It's A Celebration!

Ok Folks. Part 1 of the Best of 2007 podcast is up. Its a long one (2 hrs). Part 2 will be up whenever, I'll try to record it as soon as I can. It's got a little bit of everything in this one, so I hope you enjoy and agree that some if not all of these songs are some of the best of 2007. You can of course download this podcast on iTunes by subscribing to the Dirrty Needles as well as listen online on the cast site. Both of course are 100% Free. Enjoy and Happy New Year! Heres the playlist.

Beirut – Cliquot
The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Spoon – Eddies Ragga
The Shins – Sea Legs
Feist – Sea Lion Woman
Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Interpol – The Lighthouse
Punks Jump Up – Dance To Our Disco
Caribou – Sandy
Chromeo – Call Me Up
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Digitalism – Homezone
Justice – Stress
Mr Flash – Disco Dynamite
Sebastien – Greel
Tellier/Mr Oizo/Sebastien – Skatesteak
Armand Van Helden – NYC Beat
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
James Pants – Ka$h (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
CX Kidtronik – Big Girl Skinny Girl
MIA – Bamboo Banga
Noah York City – Keanu Reeves Rolls Out Of NYC
Madlib – Fifth Chant
J Dilla – In The Streets
Talib Kweli – NY Weather Report
Mos Def – Traveling Man
Common – Misunderstood

One Love.

Holidays

So I'm back at camp for a little while. We have a small family group who is enjoying the camp till Saturday morning. I'm not gonna lie, I was quite pissed to have to cut my holidays short to cater to a family, but it's not so bad. I think I'm just being selfish and just need to get over it. I'm gonna be back on holidays as soon as they leave, so its not it's that bad.

Being in Calgary was great. I didn't think I missed Calgary so much until I got home and finally started to relax. I got to do whatever I wanted and it felt nice for a change. I got to see Sammy alot which made me so happy. I love her so much. I got to drink alot, which is something I dont get to do much of at Camp, so that was nice. Plus I got to see alot of my friends which made it so much better. One of my best friends Josh is going to Australia for a Poker tournament which is so sweet, I'm really happy for him.

I did alot of thinking and planning about my future. I got my passport stuff in order, so I'll see where that takes me. But also I now have a place to live once I move back, and I have a guaranteed job (temporary or otherwise) as soon as I get back too. So that is a very good feeling. On Thursday and Friday I helped my old boss at Sunterra in the kitchen getting ready for the Christmas meals that they produce and it was good to be back in comfortable and familiar territory. So thats where I'll likely go back to if West Jet doesn't work out right away, which is not really what I wanted but it's better then being unemployed.

I thought more about going back to school and I figured I may stray a little from Psychology maybe go into Journalism. I dont know why I would choose journalism, but I think it would be a challenging field of expertise and it would open up my creativity and allow me to express my crazy idea's alot more. So who knows we'll see what happens. But my big concern is getting back to the city right now and I'll leave it at that.

I also thought about the kind of person I am and how I'm perceived. I've been known to intimidate people which I dont like about myself, but I hope that is changing. I've noticed lately that I have been alot more happier and that is a good thing. So I'm hoping that this happiness can spill over into making me a more positive person. Cause who likes being negative? It takes to much energy. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'll make it a resolution to become a more positive, happier and laid back person. But I've realized that I cant do it alone, so whoever reads this, please help me out. I would love tips, advice, etc on how to bring out my more calm, laid back, happier self. I'd really love it.

Thats all for now. Thank you to everyone who I have ever met and I hope you had a great Christmas and that your new year in 2008 will be the best year of your life. God Bless and talk to you soon. Peace and One Love!

