Happy Halloween!

Another Halloween has come and gone.
Did everyone get alot of Trick or Treaters? This year I decided that I can't be bothered to wait at the door for a couple hours. I thought to myself, "Why waste my time". So at 6pm, I left about 130+ pieces of candy in a box on the front porch with a note saying "Please take 2 pieces". It's the same as me handing it out, as once the candy is gone, it's gone and it's over. This way I can waste my time watching TV and playing Batman :) (and no doorbell rings)


^ Please Take 2 Pieces.
I just hope kids are truly honest these days, but I have a feeling they aren't :(

Useless CMC News:
Halloween at CMC this year was smaller than normal. Still there were some of us who dressed up.
I was a dead soldier. I wanted to go as Green Lantern, but I waited too long to get a Green Lantern shirt and all Walmart had left was medium sized ones.


^ 3 Star General Fongpay with Throat Cut.

Other notable costumes:


^ K-Lowe as Shake, and Witch & Medusa.


^ MIB and Discoman


^ Ghoul & Reaper.
The Ghoul and the Reaper where the best costumes.
It's too bad that Steve didn't dress up. I thought for sure he was going to dress up as one of the AKB48 girls ;)

Dinner today -> Oden Ver 2.
Took the small amount of leftover oden and added: red potatoes, noodle knots, white mushrooms, straw mushrooms, fish cake rolls, fried crab balls, and more quail eggs. It's stick to your bones good :)


^ Oden Ver 2.

Weekend Report: Happy Halloween!

Useless Halloween News:
I found a new candy blood pack at the dollar store to add to my collection.


^ Candy Blood Pack.
It's probably pure sugar. I wonder who I can get to drink the whole thing :)

Food this weekend -> Oden.
All I ate this weekend was a big batch of oden I made from scratch. It was really good. I made it with alot of different ingredients: daikon, fish balls, beef balls, squid balls, fish tofu; straw mushrooms, devil tongue, noodle knots, beef stomach, beef tendons, and quail eggs.




^ Oden.
I left out Chinese mushrooms, fried crab balls, and fish cake tubes because it was getting too full. I think I need some more daikon slices too.

Useless Gaming News:
Jeff, Anthony, Derek, Ben, and I played a new game called "Cosmic Encounter". The game has some Munchkin and Settlers influences. The main objective is to colonize the other player's planets through invasion or negotiation. Every game is different because each player plays as 1 of 90 different alien races, each with it's own special abilities.


^ Cosmic Encounter.
Anthony won all 3 games we played. Ben was co-winner in the 2nd game.

Useless Hockey Pool News:
I'm about to beat Blue and White this week: 7-3. We have a breakfast bet riding on this, and I will be collecting it this Friday :)


^ Fongpay Wins!
Bring on Snowball.

Useless Idol News:
I got my AKB48 "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" CDs (normal edition) in the mail. They came with a Mayu and Jurina photo.
I also got some AKB books/magazines: Team A, K, B mini dress-up sticker book, Janken Mook, AKB study text books: learning english and learning science, and Peach John catalog.


^ AKB CDs and Books.

AKB48 performed "Iiwake Maybe" and "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" on Music Station this weekend.


^ AKB48 on Music Station.

Sony's Sneaky Trick.

Susanna and I went to The Sony Store at Bayshore, because our dad got an email saying he won something at the store. We won a $20 credit, BUT had to spend it that night. That's a really sneaky trick to get people to come into the store and spend money, since there really wasn't anything good for under $20 (only batteries, blank CDs, and cheap headphones).
In the end, Susanna used it to buy a camera case by spending an extra $10.

People with kids should go to Ms. TiggyWinkles at Bayshore on Halloween. They are giving out free candy and ballots to win a $300 Playmobile set. I'm talking about you: Kristina, Jess, and Linda! Go during the day!


^ Ms. TiggyWinkles Free Candy and Draw.

I found this at the Dollarama: Instant Pancake Mix. You just add milk to the bottle, shake, and make pancakes! I'm going to try it this weekend. I hope it's good, as this will be really handy when I want to eat pancakes.


^ Instant Pancake Mix.

Dinner today -> Peasant Style Pizza.
Picked this peasant style pizza bread at Sobey's. Made some cream of mushroom soup to go with it too (not shown).


^ Peasant Style Pizza.

The Finger

Snack today -> Boney Finger Cookie.
I was given the finger today... a cookie finger :) It looked cool and tasted good. It was made out of shortbread with an almond fingernail.


^ Boney Finger Cookie.

Useless Hockey News:
Montreal Canadiens fired assistant coach Perry Pearn 90 minutes before tonight's game vs Philly. The team then went on to win 5-1 over the Flyers, breaking their 6 game winless streak. It was Price's 100th win too.

Useless Idol News:


^ AKB48 Stage Fighter 15 sec Commercial.

Knockoff 3D Mouse Pad

Lunch today -> McDonald's Cheeseburgers and Fries.
I was in the mood for burgers.


^ 3 Cheeseburgers and Large Fries.
I peeled the Monopoly pieces and I won a free large sandwich!


^ Winning Ticket!

Dinner today -> T&T Food.
Susanna and I went to T&T. I picked up some ingredients to make oden this week, and a bunch of cooked food: Beef Tendons, Fried Female Capelin, BBQ Pork, Chow Mein, Roast Duck, and Roasted Baby Crab.


^ T&T Food.

Useless Comic News:
I went to the Anime Stop today and found they had some 3D mouse pads for only $15. I think these are knockoff 3D mouse pads. Official ones usually come in a nice collector's box and usually cost at least $30. I picked up Kallen Stadtfeld from Code Geass for my collection :) I'm currently using human-form Moka from Rosario + Vampire. Great wrist support.


