Screaming Coder

Listening to: Air, Moon Safari

Had a really good Christmas and new years this year. It all started with good presents in the morning courtesy of lovely wife:

• 2 CDs – System of a Down (Hypnotize) and Dirty Three (Cinder)
• 2 DVDs – Red Dwarf VII and Little Britain Series 2
• Voucher for McGills bookshop
• Funky shirt with the nuber 78 on it, such that it looks like 8F in the mirror, which is hexadecimal for 143 (the things nerds notice).

We did the usual family things during the day which was good.

Christmas night I went to a bash at Kev’s. I hadn’t seen those guys in a few months so it was good just to see them. They’re obviously quite experienced at throwing good parties on their back deck. By far my favourite moment was the “Bathurst”, where someone makes a spontaneous decision to imitate the winners of Bathurst on the podium by shaking and spraying their beer over everyone in sight. This of course would inspire every other person holding a beer to join in, with the obvious end result being a deck full of beer-soaked people, crying “ahh, my stinging eyes!” while still dancing their little asses off. Priceless.

New years eve was the karaoke/engagement party for elPoncho and Viviennea, also a top night. Highlights were generaly having a good time with lots of different people (esp Steve who I haven’t seen in a while), getting to know elPoncho’s friends a bit better, and Jeff’s fire twirling. Lowlight would have to have been singing Wham! – Wake me up Before you Go-Go. Oh the shame.
Christmas eve saw the birth of our newest little friend Ezra! Born 3.2 kg at 8:30 am, as his parent’s car was being stolen from the hospital parking lot.