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<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070324;7363500" name="CREATED" /><meta content="20070325;22450400" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">As I type this, I am about 25,000 feet high up. Although, you wont read it until after I’ve landed. I am currently on an Air Canada flight to Ottawa from Toronto. My inspiration for this post was a collection of things. First, the insane power of the turbine engines as they forced the plane forward and then up. Second, seeing a large part of the city of Toronto just as daylight was hitting on what looked to be a cloudy day, and watching everything get smaller and smaller out the window. Lastly, as we just came up through the clouds, into a beautiful view of “cloud-scape” I’ll call it, where the sun shines no matter what, and gives all the clouds this great silver lining. It is truly a sight to see.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">As some may know, the last two weeks I spent at my dad’s, doing a number of different things. I was able to get (a little) bit of work done towards the drum kit fund, and we also put a down-payment on a set. A very nice kit, and if you check for the post that rambles, you should find a link to it. I also got to visit with the “Wee-Man” as my father calls him, and we played some games, and I made a fool out of my self, much to the entertainment of David… and maybe anybody else who decided to watch.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Quick note: we are back through the clouds, starting our short decent to Ottawa International Airport, and again the view is spectacular. Seeing all the lakes, and waterways, and Ontario forests is awesome. I think I’ve found my new mode of transportation to my Dads. However, the bus ride can also be enjoyable as well.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Well, where was I… right, my Dads house. During my stay, I was also able to help my Dad go through some storage stuff, and the two of us had a good time looking at some pictures of him when he was my age, finding some school work he had done, and him showing me a few of his personal items. I had a great time, learning a little bit more about my Dad’s history, as we unfortunately do not get to spend enough time together, due to the physical distance between the two of us. We also took to our usual occurrence of late nights, that sometimes involve some home made wine or beer, and a whole lot of music. And we always eat great.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Now the seatbelt sign is on, and that means I’ll get yelled at in about ten seconds, if my laptop is on.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=24#comments" title="Comment on Saturday, March 24 - 7:25AM">3 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-20"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=20" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Been A While">Been A While</a></h3> <small>Friday, February 16th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Haven’t really had anything worth posting happen lately, plus I’ve been pretty busy with everything going on, so here is an update:</p> <p>Wise, Young and King is officially out of prepaid studio time, so I guess we are slowing down. Doug’s parents said that they would pay for four more hours as a birthday gift to him, but then it’s finding the time that the other band members are available to get in. As said before, Bompf Bompf is the priority as the shoot for the music video is coming up. That’s where we stand right now. </p> <p>School is going pretty good for me, and my attendance record is surprising (as I have a bad habit of not showing up for class, or sleeping in). I should definitely have all my high school credits before the March break is here. I’ve also found a one year course here at Algonquin - Pre-Music Production - that interests me. My long term plans are to go to Humber College in Toronto for music in the fall of 2008, so the Algonquin program would keep me busy next year. </p> <p>Now for the touchy part; Thank you to everybody who has/plans to donate to the “Drum Kit Fund”. I’m extremely grateful. It means so much to me. As a matter of fact, I’m somewhat speechless. However, I refuse to link to it, because I feel that it would seem… well “greedy” is not the word, but something like that. It just wouldn’t feel right to me. On that note though, if you are considering donating, but have something that would make it more worth your while (eg. some form of work for me to do towards it), please let me know. </p> <p>Other than that, I’ve been spending most of my time playing guitar. I’ve actually written a song, with lyrics. I’ve considered posting the lyrics here, but haven’t decided if I like them enough to post them. As far as they are concerned though, they are probably some of the best lyrics I’ve ever personally come up with, and the guitar riff that goes with them, is by far the best guitar playing I’ve ever done. Maybe I’ll get a cheep computer mic, and record an acoustic version of it. We’ll have to see. </p> <p>That’s all I’ve got for now. Thanks for reading. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=20#comments" title="Comment on Been A While">8 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-18"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=18" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ATTENTION!">ATTENTION!</a></h3> <small>Monday, January 29th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>A friend of mine just witnessed a situation to which she informed me of this:</p> <p>“Somebody just walked into the caff here, with EXTREMELY blue hair, and a mohawk. It looked really cool, but somebody just looked at him and he completely freaked out. There was swearing and yelling, then he picked up a chair to throw at the other guy.”</p> <p>In my opinion, if you are going to do things that you know will draw attention to yourself, then you need to learn how deal with attention positively. I’m not in anyway implying that I believe people should conform to how we are expected to look/present ourselves (ask my Dad, I had hair that made everybody look in my direction), but face it; society today has those boarders that it puts on people. Image is one of them. If you look different than the person beside you, then people are going to be looking at you. </p> <p>If you cant handle the attention, do not draw it to yourself. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=18#comments" title="Comment on ATTENTION!">5 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-9"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=9" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Not So Breaking News">Not So Breaking News</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>First and foremost, Happy New Year! Hope that everybody’s celebrations were safe and fun. I know that I had a great time. Me and some of my close friends decided to head across the boarder to Hull, where we are of legal drinking age. You can just guess what happened next. I also got one hell of a workout, as we had to walk from Ontario to Quebec and back (and by this time, walking was interesting), then from the bus station to where we were staying the night, which happened to be about an hours walk. Definitely a good night.