Busy weekend started last night.

I joined my co-workers in "Group B" for some super cool WHL action. It's the Vancouver Giants inaugural year. This means they suck. Though the game last night was fun to watch, they still made a lot of stupid mistakes. Offside being their favourite. The final straw was, in a 3 - 3 tie in overtime one of OUR guys caught a pentalty for interference. A stupid penalty. One he never should have gotten. But oh well.. we didn't expect them to do as well as they did against the Calgary Hitmen.

Two cool things happened at the game: Alan caught a Vancouver Giants t-shirt (and spilled his nachos all over the floor) and then Kyle won the 50/50 draw in support of Richmond Minor Hockey. OMG. He went to guest services to claim his prize and they handed him a WAD of cash. $2500 in mostly $20 bills. We took pictures. He can roll naked in it with his wife when he gets home... we don't want pictures of that - sorry Kyle. Then we headed back to Earl's place to enjoy work gossip, beer and kitty love. I didn't partake in any beer, and I hogged most of the kitty love.

Today is 1.) Harry Potter day and 2.) CANUCKS vs EDMONTON LIVE with Tusker and Roomie Guy day! WHEEEEEE! Going to see Trevor Linden be a Canuck again. Hooray. =)

Tomorrow is Linkin Park at the Orpheum. I got the tickets. George is really looking forward to that -- he's off ot Carter Honda today to try out Motorcylcles while I fix my bicycle... he upgraded his pooter and now I get his hand-me-downs -- which I don't mind AT ALL. PIII 933 owns me. I pray it fixes my inability to run anything 3D without blue-screening problem.

Time to go to the bike store and buy stuff to make me not have a flat tire any more. But first a shower.

You know you live with a gamer when...

He gets home from a week away and eats sushi in a rush with you so he can go play 3 hours of scrims before his match.

Sometimes I think gaming sucks.

I will NOT turn the TV on tonight. It is a time waster. Mind drainer. Motivation sapper. I have much to do. Including picking up tickets to the Linkin Park show on Sunday at the Orpheum. WHEE! Don't sell them before I get there! George is a big fan. They're fourth row Lower Orchestra. Then to buy milk, cut stained glass, eat dinner, wash dishes, tidy up the place, finish laundry, walk the dog, and try once more to fix the bike. Phew!

It's going to be a fun-filled weekend... Two hockey games, a movie and a live concert. I accepted a dinner invitation at my mom and dad's for Saturday before I remembered the hockey game we already had tickets to. Mom's upset, but I'll make it up to her, somehow. Have to call her when I get home... SO much to do tonight, since George returns from his installation trip tomorrow night. Thank goodness I'm not hooked on anything that's on TV on Tuesday nights. ;-)

Watched Just for Laughs last night on CBC (instead of Ali McBeal that show bores me). Canadian humour rocks. There were some really funny Americans, too. I love good comedy. It just makes you feel so good! Time to get back to work... much to do before I head home and work even harder!

Lest we Forget... 11:00AM. Moment of silence.

Had a super-fun time with Tusker yesterday. We decided to go and see Monsters Inc this weekend and I offered to make dinner at my place, first. I decided to go all out and make a tasty scallop dish, and have some yummy chewy-crust bread with a vinegar/olive oil dip inspired by Doug and Ali's favourite Seattle Restaurant Zoe.

We ate until we were STUFFED and then thought twice about the plan to attend the 7:10 showing... thinking that there would be fewer young children at the 9:30 show - we opted for that one and sat back and watched Ladyhawke on DVD. Tusker had never seen the whole thing - and she giggled at the 80s music as much as I do (even though I love it because it is Ladyhawke music). She loved the movie, too and we enjoyed some yummy Cozy Shack Rice Pudding for desert.

We trundled off to the movie theatre for the 9:30 show and saw what we thought was a big lineup... turns out it didn't even half fill the huge theatre that the show was in -- so we got seats that we liked. Monsters Inc. rocked... and even before we saw the feature we thought we'd gotten our $10.75 worth. Why? Because we saw the Star Wars Epidsode II "Breathing" trailer. I literally leaped out of my seat. I wasn't expecting it! A lot of people whooped and cheered when it was over - myself included, of course.

Then, true to Pixar fun and form we saw an animated short film about some little birds on a wire. Tons of fun, the whole audience was laughing. I was ready to go home! Pixar always provides such amazing entertainment value. After being completely entertained by Monsters Inc, Tusker and I wandered home wondering why most movies suck so much. Why can't they all be as engrossing and entertaining as Monsters Inc.? or Memento? or Mulholland Drive? Why do we have to sit through things that *should* be great but totally fall short of the mark - like K-PAX? It was "okay" but not the greatness it could have been.

Anyway... it was a great night, and I got to sleep in until 10AM today. AHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh... sure wish I had tomorrow off, but thankfully McCow starts his new job in my department AND in my group tomorrow! Cool! Something to look forward to.

Now to fix my bike, meet RoundTop to return his networking book, and make stained glass for my family and friends!