The problem with aligning my blog with my movie going experience is that if I don’t go to a movie for a couple of weeks, I forget to write the blog.

I have been to the theatre though. We’ve gone to see The Dream Machine at the NAC. The play was about Beatniks. It was musical and it was fun.

On the home front we’re trying to come up with a name for the baby. So far we’re considering Liam, Andrew and Dylan. I like them all but nothing really sticks. Whatever his name is he is kicking like he’s getting ready for the World Cup. Kick Kick!

For my b-day Chris took me out to dinner and a show. We saw Sankai Juku: KAGEMI – Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors. It was quite fantastic. For me, modern dance is very hit-and-miss, but this was a definite hit.

On the home front, I have been able to feel the baby move. Chris was all envy for the entire week, but yesterday he felt it too.

We went to see ‘The Wrong Son’ at NAC the other day. It is a sort of noir musical. A jazz band was on stage and the actors sang their parts. It was quite nice even though I can’t write elegant sentences right now.

I have been prescribed bed rest for a week. I have a massive headache from lying down too much and am slightly bored. Any suggestions on what I might do for a whole week since I can’t do anything?

I’m already reading and watching movies a lot. We’ve watched Melinda and Melinda, Double Indemnity and Van Helsing and have another 5 or 6 DVDs lined up.

Also, ways to get rid of a headache without taking pills would be good.

I haven’t been to Toronto since high school and since I always thought it every other major city in eastern North America’s ugly brother, I never bothered to go there again afterwards. The only way Chris convinced me to go there this weekend is because all the other places we considered going to (Stratford or Niagara on the Lake) were too long a drive for me to embark on while pregnant.

Though I still maintain that Toronto is ugly, we had a good time. We caught up with Kopanas, saw a musical and had some nice grub. Amongst highlights were accidentally finding an independent record store (those are getting almost extinct in Ottawa) and getting some neat CDs we’ve been looking for in a while. The best part was that the clerk at Soundscapes used to work at Nebula in Montreal. Chris always wanted to ask him if he was the voice behind the show “Suburban Jungle” back in the day but was too shy. He did ask him about it on Sunday and it turns out that the guy was indeed Flipped Out, the host of the show. We also saw a film (Siddartha) at this crazy cinema which was just some guy’s living room with a big projection screen. In any case, great time was had by all.