Lamebook.com

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http://www.lamebook.com/

Hap Hap Happy New Years Eve Fernie

New Years Day

New Years Day is a Saturday, sooo couple shops will be opening up downtown Fernie for some local shopping and still rocking some sick Boxing Week sales. Boardstiff, Grow, Freyja...thats all I know so far, but send down the women and non-hockey-watchers and non-skiers.

Snappy!

CBC Radio 3

Smalltown is working the CBC, niicely done. Radio 3 wants to get more Canadian electronic music up on the ol digital airwaves. Neat. Click Here to Smalltown Podcast on Radio 3 This podcast is all Canadian artists. Perhaps a great mix for intermissions for tommorows Canada vs.Sweeden matchup. Go Canada!

Deelish!

Delish! McDonalds Blueberry and Maple Pie! Just Lovely! It was a heavenly delight for one dollar it cost! MMMMM
New Years Weight Resolutions can start on the 2nd.

Presidents Choice

How Smart!! In the deli area at Extra Foods you can get prechopped chirizo sausage for cheese trays!! SO good and smart and easy! I love!!! Its right by the sliced prociutto. Try it with a stout cheese! MMM

Ill start my cleanse AFTER New Years!

Boxing Week Continues

Boxing Week At Freyja Continues

Emus $99
GentleFawn Vest $29
Party Dress 30-50% Off
Hoodies, SLASHED
Fidelity Jeans $50-$100 OFF

LOTSA GOOD SHIT IN THERE!

Sluggish Concert Sales

The Hollywood Reporter is saying that many concert tickets will be slashed in prices this next year, due to a shiiity concert season. Some concerts are even scrapping dates and tours all together like The Eagles and Lillth Fair.
Sure, mainstream concerts have taken a hit, but what about festivals, Shambhalas 2011 first tier was sold out a long time ago in record time I heard, Sasquatch's tickets are selling already.

Another thing Ive noticed is the shift in mainstream music. And who more appropriate to demonstrate the shift then the Black Eyed Peas, there new no.1 single "Dirty Bit" sounds like a raver song from 2 years ago. Perhaps the new mainstream is the Shambhala'ers. Last year at Sham, I certainly noticed that the "clientele" had changed over a bit, "Calgary-university-chinook-centre-boppin-average-people-talking huge shit about how wasted they are". Do you know what I mean. Sham was soooo mainstream and trendy. It makes me want to retreat and backoff and go find something more grassroots. The evolution of concert attending to that particular audience is gone raver. No one actrually listens to the new Rhianna, they downloard the Chew Fu remix verisons.

So, if you are a festival Id say you are in for a great year, if your band is headling the Saddledome, Id be scared.
Ohhhhh speaking of Festivals, and a shitty economy. the Fernie Music Fest, WAPITI, will be in your backyard and sooo affordably priced! Oh awesome! And so grassroots! Dont fight the guy in the Hooters shirt for a porta-pottie, just step into your backyard and buy an overpriced beer here! Support local!
(my shameless WAPTIT promotion is only going to grow over the next year because I really believe in the concept and the party)

Best of 2010

Whooa yes, 2010, Year of the Tiger. It was crazy for me, how about you?

My Top 2010 Memories:

1. My Jan 1st New Years Day party
2. Fuck A Bitch shirts
3. Watching the Olympics and commentating over BBM with Jenn
4.Winning the Body Paint comp at the Central
5. Canada winning gold in hockey, and then the party after
6. The polenta at Picnic on my birthday
7. Waking up with a matching tattoo with ET
8. LISA THOMPSONS STAG
9. Boating and Boozing at Nakusp Music Fest
10. The Log Ride at Silverwood with my sis
11. Driving The Road to the Sun with Ryan
12. Shambhala 2010 "preperations"
13. Cuban dinner at Kookanusa with Lwren and Culley
14. Staying up at Island Lake with Lwrennie
15. Canada Day with Ryan
16. Canning my first batch
17. Joan Jett in concert
18. CALI 2010 with Jenn
19. Winning Young Entreprenuer of the Year
20. Fitting into a hot red dress for As Good As Gold Gala
21. High Fiving Lindsay after the Gala
22. Numerous sushi dinners of importance
23. Passing my wine exam with a 97%
24. Christmas 2010
25. Getting turned away from the Spearmint Rhino for being too pretty

 

I look at this list. I am so blessed, I am overjoyed. and I sure spent alot on booze!

