tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849848487584186682024-02-20T05:53:18.776-05:00be yr own butcherForest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-59268803585197557262009-10-10T16:32:00.002-04:002009-10-10T16:38:26.920-04:00Lethbridge Show at HenoticThe show at Henotic went swell. We definitely brought the rock more than we have before. Ev's banjo was missing in action, so we both played electrified. <br /><br />It's nice to know I can fly into town and play a show with a full band without the fuss of things like practicing. <br /><br />Shotgun Jimmie and B.A. Johnston were gentlemen to behold. They are doing a video tour blog. Here's an episode with a snippet of my set. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TvZ0x0-ctuo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TvZ0x0-ctuo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-91114632376682159942009-09-27T14:04:00.020-04:002009-09-27T16:13:42.006-04:00Rocktober<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Sk_8YdsucdNXfdTE43ZPsQRIi55Oj5VHORAYxZLkKC63WSXRBj17sZmy6gkc4i_1hTWbhkNYSXtRndspFU3Zc-ddMi13T5_XGoshdo6DS51IPJuOdcCzo-07MU244JAJErRPUbkS9A/s1600-h/BA+Johnston+poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Sk_8YdsucdNXfdTE43ZPsQRIi55Oj5VHORAYxZLkKC63WSXRBj17sZmy6gkc4i_1hTWbhkNYSXtRndspFU3Zc-ddMi13T5_XGoshdo6DS51IPJuOdcCzo-07MU244JAJErRPUbkS9A/s320/BA+Johnston+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386242911533177794" /></a><br />After a longish hiatus from playing music it seems I've found myself with a bunch of shows this October. <br /><br />This Thursday, October 1st I'm opening for Calgary friends Lucid 44 and Halifax's Klarka Weinwurm. This goes down at Gus' Pub in Halifax. All of the members of my old band Grandfather Fire and the Holy Mourning will be in attendance, so a Gramps tune may find it's way into my set. Expect magic not conceived since Micheal J Fox took to the stage at the end of Back to the Future 1.<br /><br />I'm heading West to Calgary just in time to play a show in Lethbridge on Wednesday, the 7th opening for B.A. Johnston and Shotgun Jimmie. I'll be accompanied by Evan van Reekum on his fancy new Rickenbacker and Space Echo.<br /><br />Then I play a matinee show on Sunday, October 18th at Dan Northfield's new pub, Local 510 with Halifax buddy Jon Mckiel.<br /><br />Finally, I finish the month with a show at the Marquee Room with Fox Opera on the Thursday, the 29th. I'm going to put together a band for this show. Should be fun.<br /><br />So, to recap:<br /><br />Thursday, October 1st<br />Gus' Pub - Halifax, NS<br />Lucid 44, Klarka Weinwurm<br /><br />Wednesday, October 7th<br />Henotic (The Old No1 Firehall) - Lethbridge, AB<br />BA Johnston, Shotgun Jimmie<br /><br />Sunday, October 18th<br />Matinee show at Local 510 - Calgary, AB<br />Jon Mckiel<br /><br />Thursday, October 29th<br />Marquee Room - Calgary, AB<br />Fox Opera and GuestsForest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-48575634095858992922009-05-27T01:03:00.003-04:002009-05-27T01:55:49.016-04:00Trans<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQBhW05ojCPjoW90nQkdusSH_t9eMhv34Z58O5qylTFqWAycPOQwlP7JzJ1mFXtb93jHtaPPsC-0dmeW8GwTqOIDKgawM_WAfDec49xhyphenhyphenu1_Tef3ZDoE-TQa4rr9PH6G7oZFoJbMdUsg/s1600-h/P5260225.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQBhW05ojCPjoW90nQkdusSH_t9eMhv34Z58O5qylTFqWAycPOQwlP7JzJ1mFXtb93jHtaPPsC-0dmeW8GwTqOIDKgawM_WAfDec49xhyphenhyphenu1_Tef3ZDoE-TQa4rr9PH6G7oZFoJbMdUsg/s320/P5260225.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340378351139920514" /></a><br />Tonight, I took a walk up past the house where I grew up. Wow, that sounds like a dusty, old sentence.<br /><br />I grew up across the street and over a little hill from the Trans Canada Highway as it cuts it's way through Calgary. I remember the week they built the concrete acoustic retaining wall at the top of the hill. Us kids played with our little green plastic army guys in the giant (to a 6 year old) holes they bored in the ground for the posts. We built an elaborate network of bunkers for our men until the holes themselves became bunkers for each of us to hide out in. On the last day before they filled them in, we could see the workers coming, working their way towards our holes. I remember thinking they would never think of filling our bunkers with concrete after they see what we made them into....<br /><br />Later, as a teenager, I would spend many nights sitting on top of that wall with friends. It's where I had my first "smoke", a dark brown cardboard Crispy Crunch tray with dried grass rolled into an unholy pesticide cocktail by my friend James. We would sit up there dreaming of all the places we would go on that highway once we got our licenses.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-4615724842298100522009-03-09T17:24:00.005-04:002009-03-09T17:55:54.464-04:00Every Morning, I Get UpMy walk to and from work takes me a half an hour depending on my path. I hate the feeling I get when I sense that I'm repeating myself, so I do my best to create a different route every day. Just when I think I've worn out the possible combinations I duck down some street that changes my course and I've created a new experience. <br /><br />On the days I wake up in a sour mood, I always walk the same path. Straight up to the Citadel and across town. On the really good days, I walk along the ocean.<br /><br />I often imagine the people I come across on the street dancing to the music on my ipod. Skater jocks arm in arm with financial advisers. That guy spreading salt on the icy sidewalk slow dancing with that sketched out addict. That whole clump of people on Barrington Street waiting for the bus all of a sudden burst into a chorus line. <br /><br />Halifax really is a beautiful town. I often get the sense that I've dreamed of this place in the past and I think after we've left, it will haunt my dreams for a long time to come.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwsRjoJi4nDu0NJsUX1tEm2N7TEme1pyNnSmfJuGfX48Foceo67IzAIu8sBoHV1D0rS6L2o81E-kXkHm9iSbw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ORg4NBNqsNJhxZb1kUsCahPdLa3EF2GGUeAbNmyX9OLovvAhItWnnE3CUhdNx9slXEBek3zD_z7w6H5f6iRBz5I6X82VzxAAXHyNGIDkvPLu7tr-u1wPesnp9WBH0Y6XooPNCf5x09A/s1600-h/P2050216.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ORg4NBNqsNJhxZb1kUsCahPdLa3EF2GGUeAbNmyX9OLovvAhItWnnE3CUhdNx9slXEBek3zD_z7w6H5f6iRBz5I6X82VzxAAXHyNGIDkvPLu7tr-u1wPesnp9WBH0Y6XooPNCf5x09A/s320/P2050216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311308497495071970" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-47836279973128583902009-02-28T17:05:00.002-05:002009-02-28T17:21:42.785-05:00The Butcher is Getting Ready for Some Choice CutsI'm thinking it's time to get some blood on the table. Stay tuned for some new and semi-regular posts.