Winter Wonderonto

It has been a great few months since I last updated the blog which may just lead people to believe that Supernal has either a) moved onto warmer climates and took off to Mexico ;) or b) frozen altogether, just like our friends in British Columbia, who until recently never really understood why you would ever want to buy a big SHOVEL… (you mean, it’s not for potting really, really big plants?) The answer is neither, and in fact is just the result of laziness, or as I would like to claim, a really busy season…

Really, who wasn’t busy last month treading through the crowded smelly malls looking for that special something for those people who were written down on that lined sheet of paper that you make every year but then lost two or three times (maybe that is just me.) But anyways, yes, Supernal has been busy switching into warmer clothes, and enjoying the city life that Toronto has to offer… not to mention that it finally snowed for real only yesterday for the first time! Yesssssssssss.

What was really cool and unique to Toronto was that I somehow won a draw to skate at the Air Canada Centre and meet Wendel Clarke. You may be asking “who the hell is Wendel Clarke?” and I will be honest, I said the same thing when I won, but I will assure you that he is indeed a true national celebrity… especially if you followed hockey in the 1990s and are a Maple Leafs fan. Since I don’t love hockey and frankly would never bet on the Leafs to win a Horseshoe Toss (Flames all the way baby!) I was more excited about the skate on real NHL ice at the Arena. It was the smoothest ice I had even skated on, and they even had to stop the skating every hour so they could “ZAMBONI” the ice and maintain the ice quality… I got to hang out and step on the FACE OFF circle as well as the goal areas… my conclusion is that it really would be hard to play in the NHL… I had a hard time going around the rink without falling; imagine having to race to a puck, start and stop AND have to get punched out and shoved in the process of trying to score! Anyways, I sound pretty lame going on about hockey so I will say that Wendel Clarke (the former Leaf’s captain) was very nice and I am going to stick to music!!!!

Another major event this winter so far was Supernal’s TREE TOSS 2007. We had purchased a REAL Christmas tree this year and had to get rid of it after, so what better way to do that than to try to blow it up? Or, at the very least, set it on fire in some way… First, I will tell you what was supposed to happen, and then… well, what ACTUALLY happened. The idea was that we were going to throw the tree off of Brent’s roof onto the driveway below ( over the live electrical wires going to the house and the neighbours’) and have three firecrackers go off as the tree flew through the air onto the concrete below. The first flaw in this plan is obvious…okay there are actually a few flaws, but what turned out to be the most dangerous was the fact that there were THREE firecrackers and you could only light ONE at a time. Tony and Brent were both in charge of the lighting… but as Tony lit one, Brent couldn’t’ light the other one before- and you guessed it- the first one went off…. Into Brent’s hands!!! As you will see in the video (and YES, there is conveniently a video of the whole thing) the firecracker exploded into Brent’s hand as he literally caught a fireball and Brent and Tony remember only that there was an explosion and they were sent sprawling backwards on the roof. The not-so-funny part was that Brent had second-degree burns on both of his hands and had to be rushed to the emergency room. I guess when they say “DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME” they really do have a reason for saying that… so take this as a lesson kids! I am happy to say that although Brent went through a lot and has serious burns on his hands right now, he is going to heal perfectly without scars and be able to kick rock ass once again. Way to take one for the team!

On the musical front, we have been busy writing, and more importantly, recording songs that will be released online until we have enough to formally release them on CD. We have been busy playing shows in Toronto too, and look forward to the days when we will be able to load up the tour van in T-shirts once again…. Until then, enjoy the new songs (“Glass” and Light it Up” are the first to be unleashed) and I hope to write of new exciting tales for 2007!


;) Angela


PS

The moral for this story: do not attempt to light firecrackers unless you know how long they burn until they GO OFF…. And…… the Leafs suck. Ha ha ;)