Good morning, thanks for permitting us a couple of days to relax and such. We’re glad to be back.
The reason that no new posts got sent from the BB was that Jake was in town staying at the apt. When Jake comes to town we always have a good time. It’s predictable, dependable, you might even say reliable.
Wednesday night E-ve and Jake and a couple of other friends and I went to a comedy pro-am in Toronto at Absolute Comedy. The headliner, main event and show stopper of the night was, without a doubt Debra DiGiovanni. This woman is hilarious. If you ever, ever have a chance to see her, be there. If you haven’t seen her, turn on your TV. She’s been on Last Comic Standing and Video on Trial among other programs. She’s quick, funny, jovial and has a surprisingly filthy mouth. I liked it. It was probably the best $6 dollars for a couple hours of entertainment I’ve spent in a long time. Well done Ms. DiGiovanni.
Thursday night Jake and I went to 6 Degrees in the same neighbourhood and saw Bert V. Royal’s “Dog Sees God”. It was fantastic. Amazing. It blew my mind. If you have the to see this play, do it. It’s been extended to April 18th at 6 Degrees on Yonge St, just north of Eglinton. It’s smart, funny, sad, obnoxious, hot, provocative and will make you question everything that you thought you knew about the Peanuts gang and high school kids, your friends, family and children. I’m not sure if I will be able to watch “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” the same way this year. And I’m glad we aren’t close to Christmas because I’m not sure I’d be able to watch the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at all. Because we’re a family show I’m not going to run a bunch of review stuff here. This is an adult only show, that much I will tell you. And I would not want to be sitting beside my mom while watching it. I may post some more about it on the myspace. It really was uber fantastic. It was also pretty cool that the producers brought playwright Bert V. Royal to Toronto and had him sit and watch the show without telling the cast. They brought him up on stage after the show and the reactions on the faces of the cast were priceless. I’m pretty sure that Adamo Ruggiero (Degrassi: The Next Generation) was crying.
In between entertainment venues we hit book stores, comic shops, sports memorabilia dealers and other such places while walking around the streets of the city. There are pictures of things that we found that I will be posting on Flickr and myspace. Found a great Wally Szczerbiak figure from the McFarlane toy collection, a He-Man figure that is going for 35 bucks, when I’m pretty sure it’s almost the exact same as the ones we used to play with as kids. There were even Heroes figures, so I snapped a picture of Claire Bennet. Save the cheerleader, save the world.
It’s a sad week for NHL hockey in Ontario as both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators were eliminated from the NHL play-off hunt. And with the Edmonton Oilers struggling in the Western Conference we may be looking at only 3 Canadian teams in the tournament for the Stanley Cup.
In other geek-worthy exciting news, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is now on book shelves. I saw it at HMV for 25% off. It’s on my shopping list now. Photo will be uploaded.
It’s raining hard here today ppl, drops are bouncing back up off of the street. I warned everyone about umbrella’s needed. Here’s hoping you listened.
That reminds me, I need an umbrella.
That’s all for today folks. Have a great day leading in to your weekend.
Today’s links:
http://www.myspace.com/debradg - Debra DiGiovanni's Myspace.
http://www.absolutecomedy.ca/ - Absolute Comedy, Toronto and Ottawa.
http://tinyurl.com/c4uvc5 - Dog Sees God.
http://tinyurl.com/czurvb - Dog Sees God Toronto.
http://tinyurl.com/dlvkhr - NHL Standings.
http://tinyurl.com/26rnnp - Toronto Weather :(
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