~*...death to saddam...*~

randnorm sunday event in black rock city 2006

majitope sunrise
6:00am-8:30am
the rising of the sun after the man burns is a sacred time and space. join sunrise veteran majitope in a mystical journey of reverence and resolution. you've danced at these historical dj sets sine '99, so now don't miss this year's celebration near the serpent mother. hosted by: fringe @ serpent mother

photo of the serpent mother by james duncan davidson

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war is not nice. - barbara bush

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hunting with borat...i can't believe he gets away with this shit! *lol*


normdate 5.11.6

its official. the verdict is in, and former iraqi dictator saddam hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang for the 1982 killing of 148 shia muslims in a town north of baghdad.

i really didn't know what the difference was between a shia muslim and a sunni muslim, so i decided to look it up.

the difference between shia and sunni muslims here.

the differences are not spiritual, but political: who would take over leadership of the muslims nation after the death of the prophet mohammed? sunni's believe that the new leader should be elected while the shia believe that the leadership should have passed to mohammed's cousin/son-in-law, ali.

sunni is arabic for one who follows the traditions of the prophet.

shia is arabic for a group or supportive party of people.

the distribution of muslims


as long as the world continues to play this silly game of my god can beat up your god, there will never be peace. inclusion, not exclusion, is the only way we can move forward together.



the war on terror is a war on an unknown enemy on an abstract mountain. its like a war on lust or drugs. you don't win it. what's to win? that is a false kind of question....the republicans like to say "failure is not an option", but failure is the only option, the question is what kind of failure. there is no winning it. - lewis lapham

czech out lewis lapham on the hour with george strombolopoulis here.

strombo is the man


czech out the ongoing world events thread here. imho, my homeboy dyno's commentary on the world is better than john stewart's. dyno needs his own show. he's a funny white guy ;)

i wonder if they are going to broadcast the hanging of saddam hussein on television. at least i can depend on you tube for coverage ;)

on a different note, kristin is in denver right meow with her playa honey. i was supposed to pick her up from the airport tonight, but her flight was cancelled. she's stuck in amerikkka. so i'm just bloggin before i go to bed.

last night i went out with kristin's father rob and her step mom linda to a 70's party. it was supposed to be a divorce party for one of the teachers at the alternative high school rob works at. turns out it was her 40th bday party, and contrary to what we were told, there were children at this party. its interesting to be at a party full of kids and their parents. its such a different dynamic than a party full of adults...and the party was more eighties than 70's. at least there was free booze. hoorah!




these kids weren't even born in the 80'z...maybe not even in the 90'z.


the karaoke machine provided the musical entertainment


rob and linda were still holdin on the 60'z with their outfits. hippies are timeless.


they are also the blueprint for ravers.


and we were singin...


this little angel was singin her own tunes.


our 80z knowledge was challenged with questions from the trivial pursuit totally eighties edition.



some of those questions are tough. but when in doubt, answer ronald reagan ;)

it just so happens that the 1981 bill murray comedy stripes is on tv right meow. wow, what a young cast - sean young, john candy, john larroquette, judge reinhold.



hooray side pigtails!


my cabbage patch doll had a side pigtail. her name was joanna isabelle. she had a little front tooth, blonde hair pulled into a side pigtail, and wore a pair of blue overalls. my other cabbage patch doll was named naomi elizabeth, and she had two braided pigtails.

hmmm...i wonder if my hair is long enough for a side pigtail. hold on. yup, it sure is. does this side pigtail make me look gay?


yup, it does. i'm going to bed.

~*...normaste...*~

~*...physical labour and the 5th element...*~

randnorm friday event in black rock city 2006

free range hippie roundup and bbq
2:40am-5:20am
meet in center camp. self explanatory. bring your own patchouli. bring your own bbq. actually, do you have one i could borrow too?...and could you bring it over for me? charcoal too? got any lighter fluid? hosted by: iron rose @ anxious and 4:30

photo by scott london

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you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. - dale carnegie

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photo from artifice clothing

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halcyon and grandpa caleb do hugoween

normdate 3.11.6

i'm sitting at my northwest calgary office sofa. my second favourite movie of all time is on the television.

fire burns. wind blows.


