Back to basics...

Okay, so it has been a while since I actually sat down and put in some time on the old TundraTalk. I apologize. Not sure what has gotten into me but I guess I just have not been too keen on writing lately. My bad.

So I decided today I would just put a post up. Kind of back to basics post. Just me rambling on about something that really is not much, but I will make it a big deal. BUT before I go too far I am going to take care of some business first.

If you are interested the Peterson Family Christmas Letter is up on the internet. You can locate it HERE. If you want to see the Peterson Family Christmas Variety Show you can link to it HERE or just watch it below...


Peterson Family Christmas Variety Show 2008 from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.


NEXT: There now that that is out of the way....Lets get to today's rant.

Now, as most of the country knows, Canada is cold. Regina, on the usual, is around 10 degrees colder. Not sure why, but it is. North Dakota is a very similar climate. Cold enough that it is imparitive that when you go outside you must be dressed appropriately, or even smarter, just don't go outside. I am normally a guy who likes winter. Much better than summer. At least in winter if you are cold, you just put on another layer. Summer, if it is hot and you are sweating just sitting still, you can't do a damn thing about it except turn up the AC. Summer in all it's humid glory blows.

Now all you haters out there, close that email. Don't send me a hate filled diatribe about how great summer is, just shut your pie hole and listen. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. I like summer, not having to put on three layers to go outside is nice. I like sitting on my boat whether it be in the driveway or on the water. Summer is nice, but hot sweaty summer sucks.

Now, I know when I was attending the world famous (for what I don't know) Hazen High School, I was a bit of a dumb ass. Sometimes I would do dumbass things. We all do when we are in high school. Well, except for maybe Nick Chase. He was wound a bit tight. Like for example during the production of the fine WhiteHot Production Dakota Vice we decided it would be cool to stage a shoot out in front of the Red Owl grocery store on Main street. Complete with sound efects and really lifelike toy guns (compliments of the Rock Boys personal collection). Apparently the cops were called and at the end of the scene you can see a cruiser roll past to check it out.

Can you imagine if we tried to do that today? The Government Threat Level would be raised to "extreme red we all going to die" level we would all be put in jail, then have mental evaluations (most of us probably could use those), and then we would be sent off to Guantanamo, or maybe even be put on that plane to be waterboarded some where in a country that does not like us that much. Anyway, long story even longer, that was pretty dumb.

Or the time that I decided I wanted to see how fast my motorcycle could go. Not sure how far over a hundred I got but the front wheel lifted off the ground because I had a faring on it. That was Dumb.

Or the time I had an arguement with my dumbass sister and decided to leave the house. I went out to the car, pushed the garage door opener, started up the Escorche, cranked up Run DMC on the bottom of the line cheapest Alpine stereo (that only had fast forward) I could get, to 11, and then failed to look to see if the door opened. Yup, that was REAL dumb. Dad was not to happy that I installed a drive thru on the garage door.

Anyway, I did some dumb things. Which leads me to the reason for this rant. I know I am getting old, but I do not think I am that old. As I was driving thru these recent snowstorms on my way to work the past few days I have been marveling at how stupid high school kids are now. They think they are bullet proof. Case in point. This morning as I passed the first of two high schools I saw what I thought was just Mensa club worthy.

These boneheads park on the street in front of the school. On the road there are two lanes, in the summer. In the winter there is barely two lanes because of all the snow piled in the median. These Einstiens get out of their cars and walk down the middle of the right lane to get to school. They don't even hesitate when two lanes of cars are coming at them. They just keep on walking whilst the two lanes are scrambling to make one on the icy roads. Hey shit head, walk on the sidewalk. Oh sorry there is snow on the sidewalk so the open toed shoes you are wearing will get snow in them. My bad. I guess that is good logic to walk on the fu#king road.

Not to mention none of these idiots are wearing a toque. Put a freaking hat on. It is -50 and you think it is too important to not mess up your hair so you decide to not wear a cap. Brilliant. I know it was cold back in the day when I was travelling to school, but I don't think I was EVER that stupid. I want to keep my ears. Oh, maybe they have heated iPod headphones. Don't even get me started on the three girls I saw walking down the sidewalk all of them with their heads down texting. GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND TALK TO EACH OTHER.

Get this, the other day I was at the Co Op getting groceries and as I left the parking lot I saw this group of girls walking back to school from lunch. There is a McCrappy's in our neighbor hood so one of them had a bag of food with her. As she is walking out of the parking lot she just throws the bag on the ground, like that is what you are supposed to do with your left over McD's shit. "Someone else will pick it up, it is too much work to carry it to a trash can." So me being the nice guy I am I roll down the window and yell at her "Hey, you dropped something." Now she gets this panicked look on her face that she acually DID drop something, like her phone or iPod. The the realization comes over her that I am pointing out her stupidity right in front of all her friends.

