HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! And Merry Christmas to everyone. What a good few days it's been. Lots of fun and family... It was very Holidays, if you Seese what I'm saying.

So, where to start? I guess I'll start with Thursday... I went shopping with Danielle and her brother at both MicMac and Penhorn Mall. Tophe wrote a little essay about his Dartmouth experience, and I encourage you all to take it in. I bought Napoleon Dynamite, and a bunch of presents. It was loads of fun. Then Danielle and I went to supper. Then we headed to the mall, cause she had to work. We hung out in the parking lot for a while before we went in, and I ended up working that night anyway. After work, Danielle and I headed to my house to check out Napoleon Dynamite. Fun times. It was a good day indeed.

Christmas Eve was good. Danielle came over after a while, and we spent most of the afternoon running around and helping my mom, and hanging out in my room. We went to sobey's at one point to pick up Christmas essentials in the form of pop, and other junk. Danielle left around 4 or 5, and I ate supper with the Family. We watched Napoleon Dynamite again, and it was still awesome. Danielle came by around 9:30 for a while to hang out and open an early present. Around 10:20, my family booked to Dartmouth to go to Church. We got home around 12. There were pictures...





Then it was Christmas! It was exciting. We opened presents in the morning, and then I headed to Danielle's for more presents. And Turkey Dinner round 1. It was a good time. After that, we came back here for more presents and Turkey Dinner round 2. I had loads of fun. After that, Danielle and I lazed around in the basement and listened to music. What an awesome Christmas. I hope everyone had a great Christmas too. And now, I bring the highlights of my Christmas presents and events...

My sister bought me a gift card for EB.
My mom got my Dogma, another coat, some awesome ski-mitts, a duffel-bag and various bits of interesting stuff (no pictures). I also got from my mom The Hitchhiker Trilogy in Five Books. It looks like this...








It looks pretty fly.

I also got the Brian Jonestown Massacre CD, called "Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective". It's a collection of their best works from the last 10 years. It's a 2 CD set on Tee Pee Records. Very cool. I also got the Owen CD "No Good for No One Now". They look like this...







Danielle's brother bought me two Jimmy Eat World 45rpm Singles (Pain, Futures) from the new album. Here's what they look like...









The Sleeves go together too. It looks cool.





Danielle's sister bought me a cool "Rock" T-shirt.



My aunt bought my The Polyphonic Spree "Together We're Heavy" CD, with the bonus DVD. Kick ass. Looks like...



Finally, Danielle got me some kick-ass cool presents. She bought me some SpongeBob Boxers...



An AWESOME book on the Weezer story...



And this super kick-ass wicked awesome JadeTree T-shirt... the coolest present ever.



and now, for some random pictures...













It was a really good Christmas.

Boxing day was spent at Danielle's house. Her family was there, and it was a hoot. At one point, there was a really long and drawn out fart joke going on and everyone was in stiches. INCLUDING Danielle's grandmother. Har! It was lots and lots of fun. Afterwards, we went to see A Series of Unfortunate Events, which was ok at best. It was still fun though. It started snowing a bunch, so I had to go home right after. I'm hoping to see Danielle today at some point. I think I'm done.
GFY,
Tony I

Song of the day : "Section 12 (Hold Me Now)" - The Polyphonic Spree

Quote of the day : "It'd be a boxing day blow-out" - Josh, Danielle's cousin. That was the icing on the cake for the fart jokes.

Pic of the day, titled : "I really like pajamas!"

Hey Hey!! So, as promised, I bring you a post with Lampshade photos! They played a good set, and it was unfortunate that it was their last.

Since I last updated, I worked on both Tuesday and Wednesday. After work on Tuesday, I tried to burn a Christmas CD, but since my burner is kinda jimmied, I will simply post my list and wish you luck in downloading all of my selections. Some of the songs are kind of hard to find, so let me know if you need any help gaining access to them.

