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| Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | | 7:46 pm |
Shameless plugs
In an effort to try to get myself back to using this journal here, for whatever it is I do here, I think I'm gonna waste a little more time here. Surprise, huh? And for another surprise it's going to be more shameless plugs. Last post I was bored and pretty much said to buy Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil and Tri-Polar by Sick Puppies. (Because you should. Great albums.) This time around, I think I'll plug two websites that have been a big help to myself. Ok. Website #1 is Zamzar.com. Pretty much, it's where you can burn audio tracks from just about any website out there. Primarily, I use it for YouTube. I find a song there that I can't download anywhere else, plug in the url on Zamzar and a copy of the audio is sent to my email. No cost, no joining. It's been a huge help in finding rare wrestling themes and the less-common songs. Website #2 is dvdaf.com. This website you do have to join if you're going to use it and if you have a large amount of dvds then I suggest it. There are two functions on this website. First is looking up dvds. There is a huge database that encompasses every type of dvd out there. Movies to documentaries to sports, if it's released or been announced to be released, then you can find it there. If not, then you can also submit it to improve their records. There are links to imdb.com and also various online shopping websites (ie. amazon) where you can purchase or price. The second draw to dvdaf is the creating of your own collection. It's what the main appeal was for me. A record of the dvds you own, the ones you want, or just movies you've seen. A huge help for holiday seasons (just show people you're "wish list" on the website and they know which dvd and/or which special edition you want). An example is my own page. Currently, I'm trying to do the 'have seen' list. I've already gone through the dvds released from 2005-2008. I'm working backwards (next is 2004 dvds) and probably won't do 2009 movies until the end of the year to make sure I haven't missed any. It's taking me over an hour to go through a single year but that's mostly because it's averaging about 3800 titles released per year. Anyways, that's my drabble for the day. Maybe the next one will have a reason behind it. Later.... | | Sunday, September 6th, 2009 | | 9:43 pm |
Ringtones Vol.2
Ok, my mother got herself a new cellphone and I got bored and started thinking up more songs/themes that I could use for ringtones. I really need a life. ( Tones ) Current Mood:  bored | | Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | | 7:36 pm |
| | Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | | 1:43 pm |
Custom ringtones
For a long ass while I've been wanting to have a custom ringtone for my cellphone. Sadly, I'm unable to get or do just that. Either the tune I want I cannot get, or the program to do it myself is way too complex for me to understand, let alone use. And so, I'd like to make a small list of songs/themes (yes, wrestling themes. There's some good music there) that ideally I'd like to have. ( Ringtone Selections )"Deadworld" by Shadows Fall Well, that's all I can think of at this particular point in time. I know that there are more but if I were to do all of my possibilities in one post, it'd likely amount to over 20 songs and that's a little too much for one post. Maybe I'll do more if I could ever create or get a new ringtone. | | 1:23 pm |
Back from la-la land
Damn. Two months gone. I really should be on here more often but I don't find there being enough things going on in my life to be making updates, even if they're pointless ones. But I figure with two months in between my last post that there should be some things to write about. I guess the first major thing would be to point out a death in my family. My mother's uncle (also her godfather) "Uncle Brian" passed away nearly two weeks ago. It was a major shock to the family because he was the youngest of his siblings; barely 70. Liver failure, so I've heard, from the drinking he did in his life. I wasn't that close with him, but I did know him, although I was a bit shocked that it didn't generate that many emotions in me about his passing. Lots of attendants. My uncle David drove out from Quebec to be there and my father came as well. My uncle Len wanted to come out from BC but we asked him not too. It's a general consensus that "Aunt Betty", Brian's sister, will be the next one to go and that his death will likely have a detrimental impact on her. I don't like talking about these kinds of things so let's move on to others. We have a new kid to look after at home. Riley, the baby sister to Josh (whom we looked after in the past) has been here for a few weeks now. She's just starting to walk now and it's freaky how much she looks like her brother. We're still hoping to fill in the available spots soon and it'd be good after we spent so much time trying to fix up the house in order for interviews. We're still not done the upgrades but I figure we'll never be done with them. My mother has a knack in finding anything and everything that needs to be replaced or repaired. I've finally gone forward with calling my district manager and pushing for the butcher training. It actually took a conversation with Monik to get me in gear. I always need a kick in the ass to get moving if it's not something I truly want for myself. Sadly, the