I got to hang out with Olympic Bronze Medalist, Rusty Smith yesterday. We had a dinner for his fans at Navy Pier, and we all had a great time. He was so nice and sweet and he signed autographs and let everyone hold his medal. It was really an awesome time. Claudine, Dan and Tina were there too, and to my surprise, Dan behaved very well, and actually got along pretty well with Rusty. Unfortunately, I got to meet Rod, too. Yuck. Just kidding. I finally met my nemesis, Rod, and we surprisingly did not kill each other. ;) Really, though, Rod is great guy. (You can give me my $10 now, Rod) Yay! I've eaten dinner with an Olympian! Next up on my list of things to do is to actually GO to the Olympics! I'll have the rest of my pics up as soon as I get my DSL up and running. Same thing goes for the Canada trip. Dave is finally home from New Jersey. Whoo hoo! No more long distance relationship! Yay! Yay! - Yano, 12:44 PM |

Thursday, June 6 Thursday, June 6

CD for the Morning Commute: Pop! The First 20 hits - Erasure - Ahh...sweet memories of high school and college in that CD. The ride to work was especially awful and slow today. But that's ok, I had some great tunes! Yesterday, I watched the Lakers/Nets game at Maui's. I almost gave up on the Nets in the first quarter. I mean, that was a painful quarter to watch! But I didn't give up on the Nets, and although they lost, Jason Kidd led the Nets to a valiant comeback. It became a pretty exciting game to watch. I have one criticism, though - the LA crowd sucked ASS! I mean, your team has this huge lead, and the other team bounces back, the game is close in the final minutes, and it looked like the whole stadium was just sitting down. I would be on my feet screaming! And people actually left before the game ended. I know parking can get really crazy, but hey, these are the NBA finals! Geez! Can't wait to see what happens Friday! - Yano, 9:44 AM |

Wednesday, June 5 Wednesday, June 5

Back from vacation! Don't have much to say now, just a couple key phrases to sum up my weeklong vacation...it will mean nothing to you, but I guess you had to be there. It was lots of fun....most of the time! Killjoy!, auto-locking "the club", dropping the kids off at the pool, the Harrison "hot spring" in a cage, rhodedendrons, full serve gas stations, rats at burger king, jumping off logs, chipped teeth, "hug the bear!", playing cards, sleeping on hardwood floors, whale watching in the gift shop, classic cars, skating movie & eating bugs, the Kings-Lakers series, brown mojitos, the Canadian-US exchange rate, rain at Whistler, the 'salmon enhancement program' - boot camp for sushi, bad luck birthmarks, Evette the Corvette, Wunderbars and Aeros, the "honour" roll, stray eyebrow hairs, homemade bubble tea, seaweed strips, Tony Hawks Canada level, "it's getting hot in here...", three ducks on the $20, leather gimp outfits & men on leashes, the Spice Girls & Alicia Silverstone, roots berets, scary shadows at Elsje Point, black squirrels, rolling offertory bread, exploding crab legs, parts of the body with three letters, "can you spare a square?", www.gaymart.com, the pocky van container, three sisters pond, pictures up Marilyn Monroe's dress, rats at Burger King, "eat the crab fat!", giant pocky's, make your own hotdog, the amazingly entertaining "The Ladies' Man", Kokonee beer, "eat the salmon, it's sockeye", Loft 6, missing and switched underwear, three and a half hours in Dallas, taste testing slurpees at Mack's, lines = lineups, parking lots = parkades, "I'll have an iced tea, no ice, with a cup of ice on the side", the quadruple shot americano, Fear Factor's beetles, tongue trick, pros and cons of the male thong, "Who's older, Christine or Claudine?", the Fluffer, wandering Jews, "blazing", the empty Vancouver airport, the tastiest barbeque skewers ever, fighting over the bill, dancing on stage, eh? - Yano, 1:59 AM |