Monday, April 30, 2007 at 12:05 am
I’m watching Along Came Polly on Citytv. It’s by far my favourite Jenn movie, for many reasons, not the least of which is that she looks amazing. So far, the cheating bitch wife has just caused the demise of the marriage. At least she wasn’t a moneygrubber. Hank Azaria is hilarious, too: “Are you for scuba?”
Yes, it’s been a chock-full week since I last posted. That’ll be my excuse. That, along with my apparent lack of compulsion to blog will explain the dearth of posts. Or at least I hope it will.
Tuesday, ruzz called me on my way home from work, and we headed out to shoot some photos. The big man had never been to Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, and it turned out to be a better than expected location for an evening/dusk shoot. We spent three hours capturing waterfalls in the low light, and it was dark by the time we left, both very happy with the results. My favourite shot is in the previous post.
The next night, I hooked up with Tim and Chris to work on Blake’s laptop. They’re the crew from the company I’ve been doing a little after-hours support for, and are in Vegas right now for a conference. In fact, while we were in Classic Jack’s having a few drinks and wings prior to putting the laptop up on the hoist, Tim offered to pay for my flight and hotel if I wanted to come to the conference with them. Sadly, this week at work is going to be a little too busy for me to try and take the first three days of it off with next to no notice, so I had to pass.
Early in the week, I got an email from Coco Love Alcorn letting me know she was going to be performing at the Ironwood on Thursday, so I went to take in the show. She was on the bill with Jaylene Johnson and Jenny Allen, who were great, and of course Coco was fantastic. She does amazing scat, which I first discovered when she did some backup vocals for 54-40, but her voice (and songwriting) are spectacular. By the time I got home, it was 1 AM, and by the time I imported my photos and edited a few, it was 1:45. (I slept in the next morning)
Then on Friday, I bailed out of work at noon, and ruzz and I hit the road for more photography. We racked up 385 km on his car in ten hours, travelling the 1A (with a side trip to Waiprous) and then the 40 into K-Country and making several stops wherever the hell we felt like it. I’m not as happy with as many of the photos from that trip, but I did get some good ones, and it was great to just go in search of images… wherever.
Ruzz was craving Outback steak, and since I’d never been, we made a pit stop once we got back to town. They make some pretty good cheesy fries, but they’re not “better than sex”, as the big guy claimed. I was pretty impressed with the food, though, so I’m sure it won’t be the last time I go.
Yesterday, errands downtown, including some shopping in the beltline (The Camera Store and a new CD at Megatunes)(yes, some of us still buy them), then some Wicked Wedge. Afterwards, RB had to try to continue getting back on the winning track at pool, since I had beat him 4 of 5 matches prior to last Friday. He’s won the last two, though, so he’s getting back to his old ways.
I was invited on a bike trip to Golden on Saturday, but the boys were leaving early and coming back late, and since I have yet to be out on a bike this season, I didn’t think my first ride should be an all-day one on Mount Seven. There’ll be more next times, though - this bunch goes every weekend, as well as Thursday evenings.
So, today, I took it easy. I haven’t left the house. I thought about going to the comic convention to stalk see Morena Baccarin, but the lineup last year was apparently insane to get in, and I’m sure it would’ve been moreso this year. I also thought about going for a ride, but winds gusting to 52 kmh dissuaded me.
Instead, I turned on the TV for the first time in four days, watched Stand By Me and the ends of both hockey games that were on. I had Vietnamese for dinner and watched Along Came Polly, then took three hours to write this post in between the movie and Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.
Maybe I should get to bed.
Category: Concerts, Photos, Blabbing