A Very Tony Christmas Playlist

1. "Christmas Day" - The Beach Boys
2. "Jingle Bell Rock" - The Arcade Fire
3. "Christmas At The Zoo" - The Flaming Lips
4. "Rock of Ages" - Ben Kweller
5. "I Won't Be Home For Christmas" - Blink-182
6. "Blue Christmas" - Bright Eyes
7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Coldplay
8. "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" - Deathcab for Cutie
9. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Jack Johnson
10. "Last Christmas" - Jimmy Eat World
11. "Just Like Christmas" - Low
12. "Winter Wonderland" - Cap'n Jazz
13. "She Came Home For Christmas" - Mew
14. "Maybe This Christmas" - Ron Sexsmith
15. "A Change at Christmas (Say it isn't so)" - The Flaming Lips
16. "Merry Christmas (Let's not Fight)" - The Ramones
17. "Christmas Song" - Mogwai
18. "White Christmas" (Live) - The Flaming Lips
19. "Punk Rock Christmas" - The Sex Pistols

And that's my list. For the rest of the afternoon, Danielle and I hung out in my basement and talked, until we decided to go get some grub. It was good. We ended up going to select sounds, where I put aside a couple of singles for Thursday. Cleeeean. I came home and hung out for a bit, because I was expecting my aunt and uncle to come in from Toronto. They got in around 8:15 and we started getting jimmied and ordering donairs. It was a fun time. Danielle came by soon after she finished work, and we hung out with everyone. What an interesting night.

I worked today, which was ok; or it was until about 2 or so. I had just returned from the bulk barn with some sodas, and I was then informed about my copy of Napoleon Dynamite being sold, before I had a chance to even gawk at it for more than 10 minutes. Needless to say, I was pretty pissy about the whole situation, because there were none left in the store. I wouldn't of cared usually, but the warehouse is closed until the new year, so I wouldn't be seeing it for quite a while. It put me in a sour mood all afternoon, and I didn't say much to Cory, who did the selling. So, in order to get my revenge, I didn't really do any of the work that could have been done. It was really busy, but I could have done SOME of it, but simply chose not to, knowing Cory would have to do it in the morning. I eventually tracked a copy down in Dartmouth, and I'll be picking up tomorrow while I'm out shopping. I closed tonight, and after I got home I felt much better. Tim and I played some video games and talked, and now, here I am blogging. I want to play drums right now, mostly because I've been doing a lot of that lately in the mornings, right when I get up. It feels good.

Tomorrow brings shopping and supper with Danielle before she goes to work, and hanging out with the family for the evening. It's really close to Christmas people, and it's going to be fun. I'll be posting on Christmas Day with photos. Phil comes down on the 25th, so we'll have to party it up. But for now, I leave you with pictures from The Lampshades last show...





















And that ends my post.
GFY,
Tony I

Quote of the day : "I'll have your asses!" - Some bitch threatening Cory about not being able to take back an opened and damaged poster.

Song of the day : "Breaking Away" - Owen

Pic of the day, Titled "The Cory motto":

I hate to break it to you guys, Santa's not real. If you still don't believe me, this will squish your tiny dreams.

I just thought that was really funny. Real update with pics from the Lampshades last show comin up soon.

Tony I

PS-> This guy is CRUNK!

*EDIT ON QUESTION #38*

Ok, just a short rant to supplement my post from the other day...

Work today was fucking sloppy. Just sloppy. I got in there and there were CD's, Cases, and customers everywhere. This is the usual. As Cory and I started to put stuff away, shit kept hitting the fan; for example, an old lady came in and was bitching about our classical section. But that wasn't the worst part; At one point, both of the computers decided to just fuck off on Cory and I. It turned out to be the modems power supply was fried. We smashed it open and fixed it. Things are running smoothly, that is, until the place burns down.

Before work was good though. Danielle came to visit me, and stayed for a while. We took a very nice nap. It was fun. We hung out after work, which was fun, especially the Boy Meets World.

I'm done. Following this entry is a survey stolen from people.
GFY,
Tony I

Song of the day : The whole "Together We're Heavy" Album by The Polyphonic Spree.

Quote of the day : "For my money, it doesn't get any better than when Michael Bolton sings when a man loves a woman." - One of the Bobs from Office Space. This inspired many Michael Bolton impersonations. What a day.


Survey
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Studied, Fell in love, Started working at a shitty-but-fun CD store.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No, and most likely no.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My aunt.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, not this year.

5. What countries did you visit?
The land of the Hammer

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A small red and green flavored camera. WHAT?