"i think mine is broken. why i got to get the broke one?"


there's something about this movie that never gets old. perhaps its the raw overpopulated view of the future, the deliberate uber cheeziness of the dialogue, the brilliant performance by chris tucker, or my undying adoration for mila jovovich...with bright orange hair.



god bless leloo dallas and this outfit *drool*


god bless cosplay.



this summer, my sister asked me how long i could last without touching my hair...i lasted ten minutes. i am seriously ocd about twisting and hooking my dreads. i do it without even thinking now. i've stopped typing this blog at least 6 times already to work on my dreads. my friend christina (i seem to know a lot of christinas, and they are also very good looking too) in toronto shared a dreadlock technique one day in kensington market. using a crochet hook, i can take the loose hairs and hook them through existing dreads. no more loose hairs. thing is, i'm always crochet hooking my dreads. i even carry a crochet hook around with me in my fanny pack (yes, i actually wear a fanny pack) just in case i feel a loose hair that needs to be hooked back into a dread. its reached a point where i don't feel right if i know there is a loose hair that i could hook back into a dread but i don't have a crochet hook on me. my locks do look clean and tidy thanks to my obsessive attention to them, which is way better than paying dreadmaster drew $120 every three months to have them tightened. i'm too much of a queen to have nappy stinky hippie dreads ;)





there are a lot of people in toronto that i miss...


its the fellowship that i miss the most: being able to leave my place at any time, and within a 20minute walk there would be something fun and awesome to do with incredible people. even though nelson was so small, i still had that sense of community within walking distance. living in burbia here in calgary is a feeling i haven't experienced since i lived in markham. you need a car to get anywhere here, and i just don't have the same community i had in nelson or toronto. i guess i'm a bit homesick.






perhaps i'll spend the rest of my evening catchin up on emails and reconnekting with the people i wish i could look in the eye. hooray internet! boo long distances :( i'm also pretty tired from work today. i packed up a cube van full of furniture and moved it to the shop. its such a different experience doing physical labour compared to sitting behind a desk: more body less brain ;) i dont mind it at all, and it works my body, something i've been slacking on lately. after my first day on wednesday at the boutique furniture store, i realized that the job was more labour intensive than i thought. so at the end of the day, i asked my boss for a raise and i got it....it was more like me stating the new wage i was willing to work for and he agreed to it. this economy really is booming if you're willing to work labour or retail. finding a career you want is a bit more difficult, so we'll see how long it takes me to land one. it only took me one day of searching to find a job in labour, so i'm pretty optimistic about the career path here. maybe kiya furniture needs someone to finish their website. hmmmm...

stoopid cosplay pix of that leloo dallas outfit got me missin the toronto fetish scene. being halloween, the bdsm parties in the big smoke were plentiful and naughty. northbound leather had their annual fetish ball called decadence on the 21st of october at the docks. the largest fetish event in the world, the nbl fetish ball brings together over 3000 kinky motherfuckers of all ages, orientations, sizes, and insert fetish here. master jedi photographer alex d of tribe.ca was there and took some fab shots.





is that a cock in your mouth? that's a good slave *lol*

contrary to popular belief, most fet parties are just people gettin together and dressing up. some people play, most people don't. its a dance club with people in fetish gear, and some play. more cosplay, less bdsm play.


most real bdsm play happens at the smaller private parties, and there definitely were many private feasts of flesh happening all over the world thanks to halloween.


tomorrow night's monthly nbl fetish night has moved venues and there will be no cover. its been a while since i've been in an environment like that. i wish i was there. okay, that's it, no more poor norm bullshit, both figuratively and literally ;)



i have the best friends in the universe, and that makes me the richest person in the world. i appreciate having you in my life.

