i would have to say that seeing u2 play live aid in 1985 was a defining moment in my life. i remember eating scrambled eggs in the basement of our winnipeg home that saturday morning. it was one of them hot winnipeg summers where cool relief would be found in the basement. i mean, i was a small fan of u2 previously, but that day it all changed. when they played 'bad' and when bono jumped down from that mega high stage to dance with that girl from the crowd and how they extended that song as long as they could, man, it was...i don't know...how to put it into words...just awesome. i don't give a flying toss what others say. you can call them washed up, morons, hypocrites, whatever. they are rock n roll to me. that's all. just thought i'd share that.
posted by glenn bedar at 11:52 PM

fuck this i just lost my last post. and it was long. and i don't feel like typing it out again. i'm gonna stick to pen and paper....

rockin' out:
matthew good band - apparitions
posted by glenn bedar at 10:37 AM

...this weather sure bites...it has been about 5 days straight of nothing but grey...forecast says that it'll be sunny for the rest of the week...what a crock...on my days off it's all grey and miserable and then when i gotta work it'll be all nice and pleasant...

...i think the humidity is getting to everyone...craving for a little sumpin' sumpin' cos i can't have any alcohol...

...i fucking hate it when it feels miserable...whatever it is...it just feels miserable right now....where's the sun?
posted by glenn bedar at 12:56 PM

...i'm bored...and i'm supposed to be at the money mart "summer" party....yeah right. why would go hang out with people i see everyday at work on my day off. bite me...

...anyway, it has been awhile since i last bloggered stuffs...quite a bit happened since then but i was unable to post up (yeah, baller's lingo, i'm down yo...) but yeah, the friday before richard and marsha's wedding was richard's stag. the boys partook in a little sumpin' sumpin' and they were in the zone all night. i, on the other hand was in a completely different zone. i don't know why...but i think it had to do with the fact that i can't have any alcohol while on medication. so anyways, i didn't have as much fun as the others. same goes for the next night. which kinda sucked because i hadn't fully recuped from the night before. and then all the stuff that we had to do during the day for the wedding. i don't know what i'm talking about right now.....but yeah, it was hectic weekend and i think only now i'm close to full recovery. sometimes when i partake in a little sumpin' sumpin', i still feel a little sumpin' sumpin' during the week. that's why i don't partake that often. whatever. but i do enjoy a little sumpin' sumpin', though. good times and happy trails, yo....

...my parents told me that i ate shit when i was a little baby...damn, where'd that come from?

...the last kid dynamite album rules.
...the thai drummettes @ milestones rule.
...the sun shining in vancouver rules.
...the ice cream @ baskin robbins rules.
posted by glenn bedar at 4:46 PM

...tonight's 2nd episode of seinfeld has the quote of the week...."...yeah, i'll have a can of balls..." sheer brilliance, eh?

...earlier today, sheri and i were walking around the mall. we passed this hat store and one hat caught my eye. it was a super cool, raver visor that had the letters C-O-C-K-S scrawled across the front of the cap. i want it so bad! but i don't want a stupid visor. i want one of them crooked hats that lean to one side of your head. wouldn't that look so cool? you know, you be struttin' with that gangsta lean and your jeans sagging and that stick in your mouth. that's hot, man!

...anyway, listening to gorillaz "clint eastwood". pretty dope song. but whatever...sheri went out tonight. this is the first time she has been out-on-the-town without me. it's kinda weird. but yeah, she's with all the girls at the bacholerette(sp?) party for marsha, the one who is getting married on saturday. tomorrow will be the guys' turn to cause ruckus. hell yeah, got some peeps coming in from peg city to help celebrate this union. it'll be a wild weekend. unfortunately, i have to work 10 friggin' hours tomorrow because the midshift person will be working graveyards at the 24 hour store. so that means i gotta cover some of her shift. and it's friday, payday. yay, yippee.....this job makes me sick. they pay us so little but they expect us to do all this extra work. i mean, we have to do all this collection work. for cac's sake, the job i applied for was a teller position, not a collection officer. uhh...if i wanted to be a collection officer, i would've applied at a collection agency, right? screw this job. i can't wait for my year to be up and i'm gonna get the buck out of dodge! oh and i also have to work on sunday, too. i originally had the whole weekend off so i can parrrtaayyy it up but no. stupid peter vance had to pocket $2000 US and get his sorry ass fired. dumb ass! damn pete, you could at least offer me a piece of the pie.

so yeah, i hope sheri is having fun. gerald told me that his sisters are in town for the wedding too. that'll be odd...maybe....i'm not sure, though. i don't know how twinkle will be when i see her again. i don't know how i'm gonna be when i see her again....ho hum...

...song on right now is "soul flower" by pharcyde. i missed them when they played uh back in 94? i think i was skating hickam...my bro said they were dope...oh well, my loss, eh?

...song on right now is "love vigilantes"by new order, who by the way, will be playing here on aug. 2 with billy corgan in the band. wicked, eh?

...okay, i'm just rambling...gotta feed joel and murphy...

DIE MONEY MART. YOU SUCK. I HATE WORKING FOR YOU. YOU SUCK EVEN MORE. GO TO HELL.

...cool, i feel a little better....actually...nope.

...song on right now is "a little respect" by erasure.
posted by glenn bedar at 11:12 PM

wowee zowee! ....listening to the hey mercedes mp3....and it fucking sounds so fucking good. wow... i never knew bob and the boys could top braid, but fucking hey mercedes is the fucking tops of the pops....holy fucking shit...breakdown!!! rock fucking on!!! ELEVEN TO YOUR SEVEN! YIIIPPPPEEEEE!!!

gosh darn...it's such an exciting time right now...prior to the mp3, i listened to the whole saves the day album, which is out tomorrow. sounded pretty good. and then 2 weeks from tomorrow, the jimmy eat world album will be coming out. fucking A! rockin' and a rollin' mofos....

okay, i think i've calmed the fuck down a bit....

so, this past weekend, i went to the clinic because they got my lab results back from thursday...and guess what?...i could not believe it...but my cholesterol count has gone from a whopping 13 to a smile-across-my-face-to-i-may-not-get-a-heart-attack-in-ten-years-to-a-very-beautiful-numero-6! i asked the doctor if the results were correct, and she said, "uhh....yes they are." *sigh of relief*
needless to say, i was very stoked....we had to celebrate...and where else to celebrate other than milestone's. it was a fucking great dinner. and it tasted even better knowing that i can have more time to enjoy these kinds of things.

...well, that's all for now...gotta go do some dishes....

"the future's so bright, yo..."

rockin':
-hey mercedes - eleven to your seven (on fucking repeat fuckers)
posted by glenn bedar at 10:59 PM

...well, the guitar thing didn't quite work out. i did manage to come up with a chord progression that sounded cool when i whistled along to it, so you never know...

wog cd:
- wilco = summerteeth.

got nothing else to say...can't think of anything right now. i want to go drive, but my skills got nothing to pay the bills, yo...no work today, but work tomorrow until friday. what fun...it'll all be opening shifts....and i never get anything done when i open because i'm too tired/lazy.

rest in peace, maggie...xoxo
posted by glenn bedar at 12:11 PM