Today was freezing outside. I never really particularly liked the cold, never have. I like winter but not when the icy wind rushes through your body. Yesterday was my birthday so I am officially 19 now. Legal in every way, well, in Canada. Read my horoscope today and was told that I would be very financially successful. It even told me to buy me a lottery ticket, so I did. Didn't win anything unfortunately. Chose Crossword, maybe the odds were against me. Almost got two words though. The cashier asked me if I was over 25 and I stupidly said, "Yes." She just nodded at me as I began to hand her the three dollars. I asked her to clarify the question and once I found out that if I was under 25 I had to show her ID, I showed her my driver's license to prove my age. What occurred to me though was that I could have lied and left with the cashier thinking I'm 25. Of course it's something I'd never do, but I never thought I looked anywhere close to 25. The rest of the day was just spent at home fixing iTunes. I'm trying to organize my library and it's taking a brutally long time. I won't dwell into the details. Soon left the house to go shopping for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" CD because I love the album cover and the music of course. While shopping at HMV, I bought an additional CD, Dave Matthew's "The Best of What's Around" and the movie "Get Smart." It was only $6 and my mother's cousin, who lives in Montreal, had Steve Carell and the film crew drop by his house, and they asked him if they could use his ladas in the film. "Get Smart" was a show around in the 1960s and 1970s that would have used cars of the lada age in the show. The film crew wanted the movie to be as close to the show as possible. They paid him a huge sum of money for the use of his ladas and my mom's cousin even taught Terrence Stamp, who plays Siegfried in the film, how to drive standard because he didn't know how. The cast came to his house and he even got to watch some of the scenes, like the ballroom scene. American actors usually come to Canada to film because it's cheaper and that's just what Carell and the film crew were doing. I even got an autograph by Steve Carrel and one of my friends got one as well. It was a great experience and I had to buy the film to remember the laughs and memories of what this film really means to me.
At around dinner time, a good friend of mine called me asking if I wanted to go to a bar and see a friend of mine do some stand-up comedy along with many other comedians. Of course I said "yes" because I don't do much these days except work and save for my backpacking trip to Europe which I'm doing in April. We met at his place and just hung out until it was time to head over. His condo is just across the street from the bar. Being 19, I bought each of us a Guinness that was recommended to me via text message from my friend's brother, an also good friend of mine. The Guinness was alright, I never cared for beer much. Some of the comedians were pretty funny, including my friend. Though, I'd heard some of his material before but that's just because he's still trying out material. I'm a huge supporter and have been to a few shows. His punchline at the end is golden. When I was getting the beers, and elderly woman started asking me if I liked Guinness and I told her that it tastes really good in Geneva, Switzerland without realizing the beer I had tried had been Heineken, a German beer, not an Irish one. My friend thought it pretty odd too when I texted him the story. Anyway, this woman was clearly drunk and I quickly left after I received my drinks. It cost me $15 though for both and I was a bit shocked at how expensive this was. I'm no alcohol expert, but I'm pretty sure you can get beer for way cheaper. I went back upstairs with my overly expensive beers in hand and we drank while watching the comedians. Later on, the elderly woman came up the stairs and began talking throughout one funnyman's stand-up. He kept telling her to shut up, but wasn't that tense about it. Comedy, I know is an art, some people have it while others don't. But what I really find strange is how hard some comedians try. I believe anyone can be humourous because life is humourous at parts. I'm not saying I'm some hilarious funnyman, but I can easily tell when someone's trying to shove jokes down my throat. With humour, you've got to be very comfortable and natural with it. If you try too hard, it'll probably not be funny. You've got to be witty and clever at points, and enjoy the topic your talking about. Also, toilet humor. It can be funny but if you push it too far, your act becomes toilet humor. Some people don't know where to start, while others have no idea where to begin. I wonder what would happen if I did stand-up, I wonder if people would laugh. I would have to come up with some material though, that might be a bit tough. I believe anyone can be funny, if they don't think too hard and are just themselves.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
SNOW DAY
Alright, so I lied. I sometimes do that. In January 2010 I wrote that I would never write another blog unless someone commented on the blog I had just written. Someone commented, thank you K, and so I wrote another blog in December. No one's commented in many months but I think that I should just write more blogs even if people don't comment. Hopefully it'll bring comments and followers. I need to proceed into the darkness and pull the light towards me. In other words, by writing more blogs I might be able to concoct more posts that might draw readers' attention. So without further ado, here's a new blog.
