Thursday, October 31^st

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  No, I’m not a person that waits all year for this, I don’t dress up unless needed, we didn’t even get kids at our door at our old house, across the street from an elementary school.  Last year we didn’t even buy candy and it was the first year we had over 3 kids?  We had around 7-10 kids and Kim had to turn them away and apologize to each kid or group of kids.

I’m not online much since my desktop computer is in the basement.  I get to the basement on my bum, lowering myself each step with my tricepts.  It’s just like a 2^nd workout for me!  Which I’ve already done today.  I loathe working out 100 crunches, 40 leg lifts on my back, then 20 arm raises on my hands and knees, 50 leg raises from that position and usually 3-5 planks on my toes and fore arms.  I bruised my left big toe 2 weeks ago, so no planking, stairs or walking for me.  I’m back to doing 50-100 pushups from my hands and knees, with my knees as far back as possible, to make the pushups as difficult as possible!  Then I rest and hoover some water, then make my way down here.  I don’t like/feel great after a workout.  I feel tired and lazy.  Could be because of my workout music?  It’s not the new Fall Out Boy anymore it’s old school ’90s techno or rap with a loud beat to it or recent stuff I find catchy and may never listen to again, this stuff…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eSN8Cwit_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EofwRzit0 Of course I have Halestorm’s version/cover, not on my workout music though  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9X8LF1wZU I do like both versions though!  I’ve never been a fan of Daft Punk though, this is the only song of theirs I’ve enjoyed thus far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2pPJywRGTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGHNdm9jFI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ib5H5auk-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQQGX24Teg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic I can guarantee I’ll get sick off this followed by everything in this list!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6GktymYUuw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWju37TZfo0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyrpTNzclU0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=149jGeIlx3I Then I heard “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie and was happy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0njPXDdj7Y8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up0cfNOXoCE

And finally  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tr8KRqyGJk

No my home workout never takes that long but that’s what I listen to everytime I workout, everyday.  Then stuff more suited to my liking, like “Lightning Bolt” by Pearl Jam, “Aftershock” by Motorhead, “Worship Music” by Anthrax, “Vengeance Falls” by Trivium, “…Like Clockwork” by Q.O.T.S.A., “Fortress” by Alter Bridge, etc.

I really like the new Trivium album! If you like metal I highly recommend at least checking it out on iTunes!

Why do I torture myself with this everyday?  My first 2 CDs were C + C Music Factory and Bryan Adams “Waking up the Neighbours”  I got to see him live either this year or late last year?  Him with an acoustic guitar and a piano player, and that was all that was needed!

Here’s a review of the Sound City soundtrack.

http://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-music/the-sound-of-sound-city-play-loudly-and-smile.html

“There’s always someone else having a worse day than you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

Wednesday, October 30^th

Yes, I saw Dr. McMillan this morning to get some refills and to start weening off of my anti-depressant pill. He told me if it goes alright in the next 3 months to go back and reduce it some more.  He wasn’t sure if my psychiatrist, Dr. Kumar, was still around.  As he left the room he told me that I’m a “medical marvel”.  Not really how I see it.  I’m alive I’m just a regular everyday guy who survived brain cancer and they all thought I’d never come out of my coma, 5%-15% chance of surviving and it was my body that helped me survive, I slept 23.5 hours a day, everyday.  I put my body on auto-pilot and did absolutely nothing.  I got lucky!  That’s all.  My entire family and friends supported me, even if I wasn’t conscious to see them.  That seems like a really messed up way to show love and respect but everybody deals with a bad situation in their own way I guess?

The White Stripes/Jack White.  For me Jack White is highly over rated.  No I’ve never been a lead guitarist, I’m just not a fan of his music.  Do any of you Canadians remember The Inbreds from Canada in the late ’90s?  They played Edge fest in ’98 and who was their biggest fan?  Dave Grohl.  Foo Fighters played that tour as well.  The Inbreds were original something no one had seen as a success before!  A bass player/singer with a drummer! That was all and it sounded good!  Most famous for this song and video, I may have to get an album or two?  I really don’t know much about them, but they were out long before The White Stripes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQNaA8LEAc   or this song from the same album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKQ69Dcxbao

Sandbox!  The group with Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys as the singer.  They were a one hit wonder with the song “Curious” but that entire album isn’t too bad, I bought it on iTunes and I like the majority of it.  It’s called “Bionic” if you want to check it out?  Here’s their one hit from the 3 albums they released, long before the Trailer Park Boys were thought of most likely.  No it’s not metal or hard rock don’t be afraid. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-w2ZRFWf0I

I have to go hold my mom’s hand while we watch Criminal Minds!