Pop is Pop Spelt Backwards

Hey guys. I know this is pretty late (4 days actually). But with the busyness of my schedule over the Christmas holiday in Calgary I never had time to. But I'm back at home and back to business when it comes to the Dirrty Needles Podcast. So Episode 6 is finally up (better late than never) and I'm pretty excited about this one. Its an all Pop (or somethings similar to pop) Cast. But dont worry it's none of your pre-fabricated bubblegum bull crap that the BSB's and Britney would spit out. This is more of the power-pop and rock type stuff that is actually authentic and tolerable. Theres some cheesy pop songs from back in the day as well, but mostly it's a happy go lucky hour and 15 minutes that I hope you'll enjoy. You know the drill when it comes to finding it. It's on iTunes and directly on the web on the castsite (click here:). Here's the playlist.

The Avalanches - Hearts In 3/4 Time
Happy End - Kaze Wo Atsumete
Vailhalen - Our House Is Host
Teenagersintokyo - Very Vampyr
Kid Koala - Fender Bender
Lily Allen - LDN
Sebastien Grainger - The Rhythm Method
Low Scores - Black Tape
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
Beck - New Pollution
Cardigans - Carnival
Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome - Zombie Song
The 5678's - I'm Blue
Gary Numan - Cars
Yo La Tango - Sometimes I Dont Get You
April March - Chick Habit
White Stripes - Walking With A Ghost (Tegan and Sara Cover)
KISS - I Was Made For Loving You
VHS Or Beta - Burn It All Down


Episode 7 will be a day early again because I'll be away on Monday, look for it on Sunday on iTunes bright and early.

Enjoy. One Love

Vacation Starts.......Now

Well I'm finally on my Christmas holidays. I'm pretty happy to be going back to Calgary for more than 48 hours this time. Plus I'm just happy for the time off. With my job, time off is a luxury so I take it when I can.

I'm gonna be in Calgary around noon tomorrow and I'm back at Gull Lake sometime on the 26th. I'm excited to just relax and see friends I haven't seen in sooo long. I'm probably gonna get some floor hockey in too at the church. I also plan to see Sammy as many times as I can once she's done exams. I'm also gonna get my passport stuff taken care of so I can finally get it. Which will help in my goal to become a flight attendant.

About that, maybe I'm just being impatient, but I'm really wondering if its gonna work out because I haven't heard back from them, and I've got a sneeky suspicion that I wont. So it's got me thinking about plan B or C or D, so on and so forth. But then I'm also thinking about going back to school, which in talking to Sammy tonight really put the bug in my brain. I've for sometime (since about grade 7) had the notion that Psychology would be a good field for me to be in, cause I've always enjoyed helping people sort out problems and such. My drawback was always either bad grades or not willing to spend so much time in University, so I've just put it on the back burner. But the idea keeps popping up from time to time I was even thinking about randomly yesterday and then strangely enough it came up again today with Sammy. Could God be telling me that this is a direction I should go? If so, where do I go from here? So while I'm in Calgary I need to figure out what it would take for me to go back to school, if that really is what I should do. Who knows, I get allot of crazy ideas that never really amount to anything. But more importantly I need to think about plan B if the Flight Attendant thing doesn't work. I'm thinking maybe Sunterra again, but I would need to make sure I would be making alot more money this time then when I left. Ah I feel like I'm rambling on and on about this.


I need to process things a little more, but I will keep you all posted. Peace and One Love!

Boogie Down

Episode 5 is up. It's a day early because I'll be in Calgary tomorrow (more on that later) and I have no idea whether I'd have enough time to record it, so I just made it easier on myself and did it today. Next weeks will be on Monday again with any luck. Then my friends, it's the big Best of 007 [007] podcast. I'm pretty stoked for that one. But anyway heres the playlist. You know the drill subscribe on iTunes or listen online on the cast-site. PS: Ignore the lady when she tells you its Episode Four, we know which episode it really is!

