Knocked Up!

Bubbles and I went to go see Knocked Up yesterday. C-Fresh had no interest in seeing it and boy did he miss out. I expected a sweet little romantic comedy with some funny parts. Whoa! I was laughing out loud during this movie. It was more like the first 1/2 of 40 Year Old Virgin rather than (insert name of generic romantic comedy here)_________________. That said, it was a bit on the clunky side. It was filmed in the same way Fat Actress was. That whole sort of improvisational, conversational way where they are given a basic outline then the actors run with it. Also, there was really no reason given why she would forgive him and take him back, it was implied. . .but very loosely and as an afterthought. I can forgive that though since this was one of the very few movies that made me laugh so hard I snorted through my nose a few of times.
P.s.
To the lady eating the candy in the crinkling wrapper. . .JUST FUCKING OPEN IT ALREADY! Crap! How freaking long can it actually take to open up one damn piece of candy?

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My Mama Said

Now my mama ain't the only one to tell little ole VinnieG he is a winner. B. Kitty says so too. Don't believe me? Well biotches go here for the proof yo!

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Future Ex Husband Friday

As an homage to my geekiness this week's future ex-husband is Seth Green. I fell in lust with this little man during his Buffy the Vampire Slayer days as the lycanthropic Oz. What a little cutie he was, and still is.

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Thanks Ohio

Dear Ohio,

I would like to thank you very much for entrusting my social security number to a twenty year old intern. I am so thrilled that you thought it was a good idea to let said intern take my name and social security number out of the office only to have the device storing my information stolen. I look forward to many fun evenings guessing "Who is pretending to be me today?" or the "Guess what's on my credit report this month!" game. I do think that maybe we could make this even more fun for your residents though. Why stop at leaking out your taxpayers names and social security numbers? Why not add in our checking account numbers too. That would be real fun. I am so glad that you went out of your way to make sure that I had stuff to do this summer. I can think of nothing more exciting than standing in line at the credit reporting agencies to file a fraud report.

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Cafe Conversations

A common habit of customers is to come in and say "I want two smalls." We have taken this to mean two small coffees but we still ask because you never know what some people are thinking. Last night a lady comes in and orders two smalls so I say "two small coffees right?".
Lady: What the hell else would I be ordering
Me: (slapping the coffee down and ungraciously saying) $3.10.
Lady: (looking at the coffee) What's this?
Me: Your two smalls
Lady: You didn't do anything over at that machine (she pointed at the espresso machine).
Me: You said two smalls and I asked coffee, that's what this is. . .two small coffees.
Lady: I want the one with milk in it that you use that machine for (she said like I was an idiot and why the hell couldn't I read her mind).
Me: Fine, two lattes, $6.40.
I then head over steam up the milk while thinking to myself what a bitch this woman is. I finish the drinks and put them in front of her and wait for her to dig out her money.
Lady: These are hot.
Me: Yep, lattes come hot unless you say you want them cold.
Lady: Well that's what I want (again with that attitude that I was the stupidest person in the world).
Me: (feeling really bitchy at this point) so what you really want instead of the two small coffees you ordered are two small iced lattes. Did you want anything else in them? Any flavor, or anything like that?
Lady: No
Me: did you want the 2% milk? If you want a different milk then you have to tell me now, otherwise you will be getting 2%.
Lady: Whatever
Back I go to the machine and made them. She pays goes gets a straw sips then says "There's no vanilla in here, and this isn't soy"
Me: Nope, there isn't. That's why I asked you if you wanted anything else in them.
Lady: Well I do.
Me: Then I have to charge you for two new drinks this time (I said blandly because I was over this whole situation).
Lady: forget it then

I am still wondering where in the hell these people come from and how they function in daily life.

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Getting Hot In Here

Alright, it is over 90 degrees here and it isn't even noon. I figure if I post some pics of some real hotties then maybe the weather will seem a bit cooler. . .or I just want to post some gratuitous man flesh.

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Green Bean Salad

The side that I made for Sunday's dinner was a green bean carrot salad that I loved.
3/4 lb green beans (topped and tailed or a good quality frozen green bean thawed).
8 oz carrots (cut into thin sticks)
1 medium red onion (cut into thin slices)

That makes the basis of the salad. Cook the beans in boiling water for about 4 minutes then then rinse under cold water and drain thoroughly before adding the carrots and the onions.

