A nailbiter!

Yesterday, we played the #2 ranked team in our league, and we won one game out of three. Thankfully, that may be enough to keep us at #4. This means that we would be in the top tier for the playoffs, and we can't possibly go any lower. So at worst, we would be 4th out of 12 teams in our league at the end of the season. Not too shabby!

The game we won was a nail biter. The score was 23-23 for us, and the game goes to 25 points. I was serving. My first serve went over, and our team did a good job of keeping it over there, so we won the point. 24-23 now. I then flubbed my serve. 24-24, next point wins, their serve. It was a good rally that ended with a light tip that dropped it just over the net. Billy wins, 25-24!

This weekend, my buddy Ll4ma is coming down for a visit. Saturday should be full of videogames, beer, and guy movies. Woo!

Manly stuff

This weekend, I put the snow tires on the car. This is the first time I have ever done ANY maintenance on my little Ion. I have done work on my other cars before, like oil changes, brakes, etc. But my Saturn was a NEW car, not an old piece of crap. It's been under warranty, so I've always brought it in to get the work done. If I brought the car in for an oil change, they would put my winter tires on for free. Since the warranty is up, I figured it was time to save myself some money and just do the tires myself.

I went over to my dad's house, since he has a nice heavy-duty jack, and I changed the tires there. The old tires must have been improperly inflated, because I swear it rides better on the snow tires. The snow tires are a bit bigger than the all-seasons too, so the car looks a BIT more badass. Just a little bit.

Weekend

Bah, last night we lost 2 and won 1 in volleyball. We ran away with the first game, but then we stopped paying attention, and the other team won two. I think we'll probably stick to rec league next season too...

This weekend, I get to put the winter tires on in the rain. Then, I get to put in a couple of hours of work on Sunday to make up for time I took off to go to the Ottawa Food and Wine Show. This weekend is shaping up to be an absolute BLAST, let me tell you. 

If I can squeeze it in, I might play some more Fallout 3. I find it absolutely crazy how much content they've crammed into this game. It's an RPG, so technically I should be following the main quest line and playing out the story. Instead, I'm running around a nuclear wasteland hunting down raiders and mutants, and completely ignoring what I'm supposed to be doing. It's great fun. Gears of War 2 is also really good. If I can catch my buddy W3asel online, then we'll play through the co-op mode together. It's great fun if you have a good friend to play with.

Or, the wife and I may go and pick up Lips for the 360. It apparently released on Tuesday, and I know she was looking forward to that. I don't know how enthusiastic she'll be when she sees that the game comes with two mics, and remembers that I can't sing very well. :)

NIN

Despite a crappy opening act, and a slightly long instrumental interlude, the Nine Inch Nails concert yesterday was fantastic. They played a lot of songs from their new album, but they also did a lot of the older ones. It was a good, long concert, too. Their stage was made up of several transparent, interactive screens that they used as drum machines, simulated waterfalls, and other neat effects. If the screens weren't interactive, and were just being controlled by the crew, then they did a fantastic job of faking it.

Busy times!

It's been a crazy busy few days, so I'll just give a brief recap:

Thursday: Lost 2, won 1 in volleyball. We played like crap.

Friday: Took the afternoon off to go to the Ottawa Food and Wine show. Was a lot of fun, cost a lot of money.

Saturday: Saw horses walking sideways from the company box at Scotiabank Place.

Sunday: Relax

Monday: Relax

Today: Nine Inch Nails at Scotiabank Place. They aren't serving beer.

So, still alive, just really busy.

Spamalot

I dragged the wife out to see Spamalot yesterday, and I think she enjoyed it. She complained a little bit on the way out there, but there were some particularly silly parts that she liked. To be honest, I wasn't really blown away by it. I laughed, yes, but there were times when I was absolutely certain that I could do some of the lines better than the actors did. For example, the coconut scene. They were quite unexpressive and boring, in what should be a very funny and memorable scene. The Frenchman and Tim the Enchanter were played by the same person (as it was in the movie), but he kept forgetting his French accent and slipping into his Scottish one. Come on, man. Anyways, I'm glad I went, but It wasn't the best play I've ever seen by a long shot.

Volleyball tonight, and the Ottawa Food and Wine Show tomorrow. I'm not sure what to expect out of that. From all I've heard it's always very busy with long lineups. They basically keep selling tickets, and if you can't get in, that's your problem. I don't really agree with that policy, but we're going earlier in the day tomorrow, so hopefully we'll get in. I'm used to the smaller shows where there are no lineups, and they give you all the wine you can drink. I'm sure it will be fun anyways.

Spooky weekend

After putting up with having the Halloween decorations up for 2 weeks, it's all done, cleaned up, and packed away. I'd definitely say it was worth it, just going by the reactions:

- The smallest children were carried up to the door, and had a mildly fearful look on their faces

- Children that were old enough to walk usually approached slowly and carefully, or tried to run away.

- Slightly older children made it to the door, and jumped when we set the smoke machine off. They usually also told us how scary our house was. 

- The oldest of the kids told us our house was "awesome", "sick", or something like that.

- The adults accompanying the kids told us how much they appreciated the work we put in.

One child even asked if the "guy with the chainsaw" was going to pop out and scare him again. This made me laugh for a few reasons:

1) If we were going to scare you, we wouldn't tell you first.

2) We can't do the same thing two years in a row, or you would expect it.

3) It was a circular saw, not a chainsaw. Dumb kid.