Snow covered car...

Today was a snowy day...lots of snow, well not too too much snow, I've seen way worse, but I figured that I hadn't really captured any snow yet in my photos, I'd capture my car covered in a little bit of the white powder.

No.3 are you there?

TGIF! Another Friday, well the second Friday that I'm posting on here :)

As I walked out of my building to take my bus home, I thought to myself, here's nice shot, buses almost as far as I could see. Hoping that my bus was there, but I wasn't so lucky, I had to wait about 20 minutes for my bus, something not to surprising with the No.3 bus with OC Transpo. Rarely is it ever on time. I have a friend who calls it "OC Turtle" and I definitely know why he's nicknamed it that. Before this past July, I used to always walk to work as work was just around the corner, and not it's not so much around the corner, so I take the bus.

Red sky and the Dominion Tavern...

Today's photos were not an easy pic. I took a few photos and decided to stick with two. The first was a shot of the sky with a nice contrast of red with blue as the sun was coming down and I also like the 2 green lights in the shot. The second show was from the Dominion Tavern where I joined a few colleagues after work for a few drinks. Since it's a classy spot, I figured I'd catch it in a photo.

The bromance...

Today's photo is kind of a joke. Tariq a good friend of mine invited me out for lunch and tweeted the invite if anyone wanted to join us. As he got to the restaurant, he told the waitress that there would definitely be two of us, but there might also be someone else joining us. And we ended up ordering our food, etc, and we ate, and at one point the waitress came over and said "is that other person really joining you, or was this just a dinner for two" and added a wink. She then joked around and said it's ok to have a "bromance"...funny enough, another friend Blaise texted Tariq to see if we were still there and said he'd come and join us. And the waitress made fun of us when he arrived saying that we called him to come and join us, etc. Anyways, all good and fun, but Tariq wanting to be a nice guy, and not have Blaise eat by himself said he'd order dessert and the waitress said do you want two spoons with that, and again she gave me a wink. I said no, I'll actually order one also. So she came out with these two desserts with the sparklers all lit up! All to say it was funny and the food was good.

Another night of gaming...

Tuesday night's I usually gather with a few other friends and play boardgames. A few months ago we decided to start a Descent - dungeon campaign. I have never played D&D, but this is supposedly partly similar as we play through dungeons, etc, but we do not dress up or anything in the like.
Sometimes there are some points of frustration, as you can see the fist on the table (joking, wasn't so frustrating, but made for a good shot). Even though, sometimes we do get frustrated with Stephane, as he's a sneaky dungeon master. I figured I would take few extra shots to show the various sides of the game, and to see how much space this game takes, even though I'm not showing all the extra pieces that can come into play, etc, I'm basically showing the main game area and on one shot, there's another piece which is the map.

You wouldn't believe what I found my assistant doing...

I never know what I'm going to take for my photo, and sometimes the photos come by very easily, sometimes I have to dig for ideas. However, today's photo choice was an easy one. When I found my assistant who had fallen asleep on his computer, I thought to myself, this is the shot for today!
Wasn't a tough choice and didn't need to dig too deep, the NRCat just made it easy for me.














After he realized that took the photo, he took the time to wave hi and pretend that it only happened for a few seconds. I wonder how long had he been sleeping there!

Sunday game night...

Today's photo was taken this evening. I visited a good friend, who cooked dinner (lasagna) and then we played Skip-BO. Some people might have thought my reference to game night was related to football or hockey, but nope it was a good ole card game. Even though, I did catch the NFL games today, and we played while the second game was also playing on TV. If you've never played Skip-BO, it's a fun and easy card game.

Mmmm onion rings

Every once and awhile, I like to get onion rings. I find it's always a gamble, never sure if I'll like them as I am fussy about my rings! Tonight's option from Gabrielle Pizza and it was a win! When I saw that they were McCain onion rings, I figured I couldn't go wrong, and I was right! I've never been a big fan of the big thick onion rings that you sometimes get a steak houses, etc, I like them lean!

Friday afternoon assistant hard at work...

I decided to go for a little break and l left my assistant at my desk. As you'll see in the next photo, he's hard at work!




















Here he is, the infamous assistant! He always seems to have a smile! I think that's why we get along so well :)

TGIF! I am happy that Friday is here and that this was a short week! I was a busy week, productive week, but glad it's almost done!

Soccer team (Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad) and beers...

Tonight, was my regular Thursday night soccer night with Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad. I joined the team just over a year ago. A friend suggested this team, and I joined and it's been a good year. Tonight we tied, it was a good game, we played well and like we do often, we go out for a celebratory drink at a local pub. I told the teammates that I was doing this blog and taking photos, so they suggested I take a photo of the team, there's a few guys and gals missing, but here's the most of us.

I also decided to take a few other pics, that I figured I would add as notables. Since we were having some beer, I figured I'd catch a neat shot of a beer glass and the last photo is an unexpected photo of a decoration in the bar. We noticed this oddity a few months back and since we had a new player on the team, I said did you see the small statues on the wall. Did you see how the men of Henry the VIII protected themselves. If you look closely at the picture, you'll understand everything. Kind of funny, but at least you know the men of the time knew how to protect the valuables!

Winter night, day 5...

It was a long day, wasn't sure what photo I would take. After the first upset of the evening, my team lost at vball. Some of the players decided we'd go to a bar, and I was happy with the idea, as I'd catch the rest of the Canadian vs Russia junior hockey game. This was yet another fiasco. We arrived in the middle of the 2nd, when the score was 2-0, and then it eventually went to 3-0, and then the third period came. The player's overconfidence, and Russia's desire to win made the table turn and quickly Russia tied the game, and then sealed the deal by putting up 2 extra points, to win it 5-2.

I was hoping that my photo was going to be a victory shot in the bar, however that was not the case. Instead, I put away my camera in the bar and figured I would get something else. This shot might seem a bit bizarre, but it's a camaro covered in a light dust of snow with only the shop light offering any light on the scene. There seems to be a blue hue at the top of the photo, that light comes from the street about sixty yards away.

Happy New Year work, first day back in the office...

First day of work in 2011. I thought I'd share a little part of my work environment. This shot shows some of the excitement I get in the office. This is part of my view. It will change in a month as we are moving, but it's been a great view for the last 6 months.

There's a daycare in the building next to me, well we are all connected, and there's an elevated pad about 2 floors up, where the space has converted for the daycare, and another spot for employees to sit outside. The employee area doesn't seem to be getting a lot of use these days. However, the kids seems to like it just fine! It's nice to see the kids outside playing. Hearing the laughter and the crying, always seems to catch my attention. I will miss this when I move.

And to those who had heard that I was moving back to NB, after further consideration and much debate, I'm actually staying in Ottawa. :)

3 days in...

This is how I feel today, very blah, and like a brick wall. I've had a lingering headache since I woke up. I took some Advil, doesn't seem to work. Anyways, this is a view in my backyard, figured it would work well for me today, really represents my frame of mind.

However, I really like the color and the fact that I have some industrial workplace next door. By industrial workplace, it's a welding shop.

Jan 2nd...

This is a new addition to the apartment, bought a room divider as I re-arranged the living room yesterday to take advantage of the space and to use my clothing drying rack, which is hidden behind the divider.

Amy, my roommate has pointed out that I should point out the "sexy tiger spread" on the sofa.