Wow, it's been a long time since I updated this. Now if I can only figure out what I've been up to for the last month.
Mostly, I've been renovating the basement of my comic store. Bleh. Renovations never go as planned. You go into them thinking, "This should be done in X amount of time". Wrong. Take that "X" and multiply by 2 or 3 or maybe even more. In renovation land, time proceeds at a different rate. I think that I've spent 50 hours ironing veneer onto the new shelves we've built. I don't own an iron for my clothes, just one for putting the finishing touches on shelving units. Another big time waster: bringing in people to do the things we aren't qualified to do. We were lucky to find an electrician who could start working right away, but it took him 3 days to do something we were told would only take one. Just a lot of little setbacks, but they add up. I shouldn't complain because the end is in sight. Up next: tearing out the old stairway and installing the new. Then the carpet gets installed and we're pretty much done except for some touch ups. Maybe then we can start planning some sort of summer vacation. Any suggestions on where I should go?
I ran the Calgary Police half marathon this past Sunday. The weather had been great up until the weekend, but on Sunday morning the wind was gusting at 50 kph and it was raining/snowing. Fabulous. It was a bit chilly, but I prefer the cooler temps for running. The wind was crappy, though. I ran the 13.1 miles in 1:50:00 which was about 5 minutes better than my previous best time. Yay me! I also won free entry into the Royal Victoria Marathon in October. They called me today to let me know. So I guess I'm heading out to the coast in the fall. Fun.
But now I should get back to work. I'll try to update my journal more now that the reno's are winding down.
Before I forget, everyone should go out and see Masquerade and danny_g's play!
Pride and Prima Donnas
When: May 10-13, 8 pm, May 17-20 8 pm
Where:The Easterbrook Theatre, Building A3, 2633 Hochwald Ave. SW
Synopsis: David Locke, returns to Taranto Theatre after falling on hard times, to direct their latest script. He's hoping for something profound, something moving, something deep and artful but what he's getting is Dance Into the Fire: an 80s Pop Rock Opera. Maybe he can make a great show out of it if he can only deal with feuding actors, shaky cast romances, and an amorous producer out to win the lead actress. Scorpio invites you to take a look behind the curtain of the play-making process and share our pain.
Ticket prices are Adults $13, Students and Seniors $10, 2-for-1 May 10.
I went to the last play they put on and it was hilarious.
Hope to see you there.
Mostly, I've been renovating the basement of my comic store. Bleh. Renovations never go as planned. You go into them thinking, "This should be done in X amount of time". Wrong. Take that "X" and multiply by 2 or 3 or maybe even more. In renovation land, time proceeds at a different rate. I think that I've spent 50 hours ironing veneer onto the new shelves we've built. I don't own an iron for my clothes, just one for putting the finishing touches on shelving units. Another big time waster: bringing in people to do the things we aren't qualified to do. We were lucky to find an electrician who could start working right away, but it took him 3 days to do something we were told would only take one. Just a lot of little setbacks, but they add up. I shouldn't complain because the end is in sight. Up next: tearing out the old stairway and installing the new. Then the carpet gets installed and we're pretty much done except for some touch ups. Maybe then we can start planning some sort of summer vacation. Any suggestions on where I should go?
I ran the Calgary Police half marathon this past Sunday. The weather had been great up until the weekend, but on Sunday morning the wind was gusting at 50 kph and it was raining/snowing. Fabulous. It was a bit chilly, but I prefer the cooler temps for running. The wind was crappy, though. I ran the 13.1 miles in 1:50:00 which was about 5 minutes better than my previous best time. Yay me! I also won free entry into the Royal Victoria Marathon in October. They called me today to let me know. So I guess I'm heading out to the coast in the fall. Fun.
But now I should get back to work. I'll try to update my journal more now that the reno's are winding down.
Before I forget, everyone should go out and see Masquerade and danny_g's play!
Pride and Prima Donnas
When: May 10-13, 8 pm, May 17-20 8 pm
Where:The Easterbrook Theatre, Building A3, 2633 Hochwald Ave. SW
Synopsis: David Locke, returns to Taranto Theatre after falling on hard times, to direct their latest script. He's hoping for something profound, something moving, something deep and artful but what he's getting is Dance Into the Fire: an 80s Pop Rock Opera. Maybe he can make a great show out of it if he can only deal with feuding actors, shaky cast romances, and an amorous producer out to win the lead actress. Scorpio invites you to take a look behind the curtain of the play-making process and share our pain.
Ticket prices are Adults $13, Students and Seniors $10, 2-for-1 May 10.
I went to the last play they put on and it was hilarious.
Hope to see you there.
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Pictures yes!
I look forward to the mohawk pictures. I firmly believe there are not enough mohawks in this world.