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-58132761555356041752008-10-11T18:34:00.001-04:002008-10-11T18:36:53.660-04:00Greenwash GangHere's my bro's entry in the Edmonton 24 Hour Film Fest. He's the one in the middle in the back seat. They won best director. <br /><br /><object width="464" height="388" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?5320a921" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=8fe147e060" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="464" height="388" flashvars="key=8fe147e060" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" src="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?5320a921" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:center;width: 464px;">See more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/">funny videos</a> at Funny or Die</div>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-20670362693533778702008-10-09T18:30:00.002-04:002008-10-09T18:35:01.915-04:00Holy shit, what's happening to me?I hope Kallen doesn't read this, but I just listened to an entire Ani Difranco album...and I enjoyed most of it. Actually enjoyed it!<br /><br />I guess I now have something in common with all those girls who thought maybe, just maybe they were a lesbian.<br /><br />PS.<br /><br />My mom will be confused now and will ask my brother who Ani Difranco is....Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-63937324977418475572008-10-07T11:43:00.006-04:002010-06-09T16:34:59.675-04:00Gainfully EmployedI start a new job tomorrow and I'm very excited. I'll be doing carpentry work for a company (http://halforbes.com) that primarily does restorations on Victorian era houses and buildings. <br /><br />This is a great opportunity to be doing the kind of wood work I like to do on a daily basis. No stinky bathroom renos here. This will be my first nine to five job since I left the radio station and I'm looking forward to the structure it will give my day to day livin'. Did I mention I'm really excited??<br /><br />I couldn't have asked for a more fitting opportunity. The job market is obviously a lot tighter here than Calgary, so I wasn't expecting to find something even remotely as interesting. Jen and I were out with some of her friends the first week I arrived when I met her friend Scott (http://www.photomunn.com/). He mentioned this company that a friend of his works for and that I should check it out, he heard they were looking for carpenters. With loose directions as to the location of the shop, I set out to find this mysterious wood shop. I found it on my second day of trying and then it took me a week of going back everyday until someone was around I could talk to. Jen was talking about the power of positive thinking and this is a perfect example. I knew this was the job for me and that I was going to get it.<br /><br />I have a habit of setting too high of expectations and getting burned, so while I'm excited, I'm trying to keep things in perspective.<br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />It was my Day of Life (Birthday) this weekend and Jen and I went down to Lunenburg to celebrate. Lunenburg was beautiful, not nearly as touristy as I expected. It's a world heritage site, so aside from cars and the odd Crocks wearing tourist, there are few signs of modernity to be found.<br /><br />It's also where the Bluenose is moored. Apparently they only give out dimes as change because after ordering a coffee I received 40 cents in dimes when a quarter, a nickle, and a dime would have sufficed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZJEyLTSC1UMPax3RW4oIQ9jxecOQ3r03ajWrNbIf-QwkR_OBkVzCZhqy2XYpuop4eTzQjvuQ7wApLejyoIgRQY423a7NlMvdPVjImxUnP5VTAXK_BLy2t_olqCOp8TM590-BJGCx2_k/s1600-h/PA040029.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZJEyLTSC1UMPax3RW4oIQ9jxecOQ3r03ajWrNbIf-QwkR_OBkVzCZhqy2XYpuop4eTzQjvuQ7wApLejyoIgRQY423a7NlMvdPVjImxUnP5VTAXK_BLy2t_olqCOp8TM590-BJGCx2_k/s320/PA040029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254459308890536978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fQIyMISKL74jblh8id9e8JEgZ_W3mIg11ETO9fjxButWrxp8UrKNqQp96aP_FaKrhiymo-Wmx4WUDjjH6xeiG8W23HFbjn4C9jao3ma3Xx4rXW6maysB8p17LzPJYILGWyEKyyBbKtc/s1600-h/PA040044.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fQIyMISKL74jblh8id9e8JEgZ_W3mIg11ETO9fjxButWrxp8UrKNqQp96aP_FaKrhiymo-Wmx4WUDjjH6xeiG8W23HFbjn4C9jao3ma3Xx4rXW6maysB8p17LzPJYILGWyEKyyBbKtc/s320/PA040044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254460353059402498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDOPdnZ0791Wm28TjfEYydZSCFWGIuXPGnzujPA5oMmWf76Kd31Ks20kApqqriCyk7iKBWiBPYAtp7-cjmZn1jBiAB0lxhMWt9i3e0VjyFAfy2ED_NyAuIrMMIZ3USJP5OeJbryHuU6g/s1600-h/PA040052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDOPdnZ0791Wm28TjfEYydZSCFWGIuXPGnzujPA5oMmWf76Kd31Ks20kApqqriCyk7iKBWiBPYAtp7-cjmZn1jBiAB0lxhMWt9i3e0VjyFAfy2ED_NyAuIrMMIZ3USJP5OeJbryHuU6g/s320/PA040052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254460363388684418" /></a><br /><br /><br />The town before Lunenburg - Mahone Bay was crawling with middle aged white people who all looked like they could be distant relatives, double fisting double-doubles. It was the annual Scarecrow Festival. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZox_oAPk9S-CfCckf6by6V04dtYmjvhNq7ujFjq_GIPmSy9yugFwgFZ_HnYoceBWwoY1HAo9gJGHojNBxROuw4XwVqkOw2TKR4VUFDqh3_8m1-ND54OGz5o6r3o_43QXdYukHLc68fs/s1600-h/PA040082.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZox_oAPk9S-CfCckf6by6V04dtYmjvhNq7ujFjq_GIPmSy9yugFwgFZ_HnYoceBWwoY1HAo9gJGHojNBxROuw4XwVqkOw2TKR4VUFDqh3_8m1-ND54OGz5o6r3o_43QXdYukHLc68fs/s320/PA040082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254464174199397746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu_kSY__cKjiqqaT_zQUHYrgLGvTD92qESJVJWx7SPxPrgIZSLTFulWJJ8YLUdEzbbqTALWF7WyRuOqv3Mnv71jVvUt2gldOKzJ-SyaDnRJqRtBt_HndbTZp5oekOSMbmvazOS_9xlks/s1600-h/PA040085.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu_kSY__cKjiqqaT_zQUHYrgLGvTD92qESJVJWx7SPxPrgIZSLTFulWJJ8YLUdEzbbqTALWF7WyRuOqv3Mnv71jVvUt2gldOKzJ-SyaDnRJqRtBt_HndbTZp5oekOSMbmvazOS_9xlks/s320/PA040085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254464174952802770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56-wEye22OHzj9HAjahDiHtsHw60hbv6vDNVxP_k8k_D0bliaFNAaqxQVh6rqtaXkcWZ3SoOn3Gld4ennBQPUrZL1xKOTnU7REftnMOkk8iDWW6nU8Q_oz75e-MfNfbyQfeDOfLUB27g/s1600-h/PA040090.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56-wEye22OHzj9HAjahDiHtsHw60hbv6vDNVxP_k8k_D0bliaFNAaqxQVh6rqtaXkcWZ3SoOn3Gld4ennBQPUrZL1xKOTnU7REftnMOkk8iDWW6nU8Q_oz75e-MfNfbyQfeDOfLUB27g/s320/PA040090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254464179622386434" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-70003285992102026232008-10-02T09:13:00.002-04:002008-10-02T11:41:49.758-04:00The End is Not Near, It's Here - #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQNXrA9yJRKgIsmaJ_S2GsWtdNIQ5q4nHpT1ox2bTDuD3_tRTTxdQiFCoRsd3R0kQHYIhWJBTFPrrbOfyb7_36WOSZmY_GE4s2djbZ9ENdpvplNV8ISRJVnFD3EY2vicJvhGHvXFloyc/s1600-h/P1010543.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQNXrA9yJRKgIsmaJ_S2GsWtdNIQ5q4nHpT1ox2bTDuD3_tRTTxdQiFCoRsd3R0kQHYIhWJBTFPrrbOfyb7_36WOSZmY_GE4s2djbZ9ENdpvplNV8ISRJVnFD3EY2vicJvhGHvXFloyc/s320/P1010543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252580178445227458" /></a><br /><br />Third week of August in Fernie, BC. Gas supply led Petro Canada cut off deliveries to the Kooteneys. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ8whkzftviLjucpRcuauXnu0nNDqQDESby8_rdcSw_YctV4dRZ0-EgSkW-lq0vWCn_ez-4j3XzPAlqLvz54sefKSuyAuqEbzLH_3L7bvWJymA2Nu3hxIM6RbQB7W70LCbRlnWbLi-i0/s1600-h/P8250218.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ8whkzftviLjucpRcuauXnu0nNDqQDESby8_rdcSw_YctV4dRZ0-EgSkW-lq0vWCn_ez-4j3XzPAlqLvz54sefKSuyAuqEbzLH_3L7bvWJymA2Nu3hxIM6RbQB7W70LCbRlnWbLi-i0/s320/P8250218.