Sometimes when I’m really into a song, I listen to it non-stop for the whole day.  Today, it’s Patricia Barber’s rendition of Cole Porter’s Easy to Love.

I can’t wait for the Raptors season to start!  I got to see the preseason Nets game, with Vince Carter back in town again.  There was a funny moment when Jorge Garbajosa, who is the first person to wear #15 since VC left town, checked into the game.  Vince stared at his jersey for a bit, then gave a smile to the broadcasters, as if to say “where’s all the love for me gone around here?”  Also, the lights went out for a while so it was different watching them play in near darkness.  It’s gonna be a much more positive season this year with all the changes made.

After the game, I went to the home of one of organizers of VITT, a yahoo group for vegetarians in their twenties.  Her mom showed a bunch of us how to make various Indian breads including roti, stuffed roti, puri and kachori.  Afterwards we got to eat them all…it was rare opportunity to have a homecooked Indian meal, and I loved it!

Oh yeah, I also got to check out Utopia Cafe this weekend.  Although there’s a wait (the place is so small), the food is really good.  It’s very veggie-friendly, and my meat-eating friend enjoyed his meal very much too.

Had a nice long Thanksgiving weekend…started off with the Chris Botti concert on Friday, went apple-picking at Watson Farms Saturday afternoon, locked myself out of my running car and then had Thanksgiving dinner with neighbour/friends AmyChris, JackieDerrick and Natalie.  On Sunday we went out to Century Room — it’s always nice to see familiar faces.

On Monday I saw The Departed.  It’s actually a re-make of the Chinese movie Infernal Affairs.  Both were very good, but I preferred the original slightly more.  It’s less vulgar and you could empathize with the characters a bit more.

After the movie I went to the Reservoir Lounge to see Sophia Perlman and the Vipers again.  I had planned to see her last week already, but on Saturday I got a nice surprise — Sophia posted a comment on my blog!  You can see it here.  I’m convinced I have psychic powers as something like this happened to me a couple weeks earlier too — I thought about a person I haven’t talked to in a while and she messaged me shortly after.  I wonder what sort of things I could do once I harness this power…

Anyway, we got to introduce ourselves to her and had a great time as usual.  October 23 is their one year anniversary so I’ll definitely be back for more!

Sometimes I think: why bother getting attached when you know it’s going to hurt so much when it ends?

The weekend was eventful…on Friday did Capture the Flag, went drinking in Koreatown with the buddies and then met up with a coworker and hit a bar to cap it all off.  On Saturday, re-injured my back then did Nuit Blanche till 5am — my favourite was Ballroom Dancing, I went twice!

Now it’s Sunday.  I’m recovering, haven’t done a single thing and I’m getting reflective.

Ever look at an old pic of yourself, look into your own eyes and ask yourself what the hell happened?  How did I get where I am?  Have I done anything with myself of worthy note?  I’ve heard from a few people that my gaze was piercing.  I wish I could look inside myself a bit better.