Now I'll admit, I got a little behind. But hey you can now buy innuendo-esque so it can't be all bad. By the way on the way back from Quebec we drove through Avril Lavignes home city, now there is an interesting 'Phil Fact' for you. The town is called Brockville, it sounds gritty and emo, just like her and her 'skater boi' friends. Anyhows back to the matter in question, Christmas. It was weird being away from the U of K however i had a fantastic time. I was off to Orillia in Northern Ontario to stay with some second counsins of Joes, who were very nice. One of them even looked like Santa himself which made everything that bit more exciting. Orillia was very snowy hence the picture of lots of snow. My first stop in Orillia was a somewhat unusual one for me, a casino. Now I have never gambled before, unless you count that strip poker game last term where only my dignity was lost. Joe and I were dropped off for 3 hours, so we agreed we would only spend 15 dollars each and any winnings, we were optimistic, would be split straight down the middle. Joe lost all his money! I however found good fortune in the form of a munsters slot machine. I popped in my little ticket and spun the reels. I got 3 grandpa munsters, and it started chinging.
"Ka-ching Ka-ching" - Shania Twain
I ended up going from 15 dollars to $127.50. The thing about a Phil is we know when to stop and I cashed out. Huzzah, but I had to give Joe $60 in order to complete our gentlemens agreement. We then enjoyed a lovely buffet lunch.
Christmas day itself was a quiet affair, we spent time with the family, not my own, but hey it was family. They also had two dogs and a rabbit although all were on loan. Check out the contents of the cool stocking they got me! My favourite present was a wind up gorilla! The big jose and me also played air hockey with the two 7 and 8 year old girls. We lost, darn they were good! I also spent much of Christmas day in a hot tub outside in the snow. Unfortuantely I had to wear swimming trunks that were far too big for me and a lilac, yes lilac bathrobe. In fact I met the whole of Joes extended family via webcam while wearing a lilac bathrobe. Oh the humility.
2 comments:
Hello Phil,
Fine blog. Entertaining and informative. I look forward to further installments.
I followed a link to The Ice Cube from another blog site whose existence I only learnt about just before Christmas.
It's good to see that there are still gentlemen about. I trust that Joe behaved in like manner and didn't accept a cent more than $56.25.
PeterS.
Lavender bathrobe, huh?
I'm sure that with your overwhelming air of incredible masculinity, they weren't worried about your sexual orientation, haha.
Speaking of gayness, have you seen Brokeback Mountain yet?? It's supposed to be super good, I'm excited to see it.
And I don't think you've checked out my new fish, Nino, so you better come over and say hi sometime soon. To warn you though: my room smells, and I don't knwo why. I thin it might be the fish I had for dinner two days ago . . . . ewwwwwwww. I'm Febreezing like CRAZY.
Caitlin
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