Molly, Sparky, and I took the day off work and headed up to Canada’s Wonderland. We rode the Thunder Run, Vortex, Sledgehammer, Jet Scream, and then the Behemoth twice in a row. All in the span of two hours. This video is the only one I took with the Go Pro HD while on the roller coasters, as it nearly flew off my head. Next time, I’ll bring along the chest harness.

The finished tattoo!

It took just over three hours to colour in all 99 of the triangles, and it looks AWESOME. Kerry did an amazing job. I will admit, it hurt a bit when the triangles on the inside of my forearm were coloured in, but the end result was worth it!

Update (2010-04-18): Here’s the link again to the gallery of images I took detailing the progress of my tattoo:

http://www.evanroberts.com/gallery?album=1&gallery=17

The unveiling!

Today, Kerry and I put the battle plan we had for my tattoo into action, and by using a combination of a tape measure, ruler, and tongue depressor, she got it all laid out on my arm perfectly. The actual tattooing of the outline took about an hour, and I think it looks AWESOME. It’ll take a few weeks to heal, at which point I’ll make my way back down to Yonge Street Tattoos to have the necessary triangles filled in. If you can’t tell that I’m excited about this, then let me make this very clear: I can’t frikkin’ wait to have this all done!!!

Update (2010-04-02): Here’s the link to the gallery of images I took detailing the progress of my tattoo:

http://www.evanroberts.com/gallery?album=1&gallery=17

Last year during Earth Hour, Molly and I were in Niagara Falls, having dinner at The Keg. The lights around the falls were turned off, and the lights in The Keg were dimmed. It didn’t really affect me as I could see my steak, my wine, and my Molly. However, this year, I’m sitting in the dark, and not able to play video games. It’s only an hour… but dammit, my Xbox360 is feeling neglected!

Molly scored some free tickets from work, so we came here to the ACC to watch the Raptors play against the Kings… or as I referred to them, the “purple dudes”. Shortly after this video, people went bananas for free t-shirts. Crazy.

This was the basement of a house near our new house that had a layout we really liked. The closets at the end of the recreation area aren’t needed, but the closet next to the window is desired. They had a little walkway underneath the stairs that we won’t have, and the space between the stairs and the bathroom will be used for the bathroom so the shower doesn’t have to be too far left of the sink.

Over the course of the past weekend, and even with this past Monday as a vacation day, huge strides have been made during our battle with the basement. So much so, that we expect to be done quite soon! This video was taken last night, Monday, Jan 18th, 2010. Yesterday alone we ended up taking 520kg (1146lbs) to the dump, one full van load to Goodwill, and another full van load to our storage locker. The end is in sight!!

It took three more days of sorting and boxing, but the basement is almost empty now. This video was recorded Tuesday, Jan 12th, 2010. On Monday we took 455kg of stuff to the dump, and last night we took 475kg more. There’s some other crap remaining around the house, but for the most part, it’s coming along swimmingly.