Sun, Sex, Sin, Divine Intervention, Death and Destruction...were not part of this weekend! Except for the "sun" part.

Hey ho~! I'm back with a new and exciting entry about this past weekend! Well, actually, the only interesting day was Sunday so I'll report on that. :P So...as I mentioned in my previous entry, my family and I, along with my grandma's best friend Jane, took part in a walkathon for Easter Seals. In total, the walk was reported to be 10km long, but I think it is actually a wee bit shorter. In fact, they had to change the route a few years ago from a walk in the countryside, with trees, winding hills, and houses hidden in the forested areas of our town, to a walk along the highway. Apparently, (now here is classic commercialism for you) the change occurred because Walmart didn't like the walk passing by the N--t store because it cut them off from any business for about an hour. (Say it with me now: oh boo hoo for you..). In my opinion, Walmart should be supporting the walk, encouraging community spirit just like our local mall rather that whining over a little bit of lost business...but I suppose there isn't a snowman's chance in hell of that. :S So yeah...the walk was very good though the weather was a little bit smoggy. It would have been nicer to hold it on the Saturday since the weather was more than perfect. I won't be able to participate for another two years, unfortunately, but according to a website, Tamamura city in Gunma (the location of my uni) holds a walkathon every year so perhaps I'll join in on the fun!

On Sunday evening, I had the pleasure of getting together with my oldest friend, Steph and our friend from high school, also Steph! Hehe...since they seem to refer to themselves by the nicknames Steph 1 and 2, I'll differentiate between them using that. :P In any case, the evening was the most fun I've had in eons. We went to watch X-Men: The Last Stand in theatres and I was thoroughly impressed despite bad reviews. To be critical, it was a little bit rushed and the onslaught of new characters seemed a bit unnecessary but I soon grew to love them, especially Kelsey Grammar in the role of Beast (never thought I'd see him the colour blue). But on the bright side, all of the loose ends were tied up and the story was an interesting diversion from the first two movies. (I almost expected it to link directly with X-Men 2 but it was its own unique film.) Oh...and not to give too much away but there were a few unexpected deaths which I guess, in their own way, were necessary for the advancement of the plot but tear jerking none the less. Thankfully, Wolverine makes it right through...hehe. That's all I'll say since I'm betting that 100% of you readers will see it for yourselves! :-)

After that, the three of us trotted off to Williams Cafe to indulge in lattes galore. Poor old Steph 2 ordered a massive caramel latte...I honestly don't know how she drank it all...while Steph 1 and I purchased a small each. The hour there was spent gossiping over the latest news, reminiscing about our high school days and how much we'd like to have a reunion so we can show off our super awesome credentials (ops, did I say that?), and discussing how much life has changed since entering university. I really enjoyed picking up from where we had left off, and pleased to see that nothing has really changed. :-) I think I am being invited to the christianing of Steph 2's bedroom pretty soon so I'm looking forward to that! Anyway, thanks guys for giving me a bright day in a rather dull week!

*A sneak peak at our scrummy lattes*

*Another sneak peak*