Archive for June, 2006

My Myspace…

{ June 22, 2006 @ 10:07 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Just in Case ya didn’t Know..: I’ve been an official internerd for around a year now. Well, much more than that, but I just started to call me one this past year. I hopped on the latest nerd fashion horse called Myspace a few years ago. Then last summer, it all started to come out of the woodwork.

Everyone was a member!!

And I mean EVERYONE!!

Tom must’ve taken Internet marketing lessons with the porn industry.

I reconnected with old industry pals, met up with some former flames and checked out what ex-classmates were up to.

‘Twas cool.

So just in case your part of the budding society known as Myspace, check out my page here and add me.

 Thanks.

Dark Clouds come over the CITY

{ June 22, 2006 @ 8:23 pm } · { blogs, radio sites }
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Dark Clouds: Clear sunny days. Dark dim stormy overnights. He forecasted the Indian summers, the deep freezes and the Hurricanes. He spoke of sizzling summer Sunday sundowns while grabbing protection when pouring rain was on the horizon. He brought out the boots when teen feet of the white stuff covered the city streets.

Now, he’s out in the cold.

With one phone call on Sunday from CITY head brass saying he’s not to report to work on Monday, Meteorologist Harold Hosein was trying to fathom how his unique and long loved local forecasts are no longer needed. The first time in 17 years.

“I was pushed out,” Hosein told the Toronto Sun. Meanwhile CITY-boss Stephen Hurlbut relayed a different story. Hosein “was at that stage in his life when he was looking for a new challenge” Hurlbut said of little hints Hossein made of becoming a financial planner. “We wish him nothing but the best of luck”.

Hosein said that the planner line was just a “front”. “I am not a financial planner. I do not know what I am going to do”.

The 66-year old Trinidadian worked at Environment Canada for 21-years before entering the 299 Queen West offices. He still can be heard on 680 News where he has been delivering weather on the tens for years. “I’m happy that they’re still glad to have me”.

Hosein is the second victim of the firing bug going around the CHUM Empire. A month back, another meteorologist, Nadine Hinds-Powell was suddenly axed from the Queen West weather-roof. She soon reappeared over at Global.

Starting Monday, CITY brings in weather-guy, Michael Kuss to replace Hosein.  Kuss worked in the local market at Global and also at Edmonton’s A-Channel. The BC-born is “a perfect fit,” remarked Hurlbut. “He’s a full, blue-blooded meteorologist”.

While there isn’t any formal goodbye planned for the friendly weather guy on the roof at CITY, Hosein stated that his co-workers were in “utter-surprise, dismay, disbelief” upon hearing the news on the release of the vet.

CITY scored poorly in the last ratings book while finishing third for their six o’clock newscasts. With just 100,000 eyes tuned in, they were behind first place CTV and runner-up, Global.

Drumming to Another Band

{ June 20, 2006 @ 10:16 pm } · { blogs, music industry related stuff, my sites }
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Beating to the beat of another Drum: Sometimes I feel like I have some kind of sickness. A.D.D, O.C.D are the ones that usually come to mind. Don’t know. Just that I tend to do things in such a way that makes me think that something must be wrong with me. I don’t see anyone else doing it. Maybe we all do it and we all think something is wrong with us but we never tell anyone about it.

Kinda like masturbation.

Am I mentally masturbating through life, keeping this unknown sickness a deep dark secret to only find out that most of the world is doing the same thing behind the close doors of their mind?

My little quirks make me, me. I know that. But is there really a reason behind the insanity? Is there a diagnosis that’s been inked just for my condition? Are there more people out there like me?

Indescribable insanities could include me into a fellowship that would make me feel more at home with whatever I have.

Or in the end, this all could be just some personality traits that everyone has but too afraid to mention to others.

Heck, I could be a pioneer or something.

Cool..

   

More Dreamin’: More bizarre dreams this past week. This has become more of a daily thing rather than an obscure once-in-a-while thing. In one dream, I was swimming with various Sesame Street characters and with my family. The whole pool was shallow so I could move around quite easily. However, I wasn’t walking around.

I was Swimming!!

I was actually Swimming!

I don’t really know how to swim. Learning the dog paddle was as far as I went.

Swimming with Cookie Monster and Elmo and playing tag with my sisters. It was an enjoyable dream, for sure.

Maybe it had to do with reconnecting with my family. My childhood. Something from that time that needs to be re-visited? Something from that time needs closure? Not sure what it meant. All I know is that it was a fun dream. One of the better dreams I’ve had in a while.

Pluggin’: Whatever happened to Whistleradio – the very first York Region based community radio station that I’ll be part of? It’s still in the works and the date has been pushed back. The CRTC are taking care of business. Hopefully, by October, they’re saying now. There’s something in the works in terms of fundraising that I’ll be heading up. If you are in the Richmond Hill area, you’ll really like it. Stay tuned.

My man Erin Zimerman is doing up an art show. Erin has been doing up some of the most original art pieces around the Toronto area for sometime now and has been recognized for his creative trucker hat concept that can be checked out over at his official page. The art show runs from June 22nd to July 8th at LE, which is located on Dundas Street West in downtown Toronto. For more information check out Erin’s myspace page.

 Old promoter pal Ryan Somers is also doing up things large. A CD with his band OK Cobra, a book and a tour. I’ll be doing up an interview with him for TheCyberKrib.com news section in coming weeks. I’ll keep you informed. But in the meantime, check out Ryan’s blog page for more up-to-date info on his moves or his OK Cobra page here or here.