Posts from beyond: 2003

January 2003

Phew – 2003 already! Can’t believe it. Went out for New Year’s Eve for the first time in years, and had a great time. Screwed up my back that afternoon though, it took a while to fix itself. My birthday was cool, friends and food and drink and dessert, who could ask for more?

Jamaica was fantastic – Jenn and Pete’s wedding was excellent! Here’s a full write-up...

Theatre:
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers – Saw two more times, that’s three times now!
Simone – the film on the way to Montego Bay – it was better than I expected
The Tuxedo – the film on the way back to Toronto – totally silly!

DVDs:
xXx Special Edition – a birthday present from Jordan, yay! I love this movie...
Mad About You: Complete First Season – I get warm fuzzy feelings whenever I watch this show
Young Ones: Every Stoopid Episode – Silly stuff, worth a watch!

Posts from beyond: Jamaica, January 2003

Day 1: Friday, January 17, 2003

Jordan was sweet enough to drive me to the airport that morning – unfortunately his alarm was still set for Illinois time so we got up an hour later than we planned to! No problems though, just a lot of rushing around. A particularly cold day, high of -16 celsius, brr! Can’t wait to get to the beach! Got to the airport around 7:20 a.m., met up with the Sieunarine clan – our trip consists of:

• Me and Manik
• Jenn and Pete
• Steve and Sue (Pete’s brother and his wife)
• Pete’s parents
• Susan and Sabrina (Pete’s aunt and her daughter)

Posts from beyond: 2002

January 2002

January's always quite a month for me. Not only do I celebrate my own birthday, but also that of my brother Barry.

What happened this particular January? Well, after doing absolutely NOTHING for New Year's Eve (I laid on the couch, eating chips, drinking pop and watching Unbreakable), I decided I needed to be more sociable. When my birthday rolled around I was in Kitchener with my good friends, eating, drinking, carousing and generally having a great time. This has been followed by many weekends of clubbing and socializing, and I'm very happy about that...

Theatre:

Lord Of The Rings - saw it two more times (for a total of three) with friends who hadn't managed to see it before

Impostor - Gary Sinise never disappoints, but even so this movie really felt like it was meant to be much shorter and was stretched. Wait a minute, it was...

DVDs:

Ravenous, which I've had on my list since last summer. 

A Perfect Murder is better than you might think.
Finally replaced Withnail & I with the Criterion edition, worth every penny.

And, of course, the most momentous thing: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension...

New Music:

David Bowie's Christiane F - Christmas present from John and Liz

Posts from beyond: Alaskan Cruise, July 2002

Day 1: Sunday, July 7, 2002

Aaaah, too early! After staying the night at Tim and Belinda's, we awake at 3 AM to get ready to go to the airport with the gang. Our happy gang consists of:

• Myself
• Tim & Belinda Brown
• Ceceline & Beresford Gajardar (Belinda's Mum & Dad)
• Basil & Bridget Gajardar (Belinda's brother and sister)
• Bernadine & Colin & Monique & Garrett Chipchase (Belinda's sister and her family)
• Peggie Diaz & her brother Art (family friends)