It's been pointed out to me by several loyal readers that I have been very remiss about the frequency of my blogs. And they are very correct. Life is funny that way: you don't blog because there's nothing to blog about, but then everything starts happening and then you don't have time to blog. I'll try to remember what happened, but I think the only way to do this is in reverse. So here goes:
Last night I went out to celebrate the birth of my good friend Livy. She was my clubbing buddy back in the day and when she went off into the world for a couple of years I was sure that my clubbing days were over. But she's back home now and we've had some fun (although my stamina is not what it used to be). As for last night, we started with a Chinese feast with a large number of friends, and then moved the party down to Clubland. The night wasn't quite as crazy as we had anticipated (the venues were not quite as packed as usual). I, however, managed to step right up to the edge of drunkenness and dance my way back from the brink with minimal damage. Unfortunately for Livy, although I knew that she could hold her liquor a little better than the average Asian girl, the event did end with some hair holding. But I'm happy to report that she's feeling much better today, and we've got some photos to remind ourselves of the good times.
I went to the opera on Thursday with my brother. We went to see Carmen, which is one of the few operas that I'm actually familiar with. The best part is that they now have a system called "Surtitles", where the English translations are projected above the stage as the lines are being sung. But I was stunned to see a number of people showing up to the opera in jeans and sweatshirts. Granted, there were two busloads of high school students there, but even amongst some of the adults who attended the performance, the standard of dress was surprisingly causal. I know that we don't have an opera house like they do in Europe, but it just seems to me that the opera is one of those occasions where dressing up is expected.
I know I've mentioned quite forcefully that you should go and see Wallace & Gromit if you can. I can also recommend Corpse Bride. It's a little creepy at one point but the amazing thing is what they can do with the technique of stop-motion. Even though I had put it on my list of movies I wanted to see, it wasn't until I was opening my mail a couple weeks ago that I had made up my mind for sure. I thought I had received another piece of junk, when out of the envelope I pulled a double pass to see the movie for free. I had won a contest I entered months ago and had forgotten all about it. This totally renews my faith in the $2 I spend almost every week for the Super 7. My time will come.
I spent a weekend up north in Muskoka with some of my co-workers and had a blast. They went golfing while I went fishing with another girl. We weren't very successful on the boat, but I caught my first fish off the dock, which was rather exciting. There are too many details to be described here, but I plan on revamping my website, and hopefully that will be up and running by the end of the year (I'm being optimistic), so hold on to your hats until then.
"Monster hospital, can you please release me?"
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