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Well, I am not a huge Christmasy-type person. I have most of my shopping and wrapping done, except for pictures developed from Future Shop. When I went there on Thursday to grab them, the guy forgot to give me a pack. So, I have to go back and get them. What a waste of time. One of my hard drives failed in my computer, so a technican came on Thursday after work to fix it. My Shaw digital movie channels have been on the fritz for 2 weeks. I waited for 2 hours for the technican to come on Friday, but he never showed.
So much for catching up on movies while school's out.

I went to Granville Island last night for Winter Solstice. It was so beautiful down there, lights done up, lantern procession and art structures. I volunteered to do fire tech safety for Radiant Heat. A group of four talented performers did a fire performance on top of the hill on the east side of the island.

On Thursday, I went to Doolin's Irish Pub with Lianne and two of her Ozzie friends. We had a few drinks and hung out. I was so exhausted, I ended up going home for a good night's sleep. Missed out on them going to Republic. I have been eager to check out this new bar on Granville Street because I hear it plays a fair amount of retro music.

 

The weekend prior, I went to Omid's family annual Iranian buffet. It was delightful and delicious as always. I got to catch up with people I had not seen in a very long time. Unfortuately, the power went out, but all of the food had already been prepared. The family had a generator and the power was restored. The storms this winter have really hit a lot of people hard.

I hope the power stays on Monday for Christmas dinner. I will be cooking turkey dinner with all the trimmings for my father and brother. We are hoping to see my niece, but we are not guaranteed to have her. I still have to grocery shop for Christmas dinner. I do not want to go when it is too busy. Earlier or later? I am yearning to go see a movie. There are so many movies out I want to see and I have not seen a movie in the theatre since August.

 

SantaCon Vancouver was awesome this year. We started out on Commercial Drive. The people on The Drive were very receptive, honking and accepting tonkens of our Christmas cheer. We stopped at a pub before 1st Avenue and then walked up to Toby's Pub and Grill. Santa dipped and smooched me. A Santa from Christmas past came up to me. It was my old boyfriend from Grade 10. That was bizarre as the old and new worlds collided.



 

Poor Santa was kicked out of Metrotown Centre because the security thought Santa was protesting consumerism and Santa was going to rampage. Santa just wanted to spread Christmas cheer by giving out candy canes, gingerbread men, and misfit toys. We had dinner and drinks at the Station Square Pub.

 

I have officially joined Happy Bats Cinema. I have been eargerly yearning to join this video store for almost a year. It has a great selection of films and tv shows. My virgin rentals are: The Entourage, Freaks & Geeks, The 70's Show, and Robot Chicken.

Happy Holidays everyone! See you in the New Year!