guy hasn't gotten back to me. This is the fourth week since my first call and he hasn't sent word back. I don't know what's going on but I hope that my delay hasn't screwed me over. The reason for my delay was because I wanted to talk with Monik (hense the previously mentioned conversation) about this years vacation. Turns out that she's going to be attending some music festival that week that she's already booked off. She's never been able to go and now she finally has the chance to do so. Unfortunately, because she's going to be away for her birthday week, it means that I'm not going to be able to go during my usual dates. We're both hoping that I can still come down but we have yet to figure out when an acceptable time would be. And that is just about all the major things that have happened lately. It's not much but it does make this an actual post and not some pointless entry... like I'm going to be doing next. Hopefully it won't be two months before my next meaningful post. Later.... | | Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | | 1:38 am |
SOB covers
 Yeah. This is what I'm posting after however long it's been. Sons of Butcher! Had a craving last week to hear the band and came across some covers they did during their cross-Canada tour back in '08(?). ( S.O.B. Covers ) Current Mood:  tired | | Friday, February 13th, 2009 | | 2:05 pm |
Surprise return
Yeah. Been ages since I've been on here. Nearly 2 whole months. Just proves how slow my life is. Well, not for much longer hopefully. I have two bits of good news to share. First is that on March 1, Patrick is moving out. Finally! It's gotten tiresome with him here. Guy doesn't do anything while he's here; nothing to help out. As my mother said, 'The money helps but I don't need the drama'. We'll finally get the room back to use (after we air it out for a week or so) and it'll make things a lot easier around here without having to worry about him. Second is that I've finally gotten my butcher training package this week. It's only been since October that I've asked about training. Now, I need to read and study that and then get back in touch with the district meat manager about being sent to a smaller store to do my 100hrs of training. Of course, I'd feel better about it if I hadn't found out that none of the butchers I work with said that they wouldn't want to train me. It's not that it was an option to start with but just hearing their lack of faith in me hurts. It's due to their opinion that I'm too slow a worker. Hey, I think that presentation is important in where I work. The company motto may be 'Faster' but if it looks like shit, who's gonna buy it? Regardless, when I start I will obviously be working slow. I need to learn the details and process first before I pick up on the speed. It's just that, I've waited nearly 5 months to get this package, now who knows how long it'll take before I get shipped out to the Port Credit store (my most likely destination) to start my training. I just hope that I get to do it before my vacation. Whether I pass it or not (I'm now slightly questioning my abilities and desire after hearing the butchers' thoughts), I just want to have tried and complete it before July. Well, that's all the time and thoughts I've committed to this post. Got things to do around the house since I'm not working today. Hopefully I'll be on here again soon. Later.... Current Music: "Best of Me" by Saliva | | Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | | 10:20 pm |
| | Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | | 11:24 pm |
Jon LaJoie
It's amazing the things that Monik gets me into. I never heard of this guy until she showed me some of his videos during one of my prior vacations. He just popped into my head the other day and thought I'd link his videos. Three music videos and one advertisement. Hope you enjoy. (Swear to God, I heard 'Everyday Normal Guy' playing in a club in Moncton. Don't know what that says about the guy or the club.) High As Fuck( Lyrics )Everyday Normal Guy( Lyrics )Everyday Normal Guy 2( Lyrics )Not Giving a Fuck | | Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | | 2:56 pm |
New music
Ok. Technically, it isn't all real songs. Mostly just new wrestling themes. Still, these are ones that I've wanted for a while and have recently come across. Either I'm spending too much time thinking up things to download or I'm just spending too much time on YouTube. Either is extremely likely. ( Embedded videos )I really need to find something new to do with my time. | | Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | | 7:52 pm |
Life's A Zoo.tv
Ok. I've been wanting to tell people about this show for a while but for some bizarre, unimaginable reason, people don't have the same taste in programming that I do. It's a shame, really. But here I can post whatever I feel like and if you don't like it, you don't have to look at it. (Odd how I come off more uncaring here than I do in person. Whatever.) Anyways, there's this show on Teletoon that I'm trying to follow. Yet another in the growing field of animated reality shows. (ie. Total Drama Island, Drawn Together) This one has seven contestants (all animals) who vie to be the sole survivor to win the mansion that they're all staying in. While each episode is supposed to have someone 'extinct-ed', they somehow manage to keep the contestant on for one more week. I wish I could find somewhere online to watch the show but that's not likely and the actual first airing of it isn't over yet. There's only 20 episodes. Life's A Zoo.TV is one of the funniest thing I've come across in a while. There's lots of things on the site that I can't post from YouTube so I suggest checking it out. Especially 'In My Homeland' under Live Feed. Morreski is my favorite character on that show! **Fair warning: you shouldn't really watch these unless you're over 18. This is an adult animated show. Just letting you know.** ( YouTube clips ) | | 6:28 pm |
| | Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | | 12:38 am |
| | Saturday, September 27th, 2008 | | 10:41 pm |
| | Monday, September 8th, 2008 | | 4:11 pm |
Changes in life
Well. Things have changed and are soon changing. For the better or worse, we're hoping for the former. First things first; the good news. I saw Tom (the district meat manager) again this past weekend when he visited the store. It's pretty much settled about my training. A collection of material is in the mail that is encouraged I read over. Pretty much information about cuts of meat and charts about where they're found on the animals. That should arrive in about two weeks. Once that arrives, I am to talk with the store manager about whether I want to do my training on a full-time or part-time basis who then talks with Scott to arrange it. The difference is obviously the time it will take to complete. Full-time will take approximately three weeks to complete the 100 hours. Part-time will obviously take longer. Once that's done, I call Tom again that I'm ready for my final cutting test and if/when I complete that then I'll be a certified meat cutter/ butcher. So, at the earliest, it'll be about six weeks before this is all done. (I add the extra week for a buffer.) I'm still undecided about how quickly I want to do the training but have about another 10 days before I'm forced to make a decision. The second thing is that we now have a boarder in the house. My mother's friend Sandy's youngest son got kicked out of his house and had no where to stay. So my mother, being kind, immediately offered that he could stay here until something more suitable comes up. The kid, Patrick, was going to stay with his two brothers who have an apartment of their own. Unfortunately, it's a one-bedroom and is unable to have three people living there. They've signed up for a two-bedroom when one becomes available but no one knows when that will happen. We spent all day Saturday (and I mean all day) cleaning up and emptying the spare bedroom so that he could stay there for however long his stay turns out to be. He moved in Sunday with the small amount of belongings that he could fit in the car in one trip. It's amazing how quickly and effectively we emptied that room. It was primarily used for storage and now all that's left in there that we're keeping is an exercise bike, a coffee table, and an assortment of Kurt's belongings. The assortment includes two moderately sized boxes of random belongings, a skateboard, a wheelchair that he refuses to get rid of, and some other stuff that he has yet to go through. I'm just surprised that in one day we made the room livable. Should Kurt's friends need to crash after a party now they have actual space to sleep. Also, if we're able to keep it fairly cleared, and by some astronomical chance that Monik ever does take me up on coming to visit Ontario, I have a place where she could crash. It seems only fair that I extend the offer since she's put me up (and put up with me) for four years now. Well, that's all I got to say and all I want to say. There isn't much going on right now that's worthy of writing. This was just the major new news. Later.... Current Music: "Comes & Goes" by Sweatshop Union | | Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | | 10:18 pm |
Work news
Well, I'm bored and can't find anything to do. I need to kill 2hrs until my next television show comes on and what wastes more time than trying to write for my journal. It's not the editing since I do none; it's the sitting in front of the computer trying to figure out what the hell to write. The topic is pretty easy to choose since I already had in my last writing post. (As opposed to the music posts I've been doing as of late.) Work. There's finally new news on that front. Important stuff at that. The store is going to undergo several changes now that Metro is stepping up to change its recent acquirement. I say 'recent' even though we got bought out at least three years ago. They're going to get rid of almost all of the chains. Which means that soon enough I won't be working at 'Dominion' anymore but at 'Metro'. Starting in September they're going to get rid of three section in the store but, as far as I know, aren't going to gut the store and do renovations. That's a small comfort. I don't like the new owners. They've made some really dumb decisions already and I have my doubts if they're going to do good business plans. Sure, it might seem like good decisions in their boardrooms sitting in head office but that doesn't mean it's going to be a good move at the individual stores. There's people gripping about where the store might be heading and I'm one of the vocal people for a change. But it's not all doom and gloom for my employment future. Far from it. I have a chance for advancement. I am somewhat torn between two choices. First of which is to simply jump from part-time status to full-time. I would work the 45hrs (or however long it'll be on the schedules) and divide my time between Meat and Deli. Or, and this is a new