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 28th, July 1st. 2 days, but hey, I rule so I can do whatever I want.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Meeting someone......

9. What was your biggest failure?
I DID co-produce the latest Crunk album.

10. Question missing

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Digital Camera

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Pete.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Accounting 241.

14. Where did most of your money go?
School, Music, Danielle, goats.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Good Shows, Seeing Danielle, drumming.

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
you can't ask me that kind of question.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? About the same?
iii. richer or poorer? richer? I work more than I did...

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Playing in a band, studying, reading for my classes....

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
rapping, and Michael Bolton impressions

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family, friends, and Danielle.

21. This question was missing.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Yup.

23. How many one-night stands?
Zip.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Pimp my Ride/Pimp my Accounting Case.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope, I hate the same people. Haha.

26. What was the best book you read?
Black House by Stephen King.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Oh Jesus... I guess the Polyphonic Spree? Fuck. This is too hard. The Lampshades.

28. What did you want and get?
Out of the year? That's a weird question. Everything that happened was what I wanted.

29. What did you want and not get?
The LOTR Extended Trilogy on DVD. But there's still time.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Napoleon Dynamite/Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Got jimmied and played pool with the peeps, won $120.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
The Kinsella's coming to Halifax for Pop-Ex.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
The usual?

34. What kept you sane?
Music, Danielle, Friends, Drums.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Angelina Jolie?

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Re-elections, sposorship scandal.

37. Who did you miss?
My grandma, Phil (he's comin by for Christmas), Older brother, my dad.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
EDIT: I'd have to say Stewart and/or Cory.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Practicing the drums really does make you better.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"It's not impossible to think of you thinking of me."

So, since it's the holidays, I've decided that I'm just going to update when ever I feel it need be. I'll just do a quick update for now. Eventually I'll start posting things of value, or, maybe not. Who knows? Not me.

I'm done exams, and it feels good. It only took me about, oh I don't know, a year and half to figure something out though. If I found 3 MEASLY hours a week to read, my life around exam time would be somewhere around a bazillion (or maybe quadrazillion) times easier than if I read very little, or in most cases, not at all. I guess it's just one of those things you never really realize until it's too late, or, maybe when you're really tired and/or stressed from studying. So, in short, lesson learned.

So, other than that, life has been un-stressful. Well, was, up until last night around 10 or so, but I'll explain that later. I got pretty jimmied after the exam. I drank quite a bit, and had a blast, but not having seen Danielle for 2 days, I was lacking something as well. I was really tired/jimjammed when I got home, so I didn't get to say much to her on the phone, which kinda blew. I eventually got to see her on Saturday night after work which was alright, and we talked and stuff. We were both really tired.

On Sunday, Danielle and I hung out all day long. We went to lunch, and then to chapters. I picked up her brothers Christmas gift, but I'm not going to say what it is, just in case the sneaky bastard is reading this thing. Zing.

Speaking of shopping (and also, I'm going WAY off topic here), I'm almost all done. I got my sister her Christmas and birthday presents, and both of my brothers are now shopped for. I got my mom a bunch of Rod Stewart shit, and in turn, she'll probably crap her pants when she gets it. I also got Danielle's gift, but she doesn't have a sweet clue what it'll be. I still have to get the rest of it, but that'll come later next week. I'm cutting it close with some of it, but I'll pull through, mostly because I'm awesome... and cocky.

Back to Sunday...

After we got back from our Bayers Lake adventure, we watched some one hit wonders and some football. It was fun. We then went to grab some grubbard and to church. I made fun of Danielle's mom, which was pretty funny. I said something about being jimmied and made light of her height by bending if hilarious ways. I'm really stupid like that. After church, some guitar was played, and then Danielle, Christophe, and myself watched High Fidelity. It was great, even for the millionth time. Spinach Pizza was had.

I got a call from my manager around 10 or so (previously mentioned) and was told that I had to go to work today (Monday) for 1, a mere 4 hours earlier than I was supposed to. This was because his grandmother passed away, and I had to go cover for him. I feel pretty bad for him, I know what he's going through and it sucks huge balls. The sad thing is that he, just like myself (and I learned tonight, Stewart), will spend his time helping those more immediately effected by this (ie parents, aunts, uncles)than himself, and when it's all over, go into a phase of being upset for a week or two after the whole ordeal sets in. It's not fun, and I would not wish it upon anyone.

