Bridge run

10k international run today across the Bluewater Bridge (which is actually two side-by-side bridges); starting at the YMCA on the Port Huron (US) side, 4km to the bridge, 2km across, and another 4km on the Canadian side into Canatara Park.

Ran the whole thing (ie, not walking) listening to Aenima, and finished in about 53 minutes. Booya.

I'm all about camping up in here

This summer's great project: big group camping. Looks like we have between 12-21 people interested. Next two steps are, in variable order, to pick a location, and to pick a time. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR EITHER.

Here are the few requests:
* fire allowed
* tea
* more woods than neighbours
* somewhere between ottawa and toronto

So the question I pose to you is: Operating or Non-Operating? Operating campgrounds have fire pits, picnic tables, some staff, and fees. Non-operating campgrounds are simply spots in the wilderness where people are allowed to camp; no fees, but no watertaps, latrines, etc.

Check out Ontarioparks.com (there's even a GoogleMap with clickable sites) for Operating and Non-Operating campsites in (southern, please!) Ontario; though if Non-Operating is your style, we could just pick a place to meet on the Bruce Trail...!

RSVP.

I've made a huge mistake.

"I'm sorry I took so long, but the Cheney expressway was backed up all the way to Halliburton Road."
Arrested Development is the funniest show not on television.

Pinchbeck

Looking up the word "pinchbeck" in a dictionary, you'll be met with the definition, "cheap, artificial, sham, counterfeit or imitation," in honour of the inventor of a copper alloy that resembles gold, Christopher Pinchbeck. Not really at all the same as Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open The Head and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl.


The former is right now on loan to Mr Gunner; the latter, I'm now most of the way through. If the first book (about contemporary and archaic shamanism) wasn't intriguing enough, a central theme to the second one is my birthday, or more specifically my upcoming 31st birthday.

It's honestly and chaotically written, and I sought out Mr Pinchbeck's website (www.breakingopenthehead.com) to tell him so. He responded within the hour, so cheers to that.

On a similar note I think I should start cataloguing my recent dreams / walking meditations. Something worth remembering and pondering some more, in regards to our certain insectlike nature and choosing the time for my impending death.

Sounds kinda morbid like that. All the more reason to flesh it out. More to come.

It seems that for the past few months around this time I've been compelled--and given the opportunity, too--to go for a wander; to walk and to dream. This has been an amazing way to spend afternoons (not-so-oddly near the full moon, it turns out) getting to know parts of the Forest City.
Just tucked behind one of the busiest intersections and near this house is a fieldy area with a little river running through it. Over the past two months it has become quite grown in and is getting to be hard to navigate. I keep a huge, perfect walking stick stashed in a tree and use it to try to find a way to cross the water; there's a bit of an island with a big rock that looks perfect for sitting on; just sitting, maybe thinking.
For whatever reason it's drawing me over. Unsuccessful so far but I'm more than willing to try and try again.

IMMIX 0.1

...any guesses as to theme? ;)

Hum.

It's important that you put on some eerie music, click this link, and move your mouse over the flash/image.

Caduceus @ Merkin Vineyards

Aside from being an intriguing wine (alchemy?) experiment, Maynard from Tool's foray into winemaking in the otherwise untapped mountains of Arizona has I think the sleekest webpage design I've seen.

The journals detail the process of preparing the land, getting & growing the grapes, pressings, bottlings; and the Flash animations and sound effects are subtle and appropriate. I wouldn't be surprised if teammate Adam Jones was the one who scripted the opening animation.

And the symbolism-- T-shaped crosses, black hawks, the hidden references to blood and alchemy --a little more interesting than the myspace/youtube pages I've been inundated with lately.

Immix (you do the math)

No shortage of attempts at starting new projects, but that's okay, I've justified: I'll just keep starting 'em until I finish one. Then probably start a few more. Each new non-success gets me closer to an actual success! Or so I'm deluded.

I imagine it should start with a picture, a drawing, a sketch. From that point, a short story. Being aimed toward a live performance, audience participation (presumably in the form of dancing, if not just listening/watching) end result, I am guessing that the next step will be base (sic) music, then requisitioning the talents of other musicians...? Only conjecture. We'll know when we get there.

And since I hold words to be supremely important, the title is officially the starting point of this project; consider Stage One complete:

IMMIX

Lord Stanley's Cup

So on Monday (June 5th) the Edmonton Oilers will travel to Carolina to challenge the Hurricanes for Lord Stanley's Cup. It will be on CBC and it will be in HD. 7pm.

Edmonton - 21 Canadians - 5 Yanks - 7 Nationals
Goalie: Dwayne Roloson
Carolina - 11 Canadians - 10 Yanks - 7 Nationals
Goalie: Cam Ward

May the team with the best goalie win.