm looking forward to Christmas break, the end of this semester, cold, and final exams. I've got a butt-load of projects coming up right now, a Art paper, another music paper, a drama performance project and a Drama critique project. Not very fun, and to top it off, I found out that I got 50% on my Art test, which is a fail. I need to study like a fascist if I want to pass this coming final exam in Art, as the memorization of Title, Artist and Date of works WITH correct spelling isn't my forte.

Sorry I have not updated in awhile... I've been doing a lot of hanging out with friends and such. I finally got to see Napoleon Dynamite on Thursday, and I think that you must see it in order to live a full and rich life... Well, I guess you COULD, but you'd just miss out on some hilarious cultural references. For those who want to see it still, can check it out at the discount theatres.

I'm not sure what is up with the "United States of Canada Vs. Jesusland" pictures I have seen.

It doesn't make sense to think that all republican voters are right wing nutjobs with nothing but redneck values on their minds. It's the same as if the republicans called all of the democrats "Atheist Commie Homos". Stop taking cheap shots at people who voted for Bush, I'm not happy about it either, but I know where to draw the line.

-Where's my Wacom pen?
--Love
---Jaron W.

Halo 2 is a fun-time

Yeah, it totally is.
Actually as far as multiplayer goes, it's just an expansion pack. Just a refresher, added dual-wield, a melee weapon,a new model, few guns, some new vehicles and new maps.

Not complaining, just happy I didn't spend the 60 bucks when I probally won't enjoy the campaign mode.

In conclusion, if you liked everything about Halo, then get this game. If you only enjoyed playing with your friends in a LAN situation, or just plain multiplayer, then be sure one of your friends buy it :Thumbs up:

Underwear goes inside the pants

From: Underwear Goes Inside The Pants

We're in one of the richest countries in the world,but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago. There are homeless people everywhere. This homeless guy asked me for money the other day. I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on. Why am I judging this poor bastard.People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it. Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit? Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.

I walked behind this guy the other day. A homeless guy asked him for money.He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.

The rest @ LINK

Kinda lame, but I got a really good chuckle.

Friends with The proletariat

We are approaching a new era. One of children killing each other with guns, and hitting each other in the back of the head with blunt objects. Yes, it is finally here.... The arrival of Halo 2 with "Grand Theft Auto: San Adreas" not weeks old.

All over North America, children are being subjected to the perversions of death, destruction and sexual perversion. Parents completely unaware of what is going on, the videogame creators have been snaking their way into the hearts and minds of small children to create an army of mindless killers.

Now, we must leave our children unattended to rise up against this terrible evil! We must lobby, complain and generally annoy to fight against violent videogames. Teaching our children the difference between right and wrong is far to hard, and we should expect large corparations to do it for us. Our children will become corrupt unless we run profitable companies out of bussiness!

Under the guise of motherhood

I was watching Oprah today and I learned that there are people in the United States who actually refuse to vote. I guess some people aren't big fans of democracy... not voting is the same as terrorism!!!!!

Well, I am really glad there was a 15 million person boost in voter turnout. That makes me happy, as it shows that voter apathy may be turning around for the better. And even though I am upset about the whole Bush winning, I'm excited to see what will come next.

In other news: Dr. Hook is coming to Lethbridge!!!
I can't belive it either! Stoner rock ledgends will be playing in my town! I use too many exclamation points! I will be attending for sure, unless something bad happens. $20 dollars in advance at the Blarney Stone in Lethbridge AB. Monday night!

I hope you will all join me there.