Taboo and Touchy subject: Too much ?

There's a lot of people who feel 1st nations were forced down our throats during the opening ceremonies. Too much of it as they say.

Here's how I see it. Its not that there's too much , I would welcome 50% , 75% , 100% of the ceremony to be 1st nations IF they had a show to warrant it. Unfortunately there's not enough depth and variety to it , its the same drum beating and ritual dancing. The equivalent to make my point would be if China did the Dragon dance you see on chinese new year for 2 hours. There's more to the arts and theatrical culture of china , they tell stories. They could've told the story of the salmon catch.. have 100s of kids dressed as salmon run through and fisherman catching them and do the ritual.. all done in a artsy dance thing , have Shania Twain meet in the middle for mainstream and 1st nation pride.. and my crotch's pride. But they didnt , they just danced around with drums beating like usual. There was no story telling.

I saw the drum and dance routine the night before when they welcomed the torch , what the hell was the difference? its the same routine. They dont tell stories which so ironic because the fabric of their culture is the elders passing on their stories to generations. Call me crazy but I would've had a theme of elders passing on their stories in the form of dance , music and art. Rather than look there's hundred of aboriginals dancing wiht feathers and paint and beating a drum. Yay.



There was so much potential to do something special for their culture and take it to the next level.

On another note , why do we need to represent all territories of canada? did Salt Lake City have Hula dancers? did Atlanta have grunge music? did LA have a tribute to highlanders? ... fuck Quebec , fuck the maritimes , fuck the prairies , fuck ontario and fuck the territories. These are BC"s games .. fuck us.

Olympic Opening Ceremony

Ok its finally here... firstly I saw the flame yesterday by Central Park.


So I have been really curious to see what they would do overall in this show. I have to say I was pleasantly suprised how good they made BC Place look. I didnt even recognize it on tv. Looked really good.

RIght off the bat a little mess up , they pan the camera onto the executive box for a spotlight and everybody is scrambling like we just caught them smoking dope and making out or something. Apparently they werent ready caz the chiefs werent there yet.. I dunno , small blunder.

I was bleh with the Oh Canada rendition. I forgot the singers name , didnt recognize her.

First part was the 1st nations portion , they introduced the 4 nations historical cultural significance to the northwest and a bitch slap to our school systems to teach more of 1st nations local history and culture. Good.

Then the countries march in. Very emotional to see Georgia walk in as they lost one of their athletes earlier in the day to a horrific accident on the luge run. Canada marched in last and erupted the place with a big team projected to cotend. So many drop dead gorgeous girls competing .. I was just a pervert seeing these women.

Then back to the entertainment portion with Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams kicking off the second half of the show. Bryan Adams screwed up via Ashley Simpson style and didnt have the mic to his mouth while he was "singing". They sang 'Bang the Drum'..Nelly Furtado looked great , I want to boik that body. She's way sexier with her curvy women body than her skinny little girl body.

Next part was really cool , hologram of Orca whales swam through the stadium. They broke into a dance about nature , trees and wildlife with Sarah Mclachlin sining " just another miracle". She too looks so damn sexy. Gawd she's amazing.

Then a portion of keltic crap.. some tap river dance and fiddling. Ashley whats his name performed. Not my kettle but I enjoyed the show regardless.

Then they went into a story about a girl ' Who has seen the wind' WL Mitchell , I thought maybe it was the story of Emily Carr but it was a Disney like production of a girl floating around and discovering the beauty of wheat and hay. Accompanied by some canned jazz.

They then erected the mountains to George Vancouver with hovering skiers and snow boarders. Generic music playing... they could've used a little Corey Hart imo but thats just me.

A poem by some dude about what defines Canada. Pretty good.

THen boring speeches from Furlong and IOC declaring the games officially open

Then KD Lang rises by her lonesome singing a tune that I dont recognize but it was a sombering song. It goes with the pacing I guess you cant have 2 hours of screaming madness , you need some down spots.

The Olympic flag carried in by Donald Sutherland , Betty Fox , Jaq Villineuve , Anne Murray , Bobby Orr ,... the offical Olympic hym sung by opera singer. Nice tune.

1 minute of silence in honour of Georgian Athlete.

Hayley Wickenheiser takes olympic oath , then french singer sings french song I dont recognize. ANother sombering tune.

Torch arrive Rick Hansen > Catrin aLemay Doan> Steve Nash> Nancy Greene > Wayne Gretzky,, long awkward pause caz technical problems with hydrolic system. SO long they looped the music. Embarrasking.

Gretzky takes torch to the outdoor cauldron afterwards....

Overall it was a good opening ceremony . I cant say it was the best ever nor was I blown out by any portion , the final lighting screw up really hurt , it was a nice idea though. The pacing was a little off , more slow moments than "moving" , not enough crowd pops. Some problems at the end , the rain for the outdoor shots didnt help but considering it was a first indoor show.. it was good.