2 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tsp either sun dried tomato paste or canned seasoned tomato paste of your choice (I used the Italian garlic kind).
1/4 tsp superfine sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all this together in a sealed jar and shake it up and pour on the salad and mix in. I chilled it over night with the dressing on and it tasted fantastic.

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Weekend Continued

So after Pride on Saturday we did the whole hippie CommFest thing which I mentioned briefly before. The first thing we did was to knock over any aging hippie, skater-angst kid, and over the hill the punks in our quest to eat. Stupid us only had a muffin and coffee first thing in the morning before wandering all over Columbus. Finally we had too much greasy carnival food so we wandered the booths and people watched (a lot of random tattoos and gratuitous body piercings). None of us were all that big into music so we said to heck with it and took off around 7ish. C-Fresh and I napped then off to see Shrek 3 (1 and 2 were better movies but this one had more laugh out loud moments. It would have been so much better if it weren't so freaking preachy!). That night I prepped up dinner for Sunday so that way C-Fresh and I could do our round of open house visits and shopping before heading to Dungeoun Mistress' for our Sunday geek fest (and I am to embarrassed to even tell you what that was so I'll leave it up to your fertile imaginations and keep it clean ya'll). I think dinner was a hit, at least that is what everyone told me. I made a green bean salad and stuffed veggies. I'll post the recipes later that way D. can give me advice on how to spruce them up.

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Fly Away

Kenneth always seems to find the hottest men. Dang, I am in lust with these flyboys. . .almost enough to get me airborne again!

p.s.
Kenneth, I always go to you before TMZ!

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Back Now

Back home now from my busy weekend down in Columbus. Friday night I got down there then C-Fresh and I went to the store to get food for our gathering on Sunday and I got some of the food put together then off to bed. Saturday was Pride and Comm Fest. The parade was, well, a pride parade. Probably about what you'd see at any other pride parade around the country. It was kind of fun though because this was the first pride event that Dungeon Mistress and her mother Mamacita had been too. We then moseyed on down to the little festival where I had to wait about ten minutes to use the most disgusting porta-potty ever. Good thing I carried my travel pen size insta-disinfecting spray. It was fun though aside from that. Well, except for the really bad comedian they had performing right off. He was like a parody of a really bad comedian. Oh, I do want to say one thing about the parade. . .to the drag queen doing Mary Katherine Gallagher (you know. . .Superstar!) YOU ROCK! That was the funniest freaking thing I have seen in a long damn time!

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Off For The Weekend

Well, I am out of here for the weekend. Down to Columbus I go to take part in the Pride festivities. Have a great weekend ya'll. . .

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This Will Piss You Off. . .

. . .or at least it should



Is this actually true? If it is then WTF?

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Why?

Why oh why did the automatic coupon machine at the grocery store spit out 5 coupons for different kinds of cat food at me? I didn't buy any pet supplies at all. Okay, so I did buy several (6) cans of soup and some bread but does that automatically qualify me as being a crazy cat guy? Great, so now Giant Eagle totally has me profiled as some lonely man who does nothing but eat soup and knit sweaters for his cats.

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MeMe

I was tagged by Wayne for a MeMe and this one is simple, just list eight things about myself. I am not going to tag anyone for these because I am not a fan of them (neither is Wayne btw) and I always feel guilty tagging people to do these. . .Sorry if that makes me a huge spoil sport.
1)I am the youngest of 2 children. My brother is 6 1/2 years older than me
2)My mother is 6 1/2 years older than my father. My father is 6 1/2 years older than his brother. His brother is 13 years older than my brother. 13 years is the age span between my mother and all her siblings. Do you think my family is cursed with all the 13's and 1/2 of 13's?
3)I would rather read a book than go to a club, have coffee with friends rather than get drunk at a bar, and ride a bike in the park over going to an amusement park.
4)I have read David Eddings' series The Belgariad every summer since I was 12.
5)When I was in third grade I got in trouble because we had to draw pictures of what we wanted to be when we grew up. I split my paper in half and said I wanted to be a French teacher by day and a Chippendale by night.
6)I usually know exactly how much the cash option would pay for both the Mega Millions drawings and the Classic Lotto drawings. What can I say? I'm a white trash savant.
7)I really want to get a full back tattoo but I am way too scared to actually follow through with it (I want either a huge dragon or some sort of mandala. . .)
8)I don't really like dogs.

