colours and colours and colours and

larissa bought me a crap load of gauche and water colours. super extra wicked amazing! i've never painted with them before. the water/gauche ratio is a delicate procedure. and water colour paper is really really sensitive. i'm using a plate as my palette. these are a couple of simple little painting/drawing type thingy's i did while watching the latest episode of LOST. that show is getting CRAZY. it's been awhile. i heard it was getting kinda weak but not last night's episode. holy WOW. i've been told they're gonna wrap it up soon. anyway. enjoy?








i was SO close to bringing us to the raptors game last night. they were playing the nets which is HUGE because (former raptor) vince carter plays for them. the game was long sold out. i'm goonna try to get tickets for a game this weekend. the toronto edition of hip hop karaoke throws down tonite at the boat. i've been wanting to check this since i got word of it months ago. wish khev and jaz were in town for this one.

a few things ... chapter 2

12 hour school days = poutine + several rye and coke's


a biblical discovery


this new testament ... brought to you by chris(t) harper


the dog is actually crying


(not my) new tattoo


ali$on powr!


TWO live crew

a laser called quest

sometimes kevin has the greatest ideas. his most recent ----> surprise-birthday-party-laser-tag! for feist's birthday he called up her friends and family, piled them into a rented school bus and sent them off to mississauga for a couple of sweaty rounds at LASER QUEST. i had never been before. i will ABSOLUTELY be going back. the laser play ground is a two floor, partially mirrored maze lit only by black lite. all you really see are everyones blinking targets, they're crazy eye whites and teeth. freaky deeky. this shit turned me into a stealthy animal. each 15 minute round felt closer to an hour. i got SO into it. my technique the first round was pretty immediate. i ranked 9 out of 30. pretty sweet, right? but i got SLAUGHTERED in the second round. 17th. boooo ... i wanna make it a monthly trip. after laser tag was a fresh pre ordered sushi dinner. i had sushi for lunch and i ate dinner at like 5 so, i really wasn't hungry for sushi at 8:30 ... but i ate it anyway. i feel like i weigh 500 pounds today. but a laser tag virgin i am NO MORE!

the mountain man/orchestrator:


forever young:


the legend:


the murph:


fiesta farms:


fun zone five million:


spooky rules:


i was malibu:


dude, you hit me like 50 times:


once were jail mates:


roll me over:


double up and skip:


happy birthday fiesty pants:

KRS one ... need's a friend

We can count the dough or kick a flow
or chill out watchin videos
or actin really silly yo but really doe
all that can end...
Whether at the bar with superstars
or cruisin in the trooper car
I really don't care who you are
All I really need is a friend

Verse One: KRS-One
If we can't have trust then you can't hang with us
We respond to those who show respect with respect
We respond we connect on the same deck
same intellect, my man, never shifty, thinks quickly
If you can't understand, we boys we boys
We could stand on the corner with a hat sellin toys
It ain't about your Benz I hope it ain't about mine
my man, I be dissin in my freestyle rhyme
Gettin G's around the world, I can trust you with my girl
my man, we chillin at the jam, what's the plan?
I'm not a yes man and none of my friends are yes men
or women, I'm drivin, I see my peeps yo get in
Where you fit in? True friends are quick to sit
in the beginning of all trouble, and when your bankroll doubles
Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble
Still I got my own space like Hubble

Chorus

Verse Two: KRS-One
Cause don't nobody care about us, all they do is doubt us
Until we blow the spot then they all wanna crowd us
and wanna shout us, but you my man from way back
I just gots to say that, actin large I don't play that
But I can't say that, where I play at isn't fast-paced
A friend can acquire the taste to become two-faced
And that's a disgrace there ain't nothing you can say to us
When the kid you grew up with betrays your trust
When we used to ride the bus we had trust
Now we cash checks and drive Lex, and can't show respect to one of us
Yo the heads I hang with ain't tryin to just get
what they can get, sit quickly backstabbin the click
I roll thick, but only some are friends really
down to the end, my right hand men and women
Mutual support, from the beginning
Been in, exactly what I've been in

Chorus

Verse Three: KRS-One
Back to back we attack corporate America
Gettin fees that amount to G's in every area
You my man I ain't gotta drag you along
You pull your own weight, yeah you definitely got it goin on
I don't see nothin wrong wit a little bumpin car system
thumpin, between the crew we always got sump'un
But if we had nuttin no frontin whatever
We'd still be crew you and me, me for you together
Word, fake people ain't worth a turd
They only want to be your friend because of what they overheard
I send this record to the well respected
Friends that I've collected, I hope I am what you expected
Yeah, so check it, so check it

suddenly several

when it rains it pours. that applies to the several challenges life has offered me in the past few weeks. i'm down. let's balance them scales.

the latest: i got offered a gig to play drums for the toronto duo crystal castles. if i said yes i would be onboard for a u.s. tour for the month of march. beyond that i would consider to be optional. very tempting since kevin drew will no longer be doing any dates in europe that month. the thing is ... i don't know them personally, it's a van tour (butt crack van tours SUCK) , there would be no rehersals and the money isn't that great. the main issue for me is being shoved in a van with a couple of strangers for a month. i am loving this break from tour life. it would be a soldier like move to throw myself in this situation. it would excercise a greater learning experience. but i've already learned and lived through that several years ago. aka "been there done that". if it was a band that i contributed to the inception of it would be far more satisfying. this is not the case. so i'm gonna pass.

instead ... i will contribute to brendan canning's solo effort. i have just found out he's been tracking at a friends home studio for the past few weeks. i'm excited to hear what he's been up to.

i visited ohad's studio recently to do some over dubs and hear how kevin drew's solo record was sounding. it's awesome.

i spoke to my friend brian a couple of days ago and he's been editing the tracks we made together. i have plans to visit him this weekend.

still wating for the bloc party track to arrive in the mail. jaz leaves soon so i'm not sure when we'll do the remix. i guess when he gets back.

i had my first meeting with the publishers house of anasi a couple of days ago. they are all really great people and are excited about the project in the works which involves publishing my artwork. the only mild conflict was deciding whether the book be a hard cover coffee table type book or a thinner paperback. the issue lying in sales and who the demographic would be. i campaign for the hard cover. i feel the topic - a specific tribute to the t.o. music scene - deserves it.

i've decided not to go to nyc for letterman and khev's birthday. reason being ... the next "no more heroes" party that me and mikey apples are throwing. it conflicts with the trip. my old friend dougie boom is on board for n.m.h. ... i've been really enjoying the turntables more than ever. practice makes comfort. i've been hitting the turntables on a daily basis. thanks again jaztastic. i'm considering going the serato route. it's a big money saver but a bitch to set up. perhaps i'll wait for the next version.

larissa is gonna pick me up some gauche colours. she says they're the best to work with. i've been using some fluorescent acrylic's that i picked up recently. they look pretty rad. steve at M-ONE-11 is interested in including me in some projects. i didn't realize they had proper galleries.

i should really visit my folks soon.

jello party

house parties rule. yesterday i got word of a special slice of house party. one that involved wrestling ... JELLO wrestling!

the host/samurai/birthday boy:


fun girls:


some people:


beer:


the wrestling ring:


larissa and dean:


kitchen party:


jewelry:


tweaked specs:


waiting for the battle:

the shitty thing is ... we left at 1:30 before the match even began. larissa heard the jello action wasn't going happen. she was wrong. it did.

next party's

this is such a good crew of people. so stoked.


this is a genuine hip hop jam. it is going to be reeetarded.