Free sex*
Hello again, Edmonton.
Have you heard about the Taboo show this weekend? It’s “the naughty but nice” event happening at Northlands Agricom starting Friday.
Anyway, we’ve got a pair of tickets (retail value $30) thanks to a friend of the website, Brenda at The Traveling Tickle Trunk.
All you have to do is tell us you want to get your sexy-on and I’ll throw your name into our sexy draw. Then you’ll swing (get it?) over to Brenda’s store to pick up your tickets.
Hey, if you win, could you bring a warm winter item or two for HIV Edmonton? Brenda’s been collecting such items in exchange for tickets and it would be a swell thing for you to do.
*free sex meaning entrance to a sexually-themed trade show
Did you vote for Jason?
Just another example of Jason's fine photo skills. (Photo Jason Bouwmeester)
I’ve got a question for you, Edmonton.
Did you go to the Globe and Mail’s Dream Journalism contest and vote for our man Jason as guest photographer for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vanvouver?
Are you doing it daily?
Consider the guilt trip over.
The contest continues the rest of the week, and then the top-10 photographers and writers will be judged by a panel. The winners get to head to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics as correspondents.
Shouldn’t we have at least one Edmonton-area person up for the top prize?
Make Jason’s dream come true
Go, go, go (and vote)!
This one falls under a total bias alert, but you like voting for stuff online so we’ll call it a draw.
A good friend of the website, Jason Bouwmeester, is trying to win his way to photography glory at the 2010 Olympics.
Jason has entered the Globe and Mail’s content to be a guest photographer at the Vancouver games. (There’s a also a contest running for a guest journalist.)
You may have seen Jason’s photo work here, or in other fine establishments. He’s no hack behind the lens and you should head over to the Globe’s contest page, sign up (to vote and to have a chance at your own prizes) and help an Edmonton boy get to the big show.
The contest runs until the 22nd, at which time the top 10 vote getters will be judged (by what I can only imagine is an esteemed panel) on merit and not just Internet popularity.
Oh, and if you spot any other Edmonton and Capital Region entries, let us know.
But wait, there’s more!
Extra prizes: Jason says if you want one of his photos for yourself, he’ll be drawing names over the next 3 Saturdays. Just e-mail him at jbouwmeester@gmail.com to be included in his daily vote reminders, and the draw. Now you know why we want you to help with his dream; he’s a nice guy.
Do you absolutely, super-a lot, love CBC radio?
And if you know stuff about said CBC Radio, do you want to show off your knowledge?
If so, have I got the event for you!
Being the media powerhouse that we are, here at the edmontonian (Now Edmonton’s 87th most popular news blog with “Edmonton” in the title.), we get e-mails and media releases and ideas coming our way all the time. Including, a lot of ideas from people who become contributors with those very ideas.
Here’s one from the CBC mothership, about a future episode of Radio One’s show “Go!“:
The show will be all about finding the Ultimate CBC Radio Family.
We’re searching for an Edmonton-area family that has grown up with CBC Radio. It is part of the Canadian experience for them. The parents love CBC. The kids love it.
Does that describe anyone you know? If so, do you think they would like to be on GO!? They would take part in a CBC Radio trivia contest. It will be a great opportunity to have some fun and show their love for CBC Radio.
The program will be taped live at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 6th at John L Haar Theatre at Grant MacEwan College University.
So…is that your family?
Do you wake up to the smooth sounds of Ron Wilson, ride to work with The Current, pick up the kids while laughing with Peter Brown and tap your feet to the best news song in the country (the intro to As it Happens)?
Then stop reading this, head to Go!’s website and get on the gameshow already. Or just e-mail us and we’ll pass your contact information along to the show’s producer.
(Side bar: If you just like trivia in general, why not grab 3-7 of your friends and come out to Thursday night trivia at Ceili’s?)
Time to (ironically?) subvert capitalism
I know that Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, isn’t actually about how great capitalism is. But it still feels like we’re doing something tricky to be giving away tickets.
A movie about capitalism and we’re going to make sure you DON’ T pay? Clearly we’re commies.
Google's #1 image for "capitalism."
We don’t have a lot of time, the movie is tonight, so let’s make this quick and easy, comrades.
If you’re on Twitter, I’ll ask you to RT a message about the movie tickets, if you’re here at the website just slap something in the comments of this post, and if you’re at our Facebook page, just “like” or comment on our link.
Everybody who does one of the preceding will be entered into a draw for 11am (again, time is tight) and we’ll hook you up with sweet, free, tickets.
