I wonder

Can someone explain to me please why some things always seem to taste better the next day?

I'm just wondering this right now because as I type up this entry I am sipping on a bottle of A&W Rootbeer that I bought last night. Yes I had a little as I was watching Conan O'Brien the other night and put the cap back on and now am finishing up the bottle. The taste is a little more crisp and maybe a little more "syrupy" than I remember it being the other night.

Of course this doesn't just include soft drinks but also food. Why is it that when you heat it (food) up the following night it has more flavour? Why is that? is it because it stews in it's own juices? What's the deal?! It's just something that I have always wondered about through the years. It's not like I am complaining, I like flavourful drinks and food but I just wonder why this happens.

If anyone knows ... get back to me!

Home Depot .. where are you?!

Ok .. as you can see I am trying to do some touch ups here on ¡La casa del amor de ol bueno' Spatch! (great spanish eh?!)

Anyways, I wanted to try and improve the overall "look" since I opened this blog in November and FINALLY I am getting around to doing this (key words being "finally" and "around"). I thought too a more personal touch was needed and there's no better time than now to get this sucker looking like I know it can!

Through the transition of the Blog I'm sure some things aren't going to look right and at the same time not seem right (well ok, no worse than usual). So I appologize in advance for this monstrosity that's going to happen.

The good news though is that the mistakes and short circuitings (yes, I know bad joke) won't last long since I know people who know more about this "HTML" thing than I do (yes, I am a HTML simpleton). So thanks to them I will be able to have (and save) this place all the while making this place look about as normal as possible.

In closing I will say this .. HOME DEPOT .. WHERE ARE YOU?!

Thanks all! :)

PS:

If anyone can think of anything that would look cool up in the .. I have no idea what it's called .. "Spatch's Satchtastic Splatterings" area let me know! You know, a graphic .. something! Let me know! :)




Renovations brought to you by the fine people at Home Depot .. and did I say yet what a fine car PORSCHE is?! *hint**hint*

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Valentine's Day ... blah ..

How do I feel about it? exactly what she said

Of course I would be remissed if I didn't include my top 5 anti love songs for Valentine's Day 2005. Here they are:

1. I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace
2. F-ck It (I Don't Want You Back)- Emon
3. Love Bites - Def Leppard
4. Love Stinks - J Geils Band
5. Love's A B-tch - Quiet Riot

Honourable mention:

I'm Not In Love - 10 CC
Stripped, Raped, and Strangulated - Cannibal Corpse
Hate Love Song - GWAR
Song For The Dumped - Ben Folds Five

Flack?!

You know, people used to say that I never updated my site and gave me all kinds of flack for not doing it. I mean, I was bad but was I really THAT bad? Could I have been? Surely you jest! Well, I managed to find a site that is on the verge of beating my inactivity record for lack or updating. I mean, is it even possible that it be done? is there such a website?!

Well ... look no more!

I give to you ladies and gentlemen the website of that great distinction. Oh how we envy you website for your lack of updates and your lack of new content .. period! To find out who it is that now holds that dubious honour you can do so by clicking here to find out.

Congratulations on seldom being updated! ;)

A step forward ...

AnsJ241's article made me think.

I'm really a sucker for nostalgia. I really enjoy thinking about or reminiscing about things that I really enjoyed doing or was a part of. The one thing that I can say I am 100% proud to have been affiliated with or say that I have been a part of artistically and musically plus will happily reminisce about ad nauseum (no, not nausea!)about is finally coming back and that I am looking forward to as well to see where it leads us to from here.

The thing that I am talking about is Uncle Beer .

Uncle Beer is a band that AnsJ241 I had some years ago as an attempt to try and share the same stage that our mutual friend (and who I met AnsJ through) Jeff had formed called the Messiest Toast Eaters. I can say unabashedly that we were influenced by their musical style, thematics and diversity and from that we decided to try our own brand of music inspired by the Toast Eaters. Along the way too Jeff would critique the cassettes of the work AnsJ and I did and would help us refine ideas or just do away with whole ones all together. It was an extremely valuable tool for us since Jeff was a graduate of the MIA (Music Industry Arts program from Fanshawe College)and had a pretty good ear for ideas and music so why not take advantage? Not to mention Jeff had his own home studio so AnsJ could record his ideas there since he was a roommate of Jeff's.

From the years 1995 to about early 1997 we played and recorded a vast amount of music (and stuff to this day I wonder how we came up with the ideas that we did). But the more music played and other styles we listened to as well, our scope surely widened as did our musical abilities and we were probably making some of the best music of our lives .. we were on a serious roll! Nobody could stop us .. no one ..

But then it went quiet …

A crazy thing called life happened. I was starting to learn life lessons that I should have learned years ago started to happen. I met a girl, fell in love and spent as much time with her as much as I could (even though it was a ULTRA severe long distance relationship). The music suffered but I needed to learn I suppose and as a result my guitar playing abilities that I had worked so hard on for years to attain suffered and as a result I didn’t play as much as I should or probably should have. I suppose too that the Internet exploded around '97 or so and I had to become more computer litterate as well and needed to adapt so I spent more time in front of my computer learning what I could. Of course too on a personal level still since that break up I did learn more lessons, had met another wonderful girl and loved her to death, the relationship ended and yet again learned more valuable lessons that I am still applying to my life, to this day and I suppose in the scheme of things everything is happening as it’s all supposed to. Of course too along the way I should note that through the years AnsJ241 and I hung out a lot and did things together that friends should do but the issue of making Uncle Beer music never came up … until now.