Feb 3 2010: Guido Quer

Last night when I went to bed at around midnight , a host of ambulances and a firetruck parked outside my place. Immediately I thought of my next door neighbour of 30 off and on years when I lived "home" , Guido whom has been having health issues the past few years. It finally caught up to him as he passed away.

Guido was a retired gentleman in his late 70s , immigrated here from Italy and a canadian citizen of 50 years. He is survived by his wife Pina , his two adult daughters , a son in law and two grand sons , also by his siblings whom Im not familiar with.

He worked for the city , he was part of the road crew I think , I remember he would get his truck crew during icy winters and he would shovel salt for the block. SOmething we all took for granted caz without his pull we would be in line with the rest of the smhmucks but Guido always made sure our block was top priority, Well mainly for his kids and wife but we all benefited from his kindness. Even when we had the two can limit for trash , Guido always made sure that his house and ours got unlimited treatment , again , a perk we take for granted.


Guido always took care of our lawn. Mowing our side and weeding our driveway and garden. Seeing he was an avid gardener he really enjoyed it , it was like having a huge yard for him. It didnt go unnoticed , Guido.

I remember he attended my dad's funeral. I remember looking back and Guido stood out in crowd of chinese people , there he was head bowed showing his respect to his fellow immigrant middle class blue collar father. He didnt have to , he didnt know my dad very well but Guido was always about respect and showing it.

I remember when we lost our power for 3 days , Guido let us plug an extension chord into his house and gave us power for bare necessities like a lamp and radio. Thank god we didnt have the electric stove at the time.. or did we? I dont recall. I recall Guido always willing to lend a hand when called upon.


Guido was a sparkling charismatic man , he was a superb father and husband and good all around guy. He always had friends over drinking his wine and eating their food. A man can be judged by the company they share , he had a lot of good friends that stuck by him. Im sure Guido wished he was a little younger so he could play some sports with his grand kids but he probably had the time of his life watching them regardless. I can only imagine Guido's joy in his grand sons.


Guido was the prototype neighbour that we all dream of , that we all want and we dont appreciate until he's gone. I will miss hearing Guido shuffle through his shed at all times of the day and night, we're talking 6am to midnight. I will miss Guido setting up the sprinklers to wet both our yards. I will miss Guido asking if we need anything. I will miss Guido's homemade wine. I will miss Guido. Guido my friend I will forever miss " how you doing young fella!".

Review: Website WIX

When Geocities was cancelled I felt there was a huge hole in the market for a free , easy to use web builder and web host for casual users and noobs. Then I had just discovered WIX.com almost by fluke , I noticed the link another users webpage , clicked and I am here ... I tested it. Its pretty damn good. I will further test later on my Ubuntu to see if its Linux friendly but why wouldnt it be.

Here's my first sample webpage....
http://www.wix.com/gordy90210/Gordylocke


Wix.com

its free , its WYSIWYG and its full flash!

Pros: Everything. You can embed YOutube , upload pics and music , you can install Paypal if you want a small business web , ...etc Absolutely amazing. The more I screw around with this website the more I fall in love with it.

Superb control panel for web tools , many many toys to play with. It also has more advanced settings if you're an experienced web builder and want to custom set your page. Definitley its noob friendly.

Who would I recommend this for: anybody. Personal web , informational , educational , small business ,..etc I cant say enough.

Cons: Nothing. Its a fair system , you want a full URL and no WIX ad bar ,then pay. The free version is pretty damn good.

You only get 500mb storage space , though considering Geocities offered 15mb per account , this could also be viewed as a "pro". 500mb is great for starters and 1gb bandwidth , which is good for public/private sites with casual traffic.


RATINGS: 9.5/10.. I mean I don't even know why I penalized them .5 for a free web host , website , web builder... its simply amazing and I'm ecstatic this website exist. Its exactly what the market needs , a new "geocities". I guess the one thing is their own ad at the bottom but its bloody free , what do you expect? I wouldn't have found this site if not for that free ad at the bottom of another user. They have typical paid accounts to eliminate the ad and get a personal URL and more space(which isnt as big of a deal as it use to be)

Fuck Jay Leno

This guy is an overrated douche bag. He's not funny anymore , his comedy expired when I got pubes. Also he's a prick. When Johnny Carson left the Tonight Show it was because he was done with it , when Jay Leno left it was because Jay Leno wanted more money as we learn now. He wanted to reinvent the late night talk show and make it prime time again.. WRONG! you're not the guy thats gonna do it you walking mutant.

He's screwing around with so many people's lives all because he wants his spotlight back. Its not like he would've starved at 10PM ,its just he was fading into a mid tier name , he panicked and pulled the shoot less than a year into it. What a coward. Walk away with your dignity but Leno is gonna turn his non fans into haters like me now.. I just wasnt a fan of his before , now I cant stand his fucking face.