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I Hate The Mall

I hate the mall where I get my hair cut at. It isn't that it is an ugly or rundown mall. . .quite the opposite in fact. I hate the fact that along every aisle through the whole mall there are more cell phone retailers than necessary. That alone isn't enough to make me hate the mall. What I hate are the desperate sales people who harass me as I walk from one place to another. I was about 45 minutes early to get my haircut so I wandered to the Starbucks to get some coffee and do a little shopping. On the way I was called out to by three different salespeople. I did what I always do and politely said no thanks and kept moving. On my way back a particularly persistent salesperson hopped in front of me and said "Hey buddy, can I ask you a question?"
This was one of the people that I had already said no thanks to so I just curtly replied "No," and kept moving. Evidently that wasn't quite enough of a hint because he persisted by saying "Wait a sec, I just have a question for you,"
I had had enough at that point. I told him once politely, then again firmly. His chances were all used up. So I asked him "Do you not understand the meaning of the word no? I told you twice no and I'm not going to tell you again so back off,"
That did get his attention and he told me "Don't talk to me like I'm five," at which point I responded "Then don't act like you're five," and proceeded to walk away. It was gratifying to hear a woman pushing her baby stroller by start laughing at the jerk.
It takes a lot to make me lose my temper but once I do it usually isn't pretty.

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Harry Potter

I just read D.'s post about HP and I have to say that as a thirty something year old man, I am way to excited about this book coming out. And yet I am. I am also in the process of rounding up some people to go see Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys (yes performing TOGETHER) on July 25th at the CPL. I can't go by myself because otherwise I would be that creepy old guy that hangs around, but if there are a few of us then we can all be creepy together. I may have to pull a trick out of Amy and D.'s hat and be wearing my Quidditch robes underneath a jacket (hope it is cool that day). Anyway. . .is it July 21st yet?

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Cafe Conversations

Every now and again at work we have customers who can be truly stupid. . .beyond the ordinary that is. We have a membership program where you pay a fee and save 10% all year on all your purchases. Some people love it some people hate it. On Saturday afternoon K. asked a guy if he was using his membership to save 10%. He replied "I don't have that card, it is an invasion of my privacy."
K: Okay, that'll be $1.55
Customer: You know they track you with it don't you?
K. Well, you don't have to put any information down, just keep the card and you are anonymous.
Customer: They can still profile you and track your card. . .blah, blah, paranoid privacy mumbo jumbo. . .rhetoric. . .blah, blah.
You get the idea. Finally he gets over his rant and asks K. how much he owed. After she told him he paid. . .are you ready for this. . .WITH A CREDIT CARD!

He blathered on for a good two minutes about his purchases being tracked and being profiled and losing his privacy only to pay with a freaking credit card. Can he really be that dumb?

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Happy Father's Day

Dad's. What can you say? They are each one of a kind. We were talking at work today about our father's and how each of them have a "thing". You know, that one thing that they always do, say, complain about, don't say, whatever. . .they all have a thing. My dad's thing is shoes. Not buying them but telling my brother and I to wear them. No matter what we did as kid's our dad would always yell at us to "Put on some God D***n shoes". It is amazing what can happen to you in my dad's world if you don't have shoes on. It runs the gambit from electrocution to losing parts of your foot from doing something so simple as ironing. Laundry? Heck, that required steel toed boots lest the legion of harm that could befall one be diverted. I'm sure it drove him (and probably still does) nuts that my brother and I both hate shoes and don't ever wear them unless absolutely necessary.

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R.S.V.P.

I take part if a few email campaigns (tell my senator to support this not that, stop big oil, WTF about Iraq, the usual suspects) supported a few different Websites. The other day was the first time I have ever gotten a response from my Senator to an email I have sent out. Okay, it does help that I know have a democratic senator (who I voted for needless to say) who actually has a lot of the same views I do, but still it is nice to get that acknowledgment. That was one of the things that ticked me off about my last senator. Fine, you don't feel the same way I do but You represent Me and my taxes pay your wages. The courtesy of a reply is not too much to ask for. Heck, this is the email age and all he needed to do was have an automated response. Anyhow, thank you Sherrod Brown for your reply it is greatly appreciated. If you were wondering, my email was to encourage the senate to oppose the nomination of Dr. John Holsinger to be Surgeon General of the United States.

