waterfront
I was late for my appointment with my financial advisor this morning. \"Financial advisor\" sounds too hoity-toity. The guy, in that weird, Belleville-esque kind of way, is almost a friend of the family, really. I can\'t say that that makes him a *good* financial advisor, but at least I don\'t feel too intimidated to talk to him. That bit\'s kind of important. I was late for my appointment, so they took me across the street to the diner for coffee. Because, you know, they had almost given up on me and had decided to go there for a break.
This weekend is Waterfront. I remember when Waterfront started when I was a kid. I don\'t really remember when it became an event. When I told my boss I was from Belleville, he said, \"Oh! I\'ve been there. It was for some--what was it called?--\'Waterfront\' thing. We went to see playing.\" And I didn\'t really know what to say. I mean, I\'ve been to Waterfront, with the (relatively meager) ethnic \"Folklorama\" festival and the bellyflop contests and things, but I\'ve never actually been to Waterfront. They have bands now. And people get incredibly, credibly drunk. And none of that\'s really my bag, if you catch my meaning.
Tonight\'s the Tea Party concert. My sister\'s gone off to that (she doesn\'t have enough money to get incredibly drunk, not that my mother would let her live it down). I can actually hear it from the living room (as I could the fireworks earlier). Tomorrow is Loverboy. Beyond a vague association with the \"cheesy 80s band\" category, the only connection I have to Loverboy is the fact that their \"Working for the Weekend\" song is on the GTA: Vice City soundtrack. But I\'m not really much of a concert person anyway.
I saw Lemurs today. Lemurs rule. They had a petting zoo at the downtown sidewalk sale, and along with the usual goats and llamas and things, they had a couple lemurs bouncing around their cage and an armadillo (also awesome) and a couple weird little South African things which looked vaguely wombat- or rabbit-like but with really long, spindly little legs. They were cool, but not as cool as lemurs.
Matt pointed out that the Lite edition of the soon-to-be-released Fourth Edition of GURPS has been released. I like GURPS. It was my game. We all had our favourite game systems in highschool. I picked up the 3rd ed. GURPS Basic Set on a whim one day. We only actually played it maybe a half-dozen times (I\'m not a terribly enthusiastic GM), but I still like it. I think I\'ll buy 4th ed. when it comes out just for old times\' sake.