August 2005

What were the gas prices this morning on our way to work?

119.4 cents/Litre

We can all thank Katrina for this as well as the non-gouging, non-colluding oil companies.

I can’t imagine what the prices are like elsewhere in the country. Toronto is usually one of the cheaper Eastern cities in Canada.

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Following Joey’s lead, I heartily endorse this movie.

Let me tell you a funny story about how we saw the movie on Friday. Friday was the day of the big storm (more later) and we wanted to go see a movie. We first tried the Colossus up at Highway 7 and the 400 but when we got there the lights were out and the employees were ushering the cars away. Strangely enough it was the only part of the plaza that seemed to have lost its power. We went to Yorkdale instead.

It was the late show (10:20) which we rarely seem to be able to stay up for. It was about 9:50 and there were few seats left for the showing. We figured that with the lines around us that we wouldn’t be able to get tickets and even if we did then we would be sitting up at the very front and we’ve had enough of those viewing this summer to last us for quite a while. We bought tickets to Red Eye instead.

We went into the theatre and picked our seats and then I went out and got us a drink. When I came back into the “restricted” area I looked at the theatre designations and noticed that we weren’t seated in the theatre for Red Eye but instead we were in the theatre showing The 40-year-old Virgin. We snuck into the movie without anyone being the wiser. How crafty and sneaky of us! Actually it was completely unintended but it was well worth the risk.

Now I’ve seen funny movies before and I’ve even seen some funny ones this summer (bingo). But after seeing this movie I’d have to say that there’s no funnier movie right now than this one. I can’t remember the last time I laughed that hard or for that long. I’m still laughing at it. I’d gladly see this movie again which is a rare statement for me to make in this day and age. There are too many good jokes to mention here and every scene has something worthwhile in it. I’ve always liked Steve Carell from his Daily Show days and now he has a real chance to shine in a starring role. It’s been interesting watching Jon Stewart’s take on the whole thing because he seems as happy as a father who’s seeing his son succeed in life. Truly heartwarming.

In short you should see this movie if only for the David Caruso references.

Today we sign our lease! Marcy and I found an absolutely wonderful house for rent in the very south end of Scarborough near the Bluffs. Three bedrooms, newly-done kitchen and bathroom, a huge living room and dining room and more backyard space than I think I’ve ever had and you’ve got yourself an amazing deal. The landlord (though he doesn’t like to be called that) lives around the corner and is more concerned that we’re good people than generating revenue. We turned on all of our charm when we met with him last week because when we first arrived at the house it was open but the guy (Leo) wasn’t there. I poked my head in and told Marcy that she had to see this place because it was really incredible. It even has a red door which has been one of Marcy’s wishes for some time. After looking around the house we knew that if it was offered at a reasonable price then we would be willing to take it. Fortunately a reasonable price it definitely is and we have our place to live in past October. Hooray! I’m pretty excited about this because we’ll both be a lot closer to work (I estimate 30 minutes by transit for me) living in a house (that’ll be so great) in a nice neighbourhood.

From now until then though we have a whole lot of packing to do. This time around we’re getting professional movers for the furniture because we’ve accumulated several more pieces and it’s the furniture that’ll wear you out. Boxes of books and such I can handle but bookcases and the like are no longer my domain in the moving sphere.

I’m going to take my camera with me tonight so that we can post some pictures of our new home.

We you may have noticed that this space was dark for the last little while. I had to reinstall this machine which meant that I lost most of the entries that I had accumulated since last May. I have everything since February 17th of this year so all is not lost. It’s just going to be a long road to recovery.

Things have been really great in the last little while. I’ll post some more in a bit.