Why me???

The plan for Sat. was to go out for dindin & then hit a movie. Not that exciting, but an opportunity to hang w/ Kirsty & Lisa. W/ such simple plans, how could anything go wrong? One would think absolutely nothing, however, in my case, this was not such.

So, we decided to hit Anton's, which is on E. Hastings in Burnaby and there is ALWAYS a line up. For most Vancouverites, they already know this but, Anton is an incredibly popular restuarant, mostly because of the size of the servings you get for $14. Holy shiznit... I ate til I was ready to burst & it seriously looked like I hadn't touched my plate. If you manage to clean off your plate, you even get a pen. Some dude who was sitting behind us got one of 'em spiffy pens. & from what I've learnt from Jess, before you attempt to finish the plate, make sure they have the pens. ;) Anyhow, Lisa, Kirsty & I got down to Anton's about 7 pm or so. It wasn't raining & it wasn't too cold, which was a good thing since the line outside Anton's was fairly long. So, we had been in line for about 30 min already, just having casual conversation when all of a sudden, I feel something hit my arm that was sorta wet. First thought, someone just hit me w/ a snowball. So I look around & I don't see anyone running by. Then it hit me... there's no snow around anymore. So I look up @ the verranda to see if ice fell off it. Nope... doesn't look like it. WTF??? So, I look down & what do I see? A yellow liquid all over my hand. Then I look @ the floor, white shell like things on the ground. FUUUUCCCKKK... I was a victim in a drive-by egging! That's right... laugh... I sure did. Ok, so I didn't immediately, but after a couple of minutes, I did.

Anywho, Lisa got a lil bit of it on her. So we went into the restaurant to use the washroom to clean up. All the while, I was excusing myself to ppl & announcing that there was a drive-by egging because I didn't want to smear any of it on anyone else... seeing that it was dripping down my legs w/ each step that I took. Cleaned myself a bit, then went back outside w/ my wet pants. Although I didn't find it cold earlier... I did now. Lisa & I think that this was a racially motivated incident. Come on now.... Lisa is brown, I'm yellow & then there's Kirsty, white as white can be. & who gets hit? The brown & yellow girls! We were *thisclose* to calling BCTV & going on Speaker's Corner to complain about the situation. ;)

Other than that... the evening went smoothly... I compalined to our waitress about what happened & then she brought Anton over to talk to us & we scored a free slice of cake @ the end of the dinner. Wee! That was worth the egging... or was it? However, if we didn't get that piece of cake, we would've made it to our movie in New West on time. But because we did the cake, we were late & then ended up going to Silvercity. Frigging $14 for a movie! Especially a Mandy Moore movie???

I can now also proudly say that I went to see a movie on opening weekend, which ended up being ranked #7 for the weekend! How sad is that? Anywho, Chasing Liberty was very cute. My thoughts on the movie were very similar to those of the critics. It definitely was no LOTR: Return of the King (which I may add is the movie of the year!). But yeah, the movie was very much a typical romantic comedy. As some reviewers may have mentioned, very Notting Hill-esque. Best part of the movie? Matthew Goode (Note the "E. He's not Matthew Good the singer!) Hot damn, is that boy ever hot! I'll be adding him to my obsession of the month. :)