{"id":4740,"date":"2013-08-26T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2013-08-26T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:00:45","slug":"and-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/and-back-again\/","title":{"rendered":"and back again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the intense lag bout there – after getting back from Vancouver, Friday got swallowed whole by more cat problems and a mountain of paperwork. The weekend… yeah, mostly more cat pee cleanup. I tried to put my studio back together on Saturday, but had to take it apart again.<\/p>\n

But I think I’ve found the last hidden spot in my studio which has been driving me insane for a week*<\/sup><\/small>, at last, tonight.<\/p>\n

BUT. ENOUGH ABOUT CAT PEE. Vancouver and the Great Big Sea show at the PNE was awesome. Geri and Robert let us crash at their place again – thanks! The Fair, by the way, has this:<\/p>\n


Oh Jesus<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

…which is something I’m sure nobody needed to know. I did not partake, but I almost did. Instead, I bought alcohol and Siegel’s, which are now safely stashed in our pantry.<\/p>\n

Of course, the show:<\/p>\n


Setting the Stage<\/i>
(More photos on my Flickr stream.<\/a>)<\/center><\/p>\n

GBS was good, as always, but the experience – I hate to say this, but I knew it would be true – paled against seeing them last year on their home turf. The crowd was into it, don’t get me wrong, but not on the same order of magnitude.<\/p>\n

The funniest moment in the show was when Alan realised one of the giant mobile sculpture-like metal towers behind the audience (Revelation<\/a>) was actually a ride<\/em> and there “are people up there<\/em>,” at which point he was all, “…what did you do?!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

He looked genuinely freaked out. It was hilarious.<\/p>\n

Thursday was the last day of Mt. Pleasant\/East Van icon Rhizome, which is a sad and terrible thing – they’re moving to Toronto, partly for family reasons, and re-opening there. DAMN YOU, EASTERN STANDARD TRIBE!<\/p>\n

I stopped by for a last lunch and to hang out a bit, and ended up putting them back in contact with another<\/em> person who moved from Vancouver to Toronto, and took a few pictures; this one is fitting:<\/p>\n


Accidental Sepiatone<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

Accidental sepiatone actually was accidental, a mis-exposure and happy accident. I have a regular-colour shot too, but I like this one better. Anna and I also helped Robert move his old rear-projection TV to the recycle centre; a relaxed and lazy day before catching the train south.<\/p>\n

Once back, at King Street Station, we walked by this beautiful beast:<\/p>\n


Private Car<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

I asked the station employee in the photo what the deal was, and she told me it was a private car. I know about these, but hadn’t yet seen one; essentially, you can buy an old rail car and pay rail companies to haul them around for you – with cargo trains too, this isn’t just CascadiaRail or Amtrak – with you and yours in them. It’s like an RV, but for the rails.<\/p>\n

I want one so much<\/em>. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

So, that’s a bit of catching up. Today we’ll have another go at putting the studio back together sans<\/em> remaining stink, and try to get back on proper track.<\/p>\n

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*: Honestly, you have no idea how disruptive this has been. He started while we were gone, and it went from never to 2-4 times a day, and there’s not a day I’m not spending at least<\/em> a couple of hours cleaning cat pee or aftereffects thereof, just trying to catch up. It’s all I did for a solid week; at least it’s not all<\/em> my time anymore. On top of that, everything is stacked up in fenced-off areas he can’t reach; it’s like we’re in the middle of packing for a move, and that includes my studio. I’m having anxiety nightmares. We have an action plan now, but… yeah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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