ya know, you’d think being on the radio – being a public figure as it were, you’d be slightly intelligent. now i know intelligent people can work in radio (*wink wink nudge nudge*) but when I hear people stating facts that are just completely wrong, it’s slightly annoying. okay maybe it’s not their intelligence as much as common sense, street smarts, book smarts, whatever you wanna call it.

they said today on the radio that this weekend is memorial day long weekend in the States, which is wrong (it’s the last weekend of the month, monday the 29th being memorial day) – and… i mean sure, some people could make that mistake but it’s still annoying.

another annoying fact re: vancouverites — people who think that Gibsons (home of The Beachcombers) and Sechelt are on an island. oh my – JUST because you take a ferry to get there does NOT mean it’s on an island – please look at a map.

speaking of which, we’re heading over to the non-island, sunshine coast (it even has COAST in the title…gaw!) next weekend, Roberts Creek to be precise.

When i was younger i went to camp on the sunshine coast. there was a girl in our group that was quite the actress. she left to wander around the boat and came back with yogurt. no one knew where she got it since it wasn’t spotted at any of the designated eateries on the ferry (by that i mean the cafeteria serving Triple O’s and the coffee stand). she said she went to ask the Chief Steward how fast the boat went. he was so impressed by her question, he gave her a cup of yogurt. yay BC Ferries.

can you believe we all fell for it? i never said i dont have my slightly less-than-intelligent moments :p

music! shows!

we missed a bunch because they were cancelled – but coming this saturday it’s International Noise Conspiracy (which is NOT cancelled – but the day ain’t over yet). It’s at the plaza club so the setup will be the same as Mates of State – by that I mean it starts at 7pm so that the show can be over and done with in time for their regular club night. only thing that might really suck — if the club does the same as the M of S show and lets people in at 10pm … so you get the concert crowd mixed with the club crowd. OH fun – although the people attending this show may be a little different than those who would have been at the M of S show… all the same – they will not mesh well with the club’ers, this will be interesting.

Still to come – Snow Patrol @ the Commodore June 14.

Saturday we had a date with laura – she spoiled at us all-you-can-eat, Tanpopo on Denman. John got overly stuffed, we all tried new things and even ran into laura’s cousins.

We walked up Robson, got some gelato, cruised around Chapters and Granville then waited for our movie. We used our free passes and caught m:i:iii. meh, it was ‘alright’ – glad I didn’t have to pay for it really though. On the way home we got slurpees and other fun things.

Went out with Ma’ yesterday and had some more gelato. MAN was it ever nice n sunny n warm! Of course May will be totally rockin’ weather wise – june will suck – then the sun will be back for July/Aug. To top off our lovely weekend went for a walk, got a slurpee and watched hockey. This was a Slurpee weekend apparently.

I haven’t done a hockey post in a bit, I promise I will. All the round 2 series are completed except for San Hoser/OilSlicks. Edmonton is up 3-2 eeee!!!

i didn’t see the boxing kitties this morning. ya know them Survival of the Fittest milk commercials? well they play this one with fighting cats (in harnesses..or is it leather s&m gear, i can’t really tell) on the video boards at Granville/Robson – it’s definately something i wouldnt have expected to experience every morning.
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disclaimer: now i’m not the political type and i’m not making a stance here or stating an opinion or suggesting you do the same – i’m simply linking to my co-worker’s blog.

Nik is in our toronto office and is pretty well-known in parts of the world for his political cartoons. He’s very talented and his work is definately worth checking out. He’s been featured recently on the CBC and his work can be found anywhere from the NY Times to the Washington Post (wiki).
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What was up with CSI last night? I remember watching last year and freaking out! Being on the edge of my seat, in a panic re: Nick’s life, and left grasping to the cliff hanger they threw at us. Last night, um… well Brass was shot and so was the perp. So um… where do we go from here? We tune in to see Brass in the hospital next week? is that all? I’m not exactly on the edge of my seat – of course I’ll tune in but compared to last year – this is hardly worth chewing off my nails. What’s with the thriller programmes this season? 24 is pretty mellow compared to other seasons as well.