A snow day. When you think of those three words, what do you think of? Probably a city blanketed in snow. Snow up to your waist. Doors frozen solid and the snow's almost at the door handle. Power lines down, roads blocked, school's cancelled. You can't shovel because there's nowhere to put it and your car's stuck in the driveway, buried under the white fluffiness. Mother nature at her worst. It's an official snow day in Toronto but it shouldn't be. People were expecting this freak snowstorm that we never got. They cancelled meetings in advance and even the schools are closed today. Except for UofT, maybe they figured that, like me, the snow's not a huge obstacle for students. There are still cars on the road, not very many though as usual, and I was still able to shovel. Flights were cancelled or severely delayed, but that I understand. From what I saw on the television, it looked as if the sky was so blurry that someone stuck up a very large grey blanket overtop of the sky making it impossible for a pilot to see anything. It's probably cleared up by now. Seriously though, we've had this much snow before and the city didn't complain. Maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure, but from the looks of outside it seems drivable and walkable. The police have cautioned drivers to drive slowly due to the weather conditions but that's not new. The only time I remember having a snow day was about three years ago. First off, it was brutally cold and there literally was a small blizzard outside. When I looked out the window, it didn't look like such a great day to walk to school but I did. I had turned on the television before hoping for a snow day but the weatherman did say that some schools were closed but not mine or any in the area. When I got to school it wasn't until second period that they announced a snow day. The wind was picking up speed and more snow was falling. It angered me though because I had already trekked the way here just to find that my journey had been useless. Still, I was happy it was a snow day. The next day though there was school. Snow days never usually last more than a day I've found, unless they're critically severe like maybe the one I sort of described at the beginning of this post. Of course, if I was in school, I would be ecstatic that schools are closed but I would still chuckle at the fact that Toronto needs to calm down because the city can still function. I hear that there's more snow to come, but by the looks of things it'll probably only be a few more centimetres. Guess we'll just have to wait and see though.
A snow day. When you think of those three words, what do you think of? Probably a city blanketed in snow. Snow up to your waist. Doors frozen solid and the snow's almost at the door handle. Power lines down, roads blocked, school's cancelled. You can't shovel because there's nowhere to put it and your car's stuck in the driveway, buried under the white fluffiness. Mother nature at her worst. It's an official snow day in Toronto but it shouldn't be. People were expecting this freak snowstorm that we never got. They cancelled meetings in advance and even the schools are closed today. Except for UofT, maybe they figured that, like me, the snow's not a huge obstacle for students. There are still cars on the road, not very many though as usual, and I was still able to shovel. Flights were cancelled or severely delayed, but that I understand. From what I saw on the television, it looked as if the sky was so blurry that someone stuck up a very large grey blanket overtop of the sky making it impossible for a pilot to see anything. It's probably cleared up by now. Seriously though, we've had this much snow before and the city didn't complain. Maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure, but from the looks of outside it seems drivable and walkable. The police have cautioned drivers to drive slowly due to the weather conditions but that's not new. The only time I remember having a snow day was about three years ago. First off, it was brutally cold and there literally was a small blizzard outside. When I looked out the window, it didn't look like such a great day to walk to school but I did. I had turned on the television before hoping for a snow day but the weatherman did say that some schools were closed but not mine or any in the area. When I got to school it wasn't until second period that they announced a snow day. The wind was picking up speed and more snow was falling. It angered me though because I had already trekked the way here just to find that my journey had been useless. Still, I was happy it was a snow day. The next day though there was school. Snow days never usually last more than a day I've found, unless they're critically severe like maybe the one I sort of described at the beginning of this post. Of course, if I was in school, I would be ecstatic that schools are closed but I would still chuckle at the fact that Toronto needs to calm down because the city can still function. I hear that there's more snow to come, but by the looks of things it'll probably only be a few more centimetres. Guess we'll just have to wait and see though.
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