and a sexual harassment campaign is born

Curtis: Nice pic of the Impala. Mmm...pretty.

Juno: If I could have sex with a car, that would be it.

Curtis: I thought you wanted to be, and I quote, "the stuffing in a Winchester sandwich"?

Juno: Next time they film locally, maybe I should carry a big sign advertising "I DO THE WEIRD STUFF".

Curtis: The crew will love that.

Juno: I'd better specify "WILL BANG SAM & DEAN FOR FOOD"

Curtis: Boooo, says the crew.

Juno: OK, revised signage: "ONE FREE HANDJOB TO 1ST PERSON TO GET ME 20 MINS ALONE WITH SAM & DEAN"
And they get theirs AFTER I get mine. I been burned before.

Curtis: You're such a classy broad.

Juno: I know, right?

Happy 420. Now pass the damn chocolate.

It’s 420, and I have the day off for the first time in EVER, so I (briefly) toyed with the idea of going down to the Vancouver Art Gallery and lighting up with the rest of the crowd.
Cops and the population in general here are relatively cool with personal marijuana use, as long as you’re sensible and discreet about it. April 20th is the one day where thousands of people gather at the Vancouver Art Gallery (which was formerly the courthouse), to light up in a show of good-natured civil disobedience. Cops might watch, but I’ve never heard of any arrests or interference.
It IS tradition, and civil disobedience DOES rock…but I’m almost twice the age of the majority there, and there’s a point where partying with the youngsters gets a little…skanky?

Reasons to celebrate privately:

5] The cannabis chocolate truffles (made exclusively for the Compassion Club by Naomi's Naturals; dark chocolate with NO herb taste, rolled in Saltspring Island coffee...nom nom nom) were going to kick in any time

4] It was looking like rain (I know, it ALWAYS looks like rain)

3] Pho, barbecue and KFC (none of which can be found at the gallery) were pulling me in three directions simultaneously

2] I had just been to the BCCCS and between the pot truffles, cannabis and hash was loaded for bear…and couldn't wait to get home and roll around in it.

1] Dear Guy With Pot Leaf Necklace and Rapper T-Shirt Blowing Smoke At the News Camera: do me a favour – DON’T be on my side. Next year I’m going to dress like a businesswoman and tote my briefcase and ‘sexy librarian’ self down there to give the event some much-needed class.

That said - pass the dutchie.

do it for Science!

I've raved about vaporizers before, and the BCCCS has them for sale. They've also started a nifty rental program for members, where a $40 deposit and $8 fee lets one try out a Happy Vappy vaporizer for a week. Needless to say, GET IN LINE. So it's come my turn to go smoke-free for a week.
I'm also going to be road-testing and reporting back on a few other models NOT gotten thru BCCCS: the Volcano, and the iolite. One model that will NOT be making an appearance is the primitive BC Vaporizer - you actually have to unscrew a screaming-hot inverted jam jar to put your herb in the heater - MAJOR design fail. I can tell you right now, comparing the BC Vaporizer to any other model is like comparing a pointy stick dipped in dogshit to Mont Blanc fountain pens.

Supernatural on location, 3/17

I live within spitting distance of two areas used heavily for filming in New West [which is not a big town to begin with], and Supernatural shoots there around once a month...it's just a matter of spotting the bright pink TO SET or CREW PARK signs and the SFI = Supernatural. Sneaky, yes?

After getting within four feet of the boys last August while they were filming down the street, but being too shy, dammit, to carpe that diem and ask for an autograph or say hello [I KNOW, fan FAIL.] I now had:
- a digital camera
- balls to the walls.
I had gone down to the location earlier to chat with crew and find out who was filming what when - and I have to say the Supernatural crew are the friendliest towards fans that I've encountered so far. Awesome. They actually said, "If it weren't for you [fans] we wouldn't have jobs" and one fellow, upon my fangirl squee-ing, said, Do you have two minutes?
(You're effin' A I got two minutes, dude!)
and returned with an 8 x 10 of the guys. Nice! It's on the fridge right now:

Since filming would go 8pm - 11pm, Miss M and I went to Hon's for dinner, hit Tim Horton's for coffees to go, and swung past the film set on the way home [being mistaken for "background" peeps by crew. Woo!]
So Miss M spotted the Impala ("there'sthecarThere'sTheCarTHERE'STHECAR") and I got a quick snap:


Pretty sure that was Jensen in the passenger seat...and it took everything I had not to rip open my hoody and PRESSSSS everything up against the windshield...

...like this.

The guys were done their scene [staking out an apartment building standing in for a convalescent hospital, where Matt Frewer is playing Pestilence] in two takes and soon left. A bit anticlimactic, but let's be honest: any Supernatural sighting that doesn't end with Jared's remarkably broad shoulders as my ankle rest is very definitely not PRO climax. And I'm like 0 for 2 here, dammit.
So near and yet so far. Fuck my life.

has anyone seen a hockey cherry? because I lost mine

It's no secret the Canucks and the NY Islanders are, uh, not the best teams in the NHL, but when Curtis informed me he had a windfall of two free centre ice tickets to the 'nucks vs Isles game on the 16th I jumped at the opportunity. Night out with friends? Check. Free tickets? Check. Seeing a live pro hockey game for the first time eva? Check and check.
It's so different from seeing it on TV, where the camera largely follows the puck; you can see plays developing [and get a contact high off all the testosterone; Luongo, I WILL HAVE YOUR BABIES.]

So even though Curtis and I had never seen a LIVE hockey game before [because pro hockey tickets are also hella expensive] we weren't total noobs. Which didn't stop either of us looking up hockey basics for dummies the night before the game. Oh quit it. It's not like Canadians are born knowing this stuff.

As you can see, the seats were AWESOME.

Goalie Roberto Luongo [newest member of Juno's harem] is on the far right of the sausage party.

SEEING the puck headed towards you at 90mph is not going to make it leave less of a dent.

Zambonis were so much more badass when they were solid black. A zamboni that looks like a giant shopping cart is the anti-badass.

Mmmmm, Mike's Hard Lemonade slushies, coming right up...that IS where they come from, right?

Oh come on, does this much adorableness need a caption?

So, yeah, we ended up getting shellacked by one of the worst teams in the NHL. Which didn't stop me from jumping up and screaming "SUCK IT!!! SUCK IT!!!" at the Islanders whenever we scored on them. And the spirit of Olympic woo is still strong in Vancouver; when time came for the national anthems, I was belting out O Canada, yet couldn't even hear myself for the sold-out crowd doing same. Good times.

magnolias

Happy birthday, Sarah

for Sarah [left], queen of the girl power mix tape and one of the coolest, smartest, funniest people I know.
I have no words for how awesome this woman is.

[OK, maybe one word: Ayiyiyiyiyiyi!!] Happy birthday, woman! I looked for a picture of a Henry Rollins cake but was unsuccessful. Je suis FAIL.