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FAME...

....i'm gonna live foreeeever.

SAG 2006 - George, Ang & Me.

i'm not sure how long this link'll last, so view it real-quick-like!

Finally!!

50"s of pure love. I can't wait. Now all we need is some surround sound....and a slanket.

The Slanket

Okay, so I've been feeling a little under the weather today and found this AMAZING product (never mind the guy in it). It's a giant blanket with SLEEVES!!! Can you just imagine? Feeling all sick and tired and just crawling into one of these...jer make me some chicken soup, STAT.

The Vote - Part I

BEHOLD - the next PM of Canada!
Party Seats % of vote
CON 124 36.25%
LIB 103 30.22%
BQ 51 10.48%
NDP 29 17.49%
IND 1 .52%
OTH 0 5.05

On January 23rd 2006, for the first time in about 70 years, Canadians elected a conservative (not to be confussed with a PC) as Prime Minister. Most of you reading this dont give a damn. But for those isolated few that do here is my political insight.

Ask a conservative and they would say its about time. Ask a liberal and they will say watch the conservatives fail. Ask a new democrat and they will say shit we lost again! Ask the BQ and they will say, eff it, we'll be gone soon anyways.

All jokes aside, what has happend to my country is nothing short of a refreshment. A conservative minority government is just what this country needs. For 12 years liberals have made promises they couldnt keep, they have started programs that couldnt stabilize, and they have stolen money from Canadians. Today is the end.

Those who voted liberal were no doubt worried about a Conservative agenda being the end of their Canada. Allow me to put those worries aside by giving a lesson in what has happend over the past few years while Liberal Paul Martin has been at the helm. Paul Martin, in his practice was a fiscal conservative and a social democrat. He was this for two reasons. One, he couldnt afford to piss away money on silly programs because the conservative loyal opposition would tear him a new one, Two, he had to somehow please the NDP enough to have an ally and subsiquent majority vote in the house.

It wont be a shock then when we witness the same sort of consept with Stephen Harper's Conservatives. For the first year, we will see some changes - we will see a reduction in the GST, we will see strengthening of policy rules, a foreign policy (our first ever), Continued attention and reform to previous liberal agenda items. One thing we wont see however is SOCIAL CONSERVATISM! A Conservative minority government does not have the resources to power through a womans right to choose, gay rights, or any other KEY social issues. The truth is: they dont want to! This is what will make a Conservative government refreshing. They have the power only to make things run smoother, with more transparency, and cheaper.

The conservative government will have to have a "conservative" agenda to stay alive. They cannot afford to destroy Canada because they will destroy their election chances for another 12 years...

Felice Varini

This is kinda cool....

House projects

Seems like we've been working on the house since we moved in, which can get pretty boring for other people, its like people talking about their kids or pets incessantly. Anyway, if you want to see what we got goin on, we've started a blog about the progress on the house. The most painful installment happened this weekend when we got in over our heads stripping wallpaper. Wallpaper from the 60's sucks.

http://thepshouse.blogspot.com/

Another Day At the Studio

This is what the guys did now... click the pic

shrug.

so...

i've been thinking....i know this is late and we're already two weeks into 2006, but i thought i'd also throw down a few "resolutions". this year i'd like to go a bit against the grain, i don't want to set the bar so high, as to just get depressed when i eventually don't obtain my rockstar body, become mrs. tom brady or vault to a CEO position.

#1. "i will get uber fit." nah, it's just not gonna happen. in fact, the first three nights of 2006, i had mexican food for dinner, and taco bell...twice. that's right, i didn't even TRY to eat healthy. and it tasted SO good.

#2. kudos to my friend Mina. she and her roommates actually made a resolution/bet on "who will gain the most weight in 2006." to dedicate themselves to this awe-inspiring goal, they then plowed into a double family sized batch of baked ziti. between the three of them, they finished it that night. haha, so crazy....but i have to admit i was jealous. mmm garlic bread.

#3. i actually QUIT my gym membership last week. yep. it made sense when i was on my "extended vacation" this summer, all i had to do was hit the gym in the afternoon...but now, work is just getting in the way of my rock solid ab routine. seeeee ya gymbo. i'll put that grand to better use this year.

