jibber jabber

boxing day

woke up early to sneak in a little boxing day shopping. wasn’t going for any big ticket electronics or anything (although i wish i was) but i did find a few things.

started out in yaletown early but they weren’t open yet so headed to Holt Renfrew and a few stores on Robson, but we’re incredibly finicky shoppers and didn’t find anything worthwhile.

headed back to yaletown and hit the jackpot. Global Atomic is fast becoming my go to for clothes. picked up a nice pair of Uppercut wool pants and a pair of anti-fit G-Stars. however due to the anti-fit nature, i ended up with a 33 waist. i’m fat. luckily its just a number and not how they actually fit. phew.

but the true find was at Scandesign where we finally found a dresser. floor model with a few minor scuffs but hey it’s $1000 off!

Published on December 26, 2006 11:30 pm.
Filed under: fashion, shopping

ohmigod!

how do things like this get made and why don’t i own it?!?! we were going to buy it but it was missing the actual characters. boo-erns.

Published on December 26, 2006 10:38 pm.
Filed under: shopping

ratios are wrong

5:1 …that’s a pretty bad ratio i think. its actually a lot less than that. my family came over for christmas eve dinner and i did the cooking (except the turkey) and that was five hours of prep and cooking that was consumed in like 30 minutes. something ain’t right.

well at least i got a second turkey dinner the next day and i didn’t have to cook.

Published on December 26, 2006 10:26 pm.
Filed under: events, food

they’re fighting back!

the forest creatures that is. check out these amazing vinyl toys by Patrick Ma of RobotWorld. the IWG (Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo). Mataku the penguin is the best.

Published on December 24, 2006 11:41 am.
Filed under: art, design, shopping

ouch

my head hurts. fucking ghetto showroom.

Published on December 20, 2006 12:41 pm.
Filed under: babble

investigative journalism

so somebody leaked the idiom 07-08 collection on the web already. we haven’t even gotten catalogs or samples yet. sheesh.

Published on December 20, 2006 10:40 am.
Filed under: fashion

rant

hey you. you in the crappy ass white sunfire loaded with so much gear you can’t see out the windows. if you don’t have the equipment (eg snowtires) or experience to drive to and from whistler, get the fuck off the road. driving 30km/h in a retarded attempt to be ‘safe’ only pisses off everybody around you and makes the highways less safe. eat a bag!

Published on December 20, 2006 10:35 am.
Filed under: babble, travel

consumerism at its finest

i managed to get most of my christmas shopping done this past weekend. impulse shopping at its finest, however recent developments have made me quite nervous about santa’s delivery system.

but the big news is that i’m most excited about…for the first time ever in vancouver, somebody wished me “Happy Kwanzaa“!!! how dope is that. friendly guy running the parking kiosk out in kits. however i’m a little pissed at my self cause i was so stunned i could only mutter out “uhhh…thanks…”. doh!

Published on December 20, 2006 10:31 am.
Filed under: shopping

good start

its only taken five years but i’m finally starting to get more riding time in with my work. got some turns in on mt. washington on monday. tuesday saw us reschedule some meetings to get some pow turns in up at whistler. then on wednesday, accomplished the ‘trifecta’. we rode all three local hills in one day. not bad huh. so its not christmas yet and i’ve already got 9 days on snow. stoked.

Published on December 16, 2006 12:38 am.
Filed under: snow, travel

vomit comet

blah…got to spend one day at home before heading out on the road again. off to mt. washington for some meetings. we were taking the commuter flight over to comox but unfortunately our flight coincided with a pretty nasty windstorm. when you’re flying in a vw bus with wings, the flight gets pretty gnarly. and you know its bad when at the end of the flight, the pilot gets out and wipes his forehead and says “well…that was interesting.” the return flight was even worse. i never knew airplanes could fly sideways.

Published on December 16, 2006 12:35 am.
Filed under: travel