Off to Montreal for the long weekend!!!

Tis the July 1st/Canada Day long weekend!!!

To celebrate we're driving right past our nation's capital and going straight for Montreal!!!

I'll be gone EARLY Saturday morning till likely late Monday night...

If you're in Montreal and wanna give your boy Chu a shout out...post me a message!!!

Holla!!!

CIBC - Bringing fathers, sons, and photo nerds together

CIBC - Bringing fathers, sons, and photo nerds together
Originally uploaded by Chu Hefner.

This shot was taken May 27th, 2006 during Doors Open where a bunch of buildings are open in Toronto for photo nerds and history geeks or regular old tourists alike, to take a look at for a few days...

This particular photo was taken at Commerce Court where the CIBC HQ is (or I think back in ye olde day when it was the HQ...I'm not a history Geek). I greyscaled it, added shabby colour to the chair, and the cherry on top and my favorite thing to do to photos lately....a fauxlomo....

this was shot with my Nikon D50 w/ the kit 18-55 lens....should have used the 50mm 1.8 on this...meh...c'est la vie

Abandin Theory @ The Horseshoe Tavern Wednesday June 21st, 2006

Abandin Theory
Originally uploaded by Chu Hefner.

From left to right: Andre Ulloa, Matt Cheung, Gary Baillie and Nick Cheung. They are...WILD STALLIONS!!! I mean... Abandin Theory!!!!

This was shot in the alley right beside The Smiling Buddha Bar around little Italy on College St.

They played a wicked set that night. I highly suggest checking them out...

More photos and blog post to come...stay tuned

Their next show is at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen West/Spadina Wednesday June 21st, check 'em out...cover is 6 bucks at the door!

S'up Y'allz

I've been busy for the last little while...not super busy but enough that I haven't had time to post...so yeah...I guess that's busy...

I just started a new job at SportChek @Eaton Centre...I'm part time so my schedule is inconsistent at this point...but feel free to come in and holla at ya boy...me...

Here's the low-down about the job...it's a commission based job 4.5%...or minimum wage at this point...depends on which is higher...at this point I'm a newbie so my sales havent gone past the point where minimum wage is lower...meh...in truth...and you can tell whoever you want..or is whom??...I don't plan on being there for very long...just long enough to find another job and move on...but that's not to say that I won't do my best for the company in the meantime...no body likes a slacker...

Anyways...if y'allz know someone who's hiring a young "go-getter" give me a shout...

Tired of waiting??

If you're tired of waiting for my 2 cents on cheap eats in Toronto...Then you should probably pick up "CHEAPEATS TORONTO" a guide to...you guessed it...Cheap Eats in Toronto...it's 12 bucks CAD plus dreaded taxes...but think of the savings you'll get from Cheap Eats!!!

You can try to save the 12 bucks and change by waiting for my slow ass to put up my non-sense...either way...

Peter Dinklage...Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Peter!

I was first introduced to actor Peter Dinklage when my sister recommended the movie 'The Station agent' to me. That is a great movie. It's so full of life and an easy going watch. I followed the characters as if they were old friends...the tone of the film was very nice...I'm not a movie critic nor do I know any of the artistic sides of films and what not...I'm a pretty big schmoe when it comes down to it...I just know what I like...and this movie I loved...

I also came across earlier last year the short lived show 'Threshold'. I only first started to watch it cuz I saw a commercial for the show and saw that Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek TNG...I'm a huge ST geek) was in it...and Carla Gugino. I was happily surprised that Peter was in the show. A fairly different character from Fin in 'The Station Agent'. I was also happily surprised to see that Charles S. Dutton from the 90's TV show 'ROC'.

Anyways...I'm a fan of Peter Dinklage and would like to wish him a happy birthday...and hope that you all check out 'The Station Agent'. By the way I don't own any stock in the movie... :)

New TTC Trains in 2009

The TTC is replacing it's fleet of 30yr old Subway trains.
As a result the new ones coming into service in 2009 will need a new name...and as a result of that.........there's a contest!!!

You can find and up the contest brochure on a TTC vehicle (if the vehicle has it...it'll be on one of those ring deals above the seats against the wall of the train/bus/streetcar)

You can see a mockup of the new train at Davisville Station Starting June 6th to June 20th between 8am-6pm.

I'm gonna go today (thursday june 8th).

Enjoy!!

Fixed problems with firefox

I fixed issues with viewing my blog in firefox...basically just edited out all the "" parts of the coding in the template.......

Holla!