Knowing the simple fact that soon, the majority of us will be thrown into midterms
completly unprepared and practically shitting our pants. Or at least I will be:)
So. . . that only means, that we need to get together tonight - to relieve a little
of our soon to be coming stress, and to help albert get over his childhood regrets.

Where - MY House (if you don't know where it is - find someone who does)
When - 8pm ish
Why- because there is black label in my fridge
What - to bring : some muchies, and any kind of Grown up beverages, i have pop and juice
Who- you, me, myself, I, and my good friend friday

hope to see you all tonight

Well after crying about what I did in the past, I'm ready tell about the second regret I have. I never told anyone this. This happened in grade seven when I probally didn't know many of you. This person I wronged concidentally came from Sakaw elementary school, the school I used to go to when I lived in Millwoods. I don't know what I was thinking or if I was going through a phase or something. The incident went like this.

Me(sitting down in industrial arts class)

Candace Piacek [I actually knew her since grade one as a classmate. When I moved to Twin Brooks I was suprised to see she going to Vernon Barford. I can't excuse my self for what I did, I guess I was trying to erase my past or maybe act like I din't need any human contact.]: "Excuse me Albert what elementary school did you go to?"

Me[Should have answered that I used to go to Sakaw but I moved and I went to Secord for my last two years. And then should have said are you Candace? I knew you since grade one.] : "I only went to Richard Secord..."

Candace Piacek: "Oh..." [She probally knew who I was. She was just too nice a person to make me admit it. I don't know how this affected her, I'm just sorry I did it.]

Then that was that. It seems really insignifigant but this was the first purposely mean thing I did to anyone. Sure you do things when you were little but you always regret it and come clean on it right away. I don't know but after this incident it seemed irrelavent what other people did to each other. I became cold and distant. Only after several years did I understand that every action that you took affected people. You just couldn't distant yourself like I did.

Now don't think I expected something to come about me telling her that I went to Sakaw. We were both new students to Vernon Barford and she was just looking for a familiar face. This would be a little comfort in a otherwise crazy enviroment we call junior high. Well as you can see I decided to think I was beyond human emotions, this was wrong. Thinking back on this incident I really wish I tried to connect with an old classmate. I have such guilty feelings over what I did, what I'm going to do now probally won't amount to much but I guess I'll have to try anyway.



This is the only picture I have of her. Like Peter's picture this is 13 years old as well. I don't really know much about her other then she had Red hair (dyed her actual hair colour is brown) and I believe green or pale colured eyes. She has a younger brother. Why do I want to find her you may ask? Well if you haven't figured it out by now, I want to apologize to her. You may think it is dumb or that she probally doesn't remember this incident but I still do. If there is anything that colours me as the biggest asshole then this would have to be it.

I'm sorry Candace for what I did. I should of told you the truth when we first meet again. There is no way for me to take back what I did but if I could I would. I'll understand if you don't accept this apology, what I did pained me for such a long time, I'm sorry if it affected you as well.

well good luck with that one Al.
one bit of advice however, perhaps you should try looking up the Bunowichs in the phone book. who knows maybe they still live in Edmonton.

Well there are really only 2 big regrets I have in my life. Of course there are the many small things that you regret that you wish you shouldn't have done like running around the house and knocking over ming vases or michevious stuff like that. I probally regreted alot of things I done when I was younger but of all of them these two things probally trouble me the most. They still do and sometimes I can't fall asleep because I regret and guilt over them.

Well lets start with the one that troubles me the most. I had a best friend named Peter Bunowich back when I still lived in Millwoods. the last time I saw him was the end of grade six just before I started junior high. I never kept in touch with him when I should of. He was the first friend that I ever made. I feel guilty that I never tried to keep this friendship. I always wondered what happened to him and it troubles me that I never found out. So what I'm going to do probally won't give me anything but I'll have to try anyway.



Well this is the newest picture I have of him. It's 13 years old and he probally doesn't look like this anymore. Yep I'm that bad a friend I don't even have a pictutre of him when I last saw him in grade six. Peter has brown hair and brown eyes. His dad is accountant and his mom is a stay at home mom. His mom also used to play softball. He has a younger brother named Drew. And if he is still the same as when he was a kid he is extremly intelligent. Yep I'm using this board to try and find my long lost friend again. It seems pretty pathetic right now but I don't really have many options. Hopefully you lurkers and random people who view this site can help me out. If you can't then its okay we probally weren't meant to see each other again anyways.

Peter Bunowich if you are reading this right now (hopefully) then I have to tell you that everything turned out fine for me. Despite how I write stuff down on this board I don't really have it all that bad. I'm a Mechanical engineering student at the University of Alberta and I'll be graduating this year. If you still want to talk to me despite how badly I treated you my e-mail address is shown above or you can phone me at (780)438-6414. I'm sorry for what I did and this apology is probally worth nothing but I really mean it. Thank you Peter for showing me what friendship really was, even when I'm old and dying I'll never forget the friendship you showed to me.

another single class day that i'm skipping out of. *cough mutha fuckin' cough

Saturday February 12

VICTORY LOUNGE: PANGINA 5th Anniversary Show, with guests Lime, Matt Allen
and DJs Mittens and Bob Crane. Doors 9 pm, no minors. $8 at the door.


Saturday February 19

STARLITE ROOM: BenQ presents The Video Sound Tour featuring WAKING EYES, THE
MARBLE INDEX and BOY. Doors 8 pm, no minors. Advance tickets available at
Ticketmaster.ca, Megatunes, Listen and Victory Lounge.

Eric: I can play the video files and I can edit them in NUENDO, but I can't fuckin save them!!! Plus, I can't install any software which would do the trick because I'm fuckin LOCKED OUT OF FUCKING ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITIES. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

what do you mean by that?

tomorrow I come clean on childhood regrets.

Actually, Edmonton's own Whitey Houston will be playing at SXSW this year too.

As much as I like DFA1979... I hope those two bands have a run-in and Whitey kicks the shit out of 'em. Good music, but those two are total panzy assholes and Whitey would work 'em... physically that is. Musically... it'd be pretty even methinks. Those DFA kids totally stole Lyle's bass sound (though I don't mean to imply they did it on purpose of course)...

You forgot the ALL AGES mark birtle's CD release the following day. I'm probably going to that one instead. I mean, I LOVE the Franklins, but this one has the Frosted Tipz AND Blacklisted AND Miss Mannered and it was SUPPOSED have the Wolfnote... but they had to bail... but it's also Mark Valley's (from Blacklisted) BIRTHDAY! In other words, he'll probably be drunk out of his mind, and he'll end up doing some crazy shit. Last show they played he put his head through the wall of the Shark Tank... and he was sober! I love that kid. This show is potentially looking to become one of the best shows of the year, and to think that the year's just started! Also, isn't the No Hands CD release tonight? I thought it was...


February 12th The Sharktank (10249-97 St.)

All Ages Robot Shakedown Party!!!!

Mark Birtles Project
The Frosted Tipz
Blacklisted
Cadence Weapon
DJ Miss Mannered

$7 Members
$8 Non-Members
$0 Robots

Hear "Head Drop Stomp" at:
www.myspace.com/markbirtlesproject

full details soon on www.markbirtlesproject.com