jibber jabber 

the richmond night market holds a special place in my heart now. they played wonderful hosts to the most awesomest micheal jackson impersonator ever.

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i can hate my own race right? well in the spirit of having to deal with way to many annoying asians these past few days and after watching the ridiculous “Uncle Bus” video and talking about Tom Vu, it just felt right to add this picture to the mix. bah. maybe tomorrow will be a brand new day.

i’m gangsta cause i’m people smuggling now. had to make a quick run up to whistler today to drop off some gear for the chinese junior national team that burton is sponsoring. what was supposed to be a quick in and out turned into a multi-hour ordeal.

turns out i needed to drive the team up to showcase to grab some additional gear. well the old burton van is a windowless cargo van complete with cargo cage. so yup. threw a bunch of 10 year old chinese kids and their chaperone into the back of the van and off to the village we go. i’m sure we made quite the sight as an endless stream of children piled out of the back of the van. haha.

oh and the best part was that all of the kids, none of who weighed more than a 100 pounds soaking wet, picked up large or extra large outerwear. so thug.

there’s a name for people like me. “dragon head” i think. at the end of it all though were a bunch of excited kids rifling through new gear. now i just need to start up a sweatshop.

so a friend of mine managed to get her way onto a private luxury yacht monster-f’n-pimp boat to cruise around the carribean and over to the french riviera for the summer. mmm….poodles and women with armpit hair… she’s keeping everybody updated via her blog but so far I haven’t managed to read about any pirates. i’m not jealous. thpppt

so the “Great Move of 2006″ has also been completed. busted down to our southern neighbour, aka Seattle, to help my brother move into his new joint. well not new exactly new, more of a level the damn thing and start fresh kinda house.

the ride was great. great because i got to drive the P.U.’s beemer and boy is that thing fun. you can go scary fast in that and it feels like you’re just doing a mellow cruise down the boardwalk. luckily managed to avoid any speeding tickets though.

so upon arrival in the “quaint” neighbourhood of Kirkland we’re greeted with the overgrown Serial Killer Driveway™ with a semi trailer full of gear waiting to be unloaded. oeuf.

well the “Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2006″ has been averted. apparently i misjudged our toilet paper consumption rate resulting in a critical shortage one fateful Saturday in June. i left the house early that morning, leaving nary a square, with panicked cries of “but i need to pee!!!” echoing in my ears. oops.

so after much trial and error i think i’ve got the basic site tweaking down. i’ve learned way too many wordpress tags and css crap but as a result i’ve managed to get randomly rotating graphic banners. tweaked a buttload of little annoyances. got RSS working now. got the itunes section running although it still needs some tweaking. enabled pingbacks and all kinds of other geeky goodness. now where’d i put that pocket protector…

just some funny funny shit i found on egotastic yesterday but am just now figuring out how to post. see what happens when vader has to tell emperor palpatine the death star got blowed up.

mmmmmm….i ate so much i think i’m gonna barf. i swear even though it was very simply laid out, we kept missing things, it was like Harry Potter and that damn alley that just appears out of nowhere. must have lapped that place like 4 times.

on the paid food tip, the chicken gyros at the greek place were amazing, as were the tacos from “the mouse and bean” (what an awesome name). the butter chicken from maurya is pretty damn good too. avoid at all costs the calamari from the shark club…gag… apparently the pineapple sorbet in the pineapple shell is good but i think its kinda suspect and gimmmicky. the beer and wine tasting place blows ass chunks.

on the free sample tip, i must say i was very impressed with the meatless nuggets from Schneiders. i could snack on those all day. and time it right to get the mussels from the spa place. the Izze drinks are pretty damn tasty too. the pear one…wow. but the highlight was definitely my good man Tojo. too bad he wasn’t cooking samples for everyone and damn him for making me want a $1000 knife.

oh and my poor SLVR hit the concrete floor of BC Place today. first dent.

off to whistler for the day. i love the crew up at showcase. my peeps from back in the day. nice to see ali and christian working hard at practicing on the tech deck park that jay has so lovingly built every year. turns out he made an absolutely hillarious video. good enough to get him sponsored i think. managed to squeeze in a delicious splitz burger…drool….

can’t say i’m too stoked on the construction on the highway though. grrrrrr…. love sitting in the van for an hour and 15 minutes while they do whatever it is they do. the lineup going the other way had to have been like 10km long. it was retarded. and they’ve taken a new tactic on road signs. in case you can’t read it the sign says “please drive safely, my daddy works here, sarah and emily”. maybe i’m just a heartless bastard but i think that’s pretty cheesy.