Oh, and while I’m here:

Yes, I did actually make it downtown without any hassle on Friday evening. Met up with Ethan and met some of his friends and work buddies at a bar across the street from the toronto.com office where they work. Then we hit the movies - Famous Players Silver City on Yonge - for Resident Evil, which was a bit crappy but Milla Jovovich actually looked alright in it, not so waif-like, so it wasn’t all bad. I was kinda beat for the rest of the evening.

We spent most of Saturday touring around downtown, checking everything out. I had my first iced coffee (a vanilla icepresso at the Second Cup Coffee Co.). I was never really a coffee person mainly because I don’t like hot drinks at all, but I think I’m addicted. I gotta find somewhere in Dublin that does them. We checked out a couple of music stores, got a couple of things at the big HMV on Yonge St. (I gotta go back there, take my time looking around, see if I can find me an nWo shirt), and passed through a not-bad t-shirt shop on Yonge that had a sweet Thundercats logo shirt. Sure, everyone might wear them here, but I haven’t seen many back home, and besides, it isn’t a post-modernist ironic statement for me - I actually watched Thundercats religiously when I was a young ‘un. Feel the magic, hear the roar, Thundercats are loose! I can even mime the wailing guitar solo.

There were some big ass bookstores we passed as well, I’ve gotta browse around those a bit. We ate at Harvey’s, which apparently is a Canadian institution. Damn good food, belies its nature as a fast food joint. I want to eat there again.

That’s my plan for tomorrow - retrace my steps, do some shopping and browsing, maybe a lil’ eating, take some more photos, and if I can, check out the Hockey Hall of Fame (the queue was too long on Saturday, but not as long as the one for the CN Tower, where I may be going later today). Wednesday I think I may check out a movie - most likely Showtime - at the Famous Players Paramount (which is ginormous, by the way), and hit a grocery store for some exciting Canadian treats. I’ve already had cherry Pepsi and cookie dough (mmmm cookie dough), I need some candy bars, and beef jerky for Dave.

I’m gonna go take a shower. It might make me feel better. I feel like shit right now.

Mon 18 Mar 2002 at 16:06   ·