Well seeing FA was down for a while, I couldn't really update here in the meantime, but here goes :

-=-=- Journal Entry: Mon Jun 9, 2008, 1:13 AM -=-=-
"Happy Birthday Me!"

Well I'm back from my "birthday weekend" of sorts. I actually only turned two decades old about an hour ago, but I celebrated early so it would be on the weekend. I had a nice first-DnD-game-of-new-season with my friends, continuing where we originally let off with a 24-hour "long play" special game. We were all pooped after that, but it was tons of fun, and we even went grocery shopping for food for the game and I got to keep all the leftovers since I'm about the only one really living on my own among the gang. ^^;

After that I visited my parents for Sunday and I went out with my brother and sister to go see a movie, but since the show times were matching, we decided to go see "Don't mess with the Zohan", and after that we had to rush out into the next room to see "Kung Fu Panda" right after and miss, like, 5 minutes of trailers. XP
Being the slightly too honest person I tend to be, I actually paid my tickets for both movies at the booth and forced my brother to do so too rather than do like my friends who pay for one and just run around from one room to the other after a movie finishes to see more.

But yeah. Things didn't go out as planned. XP
Zohan was cut off halfway through the movie, so I went out to find a staff member to let them know about it, and after 10~15 minutes they got it working again, so we got to see the rest of the movie. However for the inconvenience, they still gave us free passes with no expiration date to go see another movie next time we come. It's not a refund, but I'll take what I can get, I originally just wanted to finish the movie. XD
When it did finish, it was 30 minutes later than planned to get in the Kung Fu Panda room, so I asked the manager and explained the situation while he was giving out the free passes, and he signed our tickets so we could see the next screening after the current one. We ordered some food and played arcades for a bit, then got around to watching it about an hour later.

All in all, a good time was had. Zohan was funny/stupid, and Kung Fu Panda was absolutely hilarious awesome. I'm really going to go out and add that to my movies collection once it's out on DvD, it's worth it. It'll get a spot on my shelf right next to Patch Adam, Bicentennial Man and Titan A.E. =3

Afterwards back at my parents, cake was had, and I helped my brother prepare his speech on gender stereotypes for school tomorrow (who better to help him? XD), then caught a ride with my mom back home with a bunch of leftover food that she had bought that the rest of the family wasn't eating.

And now I get to type all this here, back in the comfort of my comp chair, Kamelot blasting in my ears. Love the music so far from their discography, I'll have to look for their albums at the local retailers here. :3

Got an appointment tomorrow and my friends may swing by to pick me up again, but in the meantime I'm gonna take it easy, have some strawberry juice and enjoy the fresh night-time breeze. ^^


-=-=- Journal Entry: Tue Jun 10, 2008, 9:59 AM -=-=-
"A jolly good birthday, all in all."

Well that was... fairly awesome =D

My appointment for yesterday had apparently been moved to today, so after heading back home I was just about to start playing Wind Waker when Jonathan calls me up saying that "they" are waiting for me right outside the door! I was a bit surprised because I knew they wanted to go out and do something for my birthday, but I had no idea they'd be here so fast. XD
Finished my peach juice, grabbed my sneakers and headed out. O:

Apparently, our first stop was...
...the mall. Jonathan had heard that I was looking for a working copy of Eternal Darkness (gamecube game) and so he wanted to take me to check out some shops I don't usually go all the way to. Sadly, we didn't find the game, buuuut... they still bought me Resident Evil 4 and Okami for the Wii, as well as a book about making comics. Heee. <3

On the side though, I must admit, I'm a compulsive shopper. Especially around bargain bins. D:
So I also walked out of there with Black and White 2, the expansion, Command & Conquer Generals and the Zero Hour expansion and LotR: Battle for Middle Earth for 19$, Civilization 4 and the Warlords and Beyond the Sword expansions for 30$, and I managed to find Prey for 9$.

I also saw the DnD 4th edition core books going in a package for 70$ish, buuuut I was out of money. XD

I reeeeally need to stop spending. D:
No more shopping center outings for me for a while. ._.;

...besides, I'll be too busy playing and finishing all those games. I'm good for another few weeks. <.<
I hope. >.>;;

That aside, afterwards Jo brought me to try out a Lebanese restaurant in the neighborhood. Amazing chicken and garlic sauce. Amazing.
The appetizer cheese plate was awesome too. Especially that little twisty salted one.

That being done, we dropped off my games and book at my place before heading over to Myriam's, and we all set ourselves up to play some DnD, with Jo DMing. Hopefully we're going to continue his campaign on mondays now, because I -reeeeeally- like where it's going, and for the first time in a loooong while, as a DM and a friend, he knows I have speech and articulation problems and doesn't yell WILD SURGE whenever I mess up a word or use an Anglicism (we play in french). So for the first time in a long time, I can actually play a Wizard and enjoy playing a spell caster without being afraid of roasting part of the team every time I screw up a cantrip.

On a slightly less awesome note, we had an accident on the road to Myriam's. No one was hurt, but someone was waiting to turn onto another road... on a high-speed road, at the top of a hill on the other side of a corner, and Vince had a short lapse of attention. When he noticed the red van in front had come to a complete stop (waiting for a chance to turn, there's no stop signs at the corner though), he hit the brakes and swirved out of the way as best he can before stopping a little further.
Thank god his car is a Saturn and, well, essentially the equivalent of being made out of really thick plastic instead of metal, the only noticeable mark was a slight bump inwards on the front side of the car, a bent wheel rim, one of his rear-view mirrors flew out (it didn't break off, the glass part just flew out), and a slightly traumatized 6-foot teddy bear. (Jo)
Vince and the other person took a look at the damage and settled it all in a friendly matter, thank god.


Anyways, seeing Vince's car was now running on a very small spare wheel, we kinda didn't have a ride back anymore. DX
But oh well, gave us an excuse to play DnD all the way to, like, 5 A.M., then taking a really short nap before Myriam went to get her car back at the garage (ironically, also a plastic Saturn, but notably one of the best cars for the harsh Canadian winter), aaaaaand well essentially she just dropped me off back home now. =D

I called to have my appointment moved again since I felt I could use a little breathing time, and anyways I have a slightly more important second appointment around 6:30pm tonight. You know, the kidn that they cancel my courses if I don't attend.

But in the time being, I'll just have another glass of peach juice (I reeeeally like this stuff. X3) and relax. :3



And that's that for now. :3