Canada Day 2008
This Canada Day was the first I had spent back in my hometown (as far as I remember) since I graduated from University many years ago. It was great to be back home and see my relatives. Grandparents, parents, siblings (including in-law), uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and even a dog.
We had an absolutely delicious BBQ out on our deck - lamb, pork, chicken, salmon, and of course lots of vegetables, fruit, appetizers, home-made wine, and of course "I-am-Canadian" beer.
The day was extra long as after the BBQ was wrapped up and everyone had gone home, Mister Lobo dropped by.
We went out to Millwoods Town Centre and hit up Tim Hortons, grabbing a couple iced capps just in time to head outside and enjoy sweet frozen caffeinated tastiness while watching the Canada Day fireworks. I burst out a bit of our national anthem while the blossoming fire flowers in the sky did their thing. Lobo seemed non-plussed.
We played some Wii (Mario Kart if you must know) until 2am, I woke up at 4am (thanks Dad), got on a plane back to San Francisco, took a shuttle home, showered, and then took a shuttle to work... worked until 8pm... shuttle back home AGAIN... man was I beat.
Now today is July the 4th, and it just wasn't the same.
I miss Canada!
YouTube Annotations
YouTube has added support for annotations on their videos, so I have taken the liberty of annotating my BF2 video of me and my bro kicking some ass online.
Check it out! It is really easy to do, and I think adds a lot of value. However something very annoying is that these annotations do not seem to show up when the video is embedded in an external site, so you will have to take a look at the YouTube site directly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wOrdN74PpALabels: video game
Finished GTA IV
I finished GTA IV last night, and it was a little shorter than I thought it would be at that point, but I was satisfied that after the single player campaign was over I was still able to enjoy some multiplayer action.
I'm working on a new language training website, which is progressing slowly:
idontlikepocky.comAnd I am neglecting my dishes and laundry.
Work has been very busy recently, end of quarter is nearing and there is a lot of pressure to get accomplish all of our goals within the next 2 weeks.
Labels: video game
Grand Theft Auto IV
If you are not a gamer, or you have been lost in the amazon and only recently been discovered by a passing helicopter, you may not have heard of the newest installment in the GTA series: Grand Theft Auto IV.
This time everything great about the previous games have been included but at a larger scale. For example the always amazing soundtrack in the GTA series has reached new heights at 214 songs in total -
details on how this came to be here. In fact it was so good that I ended up buying a couple albums off iTunes. And very importantly the previous shortcomings have been addressed, i.e. the aiming system is no longer broken.
I have been having a fairly good time with it so far; running amok in Liberty City is great fun.
There is an interesting
quick (4 minute) take on it here by the famous Australian, Yahtzee.
Labels: video game
This Canada Day was the first I had spent back in my hometown (as far as I remember) since I graduated from University many years ago. It was great to be back home and see my relatives. Grandparents, parents, siblings (including in-law), uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and even a dog.
We had an absolutely delicious BBQ out on our deck - lamb, pork, chicken, salmon, and of course lots of vegetables, fruit, appetizers, home-made wine, and of course "I-am-Canadian" beer.
