weekend

Saturday - Leah went to a flute master class and I went to get a haircut. That afternoon we cut the legs of our bed down to a normal length. Then we went to the Eaton Centre to look at winter coats, but all the stores were closed because we're not the smartest. That night we watched Blue. I had actually never seen it before. In case you haven't heard, it is good.

Sunday - we went to the Common. It seemed more rammed than usual, if that is possible. The kid in line in front of us had a brontosaurus, and a Peewee Herman toy that he called Michael Jackson. We went to the grocery store afterwards. Before church I fired up a crockpot of chilli. After church we went to the Music Gallery - Leah's teacher was playing. Leah stayed (students=$5) and I went home (normal people=$25).

weekend

let's see...

Friday night we went to see Cuff the Duke. The opening bands were ok, but not super awesome, despite Frodo and his friends' finest efforts. Cuff the Duke are refreshingly straight-forward, and seem to just enjoy playing music. There was a pretty hilarious guest appearance by Greg Keelor, who produced the Duke's new album. They played a couple of (apparently unrehearsed) songs together, and there were a couple of botched chords and lyrics. All in all it was fun.

Saturday - we went to the Common... that place is always rammed and always playing good music... and then we stopped by No Frills. That evening we went out for dinner with D&J.

On Sunday, Leah went to a flute lesson with a famous guy - which went well. I did the laundry and threw together a crock-pot-o-chili. Afterwards I went to Winners to see if I could find a decent winter coat. Apparently they only have clothing for Large to Xtra Large people, so no dice. Church was pretty good...

The end.

Give Thanks

On Friday night we went over to D&J's house. J fed us delicious food, and we watched Synecdoche New York. I don't even know what synecdoche means, and that pretty much sets the tone for the whole movie. I really liked it though (even if nobody else did!)

On Saturday we went to look at an apartment. We aren't really moving, but we decided this place was worth seeing. It is in Kensington, in the house right beside the one Leah lived in when she first moved here 10 years ago. The bedroom was pretty nice, and the kitchen was ok, but the living room was sort of... small. Actually there wasn't a living room.

On the way to Kensington, I noticed that District 9 was playing at the Royal. After dinner I biked there (I told Leah that it involved aliens and not to bother watching it...) Turns out it was pretty fun... the plot was sort of far-fetched (yeah, I know, it's about aliens... but still), the visual style was pretty cool and unexpectedly gross, and the humour struck me as fairly south african, somehow. I found myself laughing at stuff that apparantly wasn't that funny to the other (10 or so) people in the theatre.

On Sunday we went to the Common, and to No Frills. After church we went to Nirvana with Tim and Kate, which was fun. And on Monday, I baked one million pies while Leah worked on a paper. That evening we went to the Woods for a Thanksgiving dinner...

In other news, have you seen this man...

Google Street View Toronto ! ! !

here we go

Lately I have been feeling frustrated, unhappy, and a little angry.

The weekend...

On Friday we went to the Woods for Esther's birthday. It seems like everyone there was tired and falling asleep...

On Saturday I did laundry. That evening we went to Nuit Blanche, which was both cool and annoying (as always!). The best part (that we saw) was the new conservatory building, which was filled with people playing the piece "In a Large Open Space", by James Tenney. The whole building was filled with people playing and singing harmonics of a single tone, for 12 hours. It was as if the whole building was vibrating. Also, the giant Jeff Koons bunny at the Eaton Centre was kind of amazing.

On Sunday we went grocery shopping, and went to church...