First 2 shots are from my office window. Look close you'll see my car parked next to the mercedes in the lower left corner of the lot. I drove to work bc I had a tattoo appt after work turns out it was at 6:30 not 3:30 so I had 3 hrs to kill. Went to Northgate mall and Best Buy. Ate at some burger place then got to it.

Went to Canada saturday for parents visit. There's a store called Canadian Tire which is like a mini Sears. Only in Canada would 2 isles be devoted to hockey. This stuff is out even in the summer months.

Saturday evening we went to my dads xmas party. It was your standard xmas party with dining. dancing and prizes. And drinks that were so watered down that I'd give them to a 2 year old and be okay with it. I won the frst prize of the night, and got to pick a wrapped gift. I went medium sized and got burned, and am now the proud owner of a santa claus candle snuffer. Thank god Kim also won a prize and got the matching tea light set. So much for the big gifts.

Sunday was Kim's birthday. We ate at Swiss Chalet, another Canadian mainstay and staple of any Canucks diet. Afterwards we had cake and voyaged back to the US. The border was as usual motre or less uneventful, although she was a bit edgy, giving me some guff for not having a front plate. I said I'd get right on putting it on, a blatent lie as I have zero intention of uncooling my cool car. If I get a ticket for lack of front plate someday, so be it.

Then we went to thai food with kims parents and sister, and now home. 2 weeks till vegas, just wait for those drunken post. I have big plans for vegas that so far involve pictures of me with my 40oz of OE, my "Born to Lose" tshirt, and posing with as many people as I can..

Little bloggaroo while I ride the train. First off the free wifi SUCKS on the train. Signal is mainly intermitent and when connected is slow as hell. Although at least I did get a signal today for a few mins, so here's a pic of me reading my brothers blog about his Foo Fighter/Bob Dylan concert he attended which sounds like it was aces.

What else do I do on the train? Mainly study lately for the next CPA exam but I'm taking a break from it this evening, and treating myself to some music videos. As one hit wonderous as they were, I love Crazy Town. Too bad the dark haired fellow died which kills any chance of me seeing them... plus the fact that they are drug addicted one hit wonders.

I also had a gum graft yesterday at 7am. Ill spare the franken-gums pics but its not that pretty while healing. They harvest like little farmers off the roof of your mouth and attach to the lower gums up front. Overall not bad, and this was my 2nd one (12 years later) so I was an old pro. Although being seated way back with a mouth full of gauze to stop the bleeding up top while they cut and pulled and sewed my lower gums wasn't exactly the highlight of my year. Not to scare anyone who needs a gum graft. Actually its not bad, I still contend easier on the nerves and pain than a decent cavity filling. Ill look forward to my next one 12 years from now.

What else... having an early thanks giving dinner this sunday with my old miniputt team which really is just my friend Meghan and her crew, as well as some others we befriended during the miniputt season (Lynn and Jimmy) from Ocktoberfest. All good people. Look out for that blog. I also promised my old cohorts from my last job I'd drive over the bridge next tuesday for lunch since I haven't seen them now for a month, and I do miss all my old friends. I also went to lunch with another ex-employee of my last company yesterday, who left 1 week after me. It was good to catch up and bad mouth people we didn't like there. Who knew I was so popular.

Okay I'm off to watch my David Lee Roth "California Girls" video.

We watched our nephew all sunday as oue niece was not feeling well, so to take the heat off the parents. We went to the kids musuem and a few other things. No xbox for me today, matbe some tonight.

We went out with the Zombies to see Borat... followed by dual xbox 360 purchases. We were going to get one eventually, and since we're but 2 weeks away from the 42" plasma, shown below, why not jump the 360 bandwagon now. 4 games later and a wireless adapter, we have ourselves a 360 ready for war. So much for my indash dvd player for my car, but I'll probably get more use from the 360 anyways. And the indash will probably be cheaper in after xmas sales, whereas the 360 will hold steady. Live for today! Thank god I had no plans sunday, gotta break this in. The games we got were Oblivion, Dead Rising, MotoGP06, and Fear. I'm waiting for Fornza 2 coming out very soon for my car street racing and modifying needs. The 350z is the flagship car in it, so hey maybe I can indash dvd player the electronic version of my car and watch dvds on it.

Oliver the fuzzball likes to sprawl out on us when in bed... he's the fluffiest. Also mother nature is a cruel mean witch, with a super cold day on top of the time change. My car was iced over well this morning so no more, I cleaned out my garage as soon as I got home. My whip is now safely garaged again, safe from mother nature and egg-bearing teenage hooligans who took it on a few weeks ago.

All I can say is wow. 2 40's of OE High Gravity malt liqour really makes for a tough sunday morning. Great party lotta people turned out, don't remember anyones name but met a whole bunch. Took about 150 pics on my regular camera, didn't break out the SK much though. Had to spend the night at zombies cause me and Kim were pretty lit up. Nothing like a room spinnin drunken night on a half inflated airmatress to really remind you how much airmattress suck.

I love to 40 it up when I drink even though the stuff isn't that great. Have a halloween party tonight and a minigolf reunion party next week which has turned into a 40 drinking gangster rap music party, should be insane fun. Stocked up on the 40s today although I had to hit a couple 7-11's before finding 40's of OE, and then they didn't have paper bags! So I had to buy another at the Albertsons to get my paper bag, nothing but class.

I watched the Karate Kid on the train today, wow what a great movie! "Your karate is garbage Larousso!" "Cobra Kai - no mercy!"

My new home, sharing an office. Luckily me and my officemate get along splendidly.

Nice day out, figure not many of these left before it rains for 5 months straight. So why not get in at least one more skating session.... I claim to be no expert, but I have gotten much better this year and next year should be hoping onto handrails just like my skater photos that are 15 years ago.