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This past Tuesday my wife and I decided to go out for my birthday on a belated celebration due to my cousin getting married in Toronto on the actual day.  We had bought ticket for the “British Invasion 2: America Strikes back”, which is musical playing all summer long here in Charlottetown.  So we decided to eat at a fairly nice restaurant before we went to the show.

Having recently been to Sim’s Steakhouse and not overly impressed we decided to try out the new fine dining experience opened the ATC, titled Lot 30.  The head chef Gordon Bailey who single handedly saved the eating experience at the Confederation Court Mall has done it again.  On a recommendation from my boss that I should get the Scallop appetizer which had apple, goat cheese and some amazing spice in it.  It was top notch and was bursting with flavour.  For a main course I had the duck and my wife had their chicken.  Both dishes were served fresh, tasty and worth the money.  A great feature was the ability to watch the chef finish your plate on their closed circuit TV, just before it came to your table.

The atmosphere was trendy, relaxing and even though it was wide open, you still felt as if you had privacy.  If you are looking for a place to eat and want an amazing place that has tasty food and is good times.  Check out Lot 30, I will be returning soon to try out the Shark!

Toronto – Ship Test 1

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Lately I’ve been thinking about getting into photography as a hobby. Possibly a way to get outdoors more and enjoy life. This is a picture I took with my point and click canon. I also just started using www.flickr.com today too. I’d have to say the photoblog www.topleftpixel.com is probably one of the single biggest reasons for trying some of this stuff out.

I saw two movies this weekend, and I figured since I haven’t blogged in a while I’d write a couple quick reviews.  Cliff notes: Both were good, worth the money and your time.

Dan IRL

Jenn and I had a hard time the other night trying to rent a movie.  We sat in the rental store for probably 20 minutes throwing out names of this movie and that movie.  Either one of us had seen it or had absolutely no desire to.  We even ended up going to rent at another store just to get some more ideas.  In the end we dug through our own selfish desires and agreed upon the swear word of all movie renting.  *GASP* A romantic comedy.  *SHOCK*

Well, I obliged, cause I love Steve Carrell and think he can pretty much single handedly save almost any movie, except maybe Evin Almighty (which he almost did).  A quick rundown of the premise is that Steve’s character is trying to raise 3 daughters due to his wife dying 4 years prior and during a vacation he meets this great woman who ends up being his brother’s girlfriend.  Hilarious hi-jinx ensue, but all done in a realistic, indie style of comedy which comes across great.

Take notice movie makers and studios.  If you make a comedy that plays on the humours of real life, have actual funny plots and situations, people will enjoy it.  This was a breath of fresh air for me after hating on 27 dresses and all that other crap.

Kudos to Steve and the cast, excellent date flick.

I give this 8.5 burnt pancakes out of 10.

The n9nes

Not satisfied with just one movie, I went out and bought The n9nes on the recommendation of two kids from my youth group and instead of renting the movie for $5.50, I decided to buy it for $8.  Seeing as I am terrible at returning movies at times, I figured I’d pay the restocking fee up front and just keep it.

Anyway…. I can’t say much about the plot because it essentially ruin the movie.  But, imagine you were living the life of three different people all at the same time, but didn’t know it and you were a sane person.

The n9nes is a look at how our universe might possibly exist, and allowing your mind to go where the writer/director wants to take you is a fun way to do mental gymnastics and increase your flexibility.  It’s a different movie, not for everyone, but I liked it.

If you want to watch something that is all together different, a little bit of a mind bender, but yet clean and holesome this is the movie for you.  It’s worth the time and effort to watch once, maybe even twice through.  There are better movies, but you could do much worse.

Why was 10 scared of seven?  Cause 7 ate 9.

I give this movie 8 telepathic Koalas out of 10.

Well today finally came. This game was scheduled for release back in May, but it was delayed. For those of you who do not know what I’m talking about it’s, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, which is a complete remake of the 1980s classic NES adventure game of the same name. The gimmick to this game is that you have a robotic arm that allows you to swing, grapple and generally do cool things.

My quick impression of it this morning was that it looks freaking great, it plays well, but oh man is it hard. The original NES games were brutally hard at times, and they kept the difficulty intact. I’ll have more time with it tonight and give a better overall impression once I’m done.

With all the additional content they’ve added besides a decently long single player, is multiplayer, challenge rooms, and a coop. The thing that makes me sad is that none of this is available online, which would have completely put the icing on the cake in this remake.

Publishers please take notice, find the right studio and remake the classics, there are people like me who love to see the great games freshened up for today’s gaming market. You can bet I’ll have my MSPOINTS in tow for you.

I just now finally got my iPhone wordpress app working with it’s latest update. It’s great for blogging on the go and I highly recommend getting it. Nothing better then free too.

What it allows you to do is write blog entries right from your iPhone and then they post immediately. It’s my favourite app after monkey ball of course.