Monday, November 27, 2006
Weekend Update
Our work Christmas party was on Friday evening. I know - it does seem a bit early to have a Christmas party, but I'd imagine it gets more difficult to book things the closer you get to Christmas. This year we had a dinner and dance that was held upstairs at the thistle-St. Andrew's Curling Club in the north end. The decorations were lovely (lots of white twinkle lights) and it was nice to see everyone dressed up. I opted to stick to straight Clamato juice as I was dealing with a cold. The dinner was lovely. Lots of turkey and dressing and veggies. I devoured a very large plate of food and enjoyed the conversations and company. Then the band started. It seemed like a small space to have a live band. So it was pretty loud. They sounded good (even though I don't listen to country or country rock) but I was getting an ear-ache and couldn't hear any more conversation so I opted to head home after making it through their first song. (As it is, I already have a hard time chatting in busy social situations where there's lots of background noise, as I always find myself struggling to hear what people are saying.)
Saturday was an afternoon of play readings at the Saint John theatre Company loft. I actually wasn't really looking forward to them because I felt as though I still wanted a bit of a break from theatre, but I went anyway and wound up really enjoying the afternoon. There was a good turnout and the plays and the readings were great. It'll be hard for the committee to pick a few for the one-acts in February, but I'm happy to be choosing from a selection of ones I like.
After the readings a few of us wound up down at Churchill's to get a bite to eat. After that, Jay & Lisa M & I headed over to Lisa & Anthony's to check out their Nintendo Wii. It was pretty cool, although not something I think I'd buy. There is something to be said for playing tennis/baseball/golf/bowling/car racing with a wireless 3-d controller. Definitely worth checking out. We then decided to head over to the Blue Olive to see Kizzy singing with the house band, but she'd called in sick, so we stuck around for one drink and then headed home. It had been a full day.
Sunday was a blissfully quiet one. I did a bit of gaming (yes - more Lego Star Wars on the Xbox 360) and headed out to the vortex (as I lovingly call McAllister place & environs, thanks to the fact that I usually head out that way intending to take 20 minutes and pick up one item, and wind up spending 4 hours and more money than I'd planned - it just sucks you in!) I wound up picking up the one item I went out to get - a new artists easel. This will make working on paintings a lot easier than my table-top easel that I was using. Also, it will holder larger canvasses than the table-top one. I plan to get back to painting this week. I didn't start on Sunday because I wanted to finish the book that I'm reading for book club (Luck by Joan Barfoot). I wound up staying up a bit late to finish it. It was a good and interesting read. Her style or writing is quite unique. I'm looking forward to our first book club meeting next Sunday!
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