Chris and I were going to drop by Montreal for a concert this Friday, but because of the amount of homework I want to get done, I’ve decided against it. Sorry to all who were looking forward to this. We’ll do it some other time.
Category: General
Birthdays
It was Chris’ b-day this week and we’ve had lots of fun celebrating it. We went for a nice supper to Les Fougeres and I bought him a few hardcover books he wanted. It was nice. Some of my co-workers had b-days this month too and they were all complaining about it and how it sucks being old. Birthdays have nothing to do with being old. You get old whether you like it or not. Unless you die of course, and I don’t think any of my co-workers carry a silent death wish. In any case, I say stop whining and have fun. Least you’re not 16 with bags full of angst and nothing to show for it but pimples.
Sitting in the waiting room *
A little bit of frivolous fun. Chris got Punk, Jock, Loner, Stoner, Goth in that order.
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* Fugazi, though my favourite version is by Emm Gryner
Happy New Year 2005!
We rung in the New Year in style at House of Jazz in Montreal (great choice Marcia!). Here are some photos, they are shrunk for the bandwidth reasons, but if you want the originals, drop me a line.
There are more excellent pictures in Marcia’s album that capture the atmosphere marvellously. Here is a sample:
Cartoon me
Chris got me a custom made Bob the Angry Flower drawing for xmass. The author, Stephen Notley, was pleased with his work so he decided to include it in his regular lineup.
A musical request too?
We’re all set to start building the basement. We’re going to take official measurements tomorrow. We also just found out that we have to get a building permit from the city. We need to submit a detailed drawing and specification for what we’re doing. I hope this is for our own safety and not just bureaucratic silliness. Now we actually have to make official drawings. I would not design software without doing this so, though I was shocked at this at first, I think it will be a good experience.
If you’ll notice, I’ve updated the tree picture in yesterday’s post. I like the tree this year. I haven’t been happy with my tree designs for a while now. This one, though not perfect, has some promise.