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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Patrick on 06 Jul 2009, 10:05
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I am going to be employed in 10 days. With some of the money from said employment, I am setting 3 very, very important financial goals for myself.
Goal 1: get myself some transportation (currently looking at a Honda Rebel motorcycle)
Goal 2: get myself a new acoustic guitar, plus a gig bag
Goal 3: get myself enough money saved so's I can take a week or two off work and go visit Canada (on said motorbike) and the forumites within, all the while paying rent!
The earliest I could do this would probably be spring, but I'll have a better time estimate as things carry on. Let me know if any of you Canuckistani forumites would mind putting me on their couch for a maximum of 2 nights! I can only offer a reasonably large bottle of b00z in return (yay, Canada's drinking age!) and reciprocation if you ever visit me anywhere in the future.
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I have an 8ft long couch and a love seat in one of the most lovely Canadian cities(Great people, great art scene, GREAT music scene). you are 100% welcome Patrick.
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I've already said it, but you're welcome in my home! I live in modern comfort with all the newfangled amenities like running water and indoor plumbing. Plus, only a stone's throw from the thriving metropolis that is Toronto!
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I should probably also add that I will bring a sleeping bag (good news for people who do not want to clean their couches more than necessary!), and I do not mind sleeping on floors.
(also, thank you both very very much!)
(also also, I probably shouldn't be drinking right now, but I wanted to do this even when I was sober so yeah)
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Yaayayayaya let's do this @#$%errrrrrs
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unfortunately i am living with my parents for the next 12 months or so, so i can't offer accommodation of any sort. i can offer hangouts though! i promise i'm a pretty decent person.
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Fargo is pretty close to Canada. You could swing down here if you want!
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Where in Canada are you planning on going? It's a big place even if you don't count the Yukon. I used to share a property line with Canada when I lived in International Falls, MN. You didn't need a passport or anything silly like that back then.
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Well, I mean, I am planning on saving up plenty of Buxx beforehand (I am pretty certain American check cards will work on Canuckistani ATMs and card-swipe machines!) just so that if I really need to stop somewhere cheap overnight I can afford to. That and I'd like to treat my hosts to feeding-time at some point, and buy gas, and all that stuff.
I might bring a tent along with me though just in case I decide I am too exhausted to do anything.
(Tania I was never worried that you would not be a decent person!)
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You can't come live with me. Just because.
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Come to Vancouver, it's better here.
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Patrick you KNOW I can hook you up. I hope you like futons with crayon blankets and sleeping near a drum kit - as long as it's not during May you've got a space.
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Also I have no idea how far you plan to go but you might want to take a little longer than two weeks off - Canada's a really big country.
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We're bigger than Malaysia, almost as big as Asia, we're bigger than Australia and it's a continent!...
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if you end up dipping down south of Vancouver into Washington state, you can stay with me. i'm just below the border.
Canada's outside my jurisdiction though.
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Not sure where I'm going to be then, but your more then welcome to crash here or hangouts or whatever.
I know I don't post often here, but I'm a decent person. hehe
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Patrick you KNOW I can hook you up. I hope you like futons with crayon blankets and sleeping near a drum kit - as long as it's not during May you've got a space.
Oh shit I love crayon-print blankets, I never had one as a kid. I am serious, I would sleep under that and I would sleep like damn Ray Smuckles under direct sunlight, that is how I would sleep.
Also idk if I could take a month off work (that would be ideal), but maybe I could, my landlords are pretty a-ok about rent so long as I catch up. Since they are my bosses at work too I would probably be fine. They take rent out my pay anyway.
Melodic I will probably dip by Vancouver! B.C. is like inches from where I will be in Alaska (about 150miles south of Juneau) so yeah I'd be down with that. Probably my first stopping point. I might have to swing back through on the way back home, too :D
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if you end up dipping down south of Vancouver into Washington state, you can stay with me. i'm just below the border.
Canada's outside my jurisdiction though.
Yeah I'd be game for that. Got family there I wanna see (grandpa and a bitchin' rad first cousin), they are in Seattle or thereabouts.
Also holy balls guys, thanks for all the responses and all of that! I was only beginning some plans but now I'm gonna start getting real serious.
(also Johnny C do you think I could do an acoustic opener for your band? I am hoping to have myself a new Taylor by time this happens, which I will secure to the back seat with rope, bungee cords, and a modified gig bag with loops to keep it all secure. If not I would love to jam and maybe write jams with you, you are actually one of my biggest writing influences right now)
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I have talked to you about the situation, Patrick. Perhaps!
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Depending on the time of year you do this, I will be in Vancouver or Montreal. Either way, I'm sure I could lend you some couch space or something.
