Wednesday, June 18, 2003

DEATH Lost someone tonight.  Haven't seen each other in quite awhile.  Still, I remember him.  I remember his soul.  Lost. Gone.  Hurts a tonne. 11:08:08 PM    comment [] PAYN Sometimes we have friends going through troublesome moments, and there is nothing we can do about it.... 'cept feel payn. Life goes on.  Things change.  Friends are always there.  Payn.  Just payn. 11:05:39 PM    comment [] SPAM THAT SPAM If I get one more fucking email about penile implants... I swear, I'll go postal.  These damn sites are impossible to deal with once they get your email address.  Lovely, I just got one entitled "girls and horses with big dicks."  Someone give me a gun, please. 3:10:21 PM    comment [] MY PET AMERICAN MMORPG's and MMOFPS's are the rage these days (massive multi-player online role playing game / first person shooter.)  Some are very social in nature, which leads one to build up a friends list that sometimes spills over into the real world.  God, sounds like the Matrix, doesn't it?  About two years ago I was playing Dark Age of Camelot and got into an argument with this guy, Andrew, online.  The argument got pretty heated, and neither of us can remember why.  Oddly enough, by the end of the argument we had become friends... and still are today.  I call him my 'pet American,' just because I know how much it would piss him off.  Pissing him off is a daily routine for me.  I know what subjects will irk the fuck out of him, although it doesn't always work, and sometimes blows up in my face. Sometimes we meet people and have an instant bond.  I'm not sure why it happens, or how it gets translated into a non verbal format in these games... but it keeps happening.  Probably half of my buddy list would be people I've never met.  Most of them I will never meet, but we talk on the phone regularly, and sometimes even send birthday presents to each other.  How weird is that?  Perhaps it isn't odd at all.  Perhaps this is the modern pen-pal... you can play together, chat, talk on the phone, and be there for each other but never have the need or want to physically meet in person. There are many on my buddies list that I definitely do want to meet.  Andrew is one of them, and we've actually planned to bite the bullet and meet each other in July.  Should be a fucking blast.  I can be sure that by the end of the weekend that we'll both have pushed the other to their limits - just to see if we could. Another person I want to meet is Harrison Brace - you'll find a link to him on this page, and my marriage proposal to him on his site.  See, I knew I'd get back into the marriage fray at some point.  Just had to be for the right reason.  More about Harrison later - he deserves a post of his own.   2:27:25 PM    comment [] BOYZ BEING MARRIED Friends in the US are in a craze that homosexuals can get married in Canada.  I say, big whoop.  Granted, it does give a sense of equality to the straightsexuals out there, but someone has to ask... do we really want to be like them? Frankly, I don't require a document to seal my love for someone.  That's not saying that I'll never do it, 'cause I said yes back in '98 only to find out that he asked me as a way of making me feel that he was serious about the relationship.  Perhaps that is what it actually means in some circles, and I hope that I'm never in one of those circles again.  Finding out the truth hurt a lot, and perhaps totally ruined the concept for me.  Regardless, a friend of mine sent me something rather cute that I'll share with you. Gay Nuptials: On the day of the wedding, it is bad luck for the two grooms to see each other at the gym Supersitions suggest that for good luck the couple should have: something bold something flirty something trashy something dirty It's customary at a gay and lesbian nuptial for the parents to have an open bar during the entire ceremony Gay wedding tradition dictates that both grooms refrain from eating any of the wedding cake because it's all carbs and sugar During the first dance, it's considered unlucky to use glow sticks, flags, whistles, or hand held lasers It's considered bad luck for either of the grooms to have dated the priest For good luck at the union of a drag queen, the bouqet is always thrown in the face of a hated rival The reception hall must have a disco ball, and at least one go-go dancer The wedding singer is not allowed to play, or sing any of the following Let's hear it for the boy It's raining men I will survive The father of the bottom pays for everything 1:26:41 PM    comment [] TOTALLY RIPPED ABOUT ASPARAGUS I can't eat enough asapargus.  Its one of those veggies that really wets my noodle.  I've been asked by friends how I manage to get rid of the woody bits of asaparagus so well... there is a trick to it, and I'm about to share it with you.  Sit down, and get cosey... Asaparagus doesn't need to be cut to size.  It is auto-sizing!  Just take an end in each hand, and slowly start to bend.  The asaparagus stem will automatically break where the woody bit begins.  Its different with each stem, so there is a bit of work involved here but you'll always get the best asaparagus this way. Next, get some thinly sliced Italian Prosciutto - which I prefer over the Canadian kind.  You can probably wrap two stems of asaparagus (separately) with one slice of prosciutto.  Grab yourself a good green olive oil.  Don't use extra-virgin here either.  Get a real green one - spend a few dollars extra on a good olive oil, and you'll never go back.  Gently brush each stem with the olive oil, and then place in a tray or on a baking sheet.  Get your oven up to 400F whilst you're at it.  The last two steps are to use freshly ground black peppercorns and maldon sea salt.  Go to town with the peppercorns - I love them barely ground so that you get lots of crunchy bits, but then again I'm a bit odd that way.  You'll want to bake these for about 10 minutes, or just until the prosciutto get a bit crispy around the edges.  Quite tasty, and great for a first date.  Definitely guaranteed to get you laid! 11:57:47 AM    comment [] ABSENT IN ABSINTH Friends were due to arrive around 7pm for dinner.  I had started baking around noon, knowing full well that it would be 6pm at the earliest that I'd get a chance to relax a bit.  Some friends think that cooking is such a chore, but I find it to be very relaxing. I had been shopping in the morning.  Something about browsing through the vegetable section at the Queens Quay Loblaws whilst noticing that it has become a hot little cruising spot for men.  I had heard about this somewhere, and thought nothing of it - until now.  I'll have to tell my friends... After that I headed over to the newly renovated LCBO down by the waterfront, and was quickly blown away by the huge selection of Wolf Blass.  I was in serious trouble now.  I wanted to make a special martini, and needed to find Parfait d'Amour.  Couldn't find it - special import from France.  Wasn't going to have that this evening.  Green bottle in front of me caught my attention - ABSINTH.  I had been looking for this for almost a year, and had never found it.  Now I was staring at 20 bottles of it.  Pure heaven, or soon to be heaven. Got home and started baking... thought I'd take a shot of Absinth to see what it was like.  Holy burn my throat to hell.  Should've checked the alcohol percentage prior to downing it... just to prepare myself, of course.  Seventy percent alcohol.  I think I'll have another shot or two.  Ended up playing some Planetside in the evening.  Needless to say that I wasn't very good.  Kept flying my Reaver into trees.  Damn trees kept getting in the way, dammit.  Rarely happens.  I'm actually pretty damn good at flying those blasted contraptions.  Apparently I was quite the hit on voicechat as well.  I certainly hope it wasn't recorded by anyone. This morning the bottle is only 1/4 full.  I certainly don't remember drinking all of that - perhaps that's why?  Who knows.  No hangover this morning - yes, I know, you hate to hear that.  I never get hangovers.  I did have a night of very bizarre dreams - must've been the wormwood that made that happen.  Needless to say that I'll have some Absinth around for others to try this coming weekend.  11:01:30 AM    comment []

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