good to be home

Im sitting at home in otario now and enjoying the +30 degree weather, except
for this aft as you can tell we had really bad storm. Rain, bits of hail.
Whew...

well theres not much else left..

I recored a new version of alone...check it out on my soundclick..

soundclick.com/darrenelliott

later

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

my inspiration...for other songs

the mountain not the banff sign!~!

kelly kelly kelly...

back in october on my extended visit to ontario i had the chance to go into
singing sessions. the lady in the store who i had lessons with was also a
singer songwriter. she one told me that i really didnt didnt need lessons
because i was good enough...i even had a really good falsetto.

Its been ages since ive been able to keep in contact with her but lately my
mother picked up her new cd called the darkness and the dawn. it had such
beautiful lyrics melodies and voice..

ive been waiting for a way to keep in contact with her. I got her email and
sent her one and i wasnt sure if she would even rember me but this is what
she said..

"darren, of course i remember you...
you had the unique, dylan vocal. awesome. how are you? how is life in the
west? are you still singing out there? writing music? i hope so. you are
great.
thankyou for being so supportive of my music, i appreciate it...seriously.
it's an interesting cd, as most of the songs, except for like 3 are
OLD...years old...im writing very differently now, and am playing with a
band...so it's just...different, but good...ill try and send you some l inks
to what we are doing now...

thankyou for keeping in touch, that's awesome. talk again soon!
kelly
"

rock on....im like dylan...shes um melotonic ?? at heart..

later

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

new meme...

question...whats is one info/artifact from youre home town that has significant meaning or is famous or well known..

heres mine...

junction station...

"In 1979 the Parks and Monuments Board of the Department of Canadian Heritage officially recognized the Junction Station as a nationally significant historic site.

The Junction Station sits at the edge of the town of St. Marys, a solitary building unlike the busy railway station it once was. At its pinnacle of activity in the 1860s and 70s, the Junction saw three trains a day each way to and from London and the same number on the line between Sarnia and Toronto.

Countless passengers stopped at the Junction in its 80 year lifespan, including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their Royal Tour of Canada in 1939. Another famous figure associated with the Junction is Thomas Edison, who may have worked at the Junction as a night telegraph operator in the 1860s when he was a teenager.

The Junction Station was built in 1858 from locally quarried limestone and was operational until January 1941 when the CNR terminated the building's public function. In 1965 the CNR announced its plans to demolish the Junction, resulting in a public outcry for the preservation and eventual restoration of this historic building. In 1979 the Parks and Monuments Board of the Department of Canadian Heritage officially recognized it as a nationally significant historic site.

In 1993 the Junction was designated under the Heritage Railway Stations Act, reviving earlier efforts to restore the building. A "Save the Junction" committee was formed and with the assistance of volunteer labour and local fundraising, a number of repairs were made. The Town of St. Marys was successful in its efforts to purchase the building and the restoration process has moved slowly forward. Many improvements have been made, including the installation of electricity in the spring of 2000.

The Junction remains a testament to a community working together to save a historically significant building."

"baby im coming hoooome...."

well officially i have started planning for the summer..

going home for a few days-week
going to get membership @sally borden and work out often...
play my guitar down by the river as often as i can..

so far so good!!

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

where have i been

ive been meaning to post on my blog more. Seems i havent...

Ok firstly, i havent posted in nearly a week...how has my week gone?? um
kinda ok. In many ways its great. i have a new roomate, i know youre
thinking "what, another roomate? i thought you just got a new roomate?" well
i had the auzzie ryan for about 4 days,then someone else in the house left
and he moved upstaris or downstairs...so now i have i guy named carl or
something like that, he plays guitar and works at the spaghetti factory...

went to go take my froster out of the freezer so i could finish it off but
it was frozen and tasted awfull!!

Oh and i have a note to HC, i do believe you are enjoying youre 2nd or last
week here in banff!!

Have fun in vancouver and Good luick hence cliffdart!!

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

its my b-day and ill cry...

happy 25th to me!!

ugh i gotta work on my bday!!

later

almost cried in my dream...

If what i saw in my dreams will happen in the future i dont want to be
around to witness. I saw eria again, and hey she had gotten married, had 3
kids, and i somehow bumped into her and i couldnt live with myself knowing i
had more feelings for her than anyone she dated. I actually commited suicide
in my dream....

i cant believe how deep it was...

