Weekend Round-up
Posted on July 2, 2008
Filed Under Entertainment, Personal |
I took Monday off this week, so I had a 4-day Canada Day weekend. It was just what I need to recharge my batteries after what have been a long and drawn out few weeks. I haven’t been sleeping right for weeks, and then my dad ended up in the hospital for a while, so I was out of whack.
This I didn’t do a lot this weekend, I just chilled out for 4-days with Sara and took it easy. This morning was the first time I woke up on time and got to work at a reasonable hour in weeks. Clearly, the mini-vacation was good for me.
Here’s a brief round-up of what I did this weekend.
- Sara and I rented a couple of movies on Friday night: 30 Days of Night and The Host. We had planned on watching them both on Friday night, but a lengthy game of chess meant that we only ended up watching 30 Days of Night on Friday. I found it to be rather long and tedious, and not particularly frightening. The first few vampire scenes were nothing more than semi-gory slaughter scenes, and the rest of the movie was simply slow—there was no real tension or suspense during the supposedly scary moments. I also found the ending rather ridiculous, though I won’t spoil it in case you decide to watch the movie yourself.
- On Saturday, we went shopping for camping gear and other things that we’ll need for our upcoming road trip to Dawson City, YT. I had been wanting to get my own camping gear for a while now (other than a few things like a sleeping bag and a cooler, I’ve been borrowing my parents’ gear whenever I go camping…not exactly ideal if they or my brothers decide to go camping the same weekend that I do), so it was nice to go out and pick up a tent, a new sleeping bag (my old one is pretty threadbare and no longer keeps me warm), an axe and bow saw, and a small camp stove. It wasn’t fun dropping the money on those items but, all things considered, it was much cheaper than I thought it would be.
- Sara cooked an excellent dinner on Saturday night, as well, before we got around to watching The Host, which is apparently Korea’s all-time biggest box office success. The Host is a monster movie with a great mix of humour and horror. As is the case with most good monster movies, the main source of horror comes not so much from the monster itself, but from the human situations that develop around the monster attack. In the case of The Host, it’s essentially a story about a dysfunctional family coming together to rescue one of their own who has been taken by the monster. I definitely recommend you check it out. I’m sure that it will soon become a cult classic in North America, if it isn’t one already.
- Sunday afternoon and evening was spent with my family, as we celebrated my youngest brother’s birthday. He turned 14 (he claims 19, but what does he know?), so I made sure to tell him about some of the “awkward changes” he will soon start to experience.
- Monday was a busy day, starting with Sara and I going to Red Robin for lunch. The downtown location has a patio, so we sat out there to eat our meal. Unfortunately, for some reason, the tables don’t have umbrellas, so the scorching sun got to be a bit much toward the end of our meal.
- After Red Robin, we went down to the Works Festival and checked out the 3 works on display in the Stanley A. Milner Library. I have to say that Betty Kovacic’s “A Room Full of Missing Women” was a great installation, though it wasn’t quite as powerful as I had expected it to be. I still recommend that you check it out, along with the other works in the library’s gallery (on display until the end of the Works Festival on July 6, 2008).
- On Monday night, we went to see Wanted, which turned out to be much better than I expected. I had originally not been interested in seeing it, but heard a few positive reviews and so changed my mind. Though it was fairly predictable, and I wasn’t completely satisfied with the ending, I still think it was a great action movie, partly because it was completely ridiculous and over-the-top.
- Tuesday was Canada Day, so we headed down to the Legislature Grounds and enjoyed the sun and the wading pools for several hours before watching the fireworks display at the end of the night. After that, we walked home, and I was glad for the cool evening. It was the first night all week that I didn’t sleep with a fan on. In fact, it cooled down enough overnight that, at some point, I actually crawled under the sheets, which definitely contributed to last night being the best sleep I’ve had in weeks.
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you forgot to mention that on friday i drank too much wine and *fell asleep* during 30 days of night (1)cause it was boring (2)i was on the wine (3) it was boring some more.
Hey, if you want to mention your drinking problem in public, that’s totally cool. I was being polite.