option I was given, take a butcher training course and become a certified butcher. That's 100hrs of training and afterwards, provided I pass a final cutting test, I would be granted the status of a butcher. Thing is though, that after I'm classified as a butcher, I would more than likely (about 95% likely) to be transfered out of the store to somewhere new. There's already five butchers at my store and I'm told that there's butchers retiring but no new ones to take their place. On the one hand, I can stay at my store, get full-time hours and pay, and remain content in my standing in life without any challenges and stay in my perceived 'rut'. On the other hand, I can try something new, give myself something to accomplish and to be proud of (even just for trying), and try to advance somewhat in my store. After becoming a butcher, I would still be part-time until such an opportunity arises that a butcher would retire and I could take their spot as a full-time butcher. And down the road, when one of the guys would retire or leave my current store, I could apply to transfer back closer to home. It's not something that'd be quick and simple, such as working the two departments, but it's more profitable in the long run. I guess you can tell by the way I'm describing it which way I'm leaning towards. I just need to get back in touch with the district meat manager to set up my in-store training. By my guess, it shouldn't take much more than a month to finish it. It's weird. I haven't been eager to try something new in a long time. Not since I first started college which was about five years ago. I guess it's mostly because it's not really new. It's still in my store and learning what I've seen the butchers do for years. People have often said that what I do isn't a real job. Well, becoming a butcher might just change their opinion of what I do to make a living. It's not exactly glamorous or important work, certainly not applying what I spent three years of my life trying to learn at college, but it is widely used and under appreciated. I'm going to commit myself to this, try my best (I always do but it doesn't usually turn out so well), and show people that I am trying to make a change in my life. I want to get out of this comfortable rut. Current Mood: sleepy | | Friday, August 15th, 2008 | | 12:40 am |
New music
It recently came back to me about several conversations I've had with people in regards to my type of music. Predominately I would be called a fan of rock and/or metal (depending on whom you talk to). While that is true, it is not the only genre of music I listen to. I like artists from a wide variety of music types. Rock, metal, alternative, hip hop, some punk.... even Monik has got me interested in ambiance and electronic. It is true that I do lean towards the more 'harsher music', as it's been referred to, it's not always good to be typecast. It's good to have variety. 'Spice of life', and all that. So, in proving to people that I do like more songs than just metal *unsubtle points to friends in NB and people at work*, I'm going to post some more YouTube videos with songs of a new band that I've come to like. (It's becoming more of a habit for me now to embed YouTube vids. Hopefully, I won't become too dependent on it.) The band is named 'Smith and Pyle' after the two front women; Shawnee Smith and Missi Pyle. Both of whom are well known actresses in their own rights. I had heard Shawnee before from the song 'Killer Inside' by Hydrovibe where she was featured as a guest as promotion for it's association for the movie Saw 3. Funny how I'm trying to convince you I like more than harsher stuff when I found this band through a rock/metal band from Louisiana who's single was in a horror movie. In any case, I found some stuff by this female duo when running a search. I had found only three songs since their debut album has only been released on the net and not yet sold in stores. But still, I played them and after a while it grew on me. Hey, that's how it works. Play a song enough times and either you grow to like it or get repulsed by how often you hear it. That might be dumbing it down to it's extremes but hopefully you know what I'm trying to get at. The bio on their website, smithandpyle.com, list their genre as... whoops... desert country rock. *slow sigh* This makes for two problems in my entry here (since I don't like editing and re-writing). Firstly being that I don't like country music all that much. I've said way back when when people asked me what I listened to, I used to respond "anything but country and oldies". This might force me to come up with a new answer to that question. Second is that it's 'desert rock' and therefor not exactly a prime example of how I listen to more than rock and metal music. But I don't see this as rock music so I'm just going to blatantly ignore that classification. So, here are the three videos for the Smith And Pyle songs along with links to the lyrics. Typically, I would just write them out but that's mostly because I can't find internet postings for lyrics to songs I want to share and plus I don't want to make this entry much longer in writing than I have to. I'm still trying to adjust to going back to work in the mornings after my two week vacation. (New information about work should be written in the next few days should I feel like killing time here.) Oh, and if you don't care much for the choice in music, since so many people have told me they don't like what I listen to..... *scoffs* What the hell do I care?? I couldn't really give a shit whether you like it or not because (1) I do and (2) it's my journal and I can put whatever I like on here. (Yeah, I've been told that I'm a bit of asshole since coming back from out East. Don't know why, just don't care much about people or what they have to say to me right about now. I'm trying to work on that.... really!) ( Smith and Pyle ) Current Mood: hungryCurrent Music: Smith and Pyle | | Saturday, August 9th, 2008 | | 11:30 pm |