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

wish i still had it..

about 2- 3 years ago i had written this song called "ballad" and i had recorded it and it did ok for the time being back in like 2002-3 but now i want to find it....so heres the "great canadian -look for - darren's- old- song contest.

the lyrics go as follows

"

Ballad

i went out west and wasn't worried
but when i landed back home
i felt so sad
and i felt so mad
that i was home
and only a short time away
from a girl
that i waited 4 years ti say

Hi,Hi

but i dont have that chance anymore
im walking right out the door
to this life that im living
it makes me want to quit it
i dont know what im saying,
its this dumb song im playing
the same 3 chords all the time
but i dont feel this way all the time
im waiting for someone
to share this instant romance
someone who shares interests
and really likes to dance
but im stuck here all alone
no one has called me on the phone
no one knows that i exist
its something that i miss?

(c)2003

"

FW: Weird

OK go to this site:
http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi (just copy
and paste it into a new window) & enter YOUR name in
the box & hit the Sloganize button. It will give you a
cool slogan as you see below. Add it to the list and
copy & paste this to your friends and the person you
sent it to you. Have fun.

DON'T CHEAT, KEEP THE FIRST ONE THEY GIVE YOU !!!

1. Wendy - Time To Make The Wendy............lol< BR>2. Matt - A Matt A Day
Helps You Work Rest & Play
3. Taylor - Chocolate Taylor since 1911
4. Mark - Don't Get Mad, Get
Mark..............lolololol
5. Ariane - Ariane is Job 1
6. Dustin - The other white meat. LMAO!!!!
7. Amanda is our middle name!
8. Christina - Australian for beer -that worked out
kinda creepy.... im being
watched!
9. Kat - It's that Kat feeling.
10. Fiona - A fiona's too wet without one! ..... lmao!
11. Candace - Would you give someone your last
Candace?- awe, how sweet....
13. Emily - Pure Emily. and thats all i have to say!
14. Megan - "Whatever you're into, get into Megan"
hahaha oh dear...
15. Kara - "Come One, Come All to Kara" lol, i don't
know if I like the sound of that. 16.
Shandi - Four out of Five dentists recommend Shandi! -
w.e that means...
17. NIKOLE-Does She or Doesn't She? Only Her Nikole
Knows for Sure.
18. Wh itney - Happiness is a Cigar called Whitney.
19. Liane - "I want my Liane!"
20. Randi - " Things Go Better with Randi" haha, I
love it
21. Andrew:Feel The Raw Naked Andrew Of The Road.
22. Daniela: Come Fly The Friendly Daniela
23. Bronwyn: "Gives a meal Bronwyn-appeal" Mmmmmmm
24. Jeanine " Jeanine Is
Good For You" - LMAO... oh
Dear!
25. Jenny : "Jenny. It's what's for dinner"-- omg! lol
26. Jillian: "Drink a Pinta Jillian A Day"
27. Dave: �Mama�s Got The Magic Of Dave
28. Michelle: "Fill it to the rim with Michelle" ----I love it!!

29. Alana: "I feel like Alana tonight" - yeah, baby!
30. Candice: "Just Do Candice." --how do ya like that?
31. Ryan- "Live in Your Ryan,Play in Ours."
32.Keely: "I am Stuck on Keely, 'Cause Keely's Stuck on Me." Awwww
isn't that special
33. jeremy: got jeremy?
34. Lindsay: "Wouldn't you rather be Lindsay?"
35. Bonnie: "Four out of Five Dentists Recommend Bonnie"
36. Ashle y: "Gonna be a while? Grab an Ashley" - lmao
7. Heather: "double the pleasure, double the heather"
�38. Jennifer: "Life should taste as good as Jennifer"
39. Barbara:� 8 out of 10 owners who expressed a preference said their cats
preferred Barbara
40. There is no wrong way to eat a Stacey! OH MY GOD
41.Gonna be a while? Grab a Brandy.
42.Just do Mary-Lynn
43.If only everything was as reliable as an Irwin!
44. BEHOLD the POWER of Claudia !!!!!!!!
45. Please don't squeeze the Kate
46. Everything we do is driven by Marnie
47. Krista tested, mother approved.
48. I think, therefore Shannon.
49. Welcome to Marshall Country
50.The Darren that Smiles Back

i took my bike out today thinking id get some time with it since in banff
its relatively warm but i notice that my biuke still needs work on...my
brakes squeel when im going faster than normal...like if i bike to the
nearst stop sign doing a couple pedals i cant seem to stop it from
squeeling...maybe i need new brake lines?

i dunno...