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Also, Patrick, don't make this into some sort of Easy Rider scene.
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dear patchy,
i don't have a place that you can crash at in canada, but are we still up for this sunday? reply to me somewhere that's not here, since i don't check here often anymore.
<3, yelley
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And if you end up in Montreal (ie, crashing at Joseph's), send a message and I can meet up with you guys (I've never met any of you guys and you all seem pretty rad) (although I think I saw Joseph at a Final Fantasy show like two years ago, but I'm not sure it was him).
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hi patrick,
i live in canada and actually have a place of my own now, but i don't live there yet and my parents would not be up for having strangers from the internets staying in their home. :| so can't help you there.
but i would probably be willing to hang out with you if you will be coming to tronno at some point! is that something you might be interested in?
love,
anna
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Anna you know I'd be down.
Update: I'd prefer if we did any discussion of this strictly in this thread, AIM/MSN, or via PM, and NOT Facebook. My mother is basically urging me not to ride a motorcycle ever and so I am gonna have to disguise it as having turned into a road trip in a car in order to make her not shit herself, and she stalks me pretty rigorously on Facebook.
For everybody else: I might actually turn it into a road trip with a real car if I can convince one friend (and I promise ONLY ONE oh god I know how bad it is to get more visitors than expected) to come with and let us use their car. Due to my mother's safety concerns this might become an issue.
I will update you as the time approaches whether or not I will be accompanied by anybody. I CAN say that it will be no more than one other person. I will be talking to the police regarding special training and certification for motorcyclists, so this may not even be a concern. I understand that my welcome is not necessarily an open door to my friend, and I will be doing everything I can to shave it down to just me. I don't like the idea of imposing on other people.
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If you need to stay in a place NEAR Canada you can stop by Plattsburgh, NY and crash on my crappy couch.
But I bet there are enough people in this forum from Montreal so there is really no point in me offering.
I am jealous. The only cool car trip I ever took was across NY state to find a job. Good luck!
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I'd probably suggest doing a longer trip in a car anyway, 'cause if you get wet on a motorcycle it means everything you have will be wet also. And if you stack it, there goes your new guitar...
But then I am always the party pooper so whatever.
Vancouver is a nice place! So is Victoria! And Whistler! I went there. Woo!
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Yeah, I might wind up getting myself a beater of a Honda Civic or something instead, and just use that. If I do, I might just bring my Jag and an amp, too. That'd probably be the best plan, and just use the motorbike for riding around town and doing small errands. More economical that way, I figger.
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yeah then you can arrive in regina a day or so early and play a gig with us where you play all my guitar parts and i just sing
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We're bigger than Malaysia, almost as big as Asia, we're bigger than Australia and it's a continent!...
Ten thousand internets awarded for quoting the Arrogant Worms.
Try Atlantic Canada. We're all the Canuck but without all the sense of entitlement you get from...THE WEST.
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He's right, the West is evil. I'm like, kind of to the middle and south and east. It's pretty good.
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He's right, the West is evil. I'm like, kind of to the middle and south and east. It's pretty good.
You shall be spared our fishermany, covered-bridgey wrath.
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Patrick stop by Atlanta on the way. This is a good plan.
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Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.
But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.
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Hmmm, did Patrick get eaten by a bear up in Sitka?
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Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.
But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.
Cheers, Andy!
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d158/dream_loud/Snapshot_20090805_9.jpg)
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Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.
But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.
Cheers, Andy!
cuteness/product shot
Those who like it, like it a lot.
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How does one have a favourite beer?
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Hmmm, did Patrick get eaten by a bear up in Sitka?
I got a text from him the other day, he should be safe.
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So for a while I had been without internets, then I was with internets, but by then the whole idea was dead for lack of funds and I had neglected (and then downright forgotten) to post about it. Now the whole thing might just be back on!
See, the way things are going right now, I am likely to be getting a reliable, really fucking inexpensive car (see: blog thread), as well as my CA driver's license, within the next 2 months. By summer, if I work HELLA like I fully intend to, I should have a decent amount of money (after paying off all debts, too). If I don't stay in hotels at all on the way to Tronno (we'll see how I manage that without being absolutely gross), and if I manage my food budget, I could actually be back on with this plan by summer.
I apologize for the bump after a billion years of deadthread, but I am really excited about the idea of my first epic independent-of-family travels.
To QCers in the Bay Area of California: if you would like to pitch gas money, I could reasonably fit a maximum of 2 other people in the vehicle I am planning on getting. It might be a tight fit (that is what she said) but it'd be hella bomb to not be FUCKING ALONE driving across the entire United States of America.
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Hey ass, just come to the northeast instead. I can provide accomidations.
