So it was really crappy weather here and I needed to just get away from it all. I needed a vacation. So I did the logical thing. I went to Canada. Well, it was logical in my head. I'm screwed up though. You knew that already. :p
Anyway, here are some pics of my trip.
Date(s): January 28th - 30th, 2005. Album by John Lindner. Photos by John Lindner. 1 - 28 of 28 Total. 1460 Visits.
1 So here I am on the plane arriving 30 minutes ahead of schedule, but in true airline fashion, they made us taxi around the runway for 20 minutes. Thanks a lot guys!
2 Go Rave-Boy! It's your birthday!
WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP
"The system is down. The system is down."
3 This is just to show that EVERYTHING was in 2 languages... English and the crappy one. Figure it out.
I don't think I was allowed to take any pictures in Customs, so I didn't, but the questions I had to answer were retarded.
"What is your purpose here in Canada?" "I'm visiting a friend." "How do you know this friend?" "From an internet game I've been playing with her for about 9 years."
::I get a weird look::
"And where will you be staying?" "At my friends house." "And where does she live." "I have no idea. I'm pretty sure she lives in Canada, though."
And yes, that is what I really said. I wanted to say, "None of your fucking business", but I don't think that would have gone over too well.
4 So this is a really bad shot of my friend Leisa, who was kinda enough to come get me from the airport and have me stay at her house for the weekend.
5 Monopoly money, but with some old lady on it. See? Even the old guy on the box of monopoly is forced to give his money to his wife. Here's your proof!
Oh yeah. I almost forgot. They don't have ONE DOLLAR BILLS. It's ONE DOLLAR COINS up there. Now how the hell are you supposed to tip a stripper with firkin coins?!
6 Me and Leisa at a bar/restaurant named the "FROG FIRKIN". I couldn't have possibly made that up.
We played that NTN TRIVIA game in there. I have come to this conclusion about bars in Canada. They are filled with equally loser-ish people who have no lives and refuse to go home, just like the USA.
7 Our waitress. She's a cute little thing, ain't she? Now bring me my firkin food before I firkin kill ya!
8 The back of the bar. Everyone say it together now... "OOOOH"
9 What you cant see right here is a picture of the Labatt Blue building.
10 Can't see it here either. I'm just messing with you. There's nothing there. :p
11 The originality in Canada was astounding. More to come! LOL
12 NOT JUSTIN!
So this guy worked in Blockbuster. His name tag read "JUSTIN????". Here's what our conversation sounded like...
"Are you Justin?" "No." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "So what's with the nametag?" "I don't have one, so I'm using this one. We have to wear a nametag." "Even if it's not your name?" "Yeah. There really is a guy named Justin who works here though." "So do you all just grab his nametag and pretend to be him when he's not here?" "No, I just dont have one." "So does he know his name is Justin?" "Probably not. He's French." "Ahh, that explains a lot."
OK, well, maybe the last 2 lines aren't true, but the rest is.
13 ROOTS! It's a Canadian Clothing line. I personally see it as an insult. Koonta Kinte would be most offended.
::Spare me the hate mail. I was only kidding.::
14 I was looking at this frog and thinking, "That's the cutest frog I've ever seen!" Then I took a longer look and realized something. He's waiting for a blowjob! I mean, just look at his posture, the expression on his face, and he's naked! This is obviously the FIRKIN FROG!
15 The back of the Air Canada Building. I think it's that place where they used to play that sport known as Hockey. Talk about a depressed country.
"NO HOCKEY?!?! I will have to kill myself now. Pass me that broken beer bottle from THE BEER STORE."
There were dead people all over the streets around the stadium in protest of the strike. Tragic.
16 Some spire thingie. Leisa said it's the tallest free standing structure in the world. I know nothing about these things. I always thought it was the Seattle Sky Needle. My bad.
17 The front of the Air Canada Building. They put some cars out front to try to hide all of the dead bodies from suicidan hockey fans, but I knew better. Their jackets are up for sale on a coat rack in the back!
18 This is the Toronto Skydome home of the Toronto Blue Jays. I didn't get too many pictures of it, but it really is an impressive looking ballbark considering it was designed by a bunch of people who worship guys who play with the pucks. :p
No, seriously. I looked up pictures of it online and it really does look amazing.
19 Another shot of the Skydome. Notice the sun on the lefthand side. It was a gorgeous day. In fact, the whole weekend was pretty nice. I brought all these heavy sweaters and jackets and stuff, and I wound up taking out the liner of my coat. It was a great weekend.
20 Theres like some little faces and stuff on the side of the building. I tried to take a picture of it, but it was kinda far away and we were in a hurry. Feel free to make yourselves blind checking it out though!
21 Kevin, this is for you. It's even in French so you can understand it while you're drunk. I know you don't speak French, but when you get shitfaced, no one can understand what you say. Maybe it's French! Who knows?! LOL
22 The Canadian Pacific Railway. My brother and father both work for Metro North Railroad, so they have this obsession with train stuff. This was for them.
23 These poor guys were still rooting in full hockey gear despite the strike. Talk about dedication. I think they were cheering on the traffic.
"Go Red!" "Go Green!" "w00t!"
Or something like that.
24 Actually that stautue is in front of the Hockey Hall of Fame. This is an impressive place. I'm sure the players have plenty of time to visit it this year and sign some autographs or something.
25 I'm helping them get the crowd into it!
"Oh God! Are you gonna let him honk at you like that all day?!?! Do something already. Signal. SIGNAL!! Flip him the bird!"
26 Me and Leisa with our new pals.
"Let's break out the Molsen, AY?"
"I'm not aboot to give you my Molsen. Have some LaBatt Blue instead ya firkin hoser!"
27 More Canadian originality. AVENUE ROAD. That's the name of the street. AVENUE ROAD. They are in stiff competiton with Philidelphia where there is a road names STREET AVE, but Canada takes the cake because they have 2 languages and couldn't come up with anything better than that. Shame on you guys.
28 This store used to be a hockey store, but since the players are on strike, they had to sell the HO just to survive the cold winter. With I was around when they were selling the HO. Well, I can always get a HO when I get back home. There's plenty of bars in NY and NJ. :)
All in all, it was a really good weekend. Canada is a very nice place. People there drive like shit and everything costs a fortune, but it's nice. I'm sure it looks better in the summertime. I guess I will have to go back and see.
So going back through Customs, they asked me more stupid questions.
"Are you bringing anything back from with you from Canada?" "Nope." "So you didn't buy anything while you were here?" "I bought food, but I really don't think you want that back." "Umm, no."
I almost made her laugh. It was funny.
Thank's again to Leisa for letting me crash at her place. It was fun schooling you in HALO 2. Get some practice already! You play like a girl! LOL
