prostates and the like

march started, filled with early lab meetings, a prostate conference, the animal lab tour that i'd been waiting for, and lots more cell culturing. we watched "be kind, rewind" in newmarket, i had spanish classes, and my german tutoree got confused and didn't show up (then after one more lesson left to germany... so much for my steady income).

we had a fun fun ocean party. yay for fish! as you can see, i was the only one who took the dressing up somewhat seriously - although there were a few crabs, mermaids and a fishing net. and in case you can't tell and think i was cheese - i was actually a star fish.

seeing as the party went till 7 in the morning, sunday was a bit of a non-existent day. the next time i smelled fresh air was at 7.30 in the morning on monday, heading to the lab journal club meeting. in the evening i got to take care of the three lovely babysit kids. tuesday brought exciting news: charles has booked his ticket to come to toronto! yay :). to celebrate i went out with quadir and we gorged on vietnamese food... mmmm... bun cha, bun bo, pho - they have it all.

wednesday the planned experiment was cancelled, and the evening was spent first baking brownies and then meeting friends at the Green Room near china town. thursday was lab excursion day - where i smashed my face up while toboganning. the scabs are now peeling - leaving me with beautiful pink marks on my forehead. after all that fun we had a delicious pot luck - our lab consists of people from all over the world, making the pot luck all the more divine. in the evening i met up with friends to mourn neesa's farewell from nicole. (nicole isn't leaving for a few weeks, but neesa has now gone to moscow for a month.)

friday at work was a scrabble day, in the evening i went with nicole and jose to a games night - which really wasnt that much fun.

saturday we headed off to a booksale by the library, then wandered kensington - where i took beautiful pictures (which i deleted only seconds ago. ARGH!). we hunted down a shop where mum and dad had gone shopping on over 20 years ago when they first met... it's called courage my love, and is still going strong. the picture of it is, sadly, no longer existent.

after kensington and lunch in china town (and a moon cake replica wrapped in banana leaves!!) nicole and i headed back to my place for tea, and then went to the UofT film festival. the movies were enjoyable, though on average not brilliant, but the buffet afterwards was fantastic :).

sunday we dragged ourselves out of bed early to meet anf in town and do an urban discovery walk, pictures of which you can admire (or not) if you click on the link. that's right - nadja actually updated her photos, her OWN photos!

yesterday i babysat and today is today. as in nothing has happened yet. and next week is easter. happy easter!