Busy P – Mix Intro
Daft Punk – Oh Yeah
Voodoo Chili – Look At What You’ve Done To Me (Mustapha 3000 Remix)
Feadz – Split Again
Earth Wind and Fire – September (Titsworth Remix)
Justice – Phantom Part II (Hubert Remix)
Wise Guys – Oo La La
St Germaine – Rose Rouge (Spiller Remix)
Cassius – Toop Toop (Minitel Rose Remix)
Cassius – Rock Number One
Peter Bjorn and John – Lets Call It Off (Girl Talk Remix)
Noah York City – Don’t Stop Till There Be Light (MJ/Justice Mashup)
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Kylie – 2 Hearts (The Twelves Remix)
Armand Van Helden – Conscience
Boys Noize – Feel Good / TV Off
Ursala 1000 – Beat Box Cha Cha
Uffie - Pop The Glock

Peace and One Love!

Old School

Here is the playlist for this weeks podcast. You know the drill.

James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
Rufus Thomas - Itch and Scratch
Parliament - Flash Light
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Its Just Begun
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You
KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Earth Wind and Fire - September
Chemise - She Cant Love You
Gary Wilson - Soul Traveling
Clifford Nyren - Keep Running Away
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Temper - No Favours
Love Club - Hot Summer Nights
St Germaine - Rose Rouge
Maestro Fresh Wes - Conductin' Things
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time

I hope you enjoy it and I'll be posting next weeks podcast on Sunday instead of Monday. The next couple of weeks will be more electro-house sets probably. Then I'll put out a special 'Best of 007' on the [007]th podcast! Later, One Love.

Dry Spell

Hey guys. I didn't post last week as assured last week. I'm not really to sure why, but I guess I'm less creative when its really cold out. So this might just be a weekly thing for a while. I'll try to post more often but it'll be tricky cause I'll be busy for the next few weeks. But here we go for now.

My week last week was pretty uneventful. There were only a couple of things going on so not much to do around here. Thursdays floor hockey game with really good, for me at least. I scored 10 goals. I haven't done that in a long time. I guess I'm getting into better shape.

My weekend however was very good. It started off pretty interesting though. Dan was supposed to pick me up Friday morning at 7:30 to go to Calgary with April and Sarah Jane. So it rolls around and No Dan. I keep waiting....and waiting. Finally around 9:30 he calls me to say that his car is in the shop, his engine overheated (which I immediately found pretty funny considering it was minus 30 outside). So another call around 12:30, Dan asks me if I can drive the rest of the way. I said sure and we were finally on our way.

Friday night we all went to a Tea party at Cheri's. It was really cool. Just a bunch of camp people remembering funny stories and finding out the Bree has a lesbian secret admirer. Saturday I went to a lunch with my Grandma for her Heart Disease Group that she volunteers for. It was ok, but my Grandma was sooooooo happy that I came, so it was worth it I guess. Then had a fun afternoon with everyone on 17th Ave and then at Chris Naish's show. Later on Sammy, Chris, Jen and Myself went to Amsterdam Rhino and danced the night away. Alain showed up too later on which made me happy.

Sunday was a combo of sad, frustrating and scary all in one. Sad in that I had to leave Sammy again, leave Calgary which sucks, and drive in Edmonton. I hate Edmonton's roads. I really despise driving in that city with every ounce of my being. I just wish that Edmonton would explode off the face of the map (once everyone has left it of course). Thats my rant for the week.

I'm back in Calgary next Monday so my next podcast will probably be up on Sunday night since I'm not to sure if I'll be able to record in Calgary, we'll see. This weeks podcast is now up though. I'm really excited about this one. It's all Old School. Lots of 70's Funk, 80's Early Disco/House, with 1 hip-hop track and a Christmas song just for Sammy. I hope you like it. You of course know that you can download it from iTunes in the podcast directories of the iTunes store under: Dirrty Needles. Plus you can listen online on the cast site: Click Here!

Much love and I'll talk to you all soon. One Love.

The Hipity Hop Cuz It Dont Stop

I've now got Episode 3 up now for your listening pleasure. You can download it directly from iTunes. Just search it in the iTunes store under: Dirrty Needles, you subscribe to it. Otherwise you can just listen to it on the cast site: dirrtyneedles.mypodcast.com.