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252580180813614962" /></a><br /><br />Remember when you had to line up for 2 hours to get a donut when Krispy Kreme first opened? They had security guards directing traffic. I've never had a Krispy Kreme donut. Does that make me better than you? Perhaps.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-12565431555123070882008-09-29T10:21:00.001-04:002010-06-09T16:37:04.084-04:00HalifaxSo far, living in Halifax has been more like a vacation. I don't have any responsibilities yet. Thankfully that will change soon. This is the week to find a job. Beyond Kijiji, I have one semi-solid lead.<br /><br />I've met a bunch of Jen's friends who are great. Went for drinks with Kincaid Chan and his special lady friend Jessica on Saturday. Kincaid moved out here from Calgary a few years ago for school. I played briefly in his band Venus and Fergus. We talked about jamming together. <br /><br />I've got a major itch to play in a band again. The songs I'm writing would have so much more power with a rhythm section. That said, Evan and I are in the planning stages of doing some long distance internerd recording for the first Forest/Van Reekum album. We had planned to make a record with my friend Lorrie Matheson in October, but the speedy Halifax move got in the way. So the plan is, I'm going to send Ev the vocal and guitar audio files, then he'll add his banjo/dobro/blues harp/Freemason chants. Should be fun.<br /><br />Survived my first tropical storm. Is it still tropical when it reaches the Maritimes? It's name was Kyle. Sort of a wuss... <br /><br />I was out for a walk enjoying the warm, wet winds when out of nowhere the downpour started. I was drenched from head to toe in seconds. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PJ8nXWlBBvaICrcBGjgxZRF-D_HOnRgcAL34MWmbLdZMCzQxMXC-ttLA1V_o4LaIt9So8keDXpCdNihrKv-XuAKaBUoHLERUKjaJMMnd6uN1O8U_xep951YnieifDXIQ2ub1kRj6j-Y/s1600-h/P9200118.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PJ8nXWlBBvaICrcBGjgxZRF-D_HOnRgcAL34MWmbLdZMCzQxMXC-ttLA1V_o4LaIt9So8keDXpCdNihrKv-XuAKaBUoHLERUKjaJMMnd6uN1O8U_xep951YnieifDXIQ2ub1kRj6j-Y/s320/P9200118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251462071623829730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FJCLQu4ZIrZM3RGLGKMSlyk9pLUGG210Q8pEKnsQOCpZh4Sijy2M1dDjNbTXkHu587-pCJDNbsr4aElJfFvjSHzdPnhKVHbh2m7pIwbrE4xNFCwO7u4ufKKupUM6ZaaGnd0NETdQRG0/s1600-h/P9210123.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FJCLQu4ZIrZM3RGLGKMSlyk9pLUGG210Q8pEKnsQOCpZh4Sijy2M1dDjNbTXkHu587-pCJDNbsr4aElJfFvjSHzdPnhKVHbh2m7pIwbrE4xNFCwO7u4ufKKupUM6ZaaGnd0NETdQRG0/s320/P9210123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251462076436451714" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-76194540944026206202008-09-26T11:38:00.001-04:002010-06-09T16:29:44.478-04:00HalifaxI've been here for a week and it's been strange. Mostly good. I never expected everything to fall into place seamlessly and they haven't. <br /><br />Coming to a new town, knowing hardly a soul has shaken my confidence in a way I couldn't have anticipated. In Calgary, where I have deep relationships with bros and hoes, it is easy to recognize who I am. I need only interact with a friend to see the love in their eyes. Here, everyone is a stranger. I'm a stranger. <br /><br />Part of me says this is a sign of weakness. I haven't exactly been comforatable in my own skin. That my ego isn't as big (in a good way) as I thought it was.<br /><br />I'm excited to get past this stage and start to reshape my identity through the eyes of others. It's not about being validated or having my ego artificially inflated. It's about giving to another in order to get that same piece back. You know, day to day living. People to share the burden of the past and the promise of the future with.<br /><br />I almost left yesterday. I got as far as calling Greyhound to find out how much a ticket to Montreal was. Then I unfucked my self and started thinking clearly. That's where I'm at now. No thinking. Too much time to think this week. Time to find a job and put down some roots. That's the only way to figure out if I should stay. <br /><br />--------------------<br /><br />The new Damien Jurado album is amazing. Devastating. Full of hope. Melodies that are comforting in their familiarity paired with lyrics that are crushing in their blunt simplicity.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">is he still coming around like an injured bird? <br />needing a nest a place to rest his head<br />and a song you'll regret<br /><br />But still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete<br />Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in</span>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-35281878108991783592008-09-23T09:14:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:16:42.382-04:00Calgary Friends (AKA Sausage Party)The last couple weeks before I left, I started to collect head shots of friends. 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Good place for a brain scrub, which I needed at the time. My head had felt like it was in the clouds, so actually getting my head in the clouds and taking a look around was a good perspective to notice. <br /><br />During the week, Greg is a Geologist and on the weekend, he's a tree huger. 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No clear anecdotes to appease my ropey thoughts. A nautical knot that starts at the stem of my brain, down to an anchor that can't find berth.<br /><br />All this is to say, things are good. Great in fact. I'm leaving town and won't be around.<br /><br />It's not the act of saying "goodbye" that's hard, it's that from this moment on, I've chosen to go another way. To go on without you. Thanks for everything. See you later. <br /><br />I'm leaving Calgary in 9 days. Just bought a one way ticket to the coast. <br /><br />When I told my mom, it was as if I had simply mentioned I was going to the store to buy some bread, a jug of milk, and a stick of butter. "When do you leave?" Thursday. "You'll have to ask your dad for a ride to the airport, I'll be out of town".<br /><br />Not that she isn't supportive, just not one to meddle.<br /><br />I'm not starting over, I'm keepin' on. <br /><br />I've worn out the streets in the city that has made me. The city I loved. Calgary is a city with potential, but how long can you keep saying that before you realize it isn't going to reach beyond itself. I'm not a hater on this city. I don't think, like many friends who have moved to Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, etc with the idea that those towns are going to save them, that a rich culture can somehow satisfy and bring true fulfillment. I call bullshit on that one.