I heard from Jason last night and he and Megan made it to BC in one piece. (Okay, when I started this message it was last night that they made it to BC - Oct 12, 2005).
Yes, they are in BC and Jason has been working in construction since they got there. It sounds like this week he is being offered a programming job in Langley. Which means they will be moving to the same city as his best friend, Chris. They hit a snow storm on their way out there and a flat tire on the way into BC. But, the car did get them there and they sound very happy.
It took me about a month to get this published, so I should publish it now or it will never make it on the site.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Monday, October 03, 2005
Serenity
Joss Whedon is a genius. Lisa and I went to see the movie Serenity on Friday night and it was amazing. What the new Star Wars should have been. I loved one reviewer's comments where they said it was like a story about Han Solo. I can't believe I never watched the show Firefly when it was on TV (of course, I have heard how bad Fox messed that one up). I have ordered Firefly on DVD and I can't wait to watch it all. I definitely recommend this as a go see this fall! I wonder what Joss will do next (well, I hear he might do the Wonder Woman movie). Buffy is still my favourite Joss creation, but Serenity is definitely high up on the list, can't wait for a second movie.
My brother and Megan have packed up their belongings and have hit the road on their way to Vancouver. This weekend they were in Waterloo for a food conference, and they both think I should look at moving there. I know I loved going to school in the KW area, so who knows. Maybe I will get a chance to go back for my Masters in Math.
Did anyone in the area get to enjoy our amazing weather this weekend? It was like mid-summer weather. I couldn't believe how warm it was on Saturday. Tim and I went rollerblading in the sun, so nice. Yesterday I spent the beautiful day in cold arenas. My first day of hockey school. Well, it's more of a skating school in full hockey equipment. It was great. There were 5 women and about twenty guys. My legs burned so badly after the class. Then I had to play hockey last night. The game did not go as well as last week. We had a full bench, but lost 7-0. Which is fine, whatever, but the other team laughed at us after each goal. What are we twelve? It's supposed to be rec hockey. We are looking forward to playing them again later in the season once our team has played together a little bit (this was our first game as a new team - last week 5 of the 6 women had played on a team together in the summer).
I realized yesterday that my blog was devoid of talk of the books that I have been reading. Well, as most of you know I read alot (not as much as Lisa, but alot). I just started reading 'The DaVinci Code'. I was trying to put this off until it came out in paperback, but then I heard it wouldn't be out until 2007. That is just a little too long for me to wait. I have read all of Dan Brown's other books (Angels and Demons was excellent), so I broke down and bought it. So far, liking the book. But then anything that questions the church is okay in my book (please go read Christopher Moore's 'Lamb, the Gospel according to Bif, Christ's childhood pal' it is one of the funniest books I have ever read). Before I picked up DaVinci, I read Ethan Hawke's book 'Ash Wednesday', it was okay - not great, not horrible. 'October Sky' by Homer Hickham was really good. If you have not seen the movie, I highly recommend it. It is a true story about a bunch of kids in West Virginia that want to join the space race. I am definitely going to have to start chronicling my book reading in here so that I can remember what all I have read. I'm hoping to read the next book in the Ender Wiggin (Orson Scott Card) series once I'm done Davinci.
On a DVD front, this past week, Lisa got me addicted to the TV show Arrested Development. She has the first season on DVD and it was so funny. I love TV shows on DVD, no crappy commercials, no waiting for next week's episode. I can't wait for her to get season 2 (I think it shows up in the next couple of weeks).
I finally watched 'Spirited Away' (Japanese Anime by the same team that made 'Princess Mononoke' - my cat's namesake). Jason has been telling me about this movie for so long and finally I had a chance to watch it. The animation and story is very cool. This weekend I also watched 'Finding Neverland'. Johnny Depp is such an amazing actor. I think I may go back and read Peter Pan again; I would also like to read the story that inspired this movie.
I guess that is about it for this week. This upcoming weekend is Thanksgiving (Lisa and I had a long discussion on this non real holiday this weekend). Heading to the cottage with Dad, Sue and Rachael. Should be nice and relaxing. No hockey or hockey school, which sucks. Why they continue to have classes / games on the long weekend, I don't understand.
My brother and Megan have packed up their belongings and have hit the road on their way to Vancouver. This weekend they were in Waterloo for a food conference, and they both think I should look at moving there. I know I loved going to school in the KW area, so who knows. Maybe I will get a chance to go back for my Masters in Math.
Did anyone in the area get to enjoy our amazing weather this weekend? It was like mid-summer weather. I couldn't believe how warm it was on Saturday. Tim and I went rollerblading in the sun, so nice. Yesterday I spent the beautiful day in cold arenas. My first day of hockey school. Well, it's more of a skating school in full hockey equipment. It was great. There were 5 women and about twenty guys. My legs burned so badly after the class. Then I had to play hockey last night. The game did not go as well as last week. We had a full bench, but lost 7-0. Which is fine, whatever, but the other team laughed at us after each goal. What are we twelve? It's supposed to be rec hockey. We are looking forward to playing them again later in the season once our team has played together a little bit (this was our first game as a new team - last week 5 of the 6 women had played on a team together in the summer).
I realized yesterday that my blog was devoid of talk of the books that I have been reading. Well, as most of you know I read alot (not as much as Lisa, but alot). I just started reading 'The DaVinci Code'. I was trying to put this off until it came out in paperback, but then I heard it wouldn't be out until 2007. That is just a little too long for me to wait. I have read all of Dan Brown's other books (Angels and Demons was excellent), so I broke down and bought it. So far, liking the book. But then anything that questions the church is okay in my book (please go read Christopher Moore's 'Lamb, the Gospel according to Bif, Christ's childhood pal' it is one of the funniest books I have ever read). Before I picked up DaVinci, I read Ethan Hawke's book 'Ash Wednesday', it was okay - not great, not horrible. 'October Sky' by Homer Hickham was really good. If you have not seen the movie, I highly recommend it. It is a true story about a bunch of kids in West Virginia that want to join the space race. I am definitely going to have to start chronicling my book reading in here so that I can remember what all I have read. I'm hoping to read the next book in the Ender Wiggin (Orson Scott Card) series once I'm done Davinci.
On a DVD front, this past week, Lisa got me addicted to the TV show Arrested Development. She has the first season on DVD and it was so funny. I love TV shows on DVD, no crappy commercials, no waiting for next week's episode. I can't wait for her to get season 2 (I think it shows up in the next couple of weeks).
I finally watched 'Spirited Away' (Japanese Anime by the same team that made 'Princess Mononoke' - my cat's namesake). Jason has been telling me about this movie for so long and finally I had a chance to watch it. The animation and story is very cool. This weekend I also watched 'Finding Neverland'. Johnny Depp is such an amazing actor. I think I may go back and read Peter Pan again; I would also like to read the story that inspired this movie.
I guess that is about it for this week. This upcoming weekend is Thanksgiving (Lisa and I had a long discussion on this non real holiday this weekend). Heading to the cottage with Dad, Sue and Rachael. Should be nice and relaxing. No hockey or hockey school, which sucks. Why they continue to have classes / games on the long weekend, I don't understand.
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