Here is this weeks playlist:

Dizzie Rascal - Fix Up Look Sharp
Wiley - What You Call It
The Streets - Same Old Thing
Talib Kweli (feat. Consequence) - Engine Running
Jay Z - Encore (Grey Album Mix)
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
Self Scientific – Best Part
Damian Marley (feat. Stephan Marley) – All Night
Kardinall Offishall – Maxine
The Isosceles – Got It Good
Mission – Strange Days
Scribe – Not Many
Saukrates – Money Or Love?
Madvillian – Meat Grinder
Jaylib (feat. Frank-N-Dank) – McNasty Filth
J Dilla (feat. Common) – E=Mc2
J Dilla – Love Jones
Raekwon (feat. Busta Rhymes) – Baggage Handlers
Slum Village (Feat Q-Tip) – Hold Tight
Q –Tip (feat Busta Rhymes) – For The Nasty
Leaders Of The New School – Cast Of The P.T.A.
Arabian Prince – Strangelife

Heres a couple of note about some of the songs this week.

1.) The Talib Kweli/Consequence track is from an album Talib did with Madlib call 'Liberation' It was only available for download for a while, but now I think you can buy it online. Try hiphopsite.com.
2.) The Grey Album is a mashup album DJ Dangermouse (1/2 of Gnarls Barkley, 1/2 Dangerdoom) made about a year after Jay Z released the Black Album. He took the vocal tracks from the Black album and placed them over carefully mix instrumental tracks from the White Album by the Beatles. It was pretty groundbreaking and it almost got Danger in alot of trouble but since he never released it for sale, it never made any money off it, so really there was nothing Jay Z could do. After the Grey Album, many other small underground dj's started releasing their versions of the the Grey Album.
3.) The Isosceles and Mission tracks came off of a mix compilation that I got with a drum'nbass/hip hop magazine out of the UK called Knowledge. It featured a bunch of Canadian and British Underground Hip Hop and Drum n Bass MC's and DJ's. Great Stuff.

4.) You may have noticed that there are 5 tracks on this episode produced by the late J Dilla. The fourth being Baggage Handlers. This is off of rescently produced compilation put out by Mick Boogie and Busta Rhymes (a good friend of J Dilla, real name: James Yancey) called 'Dillagence. When I got downloaded this album it was for free, but I guess because of the overwhelming response they have also decided to sell it. Get it from Mick Boogies site. J Dilla died on February 6, 2006: Rest In Peace.
5.) Leaders of the New School was the group the Busta Rhymes was a part of before he started his own very successful solo career. The other members included: Charlie Brown, Dinco D, Cut Monitor Milo. I cheated a little on this one, I did look up the other members on wikipedia.
6.) Arabian Prince was one of the Original Members of N.W.A. He got his start in the Mid 80's as a breaks DJ/MC and was asked to provide some of his talents on the first 2 NWA albums ('NWA and the Posse' and 'Straight Outta Compton'). This song I got off a compilation put out by Stones Throw records as a sequel to the Chrome Children compilation they put out with Adult Swim records. You can buy this both albums from Stone Throw Records site. This label is also the label that houses alot of J Dilla material as well as Madlib, MF Doom, and many others. it was started in LA, 10 years ago by Peanut Butter Wolf.

Enjoy Kids. One Love.

So Long Ago

Sorry, its been a while since my last post. I haven't been doing to much other than working. This past weekend Gull Lake had its first 'Advent Retreat.' Formally known as the 'Down Home Christmas' it was cool to see some old counselors who I had when I was a camper. Funny story. My boss asked me if I could make Mulled Cider. But what I thought he said was Malt Cider. I looked at him kinda funny and said sure, but I'm not to sure how to make it, but I'll look it up on Google. He said it's like Apple Cider on speed. I agreed and kinda chuckled to myself. Needless to say 20 minutes later with a discouraged sound to my voice I said ''Oooooooh you mean Mulled Cider didn't you?''. That would've been a great way to kick start the Advent Season, but oh well.

I surprised Sammy last night by visiting her at work which was great. But on the way back I almost got into a pretty bad accident on Highway 2 lucky though nothing really happened, I just slid into the big ditch in between the directions of traffic and nothing else. Crazy weather.

