Tarmogoyf Foil!

Today begins the week long festivities of Fongpay's Birthday Bash!!!
Susanna gave me part of my birthday present today: a case of Mountain Dew: Voltage (blue) that she picked up in the US.

Blue Mountain Dew.

Food today -> T&T Discount Food.
Susanna, Ben, and I went to T&T tonight to get some food and groceries for the week.  I picked up a pile of discount foods:  green beans with black bean sauce, sausage rolls, pot stickers, and rice bowl with chicken.

Discount Foods.

I also picked up some discount sushi.

Discount Sushi.

Notice in the sushi platter, there is an Ikura (salmon roe) sushi.  It's my #2 favorite after Otoro (premium fatty tuna).

Ikura Sushi.

Useless M:tG News:
I found out today that the Tarmogoyf card is worth over $100!  And the foil version is worth almost $500!?!  That's nuts!!!
Know what's more nuts?  I checked my Magic binder tonight and I have a FOIL Tarmogoyf!!!  I never use it, so I think I'm going to sell it.  Ideally, I would trade it for the Transformers Optimum Leonard Nimoy Autograph card.  If anyone wants to trade in Ottawa, let me know.

Foil Tarmogoyf (and AKB0048 Yuko).

Weekend Report: New #1

I was able to convince the Social Committee to celebrate Donut Day at CMC.  Ed and I made the trip to Tim Horton's and bought 3 boxes of 40 Timbits.  They weren't donuts, but just as good; and it was free so I wasn't complaining :)

Celebrating Donut Day with TimBits.

Food this weekend ->
I needed to eat pasta Friday night to store energy for Saturday's softball tournament.  So I made Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with canned lobster :)  I didn't add any salt and it was too salty :(

Mac & Cheese with Lobster.

Made a big pot of congee.  I threw in left-over chicken gravy from Scores, BBQ pork, 1 can of salmon including all the juice, and 2 preserved duck eggs.  This mix was so full of flavour and tasted really good.

Congee.

Useless Softball News:
We were actually able to play a softball tournament this Saturday.  The tournament tree was reduced and the CMC Strike Fighters made it to the Semi-Finals... where we got slaughtered by Lockheed.  They had 2 home-run hitters that did most of the damage.

Useless Toy News:
After our softball elimination, Marc and I hit Mastermind Toys.  The place was packed.  I picked up both the Lego Star Wars: Tie Fighter and Super Stadium Baseball game for 25% off.
The pitching in the baseball game is really cool.  You can control the pitching speed and the curve using magnets under the board.  This game is really worth it.
We also scored some free frozen yogurt and grabbed some free toys for Marc's kids.

25% off Toys.

Useless M:tG News:
Picked up a box of Modern Masters on release day on Friday.

Modern Masters.

Useless Idol News:
The AKB48 Election was Saturday morning.  I got up at 4am and watched it until 8:30am.  For me it got interesting starting at #21.
Kitahara Rie ranked in at #21.  Way lower than I expected.  I thought for sure in top 16.  She dropped from #13 last year.

Rie ranked #21

Other ranks of interest:
Itano Tomomi at #11.  I didn't expect Itano to drop out of top 10, especially with her graduating.
Shinoda Mariko at #5.  Expected ranking, but then she announced her graduation in her speech.  And she wants it next month at the Fukuoka Dome concert!
Kashiwagi Yuki at #4.  Yukirin drops from #3.
Watanabe Mayu at #3.  At 7:49am, this just got extremely interesting!  Mayuyu dropped from #2.
#2... Oshima Yuko!  136503 votes and only 2nd place!
Surprise #1: HKT48's Sashihara Rino!  150570 votes.  The big upset!  Overcoming a scandal last year and capitalizing on her transfer to HKT48, Sasshi takes #1 away from Yuko!

Sasshi ranked #1.

I'm a fan of Sasshi too, so I don't mind.

Mom Retired

Congratulations Mom!!!

My mom retired today.  Now she can stay home and bug my dad all day :)

Useless Food News:
I discovered that the first Friday in June is National Donut Day in the USA! 
Hey Will, if you're reading this, check out the 1st paragraph in the link.  It says "Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day".  Now go get some!

Useless Trading Card News:
I got a bunch of cards in the mail today.  3 boxes of Transformers Optimum trading cards, 1 box of Game of Thrones Season 1 trading cards, and 2 Transformers Optimum sketch cards.  The sketches are of Twin Twist and Powerglide.

Cards in the Mail.

In the boxes of Transformers Optimum, I pulled 3 autographs, 4 sketches, another Ironhide Tire, and 2 comic panels.  2 of my boxes were short 1 pack!
The autographs I got were of Barricade, Ratchet, and Jetfire, but I only needed Barricade.  I was hoping to pull a Rachael Taylor or Leonard Nimoy autograph.
The sketches I got were good.  I like the Gears and Hoist.

Transformers Optimum Autographs and Sketches.

I did much, much better in the Game of Thrones Season 1 box.  I pulled a very rare Rob Stark autograph and a Bran Stark autograph.  I also got a rare Daenerys Targaryen Shadow Box card and 2 house cards.

GOT Season 1 Cards.

