Hoto Cleans Up

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Good seats at the game

Darren from Ammonia Stars scores us 4th row to watch Vancouver
dominate the Ducks. At least so far. Lots of scraps ...

Monday, March 08, 2010

Rides to Conquer Mega-sore-ass

Ok, managed 55km on Saturday followed by a 20km on Sunday. I think I can do two 60s back to back now. Thats's the next goal.

Round the horn

55km: round UBC and out to McLeery Golf course and back.

Felt pretty good.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

High winter tides

The first morning in several that I've been able to walk along this stretch of seawall. Water lapping away at the top step.

Noisy on Hamilton

Trying to record a demo video on Tuesday night and this Coke advertising truck pulled up outside our office windows with two drummers whacking away on the back deck. Sat there for twenty minutes.

Figure Gazers on Robson Street

Huge crowd watching CTV monitors showing Patrick Chan skating.

Madness

Granville and Robson... Like New Year's Eve and the Stanley Cup rolled into one.

Vancouver 2010: Saxony Haus in der Rowing Club

Drinking pilsener and watching women's freestyle mogul qualifiers.

Hockey Night on Granville Street

City comes to a standstill after Canada whips Norway 8-0.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

David Lam park waiting for torch

Saturday, February 06, 2010

I know... A martini bar in an alley! People will love it.

No wait, maybe a milk carton storage facility.

No... I got it! A Bottle Depot... Yeah!

What?

The artwork's already done for the martini bar?

Oh.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Dunno what it means

Wore it last night cos I was lonely. It was the right thing to do, Sparx.

Recording drum loops for Mezzy

Protools on the MacBook. Rockspace rehearsal studios.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Uh oh

Mambo King

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Fog boils below the bridge

My first 60km

Ok so I've been topping out at 50k rides in my training for the Ride to Conquer Cancer in June. Mainly because these are taking me two hours and its hard to find the time in my and wifey's busy schedules. I can't get above an average speed of 22km on city streets mainly because of hills that I'm dying on. I'm using a mountain bike with smaller wheels than road bikes and different gearing, but the main impediment is my fitness. I rode ten hours in the last eight days but my progression is slower than I thought.

But yesterday I rode a quick 17km warm up, and today I eked out a 60km including the seemingly endless hill where 4th Avenue becomes Chancellor Boulevard. So its time to get onto the spin program. Riding in the real world is the reality I like, but I need to step it up.

The reality is, however that none of these things really matter because the biggest problem after three hours in the saddle has nothing to do with sore limbs or aching lungs. As every rider before me has discovered, it's the Dinosaur Effect:

The MegaSoreAss.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Stanley Park in the mist

Riding up the hill to the overpass I came out of the fog into the sun...

Buried Burrard Inlet

..the fog hiding much of West Vancouver too.

Foggy day

From Prospect Point in Stanley Park showing the Lion's Gate bridge.

The lookout at Prospect Point was just above the fog line.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Picasso di Spud

Charlie's first piece of art handcrafted for his uncle. My favourite little nephew claims it's a digger (a back-hoe for you canucks).

Clearly one can appreciate the raw beauty and simplicity with which he has swept his hand across the page; the white space; the rugged symmetry.

But as is plain for all to see, he's actually drawn a big cock and balls.

I don't think he's gay yet, but clearly unhealthily obsessed.

(see Superbad for pop cultch reference re: obsession with sketches of male genitalia.)