P.S.
here is the reply from my senator

Dear Mr. (VinnieG):

Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts on the nomination of Dr. John Holsinger to be Surgeon General of the United States.

The Surgeon General, as "America's Doctor," is expected to provide non-biased and scientifically-accurate medical information to the public. There is concern that some actions and statements made by Dr. Holsinger bring into question his ability to adequately serve all sections of American society. Particularly, statements he has made about gays and lesbians trouble me.

I am a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which has jurisdiction over this nomination. I have expressed my concerns to Committee Chairman, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and I will certainly consider your views if Dr. Holsinger's nomination reaches the full Senate for a vote. Thank you again for contacting me.


Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown

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Future Ex Husband Friday

I have resisted using him as a FEH for fear of the cliche (that and I have trouble spelling his last name) but in honor of him being named People Magazine's hottest bachelor I present to you this week's FEH Matthew McConaughey. And just what makes him so sexy in his opinion? Well, according to Askmen.com he had this to say:

He told Entertainment Weekly: "I like sexy people, and I think being yourself is sexy. Being myself and being as good a man as I can be is sexy.

Hmmm, the body of a god and the abs of steel really don't hurt either, now do they?

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Russell Simmons

Wow! The Russell Simmons book signing was a huge hit. We had around 500 people show up to meet him. You know how you always here those stories about celebrities being cheap and rude? Well, I have good news for you. . .Russell Simmons and his entourage are not like that at all. He was very polite and so was everyone with him. Not only were they very nice but they were GREAT tippers. On what would have been a $100 bill (we comped it for them) they gave us a 40% tip which they totally did not have to do (so now I can be one of those anonymous tipsters to the National Enquirer). On top of that Mr. Simmons gave the girl I had taking sole care of them a personalized autographed copy of his book and slipped her and extra 10$. Let's hear it for celebrities who do it up right! Mr Simmons, you are a great person in my book.

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The Event

Tonight at the store I work at we are having a book signing and a talk by Russell Simmons. We are pretty excited because it means some Phat sales coming into the store tonight. Not everyone is so excited though. We had a minister call the store so the one manager gets to take the call.
Man: Why are you having Russell Simmons at your store?
Manager: He is signing his new book sir, and giving a talk about it
Man: No, why are you having that man there?
Manager: (a little confused now). . .to sign his book sir.
Man: Are you the one who brought him here?
Manager: No sir, that would be the home offices decision
Man: Well I don't want him here. He promotes thug culture for our young black men.
Manager: I'm sorry to hear you feel that way sir
Man: Well, what are you going to do about it?
Manager: There is nothing I can do about it. He is on a national book tour, the decision was made by home office.
Man: Well who made that decision
Manager: Like I told you sir, our home office.
Man: Tell them to not have him come in

It went on like that for a bit before our manager just gave him the generic home office customer service number. It just amazes me how just because one man doesn't want him there all of a sudden we should just cancel despite the hundreds of people who have called all excited about it. I can understand his point but why harass somebody who can't change it? Why not find out the name and number of someone who can?

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The Hot Chick

It must be mating season for the teenage boy. I went Giant Eagle today and "the hot chick" was there picking up her paycheck and doing whatever it is teenage girls do when they are bored and not working during the summer. I saw her flitter through the aisles trailing a line of teen guys who were supposed to be working but got over ruled by their hormones. She was pretty much ignoring them all. After making my purchases I had to stop at customer service to pick up some stamps. Who did I see her going all "girly" over? The muscle bound stud of the store? Nope. The smooth operator? Nope. She was hanging out and getting all fluttery over the scrawny little baby fag (my term for the teenagers who probably aren't aware that they are gay yet but have so many obviously gay traits that everyone else knows before they do). Could it be that Carrie is right and women are just drawn to the gay guys? Is being gay an actual selling point to women?

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Why?

I have two Starbucks' near me. One is inside of a Target and the other is on the corner where that Target is located. After going to each on several times I have noticed that the coffee tastes better at the Target Starbucks than the actual Starbucks. Doesn't that strike you as odd? I would have thought it would be reversed. I must be bored today if I am pondering this. . .

