What an exhausting (but fun) weekend.

On Friday night, Josh Shan Ed and I went to the Billy Talent/Rise Against show at the PNE. Shan had bought us all tickets as an utterly insane Christmas gift, and we were all excited to see what is probably our collective favourite band (Rise Against) and to see a band we had heard were amazing live (Billy Talent), as well as getting in some good old-fashioned anti-establishment-themed punk rock action (Anti-Flag). We had assigned seating, but Ed has Connections and we were able to go down onto the floor to watch the show. I got some amazing pictures of the three bands (I love you, punk rock Tim) and the show was a blast of fun. I laughed so hard I cried on about four different occasions, and the hilarity continued at our post-punk-rawk trip to Dennys. Friday night was a night of awesome. Thanks, Shan! :D

We had a late night, but bravely decided to solider on with our Saturday plans – getting up early and driving south for Mexican food, shopping, and visits. Josh and Shan wanted new snowboarding gear, so we made a day of it – crossed the border, introduced Shan to Target, went to our favourite Mexican restaurant, spent the evening shopping at the factory outlets just outside Seattle, then popped in to say hello to Doug and Ali before driving back the same night. We got home just before 2am, utterly exhausted but quite content with the 36 hours of Good Times we had. The shopping was mostly for Josh and Shan; I didn’t really need anything but couldn’t resist the pin-striped Converse I’d been ogling since our last visit because I am so totally punk rawk in a corporate sort of way.

Today is for nothing, and I can’t wait.