Ive got lots of time...

"if i cant change the world, i can change the world in me"-u2

whoever anonymous was,,

thank you...

thank you..

Some of the viewers to my site might have rembered that time about the end of january on this year where i was really mad at myeslf and really aggrivated..
and you might have rembered a person around there posting as anonomous who posted a link to this preacher site...im finally reading it now..
I wan to mention to you that it really is like my life..

"The Christian spiritual path begins with stark humility. It begins with an admission that the voice has haunted you and that you have not been able to overcome it. If ours was a 12-step program, step two would be admitting that a power greater than yourself will have to help you deal with the voice."

its very interesting how this is tue

its warming up...

its about -1 or 0 degrees this week but i feel it will go colder for a short time then go back to warming up then spring will be over...and summer will start.

Someone took our chairs from the porch. So i took a stool from the kitchen, so i wll give it back tonite. I need to get some batteries for my digital camera!!

Im going downtown soon...

la8r

its a long day...

I want to ask dawn what song you might hear when you are writing blogs everytime or what helps to write..


i pick alot of sad songs which help me write....im listening to james blunt's youre beautiful....its so like my life...

so what do you listen to while writing??

tagged..

Dawn, sorry i changed my mind

..........................
Accent: I origionally lived in ontario so uh..i have an albertontarian accent...

Booze of Choice: None. Would have been kokanee or coors but im quiting drinking.

Chore I hate: ? what chores...do i have to do them before work??!??

Dog or Cat: who needs pets in banff?

Essential Electronics: Cd Player/Boombox...on the go or at home

Gold or Silver: Gold

Hometown: St Manff, enuff said!! (you wont find it on any map!!)

Insomnia:?? never uh...maybe ive..uh had it?

Title: Courtesy Clerk

Kids: might want one when im older

Living Arrangments: I live in the state of confusion....enough said

Most Admired Trait: This one is a tough one, I really dont know if there is anything admirable about me.

# of Sexual Partners: my grand total is - 0

Over Night Hospital stays: Nope

Phobia: Bees, I hate having dreams of them things. It is a real phobia, I cant deal with them, even if I wanted to but I perfer not to.

Quote: "Born to have it and have it he shall"-bono talking about adam.

Religion:agnostic..

Siblings: One brother and one sister.

Time I wake up: Around 9:15am

"Unusual Skill: Unsure...

Vegetable I Refuse to Eat: hmm...dont know...would be more of the exotic ones like mangoes and ones like that

Worst Habit: Farting in publik. I still think its one of the funniest things in the world.Xrays: Both ankles, left wrist and thats about it there.

Yummy Food I Can Make: I can make pretty good smokies...theyre like any young kid who can only make kraft dinner..

Moment of Zen:ignore this one i dont know what zen is...

for mom and dad!!

hence cliffdart

Brian from Hence Cliffdart,(vocal and guitar)

and adam goring"drummer" (also writes and photographs for the C and C)

unfortunately i dont have any photos of rick (bass)

what if?

I was thinking about this for a while now.

What if st marys ontario and banff alberta were the same?

It sounds weird but they have some socially simular things going on. If we take st marys for example, its a small little town just outside london ontario. Pretty much everyone knows everyone else, well in banff its somewhat but not totally the same. Alot of people who live in banff used to live somewhere else.

I dont know the actual stats but my guess is that people come from other provinces in canada.

Ontario 30% (guestimate)

Manitoba 20%

Saskacchewan 10%

BC 5%

Eastern Provinces 20% (NFLD,PEI etc)

It would be cool to have banff and st marys together, call it st-banff or st manff as you walk down banff ave you stare at the mountains then half way down the street it turns into a sloping hill and you see all the people you know from that town...

Welcome to Stmanff, where the mountains and folk get along...

hah hah ahha hha ah

http://www.townofstmarys.com/
http://www.townofbanff.com

short and sweeet..

havent had time to update blog, having fun working...feeling sick
lately...getting tons of sleep...called in sick yesterday, slept from 10am
tues till 9:15 wed!!! thats like 22+ hours!

ater lay

dawns photo searching thingee

1. The city and province of the town where you grew up, no quotation marks

2. The town where you currently reside.















3-4 i have to skip i cant get darren and my grandmothers name as a picture

5. Your favorite food.


















6.Your Favorite Drink











7.youre fav smell

????

8. Youre Fav Song