Rockin' with the 'rents

Among the suitcases, plastic recycling, and presents we brought up to Edmonton, we also packed our Xbox 360 and Rock Band.

The parents only started playing because we had dragged all these plastic instruments up from Calgary. We then proceeded to play for 2 HOURS. At best, I thought we would play for 30 minutes and then move onto something else.




Update: I figured there should be a goofy photo of me. Arone and Kristi bought me this monkey hat. I am enjoying it very much.

"I am a black belt in wrapping"

My co-worker was inspired by this:



And thus this happened. We even got people to fill out gift tags. The pranked co-worker left on Wednesday so it gave us some time to wrap. He's back the same day as me in January so I'll be there to record his reaction.



If you want to know why the walls, chair, and desk were not wrapped, send me an e-mail. It's not a super interesting reason but I'd rather say over e-mail.

Not a body in a dumpster

It's kinda nice to have our street in the newspaper not because they found a body.

But recently the snowman has taken an ominous turn as it slowly leans forward and its celery nose droops. And one of the eyes is missing.

It might be just me...

But every time I hear the phrase "Harper wants to prorogue
Parliament," I think Harper just wants to invite all the MPs over to
his house for some good ol' fashioned perogy making.

Am I the only one?

To all those upset about the current political situation:

This. Is. How. Our. System. Works.

If we don't like how it works, we can:

a) Move away
b) Become involved and change the system/the constitution

Upset about the potential policies that might come out of this parliamentary upheaval? Fair enough. 'Tis the nature of democracy.

But we can't be indignant about appearance of a coalition within a minority government environment. Sure, it hasn't happened all to much, but our system allows for it to ensure the representation of the majority.

This is a situation we (and by "we", I mean all those who voted in the last federal election) created. Our votes and the election of our candidates created the government we have now.

You can be upset. But, please, be upset for the right reason.

(There. That was cathartic.)

Apparently, sick kids love Barbie movies

Our Christmas charity for this year is Child's Play. Child's Play is essentially gamers buying video games, books, and toys for children's hospitals around the world. Calgary's hospital finally got on the boat this year so we were very excited to buy them stuff, including Arone's Sonic game. Fine, Bioware's DS game but Arone worked on it.

If you're interested in purchasing something here are some links:

• Calgary's wish list
• Location of other hospitals

If you're keen to buy us a Christmas present (if you were planning to, no pressure) and don't know what to buy, we'd certainly endorse this option.