New Parenting Trend

Wow, I dont know what to say, I can only share my observations. Lately I have really noticed all the pre-teen to teenage girls out their treatin thier mommas like crap. There are teens and preteens snooting and snittin and snottin all about while their poor moms fuss and careress and spoil their ass's. The moms are begging to buy heaps of clothing and makeup while these spolied little bitches snap and turn their noses up and what to the moms do, they keep fawning and doting on them. Interesting. Teens 1 Moms 0.
I really cant comment. I see this all the time, I dont have kids so I just dont get why these moms dont snap their fingers and say " you aint getting shit with that attitude hunny!"
Is it because all these kids were planned and not accidents like my whole generation was hahahahahahha, seriously I think Im on to something here...

Whatever

I like how Mt Washington on Vancouver Island got a friggin 5 minute commerical during the primetime of the 6 o'clock news hour on CBC. Ya sure 3 metres in 3 days is sick, thing is, thats not totally abnormal for Mt Washington. Old news CBC. Oh and dont you hate that EVERY ski hill is mentioned in the ski report on CBC and Global BC EXCEPT Fernie. Fuck we are NOT in Alberta despite what the parking lots say.
Ive been to Mt washington on a pow week, you cant drive to your condo, gotta get the cat ride in, you cant see SHIT, you cannot remove goggles at ANY cost or your goggles will be perma fogged, the snow is soooo fucking heavy and wet, its not steep enough for that wet snow, theres no night life, pouring rain at the bottom uggg hahahaha I wasnt impressed, and yes Ima spoiled princess powder bunny.

I vote for the Alberta boarder to extend to Morrissey. Seriously, lets start a petition, I know you BC'ians looooooooove signing petitions!

Tonight! As IF!

WAPITI

Wapiti- thats a word you are going to be hearing a lot of in the new year. (Fernie's new Music Fest in Annex Park Aug 13-14 is called WAPITI)) anyway, I shall touch on that hype later, but for now Ill just mention that the Wapiti Ski Hil in Elkford is open, its free day this Jan 1st

Wapiti Ski Hill Breakdown:
7 ski runs over a 1,000 foot vertical drop include both beginner and expert runs.

Operated by the volunteer Wapiti Ski Club, including a fully trained volunteer ski patrol, a day lodge and concession, equipment rentals, and a ski school.

Offers free skiing to children under 6 years of age and those over 60 years of age.

Provides a very affordable, family-oriented alternative to large commercial ski resorts like Fernie (located less than an hour away).

Hours of Operation: lighting on the two main runs makes night skiing possible Tuesday through Friday from 7pm to 9:30pm. All runs are open for daytime skiing on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

Soundtrack

Need some holiday cheer, or a soundtrack to your Christmas drinking binge?

Click Here to Download A Rockpile Christmas Album

Review:
Basically, this album is NOT what I was expecting, thing is tho, I fucking love it...and so does my mom. Major props to Alex for the mad producing skills to make this tolerable. This album is probabley the closest Fernie will ever get to Michael Buble. Bringing back the old school traditional music was just what the season needed. 5 draft beers outta 5.

LAST MINUTE

Last Minute EH?? Oh its just the Fernie way....

We got your mom, GF, BFF, Aunt, Nana, Neighbour, Boss, etc etc covered!

Quinn, Tabitha and Chan - the DREAM TEAM of retail are working all this week! Stop IN !!

Freakyyyyy Christmas Specials Revisited

DAZZLE

Popped open a bottle of the Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz while we decorating the tree yesterday. Damn. It was so delish! And very festive for the occasion, this should be on hand to celebrate all of life's little moments. It was around $22. Its very deep, berrylicious,  smokey, tart, and all things sugar and spice. You'll Love! This will go with ANYTHING you eat this Christmas!

