Conspiracy

I was hoping to take this Friday off to celebrate my birthday, but I've got too much work.  Maybe next Fri.

Dinner today -> T&T Food
Picked up some discount food from T&T today.  Got some noodles, short ribs, and sweet & sour pork.  There was lots to choose from today and not alot of people in the store taking it.

T&T Discount Food.

Useless M:tG News:
Picked up some Magic: the Gathering boxes earlier in the week.  Got the new Conspiracy set, the Modern Event Deck, and 2 Journey into Nyx Event Decks.  I want to open the Conspiracy boxes to see what I get, but I also want to try drafting it.  Maybe I'll open 1 and save the other for drafting.

New Magic Cards.

Peelin Pops... Interesting...

Not much going on today.  Super busy with work.  Non-stop today from 8:30am to 11:30pm and I'm only half-way done.  I'm abit tired, but I want to stay up til 2:10am tonight to watch "AKB48 SHOW!" (eventhough I have the episode on my computer).

Dinner today -> Steak.
Made a steak dinner today with rice and half a tomato.  Didn't use the BBQ as it was raining.  The steak was "Buy 2 get 1 free" at Sobey's.

Steak Dinner.

Useless Food News:
A little while ago, Suzanne sent Ed and myself this pic of a new treat from Walmart, "Peelin Pops".  Looks interesting, but she said it wasn't that good.

Peelin Pops.

Yuko Graduates

Dinner today -> Tunafish Sandwiches.
Made some tunafish sandwiches for dinner.  Tuna, Miracle Whip, black pepper, white pepper, tobascco sauce, and relish mixed together to make the tuna fish salad part.  Put it on some buttered Italian bread and added lettuce and tomatoes.

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters faced off against Chipworks today.  We lost in the last inning 10-9 (I think.  Maybe 9-8?).
MVP: Stefano.  He pulled off a double play by himself.
I hit 3-for-4 with 3 singles.  Pulled my right leg calf muscle on the 1st run to First.  I had hurt it earlier in the last game of the tournament on Saturday, in the last inning; and re-injured it tonight.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48's Oshima Yuko graduation concert was on Sunday.  She performed while flying!

Flying Yuko.

And graduated from AKB48 by flying off too.

Graduated Yuko.

Monday night was her graduation stage at the AKB Theatre.

After the stage, she saw off the fans waiting outside the Theatre.

Then she took down her picture from the member's wall.

I still need to watch the stage concert, but I don't have time this week :(

Congratulations Jes and Marc!!!

CONGRATULATIONS JES and MARC!!!

Marc was missing from our softball game on Friday because baby #3 was born!
Baby girl "Brynley" was born 2:58pm on Fri June 6.  Weighing 7 lbs, 8 ounces.  She and mom are doing fine.

Weekend Report: CMC Strike Fighters Champions!!!

Useless Softball News:
Our softball tournament was this weekend.
Game #1 was on Friday night.  We won 21-15.  I was 3-for-3, with a double, 2 singles; and 2 RBI.
Game #2 started 9am Saturday morning.  Apparently we aren't a morning team.  We lost 16-8.  With the loss, we were regulated to the consolation bracket.  I hit 1-for-3, with a single.
Game #3 was at noon.  We won  21-8.  Sean hit 3 home runs including a grand slam!  I was 2-for-3 with a 2 singles and 1 RBI.
For Game #4, our opponent never showed up!  We waited an extra 10 minutes for them, but the umpire called the game and gave us the win.

Warming up for Game #4 that never happened.

The Championship match was won by us in a close game, 15-12 against Alcatel.  I was only 1-for-3 with a single.
We played great all tournament, and we won it without "ringgers" that were allowed for this tournament.  Go CMC Strike Fighters!!!

Food this weekend ->
Friday was Donut Day and I got my share of the donuts :)  Boston Cream and Jelly Filled.

Mmm... Donuts.

After winning the tournament on Saturday, I picked up a #15 from KNH.  It's been awhile and it was good, but it was too hot to be eating hot pho.  I was sweating more while eating it.

#15XL from KNH.

Dungeoness Crab was on sale at Loblaws.  I got 1.  It took me 1.5 hrs to destroy it and get all the meat.  I found that nuking it in the microwave was way faster and easier than boiling it.

Big Dungeoness Crab.

The crab wasn't enough and I made some onion pancakes.  I dipped it in some roasted garlic and Parmesan oil.  I think it would have been better to dip into some sour cream, but I didn't have any.

Onion Pancakes.

Useless Idol News:
The AKB48 Group Election was on Saturday.  The top 80 members can be watched here.
But to sum up the ones I watch for:
#19 Kitahara Rie (34,666 votes)

Miichan (#22) and Rie (#19)

#13 Yokoyama Yui (40,232 votes)

Yuihan (#13)

#3 Kashiwagi Yuki (104,364 votes)

Yukirin (#3)

#2 Sashihara Rino (141,954 votes)  Last years winner dropped to #2.
#1 Watanabe Mayu (159,854 votes)
Gavin's favorite won.  Hail the new Queen of AKB.

Queen Mayuyu (#1)

Yuko's graduation was on Sunday, but I'll post about that another day.  I still need to watch the videos of it.

Friday is Donut Day

The 1st Friday in June is Donut Day!  We got Tim Bits last year at work, but I've heard we are getting donuts this year :)  Too bad I'm in a meeting all day :(
I also heard Susanna's company is getting SuzyQ's donuts.  They just have to one-up us...

Useless Transformers News:
Anyone need a pen?  Get this one.  It's Prime.  I'm ordering one from HLJ unless someone wants to get it for my Birthday :)

Optimus Prime Pen.

Useless Idol News:
Saturday is the AKB48 Group Election mini-concert and results.  I think Sasshi will win, but Mayu's fans might be able to pull it off and get her #1.  I'm just hoping Rie is top 16.
Kitahara Rie's election video below:

Super Mario Mercedes

Useless TV News:
New Mercedes-Benz commercial in Japan, featuring a Super Mario Parody.  Watch it to the end :)