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Patrick (and assorted other forumites),
You can stay at my house! I will not kill you and you can even ask John he will tell you that he stayed here and is still alive.
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But he wishes that death would just come and take him already.
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Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.
Apparently I haven't expressed my discontent at this absurd statement.
:x
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She is right, though, even if her taste in beer is questionable.
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While I cannot offer accommodations (living with parents and all), I WILL say that you should give Quebec a try. We're a nice bunch, and Montreal is widely renowned for it's hot girls :D
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Ontario is pretty cool for a bunch of reasons, but is also pretty lame for a bunch of reasons. Also, people from Toronto have a bad rep for being obnoxious about how much cooler Toronto is than the rest of Canada.
Allison's aces though. Tania's OK. I assume this 'Machine' character ain't too shabby but I can't say for sure.
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Well, the way things are going, I think I'll really only be making a few stops in non-Ontario places. 'Cause Shane's right, I should definitely get to the east coast of the U.S., at least for a visit.
I'm still really hoping I can get at least one person from here in LOLifornia, preferably another QCer, to join me. That way I don't have to drive through the fucking desert all by my lonesome. It'll keep me awake and focused (and therefore a safer driver) if I'm kept stimulated by means of somebody else's company. And I'd truly hate to be the only person who gets to do this.
Allison I would be pleased to crash at your place, and I would greatly appreciate it! I'll have to if I'm going to drink you under the fucking table.
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NQG lives in Cali.
Just putting that out there.
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She is right, though, even if her taste in beer is questionable.
I LIKE Ontario.
Toronto, not so much. Brampton (or "Bramladesh" as it has been called) is pretty tits.
So, yeah. Ontario is awesome, what's up?
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Wait, is tits a good term here? Brampton was very not cool when I visited. Then again, I guess I knew the racist white people who used Bramptladesh pejoratively.
Also look Toronto is pretty great sometimes.
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Guys I am having trouble getting a feel for the varying character of the major Canadian cities. Andy explained it pretty good to me one time but I forgot. Help me out here.
Comparing them to other cities and/or anthropomorphising greatly encouraged, as are broad, sweeping generalisations.
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It helps to imagine a family.
-- Toronto is the dad. In his youth he was a Lutheran minister. Nowadays he works in an advertising firm making "hip" and "edgy" commercials to appeal to "youths", and he's always talking about "viral campaigns." He drives a Lexus and the one time you saw his liquor cabinet he had like 30 single malt scotches. Only after knowing him for years, it turns out that all that time he was sneaking off on the weekends to bang his hot 20 years younger mistress and sing in a blues/funk band. You heard them play once and they were surprisingly good.
-- Montreal is the mom. 90% of the time you don't know what the fuck she's saying, but the remaining 10% of the time she's offering you weed. Although she's in her 40s and pooped out a bunch of kids, you still find her hot and every so often she'll dye her hair orange or wear salvation army clothes and scandalize the neighbors. You don't know if she's permanently tweaked or if you've just never seen her sober. There are some dark rumors about her former boyfriend being in organized crime, but that just makes her a little more interesting. Despite the age difference, you would feel privileged to go to a bar with this woman.
-- Calgary is the bratty 18 year old son whose overindulgent parents gave him a bright yellow fucking Vette for his 16th birthday. You have literally never had a conversation with this kid that didn't involve: (a) his Vette; (b) bottle service; or (c) bitches (in his Vette). He is the single most uninteresting kid you have ever met, but you can't help but admit that you kind of envy his car. You can't imagine him growing into any kind of decent adult unless he suffers some kind of life altering traumatic head injury. You pray that he will suffer some kind of life altering traumatic head injury.
-- Vancouver is the eldest daughter who had a drug problem when she was a lot younger and seems to be over it now. It was pretty bad, she was losing a lot of weight and had this gaunt face and wasn't showing up to school and everyone was worried about her. Nowadays she is into running half marathons on the weekend and you figure she is probably doing OK, even if she still maintains a somewhat skeevy relationship with her creepy ex-boyfriend who was getting her the drugs in the first place. Every five years or so she reinvents herself, she's been a visual artist, a performance artist, she went up north for a while to learn woodworking and you heard she lived on a reserve for a while but you're not sure if that's true. You like her, and you certainly find her intriguing, but you never know exactly what to say to her and truth is she makes you slightly uncomfortable.
-- Victoria is the grandma. She's been in a coma for the last 20 years but you heard she was a beauty queen in her youth.
-- Winnipeg is the crazy uncle. You heard that he's off in this cabin in the woods working on his "inventions" but you don't know how to get there and frankly probably wouldn't go if you did.
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Thanks for posting!
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Seriously, that was awesome.
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My trip's projected required budget just went up tenfold because of that.