#4. based on the above, i haven't figured out how i'm going to accomplish this one... i DO need to shed some lb's, b/c i want to cut my hair short this summer. (not like mia farrow pixie short, but atleast to my jawline). unfortunately, my oval face becomes a big fat basketball with short hair... unlike some fancy celebs, ie Sienna Miller...bitch chopped off all her long blond locks and looks great. i attribute this to the fact that she's a sack of bones. i'm thinking this resolution will require the lindsay lohan coke and bulimia diet. ugh. puking = too much commitment.

#5. i will be more organized this year. i've already thrown out half the crap in my apt....now i just need to go through the other half.

#6. i will seek the wise advice of a financial planner. i have some serious investing to take care of before i turn 30.

#7. based on #6, i will pay off my surplus of credit card debt. that will make me happy.

#8. start dating tom brady.

it could happen, no?

Since Piper is too cool to post

I will post this for him.. someone painted the sculpt from Star Wars Republic Commando (the game we worked on)... it is sick... click the pictures for more details

The New Years Club

Like many, one of my new years resoultions was to get fit. Unlike many, this required a continuation of my current program rather than an entirely new one. In other words, i was already going to the gym before new years, the resoultion was merely a renewal for me. What im writing about are those people who belong to the famed new years club. An organization of those who proposed a drastic change.

The new years club, as i know it is an annual influx of new members to a gym around new years - usualy the closest monday afterwards (people never commit till monday, or friday). Its usualy middle aged moms, dads, kids and the like, all sorts of people trying to do something. Whats differant about this sort of people is that they have no direction, they've done little research, and just get in people's way. Maybe thats a bit harsh, for the first few days they are motivated to learn but after that is where the majority of my rant stems from.

People who belong to the new years club have NO concept of cardio and its importance. 10 min doesnts cut it on a bike... Knor does doing an hour at level 1-4 unless your 85. There was this guy beside me that clearly copied my level and time, he was buzzing along at 100 RPM for 10 mins untill the intervals hit (lv12) and BAM he wimped out and went down to 50RPM on the interval over and over... it was nonsence really... Just go watch TV or someting and eat potato chips, youll likely burn more calories chewing. (to point out that im not a hippocrite i do 45mins at lv12 with intervals 1min hard 1 min easy)

People who are in the new years club have no concept of weight to rep ratios. You dont lift 100000 lbs 1 time... you dont lift 5lbs 10000 times... GOD, sorry, i hate watching 14 year olds shake to the BONE trying to lift a gazillion lbs to impress their friends.

When it comes down to it, they dont want to be there. Because if they did they would push... No pain no gain is a real thing. Theyll go for 2 or three weeks, figure out all they've done was waist their time cause they were lazy, and simply give up. So to all you new years club folkes out there, quit while your ahead.

Justin

(not to say any of you are in the nyc :oP )

Talk about a birthday present

Marks got posted today:

Poli2p80 (for those of you that dont know i totaly FLUNKED the midterm with a 38, argued it up to a 50 later...)

Midterm: 50
Project: 89
Exam: 88
Seminar: 88
Final: 80 = A WOOOOOOOT

The other marks were all B's which is cool too, but I WAS TRIUMPHANT! in this SOB class!

Justin's birthday!

Happy birthday brother... He is twenty. Wow.

Sing to him... or send him a candy gram at "justin at talbotsite dot com"

j

Monday... good mood?

For some reason I drove to work in a great mood today. I don't know why.

I was listening to old music and it was just maybe making me nostalgic. Like thinking about walking around in Baltimore, or Toronto, or Texas or Los Angeles and remembering all sorts of things...

-Running around like fools on the golf course in texas
-Walking Down charles street with Becky or Matt or Mark in baltimore, looking for music.
-Having a Tim Hortons coffee on my way to Alias in Toronto, missing becky and loving the city.
-Surfing with Mark and Danny at Ventura county line down in L.A.
-Drinking too much beer at Zeitgeist and eating burritos in a haze with brett and loren and becky and everyone else.
-Matt living with us while he got on his feet in San Rafael
-Brunch anywhere
-Rocco and his dog max.
-Snowboarding anywhere.

Ah, good times

Mantastic 2006

I wish I could grow good facial hair. Tippett studio facial hair contest.

Ahhh...sweet nerd'ness

I'd like you to meet Carneatahs (carnitas was taken) and Barbacoa. Two of the hottest babes in WoW.

Aweeeeesome.

A&E

Thursday @ 10est on A&E

DALLAS SWAT - Not only did i EFFIN live there but im gonna be a cop too so you can see where the interest sparks...

I assume it will be like dog the bounty hunter but with better haircuts and bullets....