She starts to walk over to pick it up but the other moron with her tells her not to. Seeing that this situation is about to degenerate, I decide to take it up a notch and I tell her to not be a moron and stop littering my neighborhood with her crap. At this point her friend starts to call me names and I of course respond in kind about how ignorant it is to be a litterer, all the while the bonehead in question still has not said a thing. I look at her and ask her if she speaks english because all she did was stand there and look confused. BAM it was like dropping a bomb. Her friends immediately draw the race card (she looked a bit Asian). I think she was a bit torn by the situation because she knew the right thing was to go and pick up the bag so the angry a-hole in the truck will shut up but she did not want to lose face with her girls.

At this point I call them all morons and roll up the window and drive away. You cannot win an argument where the race card has been drawn. No way no how. Especially since I am that white guy in a pick up truck. I'll tell ya, I would have said that to anyone. Black, white, yellow, purple, or green. The purple person would probably be a viqueen fan and really would NOT speak english.

Anyway, where was I going with this. Oh yeah, kids are stupid. I am sounding like an old man. I have caught myself on many occasion standing on my lawn yelling at guys driving by for going to fast. Pathetic. I may as well start telling the 'I walked to school 60 miles uphill against the wind stories already." Oh wait, I told McKenna that story yesterday. I also know my kids are sure going to do stupid things but I just hope I am able to correct them with out calling them Morons.

NEXT: I have some pics from the Trailer Park Boys show that I attended last week to show you and I will get them up here soon.

Have a great day. GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Video of Cory and Jamie on Jay, and more...

Cory and Jamie from hamiltongbp on Vimeo

Here it is. The video of Cory and Jamie on Jay Leno. Plus the story behind the day. Jamie Thomas takes us on the roller coaster ride that was their day in Hollywood at the Leno show.

Take it away Jamie...

Alright...

We roll into NBC at about 2 pm and take our NEW boy Marty out for lunch, not knowing just how close he had us sitting for the Jay Leno show. After lunch at a restaurant that had valet parking (never had someone park my vehicle at a stinking place to eat, or maybe I could never afford to eat a place like that when I worked for A-Channel).

Marty then takes us for a tour of the studios where they film "the worst tv show in the history of the world", Days of our Lives. It was cool to see all the props for the shows and to see the size of the studios....

Then we roll past all the people that waited in line all day and get first in line so the usher can take us to the second row ON THE FLOOR right in front where Jay does his monologue. When Jay comes out to do his monologue Cory and I are there to shake his hand along with 50 other people....of course, Blashill the camera guy gets up closest and on camera in front of millions.

Great show with Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Foxx...after it was all said and done, Marty again took us out back to wait in the parking lot for photos.

First, Leno comes out and takes a photo with us seperately. He's telling me about some story about Canada, but I wasn't listening because I was standing beside Jay friggin Leno. I see NHL players everyday and they dont impress me, but the odd occasional celebrity does, I hate to admit it.

Then it gets even better. Jamie Foxx comes out and is heading to his limo, but stops to get a photo with us. Actually, thats a lie. There was this reallly impressive looking woman there as well, so I am sure he wanted the photo with her and then felt bad for us. Regardless, Cory and I got the photo with steamin' Willie Beaman and no he didnt barf.

Next we are heading to Hungtington Beach to watch the Ducks game on Sunday at a Bloody Mary bar where they just give you a jug full of vodka and you make your own drink. We will watch the game and I will try and remember what happened when I question the players...on Monday.

Thanks to Marty for coming up huge in our time in need. Peterson, you call me ThomASS all the time, but you are a genius.

Jamie is out.

Nice story Jamie. Too bad I could not see your ass on TV. They probably edited you out. I would.

Okay, I have been sitting on some video for you guys for a while. The first one is a clip from the Ellen Show. Donna watches it every day and I usually tune it out or watch it a bit. I heard Cheri Oteri the other day talking about Regina. That's right Regina, Sask. Have a look...





Regina from hamiltongbp on Vimeo


Next I have some video from the new season of the Trailer Park Boys. This season is getting really go0d. Bascically the boys are in a scheme to ship pot accross the US border to Sebastian Bach, of Skid Row, on a model train. Not only is it a madel train, but it is Patrick Swayze's personal train. Funny as hell. This is a scene from a couple of weeks ago. I just about died laughing at this scene. Bubbles is hilarious. Ricky of course is just plain stupid funny. Have a look.





TPB from hamiltongbp on Vimeo




Speaking of Patrick Swayze. He is here in Edmonton shooting a movie. I saw him the other day in a mini van that was on a flatbed trailer, with no wheels, shooting a scene. Very cool. Not seeing Patrick Swayze, but the rig that they were using to shoot in a car. Had about 5 cameras going at once. Very cool.






Bad Live hit.. from hamiltongbp on Vimeo

Last but not least, I was watching Brian Williams the other night and I saw this live hit that they did about the fires that are raging. This is soooo bad, it is so obvious that she is not on the scene of the fire. Look at the lighting in the shot. Almost perfect. No shadows on her face but look at all the smoke in the background. Dark in the back light on her face. I can't believe that they did this on national TV. NBC, Marty, you better make a call. Or I will.