Jeff Milner

With the American elections coming up next week there has been a lot of talk lately about the upcoming Alberta Provincial election. The discussions can get pretty heated. If you live in Alberta you should check out this site about Ralph Klein and learn a little bit about his track record.

My mom is a teacher and I know she’s really not a fan of the Klein Government.

Isn’t she cute?

I can’t believe it! This morning I sent in a link for BoingBoing to publish and now they have a thank-you link pointing back to this page. I’m extremely thrilled! Welcome BoingBoingers to my little place on the web.

Yesterday Anna-Maria, my mom and dad, and some of our friends went to the Stampede grounds to see Kalan Porter’s welcome home ceremony. We were really late getting there — apparently some people had slept out over night in anticipation of big crowds. We got there about 15 minutes before it ended. It was perfect timing, Kalan started to sing about 5 minutes after we got there. We heard his 5 songs and then went home. Anna-Maria and my dad both thought he was more feminine in person. I think he’s just the same… which I suppose isn’t saying much.

My mom was happy because one of the people introducing Kalan told one of my mom’s stories to the crowd. The story goes like this:

Recently a couple of girls in my mom’s kindergarten class asked her if it was true that she had taught Kalan Porter in kindergarten. My mom replied, “yes that’s true.” Then they asked, “Do you think Kalan Porter is good?” Without hesitation my mother stated, “Yes, I think he’s very good.” Then one of the little girls asked, “Who do you think is better, God or Kalan?”

Unfortunately for Kalan, my mom felt obligated to go with God.

Metafilter linked to my backmasking Page. As soon as BoingBoing does, then I’ll feel complete.

I have been so busy lately, it’s insane! It’s also really great because when I am busy I’m way more effective with my time and am able to get a lot of things done. So to recap what I’ve been up to I’m going to post a handful of entries to catch up for the week.

Anna-Maria and I have been painting. Ideally it would be great to paint the whole house but we’re trying to be smart and realistic by doing one bedroom at a time. Last spring we painted the awful pink room into a nice light shade of yellow. This time we’ve hit the master bedroom with a nice light green. It’s so much nicer than the flower wallpaper and bold teal colour that the previous owners had gracing the walls. The house is getting very nice — I’d almost ready to admit I’m proud of it.

Lifeguarding is the same old – same old. I’m guarding once a week at the Fritz; I’m also teaching adult lessons as well that night. The two ladies that I am instructing have come so far in just a few lessons.

I do have a new job though! Two actually, one as a Teacher’s Assistant (TA) in the New Media 3D Modeling and Animation class; one as a tutor for first year students. It’s excellent to have some extra income. It’s also excellent to have the University as an employer – it looks great on my resume.

I’ve watched a lot of movies lately, some on my own but most in my Film Studies class. In keeping with tradition, I’ll give you a quick review:

Fast Times at Ridgemont High – The original teen movie. I liked it, though it is getting a bit dated.

Back to the Future – This timeless classic is great no matter how many times I see it.

Blue Velvet – Thumbs way down – don’t even ask.

BladeRunner – I probably wouldn’t recommend this. It’s ok, but REALLY slow pacing almost put me to sleep a couple of times.

Spiderman 2 – Excellent show. Way better than the first one. I really liked the fact that this story was a lot more character / story motivated whereas the first one was really just special effects driven.