I threw a party! This year I wanted a bigger shindig, which meant that I couldn't host it at my apartment. So I had it at Gavin's instead -- a little weird, yes, but it worked out well. Ten people came. There was much food and conversation and playing of games. Highlights: Awesome timing! It … Continue reading Employment Fest 2010
Stuff what I’ve done since PAX.
VCON 35! VCON, Vancouver's science fiction and fantasy convention, took place in a hotel in Richmond over the first weekend of October. This year the theme was steampunk; many of the attendees wore their finest tailcoats and petticoats and goggles and clothing with gears sewn in (others, of course, stuck to traditional outfits, like stormtrooper … Continue reading Stuff what I’ve done since PAX.
Senado Square
I stumbled across this picture today, and remembered that I've been there before. It's Senado Square in Macau. I took a taxi there, wandered around for a few hours, and barely had enough cash to get back to the hotel before we had to return to Hong Kong. Here is my version. I remember getting … Continue reading Senado Square
How I Celebrated September the 11th, Nine Years After the Terrorist Attacks
I quickly checked out the Davie Day festivities. (There's a good write-up at Beyond Robson.) Then I went to Metrotown to play Dragon Quest IX with a bunch of fellow nerds. On the way back home I went to the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library, which made of endless win. And lastly, I … Continue reading How I Celebrated September the 11th, Nine Years After the Terrorist Attacks
PAX 2010
This year I finally went to the Penny Arcade Expo! It's essentially a gigantic gaming convention organized by the people behind Penny Arcade, the crude yet distinguished elder statesman of gaming comics. I don't have access to the numbers, but there were something like fifty or sixty thousand at the convention centre in Seattle, including … Continue reading PAX 2010
Rap News
I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. ... Gah. WordPress is eating my embed code. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adw9oLBkBI. Will get this working later.
And since I’m posting…
The Celebration of Lights -- AKA Vancouver's big firework competition -- started up this week. I had some friends over on Wednesday for the show, and it was actually fairly awesome. I'm hosting a party for tomorrow's fireworks; hopefully it'll be fun. And Thursday night Gavin, Victoria and I went to see a free showing … Continue reading And since I’m posting…
Olympics
Yarr! Today was the company summer BBQ, this year entitled the $WORK Olympics (I have no idea where HR got the idea). Like the last two years, it was held in Stanley Park, this time by Second Beach. And as in previous years, there was a big lunch, followed by team games, and then a … Continue reading Olympics
Life continues!
Yarr! Last weekend one of my UVic friends got married! Chris and May actually got married in the morning, and invited everyone to the reception that afternoon. This being Vancouver (actually Delta), the festivities were trilingual -- English, Japanese, and some Chinese -- and the spread of food was even more eclectic. Many congratulations and … Continue reading Life continues!
Paris!
Hey Marc! I post this FOR YOU! So, Paris! I've put this off long enough; much longer and I'll start to forget what I actually did over there. I'll just remember the short version, which is, really, fairly simple. I got sick. My nose started running the day after I got there. I went to … Continue reading Paris!
For Great Justice(!) 