A busy weekend, but not in the way I had planned it originally. Thursday night I was supposed to attend a TIFF afterhours party but that fell through, leaving me somewhat upset. Friday Angela was given some Blue Jays tickets so we did that for the early evening. It was a really good game, with the Jays tying things up in the 9th and winning on a homerun in the 10th. I flickred some photos. Aisle 118, row 19, seats 103/104. Afterwards we went to the Irish Embassy to wish Risto a happy birthday and to catch up with his crew. The importance of eating regularly, living with a significant other, body odor, bumper(cart)ball. Good times. Oh, and Risto gave me two TIFF vouchers, good for tickets to any film. The sad bit is, Saturday Angela and I meant to use them but I received a call from Growl that he was coming into town that night. Thinking we could use maybe use them in the afternoon, I made the mistake of napping. For three hours. I both rue and lament my laziness, which caused me to waste those vouchers. Well, the other issue was that I couldn't really find anything that I wanted to see based on the info on the TIFF website.

We met up with Reg and a friend of his, had a big meal at the Thai Chef on Roncesvalles, despite the temptation of perogies and cabbage rolls of the Polish Festival. Had some Polish beer while watching the other locals before heading over to Ciros to meet up with more friends for more beers. The best bit is that it's within walking distance of our respective apartments, so I suspect I'll be there again before long.

Sunday was brunch (turkey blt) at easy, busy and packed with urban hipsters and they gave me fries instead of salad. Some more Polish festival sightseeing, though it could be easily called "Roncesvalles Festival".

Oh, and here's a Metric music video ("Dr. Blind", .mov) that my sister is in. To prevent leeching, I inserted a dummy string that you'll have to remove to properly view the video.

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I didn't bring my hat, which perhaps is just as well: the weather in New York was cloudy and wet. Drinking at night, sleeping in the morning, walking around the city during the day, resting in front of the TV and getting ready for the next night. Throughout it all I got to know my cousins a lot better, we not having much contact for the past, oh, 17 years? That's really the thing I take away from this trip. Oh, sure, I took some pictures. There are a bunch of that High Line walkway, a section of raised train tracks converted into a park around a mile and a half long. It reminded me of that Asimov story, the one where the man travels back in time to shoot dinosaurs and accidentally steps on a butterfly, changing the course of history. Anyway, it was nice to see the park before it is inevitably ruined for everyone.

I have, somewhat against my will or inclination, been playing Civ3 again.

I had decided to not drink for the rest of September, but I have already rashly broken this promise to myself once and will probably do so again this Saturday.

The Polish Festival was this weekend! I went alone, forgetting to ask anyone if they wanted to pig-out with me. So I ate a lot of street food alone; ribs, pierogies, corn on the cob, candy apples, smoothies, churros. And on Sunday I had my first anchovy pizza. Salty, oily, salty; I could barely finish a slice. I did however find myself craving it later that day, so maybe this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Last thing to mention: I saw Youth in Revolt at the Winter Garden theatre, a somewhat magical place to sit. The film was excellent, likely to straddle that line of indie-golden-child and mainstream success.

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2010/08/03 Hwan I won't say that all is well (for I don't believe it to be so), but I am better. Thanks to all for asking!
2010/07/20 QYV Expected range for Creatinine for guys is 60 - 110 umol/L
2010/07/20 llamariffic Hmm, macrocytosis here as well, but to be honest I've had it since before I truly embarked on drinking as a proper hobby. Similarly, stopped drinking entirely, and it didn't go away. Just one of those things, I think.
2010/07/19 girl ack!! It's weird to think that I am now a parental unit. It was nice to see you hwan!
2010/05/21 Hwan I recall trying earplugs well back in my undergrad years, to mixed results. My sleep was troubled by feelings of claustrophobia. I also have a, perhaps unfounded, fear of not hearing the essential alarm in the mornings. However, I may give these another go, thanks.
2010/05/21 llamatron Have you tried sleeping with earplugs? My flat faces out onto a main road, so I've started using the standard foam plugs. It took a few nights to get used to them, but they make a big difference.
2010/05/21 girl The original swedish title: "Men who hate women". I'm not sure if it's the fault of the translation, but I never liked the reporter dude.
2001/03/07 Hwan Damn.. it seems Unweb has since died. http://www.gamegrene.com/node/183
2001/03/07 TY SHARDEL YOU CAN TRADE WITH THE UNIVERSE AND ENABLE SOCIAL NEEDS, OR PERHAPS POST WISH LISTS, HUG THE GLOBE LIKE A BIG OCTOPUS... TY
2010/03/24 Hwan I am amused by the John Irving comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving#Recurring_themes