New Year's Eve i went over to a former student's place. A pile of former (and some current) students were invited. When i got there, i was the only one. As it turned out only showed, including Mo, Ryan M (the quiet one), Mark, Ken, Ryan C and Diane showed up. Then a bunch of Jackie's other friends, who were okay, but a group apart. I had a heated discussion with Mo about politics. Jackie didn't even cook the dumplings she has made. I usually go to my friend Lisa's sister's place - it's pretty domestic, but they usually have good food. I had planed to party-hop, but it took so long for things to get going at Jackie's. Meh, not the year-end party i'd been hoping for.

New Year's Day i had planned to spend locally, but ended up going to TO (if you can call Yonge & Sheppard Toronto). I had a decent lunch at Boston Pizza. The movie i saw was Waltz With Bashir, an animated movie from Israel. It begins with one man telling another about the horrible dreams he's had ever since he'd been part of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s. This other man had no memories of having been in the war, and so the movie becomes his search for his memories, and essentially his role in the Sabra and Shatila massacre in 1982 (or, rather, in allowing the maasacre to happen). A pretty powerful, sad movie. The artwork was very stylized - the rotoscoping was a bit annoying occasionally. It ended with some live action footage.