Wow, you guys are ravenous!

Okay, here's the highlights (get comfy, folks):

1) While waiting to get picked up from the airport (2 hours..), I went outside to make a call on my cellphone, and saw the Designer Guys outside having a smoke. Because everyone in Toronto pays $1400/month in rent, they can't afford cable, which means they had no idea who the Designer Guys were. I actually wouldn't have know who they were either, except they were both wearing black T-shirts with "Design, something something" written in white, so I then recognized who they were. Neat.

2) After finally being picked up by Jess, we made our way to Caitlin's apartment. Toronto people like to honk. Especially at green lights.

3) We got to Caitlin's retardly nice apartment (wood floors, high ceilings, central air condition, etc, etc), unloaded our stuff, and headed out. We ended up at a great little place just across the street from her place that had a terrace, and excellent 80's music. I again had another brush with Canadian Cable Celebrity - Daryn from "Buzz". He was wearing a Mickey Mouse Shirt and drinking with some people at the table next to us. Again, no one knew who he was.

4) At aforementioned bar, we got nice and drunk and had a great time. It so great to be with them again. We talked a lot about sex. We decided to go back to Caitlin's drink more, and watch some of our old home movies from 10 Charlotte.

5) We decided to mix Rasberry Vodka with.. uhm.. Gin, I think. Anyway, it was vile. We went up to the "Party Room", which is essentially this giant room with a few bits of exercise equipment and a bar (not stocked, thankfully), a fridge, a TV and VCR. On either side are doors that lead out to a great terrace which a wonderful few of downtown T.O. Pictures to come! Turned out that the tape was all messed up, so we couldn't watch it. We went outside and tried to drink, but couldn't. Jess decided she would invent the "Patilight" (not really sure on the spelling..). We went to bed. We woke up Caitlin's fiancé, George, when we were brushing our teeth. We took about 30 pictures of this. Jess and I stayed up for a little while and talked about life like we used to. Awesome.

6) We woke up the next morning with surprisingly minor hangovers. We went to breakfast, then walked around downtown and Jess got sneakers from Payless (silly girl only brought flip-flops and knee-high boots!). We decided to have a BBQ on the terrace and have some dacquiries.

7) Had BBQ and drinks. A bit of a low-key night, because we all wanted to be rested for the concert the next day. Learned that BBQ Corn on the cob is REALLY good.

8) Read everyone Tarot cards and listened to music. Danced. Tried to smoke a petit joint.

9) Next morning, cuz up to get ready for the concert. Cait and Jess were making me feel guilty for not going with them. Felt a little torn, but plans were made. Went to breakfast at the Coach House. Watched the gathering crowds on TV. Got a little nervous.

10) I got dropped off at Jana's apartment. A big improvement from the last apartment. We chilled for a bit, and talked to various people trying to make plans for the concert. The plan was to meet Vicki and Jana's friend, Sarah behind the stage and the first aid station. BAD idea.

11) Left for the concert at about 5:30 (Jana's bro was late). We arrived at about 6:30. Subways and line ups were surprisingly pleasant. Security was a joke. After getting there, we sort of decided that trying to find anyone would be impossible. We thought we'd be able to communicate via cell phones, but they didn't work. We plunked ourselves down beside an SUV that was mysteriously parked in the middle of the crowd. We arrived just as The Guess Who was finishing their set.

12) I had little perspective of how big that crowd was. We were sort of looking over the crowd, so we had a pretty direct view of the stage, though they still looked like ants. Rush played, and a camera crew was going around the crowd near us. I figured it was some local news people, but I found out upon returning home that it was Much More Music. You can see the SUV, and our backs, twice. Almost famous.

13) Interesting fact. There is no 4th floor in Caitlin's apartment. The number 4 is seen as bad luck in Asian culture.

14) Not a big Rush fan, so we 'indulged' a bit while they played. We were a bit freaked out because there were a bunch of families arounds us with young children. But we figured they were aware of what goes on a rock concert.

15) AC/DC came on. They were probably the best of the bands we saw. Lots of energy. The sound was amazing. The sun went down and it cooled off quite a bit.

16) The Stones came on a little later than expected. They were pretty much like any Stones show you have seen on TV. Justin came out for a bit of a song with Mick, and interjected a few lines of 'Cry Me a River'. Wanker.

17) There were some fireworks after the concert. They were good, but the Canada Day ones here were much better.

18) We followed the crowd out of the concert, only to come to a fence. Some lovely gentlement took turns in lifted the bottom of the fence up so we could climb under (the 'right way' to get out was through gates near the stage, but we didn't know that). We walked along a highway (think Vaughan Harvey but a lot bigger) that they had closed down for the concert. There were tons of helicopters overhead. The first few subway stops were pretty full, so we decided to keep walking. We eventually got to a stop, but had to climb up a hill and over a concrete barrier. I got halfway up, but fell down, and got a super big bruise on my left arm, and some minor ones on my other arm and leg. They're pretty much gone now, but I took a picture of it.

19) We got home at about 1:30, tired and dirty and sweaty. I woke up the next morning and walked to Tim's to get coffee, and got some cantelope. Waited until 3 for Jana to get up. At about 6, we felt for Elmira. My mother called and yelled at me for not calling after the concert. She said she had called my number once before and a 'strange man' picked up. Haha. She obviously called the wrong number, but it was funny to let her believe that I hooked up.

20) The rest of the time was spent in Elmira with Jana. Funniest sight: Seeing a mennonite going through a corn field on a bike . . . with a gun. Neatest sight: Flocks and flocks of Canada Geese. Ontarioans didn't realize that we don't have them around here, except at the zoo. At one place, they were holding up traffic cuz they were walking across a 4 lane highway. Again, pictures to follow.

That is pretty much it, I think. I hope you're all happy now. :)