For the first time in years it appears as though Uncle Beer will be returning very soon and I am EXCITED about making music again with AnsJ241. If there was anything I could be not more proud of it’s when I listen to AnsJ play his keyboard and say “I have this idea”. There’s nothing more fun than making art and sharing that time with someone who is truly your best friend. There’s no better feeling than to watch AnsJ play and listen to what he’s playing and listen to what is coming out of my guitar amp. I am really looking forward to what’s ahead for us and what we will create now since we did what we did last. I don't regret the things I have learned or experienced, it's helped turn me into a better person I hope and in that last 8yrs that has passed we've grown and evolved as people (yeah right! who are we kidding?! .. about the evolved part anyways) and I’m sure it will be very unique and special plus every musical influence we have heard since will some how make it’s way into the music.

Like I said .. I can’t wait!

The playlist for 2/6/05 .. 80's Style!

The playlist for 2/6/05 .. 80's Style!

1. "Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo
2. "I Can't Wait" - Nu Shooze
3. "Perfect Way" - Scritti Politti
4. "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
5. "Oh Sheila" - Ready For The World
6. "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police
7. "Cuddly Toy" - Roachford
8. "Let's Go All The Way" - Sly Fox

Bonus tracks

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart" - Yes
"Love Plus One" - haircut One Hundred

How true?

How true can this be? I just read this article and I often have wondered why after seeing a billboard, magazine clipping, ad campaign at the mall I work at or a TV ad with men who are muscle bound or are viewed as being "hot" by society's standards that I feel so insecure with myself? It's nice to see I am obviously not in the minority as this article suggests.

So my question is this:

Why is it that the concept of image these days is more important than the concept of self? Why is it that people will judge you by how you look more than by your personal merits, belief core or how YOU are as a person? Why does it seem like at times that if you don't look the part no one will take the time to get to know the real you?

All of what you see in print and various other mediums are meant for show and promotion but don't they realize the potential harm that's being to some people's self esteem and self worth all because they don't look like what they see and read? Has that not been given any thought at all? Simply because you may not look "hot" or fit into how you should look like in today's society make make you feel like a social outcast or feel unattractive? It shouldn't. Be proud of yourself and who you are. All because you look "hot" or are deemed as being "hot" by societal standards doesn't really mean much if you don't have the heart and personality and depth to go with it. In other words the inner qualities are what really makes a person.

I can speak for myself. I know I'm a good person, I have a good heart, I do have my flaws (I get cranky, irritable some days .. don't we all?) but shouldn't I be judged on the first two criteria? So what if I don't look the "part". What's the big deal? If you seem polite, treat people with courtesy and really show that you go against the preconceived image by doing what I had just mentioned shouldn't that help sway a decision and make someone think "hey, he/she seems pretty cool! I should get to know them even if .."? The only "deal" that will be lost is that someone would be missing out on getting to know a pretty alright person in the end (I should note however that this isn't necessarily meant to be a rant or self imposed pitty party, the total contrary actually). But this is a topic or something I have always wondered about and the link provided at the start made me think about this a little more. I should note (albeit a little late) however though I have met several people who could be deemed as "hot" but were total jerks in the end. Of course too I have met a few "hot" people as well and they were pretty cool people as well. While there may be people who are "hot" and have the criteria I listed above it to me doesn't mean much if you don't have those "little things". Looks will fade but personality, heart and a good attitude will not.

Some people and society need to wisen up in general and not look at the external so much.

My own personal 4min 15sec hell?

SCENE: Outside, sunny, bus stop with buses passing in background, various medium POV shots used:

Girl: So what are you doing back?

Fabrice: Well I sat back and thought about the things we used to do. It really meant alot to me. You mean alot to me.

Girl: I really meant that much to you?

Fabrice: Girl ... you know it's true.


And so it began. What I thought would be a nice trip down memory lane turned out to be a trip down video hell. The video and dialogue in question is from Milli Vanilli's craptastic 1989 hit "Girl You Know It's True". I have no idea what possesed me to think of the song or the video or even for that matter want to see or hear it again. Maybe it's the nostaligia in seeing something from years ago since the concept of "retro" is in these days. Maybe I'm a sucker for punishment and that's all there is to it.

Or maybe too I needed to see and hear something funny and shameful (I have no idea what's more shameful, my hearing this or the fact that so many people bought into what they were doing (all the while they KNEW they were decieving the public at large). What's the more unforgiveable notion? I heard this or cheated the folks out of money? Ah well, what's done is done and I saw and heard some bad,bad,bad,bad,music of the 80's. I'm sure there was worse and that this wasn't the epitome of the worst and what there was to offer from that byegone era but it sure ranks up there though! (and to think, I remember where I was in teh summer of 1990 when it all came crashing down!)

Well .. time do what I should have done a long time ago .. highlight the item .. right click .. send to "recycle bin" .. and .. DELETE.