On Saturday, it was Russ's birthday party BBQ. His parents are here from England for a few weeks, plus Lisa's family was all there (except the ones in New Hampshire), plus the neighbours, Greg and Andi and one of their girls, and me. I drank a fair bit. One vodka cooler to start, and the rest was wine. There were various appetizers - Russ made bruschetta (his garlic toast is the best i've ever had). For supper, there was a ton of chicken, salmon steaks, and steak, and salads.

Today i went downtown to see a movie. I ate at Spring Rolls and had their brunch special - unfortunately, i didn't have my camera, lol. it started with a choice of dim sum - i got the chicken & veggie dumplings of course, and they were especially yummy. The main was essentially the same as the Vietnamese char-grilled style pork chop and spring roll (with rice and simple salad), except instead of a spring roll, it had a sunny-side up egg on top of the rice. Then dessert was 'coconut crepes', which were wrapped like springs rolls, with green coloured crepes - the filling was essentially toasted coconut flakes, and there was some sweet red sauce for dipping.

The movie i saw was Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, who was amazing. He stars as an astronaut about to finish his 3 year contract as the only worker at an energy mine on the moon (supplying 70% of the world's energy, in an essentially utopian future). His only company is Gerty, the Hal-like computer companion (Kevin Spacey), and messages from his wife and child (the direct satellite being down). Then he starts seeing other people... It's a kind of thriller, but more cerebral (no alien monsters), and very good.

After, i walked around Yonge & Dundas a bit, picked up the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' latest CD (which i thought i'd got on Friday - turned out to be the second CD, which i already had, ha ha). Then i drove to College Street to look at Soundscapes, where i got The D'Urbervilles' CD, and Lily Allen's latest. I had been looking for some other artists, but i had left my list at home.