Mirrored Cyclops Sunglasses

Lunch today -> KNH Chicken Pad Thai.
I dropped off my car at Mazda this morning to get an oil change.  Ed and Steve drove me back at lunchtime to get my car, but before going there we headed to Kanata Noodle House for lunch.  For some reason we all ordered the Chicken Pad Thai (D1).  That was a mistake.  I had a feeling they would do this, but I wasn't sure until we got our plates.

Smaller Chicken Pad Thai.

The plates looked noticeably smaller than the amount we normally get.  I'm pretty sure the chef had cooked 1 big batch of the pad thai and split it 3 ways.  I'm usually full when I finish the pad thai, but today I was only satisfied and could have eaten alot more.
KNH, if you're reading this, we were very disappointed.
BTW: when I picked up my car from Kanata Mazda, they had washed my car too.  I was happy about that because I haven't washed my car since last fall.  They cleaned off all the winter dirt for me :)  Too bad after work I discovered that a stupid bird pooped on the hood of my car!

Useless Japan News:
I got a package the other day from Japan.  I had ordered some stuff including new sunglasses.  Not just the normal mirrored sunglasses for driving, but Mirrored "Cyclops" Sunglasses!  It's just 1 mirrored lens.  I'd give the link to where to get it, but it's sold out.

Mirrored Cyclops Sunglasses.

Useless Idol News:
Last night I used 5 of my 6 AKB48 Election votes for Kitahara Rie.  I gave my last vote to Gordon, but he hasn't picked a member to use it on.  Better hurry up!

5 Votes for Rie.

25% off Coupon

Useless Toy News:
I checked out the new "Mastermind Toys" store in The Centrum today.  I was scouting what I want to get on Saturday or Sunday during the Grand Opening sale, because I got a "25% off 1 item coupon" in the mail.  I think I'm going to get the Lego Star Wars: Tie Fighter.  I have a 2nd coupon from Susanna, so I may get a board game (Dominion), a baseball game, or the Zoku fast popsicle maker (7 mins).  Too bad they don't have any Transformers.

Lunch and Dinner today -> 2 Leg Meal
Before going to Mastermind Toys, ordered a 2-Leg Meal at Scores.  Picked it up in 10 mins and took it home to eat.  I ate half for lunch and the other half for dinner after softball.  It's a big meal for $11.

Scores 2-Leg Meal.

Useless TV News:
Did anyone watch Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode 9 on Sunday?  OMG!!!!  That's all I'm going to say, because I know abunch of you haven't watched any of season 3 yet.  Next week is the last episode for the season.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48's 32nd Single Election will be streamed live on YouTube for 4hrs on Saturday June 8 starting at 17:15 JST.  That is 4:15am EST.  Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but I have a softball tournament game Friday at 9:15pm and then possibly the next game at 9:30am on Saturday and more throughout the day.

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters 1st loss of the season vs Hellcats.  This is a totally different team we faced than last year.  Their new pitcher is good, and their new girls and outfielders are good too.  We lost 23-0.
I went 0 for 0, because I got walked twice.
MVP: Margaret!  Margaret played her 1st game for us this year, and she got 1 of the only 2 hits we had the whole game.  She also caught 3 flyballs for some outs.

Useless Food News:
On a final note, the Ottawa Ribfest starts on June 19!!!

Mountain Dew Drinks

Useless Food News:
I've tried all 4 of the new Canadian Mountain Dew flavours for voting.  This is my ranking:
#4 Super Nova is a grape-like-berry flavour.  I didn't like it at all.

Super Nova.

#3 White Out is tastes like Sprite.  And I don't like Sprite.

White Out.

#2 Code Red has been around awhile now and is classic drink for gaming.  My #2 choice.

Code Red.

#1 Voltage is really good.  It taste just like "blue" (ie Blue Slush, Blue Freezee, Blue Gumballs, etc).  If this wins, they should promote Voltage with Gargamel grape-pressing some smurfs to make this drink :)

Voltage.

Weekend Report: Creamsicle

Food this weekend ->
I tried the KFC Original Filler Sub on Friday for lunch.  It's pretty good, but expensive.  The pepper sauce was spicy.  Not sure if this is worth the money (almost $10 for the combo), because I can get a bunch of chicken pieces for the same price.

KFC Original Filler Sub Combo.

Since it was really hot on Friday, we got free creamsicles at work :)  I had an orange and then later a green.  It's been awhile since I've had a creamsicle and it's really good.
Bumblebee had to hold off the horde of zombies while I savoured the orange creamsicle.

Orange Creamsicle.

Made 2 kinds of pasta this weekend. 
First was a cheese ravioli with hot dog bits and tomato sauce.

Pasta 1.

I also made spaghetti with hot dog bits in a light garlic butter and black pepper sauce.

Pasta 2.

Useless TV News:
I saw a commercial for a new show on Space Channel called "Exit!".  It's the North American version of Japan's "DERO!".  DERO! is a really cool game show with really neat trapped rooms.  I hope the US version will be good and they don't screw it up.  The Japanese version uses celeberties and comedians to make it extra entertaining.  Looks like the N.A. verson uses regular people.  Starts Wednesday June 12.