baswelle

Poutine, when you hold my arteries

2007-11-13T01:34:06Z

Revel in the beauty of that meal of Nobility!

http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/posted/archive/2007/11/12/poutine-quebec-s-signature-dish-turns-50.aspx

Happy b-day, my little heart stopper :D

To think an American gave me the link shows just how much respect this food has gained worldwide.

HA!

Toodles.

Meh

2007-09-14T16:56:28Z

**Points gun at thermometer**

I dare you to go near the freezing point again!
I DARE YOU.

Its too early to start seeing frost on the ground in the morning.

I'm baaack, bring the candies!

2007-08-29T03:26:08Z

I reluctantly came back last Sunday from an incredible 2 weeks trip in the province of New-Brunswick.
Many many thanks to Gisèle and Herb for graciously lending us their cottage near Bathurst for a week. That was the main reason this trip was so great.
When we wanted to go by the sea, all we had to do was open the door, walk 15 steps and our feet were in the water. WEEE!

Highlights of the trip:
The SEA!
Fresh seafood.
All the kinds of birds we could see from the cottage and in our trips, including a bunch of ducks that quickly learned that when they took the time to knock on the patio door, the humans would give them bread.
All the nice falls that Gisèle showed us that are not necessarily on the standard tourists circuit.
The Magnetic Hill Zoo, near Moncton.
Hopewell Rocks formations also near Moncton.
The Fundy National Park. It rained the day we went then so we did only one trail to a very small river with the most incredible falls we have ever seen, tightly squeezed between trees and rocks covered with thick moss. The rain gave the whole place a unique look that I hope will come out in the pictures. We swore that day that we would revisit all our favourites rivers near our hometown during rainy days to see what kind of effect it gives.
The Cap Enragé lighthouse that was saved from demolition 15 years ago by highschool students. It is still run by students and they do a terrific job of it. It was rainy there too but we thought it gave the place a feeling fitting to the scenery.
The city of Grand Falls, cut in two by a river that dug a deep (by my standards) gorge in the soft rock.

Less beautiful but unexpected encounters, the McCain headquarters and one of their frozen food factories (HUGE) and the Sabian cymbals factory (I didn't even know they were Canadians).

We would go back there again anytime, so many places we did not get to see.
My van's trip counter : approx 3,800km.

The day before we started the trip, I went crazy and decided to acquire new lenses to satisfy my two basic needs, faster exposition and wider angle. I got a Sigma constant aperture 70-200mm f2.8 for speed and a Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 for the wide angle. I sometimes regret my impulse buys, but not this time. I made in my pants a few times after I saw what those jems could do.

We had TheGal's laptop with us so we could transfer our pictures and make backups on DVDs. By the end of the trip, I had 7 DVDs filled with something around 1,500 pictures in RAW format. Yes, I'm nuts with a camera in my hands. It will take me a while to go trough everything, choose the good from the bad and stitch all the panoramas I took (Thank you, wide angle lens!). Watch my Flickr page, but dont hold your breath.

Damn, I never write big entries like this, I'm going to crash the intartubes!

Bed time kids!

I'm baaaack, hide your chewable ones.

2007-03-07T05:41:07Z

Yay!
Our trip to Toronto was a blast.

Had a belly busting meal here, got to try ox tongue, squid and some kind of fish that just melted in the mouth. Bliss!

While there we finally got to see Pan's Labyrinth, and now that I know that it is in spanish with subtitles only, I know it will never show up in my town. If you haven't seen this jewel, GO NOW! Just leave the kids at home. This is NOT a bed time story.

While I was at the convention, TheGal found a gigantic (by our point of view) book/movie store and happilly lost herself in it. I joined her as soon as I could and we came out of there with bags heavy enough to hurt our shoulders.

Only dark points of this trip was our hotel room which seemed to be sitting next to some soul eating machine (if you've seen a Battle Angel anime, it sounded like those giant tubes connected to the floating cities). The pieces of sky falling out were eerie too. And we got stuck in traffic on our way back because the day before there had been a huge pile up on the northern freeway 400 and 24 hours after that section was still closed and parts of the road were still covered in ice.

BUT, after we got out of that mess we stopped at a candy store and bought enough junk to make my dentist strangle me if she knew.

WUV!

emo, spam and other tardiness

2007-03-02T20:27:53Z

OH! Life suck in ways no one but me can understand. I wish that someone would drive over my head with 100 ton truck again and again while a baby seal is forced to watch.
Why such a monstruous truck you might ask? Its because I just got an email from some unknown co-worker calling me a fat fuck. OH the pain and misery!! I'm going to go eat all the KFC there is and cry lipid filled tears.

Yes, I lied to shecky about making a post about it because it feels so good to hurt someone in return. Sooo gooood.

We're being slowly buried in snow and they predict more for the days to come, I dont want to do the 12hours drive to Toronto in white shit. Suck suck suck.

If you dont feel my pain, you are a bad person.

And to top it all, I cannot even post this entry on my journal. How can I let my fans in the dark about my insipid life? YOU MUST KNOW!

My seeecreeet

2007-02-19T18:04:42Z

Just to prevent any diplomatic incidents, I am forced by my government to disclose my true identity.

IRC : TheGuy
EVEOnline : Baswelle
Flickr : francois_b

Also, I dont really like potatoes but I will kill for a good porto with nice cheese.

Lazyness is grrrreat!

2007-02-18T03:18:25Z

Me and the lady slept ALL DAY, then we watched stuff and she went to work and I slept some MORE.

I was rewarded with a headacke. Small price.

Watch this and go awwwwww.

Muh!?!

2007-02-17T04:26:25Z

I've been staring at this window for a good while, trying to see what I could say while surfing, gaming, zoning out...
Inspiration does not come to this frozen brain.

Fact : I'll be in Toronto on March 4-5-6 for business. Not that any of yousse guys are to be anywhere near, but just so you know.

Thanks whatever god(s)(ess) you whore your soul to that I did not use poutine as an icon!

A recent study made by me on me found out that sobriety on a friday night is not all that great. Please refer to my Assistant in Sociological Studies (A.S.S) for more informations.

Lets move on to something else now, shall we?

This is were all forgotten blogs come to die

2007-02-16T17:53:15Z

I blame Shecky for this.
Good job, lad. I'm now blending with the masses. HA!