Tonight I'm pretty excited for the next episode of the Dirrty Needles Podcast. It's gonna be a Hip-Hop show but it'll be alot of not so well known stuff with crazy instrumentals. I'm looking forward to it. Look for it.

This weeks pretty quiet for me so look for alot of blogs.

One Love yall.

Missin Ya

Hey guys, sorry it's been a while since I posted. The weekends around here get crazy busy when we have a retreat, and I cant always find time to right out my thoughts, but I'm here now. I had an interesting weekend let me tell you about it.

Friday was good, we had our first retreat in 3 weeks and they were pretty cool. It was an Islamic School group from Edmonton of about 100 or so students and teachers. Lots of fun to have kids around again. I missed the noise. Plus I had Geoff come and help me this weekend which I really appreciated. As well Andrea Medgett from my church in Calgary came to see Geoff but also ended up helping and subsequently staying the night, so that was rad.

Saturday was sooooo long. But not as long as the teachers from the groups was. I got up at 5:30 am to start my day in the kitchen. They were just going to sleep from the leaders meeting after the kids went to bed at 5:30 am, then they had to be up at 7:30. Crazyness! But yeah everything went well and the kids seemed to enjoy everything which was awesome. The only downpoint came when we discovered one of the Cats (the mom we think) was on the verge of dying. So I stayed up with it all night trying to keep it comfortable, but it was so sad. Then around lunch time on Sunday the poor thing passed away. It was pretty heartbreaking but there wasn't much we could do. At least she died relatively comfortably. But then my weekend ended well with having a phone date with Sammy. So all in all it was a pretty good weekend.

Today was good too. I decided that I'm gonna stay at Gull Lake till the end of February. I was hoping for sooner, but now I have a date which is relieving.

Well thats it for now, tomorrow I'll give you more of a better thought out blogpost, but I'm done for tonight. Dont forget to check out my podcast on Itunes. Later yall, One love.

The Second

Well Episode 2 of the Dirrty Needles podcast is up and ready to go. This weeks theme was remixes.

Now you can download the podcast off of iTunes. I just got it approved on Friday. But also you can always listen on the cast site: www.dirrtyneedles.mypodcast.com. Here is this weeks playlist.

Boys Noize – Let’s Buy Happiness
Kelis – Milkshake
Annie – Heartbeat (Phones Maximo Remix)
Caribou (aka Manitoba) – Dundas Ontario (Remix)
Cassius feat. Ghostface Killah and Mike Skinner – Thrilla (Streets Remix)
Ian Pooley – Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix)
Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Even Know Me/I’ve Been Looking For You
Britney Spears – Toxic (Armand Van Helden Remix)
DJ Million Dollar Snake Babies – My Collerbone (Fujiya & Miyagi VS B.E.P. Mashup)
DJ Tripp – MSTRFRG (MSTRKRFT VS Fergie Mashup)
The Gossip – Listen Up! (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Sebastien Grainger – When U Go Out (Mercurius FM Lovers Remix)
Mr Oizo – Nazis (Justice Remix)
Justice feat. Uffie – The Party (Remix)
Uffie – Ready To Uff!
Tellier, Mr. Ozio, Sebastian - Skatesteak

Thanks so much for listening and if you ever want to request a song just send me and email. Next week I'm gonna play some hip-hop, but not your everyday commercial stuff. I hope you'll like it.

One Love.

Passion

Today I had a good chat with my boss about passion what will get me excited again and how I can best use whats left of my time at Gull Lake effectively. I was very pleased that my needs and desires are not being ignored and we will find a solution very soon. So I have a bit of a renewed spirit. I feel like I can begin the legacy stage. The victory lap. What people will remember of my being at Gull Lake for the past 8 or so months.