Remember, the movie is TONIGHT, at 7pm (get there early) at the Westmount Shopping Centre Cinemas.
Gamer
Alright gang, it’s time for us to have a contest.
We have two double guest passes for the Thursday night showing of “Gamer,” which officially opens Friday.
Now, normally, we would give these away to two very lucky people – but since a) I think we’re all adults and can admit this movie looks like it might be a catastrophe and b) I hadn’t heard of “Gamer” until the passes fell into my hands – we’re giving one person both passes. Because the best way to enjoy a potentially terrible movie you haven’t heard of is with a posse of friends.
If you would like to win these passes and take 3 of your lucky friends to the Thursday, September 3rd showing of ”Gamer” (it’s at Empire City Centre Theatres at 9 p.m., btw) – please make up your own alternate tagline ( the real one is “Who’s Playing You?”) for this movie, and post it in the comments. We’ll throw all (read=any)of the entries into a hat and draw at the end of the day.
Also, if you win, it would be nice if you could send us an e-mail and let us know if the movie’s any good. I’m just sayin’.
Keep smiling; deep-frying; knowing you can always count on me…
So our completely subjective assessment of your deep frying suggestions has concluded. And the winner of the seven Taste of Edmonton tickets is supersu, who had the unexpected idea of deep frying olives. Why do I see this unfolding like the Bluth Cornballer?
Anyway, this does nothing to discount the suggestions of tricotmiss, @EdwardMonton, @Derjis, @Dunford123 or my brother, Paul. So in the interest of
science, we’re going to deep-fry a pickle, an olive, a cheeseburger from McDonald’s and an Oreo cakester (we’d have done the turkey, but our kitchen doesn’t have the kind of frying infrastructure necessary for such a task). So in the end, aren’t we all going to win?
Look for details (and by details, we mean the news that we’ve been given our own show on the Food Network) next week.
…and the winner is…
*drum roll*
I’m not saying he will, but for all you folks who entered, maybe follow the man on twitter? Maybe he might take you with him? Maybe?
Congrats, @captainnapalm. I’ll drop you a line via twitter to work out the details. All we ask is that you send us some pictures or video so we can enjoy it too.
FTW – No Doubt Tickets
proof of tickets!
YES, my friends. It’s true. We have a pair of tickets to the Paramore/No Doubt show tomorrow night at Rexall place that we’re just itchin’ to give away. But before we get to that, I have to give you a little backstory.
So I’m in a band. And the drummer in that band is my good friend, Ryan Dunford. Ryan and his lovely wife, Miss Kristin Reeves, had tickets to see No Doubt. Good ones, too (Sec.122, Row 17, seats 22 & 23). But sadly, Ryan and Kristin can’t go – so they want you to enjoy it in their place. Thanks Dunfords!
In the interest of time and fairness (and acquiring more followers on twitter), we’re going to have a draw. And in order to qualify for the draw, you crazy kids have to get on twitter, and send out this message:
@theedmontonian GIVE ME THE NO DOUBT TIX! http://theedmontonian.com #dunfordisadrumgod
Don’t feel weird about this; trust me, HE IS.
We’ll make the draw at 3:00 p.m. – and we’ll announce the winner at 3:30 p.m. We’ll also notify the winner via twitter DM, and arrange for pickup.
As always, if you’ve won in the last 30 days, you can’t win this one. Sorry, winners. …can’t win ‘em all? (groan).
Our second contest, umm, delayed
Due to circumstances out of our control, the edmontonian’s upcoming “Find the hidden bear paw in downtown Edmonton” contest is postponed indefinitely.
Oops.
From the Winner’s Circle
Ah, we have some fun, don’t we, INTERNETS? Like, remember that time we had a contest? And remember how that Deja Springfield guy won it? Good times. Anyway, Deja (who was supposed to get a picture of himself with the gift card so all of us could enjoy his winning-ness) sent us this email last night:
“I decided to celebrate my win by going back in time to 1997 and using the $25 to barter a trip to the West Coast Trail ($25 was a lot of money back then! Also, large sideburns were VERY cool).”
So let’s sit back and relax, and be transported to a simpler time. The year was 1997; scientists announced the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep; Rapper Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a drive by shooting; and Deja Springfield had crazy giant sideburns.
Seriously, dude, I like to look at this picture and imagine you’re backpacking through time, hoping that your next leap will be the leap home. Whatever you do, don’t panic.
