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This week's blog for the First of August, Two Thousand and Sixteen

Posted by JaSonic
Jul 31 2016

Well, since I just wrote a very long E-Mail to Boomer about summer camp when I was in my teenage years, and then having supper, I am now ready to do my weekly blog...

This is a short blog for the First of August, Two Thousand and Sixteen, lol yes I know how to spell.

Looking back to what I did this past week, I didn't do too much, although I did go to the fireworks on Wednesday and then the final fireworks on Saturday. I forced myself to walk on both nights the equivalent of 2 subway stops, so I walked a mile. On Saturday I walked 2 miles... From the subway station to watch the fireworks, and then back to the subway station again. Next weekend is Otakuthon over here, so I'll see if I can report from there IF I decide that I'll bring my laptop, which I might end up doing.

That's a wrap for this week's blog with me, JaSonic, being hosted by Ricochet and Boomer at Doggy Radio. Thanks to all of you who are really interested in what I am doing all through the summer. I'll keep these blogs nice and short for the summer, but maybe I will keep this format when I come back listening to Doggy Radio live while in Pawpet IRC, but maybe I will revert back to my longer blogs.

Anyways... thanks again for all you guys who love this segment of Doggy Radio.

Sssssssonic!   JaSonic Hedgie

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Hedgie With a Bloggy on Doggy TM

Posted by JaSonic
Jul 25 2016

You guys almost didn't have a blog for this week.

Anyway, this past Thursday, I went out and took some nice air. A nice bus ride was to be had to the western tip of Montreal Island - Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Came back home for 1 in the morning. Did the same thing on Friday as well and this time there were thunderstorms in the air, so I was storm chasing in the same area... but all I got was heat lightning, so I called it a dud, that thunderstorm, but my heavens, was there a heck load of static on AM!

Went to the fireworks on Saturday night and then decided to listen to The Rabbit Hole & Doggy Radio Sunday night into Monday because today is CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

Last year I remember that I was on the border of New York and Pennsylvania, and on July 25th, I tuned into 91.7 WVMW-FM when we, my dad and I, drove into Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, and they had Christmas music playing for just that one day. I listened to 91.7 until I couldn't get the station anymore since we were going more south on Interstate 81.

This has been JaSonic's blog for Doggy Radio, and again, I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas in July!

 JaSonic Hedgehog

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Mini Hedgie with a Bloggy on Doggy July 18, 2016

Posted by JaSonic
Jul 18 2016

Hi everyone! I just want to tell you all how much fun I am having at the blues festival this weekend.

Starting on Friday, my dad and I arrived over here not too late in the afternoon and I went to a large pond, and I couldn't believe my ears because most FM radio stations were like interfered with 2 or even 3 radio stations since there are signals bouncing off the mountain. Also, there were some stations that were coming from the Gulf states - Alabama and Mississippi. I was really astonished!

I hope you guys are having a good upcoming week!

Addendum:

I am broadcasting on 96.1 FM, but it's not called Sonic, it's called Tremblant FM.

Today I was able to top out my walkman's temperature at 122°F under the sun. I was listening to 96.1 Tremblant FM at the lake. It was coming in good despite the transmitter being only 1 watt. It was in mono, but that's because I wasn't near the vicinity of the transmitter, but still I am really impressed because the lake isn't exactly that near to the hotel, but it isn't far either. There's an even larger lake on the other side of the lake, even farther from the hotel, and for sure I won't be able to receive the signal.

I do have IDs for each frequency that I use, but I do it live, on the microphone. I lower the music that I play on the transmitter via VLC players, and I pull up the Microphone setting, click on the 'Listen' tab and then put a check mark on 'Listen to this device', and then I talk, and when I'm finished talking, I uncheck 'Listen to this device' and returned the volume on my VLC players back to normal.

This has been JaSonic Hedgehog reporting from Mont-Tremblant for Doggy Radio.

JaSonic

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Small Blog 7-11-16

Posted by JaSonic
Jul 11 2016

Hi guys, just chiming in here with a small blog. I did say that I wasn't going to do one, but I have been thinking this morning, and I think I will be downloading the podcasts in the summer until fall. This will be a different blog format without any page breaks for the months of July & August.

Anyway, let's get the ball rolling, shall we?