S*^$ yea cuz

http://www.aetv.com/dallas_swat/

Resolve to...

1 Get back to the buff cut man I once was
2 more fruit and salads, less cheese and bread.
3 more juice and veggies, less beer and wine. (after Panama trip Jan 9th)
4 Spend less time with the kids and more time on the computer
5 talk to my doctor about dyslexia (lysdexia??? I can't remember which)
6 get off the crack pipe
7 Disprove String Theory as the primary model for the universe.
8 copyright my gene string (Adrian Brodie stole my nose)
9 Write Stephen Hawking, tell him I have discoverd what the "weak force" is and put no return address on my letter.
10 Open a dollar store in India.
11 Try shaving my genitals (after completing number one on the list, or else I would just look like a fat 10 year old) .sorry, thats over the good taste line..
12 Quit my analysis and blog more often instead.
13 Paraglide in St Catherines
14 Hug a Muslim..(If it's allowed.)
15 learn how to spelle

Resolve this

My trip home to maryland pretty much blew. Our flight home got all screwed up because of all the holiday hoopla... thanks america west, i love you. Then I got the flu which laid me out flat for the rest of the trip. Pretty uneventful.

Things I'd like to do in 2006:

- practice guitar
- more gym
- eat healthier
- save more
- spend more on fun activities
- somehow make my job seem more rewarding
- go snowboarding, a lot
- explore california
- spend more time with friends
- use my holga

All for now, happy new year to everyone!

NY Res'

1. loose the ass
2. add some style
3. Flu shot
4. eat well
5. buy more scented candles
6. be zen like
7. ride alongs with both OPP and EMS
8. layer clothing more
9. organize better
10. Treat PC better

*11. Post to Talblog more...

2006

Monthly update for me as per Jeremie's earlier plea.

Where I've been and what I've been doing :

1. Xmas in Florida -

I recently got back from Florida where I spend Christmas with my family. Interesting trip which has too much to talk about and I'm too lazy to write it all. My mom wanted to have Christmas in Florida because since my grandma passed away last Feb. this would be the first Christmas my aunt would be alone for Xmas....so we headed to Florida to my aunts place to have Christmas with her. It was a good time, spent a lot of it drinking and watching movies and eating real bad but oh so good food. I really need to hit the gym (for health reasons...heheh).

2. Saw lots of movies (as stated above) Some key points -movies in the theatre...Narnia - not so good. King Kong - pretty damn good.

3. Worked a bit while everyone was on vaction, lots of productivity went on which was good. I'm looking forward to going back to work actually.

4. Played a bunch of World of Warcraft. Which was awesome. Now that Jeremie has it I'm even more excited to play. I love you Justin. You should get the game too and roll with us. We could be like some bad ass WoW crew or something. It's fun.

5. Did some work around my apt. It's almost all setup. This year I'll finish it up with a nice new TV and stereo system alone with some artwork and framed posters for the walls. Only have 1 box left to unpack and it wont' take long...but you know me...i'm lazy so who knows when that'll get done.

6. Chilled....did that as much as possible and it's been really nice. hahah...

7.

Went through a bunch of animation notes and prep'd for classes. I'm starting this winter semester to teach at an online animation school called Animation Mentor. I'm really excited for that. Hopefully I can pass on some good foundations/building block information and critiques for upcoming animators and already industry professionals. I'm sure I'll learn a lot too so I'm eager yet nervous about all that. Wish me luck.

That's about all i've been up to. How about what I hope to do for 2006.

1. Play my guitar more. (It's been neglected since my move)
2. Learn a whole bunch more about animation and not slack so much on it.
3. Get me a plasma TV or something cool like that for watching awesome movies at home.
4. Setup and go to a doctor about my bum shoulder, and while I'm at it hit up a dentist and optometrist while I'm doing the routine checkups.
5. Go snowboarding as much as I can this season.
6. Do some paintings/draw more
7. Make me some custom vinyl toys. 2 at least
8. Give my car so more love. It's been neglected for way too long.
9. Learn how to rip clips from DVD's so I can store them as reference footage. I would love to be able to do this but so far can't figure it out for the life of me.
9.5 Figure out what I'm going to do with my motorcycle. Sell it and get a newer one, or just sell it.
10. and lastly make a point to hang out and do fun stuff with friends more often.

*Phew* kay, I'm sure that list could go on and on but for now I'm spent. Happy New Year yalls.