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I took my folks out for Dim Sum today at Century Dynasty followed by taking my Mom to look at some Canada Goose jackets. I think she'll end up choosing the Montebello jacket in a black or a red, but they didn't have her medium size needed.

Afterwards at home, I didn't have too much time before we had to go and meet everyone for Will's belated birthday party over at Cactus Club Cafe. What ensued was a ridiculous 1hr+ wait while we were passed up for tables for no reason and all manner of BS including "manager's reservations where they sat in the booth for 20 minutes, then left with no order", a perfectly good table that sat empty for the whole time we were there, and generally being ignored.

With such a crappy experience under our skin already, I made the call to Mikado West end and they just so happened to have a table for 8 available and I put my name down and told them that we'd be there right away.

As soon as we got there we were immediately seated and provided with hot towels. What ensued was a blur of food, premium hot sake, and all manner of treats! We tried these amazing "Lobster King Rolls" which were their special that were just MASSIVE and at their heart, were huge pieces of crab claw meat. I think everyone was fairly glad that we decided to switch venues. I took out my 5D Mark II and my Gary Fong Lightsphere to start grabbing a couple photos and obviously garnered lots of attention (oops.) again, but this time from our waitress who's got a compact Nikon camera but recognized 5D Mark II and told me how she wanted to do more landscape photography work. I think that Gary Fong Lightsphere makes me more friends that I would have made in the photography club of Edmonton haha.

On top of that, the manager on duty was a friend of my friend Ana! He had recognized me from a party that she had thrown years ago when she still lived in a house with her roommate. He remembered because we were playing Mario Kart together. It was kind of surreal at that moment, it makes me think about all the relationships I've built, and some impressions that I've left on people even in a short period of time, and never think about again.

But, by the end of the night, he saw me get up to leave and rushed over, we shook hands, and I'm certain any time I go to Mikado with my Sweetheart, we're going to go to the West side one now.

But! The night wasn't over. After downing a LOT of premium sake, Will wanted dessert, so dessert would be had! We headed off to Joey Tomato's on Mayfield Road where we were met with a bubbly and fantastic waitress, quick service, more drinks, and now dessert. Banana cream cakes, lava cakes, apple pies, and ice cream were had, although Kevin got the ahi tuna tacos, and this photo was snapped. I would like to point out that while jovial, Will (in the dress shirt) wasn't nearly drunk off his ass, the man is a tank both in physical fitness and as a drinker. Not pictured here are obviously me and my Sweetheart.

I must say, it was really fun, and I'm super glad that my Sweetheart integrates so well with Team Dimsum, especially now that she's found dessert buddies within Team Dimsum with Henry the master chef et al. I can't lie, it's a deal maker for me that she gets along so well with Team Dimsum, and more importantly, they like her, and she finds our whacky brand of humour amusing :)

Happy Birthday Will!

its been awhile. 3 months? dang. A lot has happened in three months. Let's see...

• first words – baby, no, mama, dada, night night
• first tooth – finally, at nearly 11 months! now he is sporting two very stylish teeth
• first steps – does anyone have any rollerskates they dont use? cause i'll need them when he gets the hang of this walking thing.
• first haircut – at 10 months old. and i didnt want to cut it, i didnt want to let go of the sweet wispy baby hair. now looking back at pictures i cant believe i didnt want to cut it. the child looked homeless. and was rockin a pretty hard core mullet.

What else has happened in 3 months...
• i changed my hair (again). love it. might be my favorite so far.
• i got sucked in under Lady Gaga's spell. Yes. I just heard of her in the last three months. I'm one of those people who never listens to the radio because i'm convinced that everything on it sucks, so i dont get into any popular stuff until like three years late. And Lady Gaga is very uncharacteristic of me. I saw her in concert in July. probably the most fun i've had at a show ever. im a little monster. i cant help it.
• My best friend moved away. :(
• I went back to work full time. Well, i was always full time. i just did it from home two days. Its been bittersweet. I miss the time with Jack, but at the same time, he was getting to be too much to watch and get any work done. I'm adjusting...
• We lost my 24 year old cousin while he was serving in Afghanistan. He is missed terribly. Rest in peace, Sgt. Zack Fisher... ♥

Jack's birthday party invites have been mailed. Party date has been set. I cried addressing the envelopes. Has it been almost a year.. ? How? My baby boy will be one in a couple short weeks. Time flies. I don't take enough pictures of him, and little things that I treasure now will one day slip from my memory and be forgotten. i have GOT to get better about doing that. It breaks my heart. I don't want to forget anything. ever. I tear up thinking of him getting older. Can't i freeze him just as he is now.. ?

i've been doing a lot of photo sessions for clients lately. and while i enjoy it.. photography has become more like a job, and less like the creative expressive outlet it used to be. i miss it. i need to make it a priority to do that again. I might start taking less clients so i can remember what i loved so much about photography in the first place. i dunno. i struggle with it all the time.


Anyway. just wanted to stop in and say hi. sorry for the novel i just wrote. hope you all have been well.
xx