Vegetarians, look away

Barbecue on the Bypass was fantastic!  Things were a bit scary initially.  As we were driving out to Langley there were tremendous monsoon like rains and lightening.  The lightening sort of made me think a day’s outing wasn’t a great idea, but we persevered.  It was so worth it!

Hello Men in Kilts!

Angry clouds producing tremendous amounts of rain

Still a pretty good turnout though

First meat o' the day - pulled pork. There are no brisket pictures. It was raining too hard and I feared for my phone's life.

Mad Cow Barbecue - More Than Just Disgruntled Beef

Mad Cow Barbecue's trailer

Awesome barbecue team names.

Freybe's cooker! So cute!

He even had a curly tail...that I didn't get a pici of. Argh.

Then the clouds parted and the sun came out and so did the 60's lounge singer. Awesomeness personified.

It was such a fantastic day and I am so full of food that I’m going to go take a nap now. 

Movies

Shamelessly ganked from Lizz over at Knitting by Moonlight.  Apparently having seen 85 or more of these movies is the cutoff  for whether or not you have a life.  We all know that I have no life and am far too engaged in movies/yarn/books/etc.  Therefore, we know how this will end.

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Grease 2
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
(X) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(X ) Starsky and Hutch

( ) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(X ) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Labyrinth
( X) Saw
(X ) Saw II
( X) Saw III
( ) Saw IV
( ) Saw V
( ) Saw VI

(X ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(X ) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
( X) Scream 3 – seriously, I have no pride.

(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
( X) Scary Movie 4 – nope, none at all. 
(X) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
( X) American Pie Band Camp

(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
(X) Harry Potter 5
( ) Harry Potter 6
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
(X) Resident Evil 3
( ) Resident Evil 4
(X) The Wedding Singer
(X) Little Black Book
(X) The Village

( ) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
( X) Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
( ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( X) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
(X) 13 Going on 30

(X) I, Robot
( X) Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( X) Along Came Polly
( X) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed

( X) Meet The Parents
(X ) Meet the Fockers
(X ) Eight Crazy Nights
(X ) Joe Dirt
(X ) King Kong – A Number of versions, thank you very much.
(X) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris

(X) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( X) Final Destination
( X) Final Destination 2
(X ) Final Destination 3
( X) Halloween
( X) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2

( ) Surviving Christmas
(X ) Flubber
(X) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
(X) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
(X ) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
(X) Hellboy II: The Golden Army

( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(X) The Whole Nine Yards
(X ) The Whole Ten Yards
(X ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You

( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(X ) Nightmare on Elm Street – both versions, thank you very much.
(X) Sixteen Candles
(X ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask

( ) Son Of The Mask
(X ) Bad Boys
(X ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number SlevIn
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
(X) Ocean’s Twelve
(X) Bourne Identity
(X ) Bourne Supremecy

( ) Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
(X ) Predator I
(X ) Predator II
(X ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day

(X ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(X) Darkness Falls
(X ) Christine
(X) E.T.
(X ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(X) War of the Worlds

(X) Rush Hour
(X ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
(X) Calendar Girls
(X ) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
(X ) Event Horizon

(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
(X) Big Trouble in Little China
(X) The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
(X) X-2

(X) X-3
(X) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Spider-Man 3
( ) Sky High
(X) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X ) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X ) Freaky Friday

( ) Reign of Fire
(X) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
(X ) Miracle on 34th street

(X ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(X) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
(X ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses

( ) Devils Rejects
(X ) Elf
(X) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
(X ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
(X) Kung Fu Hustle
(X ) Shaolin Soccer

( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(X) Shaun Of the Dead
(X ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(X) Hulk

(X ) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( X) 28 days later
(X) Orgazmo
(X ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 2

( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
(X ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace

(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded

(X) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
(X ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
(X) Team America: World Police
(X ) Red Dragon
(X ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

(X) The Ghost and the Darkness
(X ) The Meaning of Life
(X) The Sixth Sense
(X) Unbreakable
(X ) Unforgiven
( ) Dances With Wolves

( X) Pale Rider
(X) GATTACA
(X ) Children of Men
( ) Bubba Hotep
(X ) Getting Married in Buffalo Jump
(X) Pitch Black
(X) The Chronicles of Riddick
(X ) Men With Brooms
(X) Weekend at Bernie’s

Wait, what?