I'm very sad that things didn't work out here. This was supposed to be my dream job. But I learned very quickly that I lacked the experience, knowledge and sadly the determination to get it done. This was I feel the right job, but just the wrong time. I feel that it was in the best interest of not only myself but also of the camps that I step aside, because when I started I made a commitment that Gull Lake would have second to none food services. I have not achieved that, and I know that I will not achieve it. It's just a little more than I can handle.

I am very thankful for the opportunity. I discovered that I can make mistakes and learn from them. I learned that I'm very teachable and that I can take criticism. Its pretty exciting, which is a good thing, cause I haven't been excited about something in a long time.

Thats all for now. One Love.

Oh Its On Like Donkey Kong!

Well the very first Dirrty Needles Podcast is up and ready to go.

It's available for free on iTunes - just search Dirrty Needles and subscribe. You can also get it on my podcast site: http://dirrtyneedles.mypodcast.com.

Heres the playlist from this weeks Episode.

Justice - Genesis
Justice - Let There Be Light
Spiller - Groovejet
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
Riot In Belgium - La Musique (Adam Sky Remix)
Patrick Johnson - Rick ???
MSTRKRFT - Bodywork
MSTRKRFT - Neon Knights
Justice - The Party
Justice - DVNO
Justice - Stress
Digitalism - Homezone
Digitalism - Apollo-Gize
Digitalism - Jupiter Approach/Room
Chemise - She Cant Love You
Thony Ritz - So Good
Mr. Flash - Disco Dynamite
Sebastian - Greel


If you want to request a song for next week or give me any feedback just comment or email me. brian-merritt@hotmail.com.

Listen Wisely and One Love!

Stay Tuned!

Tonight will be the premiere episode of the Dirrty Needles Podcast!

The podcast will usually bring you the best in electro-house with a little funk, folk, soul, reggae, dub, hiphop, breaks, R n B, afro-beat, bossa-nova, jazz, 80's dance, disco, garage, 2-step, experimental, and whatever else I really enjoy at the moment thrown in just for shits and giggles. I'll be making new episodes every monday starting tonight. It'll be available for free download on Itunes by tommorow and on my podcast site (dirrtyneedles.mypodcast.com) along with playlists. I will also post the playlist here in this blog. I'm really looking forward to sharing some new music with you. Music is my favourite thing in the entire world.


One Love

Rough Around The Edges

Dane Cook is the man. His new album is pretty good. It's live from MSG in New York. I love his style. He is very descriptive. Even though he is very crude, I can learn alot from him. I know I'm not the most exciting guy in the world, but when you add details to a story and lots of them, your suddenly more interesting.

Today I got to see Bree, Carissa Lynn, and Kristen. It was great to see them. I dont get many visitors due to my close proximity to the middle of freaking nowhere. So hint hint guys, I could use more house guests in the RC!

This is me in my most nerdy state. Dont you love it when you see a movie for the second time when you notice so many different things then you did the first time?

Thats all I got, I'm not very creative today. I'll have more good stuff tomorrow I promise. Night yall. One Love!

Floor Hockey

There is something about playing sports that nothing else on earth can do. That's bring 16 men who have never met each other and make them work together for absolutely no reason at all but for fun. Doesn't that seem strange to you? We live in such an independent "me me me'' society that it boggles my mind that perfect strangers can put there egos aside and work together. So maybe its more then just a bunch of dudes with pieces of wood (or composite fibres now a days) chasing a little ball and hitting it into a mesh enclosure. It's world peace. Thats why soccer won the Noble Peace prize, which if you think about is actually pretty sad. They couldn't find a person being peaceful enough that they had to name an activity. Crazyness.

I'm putting my very sore floor hockey bones into bed. One love.

Kindness

Whenever you feel in the dumps. The best way to get yourself out is by giving yourself without expectation of anything in return.

Sammy drove home last night and I'm relasping on my cold which is bumming me out. But I've been able to give some good advice, cheer some people up, and made a good lunch which all in all made me forget about being sad and sick. It put me in a frame of remembering the good things in life.

Most things in life are temporary, especially feelings. So it is pretty much an exercise in futility to dwell on things that are negative. Even if good feelings are only temporary too, savour them while you can, I cant speak for you, but they've been documented as making me a more pleasant person.

