Heading into the weekend with some randomness
I'm doing something today I don't usually ever do; I'm wearing geek-wear at work. Ok, yes, I have been known to wear my Detroit Red Wing jersey at work before (damn right I wore it after they won the Stanley Cup this year!), which could be counted as a form of geek-wear, but today I'm out and out being geeky with this little number: 
I do have a light sweatshirt to wear over it if I start feeling abnormally geeky.
So, why the geek-wear? Well its FanExpo weekend in Toronto (other wise known as Toronto ComicCon) and right after work I'm heading over to the con to put my time in at the Snail's booth and get myself some store credit to enable my habit. Jet's off to my parents' place for the weekend, so I can put in lots more time at the con than I've been able to for the past couple of years. Which is both good and bad. The husband's already there, having put set-up time last night as well. The other nice thing about this is Ciaran's back, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him.
Oh, also, tomorrow, Aug. 23rd, is our first wedding anniversary. So yes, Graig and I will celebrate it surrounded by comic books. Which is appropriate considering the first anniversary is paper. And well, we love comic books, they're pretty much the reason we met. So it's all good. After the con, we're planning on going for a nice dinner at Barberian's steak house, which is also where we had our wedding reception.
Pretty much going cold turkey tonight on Olympic coverage though. That's going to be hard. I come into work and usually immediately hop over to CBC for an update on what's going on. Yesterday, I was a little bad and watched a lot of the show-jumping. I love the ponies and was just tickled that Eric Lamaze won gold. This 'morning though, found out our big canoeist, Adam Van Koeverden finished a shocking eighth out of nine kayakers in the K1 1,000 metres. He was considered our best medal bet, but nope, he flamed out spectacularly. Poor guy. We did pick up another silver medal though, in taekwondo, so that's cool. Silver is definitely the colour of Canada for these Olympics. So yeah, being at the con all weekend means I won't be getting my Olympic coverage. That's going to be hard...
And finally, I leave you with my current, favourite song: "Listen to the Radio" by Sloan, off their album "Never Hear the End of It".
Have a good weekend everyone, and if you're at the Con this weekend, drop by the Snail booth and say hi. I'm on the comic book side of course.
I do have a light sweatshirt to wear over it if I start feeling abnormally geeky.
So, why the geek-wear? Well its FanExpo weekend in Toronto (other wise known as Toronto ComicCon) and right after work I'm heading over to the con to put my time in at the Snail's booth and get myself some store credit to enable my habit. Jet's off to my parents' place for the weekend, so I can put in lots more time at the con than I've been able to for the past couple of years. Which is both good and bad. The husband's already there, having put set-up time last night as well. The other nice thing about this is Ciaran's back, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him.
Oh, also, tomorrow, Aug. 23rd, is our first wedding anniversary. So yes, Graig and I will celebrate it surrounded by comic books. Which is appropriate considering the first anniversary is paper. And well, we love comic books, they're pretty much the reason we met. So it's all good. After the con, we're planning on going for a nice dinner at Barberian's steak house, which is also where we had our wedding reception.
Pretty much going cold turkey tonight on Olympic coverage though. That's going to be hard. I come into work and usually immediately hop over to CBC for an update on what's going on. Yesterday, I was a little bad and watched a lot of the show-jumping. I love the ponies and was just tickled that Eric Lamaze won gold. This 'morning though, found out our big canoeist, Adam Van Koeverden finished a shocking eighth out of nine kayakers in the K1 1,000 metres. He was considered our best medal bet, but nope, he flamed out spectacularly. Poor guy. We did pick up another silver medal though, in taekwondo, so that's cool. Silver is definitely the colour of Canada for these Olympics. So yeah, being at the con all weekend means I won't be getting my Olympic coverage. That's going to be hard...
And finally, I leave you with my current, favourite song: "Listen to the Radio" by Sloan, off their album "Never Hear the End of It".
Click to viewHave a good weekend everyone, and if you're at the Con this weekend, drop by the Snail booth and say hi. I'm on the comic book side of course.