Non-Mail News (My life can't all be about the mail!)

Update #1

It felt like a marathon of curling on March 21 2011. I curled at 6:30 and we won that game but it came right down to the wire. We thought we were cooked (we were behind most of the game) but battled back and scored 4 in the seventh end to have the other team on the ropes in the final end.

So we won that game and then because some of the other teams were short my brother and I stepped onto the ice again and played another game. It was cool to play against my brother and not with him this time.

I won that game too. (Sorry bro) And not to brag but I think I made most of my shots and was on a roll. My curling skills have improved. I finally have a feel for this game. (ex: fiquring out types of shots and plays)

So I curled from 6:30 pm and got off the ice at 10pm. That felt long, so I can only imgaine what it is like for professional curlers that curl 10 end games. Who said curling is not a workout?

Update #2

I took a chance and went to see the movie "Limitless". It does star two actors I like (Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro) It is an alright movie. I won't give too much away. There is some plot holes though. I don't want to spoil it though.

The thing that was annoying was that two people in the crowd sitting near me were giving a play by play of everything that was going on in the movie. THIS IS A PET PEEVE OF MINE. And I don't have many pet peeves.

Update #3

I went to see the movie Rango last week. WARNING: This movie is not for kids. Yet the movie was packed with kids! It is basically an adult western which is animated. I love westerns and this movie pays tribute to many westerns and even had a cameo by the (SPOILER ALERT) Man with No Name!

Update #4

All the postcards that I have been receiving with words of encouragement towards my goal of running a marathon may finally be rubbing off on me. I think I have my sets on running a full marathon in my old stomping grounds of Thunder Bay, Ontario in Sept 2011. I will keep you updated.


-Rob

P.S Send mail!

My Wall is Up! Send Mail!

Attention! Attention!
Here is my wall!
Please help fill it!

-Rob (I will send return mail to all!)

The Real What? (Part 2)

A second piece of mail art made it to www.myrealwall.blogspot.com

And I got a shout out on his website:

Big thanks to Robert Graham too, who I think is set to become a regular fixture on my REAL wall.




-Rob

A Good Mail Day!

So today was a good day for the mail box and in as a general day in my life. The weather was nice, sunny and warm which is a huge change from all the snow and cold. So I decided to take a stroll to the post office to grab the mail and enjoy the weather. Well: the mail box was full of mail!!!

Once I sorted out the regular mail from the postcards I counted 4 postcards and one direct swap envelope. I opened the envelope and surprised to find 4 Missouri Postcards from a direct swapper. So 7 postcards today! Kaboom!

So lately I have been letting the postcross and direct swap mail pile up to sort and respond on the weekend but today I toughed it out and responded to some of the mail.

I need to get a scanner because some of the postcards are awesome and taking a picture doesn't do it justice and it would be nice to post them on this blog.

-Rob

Sunday Mail Art!

Here is some postcrossing/mail art I have been working on.

I started with an empty mozzeralla cheese bag!

Here is what is going inside it!

Labelled and ready to go!

Time to put the mail inside!

I started with the cover from construction paper package!

I addressed the back.

I used stencils on the front.

All the finished products joined the pile to be mailed out!

Battle: LA!

This review I found online sums it up better than I could have ever thought of. Enjoy!

Scene: A Hollywood boardroom. A dozen large marines stuff themselves into plush leather chairs, facing their angry, bald staff sergeant.
Sergeant: All right men, we're here to make a movie about some aliens. That's right: little, green men from Mars with googly eyes, tentacles, dripping slime from every orifice. Now, the boys at HQ tell me they can't afford to show all this gooey alien stuff. So, what we gonna do?
Corporal: Sir, yes sir. How about we cover the aliens in battle armour, sir?
Sergeant: Excellent! Computers love drawing battle armour. Now, this isn't going to be one of your namby, pamby, Jodie Foster or Carl Sagan, reach out and hold hands, alien hippie love-fest kind of film. This is an action thriller. We're talking combat. I want Black Hawk Down meets District 9.
Sergeant, cont'd: Now, we need a good range of cannon fodder to offer up to the audience. I'm looking for clichéd, yet heart warming characters who will compromise the soldiers heading off to fight this alien threat. Suggestions?
Corporal: How about a lieutenant, fresh out of officer training school, sir?
Sergeant: Good start. And?
Corporal: He kisses his pregnant wife goodbye as he heads off to work.
Sergeant: Classic. Tragic. I like it. What else?
Corporal: A geek who wears ugly glasses -- we'll call him Specs. He's about to be married.
Sergeant: Promising. I need more, gentlemen. This is two-hour film. There's gonna to be a high body count.


Aaron Eckhart portrays a weary veteran marine in Battle: Los Angeles. (Richard Cartwright/Sony Pictures)
Corporal: Um, a nervous, young virgin, straight from Kansas. A shell-shocked Iraq War vet. A cocky bruiser from Brooklyn.
Sergeant: What about diversity? Come on, men, this is 2011.
Corporal: Sir, it's been six months since Michelle Rodriguez played a tough girl in a film.
Sergeant: Sounds like our new intelligence officer.
Corporal: Sir, how about a doctor? One who came to the U.S. from Nigeria for get medical training. We'll call him ... Doc!
Sergeant: Good enough. Now, we need one recognizable Hollywood star -- a weary, Harrison Ford-type, but at one-quarter his salary.
Corporal: Sir, what about Aaron Eckhart? He's rugged and the right age. Played Two-Face.
Sergeant: Excellent work, corporal. We'll make Eckhard the tired veteran, looking to finish his tour with a couple of weeks of easy state-side training.
A Marine platoon faces off against an alien invasion in Battle: Los Angeles. (Sony Pictures)
Sergeant, cont'd: Now, listen up people! The CGI geeks blew most of the budget making those pretty mushroom clouds we littered the trailers with. So although this is an alien invasion, we're going to shoot most of it on the streets. Our director is a horror guy and should be good for lots of spooky sounds and suspense. We'll get War of the Worlds, but without the distracting poignancy and meaningful subtext.
Sergeant, cont'd: Now, get me some wall-to-wall music. I want hand-held cameras shot and enough editing to induce seizures. When we're through, we'll make Michael Bay look like a God damn Communist. Now let's go show E.T. what marines are made of. Oo-rah!
Rating: two-and-a-half flaming fireballs out of five

And you thought I loved mail!

I love browsing postcrossing acounts and so do other people (see second quote below). So here is a postcrossers profile that I just had to copy and paste here. Here it is :

Hello Mail Lovers! I believe in the power of recieving mail. I have a postmark tattooed with my birthday information on my arm, thats how much I love mail. I love being unique, creative, crazy.. all sorts of things. The stranger and kitschier something is, the more I love it. Include a phrase in your own language! I love to learn.

And I thought I love mail and postcrossing. No offense to the above postcrosser from the U.S.A but there will be no mail tattoos inked on me or any tattoos inked on me in general. I will save that for a later rant.

Now here is a message that someone send me on postcrossing :
"Hi Rob!
 Let me tell you, your profile gave me a good laugh.

Now this is the second person to tell me that. Classic all the way!