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Rise Up

I stopped at the local convenience store on my home from work to invest in the white trash retirement plan. I finished my transaction and the guy behind the counter looked at me and said "Rise up," in that deep voiced football game kind of way.
"Pardon me," I asked in confusion.
"Rise up," he said again and I had to check my zipper to see if that was what he meant. "Rise up," he said again pointing to his tee-shirt. It turns out that that would be the Cleveland Cavaliers slogan for their championship bid. That is great and all, but somebody saying Rise up to me is more irritating than when Ohio State plays and people shout "O-H!" in your face expecting you to reply "I-O!" Ugh!
P.S.
So far it is looking like the Cavs won't win a game in the finals. I wonder if that will deflate LeBron's ego any?

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Google, The Street View

I was over at Jockhomo reading about the new street level maps they have. I am oddly fascinated and horrified by it all at the same time. Right now they only have a few cities that you can check out and I do mean check out. The pic was one I got just from zooming around L.A. following the streets. The satellite was able to zoom right in on some random lady walking her dog (I blacked out the face). See what I mean about being creeped out! And yet it is so fascinating too. . .I wonder when the lawsuits are going to start?

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The Loan

I got a lovely letter in the mail today from the bank that I have my car loan through. They were kind enough to offer me a one month break on my car loan. What was the catch? I just had to pay them 1/3 the amount of my monthly payment to get it.
WTF?
Gee thanks, you are only going to charge me 1/3 of my bill to "have a month off". Hmmm, how can I pass that one up. Um, easily!

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Sunday, Sunday

I don't like Sundays. I never have. It probably all started from my massive procrastination in elementary school and leaving all the homework until Sunday night instead of getting it done quickly. After that I worked in a restaurant and Sundays were the worst days to work. Someone always called off, the customers were cheap and bitchy, and I would inevitably get stuck working all day long.
Blech!
Even though this Sunday is a gorgeous day (72 degrees and sunny) I am still not liking it because I have to go back to work tomorrow after being on vacation for a week. Ugh, back the grind and that is all I can dwell on instead of enjoying this beautiful day.

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The Web as Art

I am in the process of studying for a degree in Web development and maintenance so one of the topics that gets brought up a lot is whether or not the Web can be an art form. Usually I just blow off the question or article when it appears because art is so subjective. For example, I get modern art. I know why it is there and what it is supposed to mean (mostly). I know why that guy painted the red, yellow, and blue rectangles with the thick borders and I get why Jackson Pollack threw paint at a canvas. I just happen to not like modern art all that much. I want my art to be pretty and I want it to look like it took skill to make. I get both and an answer to the question at Snarg.net. Give it a try and see what you think. I'll tell you what, I spent way too much time there so I guess that it did make its point.

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The Holiday

I just finished watching The Holiday. I had meant to get to see it last winter but I just never got around to it. I just have to say that it was so much cuter than I expected. It was by no means a cinematic marvel but I loves me the happy fluff. So I could see the ending coming from a mile away but so what. I need a happy ending every once in awhile. Jack Black actually did well as a romantic interest for Kate Winslet. I really do like Kate Winslet. I think she just might be one of the most under used actresses these days. If you are looking for a nice, light date movie to relax to then definitely rent this.

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On The Runway

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Where Is The Money?

D. and I used to discuss money a lot. We didn't so much discuss what we would do with it, or how to get it, or spending it on the lottery or anything like that. What we would often talk about was how we were pretty much just sent right out into the world with maybe twenty minutes spent in a class to teach us how to write checks. There was nothing ever taught to us about budgeting, credit terms, loans or any of that stuff. We pretty much had to figure it all out ourselves (and I have to say that she did a much better job of it than I did). I made my mistakes by being a stupid 19 year old with a credit card that had a limit probably about 10 times higher than I needed. It took me almost 12 years to dig myself out of the debt that I had created in under three years.
It probably would have helped me if I had had something like the Teen Visa. With the card parents can track where, and how their kids are spending money, it is less expensive than getting a teen checking account, and parents are able to set up a chore system to pay kids for tasks completed. With one of these it is possible to teach a kid that the money to pay off credit purchases has to come from somewhere (like work) while also giving the parents control. The child also has a way to have money in case of emergency but the parent can also suspend use of the card at anytime. Dang, if these had been around back in the day I'd probably have a lot more money in the bank instead of paying all that interest to the credit companies.