On Sunday, I woke up at 9am after going to bed at 4:30 in the morning, but I was okay during the day. At like 9:55, my dad and I went off to board a cruise for his work. On the cruise, there was recognition for him in doing a great job every year. I think he worked a bit more than 10 years at the place he works for right now. There was music and food on board the boat, and I took my laptop on the boat also and played a few games. Right now as I am typing this up at like 1:52 in the morning on Monday, I feel as if I am still on the boat. There was some rough waters out there.

Monday morning, I took a nice walk to the convenience store at 12:45 in the morning and this was a good time to listen to distant AM radio. I still wish that 690 AM was an unused station because then maybe I could hear Boomer's station... oh well. I got a lot of delicious stuff from the store. And, as I said in Pawpet IRC, I will not be listening to The Rabbit Hole until the fall, but I will be downloading the Doggy Radio podcast.

JaSonic

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This is Hedgie With a Bloggy on Doggy™ July 4th, USA Independence Day!

Posted by JaSonic
Jul 04 2016

This is being done at 11:55pm of Tuesday, June 28th into the morning of Wednesday, June 29th.

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This is Hedgie With a Bloggy on Doggy™ for July 4th - USA Independence Day! And this will be my very last blog until about late August or the beginning of September - I am the one who chooses anyway since this is my blog. THIS WILL BE MY VERY LAST BLOG UNTIL THIS HEDGEHOG'S VACATION!!!

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I am starting on Tuesday today. Today I had loads of fun at the Action Center being the fact that it was my very last day until my summer holidays, and I told everyone. We all had a party for DJ Sonic's last day, and it was the exercise class teacher's last day as well until the fall. Everything was just super! There was a really big rain storm with no lightning or thunder and it just came down in sheets at one point. I took a really big risk when I decided to walk home from my work, but it didn't start to rain while I was walking home, thankfully. This is my 3rd walk of health in just a few days spread out from each other. I love walking when it's not all that hot and humid outside, but in this case with my long hair, it was. Talking about the long hair I had, my dad and I are going on a trip to Stowe, Vermont this Thursday and Friday, coming back Saturday just in time for the fireworks competition - yup, it's that time of year again, just like that Thunder Over Louisville event that Ricochet goes to, but this one is for a full month, either on Wednesdays or Saturdays. It's now well into Wednesday, so I better switch over...

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Got up on Wednesday, wrote to Nick on Facebook, and he was coming to the station. He came very early, and I felt a fool waiting outside for him. While inside, I did the stuff that I usually do, and Nick was watching me push all the buttons. I asked him if he'd like to join our group, and he said that he'd have to check if he's available each Wednesdays. Anyway, later on for supper, we both went to a place called Soupebol, which is a noodle place, but their specialty is soups. After we both had our soups, Nick took me home - it was on the way to his house anyway. We stopped at a Sonic gas station before he did drive me home, remember that we have Sonic gas stations up here in Quebec and not Sonic Drive-Ins. Later on, I will be doing my iVlog show.

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Thursday, I woke up at 10am to get ready for the trip to Stowe in Vermont by 11:30. Everything went smoothly at customs, and we got to our place nice and safely. I went to a Mexican place with my dad named Bender's Burritos where every burrito is 12 inches and weighs 1 pound. I had the pulled pork burrito and it was very yummy. Went back to the Lodge, Northern Lights Lodge as the place we're staying at is called, and went to bed for a restful sleep at midnight. And oh yeah, before I forget, Ricochet will love this one... I heard Paul McCartney's "I Love You" on 101.7 WCVT - 101 The One while we were traveling to the lodge.

