What? No! We can’t stop here! This is bat country!

This was an interesting weekend. Kim came up and stayed with us guys. I think she might be scarred for life now, but who’s to say? Much drinking was involved, particularly last night. Fortunately though we were all fine upstanding gentlemen and discussed the impact of the Franco-Prussian War on the stability of the European monarchies instead of other low-brow topics. We watched American Pie and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas last night, which becomes even more interesting after a few drinks. Friday we went to see The Two Towers (or as Ed asked the clerk, The Twin Towers). A fine movie and they’re still packing the theatres after almost a month. That’s pretty rare in this new era of cinema. Yesterday we did a little shopping. Bookstores are my new enemy. Not literally of course, I don’t intend on waging war on Chapters/Coles/Indigo or what have you. Whenever I go into one I always find a book that I need to get. It’s the way I used to be with record stores. Yesterday I bought one of my textbooks, which was a good thing since I’ve bought none up until now, plus Eunoia by Christian Bök. I’ve heard good things about it, and the idea is pretty neat. I was also going to pick up another Douglas Coupland text, but I figure I already have enough books on the go currently. At HMV I was very tempted to buy a few CDs and if the girls in front of me in line had been quicker, I would have walked away (figuratively) with Gang Starr’s Full Clip compilation. I also figured out this morning why my Nomad Zen won’t work with my power adapter in the car. Apparently it requires a 5V DC input whereas my adapter only provides a meagre 4.5V. Thankfully the batteries last long enough for any conceivable car ride I can take. Taking Kim home this afternoon, there was a pickup truck selling “fresh” lobster and shrimp at the side of Highway 6. I found that extremely odd. They were also giving out free samples, but I’m not sure I would like to experience that kind of sample. Kim had some strange desire to have a pancake breakfast at 7 this morning, but fortunately we didn’t get up that early. Mel’s had a huge line-up so we went to William’s. I’ve never had anything but coffee from there, but their breakfast plate was quite tasty. Now it’s mid-Sunday afternoon, we’ve done no work this weekend (hell, all term!) and we have two big assignments due on the 30th. Not that that is really enough of a motivating force around here. My pub crawl pictures are up now – available here. Also, is there really anyone who wouldn’t want to sleep on this nice pillow case? I thought it looked awfully comfortable.

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