Until tommorow, or the next time. One love.

In the dumps today? Maybe this will help!

I Cant Stop, Wont Stop!

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5ErIsR420xI

Treat Your Mother Right

This is soooooooo freaking funny. Click on the picture for a hilarious video.



Also try this on for size...........!

Bow To Your Sensei!

Well this couldn't wait till tomorrow.

Thanks to great games by Ryan Smyth and Paul Stastny I beat my opponent this week 8-2. (sorry Braden, better luck next time.) So I'm still undefeated. Holla!

The keys to success in fantasy hockey is boosting areas where you are lacking (ie: your +/- rating, GAA, etc) and finding players that will boost those numbers for you. Also keep an eye on healthy scratch reports, meaning the players that get benched for weak performance. Nine times out of Ten if a player gets benched or called out by his coach and or teammates, they will respond next game with a stronger performance. Cause hey, everyones gotta pay the Mortgage and you certainly cant do that sitting on your ass.

Brandon Webber I look forward to handing you your ass this week.

Peace again till tomorrow. One Love!

It's A Future Shock

Brian Is: Excited

Sammy comes in 1 more day.

This is huge, I've been waiting for a long time to get some one on one Sammy time, this is really going to lift my spirits up I think. This is better than my vacation for me.

Brian Is: Feelin Superfly.

Only because I'm listening to Curtis Mayfield.
Did you know?:
- That he played the guitar, bass, saxophone, piano, and drums. All Self-taught!
- Jimi Hendrix opened for Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions in 1962 and Jimi blew up his amp.
- Curtis was paralysed from the neck down in 1990 when a piece of lighting equipment fell on him. He continued to write music despite not being about to play any instruments.
-He was partner in 3 separate record labels (Mayfield, Windy C, and Curtom) in the 70's and was instrumental in starting the careers of Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight and the Pips and of course Jimi Hendrix.

Brian Is: The Fantasy Hockey King

That's right 5-0-1 so far. I cant be stopped.

Brian Is: The Bootleg King

I've become quite good now at finding songs you wont find anywhere else but online. I love it

Here's a few.

1. MITCH feat. Uffie/Feadz
2. MSTRKRFT vs Fergie
3. Sebastien Grainger
4. Annie

These links might die, but just email me if you really want them.

Thanks Yall, I'm Back Tomorrow, One Love.

Shame On The Ninja

Woo. Its time for the world to be inflicted again with my thoughts and ravings.

But first you need to get to know who I am, and what better way then by one of my favourite Facebook guilty pleasures....ah yeah thats right the dreaded survey. This one is the most rescent one that I've filled out so far. I've added some links for some of my answers.

200: Full name: Brian Merritt
199. I was born on: Rocktober 17, 1984
198. I am really: Bored
197. My cell phone company is: Telus
196. My eye color is: Green-Blue
195. My shoe size is: 10
194. My ring size is: Not sure never wore a ring before
193. My height is: 5'8ish
192. I am allergic to: Outdoor stuff
191. I was born in: a ring of fire!!!
190. I live in: Gull Lake
189. The last book I read: 1984 again.
188. My bed is: Ikea
187: One thing you hate about yourself: That I'm not always happy.
179. My favorite Holiday is: Dont really have one so I'll say St Jean de Baptiste.
178. The perfect kiss is: Spontaneous
177. The last three cd's you bought: Beirut, Caribou, Mos Def
176. Last song that made me cry was: There hasn't been a first song to make me cry yet.
175. Are you single or taken?: Gladly Taken!
170. What did you do last night?: Played on the net downloading songs and watched a movie.

::I Do (YES)/Do Not (NO) Believe In:
142. Love at first sight?: No
141. Luck?: No
140. Fate?: No
139. Yourself?: Yes

::Which is Better?::
129. Hugs or Kisses?: Hugs
128. Drunk or High: Drunk, better things happen when I'm drunk.
127. Phone or Online: Online
126. Red heads or Black hair: Tough one I like both
125. Blondes or Brunettes: No preference I like both as well
124. Hot or cold: Hot.
123. Summer or winter: Summer
121. Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
120. Night or Day: Night
119. Oranges or Apples: Apples
118. Curly or Straight hair: I wish I had curly hair, but its not a big deal for me.