</p> <p>Also I would just like to inform my (few) readers that Wise, Young and King does now have booked studio time for the 4-6 January. Yes, that is Thursday. I’m extremely excited, and I know that the other band members are as well. Over the few days that we are in, I think that I’ll probably keep a small journal. It wont be big because we are not in for long, but I think that it’ll be neat to look back and see what I was thinking the first time, we took the time to make a proper recording. Don’t get me wrong, the first was good but we recorded “live off the floor” and didn’t have enough time to work with the mix. This time, we are doing fewer songs over a longer time period, and we’ll work more with each individual song, focusing on quality, not quantity.</p> <p>Also, I was thinking that I wanted to start something kind of different than normal (or at least that is what I was thinking) in the blogging world. I’m going to start doing a “drummer of the month” post, but it’ll only really be based on what I’m kind of into at the time, with no general criteria for now. This all may change, but I just thought that I would start. My next post will be your first “drummer of the month”. So the anticipation begins.</p> <p><strong>Update: </strong>The studio time for the band has been moved to January 5, the 6th and the 7th. If we haven’t used it all by then, the 8th is a day that we could use to finish up all our time. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=9#comments" title="Comment on Not So Breaking News">9 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-8"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=8" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Post Christmas Post">Post Christmas Post</a></h3> <small>Saturday, December 30th, 2006</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Alright, so it’s been a few days since I last posted, and seems a bunch of stuff has happened since.</p> <p>Firstly, Merry belated Christmas to all those that read this. Hope that everybody enjoyed it and got stuffed like turkeys at Christmas (sorry for the bad pun). Mine was excellent. My Dad, and one of the other band members Dad went together to get Wise, Young and King some recording time. Twenty-five hours actually, at <a target="_blank" href="http://mussmusic.ca/">Muss Music Productions</a>, which is the same studio that we used previously. So, my first wish from my last post (the meme) has come true. I also got a John Grisham book, a DRUM! Magazine that came with an awesome DVD, and three swing CDs.</p> <p>Secondly, I was saddened to hear the news of James Browns passing on Christmas day. I am a big fan of some of his music, and he will be remembered.</p> <p>Thirdly, this is more recent news. Saddam Hussein was hanged early this morning. Unfortunately I haven’t really followed this that much, and all I really know is that he was only convicted of one crime that he committed in 1982. Honestly, that’s all I know.</p> <p>Well, I know for a first post in a while this one is kind of poor, but I’m also tired and need to get up early tomorrow to get some stuff done. Hopefully, I shall post again soon. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=8#comments" title="Comment on Post Christmas Post">6 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-7"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=7" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My First Meme">My First Meme</a></h3> <small>Sunday, December 24th, 2006</small> <div class="entry"> <p>To start, why on Earth are this little games called memes? As my Dad had planned to do, I checked out the definition, and has nothing to do with blogging, but some cultural thing. If you want to check it out for yourself, <a target="_blank" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme">here you go</a>.</p> <p>So, three things I want and three I don’t. I’ve never done one of these before, so here goes.</p> <p>1. I would like for Wise, Young and King to go back into the studio, and get some work done for gods sake while our bassist is back, instead of sitting around and drinking beer constantly. Not that there is anything wrong with drinking beer, but some touch ups on previously recorded stuff, and to record some unheard stuff, would be really awesome.</p> <p>2. A job. Enough said.</p> <p>3. And this I’ll put here, because it really is one of the things I would like the most in the entire world right now. I’m dying for a drum set. Not just any drum set, but a set of <a target="_blank" href="http://ayottedrums.com/">Ayotte</a> Customs, with wood hoops, and a custom black to green fade, or a custom finish that I would choose if I had more time to think about. Not to mention, if I could stop changing my mind on a day to day basis about the color.</p> <p>So, three things I do not want…</p> <p>1. I do not want to have to return the D-Link wireless router that my Grandfather purchased yesterday. We’ve now spent a good part of the day today, and a few hours yesterday trying to get the damn thing to work, to no avail. With it, came a USB antenna thing, that you can apparently plug into any computer. Now, since my computer will be running Linux, I think that I’ll probably either have to get a driver from the internet for it, or it’ll just not work. However, more on that later, because I’ve still got two to go.</p> <p>2. I do not want to see any quiche over the holidays. Besides, Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche.</p> <p>3. To have to live with my Grandparents for too much longer. Don’t get me wrong, the are good people with good hearts, and I love them to death, but trying to live with people that you just plain out do not see eye to eye with, is really a challenge and a half.</p> <p>Hope I did alright on that. As for the next part, to tag 5 other people, well that’ll be another one of those challenges, as I only have one person linked on my blog. That would be my Dad, and he’s already been tagged. Speaking of linking to blogs; Chim, would you mind if I linked to your blog? Just thought that I’d ask before just going ahead and doing it, as I don’t quite know the “rules” of blogging just yet. So, I’ve failed at the second part of this meme. Oh well. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=7#comments" title="Comment on My First Meme">5 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-3"><a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=3" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Introduction">Introduction</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, December 19th, 2006</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Welcome to bompfbompf.com. My name is Alex Scott, and much to the dismay of some, I am Ian’s son.</p> <p>For the first little while of getting this blog going, when you visit you may find that the presentation has changed slightly from the previous time you visited, or even drastically. This will stop once I’ve managed to figure out exactly how I want it to look, but that may take some time as I am new to using WordPress, and will need to “play” with it for a while.</p> <p>As for explaining the URL, Bompf Bompf is a name of one of the songs my band wrote. I am the drummer in Wise, Young and King. If you would like to check out the seven tracks that we have recorded, they are posted on my dads blog, and you can click <a target="_blank" href="http://ianism.com/?p=375">here</a>. They can also be found at the bands <a target="_blank" href="http://myspace.com/wiseyoungandking">myspace</a> acount.</p> <p>Well, that will be all for now folks, but there will be lots more in the future. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="http://bompfbompf.com/?p=3#comments" title="Comment on Introduction">8 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://bompfbompf.com/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </li> <!-- Author information is disabled per default. Uncomment and fill in your details if you want to use it. <li><h2>Author</h2> <p>A little something about you, the author. 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