33A. Post-bail fun!

Hey Julian,

Tough luck not getting Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ title. Mark’s a complete loser, and has really bad hair. I don’t even like Facebook all that much. Too many privacy violations. Don’t get me wrong; I’m okay with others’ privacy being violated, just not my own. I may or may not be saying that just to impress you.

Anyways, I really think we should meet for drinks. I know this whole bail thing has you under “mansion arrest”, and your freedom is limited right now. But I’m totally cool with flying out to London. My mom has all these Air Miles she hasn’t cashed in yet, so I’m sure it’s no problem. Just have a driver and a car waiting for me at the airport that can take me out to the farmhouse.

Now, I’m just a little concerned about this 10pm curfew of yours. Is there a way around this? Of course not, that’s a silly question. I'll take care of it. Nothing fun happens before 11 anyways. Speaking of fun, I’m guessing I’ll have to stay over. I’m sure it’ll be no problem for me to crash, right? I know, you’re probably a little hesitant because of the whole sexual assault/rape allegations that landed you in jail recently. Just to be clear, I’m not some Swedish tease who cries rape after I consent to something. I’m Canadian; we barely even know what “consent” means.

Did I mention I’m a journalism graduate? Oh Mr. Assange, the conversations we will have! I love gossip, especially dirty political gossip. I bet Hilary isn’t even really a woman. Too many pant suits in her wardrobe. Anywho, I could just give you my digits, but I’m going to make you work for them. You’re a maverick, I’m sure you’ll find them.

xoxo
Amanda J.

32P. Let it rip!

It's been over 2 months since the last post on this blog, and I feel bad. Not because we have an avid readership (HI DARREN!) or because we've been too busy for fun or anything rational like that. I feel bad because we've neglected a living, breathing entity of internets.

Ok, it's not 'technically' living or breathing, but I still feel bad about the neglect. It's like not feeding a baby or pet or something. Except I'm pretty sure the blog won't like... die or whatever.

Speaking of which, how many days can a baby go without eating? Never mind. Stupid question.

It's 4:30 in the morning, and this is what happens. I mean, I had a moderately uneventful day... did some Christmas shopping and sat around, mostly. But I did manage to accomplish something 9-year-old me is super proud of, I'm sure.

I learned one of the songs from the Beyblade cartoon. Now, you may be asking yourself "But Patrick, don't you already know the theme song?" and you'd be right to do so. Yes, my band The Off Motive opens our set with the Beyblade theme song. But if you ever watched the show, you'd probably remember the battle music that would play during matches. Of all the songs they used, one called "All Across The Nation" by the band The Black Europeans was my favourite. Recently, I've taken up rewatching the entire series, and once again, I have fallen in love with this song. It's cheesy as hell, has no practical use outside the TV show itself, and isn't even that complicated of a song, yet I've been lost in its early 2000's pop-punk splendor all day. There's nothing like playing the lead riff, or belting the chorus like no one's watching.

After I learned the song, I really started to think back to the genesis of my musical taste. Other than blink-182, Simple Plan, Sum 41, Jimmy Eat World and Gob, the songs that always caught my attention were ones from my favourite TV shows. "All Across The Nation", "Here We Go" and "Run Around" (From Season 2 of Digimon), and the theme song from Sonic X always got me pumped, and eventually helped shape the songwriter I am today.

I guess I can say that my TV watching habits as a kid really determined the musician I became. I'm just really glad Beyblade didn't rely on heavy metal or country for their battle music. Who knows where I'd be then...

On a slightly related note, I wonder how much the old Beyblades are online?

EDIT (9 hours later): Holygoddamn, Beyblades are expensive. My birthday is in August, that'll give whoever wants to spend a kajillion dollars on me enough time to save up. I also want a pony.