Movie Reviews:
The Prestige-I give it an 8 MGDs – Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johanssen – 2 magicians are at each other – set in the late 1800’s

Mission Impossible 3 – 6 MGDs – Better than I expected – not a Tom Cruise fan anymore after he jumped the couch

Firewall – 4 MGDs – Harrison ford – not a great movie

The Worlds Fastest Indian - 7.5 MGDs - Anthony Hopkins - where did this movie come from ? never heard of it but watched it and it was a great story and great acting. About an old guy who wants to race his Indian motorcycle

The Queen - 7.5 MGDs - Good movie - good acting - surprised that I liked it at all let alone think is was going to be this good.

Dart Tournament
The Annual tournament I go into every year for the past 12 years was Friday night. It starts off with an open bar for several hours which is fun and allows us to over indulge. My partner was great and we rocked the first 3 games. Then I couldn’t hit a thing and we lost when it came to hitting bullseyes which is usually my specialty. One of my first years that I didn’t make to the quarter finals. Sigh. Oh well, the bar was still open. Stayed there until 11:30PM and then went to the George Lounge in Yaletown with some people. Had to leave at 1:10AM to catch the last skytrain at 1:20AM. Not fun running after all those drinks. Caught the train to Lougheed Mall and then negotiated with a cabbie to do a flat rate $20 to my house. Turns out I did good as it would have cost $30 if I paid by the meter. Was up at 6AM – 3 Hr sleep and had a rough day.
Saturday night I went to Dougs and we played some poker and watched my Godsmack DVD which has one of the best drumming songs on video.

Passport Fun
We wanted to get passports for the kids in the event we fly to Disney sometime this year. We can’t fly to the US without a passport now. I’ve heard nothing but horror stories in getting them and the waits involved. We didn’t want to mail them as they would have their original documents in their hands for months until they were sent back. We didn’t feel comfortable with that.
I decided to suck it up and drive in early. I didn’t sleep well and was up at 3AM on a Wednesday morning and was parked and in line at 4:40AM downtown. I was 28th in line !! There were some that got there at 3AM. The weather was crummy – cold and rainy. I found a spot under an awning and was able to break out my laptop and watch Mission Impossible 3 until 6AM when they let us into the building. We sat in the building in a line until 7:30 when the office opened. Behind me at this time was over 250 people who were looking at a 5 hour wait to get their documents processed. I watched the movie Firewall next and was served at 8:15AM which I thought was pretty good. Having the movies to watch made time fly. Now we just need to wait 4 weeks to get them.

Monster Truck Show
I donned my plaid jacket, baseball cap, Kodiak boots, chewin tobacco and chipped my front teeth and headed to BC Place for the Monster Truck show to see Grave Digger, Monster Mutt, Bulldozer and Blue Thunder make some noise and crush some cars. I went with a buddy and his 2 kids and we went to the Pit Party which is just a bunch of the trucks parked on the floor and we can get close to them. I expected more but the kids enjoyed it.

The show was OK – felt a bit like a Canadian production – there was no dirt !! What was up with that ?? We saw the trucks do wheelies, race each other and do donuts. It was fun and worth the $15/ticket. The kids enjoyed it which is why we went. They had motocross jumpers as well which takes some guts considering they are jumping over a cement floor.