Halloween with Jess's mom

So it's another Halloween, so that means it's time for another party at Jess's place. They spend so much time spookifying their place... it's awesome! It is generally an older crowd party, friends of Jess's mom and such, then me and Jess and Liz there for our aged crew. But still it was fun, lots of booze and food. I finished my booze quick then Jess's mom fed me margaritas. Good stuff! And i found a set of tarot cards there, so I started taking random tarot readings for people I'd never met before. It was pretty fun stuff. Then it was pass out time so I ended up in bed between Jess and Liz. Not as much fun as I would have thought it'd be. Far too warm and snore-filled.

Hmm, I can't remember if they ever read this. It'll be funny either way

Twilight Imperium

So I got my big giant crazy board game! I want to play people!

There's a reason he's the greatest thing in comics

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore



The greatest six word story ever

Testament

So I don't know how the internet likes my posts about comic books. Do you like them internet? Do you just pass them by? Well, this isn't just any comic post. It's a post about the greatest story ever told

The Bible

Yeah, that's right, I read a comic about the bible. AND IT IS SO GOD DAMNED GOOD!!!!
Testament is comic book, that has both the old school stories, slightly in the future counterparts, and the gods / demons fighting over them in the middle. It's amazing because of the way it uses the comic medium to tell a story in a way that just wouldn't work in any other form. The way these guys lay out the panels is inspiring.







I mean come on! That is just so pretty! And we get to see the gods acutally reaching into differing timelines of a continuing story jut by crossing panels. And mirroring panels for the classic and modern stories, the parallels are brought to another level.

In closing: comics are awesome

Man of the Year

So I went and saw Man of the Year with Liz last sunday. It's not a bad movie, it's got funny stuff with Robin Williams, Christopher Walken and Lewis Black. But it's not as funny as I wanted it to be, and it contains some odd plot holes, including the stupidest computer glitch in the history of computers. Seriously, it's worse than the movie Hackers in it's entirety.

So, my recomendations. If you've got a group of friends and you've already decided that you're going to go see a movie, this is a good choice. But if you're not already going to the movies, don't bother going just for this one. Wait for The Prestige to come out. That looks awesome

Essential Skills Assessment 5

So no work for me today! I had to write an exam to see if I'm smart enough to be an electrical apprentice. The one for construction electrician is the toughest one they have. Number Five!

Holy crap was it easy. multiple choice math questions? how can I possibly screw those up? The funny thing is that the only questions that I had no idea whatsoever on, where the ones specifically refering to the electrical trade! I took electrical circuts and junk back in grade 9, I don't remember that! So I guessed on maybe 10 questions and aced the rest of it. I even found a mistake in the exam and got to write up a form explianing to them just what they did wrong.

Why does 1 cubic meter of cold air weigh more than 1 cubic meter of warm air?

A. because the cold air has more volume
B. because the cold air is denser
C. because the cold air molecules are further apart
D. because the cold air molecules are closer together

Am I the only one who thought B and C are not only both right, but actually say the same thing?

IT WORKS!

Monday bleh

So today I got to play with the big giant Bosch hammer drill again. This thing weighs A LOT. I'd put it around 60 lbs. Now add that to trying to drill through a foot of cement filled with steel, and then put this whole situation at the top of a 12 foot ladder, and you have a tired Dave. All before lunch. Or after lunch... I can't remember when I had to do it. It sucked though. And tomorrow I get to work all by myself! Yay! No wait, I hate that, cause I don't really know what I'm doing.

Please Don't Die

So, I love wrestling. That might make me a bad person, but so be it. It's awesome!
I downloaded (this might also make me a bad person) an old Ring Of Honor tape of Paul London. It's his "best of" tape, named Please Don't Die cause fans started chanting that at him during a match where he was just doing the craziest things in the damn world. Fricken awesome!

Maplestory

So, I started playing a new online game. Maplestory. For some reason those folks don't like firefox, so you have to download the game through IE, but after that, it's all good.
Anyways, it's a free MMORPG that's also a sidescrolling platform game. It's pretty nifty so far, nothing blowing my socks off, but it's free after all. And pretty fun. Everyone should waste their time ther with me

Where's my TI3?

So, I got to not go to work today! Instead I went to a safety orientation and WHMIS training. Woot! That's not the most dry material in the god damned world! It turns out that Rebecca Hanson is also an apprentice at Dobblesteyn's now. I had a rediculous crush on her back in high school, and of course she looks just as good now after 2 kids... and a divorce. Ka-Ching!

So anyways after that ended I was all like, "Hey, I'm totally uptown, let's head over to Gamezilla annd see if they got in my copy of Twilight Imperium (3rd edition). This is one of those huge rediculous board games that has everything you could ever possibly want and a few other things thrown in. I pre-ordered it right as it went out of print, so I've been waiting patiently for it and went in to touch base, see if they were up and running again, or what kind of wait they were expecting. Turns out that it'll probably be in next week.

BUT!
Man, we have this kick ass sale on Avalon Hill games! 2 for 1! So I bought 2 games today on a whim: Betrayal at House on the Hill has always been on my radar, as a pretty cool looking strategy game with that suspenceful twist (everyone is on the same team, except for one person who is secretly trying to lose the game without getting caught); and cause it was essentially free, I grabbed Monsters Menace America cause it just plain looks like fun! I get to be Godzilla and go stomp on Disneyland? Hook me up!

Man, this is what happens when I have money. I can't help it!

Moncton

So I spent last weekend in Moncton. It rocked! The rocking was certainly helped by the Jimmy Swift Band making me boogy on Friday night, but I almost didn't make it to the show. I was a sleepy bunny. I planned on having a nap before driving to moncton but it just didn't happen cause I had to work later that day than normal. but I got there and had a few drinks and a power nap and then hit the town. It was a grand show and I got their new cd. Then Chris Phillips drove over to pick up his newest lady friend and I slept on her futon til about 6 when Chris woke me up cause her mom would be home soon! Hilarious!
Saturday I got salt cheese at the market... Oh my god is that ever freakin salty!!! But awesome! I gave Balthazar some over at Ali's place and his eyes just lit up. His bland little world was shattered
Then that night I played some board games at Chris C's (only C cause I'd mispell his name) brother's place and fun was had by all.
I saw a Playboy Lazer Disc! No player, but the disc itself was nifty
Then Sunday, I had lunch with my aunt and her husband and Ali and Chris and we moved a freezer for my aunt. Me and Chris made something like $420 and hour for it. We want to start a moving business now.
That night it was turkey dinner time at Ali's parent's place. Ghostbusters 2 and a slobbery dog. Good times! And dinner was great even with the conspicious absence of gravy....
Monday = basketball with the hookshot all star Marc and feeding the ducks with his GF Mel. She brought us all hamburger buns to give them. I only ate a little of the stuff she gave me. It's a nice park, made me want to go to Odell Park here.

It was a good trip