i fucking hate time warner. they charged me $42.88 to transfer my service from the old apt to the new house…w.t.f if i had just cancelled the old service and started new service there would have been no fees. w.t.f. not to mention i’ve only been here 3 weeks and i have a full months bill to pay, right after paying the full months bill for the old place, for less than a month’s service….love you time warner. rot in hell. kthxbye
another reason to hate the flyers… “Sarah Palin’s next faceoff will come on the ice of an NHL arena, not at a debate. The GOP vice presidential nominee will drop the ceremonial first puck when the Flyers open the season against the New York Rangers on Saturday in Philadelphia. ”
and seriously, do people want to see a biopic on george w bush? now? when he’s still freaking president? i can’t imagine wanting to see a hollywood version of current reality.
josh is leaving nin after the tour. sad. i love josh. a new drummer, whenever trent finds one, will make it 4 drummers in 3 years…
sick sick sick
i’m sick. finally. i say that, just cuz adr2 is constantly sick, and i rub it in that i’m never sick. once a year, and here it is. my throat was burning all night, and having just finished the last book in the twilight series before bed i dreamed i was a vampire all night…er well, during the very little sleep that i got. jaw/teeth hurt, can’t stop swallowing, sorta want to throw up but not really. head hurts and feels weird. nose drippy. i may have to call into work. i can’t imagine working like this. i gave friday away so i could go to the sabres home opener and i have to call in next friday to go to the vancouver game with adr2. so my paychecks will be hurting, but good thing i have 25 hrs of sick time haha.
anyone know where you can stream live tv? cuz channels 4 and 23 still aren’t back on time warner, and tomorrow is top model…*shame*
Demolition of Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium is now officially less than a month away.
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. today approved a contract with Ontario Specialty Contracting, Inc. that removes the sports arena from the waterfront landscape by May 1.
The $1.49 million contract includes $177,000 to salvage several design elements from the 69-year-old structure’s facade.
Pending formal sign-off by the Empire State Development Corp., the harbor panel’s parent agency, demolition crews will start setting up shop at the Aud site by the end of the month, with actual dismantling to start in November.
The five-acre Aud site will be home to a 125,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store, Erie Canal/Great Lakes-themed museum, and a public plaza featuring a replica canal and other water-linked attractions.
The juice is not loose
the big deal in buffalo is that time warner cable has dropped wivb, the cbs affiliate from their programming because of some contract dispute. everyone is up in arms because wivb carries the bills games, the next one being tomorrow. people are freaking out that they won’t be able to watch the football game, they are going to dish and direct tv en masse…as if they’ll be able to get satellite by tomorrow. if you call time warner about wivb, they are giving out free tv antennas LOL. i find it all amusing. i assured people that there’d be a deal before sunday…but who knows. break out the rabbit ears i guess…or watch preseason hockey instead :)…i’ll be watching top model online for the time being (cuz dropping wivb also includes dropping the cw)
the other big deal is that OJ is FINALLY fucking guilty and going to jail. i got to watch the verdict on break last night, somehow not as memorable as the first verdict 13 years ago ha. what a fucking retard. get away with a double murder, you should be living your life discreetly, in hiding, non offensively. but no, oj is a retard and armed robs someone etc etc etc. what happened to him?
nintorrents is down…maybe it’s cuz i haven’t paid for it since i got the account? (hey you don’t send me an invoice, i’m not sending you a payment). but it seems there was alot of problems lately, they’re transfering vps accounts to a new server or something, not sure. seems i have a new IP but it’s not working either. and since i know nothing about the coding, mysql, server crap etc i don’t really know what i should be doing to potentially fix it cuz i don’t understand the directions.
went to see Choke with chris this afternoon. i enjoyed it more than i enjoyed the book. i had forgotten alot about the book. honestly all i remembered was he was a sex addict, and the anal beads that broke off, and that he worked in a colonial village. and his friend builds a rock wall. forgot about dr paige, and the jesus part. i haven’t read the book since the first time the day it came out so i can’t really say if the movie is a good interpretation of the book, but i thought it was pretty decent. alot of boobs, flashes of explicit sex (soft core maybe? not sure, since i’ve not seen any pornos). it has humorous moments. i may have to re-read it when i’ve finished with twilight and the other books on the pile.
mom called me while at the theatre waiting for chris, so then she wanted to know what i was seeing and what it was about. how do you explain that? ha she said she’s gonna look it up online. great.
fuck me there is a 134$ charge on my credit card from London England…wtf!!!!!!!!!!
oops, apparently that is the charge for the nin hamilton tickets…why all of a sudden does musictoday go through london england? because hamilton is apparently in great britain now? purchasing toronto tickets with musictoday didn’t get charged to a company in the UK…i’m honestly confused. i’m not panicking anymore but still confused.