So, a couple of friends and I are going to see the Dog Whisperer in October.  No, go ahead, you giggle, I’ll wait.  Heck, I’m giggling.  Wait ’til you see how much I paid for my not so great ticket.  Anyway, we’ll get to that.  First though, I received my ticket this week.  Have a look:

Okay, National Geographic Presents, right well that’s good, they do good work, glad to help them out, Cesar Millan Live, right, right, got that….huh?

NO DOGS PERMITTED

Really?  For $100 I think I should be allowed to take Crazy Stella to the show.  Wait, there’s more.  I’m in the cheap seats.  The good seats were $249 each.  And still you cannot bring your dog.  For $249, I think Cesar should come to your house, help you and your dog to live better lives together, and, yes, AND, do poo patrol in the back yard.  Just saying.

All that aside, you just know that someone will not read their ticket and will bring their chihuahua, El Diablo to the show.  I can’t wait to report back to you. 

Success!

The Feline Containment System ™ is working at maximum efficiency.  100% of cats in the immediate vicinity have failed to resist it.

Now, for my next trick, I must create a machine that will draw certain German and Oregonian yarns to my home.  Bwahahahahahahahaha.  From there, it’s just a short hop, skip, and a jump to world domination.

I like to think I learn my lesson, but I just don’t really

Next!

Not quite that yellow in real life.  The September rains have started and I am stuck with unnatural light.    The flower print is called Sweethearts and the dots are Woodstock.  Gonna be a cheery quilt for my couch.

Oh, and I also picked up this little number;

Nasty cats!  Kitty print is Sebastien Ghastly and the contrast is Bramble Ghastly.  So smitten with nasty cat looking nasty!

*A PSA for procrastinators

Got something in your life that’s been hanging over your for a while?  Something you’ve just flat-out been avoiding?  Need to get it done?  Sure you do, and I’m here to help you achieve that goal in an easy two-step process.

1.  Make up a playlist of music that makes you feel good.  Songs you like to sing along to, preferably loudly.  Loud enough to give the neighbours something to giggle at.  I used this one*:

Only the Young	Journey
Strong Enough	Sheryl Crow
S.O.S.	ABBA
Paralyzer	Finger Eleven
Money, Money, Money	ABBA
1000 Years	Yukon Blonde
My Fair Weather Friend	The Blue Seeds
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’	Scissor Sisters
Fortune and Fame	Naked Eyes
Love Me Dead	Ludo
Brother Down	Sam Roberts
What I’m Famous For	Crash Test Dummies
Diggin’ a Hole	Big Sugar
Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)	The Tragically Hip
Sympathy for the Devil	The Rolling Stones
Syrup & Honey	Duffy
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead	Crash Test Dummies
Oh My My	Jill Barber
Lager and Ale	Kim Mitchell
The Worst Day Since Yesterday	Flogging Molly
Someday Baby	Bob Dylan
Where Have All The Good People Gone?	Sam Roberts
Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan
Reel ‘N’ Roll	Rawlins Cross
Bad Things	Jace Everett
Ocean Pearl	54•40
Parklife	Blur
In Your Hands	Charlie Winston
The Way	Fastball
When I Grow Up	The Pussycat Dolls
A Well Respected Man	The Kinks
How Bizarre (Mix)	OMC
Something Good Can Work	Two Door Cinema Club
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)	A Flock of Seagulls
What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy)	Information Society
Crabbuckit	K-OS
Tubthumping	Chumbawamba
Inside The Horn	54-40
Song 2	Blur
When You’re Falling [Featuring Peter Gabriel]	Afro Celt Sound System
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental)	Norman Blake
Suicidewinder	Ridley Bent
Caught In the Crowd	Kate Miller-Heidke
Club Thing	Yoav
Little T & A	The Rolling Stones
Laid	Matt Nathanson
Too Shy	Kajagoogoo
Constant Craving	k.d. lang
The Trouble With Love Is	Kelly Clarkson
I Want To Break Free	Queen
Boom	Anjulie
Tick Tick Boom	The Hives
Little Bones	The Tragically Hip
I Put a Spell On You	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Let It Be	The Beatles
I Need to Know	Marc Anthony
We Can Work It Out	The Beatles
Something About You	Level 42
Nice To Luv You	54-40
Blow At High Dough	The Tragically Hip
Dance Hall	Rawlins Cross
Flagpole Sitta	Harvey Danger
Shattered	The Rolling Stones
I Want You to Want Me	Cheap Trick
Flathead	The Fratellis
Love My Way	The Psychedelic Furs
Mi Swing Es Tropical	Quantic & Nickodemus
La Grange	ZZ Top
Shadow of A Man	Bedouin Soundclash
Big Spender	Peggy Lee
Happy	Leona Lewis
The First Cut Is the Deepest	Sheryl Crow
Street Fighting Man	The Rolling Stones
Feeling Good	Nina Simone
Taj Mahal	Sam Roberts
If I Had My Way	Big Sugar
Save It For Later	The English Beat
La Primavera	Manu Chao
Pastures of Heaven	Ridley Bent
Mercy	Duffy
All I Want Is You	Barry Louis Polisar
Always Something There to Remind Me	Naked Eyes
Duet for Emmylou and the Grievous Angel	Rah Rah
My Dick (Bonus Track)	Mickey Avalon
Another Bag of Bricks	Flogging Molly
The Second Time	Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle
Oublie pas	Karkwa
She La	54-40
All the Young Dudes	Mott the Hoople
Love Plus One	Haircut 100
Musicbox	Regina Spektor
How to Explain	The Cat Empire
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	The Beatles
Juicy	Better Than Ezra
Who’s Crying Now	Journey
Candyman	Christina Aguilera
Help!	The Beatles
And It’s Beautiful	Crash Test Dummies
Big Bird In a Small Cage	Patrick Watson
Fernando	ABBA
Shadowman	Afro Celt Sound System
More Human Than Human	White Zombie
Golden Sun	54-40
Mamma Mia	ABBA
Hello	The Cat Empire
Cecilia	Simon & Garfunkel
If It Makes You Happy	Sheryl Crow
Girls & Boys	Blur
Once A Killer	54•40
All the Times I Cried	Sharleen Spiteri
Sexyback	Justin Timberlake
Bleeding Love	Leona Lewis
Never Say Never	Romeo Void
Living in Jungles	Bedouin Soundclash
Islands	The XX
Don’t Stop Believin’	Journey
How You Like Me Now (Single Edit)	The Heavy
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You	Bryan Adam

Sure, it’s a little long, but I had a lot of work to do.  Also, *please note, my playlist contains songs you may not want to sing loudly while your mom is around.  Sorry mom!  Arrggghhhh, this embarrassing.  Anyway, your play list will I’m sure, be very different.  It may not even make your mom shake her head sadly at you.  Just saying.

2.  Do the flipping task that you’ve been putting off.  In the words of Nike, just do it.  Right now.

That’s all there is too it!  Congratulations, you’ve now completed our two step process.  Would you like to buy the book or DVD series for use at home?

What?  You think this is a sham?  A ridiculously over-simplified and completely useless bit o’ fluff?  Wrong!  Just look what I’ve achieved using the Procrastinators CAN Get Things Done ™ series:

And the back:

And where it will be spending the remainder of its days:

See!  You too could be getting stuff done with this wondrous system.    Snork!

Oh, and I even had time to make the cats a new bed.

So far only Beentsy has decided it meets her very specific feline needs.

Want to make one for the cutey patootey feline in your life?  Easy peasy.  Take one polar fleece blanket, (Value Village and Ikea are super cheap for these), fold in half along the long edge.  You now have one very long rectangle.  Sew along the long edge to make a long tube.  Roll the tube down over and over itself until you have a small feline containment ring.  Voila, it’s magic.

I made this one using 1/2 polar fleece and 1/2 wool/nylon/cashmere fabric ends from Fabricland.  Right now it’s brown from the polar fleece end.  But it can be rolled from the other end and be all kinds of bright pink wool.  Keeps the kitties from getting bored. 

Happy Saturday.