This has been a particularly fun weekend.
My friend Darcy has been visiting since Friday, which is always a treat. Friday night I collected him from the airport after an especially frustrating bus ride. One of the buses that runs every 12 minutes chose to arrive 45 minutes after I got to the stop, which resulted in me being late to the carousel. You know how I hate being late. Thankfully Darcy's flight was a smidge late as well so I beat the luggage. On the bus into the city there were a few high school boys who were being obnoxious, so when one asked me if I had any rollies I said no and tried to ignore them. Until he said I was useless, which resulted in my telling him he was just as useless because he didn't have papers either. They were mildly entertaining, but I really pulled out the bitchiness because I just didn't want to be the sort that gets intimidated by rich little kids from the west side who need attention. When I called him a little bitch that might have gone too far, but he was being a little bitch, and I figured I could kick him in the junk if he tried to fight. As an aside, there are very few drinking establishments that serve post-12:30am on a Friday night in my neighbourhood. This is frustrating.
Yesterday we wandered around Main for a few hours, popping into some of the more interesting antique shops, including Baker's Dozen that has the most amazing stuff ever. (I've since decided I want to make one area of a room into a hunting room, with hunting paintings, dark brown wood, perhaps a stuffed pheasant and the like. Don't ask why; just accept this eccentricity.) After a bit, we went to Chinatown to try to have dim sum with Glenn, though later in the afternoon. I say try because places in Chinatown don't seem to want to serve dim sum after 2. Sigh. We walked back to the 'hood and had a wee rest before heading to Dadeo for dinner (may as well go to an Edmonton restaurant with a former Edmontonian), and then the Vet's Hall for drinks and karaoke/shuffleboard. I'm starting to feel like a regular there; it seems like I'm there every other Saturday. Jaime and I got slaughtered by the boys at shuffleboard (whatever skills I may have had seem now to have been luck because I couldn't throw a rock that stuck to save my life), and eventually gave up and concentrated on waiting for Glenn's and my song to come up for karaoke. It never did. This was disappointing. (It was going to be a duet: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." I was meant to sing the boy part, him the girl part.) I suggested we go to Glenn's to play SingStar, so Darcy, Glenn and I went to his while Jaime headed home. I get a little too competitive with games and SingStar is no exception. I kicked ass on most of my songs, except for the falsetto ones because Glenn is surprisingly good at falsetto. We had bacon sandwiches and New Zealand fruit vodka that I can't remember the name of and New Zealand candy. (I realise this is admitting to my dietary failures, but it was a special occasion. Yup, it was.) A great, superfun night.
This morning we went for breakfast and bumped into my always-rad friend Kimmie. After a quick chat, Darcy and I tried to go to Nice Cafe for breakfast, but the lineup looked too long (waiting for more than one other group to be seated is too long at that place. The turnover is slooooooow) so we popped up the street to Reno's. The pancake special is such a good deal that we both got it. I sent Darcy off for the day and I'm supposed to be doing homework. I'm just so tired right now (I think I managed about 5 1/2 hours last night; just 5 the night before because I had to go for my last blood test early) and it's probably a better idea to have a nap. Later this afternoon we're going to collect our TanPoh from the airport after her whirlwind European tour. I'm pretty excited to see her; I think it's been almost 2 months!
Have I mentioned that I like H&M a great deal? I do. I want to go there again soon, so if any of you happen to have a car and the will to drive to the outer reaches of the suburbs, I'm in. Also, next Saturday I will have a new oven!
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