<br /><br />This truly is the end of an era. Pete's traveling Australia for a while and likely not returning to Calgary. For now, Dik is staying put on his Couch of Responsibility and Love Seat of Sobriety here in Calgary. There was a time I took these guys for granted. Not anymore. Who knows when we'll be together in the same place again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i08egduNNj0NXYJSyO5KJgdu1C0-OF4ntDrCV_wRUaE8WEf2Ry2NiNzCpqIgyqrmD58d6x7a-8Z2dwxu5AFelVEORBiSLxn2v3GdCX_aUjx-HAzSegCqfz2vjDht25imbYN7eOqRC8c/s1600-h/P9090001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i08egduNNj0NXYJSyO5KJgdu1C0-OF4ntDrCV_wRUaE8WEf2Ry2NiNzCpqIgyqrmD58d6x7a-8Z2dwxu5AFelVEORBiSLxn2v3GdCX_aUjx-HAzSegCqfz2vjDht25imbYN7eOqRC8c/s320/P9090001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244538934118279810" /></a><br /><br />Much of who I am is because of these two. My sense of humor (How's the new car runnin'?) comes mostly from them. I think it's going to be a while before I feel funny again. All it takes is a look with these guys. Though, at least I know there are enough people in the world who can appreciate a well timed and executed Lebowski reference.<br /><br />Mostly though, I'm going to miss the simple times with them. They've seen me through my happiest and darkest times. They've listened through the tears and manic rants. One night, last winter, on the way home from band practice at Marco's old place, I yelled the whole way home (half an hour). Melted down. They listened. I didn't feel any better, but at least they were there and didn't try to say "everything's going to be ok". Of coarse, they knew it would be ok. Great in fact. <br /><br />Pete and Rich call me "The One With the Biggest Mouth". I think that's mostly because of the nature of our friendship. We're all listeners, but sometimes I feel like I need to fill the empty space...with noise. I hope I've been as good a listener as they have.<br /><br />Thanks for everything. See you later.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-31148940903882126982008-08-29T16:21:00.000-04:002008-08-31T15:16:03.069-04:00Saltspring Island - Aug 8-11, 2008So, after visiting Mudge on the long weekend, I went over to the main island to pick up my motorbike at the lutherie school and hang with friends. I took the Greyhound from Nanaimo to Parksville and I hate admitting this, but I took a good hard look at the people sitting around me in light of what happened near Portage earlier this month. <br /><br />Went for dinner with Stinni and Arlen. Played a game called Horseballs, which has taken the school by storm since I left. It was great to hang with my brief but significant friends. JP said I was looking so happy, which was nice to hear. I remember feeling it. <br /><br />Arlen and I have loose plans to visit Stinni in Iceland over Christmas. We'll see...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllA-ZLPRwHoSDtnN608jMkj-6hhgVnS5GV_quQQflhxWftYuDVH0lhuk-3obe03Oq7IsgUgGf8A65fqwxkKnv3x0wuiwR1WXLaBRKz5Y7g_vMuAom_v8zSx30djctPBFGbfUb__xL3-0/s1600-h/P8050269.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllA-ZLPRwHoSDtnN608jMkj-6hhgVnS5GV_quQQflhxWftYuDVH0lhuk-3obe03Oq7IsgUgGf8A65fqwxkKnv3x0wuiwR1WXLaBRKz5Y7g_vMuAom_v8zSx30djctPBFGbfUb__xL3-0/s320/P8050269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240047594103601026" /></a><br />Stinni, Arlen<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq5etJ4TbkHhYhSfrD12SQgQ5TO1j5h-fTylmhvXJTgF0WXkQcStWIBe-Kop8mQvTTJi0CkujXLVIaIc-_vWr1vUfux9xophAXz0MnSMavderd0aXogqwEqYZGoK-S8ga0fATpeeKoNQ/s1600-h/P8050270.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYq5etJ4TbkHhYhSfrD12SQgQ5TO1j5h-fTylmhvXJTgF0WXkQcStWIBe-Kop8mQvTTJi0CkujXLVIaIc-_vWr1vUfux9xophAXz0MnSMavderd0aXogqwEqYZGoK-S8ga0fATpeeKoNQ/s320/P8050270.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240047598146551378" /></a><br />Stinni<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBPvQzSEDbCWmamX3DWysX021CgHWH7B4jyACTXdBAmWBWJ4QdQ7JknouZMZpE9xD6vXywj_o94uf7-On269eUCOPfjsu1pmFD4bnORzo3_E5ZLxJa2XqvX3RSP4u_NhAE2Jouwi9UuI/s1600-h/P8050268.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBPvQzSEDbCWmamX3DWysX021CgHWH7B4jyACTXdBAmWBWJ4QdQ7JknouZMZpE9xD6vXywj_o94uf7-On269eUCOPfjsu1pmFD4bnORzo3_E5ZLxJa2XqvX3RSP4u_NhAE2Jouwi9UuI/s320/P8050268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240047606399616482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx87wUdccDHAI72N9X3zCZSqGr2zMIZ8Xlmuk9Ad1HLhGQmKYYmBGaPMUGxv6lEd8S8S0XSI5pLWTf41GcQg75c1Gq9c8qtjKP7k1XORUMuWC90uU2Go-ysMhCfcpG9trSZacJyaDfss/s1600-h/P8050271.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx87wUdccDHAI72N9X3zCZSqGr2zMIZ8Xlmuk9Ad1HLhGQmKYYmBGaPMUGxv6lEd8S8S0XSI5pLWTf41GcQg75c1Gq9c8qtjKP7k1XORUMuWC90uU2Go-ysMhCfcpG9trSZacJyaDfss/s320/P8050271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240047611324620146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXWJGAmWkKQuRwFdc0Q5_WlvhpA-2VJzfADV2zzlVhSkpwcXUbtoXCCzc8a1fOVXMwDh4GM0S4bQKvtDD1xxvekM0ffkphKf0LvcffTV7PDI-bNHUAQyTg4fnEMJoE8_Btl5aJ_ueIPM/s1600-h/P8050274.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXWJGAmWkKQuRwFdc0Q5_WlvhpA-2VJzfADV2zzlVhSkpwcXUbtoXCCzc8a1fOVXMwDh4GM0S4bQKvtDD1xxvekM0ffkphKf0LvcffTV7PDI-bNHUAQyTg4fnEMJoE8_Btl5aJ_ueIPM/s320/P8050274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240047611169421090" /></a><br />It was hot, so after dinner, I went for a swim<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhplOEB2_1vNU2vPGsKV2jqsMFiE_dC1BFtEw-LbsEATsoL05Hln1CRvvWl0gQ4BbsVq8Ig3jPQGDogVrVS5D42WgdsjbEhLRb-CMV71nbCOENnjWP8If7fF8HzU3JJKSVZ9b-0TcqrI/s1600-h/P8050277.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhplOEB2_1vNU2vPGsKV2jqsMFiE_dC1BFtEw-LbsEATsoL05Hln1CRvvWl0gQ4BbsVq8Ig3jPQGDogVrVS5D42WgdsjbEhLRb-CMV71nbCOENnjWP8If7fF8HzU3JJKSVZ9b-0TcqrI/s320/P8050277.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240048254702777858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsJHOgH4tizSoDIHa6hP_dL7POPpivFbFQOLU0RWbpWfZd1J0KuIeiL89k0nvBPt0YsAkLxE0kJmRxZ0LtHm75saOkb9JtisgjnLxbBJfuCjoAjgGY4gBMQxgikNoZnHNfl24IrqAif4/s1600-h/P8050280.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsJHOgH4tizSoDIHa6hP_dL7POPpivFbFQOLU0RWbpWfZd1J0KuIeiL89k0nvBPt0YsAkLxE0kJmRxZ0LtHm75saOkb9JtisgjnLxbBJfuCjoAjgGY4gBMQxgikNoZnHNfl24IrqAif4/s320/P8050280.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240048262325982114" /></a><br />Horseballs!<br /><br /><br />August was a month of Island hopping. Mudge, Gabriola, Thee Island, and Saltspring. All of them beautiful in different ways and I'd love to call one of them home someday. That is, if I don't get sidetracked by Alaska. Hmmm.<br /><br />Here are some pics from Joel's palace on Saltspring. Another great weekend.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglOWL97PwdYsQKFY0XX2uYAwBDmcrg0TVRZ-R9P9zRMq7OuxHW5ifxw9iIRBYMTqwE0h0VAAfmJ1cwxIzbEsZbjDBF1qvj9ZGe0jyXeYAufveQd8SFmNyWawU-KofxI4D16H1oM-td6w/s1600-h/P8090319.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglOWL97PwdYsQKFY0XX2uYAwBDmcrg0TVRZ-R9P9zRMq7OuxHW5ifxw9iIRBYMTqwE0h0VAAfmJ1cwxIzbEsZbjDBF1qvj9ZGe0jyXeYAufveQd8SFmNyWawU-KofxI4D16H1oM-td6w/s320/P8090319.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240038336183181586" /></a><br />Joel, Julia, Barrald<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsLPnSavTVSkNkkWAOlW23bWc-W-lAQrM9yzEqSjLKPYNPHYZF9SwZUyBaSc4JjcOow86M7jCDPazqFT9gAWBHu190Fy1BMsQDD9EeUSqCUjgRTLvsx3Tq-nkBLANESJsdTly0NBaHBU/s1600-h/P8090327.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsLPnSavTVSkNkkWAOlW23bWc-W-lAQrM9yzEqSjLKPYNPHYZF9SwZUyBaSc4JjcOow86M7jCDPazqFT9gAWBHu190Fy1BMsQDD9EeUSqCUjgRTLvsx3Tq-nkBLANESJsdTly0NBaHBU/s320/P8090327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240038342229670402" /></a><br />Dad takes a nap<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnddGKZY14WKcP-uinvPcAUpSEXWRdGQCSnr-RhWrqwKNklgroZDhQihP6FZAYmG15YUx8lEwb1iTpQkh7iQqc9yk2TPMGabbiBtIpZiVikmk843o3tzC1H-PIt5cAXaYzu310EFG0Js/s1600-h/P8090317.