Holy Grail of Pick Up Lines Revealed

From the Huffington Post;
Single men needing a little help in the romance department might want to try praising a woman on her lips, a new survey has found.
In a new poll that seems to have been lifted out of a Sex and the City episode, online dating site Badoo claims to have found what they call "the Holy Grail" of international dating. And the poll found that complimenting a woman on her lips was the world's best pick-up line, working astonishingly well on women from all of the surveyed backgrounds.
The site, which has 87 million registered users, reportedly analyzed the success rates of opening lines from nearly 200,000 online flirtations in 11 languages for the Compliment Success Index. Users were invited to use one of 12 different ice-breakers, each complimenting a woman on an aspect of her body or appearance. Success was determined by the woman's response and whether or not a subsequent conversation was launched.

Next time you're on a date with a Portuguese woman, compliment her on her ears. Though if your next love interest is German or Canadian, concentrate on her skin.

TREES

The Trees for sale at Overwaitea are INSANELY nice, oddly perfect, they smell glorious! Just sayin if you dont wanna head to the bush, Overwaitea totally has your back on this one. All different sizes too. Dont feel bad that you arnt in the bush, someone has to put food on a families table by selling these.

Why do we have Christmas Trees anyway? In a small nutshell its a Pagan (nature, moon and sun worshipers) tradition, people put them up at winter solstice to honor nature. When Christians hijacked the "Christmas"date and converted the Pagans to Christianity, they kept the tree tradition to make the transition into Christianity easier. Most historians put the birth of Christ sometime in August according the stars they saw in the sky that night. Mistletoe is a pagan thing too, the berries literally symbolize a mans balls and mistletoe was hung to promote fertility, so I guess they thought the kisses would lead to a whole lot more. Merry Christmas!

The Fernie Fix

This site just keeps getting better and better and more and more up to date, stoked!
http://www.ferniefix.com/

And if you havent read my page yet:
http://www.ferniefix.com/article/remark-december

Best Christmas Movies Of All Time

FROM MOVIEFONE

Amazing Gold Gala Video

GALA - As Good As Gold from Rory Hinds on Vimeo.

If you havent seen the magic, here it is again...
Shot and Edited by Rory Hinds/Mine Films

Local Lady Returns

Eribn Frances (Teeple) is home for the holidays and shes booked in at the Brick for some good times. YAYYY

More infor here:

http://www.erinfrances.ca

http://erinfrancesmusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/erinfrancesmusic

http://www.twitter.com/TheErinFrances

A Rockpile Christmas

Now Avail At Freyja, $5 CDs of "A Rockpile Christmas"

My Review. Its so bad its good. Its frightful, Its delightful.

A Good Idea

http://www.thegreenpetal.blogspot.com/

Dont know what to get a mother in law or an aunt or your mom for xmas, totally order a sick xmas arrangement from Green Petal. Carmen the owner did the centrepieces for the Gold Gala, which were AMAZEBALLS. So ya, Green Petal is between the Brickhouse and IGS. Women go metal for floral. True Story.

Wine Wipes

 A friend of mine brough these to my attention, Wine Wipes! She found them at the liquor store beside Macs in Blairmore. Basically you wipe your teeth and mouth with these bleach wipes when the red starts to stain your wine loving mouthpeice. ahhhh how SMART!

Mid December Musings



New Years - Always a lame night

 Christmas is 8 days away. WTF, Christmas is sooo sneaky. Here in Fernie it just isnt in our face so commercially the way it is piled into people in the city. But its certainly getting busy in town and people are out shopping. I just gotta say, December is only once a year, Im busy as hell and I miss bloggin a lot. We all just need to stay mindful this month and drink a ton of booze and we shall get by.

Christmas is on my mind but there is talk of New Years already. Here's the rundown:
Bryx at Bulldogs
Cona at the Pub
Brody at the Central
Some rumors swirling about The Royal
And DJ Friendly Fire at Picnic.