For the rest of the night, Danielle and I hung out in her room and talked about. She's my favorite. I like talking late on the phone.

So, what did I do today? I went into work and re-worked out my schedule. I found out that Lloyd wouldn't be going into work on Tuesday, so I had to come in for him again. I didn't mind, but was blown away when I discovered that I would be working a whopping 47.5 hours this week, and I only picked up one and a half shifts. Bonkers man, totally bonkers. I worked with Cory all afternoon, and then from 5:00 until close worked with Stewart, which was pretty fun. He's a cool guy, and he knows a shit load about music. We talked about the beach boys, movies, and a million other things. It made the night go by quick. It'll be a zillion times more fun when Danielle, he, and I work tomorrow, because we just won't shut up. Just don't come ask me for the OC box set, less I ram a CD case into your throat.

After work, I hung out with Danielle. We watched Boy Meets World and talked for a bit, then went to get some food. I love spending time with her, even if it is only for a little bit. Other than that, here I am, posting away while listening to Ben Kweller. My plan for the week is to work from 1:30 or so until Close every day, and spend any time I can hanging out with Danielle, especially tomorrow and Wednesday before work when she has her free. Then I'm going to see the lampshades on Saturday night. It'll be a fun time.

I guess I'm done, so, if you're looking for me between the hours of 1:00 and 10:00 pm, you can almost surely find me at CD plus in the Bedford place mall. So much for the "quick" update. I guess I just get on a roll sometimes.
GFY,
Tony I

Song of the day : "It's About Right Then" - Ghosts and Vodka

Quote of the day : *Sarcastic tone* "That's right, I was out getting jimmied with the nuns!" - Danielle's mom. She said jimmied. I shit myself.

Fuck. This weekend isn't looking like too much fun. Exams and work are all I have to do until Saturday night, when I finally can hang out with Danielle and not worry about school, or work. Barf. I want this to be over.

Aside from that, here is seizure the movie. Enjoy. It hurt my brain.

I'm done for now, I plan on actually posting something valuable on Saturday night, REALLY late.

GFY,
Tony I

Song of the day: "Skin and Bones" - Owen

It's 3 am, and I'm just posting. I finished my HUGE accounting case. HUGE. I'm glad I'm done. Bed for now.

I am

If I were a month I would be: June, cause it's my birthday month.

If I were a day of the week I would be: Saturday!

If I were a sea animal I would be: Sea Cucumber

If I were a direction I would be: East.

If I were a liquid I would be: Awesome. Liquid Awesome.

If I were a tree, I would be: Duglas fur

If I were a bird, I would be: Blue Jay

If I were a flower/plant, I would be: A Lilac cause i'd be back in Ontairo on that giant bush i used to play in.

If I were a game, I would be: Emo Game

If I were an instrument, I would be: Drum set

If I were an animal, I would be: House Hippo

If I were a color, I would be: Blue

If I were an emotion, I would be: extatic

If I were a sound, I would be: *swoooooooooooooooooshhhisisisisissshpop*

If I were an element, I would be: Fire.

If I were a song, I would be: "Hard to Explain" - The Strokes

If I were a book, I would be written by: Douglas Adams

If I were a food, I would be: delicious.

If I were a place, I would be: A warm island with a beach.

If I were a taste, I would be: Sweet

If I were a scent, I would be: good.

If I were a body part I would be: Tony Eyes

If I were a facial expression I would be: a laugh.

If I were a subject in school I would be: NOT ACCOUNTING

If I were a cartoon character I would be: Hobbes

If I were a shape I would be: rhombus

If I were a number I would be: 65864383262468, because it's my favourite number.
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I am not: a frog.

I hurt: big spiders

I love: Friends, Famliy, Danielle, Music, reading, jimmy.

I dislike: Emo kids, George W. Bush

I fear: robbers

I forget: nothing

I remember: everything

I imagine: that the future will be fun

I hope: that i pass accounting.

I crave: Danielle.

I regret: little

I care: about a lot of things

I always: listen to music

I want: To move out with you.