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnddGKZY14WKcP-uinvPcAUpSEXWRdGQCSnr-RhWrqwKNklgroZDhQihP6FZAYmG15YUx8lEwb1iTpQkh7iQqc9yk2TPMGabbiBtIpZiVikmk843o3tzC1H-PIt5cAXaYzu310EFG0Js/s320/P8090317.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240038347045361618" /></a><br />Shammy, Barr<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Vx12djybnwOPGLikeeYDj0H5atxm6y6_UdfEmZKx4hUR5ZvKxSbqT9iplPrQZNftBudnO187D-GttsR5yuFZiEvHzMuhoAOYuiXkPzgJmzaV3C7yw-XFm9MpB1TMGIY9M3lZ5BCXkdA/s1600-h/P8090330.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Vx12djybnwOPGLikeeYDj0H5atxm6y6_UdfEmZKx4hUR5ZvKxSbqT9iplPrQZNftBudnO187D-GttsR5yuFZiEvHzMuhoAOYuiXkPzgJmzaV3C7yw-XFm9MpB1TMGIY9M3lZ5BCXkdA/s320/P8090330.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240038352927856418" /></a><br />Joel, Sham have a snuggle<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsZNsU9Uk9ROT7L0PvoS34EhyomXLrNi_2iIAMIv7lfVLwBHvtSWf8qPH-_ukGsyXONUAiabKwSLa6n8BaZWa8qA1_JtIt6RNqhZNigaP-C1hMWDgNB1vn9c4EndLaigbtVvONGFAqAI/s1600-h/P8090339.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsZNsU9Uk9ROT7L0PvoS34EhyomXLrNi_2iIAMIv7lfVLwBHvtSWf8qPH-_ukGsyXONUAiabKwSLa6n8BaZWa8qA1_JtIt6RNqhZNigaP-C1hMWDgNB1vn9c4EndLaigbtVvONGFAqAI/s320/P8090339.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240038355979603234" /></a><br />Me, Sham, John watch Joel dance<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK2CyA_hZASLrpuORvLBbXk2cT7j8Tvoht_2fvJNyMj5cUspBXZN77-aDtY1dD1mj8B-owU2XBcF5FcFdDid-_nZV9KX_XR8dEUADjU3c4FdbCgBg0hs6hKJ94mDPjXfYRZMo2o0jszc/s1600-h/P8090341.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK2CyA_hZASLrpuORvLBbXk2cT7j8Tvoht_2fvJNyMj5cUspBXZN77-aDtY1dD1mj8B-owU2XBcF5FcFdDid-_nZV9KX_XR8dEUADjU3c4FdbCgBg0hs6hKJ94mDPjXfYRZMo2o0jszc/s320/P8090341.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240039051974044434" /></a><br />Joel dances<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZuW7CSu37tqUj3VWXGaBLYhd9nfuWgCROHCgNpGPphM_Ssdt4b9UxNomP4UnU5_KpxUkFhjhWnfQbwU7F4vQhdVEUNAuonjjx7nxOO8xxVTSkPjv50xCtT-qdhYUhl4uAe1u9iB30GY/s1600-h/P8100346.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZuW7CSu37tqUj3VWXGaBLYhd9nfuWgCROHCgNpGPphM_Ssdt4b9UxNomP4UnU5_KpxUkFhjhWnfQbwU7F4vQhdVEUNAuonjjx7nxOO8xxVTSkPjv50xCtT-qdhYUhl4uAe1u9iB30GY/s320/P8100346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240039059375435330" /></a><br />Lomie, Jen playing Bomberman on mini-nintendos. John, Sham<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA3990BwtUreSt-8BhIAksreGV-WA2DJTGOPUBW9V_CXxw_yimTJa1Oirjf-DY-4aB1oLGe0GrEh1svrVUhHxG5maXVAJg9O3pe1JwJnYC-Rz3mfGDrjHdtj3P9aH-9URb2P19FAVY8k/s1600-h/P8100379.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA3990BwtUreSt-8BhIAksreGV-WA2DJTGOPUBW9V_CXxw_yimTJa1Oirjf-DY-4aB1oLGe0GrEh1svrVUhHxG5maXVAJg9O3pe1JwJnYC-Rz3mfGDrjHdtj3P9aH-9URb2P19FAVY8k/s320/P8100379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240039063059983202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLlJeBKemSDE8cEv4YD8fC-BrNh6wklEIVM-hXa0zUGZFoUyPGnsej4GVgOc-HWNxB9IlRw4pmL2ZCG_sDWJg2E3WLKup-syFhFU7UkPRVD5tZK3NFQIFrkyToULwMJkN7up0T6MCIaI/s1600-h/P8100381.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLlJeBKemSDE8cEv4YD8fC-BrNh6wklEIVM-hXa0zUGZFoUyPGnsej4GVgOc-HWNxB9IlRw4pmL2ZCG_sDWJg2E3WLKup-syFhFU7UkPRVD5tZK3NFQIFrkyToULwMJkN7up0T6MCIaI/s320/P8100381.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240039066370644882" /></a><br />Barr rippin' on the Ganges skate park<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y3AAPzZA-ANCmaMZO5RcT6aNYqJIoPWL3RVGNNC_aHnpr8rShWDMyn2NZGDc5w6tzCGzGTg8Pxe9o1uR1tHnxCybIGO0-bPxaHc3bOAwxiOUDsM6BQJ0AE2vPzWMe7X9oPcngN9R9Mg/s1600-h/P8100385.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y3AAPzZA-ANCmaMZO5RcT6aNYqJIoPWL3RVGNNC_aHnpr8rShWDMyn2NZGDc5w6tzCGzGTg8Pxe9o1uR1tHnxCybIGO0-bPxaHc3bOAwxiOUDsM6BQJ0AE2vPzWMe7X9oPcngN9R9Mg/s320/P8100385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240039068691378962" /></a><br />Dad tending to some house work!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ6ihHsjwHi9DCYG9eq7EqotWMHjiEKkDGgOA_acKjzjzZ7RSuDg4sU0PzEVtHfprDZX5G3Sk6wYK4OIMzw_XiKeOFPtcV8Xn7oX92VQLo3-JLglNfOyNdPDa6dmbPflPaIfiHQ5U4Ik/s1600-h/P8100362.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ6ihHsjwHi9DCYG9eq7EqotWMHjiEKkDGgOA_acKjzjzZ7RSuDg4sU0PzEVtHfprDZX5G3Sk6wYK4OIMzw_XiKeOFPtcV8Xn7oX92VQLo3-JLglNfOyNdPDa6dmbPflPaIfiHQ5U4Ik/s320/P8100362.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240040165799343586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_gp7uQfU9GAGlvntKFOiBWvSN7IGdLGt8wqFIMQnEaAsho19skq9cgcRM-o8R3S4R2GC1D2sqmu-LBE4VAGkDSdQWP6gNEpEfawmdXh4gorg_crMkuYnCE7Jus9rSV2Eab1sb7AI4jU/s1600-h/P8100364.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_gp7uQfU9GAGlvntKFOiBWvSN7IGdLGt8wqFIMQnEaAsho19skq9cgcRM-o8R3S4R2GC1D2sqmu-LBE4VAGkDSdQWP6gNEpEfawmdXh4gorg_crMkuYnCE7Jus9rSV2Eab1sb7AI4jU/s320/P8100364.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240040167194441266" /></a><br />There is no party here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzuWJZJRARvr_7y8S4it8Mv8zN4kxv4c0PYbb3uhkG4Ai6_fh8OniC8kS3pbUF4tolEmG3u-jJZOfYvua2VT96oDBDhpzRPdDkYT20OdKVqFeYk5r7qvrYWbSFJU9ctNvXSyK28DAC1c/s1600-h/P8100389.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzuWJZJRARvr_7y8S4it8Mv8zN4kxv4c0PYbb3uhkG4Ai6_fh8OniC8kS3pbUF4tolEmG3u-jJZOfYvua2VT96oDBDhpzRPdDkYT20OdKVqFeYk5r7qvrYWbSFJU9ctNvXSyK28DAC1c/s320/P8100389.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240040170656315394" /></a><br />Barr, Bianca, Sham, John, Lomie walking down the cliff to the ocean<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo4MpsfMwYvt8Kl2XZ1EYBkcRx_Pt4hoNH9RimXHP5W2bocvUVFt1rDEKar_5-Ej4PCOR60akObc6JBhBq5MmKA68-2Ub0BfdnYpBGL7VtTOtTD0cHSamnjwkVeU7IkiXIulxmyz9Dyw/s1600-h/P8100390.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14I1LZstNj3y39zD8XSG107Ash8IAFFL0LhZBZkwxNjRbnGJ2zdUj9lD33dVJYXGhU2KDJzAthqG6cUUjgRyIQkyuts09C4uSxHNkEv8RnVDHi8aBJYIMeK9wsUxOfAMUfFqxrlEBi-Y/s320/P8110403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240040406233673042" /></a><br />Bianca and I went for a little sea kayaking adventure. Something I've always wanted to do, but never had a chance until now. Rad.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-13636935318499743922008-08-15T14:07:00.000-04:002008-08-15T14:16:16.173-04:00Summer Fun Time: Forest Tate Fraser ShowEvan and I are playing a free show this Saturday, August 16. It's the last installment of the CJSW Radio Summer Concert Series at Olympic Plaza.<br /><br />It's supposed to be 30 degrees tomorrow. I can't wait to play these songs in the outdoors. As I was writing some of them, I thought they were best suited for a summertime evening. Not a dark rock club. The sun is going to start setting near the end of our set. The Summer of Enjoyment continues.<br /><br />We'll be playing two new songs, and the Daniel Johnston cover of True Love Will Find You in the End.