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Jail Time

As much as I hate the attention given to the empty headed biotch I do have to comment on her antics on being told she was going back to jail. WHAT THE HELL DID SHE EXPECT? She violated the terms of her probation. Probation was her chance. . .her get out of jail (almost) free card. She blew it. Too bad so sad get your ass back in jail. Maybe this will be a sort of wakeup call and maybe, just maybe, she'll actually do something with herself besides providing j/o material for people with air headed heiress fetishes.
Then again, like one person said, it is a shame that the most frivolous person in the west should be the basis of the deciding precedent of where prisoners are sent and how they are kept

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Lessons Learned From Vacation. . .

. . .or pointless observations from vacation.
1)The Fauxhawk is still the prominent hairstyle in Montreal followed closely by dreds (yuck).
2)Subways are never as scary as I remember them being.
3)Not every vegetarian restaurant has pizza (note to C-Fresh).
4)Traveling is fun but it is always good to be home and see your stuff.
5)Watch your toothbrush, half awake traveling companions often can't tell the difference between bright pink and dark blue toothbrushes.
6)Buffalo may be one of the few cities that makes Cleveland look not depressed and run down.
7)Being cussed out by strangers always sounds better in French than English, you can pretend they are telling you a pretty story about the finger waving in your face.
8)One of the reasons people elsewhere aren't fat is because they actually WALK places.

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Niagara Falls Pt 2

C-Fresh and I are back from the Falls. His response to seeing them for the first time. . .I thought they would be bigger. Huh, who knew? Anyhow, he did enjoy seeing them for the first time then it was off to dinner where he got the "vegetarian" pasta (remember, he is a vegetarian). After taking a few bites he gave me this piece of something from his dish and asked me what I thought it was. . .turns out there was bacon in there. So out of four dinners only the first one seemed to go without a hitch for us. Dungeon Mistress, you can only imagine how it went. No biggie though. We are now resting a bit before tempting lady luck with our charms.

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Niagara Falls

Whew, we were up at the butt crack of dawn this morning to beat the hideous Montreal rush hour (that goes from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.). We got into the cute little town of Niagara-On-The-Lake at about two and enjoyed a few hours of strolling around the cute little town. There really wasn't much for us to buy since we aren't old ladies with a lot of money and no taste, but the Victorian houses were cute to see. We then took the Niagara Pkwy down to the falls. Wow, I had never driven that before. It is gorgeous! We are now taking an hour or so breather before heading down to the falls. C-Fresh is so excited to see them. . .it's really cute. After the falls it is off to try lady luck again a the Casinos. Woo-Hoo!

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Good Eats

C-Fresh's Homo Hunnie (aka Dungeon Mistress) sent us a whole list of Vegetarian restaurants to try here in Montreal (C-Fresh is a vegetarian btw). I had to laugh when I read it because of yesterday's restaurant fiasco. We headed out to have dinner at a Vegetarian restaurant that we had passed on our many wanderings. After getting there we realized it was a buffet type restaurant and neither of us was really feeling that. I recommended getting pizza and beer somewhere but C-Fresh nixed that saying he had had enough pizza already. At that point we headed on to another vegetarian restaurant that we had seen about 6 blocks further up. We finally got there and got a table at the funky little Indian/ Vegetarian fusion restaurant. I had actually found a couple of different things that intrigued me. I asked C-Fresh what he wanted and he had that look on his face that meant there was nothing there he wanted. That was when he looked up and said "they don't have any pizza. . ."
Big sigh. . .
We ended up getting pizza and beer. So you see Dungeon Mistress, I did try to get him to some funky cool Vegetarian restaurants. . . I really did!

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517 Days. . .

. . .until the next Presidential election and I'm already sick of these smarmy jerks.

