The Prom Crashers - My AccountAt 6:38 PMby: Nana

Fresh and rejuvenated from another 12 hour sleep, I will give you my condensed account of the events of last thursday. Hiro covered everything, so I won't go too far into things.

There were alot of people whose names I forgot. These people had a prom that night, and we crashed their party.

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The Prom Crashers - What a Great Night (for Belleville)At 2:46 AMby: Hiro

Apparently Nana has beaten me to the reporting of tonight's escapades. However he has graciously left out the details as to grant me the honour of telling the story.

It all began earlier this week. I sent out an e-mail to Nana, Tony, and two other hometown friends, Ryan and Jordan. I e-mailed them to let them know that I'd be in town for a couple of days because I had to take my G driver's license test on Friday (today) and I suggested that we should go out for some wings and hang out while I was in town. I shortly thereafter learned that NCC (our old high school) was having their prom on the Thursday night. Tony also knew of this and had suggested we go crash the after-party in order to reinforce the point that we are "bad-ass".

Fast forward to Thursday evening. The 5 of us went to Kelsey's to go enjoy some cheaper wings. I say cheaper because at $0.49 each, they can't exactly qualify as cheap wings, however they are indeed cheaper than their usual wings. Over the course of the 2 hours or so that we spent at Kelsey's, Tony became quite drunk. We then left to go enjoy our night out in Belleville. Now as you may or may not have heard from the rantings that have taken place here at Pleasant Interruption, there isn't much to do in Belleville. Surprisingly, driving around aimlessly with a bunch of good friends while listening to loud music is a lot of fun. Throw in some yelling at random people, an abundance of honking, driving on surfaces that cars shouldn't be driving on, and a little bit of drift-style driving and you've got yourselves a rather high fun factor.

As we drove around all over town, we worked desperately against the clock to find out where the prom was being held. We first tried the placed called "The Banquet Centre" or something stupid, which is where our prom was held a generous 2 years ago. We drove around their parking lot yelling at the kids a couple of times and then drove away, thinking we had found the prom. We later returned to ask them where the after-party would be but then we found out that it was the prom for some other school. Disappointed, we drove all across town to various other locations that we thought may be holding the NCC prom. We finally got a hold of a younger friend who had gone to the prom, and through him we found out where the after-party was being held.

By the time we had arrived at the house, most of the grads were already there and the DJ had arrived at the same time as us. I must say, it was a pretty solid prom after-party. Granted, it was nothing compared to any university kegger but as far as high school goes, I was impressed. They had a huge bonfire going, a couple of porta-potties, a shitload of tents, and DJ'd music! It was kinda weird being at a party with a bunch of kids that were 3 years younger but it was nice to see a lot of familiar faces too because when I was in high school I had talked to all these kids when they first started high school.

What was destined to be a mediocre night took a turn for the better. A friend of mine Andrew graciously (or drunkenly) gave me a beer. Around the same time I saw Tony had somehow acquired a beer as well. Shortly afterward I went into the house and saw one of the girls (also a friend of mine) who lived at the house. I was like "Uhh do you have any beer I can have?" and she's like yeah hang on...goes to the fridge, then returns with a beer. I then asked "Whose is this? And can I have more?" She told me that it was her mom's and that she didn't want it anymore. I'm not sure if she was telling the truth or not, but I really didn't care. 30 seconds later I was walking out of the house with a free 6-pack of beer.

I'm a nice guy so I shared my spoils with Jordan and Tony and we continued to enjoy the night. Not too long afterward, Nana came to me saying "Hiro! Are those full bottles of beer over there?" I glanced over at the side of the house and like an oasis in a desert there laid half a 6-pack of beer. We cautiously walked over to the bounty and confirmed that they were indeed 3 full bottles of beer. After ensuring that nobody was looking we quickly snatched the prize. Silly kids, who leaves their beer lying around out in the open? As we were walking back toward the bonfire, eagle-eyes Nana identified another stash. A box of beer lying in the shadow of a shed. Upon examining, we were greeted with 4 more unopened bottles of beer.

In summary, we ended up leaving the party having consumed over 15 free beers.

Good times.

Good times, indeed.

