I wanna learn how to dance, dance away from fat stinky men.

Brian's Record Option is the SHIZZNAT!

The greatest place in Kingston is Brian's Record Option, hands down. The place is filled with 80,000 records, literally. Walking in there is overwhelming with all of the stuff piled everywhere and the smell of a grandma's attic but some where in there you will find one of the cutest old man ever. Brian. He is possibly one of the greatest people ever to talk to, he's just so ridiculous. The guy has a phenomenal memory and among 80,000 records, hundreds of CD's, music books, posters and who knows what else he can find anything you ask for without any hesitation. He knows exactly where everything in that store is and it's pretty cheap there too. Records are $8.oo and are all in pretty good condition, maybe a bent or scuffed cover but the records are pretty good. If you are in the area go visit him! His shop is on Princess St. basically right across from the A&P....and buy something damn it, you'll be surprised what you'll find.

---and now for a ridiculous but funny photo of Brant.

---He can also be hot when he wants to be too.

Tonight after our venture to Kingston, where I shot my celebrity portrait [which is horrible] were the POTY awards at the school. They were awards for the first year Photo J's Picture Of The Year awards. It was short and well..Okay. But it was the first year for them and I applaud the fact that they organized it. I wish we had of had one. I got all dressed up for an hour to only come home to do home work cause I'm lame. Must get everything finished before my intern which I'm getting hella excited, but nervous for. It begins in a week. eeek!

On another note: 600lb men who smell like rotting flesh with 4inches of plaque on their teeth need to stop fucking talking to me when I'm out and about. Call me when you lose 400lbs and get that rotting flesh disease cleared up. Oh and brush your motherfucking teeth. On second thoughts don't even bother. Die.

You can't get shot in the back....if you don't run.

Matthew Good in Montreal...

Matthew Good in Montreal was OUTSTANDING! This being my third time seeing Matt in concert, you can't really compare a acoustic show to a full blown rock concert. Although I will say that I loved it. Maybe even more so then the full band show with all of the bells and whistles, but just slightly. Seeing your favourite musician is exciting of course but driving four hours with your friends to see them makes it really that much more special.

And the story begins---
Everyone who knows me knows how much I love shows and love Matthew Good's music knows how upset I was when the Kingston show was "postponed" on the second of this month and how I was even more so upset when it was officially cancelled on Friday.
Upon talking to Krista in Friday and declaring our disappointment to one another I left the conversation weeping and listening to the "Rooms" CD, bonus to MG's "In a Coma" disc, then returning to my computer some time later to a message from Krista saying that her, rob and her boyfriend Emory were heading to Montreal to see MG. And seriously how could I not go, really. After talking to Brant we swindled a ride from our friend Brent who was up for the trip, I bought his ticket and paid for some gas as payment to drive my ass up there.

[then comes monday.]
I was oozing with excitement and couldn't wait to go, we left Kingston around 3ish and an hour later text'd Krista to see where they were/if they were in Montreal yet, seeing that they were leaving long before us.
"The car brokedown"
shit. Luckily we were 10mins away from where they had brokedown and we happened to pull of of the same exit and saw them in a drive way of a big white house.
We saved the day really, well for Krista and Rob. Emory sadly had to escort the car back to Athens on a giant flatbed tow truck.

[three hours later]

We arrive in Montreal. A busy city with screaming truck drivers, transports full of nasty-ass chickens, twisty roads and Rabbis.

[we find the place, stand in line, wait till the show begins. Blah, blah, blah.]

Melissa McClelland. What could possibly be said about her to really explain how good she was, seriously. She was amazing live and blew me away.

And CLEARLY Matt was amazing!
A Solo Acoustic show really shed a different kind of light on all of my favourite songs.

My favourite played being, Fated, Tripoli, Prime Time Deliverance and It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your man. Here's the whole set list. Amazing. [MG photo's are by Krista, cause we weren't allowed to take "professional" cameras into the venue. It was kind of nice to see a show that wasn't through a lense.] <3>

The end of the night was pretty awesome, meeting Matt and Raymi were two highlights of the night for sure.
God, i loved that night, i loved the show, i loved meeting new people, and of course loving being with my friends and lover.

....And here's a picture that Brant took of me while we were waiting to meet Matt. i love it.

FIN.

Look happy, it's the end of the world.

i m i s s m y g i r l s + joe.

Seriously.

I don't think i've been as down this year as I am down now. I mean I'm in an okay mood but for some reason I see that going downhill hard. It's only been less than a week here since everyone has gone back to their hometowns or off on internships and it saddens me, a lot. But relly how could I not see this coming? I did. I dreaded it and tried to keep my mind off of it completley. Having 5 days to dwell on the fact that this is it, it's where it's at. everyone's gone and will never return to belleville if they are lucky. This town draws life out of people, and even more so when your support group, your whole reason for putting up with this godforsaken town are all gone moving on to bigger and better things while I'm stuck here feeling lifeless and having no purpose. Bah. As retarded as it sounds I think listen to MG and watching americas next top model really made it sink in. I'm a loser. In the meantime hopefully the Matt Good show is rescheduled, maybe thats part of the reason why I'm sad. Boourns.
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