Month: December 2005

Good news. Thanks to Google Adsense, I actually have money to buy Troy his birthday presents and Christmas gifts this year. Not really a lot of money, but money nonetheless. Last year, I managed to scrape enough money to buy him a small birthday present but had to use his money to buy him his…… Continue reading Good News vs. Bad News

I watched Le Battement d’ailes du papillon or Happenstance (UK title) or The Beating of the Butterfly’s Wings (International title) last weekend on DVD with Troy and his parents. I really liked it. The movie is starring Audrey Tautou of Amélie fame. In fact, it was her movie right before Amélie. In my opinion, the…… Continue reading Happenstance

Troy and I have been to many thrift stores, antique markets, and flea markets all over Southwestern Ontario in our search for vintage cameras that we can actually use to take photos, or those that just look cool enough to justify the fact that we can’t really take photos with them due to film unavailability.…… Continue reading Vintage Camera Junkies

I tag my Flickr photos with the seasons in which the photos were taken, but lately I’ve been more and more tempted to tag the photos I took recently with “winter” instead of the actual season, ie. “autumn”, because the ground is already covered with snow and the temperature is already below freezing. My question…… Continue reading Seasonal Confusion

You might have noticed the 9rules logo sitting pretty in the sidebar for a few days now. Apparently, someone out there thinks that this weblog actually has content. Promise me you won’t tell them the truth, will you? 😉 Nothing is going to change around here. Well, no change for the worse anyway. Any change…… Continue reading The 9rules Connection

Friday night was cold. The temperature was below freezing, no doubt about it. As we were approaching the entrance of a bookstore, a boy came to us and asked if we’d like to buy some chocolate bars from him for a charity. At first Troy said he’d buy some when we were leaving, but after…… Continue reading The Little Chocolate Bar Boy

Neither I nor Troy watch “Invasion” (I gave the show one chance but had to change the channels after 15 minutes because I couldn’t stand it anymore), but last night I guess we were I was too lazy to browse the channels for a half decent show to watch so “Invasion” ended up showing on…… Continue reading Silly TV Show