I feel alone: never.

I listen: to good music.

I hide: supeises.

I pretend: to be nice to people sometimes.

I drive: sometimes.... hehe

I sing: in key. try me.

I cry: over spilt milk

I dance: all the fucking time.

I write: letters

I wake: Danielle up.

I breathe: cheese.

I play: A lot of instruments. and video games. and your mom.

I find: anything that is lost.

I miss: you (SO Blink)

I kiss: Danielle. mmmm.

I search: on google.

I learn: accounting, when it's too late.

I feel: happy, accomplished.

I know: the alphabet

I joke: about everything

I change: my sheets

I fail: accounting mid-terms

I dream: of the future.

I believe: that there is a higher power.

I wonder: about tomorrow

I worry: about people being upset.

I wish: you were here.

I fight: people online.

I need: you.

I LOVE updating every 2 weeks.


Ok, so I've been kinda busy with work and school, the ol' blog has taken a bit of a back seat to the deal. I'm only gonna talk about the last week because, well, I'm just too lazy to write a whole lot. I WILL mention that I did sleep at Danielle's last weekend twice, which kicked mega-ultra ass... So much ass, that I'm going again tonight.

So, busy with school you ask? YES. Incredibly. Last week, I had to write a section of a group paper with my Management group. Unfortunately, I didn't really work with them. Fortunately, it worked out well and the paper kicked ass. We present on Wednesday. Am I ready? Yes. Will I choke while in front of the group? Most likely.

Other than that, I spent a bazillon hours on a Marketing project with Chris. There were other people in our group, but we ended up doing almost all of the work. Oh well, it got finished. We presented the same day the paper was due, and I ended up choking a bit while talking. I don't like presentations at all. Not one bit.

Work? I can say these things: 1) People are really dumb, especially since they can't seem to tell the difference between white and tan price tags. 2) Midnight Madness brings out all the idiots. ALL OF THEM.
It was insane at the mall last night. It's really sad that people have nothing to do other than go to a mall on Friday night. Our store had some serious sales. There were people in the store the whole night. It was weird... Mostly because I had to actually do work and help people. Oh well, it was fun in a sick way. I bet people who work in real malls have to do this all the time. I'm glad my mall is only real when it's open until 12.

Other than that, Danielle and I have been hanging out a whole bunch whenever we're not working. She came to see me for lunch on Friday. Last Friday, we got to see The Polar Express in 3D for free.

Speaking of hanging out with Danielle, we went to see James Brown in concert on Thursday. I CRAPPED myself. It was awesome. I was amazed by how that guy can move. He has to be some kind of robot. With soul. Woah. Mind blowing.

The band was crazy, there were two bassests, two drummers, an auxiliary percussionist, three guitarists, three back up singers, a tenor sax player, alto sax player, and a kick ass trumpeter. They were super tight, and the tenor sax guy played some serious face-and-ear-melting solos. It was great.

Oh yes. There was James Brown. He was nuts. A non-sensical, screaming and dancing machine. He cleaned up on stage. It was great. I thoroughly enjoyed my self. Plus, there was a bunch of pimps there, so I felt right at home. What? I actually typed Here are some pictures, the previous sentence was a clever bit of computer code that is an optical illusion. Pictures? Ok, I'll post them.

They were taken from far away, so if you want to know which one was James Brown, look for the blurry guy in a red suit with REALLY white teeth.





















And what a party that was.

I went to breakfast with Danielle and her cousint (not a mistake), brother, and father this morning. It was pretty funny. I worked all day too. Now, I'm going to do some laundry, catch a nap, and try and get something organized with Josh for tomorrow afternoons Accounting Case 2 kick-off party. Drumming sounds like an attractive option as well. Ok, I'm done here.
GFY,
Tony I

OH! Before I do the finishing stuff, check this out and try and not shit yourself.
Banana Guard
It's really funny.

Quote of the day : "Shake it like a Polaroid baby." - Christophe, Danielle's brother.

Song of the day : "Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)" - The Arcade Fire. I heard from my manager that Bowie recommended this CD. Rightly done.

Props : Danielle, Shrew, Josh

Pic of the day: Title: "LOOK MOM! It's the worlds largest DISCO BALL!"