If you are at all a proud and noble nerd, you will go see KRAZY! at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

It was awesome. Beyond awesome: more like super really totally awesome. While I personally would have liked to see more about video games, I can still appreciate the massive and extensive section on comics and manga. And what WAS there for video games was just fucking great: on the far wall of the 2nd floor they projected 20 screens (4×5) of Quake 1. Not Everquest or Second Life or The Sims or any other game that attracts millions of players who are lumped into the same “gamer” category as me (when clearly they are lame and I am awesome), but QUAKE 1 – as in my own personal starting point and quite honestly the ultimate reason I am married to Ed today. I am pretty sure I squealed. It was entirely satisfying.

I’ll be going again. We renewed our art gallery membership (not entirely because the 10% discount in the art gallery store is a thing of beauty, but close) and gave the free passes to people in our group so they could get in on the cheap, but we can go again at any time. I may just camp out under the Quake wall. It is good.

Saturday was all about the fun. We met up with some excellent people at the art gallery and had a blast going through the exhibit. When we were leaving to get some dinner, a troop of Korean drummers were set up in front of the gallery stairs and were putting on a show. It was so cool – I love traditional drumming, and it was really neat to see and hear. They were advertising their show in New Westminster next Friday, and I think I may check it out.

Dinner was a little lackluster due to the many serving errors and cold/forgotten food, but I still enjoyed myself. We passed on the Chinatown Night Market due to extreme tired, and instead went back to Miranda and Reilly’s place for Rock Band and Mario Kart. The Market is on all summer, so a reschedule will be easy and something to look forward to.

Sunday saw a hearty group breakfast at Paul’s Omlettery and then back home again for my favourite Sunday activity – NAPPING. I had a lovely nap, then Ed and I went for a short scooter ride to pick up ingredients for dinner. It was Father’s Day, so I made Sheppard’s pie for my dad and it was tasty. We used to eat it a lot, but it’s really more of a memorial dish now and I’m okay with that – I make it on Father’s Day and his birthday, which are almost exactly 6 months apart. It’s a really simple dish but it was his favourite, and the last meal I cooked for him so it’s all symbolic and shit. Plus: mashed potatoes. You can’t really go wrong with mashed potatoes, even if they’re in memorandum.

My birthday is in two days, but I’ve already started the celebrating. Hooray!