New Years has got to be the most annoying party time EVER. I mean there is the hype, theres the later-night at the bar which you gotta buy drinks for longer. And in Fernie its extra annoying cuz no one buys tickets to anything until the last minute, no one can get their shit together or commit to anything cuz they have to make sure a large enough group of cool party people are gonna be there. Then even IF you all can get tickets and get to a party, no one shows up to 11:30 and as soon at the toast is over everyone scatters looking for an epic house party, which can be a gamble.  I dunno, perhaps Im getting cynical, Ive been out drinking on New Years buying into all the hype since I was 14. Every year I say Im gonna sit this one out and I never do, because im a sucker, Im a scenester, and I love a good reason to dance party. and every year its really just another night out, I have a better time out for Bingo night at Bulldogs,...see my pic below...So New Years is really just a bust,  make sure you have looowwww expectations or else you gonna be dissapointed.

This year if I end up at Bulldogs I will not be shocked, but mildly annoyed that I made no other plan, I also just wanna sit this one out, but we both know thats not gonna happen. Take your pic or make plans, buy your tickets and have a good time. 2010 was the year of the Tiger, and Ill be damn it totally was a rather roaring year, as for myself, its truly been a wild ride. 2011 is the year of the Rabbit.
According to Chinese tradition, the Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. It is a time for negotiation. Don't try to force issues, because if you do you will ultimately fail. To gain the greatest benefits from this time, focus on home, family, security, diplomacy, and your relationships with women and children. Make it a goal to create a safe, peaceful lifestyle, so you will be able to calmly deal with any problem that may arise.

For the record Im not really into the Chinese Zodiac, but I find is facinating and oddly correct most of the time.







Tuesday Night Bingo at Bulldogs is FULL ON BACK

 As December slips by and my ass grows from all my mothers Christmas baking, Im reminisent of 2010. Im thinking of all the best news stories, but then I think, fuck news stories, Im sick of negative news, Im focusing on the things that made me smile the most. Ohhh remember the Olympics? Remember Shambhala?
Remember when The Chef came to Bulldogs? Remember ______ and _______!?!?!
I shall have my best of 2010 up soooonish.
Love ya Fernie. Later!!

Pat on my back

Guess who got 97% on her International Sommelier Guilds wine exams, ......ME!

New cards on the market...

Open this Saturday

Tasty!

Corner Pocket on the hill opens this Saturday! Sweet!

I need one now, but willing to wait till tonight!

Martini Mondays at Picnic with DJ Friendly Fire!! That Means Tonight!!!

Today on my Christmas to-do list

Ahhhh, im gonna dig out the Fresh Prince Christmas episode today and watch it, remember when they take the ski holiday and they all get robbed? But they realize at the end that they dont need presents they all have eachother. Such a good message at the end, true meaning of Christmas to me really resonates in that episode for me.

New Locals Card!

Be on the lookout for the new Locals Card, its now for sale at the Fernie Museum (Old BC Hydro buliding). Lots of good shop local deals on the card, and yes now its at card! Not a bulky coupon book. cool  more info at http://www.thinklocalfernie.ca/

Feather Mania

Whoooaaaaa The Feather Phenom is not letting up here in Fernie!!!

Feather earrings are getting outta control in Fernie, first last summer it started with a small faint guinea feather, and now they are reaching past armpits and died brigher then a pylon cone. What is happening??? Where are all these poor naked birds flying around, hopefully there are tanning it up in Palm Springs. The trend is insane! Women are on crazy pills, they are stopping at nothing to attract attention to their earlobes and neck and its working all too well!!!

...as i sit here im wearing these hehehehhhehehehe, its cool everyone is doing it.

Alicia and Rachel are making some mad mad cool cool ones and they are for sale at Freyja! Ding! Good Christmas Present idea! DING!

Tuesday

Update, the Fernie Xmas Album by the Fernie Yacht Club and friends debuts next Tuesday at Bingo, the whole album will be performed live. Shucks! Cant Wait!

Totally Cranking This Right Now!!!