“There’s always someone else having a worse day than you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

Tuesday, October 29^th

I didn’t even know 6:40 am existed until today, I had forgotten when I couldn’t sleep?  I was not sleeping for more than 2.5 hours.  I went through a massive depression in the WRC, while being weened off of methadone, then I was prescribed anti-psychotics (which I’m still on) and a sleeping pill that I haven’t taken for well over a year, maybe 2?  Methadone is pill for pain.  It’s what they give to heroin addicts, yet as Kim has read it’s harder to kick than heroin.  I was on 2.5mgs of it.  My doctor (Dr. McMillan) said I was the first patient he had ever gotten off of that much methadone, it must trigger a craving for sugar.  Jay of Jay & Silent Bob was givin it every morning and then Silent Bob aka Kevin Smith would take him to the donut shop once he had his pill.  I ate a TON of timbits and Boston Creams while on it.  Kim and I would go home after my last therapy of the day and stop at Tim Hortons so she could get a tea and I would get a Boston Cream.  At night we’d go back to the WRC and stop at Tim’s for a tea and 20 timbits.  No matter what I ate or drank I couldn’t put on weight?  My family was jealous.  I could eat anything and I kept losing weight. Unfortunately that doesn’t happen anymore!  I eat like crap and my old pants have no hope of fitting me.

I had a Dr. appointment this morning at the cancer clinic at 8am, just a routine check up to see Dr. Tai. I’ll have to see her once a year near the end of each year and have a ct-scan before I see her.  I didn’t have my scan yet, so I have one in November.  I’ll see her next year in October and have to get my scan before I see her again, just to make sure everything’s OK. Since Tuesday, February 5^th, 2008 I’ve had 3 short colds and 3 minor headaches (other than cancer related illness’).  Yeah I have bad days and good days like anyone else.  I just seem to have bad days more often.

Dr. Tai wants to write a report about me with no names.  She has a patient at the moment with the same type of cancer around my age and she thinks writing a report on what I had done might help out.  I hope she’s right!  In 2009 when I moved to the WRC, there was a guy in Calgary who was 27, had a wife and 2 young kids, was walking to work and suddenly couldn’t read his phone, his eye sight was gone.  He had the same type of cancer as me. Unfortunately he didn’t see 28 and died in the hospital.  His wife was doing a blog while he was receiving treatment, Kim found it on some discussion board with people who have either had my type of cancer or know of someone who’s had/going through my type of cancer.

Dr. Tai suggested I see my psychiatrist again to see if I need my crazy pills, not Dr. McMillan, my family Dr.,  but my psychiatrist Dr. Kumar.  Tomorrow I see Dr. McMillan, just for refills, nothing serious, all’s well.  Dr. Tai doesn’t think I’ll ever get my balance back, but I’d love to prove her wrong!  If I’m in a wheelchair the rest of my life oh well.  I’ll always have a designated driver, an awesome parking spot and be able to make a reservation at any restaurant or pub.  All we have to do is say “Can we make a reservation for x number of people and have one spot for a wheelchair please?”.  It’s just the way Redler avoids Jehovah Witness’.  He answers the door and tells them he’s a Catholic school teacher, and he’s not lying, he is a Catholic school teacher!

54-40 from B.C.  Did anyone purchase the FRIENDS soundtrack after the first season with Hootie & the Blowfish singing this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyWHKJ4BbyI ?  It’s a cover of the same song by 54-40, here’s the original version  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZSSVt355I I don’t have any of their albums surprisingly yet I haven’t heard anything from them I didn’t like.  They’re most famous for this song which I like still   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkh4qdxLFH0 I have to do some more investigating on them on iTunes.  Of course they’re no longer together, this song was released in the early ’94. They went on to build their own studio on the royalties from Hootie & The Blowfish and recorded 7 more albums dating to 2011.

“There’s always someone else having a worse day than you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

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Saturday, October 26^th

Sure I have a broken nose from being in a mosh pit in 1999 at an outdoor festival in Saskatoon.  Somebody fell on my face while crowd surfing.  I had blood on my shirt and shorts.  Guess what?  A path cleared to the bouncer who picked me up and sent me to the first aid tent beside the stage.  I wanted to get back out and listen to more Big Wreck.  Once the bleeding stopped I went back to the crowd out of the mosh pit.  Whenever a person fell everybody got of the way and helped the person out.  That’s what happens in North America and nobody tries to hurt another person. I’m too big and wouldn’t go into a mosh pit if I could.  I don’t want to hurt someone having a good time!

In Europe and the U.K. as I’ve heard the crowd doesn’t beat the crap out of each other, they jump in their own area.  In North America everybody shows respect for each other and if someone wants out of the mosh pit they let you out, no big deal.  Here’s 2 sides to the story to be fair.

NOT FOR KIDS!  LOT’S OF FOUL LANGUAGE IN ALL VIDEOS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukIaneqx0VU

Even at an acoustic show!  This happens quite often at a Foo Fighters show!  Bad language but right on point! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9GMOTaqtc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QclBVHeVj-I There is such a thing as concert etiquette.  People help others who need help at North American shows.  I’ve been there and have done that.  I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, you have the choice of joining the mosh pit or not.  If you choose to go in, remember concert etiquette!