i got crosby in eric’s fantasy hockey league haha. and pominville. i need good players because i have no idea how to work fantasy hockey. i was asked to be in a league at work but it cost 200$ WTF i understand there are leagues that cost money, and you win money at the end, but 200???? holly wanted to go in with someone, but still, not paying 100 either!
my wrists are bothering me really bad lately, especially the right one. like, almost calling the doctor bad. i don’t know what they’d do for me except surgery which i doubt i could afford. i’ll wait til it’s worse 🙂 woke up with a stiff neck, can’t move my head. work will be fun.
oh i dreamed eric came to visit and he brought me a bookshelf he made with extra wood from his garage work bench project.
and time warner screwed me, they sent me my cable bill on 9-27 only it was due 9-24. so i’m going to have a nice late charge. jerks. also the previous owners of my house paid the water bill late, so i also have a 14$ late charge on that, that’ll be added to my city taxes plus 10% if it doesn’t get paid. so my lawyer is getting the money for me thankfully. it’s 14$ but still, pay the fucking bill on time jerks.
lame. totally lame.
i’m starting new moon, and edward leaves, and 4 blank pages, and i start crying. it’s been far too long for me to react that way. and i keep reading and i keep crying. and i’m such a fucking idiot. that shit is supposed to go away with time. fuck.
ghost hunters @ bct
ghost hunters tonight…oh man so amusing, especially the set up. i guess they needed a reason to be there, when we didn’t exactly call them hahahaha. the building looks great, i definitely think it’ll generate some interest, who knows if it’s going to be helpful or not. tracy, james, and adam were great even if adam made his story up. loved the graffiti comment. the black widows were unnecessary for sure.
choke, the movie, opens tomorrow and is actually playing in buffalo. tho the book wasn’t my fav, i need to see the movie. i may actually have to go to the theatre!!! omg! who is coming with me?
the aud auction
aud seats auction, nov 15 and 16 at buffalo convention center. only 800 pairs being auctioned, 100 online after the event. total bull. they have an arena full of seats and they’re only offering 800. i knew i should have stolen some last year. no way are they going to be affordable. david – you were lucky yours were only 300. jealous. i want 2 seats damnit. i need them for my WOman cave hahah
When the farewell bash is held in November, people will trot out many memories of Memorial Auditorium.
Some will recall sitting in creaky Blue Section seats watching the Buffalo Braves or the Sabres or college basketball doubleheaders. Others will remember childhood jaunts to the Ice Capades or the circus. Still others will relive moments when Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and other musical icons played to a packed Aud.
On the weekend of Nov. 15-16, the city will stage “Farewell, Old Friend,” a final tribute to the Aud.
The event will be held in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center and will include an auction of old Blue Section seats and hockey dasher boards.
The two-day extravaganza also will include interactive games for youngsters, a sports memorabilia pavilion and chances to snare the autographs of some athletes who made their marks in the old Aud. Many sports collectors have been invited to display and sell Aud artifacts.
After a competitive bidding process, the city picked Showcase Sports Marketing of Amherst to coordinate the event. Mayor Byron W. Brown said the goal is to turn the auction into a “final salute” to a downtown venue that was home to hockey and basketball games, circuses, concerts, ice shows and scores of other events over the decades.
“It will be a weekend of activities for people of all ages, and it promises to be very exciting,” Brown said.
Admission to the event will be $5 for adults and $3 for students. Children 4 and younger will be admitted free. Joining the mayor at a Wednesday news conference on the steps of City Hall were former Sabres Darryl Shannon, Craig Muni and Derek Smith. They reminisced about important goals scored in the Aud, nail-biting playoff games and “loud and crazy” fans.
Smith remembered the building’s unique ambience, saying there’s something special about older sports arenas.
“There was so much charm to them,” he said.
People who can’t attend the auction will be able to bid on seats a week later in an online auction. About 100 sets of seats will be set aside for online buyers, while 700 sets will be auctioned in the Convention Center. There are anywhere from two to five seats in a set, so in total, about 1,800 seats will auctioned.
The minimum bid for a pair of seats will likely be $100, said Kerry Atkinson, chief operating officer for Showcase Sports.
A Web site will be launched soon that will provide additional information about the weekend events and the online sale of Aud memorabilia. Money raised from the auction will be used to help create a downtown memorial that will pay tribute to the Aud. Showcase Sports will receive 20 percent of net revenues from the event in return for performing all marketing and coordinating tasks.
Opened in 1940, the building has been empty for a dozen years. It is being torn down as part of the continuing development of the Erie Canal Harbor neighborhood.