20061016


The Monster Mash


So, S. and I had the house all to ourselves this weekend. Mom was out of town for a wedding, as was K.

So, we indulged ourselves.

Friday, we each did our own thing. I ended up playing World of Warcraft until 5:30 in the morning helping one of the new guys in our Guild (The Kabal) run through some quests. Finally crawled into bed at the asscrack of dawn.

Saturday, we did some shopping. We picked up some stuff at the grocery store, thought about going to the mall, then turned around because it was so damned packed.

Then, when we got home, the FUN BEGAN!!!

We made some Chicken Tikka Masala! Yum! Got some garlic nan and onion kulcha to go with it too. It came out deliciously.

While that was marinading, we carved pumpkins!

We had picked up some stencils earlier, I downloaded a few, then we decided to have some fun. Here's a shot of each of the pumpkins we did:






I built a stand in front of the house with some stools and scrap wood, then I displayed them for everyone on the street to see!



And finally, all lit up!



Now, this would have all been well and good except for a slight incident.

You see, the house has two automatic garage doors. I had the one open, and I went to open the other one from the switch inside. As I did, I thought to myself "That's an odd noise." I turned to look at the door, and I see a pair of wheels just underneat the door, rising into the sky.

By the time I got to it, it was almost level with the ceiling. I had to go back inside and unplug the opener, then go get a bandaid for my finger which I sliced trying to stop this from happening.



"What the...?", right? That's what you're thinking, right?

Well, what happened was the handle of the trash can was caught by the handle of the garage door as it opened. I took a picture to prove it!



I ended up having to crush half the trash can to get it off the door.

Oh, well. It was still a nice weekend, and, yes, the trash can did make me laugh quite a bit.

20061010


Georgia on my Mind


So, it's been a while.

Sorry...

So, updates...

Uhh...went to the Bahamas over Labor Day weekend. Went with Jeff, Steve-O, S, S's sis and Mom. It was a nice time. Rained a lot, but I got a lot of reading done.

Came across this link over the weekend. I find this simply amazing and I wish I could see Royal de Luxe in person.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1522158746296131750

Truly amazing imagery there. Really captured my imagination.

In other news, the Korean Love Monkey (KLM) has left the building. He's headed south to Georgia, leaving us all behind. To show our appreciation for him, we threw him a BBQ at Tim's house, and I made him this T-shirt and a real Korean Love Monkey as well.



If you can't read it, it says "Korea is for Lovers", superimposed on a map of the Korean Peninsula.

I miss the bewildering bastard.

We all pitched in and got him this sweet Shimano reel.



In yet, other news, Christian IMed me today with this tidbit of information.

Booyah, Grandma. Booyah.

I've already sent out a distribution to my coworkers to let them know this is going on. I expect to be there will bells on.

I know I still haven't posted the other thread as mentioned a few months ago. I dunno if I ever will given the lackluster response I got to the last posting.