ShadK

I haven't really heard Shad much at all, short of a few YouTube clips... But what I have heard (and seen) has been pretty great.

Check out this freestyle clip that /dr. posted... it is unbelievable.
(Here is a ripped mp3 version)

Also, check out his Fresh Prince video that won CBC3's video of the year...


And stop by FT on Sunday - Shad will be at church.

Weekend

I kept reading great reviews for Let the Right One In. (I also kept seeing ads for the movie, like the one above, which I found amusingly similar to the Rachel Getting Married ads that were out at the same time)

Anyway - it was showing this weekend at the Bloor, so we sort of had to go. And it was the most enjoyable movie I have watched in a long time. It is a sad and beautifully shot story about two lonely twelve year old kids becoming friends. It is also a vampire movie.

Anyway - On Saturday I went out to the Beaches. It was sunny and bright and white. The Water Filtration Plant is open again, so I took some pictures.

On Sunday, we cleaned up our apartment. After church we had a whole whack of people over for dinner.

Country Ain't Dead

If you want you could come to this show tomorrow night...

Weekend Update

So the big news was of course the power outage. Thurday night at 10, to Friday night at around the same time, we had no power at home, and therefore no heat.

I had a deadline at work, so I abandoned Leah to deal with things on her own, which sucked. The main concern was that by the afternoon, when the temperature in the house was down to 5 or 6, the cats were starting to show signs of coldness. Eventually Mike Wood drove over and picked up Leah and the cats, and we spent the evening at their place.
The house pretty much took all night to warm back up to normal.

On Saturday, Leah went to a baby shower, and I went to the laundromat. That night we went back to the Wood's for a party.

On Sunday, Leah played music at churches ALL DAY. I went to the Common, and then walked all along Queen street, from Dufferin to Spadina. I also finally bought the Bon Iver CD. I thought it might be the right soundtrack for surviving the winter.

Power Outage

The last few days have been brutally cold.
Last night the power went out at 10.
This morning the thermostat was reading 54F (12C) and had dropped another degree by the time I left for work.
And the subway isn't running from Jane to St George.

It's pretty crazy how unprepared we are for stuff to not work.

BPB

If you're interested, check out this article from the New Yorker about Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

Weekend

On Saturday, I went to an epic elders' meeting for church.
That night we went to the Tranzac to see Hobson's Choice. It was uncomfortably rammed with people, and we only stayed for the first set.
On Sunday, I bought some pants and jeans. I ended up buying both at H&M. Sometimes it is just easier to buy something plain and cheap.
Leah went to church early, for practice, and I threw together a TSV flyer before heading to church myself.
Afterwards we got takeout Korean food.

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Yesterday I called in sick to work.
I spent a good deal of the morning on the couch. Later in the afternoon I went to the walk-in clinic at Queen and Spadina. That place is sort of ghetto. I sat around waiting for a couple of hours, and eventually saw the doctor, who said exactly what I expected... it's the flu - do nothing.
Today I decided to come in to work. I pretty much feel ok, except I tend to get tired.
On Sunday, Jess Cantelon played music at church. He is the old-school worship leader from back in the day. It was kinda cool, and also kinda strange to see a lot of people show up that used to come to church...
Afterwards, we had dinner at the McGhee's, with the Cumbys.

MerryChristmasHappyNewYear

Well... I ended up taking the last two days before Christmas as vacation. Leah and I went out to the airport on Christmas eve. It was a zoo - even the bus to the airport was crazy. After waiting in a line for around 2 hours, we discovered that our flight was upgraded from delayed to cancelled.

We kept hearing that all Halifax flights were full, and that our earliest next flight would be boxing day, if we were lucky. Eventually, I got super lucky, talked to the right person, and we ended up booked on a 6-something-am Christmas day flight.
We went home and set the alarm for 3-something. We got up and waited out for the late-night Bloor bus to the airport at 5 am. The bus never showed up!!! We got a different bus as far as Islington station, and then, after almost freezing whilst waiting some more, eventually took a cab to the airport.

Christmas in NS was good, despite the fact that I got the flu or something, and ended up in bed/on the couch for almost the whole time we were there. We played quite a bit of Mario 3, and watched the ends of a lot of movies that were on TV. It was good to see Leah's folks.

We made it back home at a minute or two before the new year. I have sort of continued to be in bed/on the couch since then, with short excursions. Leah is away today to play a Their Shallow Valley show in New Market.