Saturday, May 12, 2007

stellar day

got some good writing done, had a great show at Lafflines, sold some cd's, hung out with K, and found some cheap ($1.19) gas. all in all a great day.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

finished third in story slam

Went to the Story Slam at Our Town cafe last night. Told my story about being attcked during my show in Edson. Went up early, which tends to lower your scores, and was also immediately heckled as soon as I said I was a stand-up, so I finished out of the money. Strangely, I hadn't been there in months, after Leanne sent me a letter threatening to call the police if I showed up to this event, or any other where she was advertised as a performer, (which has never happened - nor is it likely to with her limited abilities). Anyway, guess who shows up after even longer being away. Yep. Her friend Trina was with her. I didn't know she was there but Trina was sticking her tongue out at me, so I went outside to see what was up, and there she was. I forgot want a runt she is. (no thats not a typo, i meant runt - as in short) Anyway they all left. So I guess I won that round. Meanwhile Trina has gotten HUGE. OBESE. Made Leanne look thin by comparison. Maybe thats why all Leanne's friend are obese. To make her feel thin. Her roommate when we met was morbidly obese, but found some asian chubby chaser in L.A. and moved there, so now Trina's taken up the role. I mean she's is double the size she was. Looks like she ate Dana Alexander with Darren Frost for dessert!

Anyway, I trying to find work. Yuks has nothing for me, and the comedy open mics are a waste of time, run by amateurs in the spirit of the Urban Well (ie passing off amateurs as pros, and middle acts as headliners and charging the public for it). Much prefer the Spoken word, where there doesn't have to a punchline all the time, and where the mentality is less superficial that stand-ups. And the girls are better looking, less hostile, and more likely to be straight.

My band "Peppersprey" is getting ready to do the Anarchy Slam on the 21st, plus trying to book some other venues to mix Slam, Stand-up and Music. Been doing some odd jobs which I will tell you about later.

Have faith, dear readers, and don't give into the fear.

New friend brought me some rhubarb pie, and isn't life really like that? Life is a Rhubarb pie, sometimes sour, sometimes sweet, always filling and made a little better with some ice cream on top.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Finals at The Wise Hall




Two much fun at the Finals. WISE hall was sold out, and it was a great show. The feature act was amazing. Onwyn took these pics with my camara, including the shot of RC's pants.

RC Weslowski's Pants

Head power broker of the Vancouver Spoken Word world, continues to take the stage in pants un befitting (pun intended) of an artist of such stature. Please join me in trying to stop RC from wearing these pants on any day but laundry day.

Vancouver Poetry Slam Finals


Sunday, May 06, 2007

Gemini women are trouble

i've come the conclusion that gemini women are trouble, especially for us aries types. I have three women in my life born on the same date. June 20th. My mother (yikes) leanne the ex (double yikes) and my friend Marla (huh)?

Here's the deal with Gemini's. There's two of them. One is fun and fabulous. The other isn't. I seem to meet gemini women more often than not. They are atracted to Aries. Well. one of them is. The other is trying to kill them. The other is officious, territorial, demanding, cold and self absorbed. Not nice qualities, and so Gemeni's learn to hide that personality. They are great listeners, and pay attention to the details of your life. But, they are not disclosing of their own feelings. They tend to be evasive about that, because they don't want to have the other personality uncovered.

On a certain level Gemini's are imposters. Take my mother for example. Model mother, always seen to having a wonderful home, and polite bright children. Meanwhile, she was cold, distant and abusive. My mother baked cookies and cakes, always stirring this loving food with a wooden spoon. The same spoon she had, and would again, use as a weapon. This is a perfect example of the dicotomoy of the Gemini. With my own mother hitting me for extended periods, and frequantly with this spoon, it is no wonder that i rarely have dessert after a meal, having associated baking goods with torture.

Leanne also claimed to be a baker, but little of that materialized, except for the bags of useless ingrediants (coconut, candy decorations baking powder...) cluttering up the kitchen shelves.

Leanne's duality showed itself mostly outside of my presence. This personality is selfish and lazy and mean. This personality was hidden from me. Only when I was moving Leanne's stuff out, did I find the pictures she had traced for her bird "artwork" as well as the poems she "referanced" in her writing, as well as the journal accounting her dozens of male pursuits. Once the imposter is exposed, the only way for them to deal with it is to end all communication with the person who has figured it out, and begin coming up with their own defence. This needs to be done while providing as few details as possible, to keep their story airtight.

Marla, also from that day, is by far the nicest of the three. She doesn't seem to demonstrate this duality. I did have an inkling of the other one over the last while. and so we'll see. I have to try not to endow too much on people, and be objective about the way they are, and how i am being treated. These people are very capable of triggering bad feelings in mean, so I need to be careful about myself and my feelings when dealing with Gemini's.