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For some reason thinking about the Tribes games we used to play last year in residence. Sigh, the memories.

Today I thought about how lucky I am. I was talking with Mel and Sandy in the CASU office today and she mentioned that over the holidays that she had part of her kidney removed. I didn’t ask any further but I was suddenly aware of my own fairly good health. I know that a few of my friends have problems as well, and I don’t want to sound selfish, but I’m happy that I’m fine.

Last night while Sandy was making Lasagna for dinner, I made chocolate-covered pretzels. They’re dead easy to make and very delicious. You need:

• Pretzels. Use the small twisted ones, or if you live in Canada and have access to a store that sells President’s Choice products, buy the pretzels that are in a grid. They hold more chocolate that way.
• Chocolate. I suggest using milk chocolate baking wafers, but you can use chocolate chips or anything else you want. It is getting melted, after all.

Lay out a piece of tin foil to put the pretzels on to dry. Grab a microwave bowl or measuring cup and put some chocolate in – up to about 1/2 cup if you use a measuring cup. Nuke it in the microwave for about a minute, then stir until the remaining chocolate bits are melted. Don’t burn the chocolate. Grab some pretzels, dip them in the chocolate and place them on the foil. When they dry you can just peel them off the foil and put them into a container. When you run out of chocolate, just nuke some more.

I’ve been on a hiatus from writing here for a few days. Sorry ’bout that. I know everyone really wants to read the story of my life (especially all you CASUers).

This weekend was really good. It started on Friday when I went (gasp!) dancing. I had to make it up to Sandy for missing going dancing back on Tony’s birthday when I cut myself, so I couldn’t weasel my way out of it (try as I did). Lots of guys don’t like going dancing it seems. I think this is because somewhere between the ages of 8 and 12 we lose all sense of rhythm. Those who don’t try to make a living in music (a tough gig). Anyways, we (Sandy, Cait, Amy, Emily, the Nat and the Brad, and myself, maybe others too) went out to the Underground at around 10. I had been to the Underground once before, with Tony and his (former?) friend Darshni, for his birthday /last/ year, if memory serves me. Anyways, we were early, so we wasted some time playing pool (I won) and waiting for the rest of our friends to arrive, who eventually did: Becky, Suz, Joy, Tara, Tony, Nic, and Mark. As the night progressed, at points I actually enjoyed dancing, even though I was informed later that none of the guys has any sense of rhythm. Still, I enjoyed myself, if I was dancing or just relaxing on one of the couches watching the incredibly stupidly hilarious horror flick Jack Frost. I’ll never look at carrots the same way again.

Saturday we celebrated Cait’s birthday. The celebrations started with dinner at Angel’s Diner, a 50s themed restaruant. Twenty-two people showed up for dinner. It was great. Sandy’s brother Michael also showed up for the weekend so he came along, and promptly got into an argument with someone at the table. It was great. Even though I overreacted a bit about the dinner-argument thing, overall I think Michael’s a good guy. It was a little mean of us to drag him to dinner with a bunch of people he didn’t know. Just bad timing I guess.

The majority of the people who came to dinner came back to the House to watch movies and be happy. We watched two of Cait’s favourite movies, If Lucy Fell and Harold and Maude. I’ll have to watch the end of Harold and Maude sometime, as Sandy and I were too tired by then and went to bed. In between movies there was an interesting game of Truth or Dare which I was shamed out of playing, and apparently after Harold and Maude there was a no-holds-barred episode of Spin the Bottle.

“Ah, to be young again. And also a robot.” –Futurama

Cait had a great birthday, which made me happy. She has tons of friends and they all came and she got more presents than I usually get on my birthday and Christmas combined. Sandy and I bought a pinata and filled it with candy for her. Pete bought her U2 tickets (which woke up Snady and I when they arrived at around 2am). Damn lucky girl.

Song: Leave you Behind – Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney is a band that I started listening to a lot last semester. This semester I’m gaining an obsession with Sandy’s favourite band, Our Lady Peace.

Just finished reading the Ghost in the Shell manga. drool. I want a Fuchikoma, like, right now. They’re so cute!

Score from The Virgin Suicides: very cool. Go buy it. Air deserves your money.

I really want to go to a concert. During exams last semester I really wanted to drop everything, drive down to Buffalo and see Guster and Barenaked Ladies. After that, I could have died the happiest man alive. I really want to see BNL live but I also want to see Guster. Guster’s back in the studio recording, though. Cait and Joy are going to get tickets for the U2 concert in Toronto on May 24 (what a good day for a concert in Canada – May two-four!)

I decided that I’m going to come back “home” to Toronto for the summer, ’cause I like working there and I need to work there. I’m so broke right now it’s not funny. I’m not so afraid of my parents anymore either.

“I have my snark rights” –Cait

I should record more quotes down in my Newton.

I changed the title of this page, but I’m thinking I should change the colours or the photo as well. Last night I collected most of the photos I’ve taken on my computer and shoved them all into one directory so maybe I’ll look in there and try to find something cool.

Looks at web logs… how the heck did someone find my site from Yahooligans?

No, really, I don’t. 13 minutes to class, just a quick thought.

Today I get to discuss the rest of my life. Looking forward to it? No.

when you see a man on a crane hacking pieces of ice off of the roof of a building with an ax.

This past weekend I went with Sandy to visit her family. I survived. Well, actually I did more than survive: I think I did pretty well. Her brother hugged me. Apparently this is something that doesn’t happen very often. I was pretty much just following Sandy for the whole weekend, but it was alright. It was still a lot of fun though.

I still haven’t decided exactly what I’m doing, but I’m leaning towards taking a summer semester and staying in Guelph, depending on what courses are being offered. Actually, I just checked and it looks like I might just do that.

Just a quick note: sometime on the third of this month this page (the homepage) logged its four thousanth hit, according to NedStat.

It’s fun to spell out numbers.

Been listening to Asian Dub Foundation lately.

My parents seem to be under the impression lately that I am making a mistake out of my life. Mistake #1 seems to be not taking school seriously enough. Well I am saying now that I am done failing courses and I have always been serious about finishing my degree, and now I have someone to help motivate me, which leads me directly into mistake #2. Mistake #2 seems to be moving in with my girlfriend and being “too serious” or something like that. Well, I think it is one of the best things to ever happen in my life and I wouldn’t change it for the world, because I am in love. Yes, that’s right.

Checks web server logs…

Hey, looks like my dad has been reading my web page! Hi!

Back in Guelph now. Happy to be here.

“I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew” — Homer