Birthdays and Bubblegum

Okay. I admit it. Bubblegum has nothing to do with this post.

Welp. Lessee.

On Friday I hung out with Lucas, Mark, Megan and Phil at Meg and Phil's place. We mostly watched bizarre internet stuff.

Splenkton,
N.
A disease you get from eating too much.

I may have spelled it wrong, but the essence is there.

On Saturday we had Meaghan's Birthday party. She turned 25 on Sunday. It was good times. I made Meggo a boobie cake for the occasion.

On Sunday we went to sushi (Meggo's favourite) before she went to her parents for gifting and birthday dinner.

On the way back, Anita, Shaun and I walked back together since Meaghan left for her parents place.

Anita was in a fun mood and was jumping in puddles (it was raining) So what happened is she finally jumped into a big puddle, getting both Shaun and I. Mostly Shaun sparking an epic puddle fight.

When we got home we were all soaked. Shaun and I took our pants off at the door.
So then we lounged around and did weird stuff in our apt wearing nothing but underwear. It was fun times.

Anyhoo, thats about it.

Might be hanging out with Andrea tonight.

Lates.

Calling all gamers!

I am looking to put together a monthly game, starting May 8th, to include my bro Andrew.

So I am looking for players.

So if anyone is looking to get into an occasional game, then give me a shout, and I will fill you in on more details.

In other news. Not that its really news, but Easter went well. Went to Cobourg. Spent some time with Gabe, which was good.

Talked with Andrew for a bit. He's coming up on the 8th in all likelyhood, so I am (as noted above) trying to set up a game. Hopefully we can do something like once a month.

Other than that, not much new.

Lates all!

Curling

Well, last night I went Curling last night. Company thing. It was pretty cool. We had a match Counter Staff vs. Shipping, which we won.

Meggo did really well. We were actually a good team. I would set up the guards and she would get the house. (She was on my team)

And Robyn (my bosses daughter) thought that Meaghan and I were sisters. Not the first time, but its kinda funny. She's only 9, so we're not gonna explain. She apparently said it would be cool to have a sister thats so nice. LOL!

My boss wants to conspire with Meaghan for me to quit smoking and to take out my labret piercing. Not going to happen.

I pulled my groin muscle. Kinda hurts to walk on.

Today I head towards Cobourg land, for the Easter holidays. I got Gabe and Jac "Finding Nemo" for the PS2 and two memory cards.

Lates all!!

Well...it may be worth it...

Hung out for a little bit with Emery on Sunday. We randomly ran into each other on Bloor Street.

I told him a little about whats up with my family and stuff. It was cool.

He invited me out to a fundraiser thingy down in Kensington that he and some other artists are doing because they are getting some gallery space.

There's gonna be $2 beer and art supplies so people can chill and so some art.

Sounds interesting, I've been assured that...she won't be there, which is good. I told him I'd check it out.

I'll put up the details later, in case other people are interested.

Watched some movies lately:

Brokeback Mountain
C.R.A.Z.Y.
The Constant Gardener
Water

They were all good movies. Though the pacing in Brokeback Mountain, The Constant Gardener and Water sometimes drove me crazy.

CRAZY was actually surprisingly good. I enjoyed it a lot. Its a french film. Or to be more accurate, French Canadian.

Anyhoo, gotta run.

Things happen...

Well, went to a baseball game on Wednesday night. The Jays lost to the Twins...badly. Despite this though, I had a good time.

I made a person out of copper at work. At first I had in an "action" pose while standing, but I changed him, so now he's Curling Copper guy.

Its pretty cute. And kinda funny.

I also went to Velvet Underground last night. Drank. Danced. I hurt so...

In other news, I talked to my Mother last night as well.

Apparently, I MIGHT be an Aunt in the not too distant future. Now you're probably wondering, which of my brothers would have managed the near-impossible seeming task of getting laid. Phillip, strangely enough. But I add the qualifier MIGHT, because the mother of the possible mother-to-be is pushing for an abortion.

Crazy. I'm pro-choice for sure. I mean, she definitely has the right to choose whatever she wants with her body. I have to right to stop her, or even try. But I can't help but wonder about the sort of judgement I would make about her afterwards. I mean, I understand the reasoning why. She's young, unmarried, no job, my brother is more or less unemployed.

But another part of me is kinda wondering a)how she got knocked up in the first place, b)if she had reason to believe that she may have been pregnant earlier (like birth control failure), why she didn't explore the other options that exist...and then there's a whole irresponsibility thing. And even then you can still choose to put the child up for adoption.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, there are cases where I can see abortion being justified. I'm just not sure I think that this is one of those cases.

Sorry for ranting.

And on top of this Edward has been expelled. Apparently he hasn't been to classes at all this semester.

He still needs 17 credits to graduate, and right now they're saying that his only option to graduate is CIS. 17 credits from CIS? He's more likely to win the lottery I think.

Ah, well. I guess its been interesting times at the 'ol homestead.

So lots to write about today I guess.

Addition:

Oh, yeah, Mom also found out that Andrew has been coming to Toronto for testing, but not for what. Yet. I don't know what he's hoping to achieve by not telling her. I mean, its probably going to be more painful in the long run.

Ad Astra

Went to Ad Astra on Saturday and Sunday.

Pictures to follow at some point. Not very many, but notable.

I got 8 authors to sign me...not a book, me. Including Anne Bishop, Ed Greenwood, David Clink, Julie Czerdna (sp?) and more, on my stomach.

So as soon as I get a copy of the pictures I'll put one up.

Other than that I had a good time, I went to a few poetry panels with Megan (Swaine) and I got to sit in on Anne Bishop's writers work shop which was awesome. She's a really nice, soft spoken lady, and I thought she was really cool!

It has kinda inspired me so I am going to redouble my efforts to get writing!

Thanks to Meg, Phil and Michelle for putting up with my snoring, letting me stay in the room and giving me a ride home, you guys rock!

Meg and Phil in particular, I will ask Meggo about having a dinner with you guys.

Wrote some weird poetry in the magnetic poetry panel, which was fun. Though not necessarily my forte...

All in all I had a great time.

Lates!!