~*...normaste...*~

~*...happy halloween...*~

randnorm tuesday event in black rock city 2006

Voodoo Baptismus
Tuesday – Monday
Voodoo Baptismus is a large voodoo doll of George W. Bush. Join others as we stick it to him. This art will undergo a visual transformation all dependent on participation. This art is not intended to burn. Hosted by: Bobby Pires @ 9:00 Plaza

photo by steven fritz

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i'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of halloween. ~ unknown

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go here and make your own graffiti

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free hugs!

normdate 31.10.6

its halloween in calgary, and its been a very memorable one for me.



in need of some quick cash, i decided to take advantage of the booming calgary market. although a career in design and art direction is what i'm looking for, that's not going to give me cash right away. there are tonnes of jobs available here if you're willing to work in retail or labour. hell, if there are signs outside of 7-11 offering benefit plans, you know this city is boomin.

i reworked my resume for retail and went to the northland mall to drop em off at any place that was hiring. there are more people hiring than not hiring, especially with the christmas season upon us.



my friend adam said this about looking for a job in calgary. "go outside, grab a rock, throw it in any direction, take the first job it hits."

within 2.5 hours of dropping off resumes at the mall, i got an interview at a store that wants me to start on friday, and a job at a furniture store. i start tomorrow! they are literally givin jobs away. proof that you can go out in a day and get a job immediately if you want it. hell, it pays more than teaching snowboarding does. i'll find out tomorrow if i like it. even if i don't like, there was a voice mail wating for me at home for an interview with the source (circuit city).

there's also freelance design work, which pays me more, but i'm waiting for a project to come through. in the meantime, i've got something to keep me busy in the day time.

kristin and i went over to her dad's place tonight for dinner. then we got dressed up and went trick or treating with her younger brothers and sister. i brought my dredi robe and the lightning wire pirate eye patch as my costume. its funny how i just have to grab something out of my usual wardrobe and can use it as a halloween costume.



it reminded me of the guy at superstore in june who looked at my outfit and said "i didn't know it was halloween" to which i replied "its not a costume."

a dressed up family


a bunny and a bat


a one eye dredi and a devil...can you tell the devil outfit was made for a slutty girl?


i can't remember the last time i went out trick or treatin with kids. my last few halloweens have involved gettin dressed up with big kids and drinkin. tonight reminded me of my childhood...though i don't remember halloween ever being this fukkin cold with snow on the ground.



what a fukkin genius concept halloween is: decorate your place, get dressed up, go get free candy. simple brilliance!




beware of spookiness!



carved pumpkins seemed to hold up well against the -8 degree temperatures. holy fuck this town is cold!




i love it when parents get dressed up too.


scary decorations




i even got to trick or treat...yup, this 31yr old one eye dredi scored a bag full of loot this year *mwahahahaha* people didn't seem to mind giving me candy, and i had no problems takin it.



after about an hour outside in the freezing cold, we were halloween popsicles and decided to call it a night. we trekked home to count our booty!



ha! maryliyn manson is on jay leno signing "this is halloween" from the nightmare before christmas. very appropriate.



liam and mikhail really don't care about candy, they just liked gettin dressed up and going out. we organized our loot and i ate whatever i wanted. i felt like a kid again. hmmm...i always feel like a kid ;)



kristin's family were giving away full sized chocolate bars! i loved houses like theirs...none of this snack size one bite bullshit, but the real deal!



as we organized out loot, we had a pile of candy we didn't really like, including single sticks of gum. who the fuck gives out a single stick of wrigley's spearmint gum at halloween? what a rip! that wasn't even as bad as the four gummy lifesavers that were wrapped in saran wrap and held together with scotch tape. home wrapped bulk candy, who does that? we ate it anyways. who does that;)

the best part was that we gave out the reject candy that we didn't want to the few kids who ended up coming to the house trick or treating. the expression on their face was awesome when they saw the handfulls of candy we gave them. their smiles were almost as big as our smiles as we were stoked to get rid of the candy we didn't like (like lollipops and smarties). kids don't care if its reject candy, they're just stoked to be gettin free candy!

i've got a nice bag full of candy to keep me going for a while now. what an awesome halloween. i got to go trick or treating (in the fukkin freezing cold), and i got hired on the spot today and start a new job tomorrow at 10am. this city is full of surprises. i better get some rest. i'll fill in the blog blank this weekend...just wanted to capture today in keystrokes for ya. its been a while since i was on top of my blog, eh?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAQUI! happy halloween!

~*...normaste...*~