Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Whoa... Dep on Blogger? WTF
I've decided to revive my blogger journals as Freya and Raven don't have access to my LiveJournal, thus look for more posting here. I also like the layout and customizability plus I may bring back a chatterbox. So on with a post...
Toronto.
Yes I went to Toronto, to see Sonata Arctica (my favorite band) live. As my guest of honor, I had the Goddess of Pi herself (Aka Andy). Here follows my tale.
The trip there was borign, so I'll just summerize it. Got up at 5:15am, got ready, left 6am, arrived bus depot 6:30, left 7, two movies "Girl Next Door" and "Around The World in 80 Days", read a bit, arrived, waited an hour for Andy to show up (missed her first bus there). Andy shows up. Let the adventure begin.
Wandered around the Path, the Eaton Centre and the shopping district that lies around it. Ate lunch (homemade sandwiches) at the food court in the Eaton Centre. Saw a lot of that part of the city, very cool. Found out where the Opera House was, determined its a 45 minute walk instead of 15 minutes. Leave to go find dinner, end up eating at the old sphagetti factory. go to concert, 45 minute walk. Huge crowds, 100+ people when we got there, quickly swelling to 200+. Packed inside, concert starts with two indie bands I've never heard of, but they're pretty good. Finally Sonata Arctica comes on, it's awesome, awesome experience all around. Leave at 11:30, Andy's missed her bus already. Get back to terminal at just about midnight, my bus is still there but I stay with Andy as her next bus isn't until morning. We wonder where to sleep for the night, call parents, parents suggest putting us up in a hotel room over the phone. Sounds good, so we walk to the nearest hotel, a Days Hotel. Get lost going there, need a lot of directions to get back on track, but finally we get there. Clerk tells us we need to get my dad to fax a copy of his credit card, so we decide to go to the next place. Next place, even worse, about 20 minutes away and you need to be 19 to pick up a room. So we call father, tell him about the fax, he says "okay, I can do that" and goes off to do it. We walk back to the hotel, it's now 4am. They say they also need a signed statement from my father. Back to phone. New fax, 10 minutes later. Back to counter. "We can't read the credit card number". Back to phone. Get number. Back to desk. "Okay, here's your room number and keys". Upstairs. Bathe. Sleep.
We wake up, it's about 10AM and we decide the best plan is for me to catch a bus at 11:30 and for Andy to catch a bus at 12:30, as she's feeling sick and wants to go back now. Say goodbye to Andy at 11:25, board bus and we're off.
Movies on the way back were "High Crime" and "King Arthur", both fairly decent. Lots of reading in between.
So yes, that was the trip in a nutshell and I'm actually feeling pretty bleh, my feet stink, so I'm going to go take a bath and come back in an hour or so at which point I'll add to my private journal (if you've forgotten the URL, message me on MSN and I may give it to you) with many more of my thoughts and feelings on the trip plus a recent update on "what the fuck has been going on with your love life Robert?"
After these cleansings
We'll be right back
*hugs to Andy*
Laterz all
- Dep Munro
Toronto.
Yes I went to Toronto, to see Sonata Arctica (my favorite band) live. As my guest of honor, I had the Goddess of Pi herself (Aka Andy). Here follows my tale.
The trip there was borign, so I'll just summerize it. Got up at 5:15am, got ready, left 6am, arrived bus depot 6:30, left 7, two movies "Girl Next Door" and "Around The World in 80 Days", read a bit, arrived, waited an hour for Andy to show up (missed her first bus there). Andy shows up. Let the adventure begin.
Wandered around the Path, the Eaton Centre and the shopping district that lies around it. Ate lunch (homemade sandwiches) at the food court in the Eaton Centre. Saw a lot of that part of the city, very cool. Found out where the Opera House was, determined its a 45 minute walk instead of 15 minutes. Leave to go find dinner, end up eating at the old sphagetti factory. go to concert, 45 minute walk. Huge crowds, 100+ people when we got there, quickly swelling to 200+. Packed inside, concert starts with two indie bands I've never heard of, but they're pretty good. Finally Sonata Arctica comes on, it's awesome, awesome experience all around. Leave at 11:30, Andy's missed her bus already. Get back to terminal at just about midnight, my bus is still there but I stay with Andy as her next bus isn't until morning. We wonder where to sleep for the night, call parents, parents suggest putting us up in a hotel room over the phone. Sounds good, so we walk to the nearest hotel, a Days Hotel. Get lost going there, need a lot of directions to get back on track, but finally we get there. Clerk tells us we need to get my dad to fax a copy of his credit card, so we decide to go to the next place. Next place, even worse, about 20 minutes away and you need to be 19 to pick up a room. So we call father, tell him about the fax, he says "okay, I can do that" and goes off to do it. We walk back to the hotel, it's now 4am. They say they also need a signed statement from my father. Back to phone. New fax, 10 minutes later. Back to counter. "We can't read the credit card number". Back to phone. Get number. Back to desk. "Okay, here's your room number and keys". Upstairs. Bathe. Sleep.
We wake up, it's about 10AM and we decide the best plan is for me to catch a bus at 11:30 and for Andy to catch a bus at 12:30, as she's feeling sick and wants to go back now. Say goodbye to Andy at 11:25, board bus and we're off.
Movies on the way back were "High Crime" and "King Arthur", both fairly decent. Lots of reading in between.
So yes, that was the trip in a nutshell and I'm actually feeling pretty bleh, my feet stink, so I'm going to go take a bath and come back in an hour or so at which point I'll add to my private journal (if you've forgotten the URL, message me on MSN and I may give it to you) with many more of my thoughts and feelings on the trip plus a recent update on "what the fuck has been going on with your love life Robert?"
After these cleansings
We'll be right back
*hugs to Andy*
Laterz all
- Dep Munro
// posted by Dep @ 8:34:00 p.m.
