Monday, February 23, 2009
wweekkeenndd
Leah was (is) away all last week and for the weekend.
Friday night I stayed home, and went to bed somewhat early.
Saturday I got up and went to Ikea. I bought a bunch of stuff (some lights, picture frames, sheets etc.) and then went home to get it all set up, Trading Spaces style. Afterwards, I went to the paint store and bought another gallon of brown paint. After I had the living room prepped, Pants called to see if I wanted to go bowling that evening. I had a few hours, so I decided to try my hand at speed painting...
Bowling was fun. I still don't understand why it is so hard to find a bowling alley in Toronto (well - I sort of understand that they are big, and renting that much office space must bring in WAY more money than renting old shoes and selling cheap beer...) Anyway - this one was in some random basement up near Lawrence and Bathurst..?
On Sunday I got up early and hit the living room with a second coat of paint. I decided to NOT do laundry (in spite of a fairly dire laundry situation), 'cause I figured I needed to relax for at least a part of the weekend. So I sabbathed around town aimlessly for a few hours (stopping in at Sears to buy socks).
After church I rented Before Sunrise - which I had somehow never seen. I have a fairly high Linklater tolerence factor - and this one had a high Decent-Babble:Pretentious-Babble ratio. I really enjoyed it, and I believe I will have to now rent Before Sunset...
Tonight: Laundro-geddon.
Friday night I stayed home, and went to bed somewhat early.
Saturday I got up and went to Ikea. I bought a bunch of stuff (some lights, picture frames, sheets etc.) and then went home to get it all set up, Trading Spaces style. Afterwards, I went to the paint store and bought another gallon of brown paint. After I had the living room prepped, Pants called to see if I wanted to go bowling that evening. I had a few hours, so I decided to try my hand at speed painting...
Bowling was fun. I still don't understand why it is so hard to find a bowling alley in Toronto (well - I sort of understand that they are big, and renting that much office space must bring in WAY more money than renting old shoes and selling cheap beer...) Anyway - this one was in some random basement up near Lawrence and Bathurst..?
On Sunday I got up early and hit the living room with a second coat of paint. I decided to NOT do laundry (in spite of a fairly dire laundry situation), 'cause I figured I needed to relax for at least a part of the weekend. So I sabbathed around town aimlessly for a few hours (stopping in at Sears to buy socks).
After church I rented Before Sunrise - which I had somehow never seen. I have a fairly high Linklater tolerence factor - and this one had a high Decent-Babble:Pretentious-Babble ratio. I really enjoyed it, and I believe I will have to now rent Before Sunset...
Tonight: Laundro-geddon.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Long Weekend
On Friday night I went up to Eglinton and Mount Pleasant (!?!) to meet a bunch of guys from church at a pub, and to play chess. I got my bum thoroughly kicked by Scott Gray.
On Saturday I got my hair cut. Afterwards Leah and I went to The Queen Mother for a Valentines day lunch! That night we went to the Royal's to hang out with church peeps, and make vegan paté for a church feast.
On Sunday, Leah went to play at St John's Anglican (for the last time). I went to The Common and read the latest Scott Pilgrim book. I just found out that I am too old to be an extra in the movie... =(
After church there was a baptism/feast at St George the Martyr.
On Monday, Leah and I stayed home all day, packing etc. for Leah to go away for a week of silent retreat at Loyola House. After going down to Union Station with her, I headed to the McG's for dinner and a movie. We watched In Bruges, which I wouldn't necessarily recommend. (it wasn't terrible... but it wasn't super-awesome)
On Saturday I got my hair cut. Afterwards Leah and I went to The Queen Mother for a Valentines day lunch! That night we went to the Royal's to hang out with church peeps, and make vegan paté for a church feast.
On Sunday, Leah went to play at St John's Anglican (for the last time). I went to The Common and read the latest Scott Pilgrim book. I just found out that I am too old to be an extra in the movie... =(
After church there was a baptism/feast at St George the Martyr.
On Monday, Leah and I stayed home all day, packing etc. for Leah to go away for a week of silent retreat at Loyola House. After going down to Union Station with her, I headed to the McG's for dinner and a movie. We watched In Bruges, which I wouldn't necessarily recommend. (it wasn't terrible... but it wasn't super-awesome)
Monday, February 09, 2009
Weekend
On Friday night we rented Vicky Cristina Barcelona. If you like Woody Allen movies (without Woody Allen) in general then you will probably like this one too.
On Saturday we had an elder's meeting for church. Afterwards we went to Sears to return an electric space heater. We didn't go to be mistreated by a surly Sears employee, but we ended up doing both of these things.
As previously mentioned, I also went to see Coraline. There were one million children+parents in the theatre.
On Sunday I was on setup and teardown at church. I also got to run powerpoint (actually MediaShout, which, if possible, is maybe worse than PP), which means I sort of skipped church to sit in the dark and occasionally push a button.
On Saturday we had an elder's meeting for church. Afterwards we went to Sears to return an electric space heater. We didn't go to be mistreated by a surly Sears employee, but we ended up doing both of these things.
As previously mentioned, I also went to see Coraline. There were one million children+parents in the theatre.
On Sunday I was on setup and teardown at church. I also got to run powerpoint (actually MediaShout, which, if possible, is maybe worse than PP), which means I sort of skipped church to sit in the dark and occasionally push a button.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Coraline
Yesterday I went to see Coraline. Unfortunately, the theatre I went to was not showing it in 3D - which I only discovered after I got there. Anyway - it was still pretty amazing! I recommend - unless you happen to not like crazy magical fantastic things.
If you want to replace your eyes with buttons, you can do so at Coraline.com
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Weather
We are into February and the dark of the year. Not literally (our days are getting longer), but figuratively. These are the long months of winter.
Our furnace stopped working some time on Tuesday night, and was out of commission until 7 this morning, when a guy came with the part he needed to fix it. This time we had power, so we were able to at least run a space heater (and the oven!) whenever we were home.
Leah also bought me the 808s & Heartbreak album, to add to my winter music collection. Speaking of which, here is some free music you might like... I downloaded and burned the Blue Laws album, and find myself putting it on fairly often. (I assume the rest is good too, but I have yet to listen to anything else).
Monday, February 02, 2009
Weekendupdate
So I heard that that previously posted Shad video is not all freestyle...
The weekend.
On Friday we trekked out to the rehearsal space. It is not that far away, but trying to get there on the Dufferin bus is about as much fun as waiting out in the cold. Actually, it is waiting out in the cold.
We cleared out our stuff and took a cab ride home, and then went to the McGhee's for dinner.
On Saturday we had our Annual(ish) General Meeting, for church. This was more or less as fun as an annual general meeting is. After dinner, Leah watched about 6 episodes of Degrassi, and I wondered around the Annex sort of aimlessly.
On Sunday, I sent to the Common in the morning, and then did some more aimless wondering before going to church. Afterwards we went to the Cumby/Huang's for dinner.
The weekend.
On Friday we trekked out to the rehearsal space. It is not that far away, but trying to get there on the Dufferin bus is about as much fun as waiting out in the cold. Actually, it is waiting out in the cold.
We cleared out our stuff and took a cab ride home, and then went to the McGhee's for dinner.
On Saturday we had our Annual(ish) General Meeting, for church. This was more or less as fun as an annual general meeting is. After dinner, Leah watched about 6 episodes of Degrassi, and I wondered around the Annex sort of aimlessly.
On Sunday, I sent to the Common in the morning, and then did some more aimless wondering before going to church. Afterwards we went to the Cumby/Huang's for dinner.
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