^ Kallen Stadtfeld 3D Mouse Pad.

Useless Idol News:
I got a package in the mail today. It was a box of 2011 AKB48 Puccho Candy. I was finally able to score a box from HMV Japan. It was sold out for ages, but I checked again last week and they had 1 box available.


^ AKB48 Puccho Ver 2.
I hope I get an autograph one.

Today was the release day for AKB48's 23rd Single "Kaze wa Fuiteiru". I don't like the video for the song at all, so I uploaded yesterday's live performance of "Flying Get" and "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" on the show "Coming Soon!".


^ AKB48 "Flying Get" and "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" on Coming Soon!

Rental Car Flaws UPDATED

Marc and I went to CMC MTL today.
I planned to rent a mid-size car, but I got upgraded to a luxury full-size car (I can't remember the model). It was nice but big and had 3 major flaws:
1. The gas pedal was really high, so I would be reaching to press the gas, and lifting my whole leg to press the brake.
2. The driver headrest stuck out at an uncomfortable angle.
3. The back middle seat had a large headrest that doesn't retract or can be removed. It blocked the rear view mirror.
UPDATE: The car was an 2012 Chevy Impala. If you look at the link you can see the annoying driver seat headrest and the back middle seat headrest in the pics.

I saw a video of Natalie's baby. He's so cute!

Dinner today -> Hotdogs.
I was tired from driving, so I made a quick dinner of microwave hotdogs.


^ Microwave Hotdogs.

Weekend Report: CMC and Batman

That's all I did this weekend. Work at CMC during the day and then play Batman late into the night. I'm off to CMC MTL on Monday.

Food this weekend ->




^ Beef and Chinese Greens on Rice.

Had dinner with parents, Susanna, Ben, and Jane at Hockey Sushi. I think we ordered too much sushi and should have ordered more rolls and sashimi. I filled up on too much rice.


^ Hockey Sushi.


^ Little Caesar's Supreme Pizza.

Useless Toy News:
Picked up the new Canadian Tire Exclusive McFarlane NHL Figures Series 2. I only got Gionta, but I may pick up Ovechkin if they go on sale.


^ Gionta.

Useless Idol News:
New AKB48 Card Game on Gree. Are the cards real or virtual? They look pretty good.


^ Yuko and Mayu Cards.
(Haha Gavin. Mayuyu only has 1 fist :P)

Last week's AKBingo! was dodgeball and it was really entertaining. Maeda hasn't been on the show in ages, but she stole the show. Download it here and watch it!
Highlights were:
- Eat spicy curry,
- Eat rice weevel/earwig bug,
- No laughing game.


^ Takamina's Teeth - What does it say?

Jets at Sens

Jeff and I went to the Winnipeg at Ottawa game in the CMC box suite. It was a pretty good game. Ottawa won 4-1.


^ Jet @ Sens.
After the game we waited in the suite for the traffic to clear out. Killed some time watching the ice-crew try to peel the ads off the ice for 1/2hr. I always thought they painted the ads on, but they are actually plastic sheets under a thin layer of ice.


^ Peeling Ads.

Dinner today -> BBQ Chicken Wings.
I snacked on some bread, chips, and candy before the hockey game, so I picked some BBQ chicken wings for dinner at the 24hrs Loblaws. All the cooked food (except the sushi) was 50% off. $6 for 20+ Wings is a good deal. I should have gotten the 9-piece fried chicken for $6 too.


^ 50% off BBQ Chicken Wings.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48's 23rd Single "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" (Wind is Blowing) was performed on "Hey Hey Hey" this past week. This single is released next week.


^ Kaze wa Fuiteiru.
I see black pantsu!

$20 Silver Coin

Breakfast today -> McDonalds.
Susanna picked me up at the Mazda Dealership with McDonalds breakfast for me :)


^ Sausage Egg McMuffin, Hash Brown, and Orange Juice.

Dinner today -> Spicy Jumbo Shrimp Wontons.
Spending alot of time playing Batman (awesome game), so I made something simple and quick for dinner.


^ Spicy Jumbo Shrimp Wontons.

Useless Money News:
Anthony showed me this deal at the Royal Canadian Mint. You can buy a $2o silver coin for $20. I ordered 3 (max limit of 3).


^ $20 Silver Coin.

Batman: Arkham City

Dinner today -> Pork Belly Mega Slider.
Evolution of the Pork Belly Mega Slider:


^ Bread with 1 Side Buttered. Add Lettuce.


^ Add Pork Belly. Add Mayo.


^ Plated Pork Belly Mega Slider.

Useless Gaming News:
"Batman: Arkham City", one of the most anticipated games of the year, was released today. I picked up the XBox 360 version from Best Buy. The Best Buy version comes with the code to play as Robin.


^ Batman: Arkham City

Useless Movie News:
Have everyone seen the latest The Avengers trailer that was released on the weekend?


^ The Avengers Trailer.

A New Challenger has Arrived!

Useless CMC news:
Got to work this morning and look what I find...


^ New Challenger?
This blue Mazda was in MY parking spot. Who is this new challenger?

Lunch today -> Spring Rolls and Vietnamese Sub.


^ Spring Rolls and Vietnamese Sub.

Dinner today -> Steamed Big Head Fish, Steam Broccoli, and Egg White Noodles.
My craving for fish was fulfilled.


^ Steamed Big Head Fish, Steam Broccoli, and Egg White Noodles.

Useless Idol News:
With no advance warning or rumours, AKB48's older sister group, SDN48 will disbanded on March 31, 2012. Reason will be explained by management later.

Also, in spring 2012 there will be a new anime series... an AKB48 Anime!
The members will "battle" each other in auditions to be voice actresses.