Neon Bible follower

The Arcade Fire at Massey Hall last night put on such an incredible show, I can't even describe it. Mind-blowing? Spine-tingling? Life-changing? Just fucking amazing.

It was an equal mix of songs off Neon Bible and Funeral, and every single song was fused with fire-starting energy and feverish conviction. The ultimate moment occurred at the end of their main set when they transitioned from Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) into Rebellion (Lies). Every single person in the room was on their feet, clapping their hands high in the air, moving along with the music as Win Butler got off the stage and walked down the aisle into the crowd. It was one of those Moments that makes you remember why you love music. I got goosebumps.

And at that very moment, when all eyes were on Win standing on the seat, all hands were clapping in sync, all voices were shout-singing, "Every time you close your eyes... Lies! Lies!", I knew that if Arcade Fire decided to start a new religion, every single crowd member would follow without question. It was completely frenzied, dizzying, heart-stopping.

Let It Snow!

It looks like I wasn't able to keep my one new year's resolution. But I would argue that February has only 28 days, so really, March 1st can still be considered part of February, especially if we were in a leap year. Plus it's snowing outside as if it were still February or even January. I'm going to let this slide if you will. You will? Thanks =)

I have nothing exciting to write about. OH. Except: WHAT THE HELL DID I GET MYSELF INTO???????? This is another example of my passive aggressive behaviour. It's not like I didn't think long and hard about getting involved again. I did. But I guess I wasn't prepared for the issues that arose, which I should have anticipated considering I am getting involved after the somewhat hasty and ungracious departure of another person. But I needed a major project and this unexpectedly came calling, so I am grateful. But the mess! The stress! I will hopefully have things under control by the end of the month.

You know what really bothers me? Extremely long recordings in voicemail messaging systems. You know, where the person you're calling leaves their own personal greeting asking the caller to leave a message, then the automated message with the woman speaking asks the caller to leave a message, then finally the beep. People, there is a way to turn that damn woman's voice off! I don't want to listen to the woman telling me to leave a message after the tone after you just told me to do so. As if waiting 5 or 6 rings for you to not pick up isn't long enough, I then reach the voicemail, and have to wait another 30 seconds before I can actually leave a message! To turn it off on Rogers Wireless, enter your voicemail, then: Press 4 (Personal Options) --> Press 2 (Administrative Options) --> Press 3 (Record Prompt) --> Press 2 (turn it off!). Or go here and click on the link to the voicemail feature map. I am not sure how to do it for Bell and Telus - their websites didn't have the voicemail feature map and I use Rogers so I only know how to use its features.

Happy New Year!

2007 is off to a great start: The O.C. has been cancelled! The demise of that show is a lesson Hollywood must learn and that most of us in the real world have learned, ironically, in our adolescent years watching teen flicks: if you try too hard to be cool, you will fail.

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I know it's been a record eight-months since I last blogged. Sorry! Life gets in the way. So here is my ONE new year's resolution:

1) Blog more often, at least once a month.

And now that I've posted this, I must congraulate myself for achieving my resolution for now, so soon in the new year! Wow, at this rate, I may be able to go way beyond my expectations. See you next month. Or maybe sooner...??

ahhh bibliotheque!

Thanks to Wendy for finding the link to that commercial I talked about in the previous post. Stupid me, the reason I couldn't find it was because I thought it was a Dominion commercial when in fact it was an A & P commercial. Anyways, here it is. LOL.

http://v2.vidman.ca/video/aaah_bibliotheque.html

ou est la salle de bain?

The funniest commercial on TV now is a Dominion Supermarket ad. Do you guys know the one? There is a guy walking around the bakery speaking very bad French with English subtitles... only the French he's speaking is not about how fresh their bread is (which is what the English subtitles suggest). The guy is just saying random French words & phrases, the only ones he remembers from elementary school... in a horrible accent no less! It's HILARIOUS! I've been trying to find the commercial online but I can't!! Next time you watch tv, pay attention for this commercial. I laugh out loud every time I see it.