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Friday, I woke up at around 8:45 in the morning to have a breakfast buffet at the lodge, and lemme tell you, the buffet is just excellent, and with home-made food also. After the buffet at around 10:30am, we both went on a car trip. I will tell you everywhere we went to. First, we went on VT-108 through Mount Mansfield, to Jeffersonville, and then turned west on VT-15 to junction with VT-104, and I saw a wind farm with only four wind turbines up on a mountain range. After that, we turned for VT-104A towards I-89, but before the Interstate, there was US-7, so we took that just until Exit 16, in the Winooski area. We then took I-189 to Shelbourne to search for some shoes since there is a hole inside one of my shoes. We couldn't find any decent shoes, so we went back on I-189 to I-89 southbound back to Stowe for lunch, and then went down to Waterbury and took I-89 south to the next exit, Exit 9, and took US-2 right into Montpelier. We both visited downtown Montpelier for a bit and then we went towards East Montpelier, but stopped and then turned around before East Montpelier and took the I-89 back north towards the Stowe exit, Exit 10, which is VT-100. I saw really dark storm clouds and then I saw that there was a tornado watch that was issued for extreme southern Vermont, which doesn't effect the Stowe area, but we still had a flicker of the electricity for about 3 or 4 seconds. The thunderstorm was fun, but it was a step below becoming a strong thunderstorm. I still got excited even though it wasn't too much of a really thunderous storm with full of lightning, got into my bathing suit, and then went to the pool to swim while it was raining outside, boy was it ever coming down hard! There were a few lightning flashes and a few rumbles of thunder prior to my evening swim. Didn't have any supper because I really had a huge breakfast, and then we had lunch that really pushed me over the edge, so yeah we both skipped supper. I am happy that we both skipped supper actually. I am now getting ready for the trip back home tomorrow, which is Saturday.

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Saturday morning, I woke up at around 8:30 and then we both went to breakfast. I had some scones, a juice and a coffee, and then a ton of blueberry pancakes. I am now in the process of packing up slowly to go back to Montreal, but first a little DJing for himself in the car since there aren't many good radio stations around here. Afternoon came and we came back to Montreal. I am happy to be back home from Stowe, and it was a real nice trip, and the rain just made it into a bonus lol, and thankfully there weren't any flooding issues around in the area when we were still in Stowe. Anyway, back here, I ate some supper early, at 6:08pm and then finished in time to catch my bus to the subway station since I wanted to pick Michael up for the fireworks. I invited him, so I picked him up. Was a bit late arriving at the station that he was at, but he didn't wait long for me. I brought him to the station where the fireworks were being held, and did a little shopping beforehand. Picked up some cookies and pineapple juice to have while I was watching the fireworks. I had it on 105.7 Rythme FM for the fireworks music, and the theme for tonight was superheroes, but they didn't have any Sonic music, but that's okay. When everything was finished, Michael wanted to go to the bathroom, but there was a huge lineup for the port-o-potties. After seeing the lineup, we both decided to go to back to the subway station. The station that we got off at had a huge lineup of people, so we took a nice little walk through our Gay Village and went the next station. When we both finally got home, I was greeted with a nice surprise: A broken bedroom window. Some kids were in the backyard playing basketball and they were playing a bit too hard. The window will be fixed Monday afternoon. Michael stayed the night. He played Sonic Unleashed for PS2 until around 3am or so and then I made his bed for him in the living room. He slept on the sofa. Into Sunday I go...

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Sunday, Michael woke me up at 8:45 to go to Tim Horton's with me for an iced cappuccino, but I was too groggy to even get myself out of bed. I slept for a few more hours with Sonic in my arms and let Michael on his way. New shoes were the schedule for today. My dad and I both went to Walmart for new shoes and I got some Dr. Scholl's shoes. The gel inside them make them feel nice and squishy, hehe. Going to wait now and wait for my shows to be on later on tonight and Monday morning.

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to you, Boomer & Ricochet, and to all my friends to the south of Canada.

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This about wraps it up for Hedgie With a Bloggy on Doggy™, with me JaSonic Hedgehog, where I will officially say that I have closed up shop for the summer and these blogs will be continuing in late August or September. Please do stay tuned for them.

I want to take this time to say thank Doggy Radio for having this segment on the show and for Boomer and Ricochet putting up with these blogs, some of them very long like last week's... whoa, 30 minutes?! That was absolutely NUTS!!! Anyway, I guess this is all I have to say for now. And yeah, I still need to buy myself a good microphone to talk on. I still have GoldWave and I need to put it to some good use, for my personal blogs to the listeners of Doggy Radio.

JaSonic wants to wish each and every one of you a very nice vacation! And please, for the love of God... if you have to drink, don't drive. Be smart and not stupid behind the wheel! I want you all to be back here nice and safe to hear me starting up my blogs in the fall.

 JaSonic

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