The Prom CrashersAt 1:58 AMby: Nana

Tony, Hiro, and I, along with Jordan and Ryan (some friends from our high school days) crashed the Nicholson Catholic College Prom after-party. We all graduated two years ago, except for Jordan, who graduated three years ago. Stories about this night will be told by the three of us bloggers sometime in the upcoming week (I hope). Until then, keep checking back for your Pleasant Interruption.

The Condensed UpdateAt 11:49 PMby: Hiro

Ok, prepare yourself for a very fast-paced post.

The reason is as follows: I have been wanting to get back into the blogging rhythm for a while now. However my problem is that I have a huge backlog of important events in my life that I need to report, yet to talk about them in full would most likely require entire posts dedicated to each topic. As such, I am in this endless cycle of wanting to write about what's happening in my life yet I don't want to talk about it until I'm caught up on things to talk about. And faced with such a huge list of things to talk about, I don't get around to doing it.

Tonight I went out for wings with Nana, Tony and two other friends, Ryan and Jordan. The subject of blogging came up and after a short discussion with Nana, we concluded it is best that I simply state the important events, with some quick description, that occurred in my life so that I can resume regular blogging.

1. On May 24th I was supposed to get my G license. I went in and filled out a form asking how many times I had driven on the 401 and other highways in the last 3 months. I answered with approximately 3-4 times. As a result the examiner wouldn't let me do the test because she said I was "too inexperienced" and a "safety risk". I believe it was due to the fact that she was a bitch. I was further insulted when the clerk inside told me that I should "go practice" my driving skills by driving aimlessly on highways.
2. I went to Halifax for the last week of May for my sister's graduation. It was on May 26, the day of my birthday. It was incidentally the most boring birthday of my life. However later that night I tagged along to a grad party thing or whatever at some bar and ate a shitload of food for free. I also went out and got drunk for the 3 following nights so it wasn't a total waste of a week.
3. On the following Friday I had a joint birthday party for myself and my roommate Dave and it was quite possibly one of the messiest nights of my life. I remember making it to the bar, stepping out of the car while repeating to myself "act sober act sober act sober act sober" and the bouncer actually let me in. About 5 feet past the bouncer I saw my roommate Mike and remember yelling "MIIIIKE I MADE IT IN!!!" The next thing I remember was following my other roommate Tony and his girlfriend Mel out of the bar. This was not because I had gotten kicked out, but because I had spent an hour or so in the bar that I absolutely have no recollection of, and then left. I then woke up the next day with 3 "Pesticide in Use" signs and a giant wooden "Churchill Townhouses" sign beside my bed. I also learned that having a camera is very important in recording events because when I looked through the pictures the next day, approximately 50 out of the 110 pictures showed events that I did not remember and for all intents and purposes never took place, had it not been for the camera.
4. I am part of a group at school called the UW CREW. Think of what a high school student council does, but on the scale of a university. We planned, organized, marketed and ran a school-wide trip to Wonderland in under 2 weeks. About 4 of us spent about 15 hours/day in the office. My daily routine pretty much consisted of getting to campus at 9 am then going home after 1 am the next day. It was the busiest 2 weeks of my life but it was also the funnest 2 weeks of my life.
5. Myself and my roommate Mariano are the main stage managers for the Canada Day celebrations in Waterloo. It's like the main festival for all of the Waterloo/Kitchener/Cambridge area and draws like 80,000 people. The headliners are Magneta Lane and Emm Gryner. There will also be an appearance by....Robert Munsch! Yes that's right, the man who wrote The Paper Bag Princess and dozens of other children's books. I'm pumped.
   
6. Last Wednesday (June 15th) I officially withdrew from Computer Engineering. Because it's halfway through the term, I can't start any new courses so I'm no longer in school for the rest of the summer. In the fall I'll be switching into a Business and Economics program.

This concludes the condensed update of my summer life. Now hopefully I will continue making regular posts.

My Tambourine is Still ShakingAt 9:14 PMby: Nana

We've had a slew of personal posts recently, and I'm sorry about that. But here's another one.

I'm at my parent's house now, probably for the rest of the summer. I'm away from my music, my adopted city, and most of my friends. Any thoughts of romance have been left in Ottawa as well. Belleville just isn't the kind of place where I'd want to start something up.

To make matters worse, Belleville has always has some sort of hold on me. Whenever I'm here I revert to lazy Nana. I've caught up with Maury (you ARE the father) on daytime tv, but I'm still behind on my soaps and stuff. The women from The View and Regis and Kelly are my universal constants.