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Montreal Day 3

Montreal Day 3 is fast coming to a close. Wow! We packed a lot in today. After breakfast (an awesome little diner right around the corner from our hotel) we headed off to take one of those 2 hour boat excursions along the St. Lawrence River. C-Fresh really enjoyed (I did too) and it was his first time doing one of those cheesy touristy type cruises. After that we walked a circuit around the entire city. Whew, talk about some tired ass feet yo! We made it back to the room and both passed out for about an hour after that long walk. Now we are just trying to decide between Vietnamese or Mexican for dinner. The Vietnamese just may win out because it is three blocks closer.
Anyhow, it is up early (by about 5 a.m. so we can be on the road by 6) to miss rush hour traffic then off to Niagara Falls. Woo-hoo! It is really nice to break the drive back home up with another stop. It doesn't make the ride home so depressing.

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Montreal Day 2

Whew, we just got back to the hotel after walking the Montreal Botanic Gardens for about 4 1/2 hours. Damn, my dogs is barking now (aka my feet really freaking hurt). I really love the Botanic Gardens here, they are really well done. It is so tranquil and peaceful there. . .until you get swarmed over by a bunch of elementary school kids out on a field trip. Oh well, whatcha gonna do? C-Fresh (oops, I almost forgot that his new nickname was C-baller after his big winnings last night at the casino) enjoyed the Gardens as much as I thought he would. This time I did finally make it to the Insectarium as well. It is just what it sounds like, a whole building devoted to insects. It isn't as creepy as it sounds, it is actually rather neat. Anyway, I need to get back to some serious resting of the feet before we head out again in a few for more sightseeing.

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Casino De Montreal

I finally made it to the Casino de Montreal last night. After three years of coming here I finally got up the nerve to hop on the subway at night to the little island where it is located. Wow, what an odd layout that casino has. There are about four main floors then the bottom most floor is divided into three or four different levels but none of the floors are all that large. C-Fresh ended up being the lucky dog last night by TRIPLING his betting money (don't get too excited, we ain't no high rollers ya'll) by accident. We thought we were playing the nickel video slots but I was wondering why my nickels were just vanishing at an astonishing rate. Right then C-Fresh hit a large win and I looked up to see that it was a quarter slot. That was when I barked at him "Cash out now!" He was so startled by that he did and instead of only having something like 15 bucks in nickels he had won 170 dollars in quarters! Lucky dog! Anyway, once he gets done beautifying himself we are off to the botanic gardens.

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Montreal Day 1

Whew, we have been walking non-stop since about 10 this morning. We are back in the room to take a little break before going to dinner and then off to try our luck at the Casino du Montreal. We did the Vieux Porte today (the old town) and then wandered up Rue St. Denis to see the funky shops and such. We are off to the Botanic Gardens tomorrow (hopefully it doesn't rain too horribly awfully bad tomorrow).

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Bienvenue

C-Fresh and I made it safe and sound to Montreal. Surprisingly enough there was no fighting or passive aggressive behavior or interior of the car road rage. Hopefully that isn't being saved up for the drive home. Good thing we are breaking that up into a 2 drive home by stopping in Niagara Falls for a night on the way back.
We were both amused driving through New York by the Dancing Deer signs. Evidently there is a proliferation of flying deer in The Empire State seeing as how these signs are posted almost every freaking mile. Well, off to bed for our exciting adventures tomorrow (eat your heart out Gumby! Ooops, sorry, that was sort of mean).

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Vacation Time

I just got home from my last shift before vacation. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, C-Fresh and I are heading to Montreal then over to Niagara Falls. Woo-hoo! I'm going to try to post some pics during the vacation (hopefully they won't bore you too much) and if I hear any cafe conversations in English I'll be sure to post those too. Anyway. . .off to go pack now. Between the two of us we will be taking 9 pairs of shoes. It made me laugh when I realized that. What the hell do two guys need with all those shoes? Granted we are gay, but still. Good thing we are driving I guess since we both massively over pack.

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BattleStar Galactica. . .The End

O.K. . .boo that this upcoming season will be last for this show. I just got hooked! Boo! Then again I do have to give a cheer for the decision as well to end the show on their own terms. I hate it when T.V. shows live out their prime and die a slow horrific death (Roseanne, Happy Days, I can't even think there are so many). This way they will be able to follow the story arc and have a (hopefully) satisfying ending. I can't wait for the next season (2008 WTF?) to see how the conclude it. Hmmm. . .this is why I am dedicating this Future Ex-Husband Friday to the hot men of BattleStar Galactica.

Battlestar gets grounded by SciFi

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