Yubsie's Yammerings

I know I'm Canadia, but this is getting ridiculous.

( So. Much. Snow. )

Heeeeeeeeey, did you know I have an LJ? I seem to have forgotten. :p

Vicki had Saturday off this weekend, so Ryan and I went down to Toronto. It was snowing a little on the way up on Friday. You'd think it was a lot more from how many people we passed in a ditch along the highway.

The King Tut exhibit was pretty awesome. And now I have ankh earrings for my Death costume! They had the text of the plaques repeated in big letters above the artifacts so you could read them and then just look at the artifact when you got close enough. Which was nice, because the exhibit was pretty darn crowded. Looking around the rest of the gallery was really a relief.

On the way to visit akeyoftime we mysteriously wound up in an anime store. Still not sure how that happened, it was most peculiar. Visiting with her was great fun once we made it there.

We were originally planning to go bowling with 2raggedclaws, but there was much confusion about the whole alley situation, so we just watched curling and ate cupcakes instead. I think I understand the scoring now! And Canada won, which is always exciting. Norway totally gets the gold medal in pants though. In my world, pants is an Olympic sport.

Headed back on Sunday morning and watched the hockey game. It went into overtime right when we had to leave the house, it was very stressful! We were hoping to make it to Yining's before the intermission ended, but it didn't work out. We got greeted with "Crosby scored, we won." At least we got to see the medal ceremony. Ryan and I are wondering how much bigger the Crosby shrine will get in Cole Harbour. We'll have to check next time we're in Nova Scotia. :p

Fun times: Spending most of Canada Day joking about how we were spending Canada Day with "Twenty thousand of our closest friends!" and then actually running into someone we knew other than the group we were meeting up with us. This random guy came up to us and asked if we went to Mount A and it turned out he had been in our Japanese class. What are the ODDS?

I also am amused by my country. On the way in they were checking everyone's bags. Which involved briefly glancing in and then ASKING if we had any drugs. ASKING. :p

Oh, and I got to climb the fence on Parliament Hill. There was just the one narrow gate in and out. After the fireworks, EVERYONE was leaving. So going over the fence was clearly the more efficient option. I am proud to say that I didn't flash anyone even though I was wearing a skirt.

I'm such a nerd. I needed red and white... so most of what I wore was my Laura Roslin costume. Because... it was red! I just switched the camisole out for a white shirt.

And now Ryan has met... well, most of my dad's side of the family. I think he was vaguely frightened by how many they were. And there were three more of my dad's siblings who were never there! I have a big family. :p

So a very fun time in Ottawa, whee! And now Polaris is this weekend... one of these days I'll actually put in a full work week, I swear. :p