“There’s always someone else having a worse day than you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

Saturday, October 26^th

Nothing political about them, another Canadian band back together after the success in the ’90s!  I hear they’re in the studio now.  I have 5 out of 6 of their albums including a Greatest Hits album.  Seeing them live is great though. They go from instrument to instrument throughout the show.  A ton of East Indian instruments mostly!  I saw them years ago at the Conexus Arts Center with the Matthew Good Band, not Matthew Good as a solo artist.  This is one of my favourite tunes off of the album “Edges of Twilight” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB71yNVjgq8

I think that was their first album?  They just became more famous in Canada with each album or big hit on the radio.  Like this hit from the album “Transmission”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q39q0fT3YiE

And this song on the Greatest Hits album “Tangents”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwrQSe9m4c

Let me get this straight.  Rapists can pretty much do whatever they like and the victims have to shut up and deal with it?  That’s just flat out WRONG!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPH3TY30r7c

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151668609177172&set=np.232364796.677491270&type=1&theater&notif_t=notify_me

“There’s always someone else having a worse day that you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

Friday, October 25^th

Miley Cyrus.  She is quite young and the whole VMAs thing worked, everybody has heard of it or are talking about it!  So good or bad at least you’ve heard about her.  Her music is not aimed at my demographic, so the only video/song I know of is wrecking ball.  Isn’t Robin Thicke’s 15 minutes of fame almost over. I don’t know anyone who likes his song “Blurred Lines” this is the clean version the women are completely naked in the actual version. Why?  Was it because the song wasn’t so good for anyone over the age of 25?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU

What is he trying to prove?  I don’t get it?

Of course he got backlash and good for the women in this parody NOT FOR KIDS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WM4d_mhGM

If you like metal music, I can’t stop listening to “Vengeance Falls”, the new one by Trivium.  It does sound like their previous album “In Waves” which I also really liked!  The only mistake they’ve made in my books is the album “The Crusade”, I really was not a fan of that album and only the song The Crusade (instrumental) was the one song on that album that I liked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8fEZH9PrM

The 2^nd album “Ascendancy” for me, is one of my favourites, of all of the albums I own, not just my metal albums.  With this song on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CTBV3TGgW8 No it doesn’t have to be metal for me to like it!

The Watchmen from Winnipeg one of the things Saskatchewan residents like from our neighbours to the east in Manitoba.  Unless their Winnipeg Blue Bombers are playing against our Saskatchewan Roughriders.  The Watchmen only released 5 albums, not enough for me they’re a fairly mellow Canadian band that made fantastic music, especially on “Silent Radar” and “Slomotion”, their last 2 albums! With these 2 hits on them, I miss them. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWW92B1Mv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I-wQbtQBw

Both of them all over Canadian radio.  I missed their last show in Regina on December 4^th 2004, since I was playing a show with Corey, Mitch and Jordan that night.  Then I jumped on the Doctorx train, same singer, totally different band and music of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVpdbfeHAI Out of print now and not on iTunes.  I jumped on that release the second I heard about it.  Danny Graves has an amazing voice.

“There’s always someone else having a worse day than you or I”

“Don’t judge anyone until you’ve been in their shoes”

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook

Wednesday, October 23rd

If you choose to email me, please tell me who you are, how you got my address and NO links!  If I don’t know who you are the email is immediately reported as SPAM!  Why do I get so many emails from people I don’t know and financial institutes telling me there is $X,000,000 waiting for me?  From now on if I don’t know the person or institute, straight to SPAM!

Bye,

“Hubby Boo Boo” aka “Butthead” aka Christopher

chrisg.fraser@gmail.com or Chris G. Fraser on facebook 

Tuesday, October 22nd

What happened this date in 2002?  Kim’s first birthday with me in her life as a boyfriend.  We started dating on April 4th 2002.  Foo Fighters released the 4th album One by One on October 22nd 2002 with the song “All my Life” on it, one of their biggest songs that they have to play at every show.

I digest (yes, that’s a joke), this is all about Kim!  Words don’t exist to tell her how much I love her!  I’d be dead without her, literally.  From Tuesday, February 5th 2008 to Thursday, July 26th 2012 she has been by my side almost the entire time.  I am lucky and blessed to have a wife like her.  She is the strongest person I know, by far!

The two hospitals in town made exceptions for her to stay with me.  Then the W.R.C. made the same exception for her!  Every day she took care of me and still is.  She was with me for every single therapy session.  Physio, Occupational and Exercise.  She is the most important person that saved my life!  Short post but the words are not there to explain how I feel about her.  Even today I was supposed to have a CT scan, or so we thought we got there and the appointment was last year, but I do have 2 routine appointments next week that Kim will take me to!

I’m blessed and SO lucky to have her in my life as my wife and best friend.

Bye,

Christopher aka Chris