An ok birthday

Ok the birthday didn't go as bad as i thought it would. Diana drew me a cool card that featured me as a super hero with my trusty side kick Hesh the cat. Kath came home on her break and took us to Dairy Queen for a blizzard. It was no Captain America cake but was still awesome. I got plenty of facebook birthday greetings and some emails from good friends such as Andrea. Of course my evening completely sucked balls. I was stuck at work. Oh and it was so super busy. Oh well. Can't complain too muck. Thanks to my family and friends for making it bearable

42--son of a bitch

Yup its that time of year again. The time of year where i get closer to 50. Its my birthday. Yuck. I 'm gonna be stuck at my shitty job. Hooray for me. I don't much care about birthdays anymore. I will say i am touched by all my birthday greetings on facebook. I'm happy i will get to see my family in the afternoon. Thats about it. Birthdays bah humbug.

Blue Jays fan for life

i was just watching the major league baseball hall of fame ceremony. I've never watched it before but tuned in this time. What made me watch it this year? Roberto Alomar was being inducted. He was a member of the Toronto blue jays my favorite team. He played in the early 90's for the Jays and helped them win 2 back to back world series. He was the first Jay in the history of the hall of fame so far. I have to admit i teared up a little bit listening to his speech. I remember when they won that first world series back in 1992 and being glad to be Canadian. The 1993 world series was even more exciting. Of course they haven't won since and in recent years its really been tough to be a fan. Back then though was a magical time. I've been to several games over the years with Kath but haven't been since Diana was one. I would love to take Diana to a game someday.

An excellent day for Jay

I'm in such an awesome mood right now. I had the best day. Started the day off with a visit to the flea market with Rob and Kath and our kids. The flea market has been there since 1987. I used to go all the time when i was younger. Thanks to Rob I am totally hooked on going again in my adult years. There is one cool lady there who has tons of super hero and star wars toys. I even found a Christopher Lloyd star trek glass which is now proudly in our hutch.

The second highlight of my day was seeing Captain America the first avenger. Kath and Rob and Nickle and i went. I was blown away. I think it was the best super hero movie if not best movie i have seen this year so far. It was so good. Everything about it was amazing. I can't believe its going to be 10 months until the avengers movie is released. Son of a .....

To end the evening we did an excellent episode of Get your geek on and our friend John Bulmer the artist helped us out. We felt it was a great show and we had an awesome time. I'm just flying right now. I guarantee that 5 minutes after i start work tomorrow the bad mood will set in. I'm really sorry to see the good mood leave.

Comic book store 2.0

Ok I'm happy to report that i felt way better this week at the comic book store. Everything went great. The cash register didn't mess up and i was happy. I had my first conversation with an over the top nerd. He declared Green Lantern to be the worst movie of all time and went on a rant for about 10 minutes. It was kind of funny but i waited until he left the store to laugh. I was in such a good mood when i left the store--unlike last week where i didn't say a word on the way home. Special thanks to Rob for driving me and picking me up. I appreciate it man.

Hell must have frozen over because i got to see 2 concerts in a row.Wednesday night we got to see Barney Bentall again. He was back at the old winery in niagara on the lake almost a year to the day we last saw him there. As usual it was awesome. Its a really nice environment for shows. This time out Barney had a violinist with him and even played 3 new songs. I'm excited that we might get a new album out of him in the next year. Later in the set much like last year--Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo joined him on stage. My friends Andrea and Stacey came to the show with us as well. It was really nice. I hadn't hung out with Andrea in what seems like a million years. I had actually seen Barney with her in 1991. Yup 20 years ago. I am old. So here's hoping for another great Barney show same time next year at the old winery.

Hey gang. I'm in a mega excellent mood. I just got back from hanging out with Rob. We had gone to Art Park in Lewiston to see Cheap Trick. I'm a huge fan and i've seen them a few times in the last 20 years. We got there around 4;30. Did i mention the concert was free? That rocked. It cost me nothing to see a band i loved.

It was pretty hot and bright so we did the only thing we could--we drank some beer and chatted about other bands we would go see for free. Luckily it was so hot i sweat all of the beer out. Cheap trick took the stage at 8.On the loud speakers sound clips like apu from the simpsons singing dream police were playing. It was so cool. The band looked and sounded amazing. They truly rocked. There were songs in the setlist that i was totally surprised to hear. By the way here is their set list
Set list - 7/19/11 - Lewiston

Hello There
California Man
Didn't Know I Had It
I Can't Take It
These Days
I Want You to Want Me
Tonight It's You
Don't Be Cruel
Borderline
High Roller
The Flame
Ain't That a Shame
Come On Come On
I Know What I Want
Sick Man of Europe
Surrender
Gonna Raise Hell
Dream Police
Goodnight

it was an excellent mix of old and new songs. Thanks to Rob for going with me. IT was a very cool experience. I hope to attend more shows with you in the future man.