I WILL BOYCOTT JAY LENO FOREVER. Fuck Jay Leno.

I didnt watch his Tonight Show to begin with , definitely ignored his 10PM show.. and now? fuck that shit. LETTERMAN HARDCORE. Maybe in a way I should thank Leno caz I was caught in a bind trying to choose between Letterman and Conan..now its 100% easy choice.

YOu are an moron if you watch Leno , you are a supporter of a snivelling rat if you watch Leno , and quite simply you have no taste in comedy if you watch Leno.. he sucks.

Conan makes statement

What did I tell ya.. notice he has nothing nice to say about the giant chin from hell? notice he's trying to be classy but he's pissed off. Notice how many shows this effects , how many staff members .. all for the arrogant chinhole. Thats right , Im calling him a CHINHOLE. Fucking CHINHOLE Leno.

Why the fuck do we censor swear words still?

I am absolutely miffed that we still censor ourselves from using swear words everywhere and everyone. Seriously swear in front of your kids.. who cares. Let me explain first , you cornhole twat then you can disagree with your stick up the ass way of thinking.

Two of the most popular words in an adults vocabulary are "Fuck" and "Shit" yet they are deemed swear words and forbidden to be used in news print , mainstream television , in everyday public forums ,..etc because they are bad thats what we've been told since we were little.

Lets examine the words and why we need to censor them

Fuck. A street slang term that means to have sex with.. for eg. "I wanna fuck her/him" translates into I wanna have sex with you. So whats the big hub bub? I want to have stick my penis in her vagina... I want to FUck her. Same bloody meaning and Saved myself 15 letters of typing to boot.

Its also morphed into a expressive verb for eg. " HOLY FUCK! THATS FUCKING AWESOME!!!" this PG'd down into " HOLY COW! THATS REALLY AWESOME". Its ok to teach kids that if you're bad you will burn in hell for eternity by this real demon known as Lucifer whom watches you like Santa but its wrong to say Fuck in front of these same kids? really? Seriously do we even know what we are censoring ourselves from nowadays?

Fuck has also taken on the "smurf"ism persona and can be used to replace words to express one's current emotional state. For eg. " Get the FUCK out! you dumb fuck!" .. normally one would say " Please exit the room! you dumb person!" .. when you want ot make a point , you exchange the normal words with Fuck and you have a much more succesful way of expressing yourself. So the word Fuck is even more favourable useage.

So whether you use the word FUCK or not , the content is still there and isnt that what should be censored? Its taboo for me to say "She would be a wicked FUCK" in public but " She would be so wicked having intercourse with"... reallY?

Lets carry on, how about the anti christ of vocabulary.. "SHIT". Its poo. There's no sub context to this word , its just another word for poo. Its an unsanctioned street slang term but its used more than the real words of poo , poop , feces , dung , crap , ...etc There's no hidden meaning in these words to censor them from kids.. its not like the word Fuck or Shit have a hidden meaning of "I am a satan loving , murdering rapist..and Im also lazy and envious of rich people". No , they mean what they mean just like the official words in the dictionary.

"Goddamn" I actually understand and respect that being more a "taboo" or "swear word" because you are calling out a religious figure that is very meaningful to somebody and asking God to condemn something/someone. Basically there's a .... wait for it... CONTEXT to that phrase.

Its the context we should be censoring dont you think? just lift the ban on all swear words. If I said " I wanna Fuck the shit out of her " in front of your kids , would you be pissed at me for simply swearing or would you still be pissed at me caz I said " I wanna copulate her feces out of her anus".. right? its the context. Who cares what words we choose , FUck and shit are just words.

I petition to Webster , Oxford , Ponns , Duden ,... to sanction and accept all swear words as official usable words. We use them anyways why not sanction them. Maybe a med student can write their thesis on " Shit or Fucking" and not be scolded for using words that are more used than the actual words.

Jan. 5 to me

Jan. 5 was the day my dad was killed. 16 years ago , A block from home and it still lingers to a certain degree. I've found my peace and closure but cant deny the feelings. I still miss him and dream about him and wish he could see his grand daughters. I get disappointed in me when I forget to tell my nieces about their grand dad , not that there's a lot to tell , he wasnt a secret agent or a super hero or sort. Nonetheless they should know a little about him.

The older I get the more I morph into him. Which means the more I appreciate him in a time when I didnt and thats what still kills me today. He never knew how much I cared about him. It still eats at me that he died alone on a ambulance thinking nobody cares.

Anyways , my dad was a great man. He never hit me , he never abandoned me , he never abused me , he simply tried his best within himself and whom am I to judge who he is.

As my soul slides down to die.
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

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- Eric Clapton , My Father's Eyes