Monkey Speed

Every morning I wake up wasted and tired. But I have to be awake by 6AM to be vaguely lucid by 7AM to arrive at class for 8AM and start my day. Like anybody else I've tried stimulants like coffee but don't dig the jitters, stomach upset or mocha scented urine. That just can't be healthy.

In our fast-paced world it's no wonder we're all feeling so tired all the time. Our fragile ape bodies evolved for centuries with lots of little breaks. So I have a proposition for the betterment of fast-paced modern cultures everywhere:

Monkey Speed

At Monkey Speed we take lots of little breaks. File a report then chill with a banana for a while. Waiting for the bus or train? Groom a friend to pass the time. You can make new friends this way as well. Conflict management? We've got it down, nothing beats road rage like a heated session of genital-genital stimulation with your aggressor.

By the end of the day you'll be feeling relaxed and content having dealt with all life's problem in a well rehearsed and natural human way.

Sky Dragon Centre Opening

Sky Dragon Centre Opening, originally uploaded by nfotxn.

The Sky Dragon Centre, or SDC for short, kicked it off this Saturday. I like to say "STD" instead just to see if people are listening. They're the community initiative that publishes Mayday Magazine, a local paper tackling issues of various flavours like racism and environmentalism. But from a perspective of information and good humour rather than preachy activism.

Anyhow, my photos suck but the launch party was good fun. Lots of costumes and random and non-random people showing up. Some day when I have more disposable income I will invest in a digital camera that has some form of image stabilization. Until then enjoy the grainy blurry shroom trip that is my Sony Cybershot P72.

The building is hardly complete but is located in derelict downtown Hamilton. Part of the excitement here is the slow but steady transformation of the downtown from post-industrial wasteland to urban bohemian paradise. It's still too shaky for big developer interest but cheap enough for those of us willing to gamble. The colonists who make it acceptable for yuppies to live here later.

We'll see how it pans out, but it's fun to be around this kind of optimism and excitement.