<br /><br />Thanks to CJSW (the only radio station in town that supports local music in meaningful ways) for inviting me to play! <br /><br />Honeybear (7:00)<br />Forest Tate Fraser (7:45)<br />Clinton St. John (8:30)<br />Kris Ellestad (9:15)Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-17803019343891204582008-08-14T02:34:00.000-04:002008-08-16T17:25:53.554-04:00Mudge Island - August Long 2008After finishing the Purr project I spent the weekend hanging with friends at a remote cabin on an even more remote island. I met Belinda and Jude at Sham and Bar's place on a Wednesday and went to see their band (Blue and White Van) at The Biltmore on Thursday. They invited me along with Wendy/Barry, Sean/Bianca, Jake/Courtnay to Belinda's folk's cabin on Mudge Island. I was the wheel for the weekend but super happy to be included.<br /><br />To get to Mudge from the mainland, take the ferry to Nanaimo, then a different ferry to Gabriola Island. From there, it's up to you to find yr own way across the narrows to Mudge. Every step of the way, you get the sense that yr brain is shedding the complications of the everyday and making room for the calm that only simplicity (and good friends) can provide.<br /><br />Speaking of good friends. Sean and Barry. I'm a better person for having known them. These are some rock solid dudes. Ethics that make sense because they are informed by what they feel is good and right even at the expense of their own personal gain. Village first. Self second.<br /><br />I had the chance to spend more time with Barry this trip than I have in the past. Sitting at the kitchen table well into the night. We shared our thoughts about a lot of things but tended to hover around love and relationships. Though I'm having a hard time boiling down our chats into something concrete that I can take away with me, I know one thing. He has saved me. Saved me from falling in the wrong direction. From giving too much of myself. To the wrong person. Again. <br /><br />He also said something beautifully poetic (chances are it will make it into a song). "All of the water flows into the ocean". I take this to mean that me and my girl (whoever,wherever, whenever) will find each other. Maybe she's part of the mist in water fall and I'm in a chunk of ice stuck on some 4X4's bumper. Someday, we'll find each other at the mouth of a river as it mixes with the salt water or inside a raindrop as it falls. Barf bag please.<br /><br />Pair this idea to something Shammy said a couple days before, "good people find good people" and it makes me feel pretty content with my current state. <br /><br />Anyways, here are some pics from Mudge.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGSaaRESMKM9yuXUbvtuq6FwU-vIwXLHLV4-Xy22xnwGOFxohcCBBiUTg2p3VVt-pSm7uw0GgK-U6Zr9uskNsawfD-wjCN78yCsGOLpHkFUUETB_fvCUEnIc8uF4O44hVNwqavAqbVY8/s1600-h/P8020164.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGSaaRESMKM9yuXUbvtuq6FwU-vIwXLHLV4-Xy22xnwGOFxohcCBBiUTg2p3VVt-pSm7uw0GgK-U6Zr9uskNsawfD-wjCN78yCsGOLpHkFUUETB_fvCUEnIc8uF4O44hVNwqavAqbVY8/s320/P8020164.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234262309221634770" /></a><br />Barry, Me, Wendy on the ferry to Nanaimo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPKSkjLKEAsKQhtmEvxAY73UXEfjh5Vayh2lF_zD-m_PA8tarl6pQ2_NleeHtkJp65pvVVNhq3-8wjIMSoynHrDj6ZpKyGJyHrrzHnXLtyioRcAYZaHD1M4iYCXhyphenhyphenWMUSUf_m7DbC3dA/s1600-h/P8020172.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPKSkjLKEAsKQhtmEvxAY73UXEfjh5Vayh2lF_zD-m_PA8tarl6pQ2_NleeHtkJp65pvVVNhq3-8wjIMSoynHrDj6ZpKyGJyHrrzHnXLtyioRcAYZaHD1M4iYCXhyphenhyphenWMUSUf_m7DbC3dA/s320/P8020172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234262316721952946" /></a><br />Me, Jude crossing across to Mudge<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruvxxlR8VEfzaax6NXfAnPJYkVCpCUnHhFmz7ZeV169QbyI2xcpA5tQPDbZWJMS6n47t1ANCXJCSmY2rpYKCqtmSprJknp0u2CwDqmKSZQ-QbdMedoJvaRnfks3Azy43n-1ZuSZcKOo0/s1600-h/P8020185.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruvxxlR8VEfzaax6NXfAnPJYkVCpCUnHhFmz7ZeV169QbyI2xcpA5tQPDbZWJMS6n47t1ANCXJCSmY2rpYKCqtmSprJknp0u2CwDqmKSZQ-QbdMedoJvaRnfks3Azy43n-1ZuSZcKOo0/s320/P8020185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234262320397018898" /></a><br />Me being a Pescetarian, Jake, Courtnay from Langly<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMUNh1gqvVHyK70snX9bPfiXc9VHxDAoOZ03G-x4dqkmyVjVyjW_rlK9vPT6uoFyUXoDPuDYU8-ntX7R0D6IbkfhlMjJXyQNN8k0_QHteho68t0bIvqECTFrfwvlxk60QioVa6fp6geU/s1600-h/P8030199.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMUNh1gqvVHyK70snX9bPfiXc9VHxDAoOZ03G-x4dqkmyVjVyjW_rlK9vPT6uoFyUXoDPuDYU8-ntX7R0D6IbkfhlMjJXyQNN8k0_QHteho68t0bIvqECTFrfwvlxk60QioVa6fp6geU/s320/P8030199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234262327558244434" /></a><br />Wendy and I night driving the golf cart<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhLbQgG3oOaLDLFpIHxh7-AN396CySr68dUQtpRNerUkMRal7azpaXI0Z7hH9FhfHMTU7MuWCZ_HvZawwTLylFZ34xvZQRpGxJ61kHViuzFCK34q14gdUt2c232jD5GuRWR23YxPQf5k/s1600-h/P8030213.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhLbQgG3oOaLDLFpIHxh7-AN396CySr68dUQtpRNerUkMRal7azpaXI0Z7hH9FhfHMTU7MuWCZ_HvZawwTLylFZ34xvZQRpGxJ61kHViuzFCK34q14gdUt2c232jD5GuRWR23YxPQf5k/s320/P8030213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234262332808842722" /></a><br />Wendy, Belinda, me<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtBXeSXTtqxaJabpiKS_AFPp-Wp4nIry5zru0r1kJzAyUR_hINo6Hh6jGr7BWW9Rqd2t51CAFTBJsrEyap9-V-uXFF1aDrx6m_PE3OQmkwRfU3krW6etvleIslDux3oUV4ss2fpLabf8/s1600-h/P8030239.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtBXeSXTtqxaJabpiKS_AFPp-Wp4nIry5zru0r1kJzAyUR_hINo6Hh6jGr7BWW9Rqd2t51CAFTBJsrEyap9-V-uXFF1aDrx6m_PE3OQmkwRfU3krW6etvleIslDux3oUV4ss2fpLabf8/s320/P8030239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234263243209573538" /></a><br />Barr<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJJmDbbbIyY4xPcz7f8kXRH8qRqhg3cj_Tf97ygCWhYBfvKKNhibAqPjUOR0jXlsz5zpIwaIiN1dqdcCQjurnqxzFfe7kA1EGKxcJoVq0KS5F9uF1B0VoHA5oCU-7fWd9Nj0yR7tKIU4/s1600-h/P8030240.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJJmDbbbIyY4xPcz7f8kXRH8qRqhg3cj_Tf97ygCWhYBfvKKNhibAqPjUOR0jXlsz5zpIwaIiN1dqdcCQjurnqxzFfe7kA1EGKxcJoVq0KS5F9uF1B0VoHA5oCU-7fWd9Nj0yR7tKIU4/s320/P8030240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234263246757936018" /></a><br />Belinda shucking fresh oysters. I ate at least 25 and then lost 'em in the bushes<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBU0qi0ddPHeBgYpb0NbWkoTU4pVs_xqAuVi9RgInrLSQr2xqvmaKzIDEaauEtmhUSIcZZDqTMmZVtVUC6wfTyPwcjgw-beGsmowvc0EBmrdqaupMssHc4saL7Cx_W7wQOWCvSGc8MHCI/s1600-h/P8030245.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBU0qi0ddPHeBgYpb0NbWkoTU4pVs_xqAuVi9RgInrLSQr2xqvmaKzIDEaauEtmhUSIcZZDqTMmZVtVUC6wfTyPwcjgw-beGsmowvc0EBmrdqaupMssHc4saL7Cx_W7wQOWCvSGc8MHCI/s320/P8030245.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234263248932185106" /></a><br />Crabby<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2t7r84saAWfjVtwuc-Y3kNA_dXOLQYQ_pkcCWtW9KZPWkhQDuvuTOkwVdoyE3WC95qogeW_WTQZZt7cVSG8KLd9yNLKVS-jMLCKruzMQHFXilN4etQAXSkDgULtlE4Uk1TerLZ04ip8/s1600-h/P8030246.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2t7r84saAWfjVtwuc-Y3kNA_dXOLQYQ_pkcCWtW9KZPWkhQDuvuTOkwVdoyE3WC95qogeW_WTQZZt7cVSG8KLd9yNLKVS-jMLCKruzMQHFXilN4etQAXSkDgULtlE4Uk1TerLZ04ip8/s320/P8030246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234263253623688978" /></a><br />Bianca, Wendy and the blobby jelly fish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXXygo77motWrdMJeTNJn3qQRGJEweLh-9UJSFLftIEm5mxXAZ2zR9g60eXhba1NLfSAhL58MmEw5I4eC8n3h_7rNW0VkCrQ2UzvFwENyzzEJvul7SXHl6c9zgXVfMeej9MZHGfFGrLo/s1600-h/P8030249.