Final Vacation Entry
Thursday August 7- Day 13Again, relatively uneventful until Monik came back home. The plan for the evening was dinner and a movie with Monik and Reg. It took a while for Reg to come around and we contacted Phil to see if he was interested in dinner. Phil works at The Keg (which somewhat recently arrived in Moncton; they didn't have one until a few months ago) and gets 40% off dinner for a group of four people. We've been trying to work this out with Phil for near a week and finally he was able to head out with us. Sadly, when we arrived there, it was a 40min wait for a table and we were too hungry to wait around that long. So, upon Monik's suggestion, we went to St.Hubert for dinner. I had never been to one and had assumed the place was somewhat similar to KFC when in fact it's more comparable to Swiss Chalet. It's a bit of a challenge to eat with those three (or rather I should say Monik and any of her friends) because you're laughing and eating at the same time. They come up with the most random and funny shit on the fly. Returning back to the apartment, the three of us (less Phil) had to choose a movie which was a bit of a challenge since we all have different tastes. In the end, we picked Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Quick paced, good graphics, and a semi-decent storyline. Feeling content with the film, we came back to find Charles, Travis, Ben and Steph hanging about with the smell of pot lingering in the air. Not an uncommon thing to find when Travis is up. It wasn't until we got settled and began joining their conversations that Monik and I realized our forgetfulness. When we came up with the idea for that night's activities, Monik wanted to ask Reg to take us to a place called 'The Lookout' up around Magnetic Hill. Basically, it's a spot or clearing way up on some high hill that overlooks all of Moncton. We had intended to go after dinner but before the movie so it wasn't too late. It was nearing 1am when we realized but Reg agreed to take us still. It's one hell of a view. I think at one point I made a comparison of it to white Christmas lights twinkling. Don't know where the thought came from so don't ask. And you could actually see the multitude of stars visible out here. You could see them somewhat still in downtown Moncton but it's just much clearer out by Magnetic Hill. Definitely a good way to end the night. Friday August 8- Day 14There's not a lot to write about this day because there are no particular details to mention. My last day here, which I was dreading because I always enjoy my time here so much that I don't want to go back, and I wanted to do something to make it good. Fortunately there was something to do in Moncton for once: Phil was having a party at his place. What better way to spend my last day than hanging around with a group of people I know. It went off very good. Music, laughter, conversation (booze and weed for those who wanted to partake in them): all the good stuff. Even made a video of Phil and Monik doing some more random shit. It's good that I'm quiet and unnoticed. I can catch some unexpected stuff with my digital camera. It was definitely worth the price. The night ended when Monik ran out of beer (plus she was working another morning shift, as she has all week) and we left by 1am. It wasn't until we were at the Needs across the street grabbing some late-night snacks that Monik was freaking out that she had misplaced her ID and debit card. She was sure that she left it in a liquor bag back at Phil's but when she called him (he was drunk, though) he couldn't find it. So I offered to run back to his place and grab them for her. It was either that or wait until tomorrow afternoon and hope that they weren't thrown out or taken by one of the people we didn't know. So I made the run. I had to break into the house too since no one was hearing me pound on the door. It wasn't hard since Mario (who also lives there along with Charles) had broken in a few weeks back and they hadn't replaced the shattered glass plane on the door yet. Phil must have been wasted or just didn't bother to look because Monik's cards were right beside where he was sitting earlier in the night. It's a bit strange how I ended the night with a little B&E. *shrugs* Saturday August 9- Day 15What's to say about this day? It's the day I left. Monik didn't get off work until 3 and I had to be at the airport at 4. That didn't leave a lot of time to do stuff, obviously. Instead, I did one last gesture for Monik. I spent near 2.5hrs uploading my vacation pictures onto her computer and editing them for her use. I deleted the crap, brightened the dark, cropped the small... basically trying to improve them the best I could. I did this for the reason so that she (and the others I know out there) wouldn't have to wait for me to upload the pics myself and spend the time fussing with them and so that she has ready access to the videos I made. That took a lot more time than I initially assumed. Afterwards it was just