{"id":96,"date":"2006-01-03T00:38:58","date_gmt":"2006-01-03T08:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/96"},"modified":"2006-01-03T00:41:37","modified_gmt":"2006-01-03T08:41:37","slug":"2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/96","title":{"rendered":"2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another “long” weekend that seems too short passes. For New Year’s Eve, I probably wasn’t going to do anything, but I ended up going for fondue with my mom and my sister to a friend of the family’s place. After eating, we watched March of the Penguins, a documentary on (you guessed it) penguins. It was a really relaxing and enjoyable evening. Also, in addition to regular fondue, I got to try cheese and chocolate fondue for the first time! No surprises there, they were delicious. (Steve recommends strawberries and bananas dipped in chocolate…. oh so yummy!)<\/p>\n

On New Year’s Day, I had a some friends over for a potluck. Everyone brought lots of great food, and I wish I could have had more of everything. We did pretty much what we set out to do: eat, drink, talk, and play video games. After having played Mario Party with 8 players (2 team members share a controller), we just had to do it again. Throw in a bit of Super Monkey Ball (2) and a little bit of an unusual purchase I made, earlier that day: the Donkey Kong Bongos for my Gamecube. Two of them. \":mrgreen:\" Actually, I got 2 “bundles” that come with a game and a bongo set. So I got the Donkey Konga 2 and the Donkey Kong Jungle Beat bundles…. and I must say, I’m quite happy with the rather impulsive purchase. Both games are quite fun (though the music selection could be better in Konga)…. and anyone<\/em> can enjoy the music game – even if they don’t like the music (although, that definitely helps). Next time, though, I’d be up for a game of monopoly or something. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Oh, and I got my laptop back from Futureshop! I called to get a status update (haven’t heard from them since I took it in to them on Nov 12) and they told me it was there… ready! Apparently, they don’t know why I wasn’t called. *sigh* I haven’t even turned it on, yet. heh<\/p>\n

Anyways, work is mere hours away. Update over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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