Anne will think this is stupid but

I think this movie trailer is hilarious, it looks like a super fun matinee:
Kung Fu Hustle

Swish, Swish

Anne and I went skiing last night. I think it was Annes second time this year but it was my first. It was a great night to be out on the slopes as the weather was clear and it was cold, but not too cold. The only downer was they had a lot of snow guns going which totally iced my goggles at one point.
I always surprise myself on my first run every year was it feels like I never stopped; I can zoom around, stop and hit jumps just like I always can. Very pleasing.
Anne's parents met us at the lodge and looked after Maya why we went out. They left about 9ish and we took a turn each after that.
Maya loves to run around in the open spaces and go up and down the stairs there and so was suprememly happy with the situation. She is quite similar to the energizer bunny in stamina I think. It was also funny that they guy who works at the bar remember her from last year when I would carry her in my arms and watch hockey while Anne skied and Maya slept.
We are planning on putting her on skis next year to see how she does, that will be a lot of fun.

The Bee's Knees

I am not sure quite when it happened (during Anne's pregnancy I think) but we have been much more into natural type solutions for personal grooming and hygene since.
The major turning point was when we were in the praries on our trip out west and Anne bought some bug repelent from a naturopath in a small town. This stuff was supposed to just help with relieving bits but the guy said if you take it before you go into a buggy area that they would stay off you. The weird thing was that you dropped it under your tongue, so I was half expecting some sort of crazy drug experiece. But lo and behold it worked like a charm.
So Anne on one of her shopping trips discovers Bert's Bee's products. This stuff is amazing and we can't recommend it enough. Our favorite product is the deodorant, as regualr stuff was always made my armpits reacts in various painful or irritation ways. This Herbal Deodorant works great and I have absolutely no reaction to it. So if you have any problems with your deodorant like I do, then use this stuff because its awesome. We also use the diaper cream, shaving soap, cuticle cream, hand cream, and a couple of other products.
You can find the stuff in a lot of health food places and other "natural" and health type stores. Try anything from the company out, its great stuff.

sunday, Sunday, SOMEDAY

Yesterday I went to Toronto to meet up with my City-dwelling friend, Ian, and five of his closest friends to go see Monster Jam at the Skydome. This year it was the regular trucks ( I can't remember what they called them) , Freestyle motocross jumping and of course the Monster Trucks. Curiously missing from the line up was the demolition derby.
The trucks were a lot of fun to watch this year as the drivers were really try and made some spectacular circuits. There were even a couple of cars contending as well but couldn't make the cut. No crashes in this but one guy did an extra lap and almost crashed into the other competitor, and other guy spun out off the side.
The freestyle guys were pretty good and did the whole gamut of tricks except backflips. It was pretty impressive but I think I prefer the Quad-bike racing from the previous years.
The monster trucks did quite well in their racing this year. Most races were pretty close and there were a few close calls. Unfortunately, the one I was cheering for, Predator, blew his transmission in the final against Grave Digger thus making it a bit anticlimactic.
The monster truck freestyle where they just drive around and smash stuff and do tricks and jumps, was okay but "Safe Auto" and Grave Digger went all out. Safe Auto went over every obstacle and then went for an extra minute afterward. VERY nice. Then Grave Digger came and did a similar run but jumped much higher and crashed the truck at the end and thus won.
Overall the show was quite good and everyone seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. The number of lackluster Monster Truck performances were just barely made up for by "Safe Auto" and "Grave Diggers" freestyle runs. I don't understand why they didn't have a demolition derby either, they have been there every other year and are a ton of fun to watch. Oh well, hopefully next year it will be better. Here the official recap.

This is gonna hurt...

So its about 1:45am, Anne is at work and Maya isn't sleeping, She is either scream, crying, or looking sad. I have to go to work for 8:30 as I have a meeting tomorrow that I have to go to as well as some meeting stuff I have to set up for people in the morning otherwise I would just call in sick. I don't think its going to be pretty unless Maya suddenly decides to go to sleep.
She would be fine if she wasn't so dependent on Annes breast throughout the night, I don't know why she is. She would sleep for longer stretches when she was younger. Its quite frustrating.

7:45am update - went to bed at 4am and got up at 5:30, Back to sleep at 6am and up at 7:30 and now i need to get ready for work.