I have an inexplicable attraction to Lunette the Clown from the kid's show The Big Comfy Couch (she is not a child herself, I assure you).

I'm listening to Beck's new album non-stop for the rest of the week.

This isn't how I imagined I'd be spending my summer.

Hiro has some news to talk about, but I don't know when he'll get around to it. I need to visit Tony again.

The good news is that I'll be back in Ottawa for Canada day, if things go as planned.

I just saw Tony Little in a Geico commercial.

Possibly My Only Show in June. Here is the ReviewAt 5:10 PMby: Nana

Okay, first of all. I promise to continue with my "Top 5 Reasons You Should Be Listening to (bandnamehere)" column when I get enough money to buy cds and junk.

I'm back in Belleville now, so I'm back into my pattern of laziness. For those of you who don't know what or where Belleville is, I'm going to tell you that it doesn't really matter. It's my adopted hometown, and the hometown of fellow bloggers Tony and Hiro. This town just makes me insufferably lazy, and that's as far as I want to get into the subject.

Last weekend I went to my friend Mark's place (in Kingston, Ontario) to support him and his band, The Roamers. They had a cd release party at a local establishment called the Grad Club, which is located on the Queens University Campus. The other bands who came out to play were an up and coming band called "Elizabeth" from Vancouver, British Columbia, and a band based in Waterloo, Ontario called "Knock Knock Ginger."

Elizabeth played really well, with nice harmonies and vocals that reminded me of At the Drive-In. That's all I have to say about them really.

Knock Knock Ginger are the kind of band who make you want to jump up and move your limbs all over the place. But we didn't do that of course, cause we're all indie hipster kids, who cannot dance for fear of losing cred. I can dance of course, because my name is comprised of a consonant-vowel combo, repeated. That's worth 30 points of cred-akin to a triple word score in Scrabble or something. Anyway, Knock Knock Ginger rule. I especially like the song titles "The Dancy Song", which (unfortunately) isn't on their website. When their cd comes out I'll definitely be picking it up.

The Roamers were the last act up. They were headlining, so it doesn't make sense to be the first band because we could watch the headlining act and leave. That's why the headliner goes last. I'm assuming that you're all mouthbreathing idiots out there because I want to take up more space on the site with my text. That's why I'm explaining everything in an unfunny way.

The Roamers went through their new and fantastic songs, starting with the sexy summer sizzler "Crake" and moving through all the songs on their new album, and a few favourites from their first cd. They called me up on the stage to sing a song (a cover of "You're Just What I Needed" by The Cars), so I got to ham it up in front of the crowd. They closed the show up with a very 70s sounding song called "Tunnel Vision" (which I always call "Television" for some reason) which is quickly becoming one of my favourite Roamers songs.

The night folded up pretty quickly after this, with a quick cake cleanup by Mark's awesome mom Emma (hello, if you're reading) and the selling of some cds and stickers and stuff. It was a strong opening to the official unveiling of the new Roamers songs. These guys can only go up from here, and it'll be interesting to see how things go (and I'm not just saying this cause I know the guys in the band... well, maybe a little bit)

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P.S: the keyboard player (who is a girl, if there is any confusion here) from Knock Knock Ginger gets 20 cuteness points from yours truly, and 10 awesomeness points for being an awesome dudette: a total of 30 points. She tickles the keys, and tickled my heart.

The Roamers's CD Release PartyAt 3:08 AMby: Nana

Discuss.

BatmanAt 10:57 AMby: Nana

So have you ever noticed how whwnever the Justice League has to fight some giant monster, Batman is always swinging around trying to do stuff, but then ends up thinking up strategies to win the battles? There's alot of dust on my desk.

Michael ChabonAt 10:55 AMby: Nana

I finished reading a book where the climax was where the main character throws caution to the wind, turns gay, and has crazy sex for the next 100 or so pages. It wasn't very believeable.

Bows + ArrowsAt 10:51 AMby: Nana

It was my brother's birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Kwaku, you are now 17 years old.

I refuse to make an MSN My Space because of my unwavering loyalty to Blogger (although I did cheat on you for a bit with Livejournal)

I recommend playing any and all Ted Leo songs on constant loop, while playing Jenga.

I haven't slept in a day.