::Here's What I Think About::
116. Abortion: Against
115. Backstabbers: Personally I prefer frontstabbers cause then I can anticipate the attack, but if I had my way I would like more foot stabbers, you dont really need you feet.
114. Parents: Miss em

::Last time I::
103. Went out of town: Went to Montreal
102. Had food: This afternoon. Popcorn
101. Saw someone I haven't seen in a while: In Montreal.
100. Cried in front of someone: I dont remember
99. Grew: 15ish

::MISC::
90. Who is the ditziest person you know: Shelley, and she doesn't have Facebook so I cant get in trouble for saying that.
89. Who makes you laugh the most: Alain, Adel, Sammy,Spencer, Chris,etc
87.The last movie I watched: Waiting....again
82. What I don't understand is: Why I keep doing these stupid surveys.
80. The most unsatisfactory answer I've ever received is: 'Cause your an asshole thats why?'
75. Something I will really miss when I leave home is: Chairman Meow and Purr Mixalot!
74. The thing that I'm looking forward to the most: Sammy coming on Monday.
74. The thing that I'm not looking forward to is: Sammy not being here on Wednesday
73. Tomorrow: Sunday
72. Today: Saturday
71. Next Summer: MTL
70. Next Week: Back to work
67. People call me: They do???? I should answer one time.
66. Do you have any regrets?: Not really
65. What are you afraid of?: Clowns and Birds. long story
64. Who do you miss?: Sammy, All of my friends in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, elsewhere, My Mom, My Grandma, everyone basically.
63. Are you truly happy? I'm getting there.
62. The person who knows the most about me is: Grandma
60. The most difficult thing to do is: Forget something bad.
59. I have gotten a speeding ticket: Yes more than one in fact.
56. My zodiac sign is: Libra I think.
55. The first person I talked to today was: Shaun briefly.
54. First time you had a crush: Grade 5 Ewa
53. The one person who you can't hide things from: Grandma
52. Last time someone said something that you were thinking?: No idea
51. Right now I am talking to: No one at the moment.
50. What is your dream job ?: Musician better yet a Rockstar!
49. First job ?: Drug store cashier.
48. I have/will get a job at? Gull Lake
47. I have these pets: Chairman Meow and Purr MixAlot!
46. I hope: I can move to Calgary sooner rather than later.
45. The worst sound in the world: Police sirens.
44. The person that makes me cry the most is: no one.
35. Florida or Hawaii: Hawaii
33. My favorite item of clothing is: Hoodie
32. My favorite sport is: Hockey or Soccer.
30. My friends are: Awesome
29. My computer is: Alright I guess.
28. The school I go to is: Non existant.
27. Last person I got mad at: I dont remember.
22. The all-time best movie is: Way to many.
21. The all-time best thing in the world is: Music
18. The most annoying person you know is: Eric but I love ya anyway.
17. I lose all respect for people who: Are stupid, ignorant
16. The movies I have cried at are: N/A
15. Closest friends’ name: Alain, Sammy, Chris, Spencer, April, Jeff, Shelly, Katrina, Scott, Ken and Dori, etc
13. Favorite web site: Facebook, Hype Machine, Yahoo
12. I want to be: Happy
11. The worst pain I was ever in was?: When I hurt my back in 99.
10. My favorite word is: Awesome
9. My room is: Tidy
8. My favorite celebrity is: Dane Cook.
5. My weakness is: Candy
4. What I like about the opposite sex: They are better looking than me.
3. Who broke your heart: Lots of people.
2. One thing that makes you feel great is: Being with my friends.
1. You filled out 200 questions because: I was bored.


You've had enough? I'll be back tommorow suckas. With some music perhaps.