weekend

i'm in the middle of a layback.. should take a little under an hour, so for the time being, i have a second to rest (my ears... and mind) and jot down some thoughts.

this past weekend was just another awesome one. brent and suz got married, and looked absolutely top shelf in the process. the wedding was a great party. they managed to squeeze all the usual stuff in there, but did some really cool stuff that made it feel a little more relaxed and 'good-time-ish'. (ie, they didn't have dinner at the reception. the wedding was at 7, and the reception was just drinks, niblets, and good times!) it was a great night, for all the right reasons. way to go guys!

we book-ended the wedding with some great visits. on sunday afternoon we hung out with Bob and Christina for a bit. bob was a teacher, then colleague of mine at oiart, and has since been a great friend. he's fully responsible for helping me get my foot in the door at CTV, and he's one of those guys who is just a great guy, great friend, very positive person in my life. so, bob and christina just had a baby girl, and i mean JUST.. 6 weeks old i think. she's an incredible perfect little miracle, so we got to meet her. and also, bob has a full fledged recording studio in his basement, complete with a 30-something fader sony console and a 2-inch tape machine. so of course, we hung out there and talked shop a bit as well.

on monday morning we got together with some of kar's friends/former co-workers from Western/Robarts lab. great to see andrew and rebecca and here what they're up to, etc. they're getting married soon, so there was lots to talk about.

now we're back home. i think both kar and i were struck, on the way back, with how much more toronto is becoming home these days. i truly do love this city, and our little corner of it! :)

i'm at work tonight. this morning, i woke up at 4:00am, and was behind the desk by 4:45. kar and i said 'have a good week!' to each other last night..hehehe... both of us are trying to do about 2 weeks worth of work in the span of this one week. we're off to another wedding on the weekend, and then HEADING TO THE COTTAGE for mon-wed. CAN'T WAIT!

so for this week, it's go time. i knocked off one episode of Cooler Facts this morning, and got set up for River Knott for tonight. As i mentioned, i'm now laying back River Knott (an episode all about Chinese Opium drug production...). i've got another episode of River Knott to pull in tonight yet, cause Andy and I are doing at least two eps worth of VO recording tomorrow night, so that should take me to about 10:40pm. If i still have life after that, i may take a crack at knocking off next week's ep of Cooler Facts before i pack it in.

finally, i just wrapped up reading 'Blue Like Jazz' this morning as well. dad, you should read this one. it was a really fantastic book for me. i've got to unpack it a bit.. lots of stuff in there that heavily applies to me these days that i need to mull over.

you now know as much about my current life as i do.

oh, and brent and suz (those sweethearts!) gave me a gift card to HMV for playing guitar at their wedding. suuuuuuggggessstionsss?

J