Don't like this new layout. Plus, I've found more friends and cooler people (Molly Hatchet! Jenna Jameson!) on Myspace. Join me? myspace.com/shanofer I'm not linking it. I'm lazy like that. See you there. PS-Cooler people is meant "additional" not "as oppose to" -Shan04

It's Monday Morning, 12:15am.
Am I drunk? Title says yes, so I must be.
Had an amazing supper with the Hunter family, and drinks afterwatd. We even invented a drink. and if that's not a good night, I dunno what is.

But I'm trying to fall asleep, so I throw on some TV. A&E, Speciifically, and a little show called INTERVENTION.

It's on right now, and instead of sleeping, I'm raging.

Now, buddy has his life all sorted out: working with the producer of N*SYNC and the Backstreet Boys...brilliant songwriter, producer, and drummer...but he gets hooked on Crack Cocaine. First of all...who does that?
His family kicks him out cause he's on crack cocaine. Lucky he's got a girl.
Anyhow...he's now working with a band called "Elixir 9". The lead singer is a gorgeous girl (the one I was just mentioning)...looks to be 23...great voice, and she's in love with him. But again...he's hooked on crack cocaine.

They show clips of them together when he's clean, they're great. They show clips of thme when he's on, and he's a complete and utter douchebag. He's not happy with their performance, so he wants to go to a hotel to smoke crack. SHE DROPS HIM OFF.

OH MY GOD. For one, buddy is a COMPLETE DOUCHE. For two....how are beautiful women hooked on troubled boys? Why can't beautiful women get hooked on regular, handsome, outstanding men? I just don't get that shit. Makes me shake my goddamn head.

ASIDE: The guess-your-age guy at the fair here in Regina thought I was 32. Fucking seriously, dude...32?? I get 25-27 all the time...32? I'll knock the guy out if he's in Saskatoon this week.

Good. She dumped him. Now he's sitting in a swamp, broke, and making desperate calls on his cell. AFTRER assaulting her dad. And they DECLINE to press charges. C'mon, dear...if he doesnt love himself...you can't possibly love him enough to make up for it. Let him die. Fuck 'im. if I google this band after the show's done and find out they're faking, I'm gonna be pissed. Pissed.

Now he's laying in a sewer, crying.

The show's producer had to get him out of the sewer...what a mess....turns out she's 20. That kinda makes sense. Yeah, she can sing...but she's a little girl at heart. Bonehead. "I just don't want him to be mad at me" I'm now yelling at the TV. Hope the poeple in the room across the hall are having sex or otherwise asleep and can't hear me. Oops.

His parents are there (at the Intervention) and they're crying, but delightfully cold. His dad appears to have a polyp on his neck. Can you get stress polyps? Cause if my son were a crack-head, I imagine I'd have stress polyps.

This show should be Intervention/Execution. If they refuse treatment, they should be executed. Hell, I'd just shoot this dude now. WHAT A DOUCHE. He even appears to have an "aw, look what I gotta do now" look on his face. Cocksucker. He even goes "I'd rather be dead than be here" (at treatment). I'd be doing him a favour.

End Bit: He did a 90-day treatment. She elected not to get "Dealing with a recovering addict" treatment. He (against counsellor's wishes) moved back in with her after, and has been sober since April 26, 2006. if I ever see the guy doing crack, I'll stroke him one. No questions asked.

-Shanny

As soon as I got the email for Windows Live Mail Beta, I signed up. I thought, 'What the hell. If it's really awful, I'll just cancel out.'

Despite some initial bugs, and a longer-than-I-wanted Firefox compatibility schedule, I stuck with it, and now really enjoy it.

However...this Windows Live Spaces thing...I don't like.

It looks kinda square. Not L7 square, but un-hip.

However, I will not Pull a Jesus and pull up stakes and move to MySpace.

I'm gonna stick it out, until either I get a complete stop in comments, or I lose interest. I've been at this for over a year now, so I don't think I'll lose interest...keep those comments a-coming.

I have some wealth to share, in the interest of killing time...which anyone who's here is obviously doing.

Places I work:
Saskatoon:
650 CKOM
Rock 102
C95

Regina:
980 CJME
94.5 JACK-FM
Z99

PA:
900 CKBI
Mix 101
Power 99

Edmonton:
Magic 99

And, inevitably, I'll be doing work for our new Folk Station in Calgary...read more, hombre!

Take it away, mad commentors! (Yep, not a word. I know.)

So we're at Craven a couple weekends ago, and if you've never been, lemme paraphrase for you:

Craven is a Huuuuge Gimmick fest. Everyone has something to try to lure people in to party with them, so that they can be known as "The Party Site"

*Some guys partied on the roof of their trailers.

*Some had school buses and home stereos that they'd blast at all hours (assholes).

*Some (our neighbours) had a pool

*Some had guitars and would serenade people walking by (we did).

Being the individual I am, I went for individual gimmicks: Moose Leather vest, Tye-dye Skynyrd T-shirt, aviator shades, and cowboy hat. I was a hot man.

And then there's the guys pictured. They had sprinkled chips on the street in front of their site, and surrounded them with lassos leading into their sites. The idea being, when a cute girl bends down for a chip, you lasso her and bring her in. That's pretty good, but the 3-foot-high sign was the coup de grace: it reads, in black spray paint, "FAT GIRLS: DON'T EAT THE CHIPS"

That's life advice, right there.

We damn near fell over laughing. So good!

The music: Alan Jackson was, in a word, spectacular. Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dan Seals all were highlights, and Big & Rich...well, as we determined Saturday night, they'd better find another bumper sticker to write a song about real quick.

Been a while since we've done this...

The iTunes Top 25 Listened to Tracks (previous rank in brackets, if applicable):

25. Scorpions - The Zoo (6)
24. Pure Prairie League - Amie
23. Johnny Cash - One
22. Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down
21. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
20. Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (10)
19. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (16)
18. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
17. Sammy Johns - Chevy Van (5)
16. Toby Keith - Whiskey Girl
15. Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Pancho & Lefty
14. Rhianna - SOS
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (8)
12. Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes (4)
11. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
10. Brad Paisley - Mud on the Tires (2)
9. Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson (11)
8. Smokey Robinson - I Second that Emotion
7. Jack Johnson - Sitting Waiting Wishing (3)
6. Shania Twain - I Ain't No Quitter
5. Blue October - Hate Me
4. Eagles - Lying Eyes
3. Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Shake That Ass
2. Sarah Harmer - I am Aglow
1. James Blunt - You're Beautiful (1)

James Blunt retains top spot, mostly due to one wild night...lotta details...maybe later.

In PA, then CRAVEN...then a week off camping with McKale. Good pictures when I post next!

Comment away, my wee readership!