Christmas Shopping

Fuck, its such a nightmare and its a nightmare because we all care about trying to get that perfect gift that the ones we love will actrually love and appriciate, but also it reflects how much we care in some fucked up way right. They say "its the thought that counts", which is true, but somehow that reallly gets lost in the mix of the hustle and bustle. Sometimes gifts are so shitty, its an insult to recieve them, cmon its true. Like the time my mom got a ceramic goose from the dollar store from her sister, then for her birthday she received the MATCHING one. Just insulting man. ....Anyway,  Just remember this holiday season that soap and candles should be a last resort and when in doubt go with gift certs and wine. The holiday season is here, as someone in retail sales its really a mental time, but I embaced the crazyness a long time ago when I was working Boxing Day at Bootlegger at age 14. I have learned that holiday crazyness earns you holiday goodness like:

-drinking pretty much at any time of the day
-spending money and not feeling bad
-having a cigar, why not

-indulging in high fat foods and not caring either

-wearing fancy clothes for whatever reason

-baking stuff and sharing it

-drinking, did i say that already?

-catching up with people that you really do care about

See, times can be good, keep it simple and enjoy yourself, this season only happens once a year, life is too short to not sit back with a 12 yr scotch by a warm fire and bunny slippers. and if anyone pisses you off, quickly brush it off and move on and drink another glass of  fine wine.Thats my best advice!! ahahahahah

Dont forget you can do a niffty litttle scavenger hunt organized by the Fernie Chamber, once completed you can earn discounts at local shops, like Freyja for example. How neeat eh. Kinda?

Look for more info on the posters around town.

Murder At Snow Valley

No no, not for real, its the brainchild of local theatre star Sage McBride and friends. A dinner theatre and murder mystery that involves ski sweaters and food by Blue Toque. $50 a ticket, proceeds go towards local daycare. Tickets avail for this Thursday night and this Friday night. Im heading there friday nighter! Booom! Where your "best" ski sweater!

Martini Mondays At Picnic

New This Weinter! Martini Mondays at Picnic with Dj Friendly Fire. Spiffy!!!


Im also really digging the New Years Plan for Picnic, Dj Friendly Fire will be hosting that as well, noooiiiice.
See the full page ad in the Fix this month.

Fernie Christmas Album Out Soon

As I speak the last couple tracks are being laid on what has probabley the most hype Fernie has EVER seen. The Fernie Yacht Club, DJ PJ, Kyle Hudon and Curtis Dekker have been working diligently on a soon-to-be runaway timeless classic album. Stay tuned for Release Party Details. Happy Christmas Everyone!

GALA SUCCESS, Money Raised and People Were Merry

Hands down one of the BEST gala's by Lindsay and I. I mean, people were really into it, they all showed up in high spirits and prepared for a great night. An awesome mix of people in the community all mingling and dancing and schmoozing, this was everyone's gala! Its so simple really, we didnt have a huge budget, but we had great buzz and that made the night a huge success. So far we are at about $7400, still counting the cash coming in. Thank you to all that attended, thank you to all that sponsored and supported this night. Im so so so cheesy and cliche, but hell, we live in one helluva cool little town yo.

 Thanks again for helping us raise this money for the Salvation Army!

Things Like This Don’t Just Happen:

Big Thanks To:

Lillis and Claude and The Clubhouse Staff

Kootenay Sales and Marketing

Fernie Fix

GPI Accounting

The Green Petal

Yamagoya Sushi

Alpine Restoration Services

Tabitha Taron

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Lizard Creek

A-Signs

Lisa Thompson

Jesse Aarsen

Tammy Molander

Picnic Restaurant and Social

The Arts Station

Carrie Meyer

Oasis Spa

Island Lake Resort

Rory Hinds

Lwren Coultry

Fernie Yacht Club - Alex and Chad

Jim Paul

Jody Weinper

Kirk Fairchild

Midge’s Mags

Big Bang Bagels

Carasellas

Freyja Lifestyle Fashion

Boardstiff Gear

Smitten Adult Boutique

Sparrow For Hair

The Sweet Shop
All the night’s Wonderful Volunteers!

And YOU!!