random talk with Travis until Monik arrived home with her parents ready to drive me out to the airport. The flight was delayed, yet again but not for the same reason as for the trip out, for near an hour but it was a small price to pay for flying back uninjured for a change. It's now a 50% chance that I'll come back incapacitated in some manner when I go for my vacation. I have since checked online and Monik has put to use the pictures I have left her. So, that is the end of the entries for my 2008 vacation out to Moncton. At least this year I was able to complete the posts and had made significant progress in my social standing out there. More friends and more interaction. If only I could learn to incorporate this new initiative for my life in Ontario. | | Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | | 12:50 pm |
Wrapping up Vacation
Tuesday August 5- Day 11A very easy day. Shortly after awakening we headed over to Phil's to chill before Monik and I headed out to Shediac again. Turns out that that morning it decided to finally rain again... while we were walking our way over there. During a sunny period, we headed to the basketball court for yet another game. It's different playing on a court filled with puddles. If only the rain hadn't returned. *shakes head* Because it kept coming in short periods, we decided to just grin and bear it while we played. So we did three games of 21 in the rain. It's a challenge; different from playing in the dark. Once again, I didn't win a single game but in each game I improved slightly. I actually managed to get some pictures of us playing. Some really good ones of Phil too shooting for the basket. Denis (Monik's brother whom just returned from a West Coast tour with his band) came by and drove us up to Shediac. I swear, the bbq's that Monik's parents put out is nothing less than a feast. If only I can control my appetite when they throw one because I always tend to eat too much. If I hadn't, then perhaps I could have gone swimming with Monik and Denis afterwards at the beach. But that's only a possibility because the sky was slowly filling with dark clouds (yet again) and a strong cold wind kept blowing in from the ocean. Too full to swim, I mearly waited on the beach for the two to have their fun and return. Felt good to breathe in the salt air again from the ocean. They were in there for nearly 45min (which I found surprising because, despite the water being warm, I found the air to be quite cold) before they came out. Monik's lips were blue, she said she couldn't feel her feet, when she got back to her parent's place she was shivering, yet said that it wasn't cold at all. I guess her body disagreed with her mind. We returned to Moncton by around 10pm but decided not to do anything that evening. I know, it's shocking with how active and sociable Monik is, but Monik had said that she was drained after swimming and for a change wouldn't mind staying in. Since I had helped her to run anti-virus and defrag programs on her computer (since she didn't really know how, Travis always did it), the computer was somewhat inaccessible and we read our new books we bought the other day for the rest of the evening. It'll be an interesting read for me once I actually get into how to formulate story structure and how to expand on characters and plot to make my writings more believable and entertaining. Wednesday August 6- Day 12Really not much happens until Monik gets back from work. I spent the afternoon before that reading old stories I had written for some form of inspiration to write. When she returned, the sky was tinted grey and was fairly uninviting despite the weather report that it will clear up. Regardless, we had it in our minds to go out to the Moncton Zoo. We tried in vain to get a hold of others to join us but no one was picking up in the middle of the afternoon. I pretty much had to twist Monik's arm to let me pay for the cab there and back. Firstly because it's a bit of a distance from where she lives to the zoo for one person to pay both ways and secondly because she adamantly refuses anyone to spend money on her. However our desire (and my firm position) won out and we left just the two of us. The Magnetic Hill Zoo isn't nearly as big as the Metro Toronto Zoo (obviously) but it had some decent animals there. Unfortunately, they had cordoned off a section to repave the paths so we were denied the opportunity to see the lions which Monik was looking forward to. Still, in the end, I got some decent pictures there. We returned about mid-evening and still looking for something to occupy our times with. After a period of thinking, Monik had the desire to visit a friend of hers as she was getting off work. So we did for a while and in the end it killed almost 2hrs. Filled with a new found sense of accomplishment (I don't know what from as I wasn't present for their conversation), Monik wanted to go out for a celebratory drink but had to find someone to go with. She won't drink alone and I don't count since I don't drink. We got a hold of Mario and went to the Manhattan. We left as it closed at 2am (Monik and Mario only having a slight buzz as they were out for a social drink and not to get wasted) and I spent the rest of my time watching Doomsday with Travis. In hindsight, perhaps I shouldn't have because I didn't turn in until 4am and the movie turned out to be pretty lame. | | Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 | | 8:07 pm |
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