- I got a Sunday job working in a store selling fantasy-themed products (wolf t-shirts etc). This has many stories that I will delve into later.
- I got a full time job for an online marketing/advertising company. I'm kind of an office drone but after a couple of months of part time work I am pretty happy with it.
- Myself and herself went to another Vancouver Giants hockey game.
- Myself and my friend went to a Vancouver Whitecaps match.
- St Patrick's Day happened.
- Many plans were made.
This was our second hockey game and I enjoyed it a lot more than the first. I was comfortable with the seemingly random ad breaks and general madness of it all. Also, we bore witness to the most Canadian event of all time. Michael Buble (yes, the singer guy) was driven onto the ice in a golden pickup truck to sing Happy Birthday to a Canadian hockey legend, Gordie Howe. CANADA. Even better, the Giants won! Their worst year in ages and they won both times we were there.
Also, this happened:
Vancouver Whitecaps match
A truly super Saturday this was. Mick and I met in town and went for pints in the fan club pub. The Southsiders are a SUPPORTERS GROUP, modelling themselves on British/Irish/European terrace-dwellers, and are REALLY SERIOUS about having fun.
After an hour or so the lads and ladies assembled outside the pub to get ready for their march to the stadium. Myself and Mick crossed the road to get a good view of the procession and (decked out in our Whitecaps gear) unwittingly set the march in motion. Pair of chancers. After another pint, that helped the last 20 minutes sink in, we headed off to the stadium.
Now, MLS soccer isn't exactly the best advertisement for the beautiful game. In fact it more resembles the Simpsons version ("fast kicking, low-scoring action! ties? you bet!!" or something). I can't find the English version, buuuut the message is the same
So, really you need to be nestled in amongst the rowdy Southsiders for there to be any craic at these matches. They reside in the right hand corner behind the goal, unfortunately we were in the left side...
However, buoyed by our earlier parade-leading shenanigans, and probably also the pints, we decided to chance our arm(s) and nonchalantly stroll into some empty seats in the Southside section when the game had started.
And not long after we got there, Whitecaps scored!! For a glorious 30 minutes we stood, sang, shouted abuse and generally had the craic with the Southsiders until 4 Asians rudely showed up late and we had to make our way back to our original seats... Still, a good time was had by all and we plan to go back.
Other plans include:
- A day trip next weekend (when myself and herself actually have some time off together)
- An Evil Dead marathon at the Rio Theatre
- Bad Religion gig!
- LOS ANGELES.
