The Rants of Issachar

The last two days have been great.

Last night, Aaron & I went to see Coldplay at GM Place. Section 104, Row 11. (Stage left, great seats). Thank you to Todd & Alistair for the idea. Todd found a pair of tickets right after he got his own on eBay. The scalpers bought up a few too many tickets and were selling them below cost. So not only do I get fantastic seats, I get them subsidized. :)

There's some photos of the concert below...

We got back a bit late and I had to stay up to pack up my ski gear. Today I went snowboarding with my students at Seymour. Yes, I got paid to go snowboarding. Of course I'd only really been snowboarding once before, but I figured I'd try something different since Seymour isn't known for the most challenging terrain. We had over a foot of fresh snow, and it was still coming down while we were there. The fog sort of reminded me of Big White. :P

Apparently I can snowboard, although I stayed with the Blue & Green runs. No photos of the snowboarding because I shouldn't be posting photos with students in them online.

Then I get back tonight and go to the TWU Spartans Mens Volleyball game vs. the U of Alberta Golden Bears. (They're ranked #1 in CIS and we're ranked #2). Unfortunately, we lost to them in three straight sets, but we've got another shot against them tomorrow night. Great game though. The gym was packed! No photos of the game because I forgot my camera. Hopefully I'll get some tomorrow night.

And tomorrow morning we're doing a lazy Saturday house breakfast. (Show-off breakfast cooking with the whole house). Well, Ryan will probably be doing most of the cooking. I heard something about Banana-Pecan waffles. It's going to be a good weekend. :)

Edit: Saturday Morning... The waffles were fantastic. Thank you FoodNetwork.com for the recipe.


Here's the photos of the Coldplay concert:

Posted by:  Katinka

Did you ride goofy or regular?

(PS. EXCEEDINGLY jealous now due to a) your free ski trip, while no one told ME about this at school b) banana-nut waffles for breakfast...sheesh. Toast just doesn't cut it.)

Posted by:  suzanne

Hi There...you might not know me but I think I have the same seats as an upcoming Green Day concert...the view and sound is awesome I bet? no obstructed view? how close were you to the stage?

btw...GM place seems like a great venue