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I'm SomeGuy, 29 years old, residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I've studied English Literature, Chinese Martial Arts, and am currently pursuing careers in writing - possibly even in the anime industry itself.
And I work for this site.
And you should be watching Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
Or watching Ranma 1/2.
Or learning about the Shinsengumi.
Or planning to visit Vancouver, The Best Place On Earth (actual marketing motto).
Here at the "Smallville" page, I have my personal blog where I'll post about anything and everything. If ya need me or otherwise need to know anything from/about me, here's where I'll be.
If you're really looking for my more professional, site-type stuff, you wanna head over my "Metropolis" world.
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So I read hilarious news in the paper at work today. Apparently yesterday an Indian man walked onto the mass transit train in Vancouver, shouting irrationally and - get this - unsheathing and waving around a sword.
A sword!
Well, after freaking the living hell out of who knows how many people, police finally caught up to him in downtown Vancouver where a standoff occurred, traffic was shut down, and after half an hour in the afternoon the police eventually tackle the guy after arwen guns and tasers prove ineffective.
Seriously! A freakin' sword!
So I'm laughing about it at work rest of the afternoon, talking to other people about, constantly telling people I wanted to know what kind of sword it was (it's a very me thing to think, y'know?). Friend said it looked like sort of a traditional Indian sword or something. Fair enough . . .
. . . then I get home after work and my dad calls me after we played a little phone tag today. He asks me, "hey, did you hear about the news with your brother yesterday?"
"Wait..." I said, "... you mean the guy with the sword?"
"Yeah! He sent me some videos... here, let me forward them to you..."
Well it turned out my brother linked me the pictures and videos as well. And now, I shall link you as well:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/05/30/bc-vancouver-police-shooting.html
The home video with the actual (somewhat B.A.) takedown: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodkenny/5778548003/in/photostream/
And now for some fun . . . next link, along with the news story, check out the third and fifth photos in this story:
http://www.theprovince.com/brandishing+sword+taken+down+police+downtown+Vancouver/4863782/story.html
Further, here's some additional video of the day. Specifically, the asian-type fellow holding the arwen gun (with the somewhat stupid mohawk-type hair) at 0:09, 0:20, and 1:05 . . .
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110530/bc_sword_arrest_110530/20110530/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
Ahh . . . I think this made my day. GG, bro'. GG.
"I probably won't become a rich man, I may not become a very successful man... but I can at least grow to become a good man."
Has anyone said anything like that yet? Can I call dibs?
Vancouver at San Jose, Game 5.
This game was freaking painful to watch. Heart attack territory and whatnot. Holy hell . . .
. . . but, Bieska rocked it. 2nd overtime, the Vancouver Canucks finish as the winners of the Western Conference.
They are heading to the Stanley Cup finals.
I barely knew my multiplication tables the last time this happened back in 1994 against the New York Rangers.
That game was a 7 game heartbreak that ended in downtown rioting, tear gas and all.
Seventeen years later, let's give this another shot . . .
GG, Canucks. GG.
As I sit here, about to go to bed, I rub my chin a little.
Stubble. Actually quite a bit beyond stubble. It's actually trimmed down and not just shaved and re-grown this week.
These past couple years I've been letting my hair grow out a lot longer. This past month, I've been going without shaving my chin more and more.
Both of these changes are directly related to cosplay. For one, it was because the characters have hair longer than what I used to have. For the other, it was because of a couple guys with inabilities to keep their chins smooth.
And now I kinda like it.
Goatees. Who knew, right?
. . . Also, Game of Thrones is amazing. Just sayin'.
Also, Jed' is badass. Thankee Jed', for fixing everything!
Ahh, I love having techy-type friends . . .