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXXygo77motWrdMJeTNJn3qQRGJEweLh-9UJSFLftIEm5mxXAZ2zR9g60eXhba1NLfSAhL58MmEw5I4eC8n3h_7rNW0VkCrQ2UzvFwENyzzEJvul7SXHl6c9zgXVfMeej9MZHGfFGrLo/s320/P8030249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234263257562537634" /></a><br />Barr, Jake have an accident<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfJwjeAJnT995Un3AIse-gw-hWkBTFVWjW4-ajCqqATqdAK6KFGj7rpEh00OQOkt3pChrnDqpmkYPE4j4PeZ43sVWaIpj71I7G8-9abyu9nEV19SQWFjrmVeA2SYwasMXn1YPgDKINnE/s1600-h/P8040254.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfJwjeAJnT995Un3AIse-gw-hWkBTFVWjW4-ajCqqATqdAK6KFGj7rpEh00OQOkt3pChrnDqpmkYPE4j4PeZ43sVWaIpj71I7G8-9abyu9nEV19SQWFjrmVeA2SYwasMXn1YPgDKINnE/s320/P8040254.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234283193986494514" /></a><br />Dad eats breakfast<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Eqw6T9it2rTplRM-nH-RNlqSh9HlawQqmr-d2EosKEvdH1pvoW4djALHPBWVgeD7ktVtofqh_Yg0LXcV0P5gO5vkmmGok3CB_XhCjPVu5qpdrrJvuMQ8vWuPOCF0NREB-0YT5Le2-Wo/s1600-h/P8030250.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Eqw6T9it2rTplRM-nH-RNlqSh9HlawQqmr-d2EosKEvdH1pvoW4djALHPBWVgeD7ktVtofqh_Yg0LXcV0P5gO5vkmmGok3CB_XhCjPVu5qpdrrJvuMQ8vWuPOCF0NREB-0YT5Le2-Wo/s320/P8030250.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234265582491821138" /></a><br />Jude, Barr having a reading<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkrLqyrGaUAAICfwzGWDmVUWSOQm_Bqr2-rQAmWVMLsPCs1Yzi5pC8CXEpJUzPGsTcqxJX_-it3V9Xj6Kxfx8UByUV2C1n1VNPJNS1l-hFaDqw3jeeGUeN1WLB55Lz1ZV1UtaE6r6bS0/s1600-h/P8040258.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkrLqyrGaUAAICfwzGWDmVUWSOQm_Bqr2-rQAmWVMLsPCs1Yzi5pC8CXEpJUzPGsTcqxJX_-it3V9Xj6Kxfx8UByUV2C1n1VNPJNS1l-hFaDqw3jeeGUeN1WLB55Lz1ZV1UtaE6r6bS0/s320/P8040258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234265591040890290" /></a><br />Me, Wendy, Belinda enjoying a Sunday afternoon drive<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDN0ePjCvsmolHBmpnEe3huPJxSboive_P7GwtB6uFxrz0WeF9Cg5nIUlwXjUwIfvfvP36ilp9aPRU5GgByhTayCDb3xyLJXxd569JfhvzjAxXb06pAeg94_8f1zgLabxwawnWjJoSfY/s1600-h/P8040259.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDN0ePjCvsmolHBmpnEe3huPJxSboive_P7GwtB6uFxrz0WeF9Cg5nIUlwXjUwIfvfvP36ilp9aPRU5GgByhTayCDb3xyLJXxd569JfhvzjAxXb06pAeg94_8f1zgLabxwawnWjJoSfY/s320/P8040259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234266040424328274" /></a><br />Me, Wendy at the library, the closest thing to commerce on the island<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCAi32Lo5OQCcejuC2XRW3eFFNl9kJq89iM3fCcP5SpmuG1RXza6nJoC-oAlJOXXMWG5wP3kz63o6OlNlIj5bv_yHmgVnswgNj7tzz74imuDEYQIdDGMD5aw0ag6zzJIT_jd-dmyyFps/s1600-h/P8050267.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCAi32Lo5OQCcejuC2XRW3eFFNl9kJq89iM3fCcP5SpmuG1RXza6nJoC-oAlJOXXMWG5wP3kz63o6OlNlIj5bv_yHmgVnswgNj7tzz74imuDEYQIdDGMD5aw0ag6zzJIT_jd-dmyyFps/s320/P8050267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234266045674647058" /></a><br />Charlie the micro cabinForest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-38858850169774347132008-08-02T14:19:00.001-04:002008-08-13T19:42:42.416-04:00VancouPurrJust wrapped up the Vancouver Purr project.<br /><br />For each of the last four days, I've worked fourteen hours. It's been busy, but not stressful. Things came together with minimal complication and of course it helps when you believe in what you're doing and are doing it for/with great people.<br /><br />I'm off to Thee Island with Barold and Wendy to hang out at a new friend's cabin on Mudge Island (one of the smaller ones near Nanaimo). Then, back to the lutherie school to pick up my motorbike and say hi to friends.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to slowing down this weekend and having some time to think. I've made some big decisions and I want to make sure they're the right ones.<br /><br />Before:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW32kJG3PT26hyLhb4bd03-46KYfVhWCy9PiqxrqPsCiwJ2wqfa8D_cPpMI7e0U9pFTil9ubeAkaxiNwgIK2vtSciwYPi-xJj0kT4LVzRjxMPfOiWOcKojcYJ6MdmVOVMhM-U1iMGLtk/s1600-h/P7230098.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW32kJG3PT26hyLhb4bd03-46KYfVhWCy9PiqxrqPsCiwJ2wqfa8D_cPpMI7e0U9pFTil9ubeAkaxiNwgIK2vtSciwYPi-xJj0kT4LVzRjxMPfOiWOcKojcYJ6MdmVOVMhM-U1iMGLtk/s320/P7230098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234123343553622642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIuf_KQvH-kjqJRRTtOBZqxoi9gLKsf4BEr_V8Av9mrfhLBC942Gh5k_uBWoxRJ2kJskVd9ThKyLvQYe8eyLTkyCv8abZn6MoLyCtIahVKPgKVh20YkMLOBb0vfzoN2EDK6mhlkNqX30/s1600-h/P7230099.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIuf_KQvH-kjqJRRTtOBZqxoi9gLKsf4BEr_V8Av9mrfhLBC942Gh5k_uBWoxRJ2kJskVd9ThKyLvQYe8eyLTkyCv8abZn6MoLyCtIahVKPgKVh20YkMLOBb0vfzoN2EDK6mhlkNqX30/s320/P7230099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234123348712901058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxIbIwNbZhyphenhyphenmLAHXrIeWUEhLiiQf0oZJvIns9o5P0ApZwBYR0WngN9_T5LpDkn_MPB_9o3lwOya5LQ_W9y71dbsyN-b8cjpI5kcezzXQsvVdyYzTlPkiAtZsMo7s9OOFZ3SOYp9Gz3SU/s1600-h/P7230100.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6RDDN29T-Sns9PVQKQ1z7BOLhki3e4vXHqKxZKg4KQYl0qsI4GScCSkswFuWf2hG9mvpB7O6JsgeCF9CHDuo7gyfY3mrvi3DPdzK_7lr5RApv2T1Dc8s6w-ECRB6pTlRHw5-fcPWUH8/s320/P8070300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234150796058494642" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-21396578682575480952008-07-27T00:55:00.000-04:002008-07-27T00:58:56.381-04:00Home Sweet HomeI'm in Vancouver/home helping to set up Ben's new Purr store. Things are great. With all the work n' such I haven't had much time to think, but sometimes that's a good thing. There's no internerd around here, but I'll drop some nuggets of nerdery when I have the chance.......Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-11466285372640791932008-07-09T23:19:00.000-04:002008-07-09T23:24:00.205-04:00Where is My Mind?Ben says his biggest fear is flying. Liz didn't like spiders much. My brother is afraid of needles. My fear is that someday I will loose my mind. Not like in old age, but that I'll experience something so harsh that my brain just gives up. Does not compute. I've had moments, actually just parts of moments where I've lost it.<br /><br />I've been on a huge Daniel Johnston kick for the past week. Watched the documentary about his life - grew up in The Church of Christ (the same church I did), went crazy and threw an elderly woman from a second story window (she was possessed by two demons), took the keys from an airborne prop plane his dad was piloting and threw them out the window. They crashed but survived. Wouldn't sign with Electra because he thought Metalica was going to kill him. Worked at Macdonalds.<br /><br />He writes amazing songs about love and draws some strikingly unique pictures of Captain America and Casper the Friendly Ghost. He's crazy. Reminds me a bit of Long Island Adam. He thinks he's going to save the world.<br /><br />I'm covering one of his songs (True Love Will Find You in the End) for the Sad Bastard cover night at Marquee that Marco is putting together.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ucN4DActxA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ucN4DActxA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Almost all of his songs are love songs. I was starting to get a complex about how often the word "love" enters my songs, but after hearing Daniel's tunes, I don't feel so bad.<br /><br />Speaking of love songs, it's way easier for me to write them when I'm not in love. Strange.<br /><br />My brother did a really rad painting of one of my photos from The Island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W1GqqMhIk9o6pEPzWoTRr6ydIKI8bDxWsbIjAK86EME2ps55d0fvmu0p9h5i7PLnRYXLJtyfjJUQIFmaWsrUOSKSmzF-B4aIBvdgp_5YQ-CTanQaSUJq-UyGM5wzYBp_xC1cS0hYYuY/s1600-h/P6220067.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W1GqqMhIk9o6pEPzWoTRr6ydIKI8bDxWsbIjAK86EME2ps55d0fvmu0p9h5i7PLnRYXLJtyfjJUQIFmaWsrUOSKSmzF-B4aIBvdgp_5YQ-CTanQaSUJq-UyGM5wzYBp_xC1cS0hYYuY/s320/P6220067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221218624453183186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPUMHTKLsQPWWWxH_fAtrD0qAkXS1p5-goqkzI99Y5zv0kNVv-vPcllWWV9ciFkSTP3xbCP5cbI-aG9R_xTuBF1psToGIcCXX69U3s48BzHkIWn_aLfe4C5e8oSg7TZP4DFlcUWCHFT0/s1600-h/P7080083.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPUMHTKLsQPWWWxH_fAtrD0qAkXS1p5-goqkzI99Y5zv0kNVv-vPcllWWV9ciFkSTP3xbCP5cbI-aG9R_xTuBF1psToGIcCXX69U3s48BzHkIWn_aLfe4C5e8oSg7TZP4DFlcUWCHFT0/s320/P7080083.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221218624929832738" /></a><br /><br />Here are some of his other paintings. He's getting really good. Self taught.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgxlAAMxfawEHfZ75IYpMEJ4CX_GikPVeX5FUiX686b9sxTcw7bd90ScWuyb8rNq3qOrrwX087Rsa6KLezR1MKm31P1MIOTNcY3C4IV1ZvFX83U6q1tEnRIehVLhrMT_2ZEa5gM5QI0c/s1600-h/P7080085.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgxlAAMxfawEHfZ75IYpMEJ4CX_GikPVeX5FUiX686b9sxTcw7bd90ScWuyb8rNq3qOrrwX087Rsa6KLezR1MKm31P1MIOTNcY3C4IV1ZvFX83U6q1tEnRIehVLhrMT_2ZEa5gM5QI0c/s320/P7080085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221220368986464706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinS5mJtmECWc7HfFzQ51r1uM-2d8NH9EKhkbGBctX2O3lvCEz1VaeVwzip1h8zg5-IoY6OWPotEIV01FPfXKSmYhRgYUyrK0l5iP1Tju_yotiZ9Kb6oTGhU-mK5FMJmdDcwCubdGiE6as/s1600-h/P7080086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinS5mJtmECWc7HfFzQ51r1uM-2d8NH9EKhkbGBctX2O3lvCEz1VaeVwzip1h8zg5-IoY6OWPotEIV01FPfXKSmYhRgYUyrK0l5iP1Tju_yotiZ9Kb6oTGhU-mK5FMJmdDcwCubdGiE6as/s320/P7080086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221220376741866546" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-72002068564625761142008-07-08T04:27:00.000-04:002008-07-08T04:28:40.118-04:00SunlightTrying to find it<br />Trying to find some words to say<br />Trying to hide it<br />Trying to remind me of that day<br /><br />Looking around for an extra person in my life<br />To call my friend<br />And we're seen walking<br />And we're seen talking<br />Seems like there'll never be an end<br />Trying to find me out<br /><br />Trying to hold it up<br />Trying to help it catch the sunlight<br />Trying to fold it up<br />Trying to make it fear the night<br /><br />Looking around for an extra person in my life<br />To call my friend<br />We're seen walking<br />And we're seen talking<br />Seems like there'll never be an end<br />Trying to find me outForest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-78583230443434979282008-07-05T17:35:00.000-04:002008-07-05T17:37:55.691-04:00WingmanHere's a video my friend Jzero shot of the Sled Island show at The Marquee Room. I had a cold, but the scotch seemed to help open the pipes up a bit.<br /><br />The song is called Wingman and it's a love song I wrote for Dik.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UckvGsAVJic&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UckvGsAVJic&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-83681440940967436542008-07-05T16:58:00.000-04:002008-07-06T06:36:26.354-04:00The Choices We MakeThe thing about not having roots is every decision I make has the potential to drastically change the course of my life. I've always had roots. Read, a special lady friend to keep me grounded. Mostly, this has been a good thing. <br /><br />Now that my roots have dried up, releasing me to roam, I have the opportunity to choose for myself where to go.<br /><br />Here's a line from one of the songs I wrote in January:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">don't believe the lie that everything happens for a reason<br />the choices that we make we deal with everyday until we're gone</span><br /><br />Contrary to this lyric, I try not to think too deeply about this kind of stuff. Once you draw a line in the sand with ideas like destiny, you start to let yr life/relationships be dictated by concepts. I prefer to listen to my heart and guts for such issues.<br /><br />Life is strange right now. I'm loving it, yet the mood of my day seems to be set more by the dreams I remember in the morning than anything real. I keep coming back to that idea of the burden of the past / promise of the future. I'm stuck right in the middle of those two places, not feeling the tug of either very strongly. <br /><br />I'm trying to be more like my bro Pete, who is content in his own skin. Not much can shake him.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-45436818866662249182008-07-05T01:06:00.000-04:002008-07-05T01:08:34.151-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYDVGlGq7ZZ6rmrCbaXNdPfpp5S3ney7Tmg9al852Q9TQMbSMOpzw6SaPi2jkkcHQYqWW1kKw97ToX0of2-tuz7bIbqjFDQy9whuorKd8gIm3xi2CNXXzJ1IJl77ZILKffJrlJqR7oDA/s1600-h/P6240105.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYDVGlGq7ZZ6rmrCbaXNdPfpp5S3ney7Tmg9al852Q9TQMbSMOpzw6SaPi2jkkcHQYqWW1kKw97ToX0of2-tuz7bIbqjFDQy9whuorKd8gIm3xi2CNXXzJ1IJl77ZILKffJrlJqR7oDA/s320/P6240105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219392466628485314" /></a>Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784984848758418668.post-29239955032014022282008-07-03T02:51:00.000-04:002008-07-03T02:52:31.169-04:00A Walk in the ParkI stopped in for a visit at my uncle's (Keith) sign shop this afternoon. I was in the area picking up some materials for a project I'm working on. The shop is in an industrial park. A strange pairing of words. Industrial park.<br /><br />I hadn't seen him since Christmas two years ago. He was married to my Aunt Flo who died of cancer when I was in grade eight. <br /><br />He is a part of some of my earliest memories. When he started dating my aunt, he would come over to our old house in Rundle. My mom or dad would announce that he had pulled up out front in his gold Mazda and my brothers and I would go running to our hiding spots. Hearts pounding. He would come in the house and after saying his adult greetings would come and take the piss out of us boys for a while. I'm sure it got old for him pretty quick.<br /><br />It was great to talk to him and his wife Laurel today. I had a pretty shitty night last night so it was good to have a conversation with someone who knows the big picture, but very few details about the direction my life has taken. <br /><br />We talked about love, family, religion...<br /><br />He gave me some real insight into things.Forest Tate Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837675157562668167noreply@blogger.com0