My Vacation...Part 2

Yours truly spent the next day of her vacation resting at sis's place. I did take a walk and checked ut a few blocks. London I think is styled much like London in England. Most of the houses here are from Victorian times....and some are historic buildings. There is a house in London with a dedication to Frederick Banting. Yup..London is the birthpace of the creation of insulin, which diabetics everywhere depend on to live. The streets here have names like "york" and "Oxford', and even "Piccadilly". Quite a charming city, let me tell you. Not to mentoin completly overrun by squirrels, which I found cute, but sis found completely alarming.
Well the next day (11th) it rained like hell. My sis came home from work, and after hurriedly eating, we made the 2 hour trek to Toronto to see the Pet Shop Boys in concert. The Hummingbird Centre is just huge, and we got a good seat up in the balcony area. And the concert was simply amazing! A simple set, composed of a box, and a lounging chair on stage left and Chris' keyboard on stage right. Throughout the show, the box would open up, much like origami, and the dancers, backup singers and Neil utilized the space. The costumes were terrific. Neil came out in stage in the second half of the show dressed like a decorated general during the song "Sodom and Gommorrah". I danced my way through the concert. A lot of people around me didn't, but I say if you can't totally enjoy yourself at one of these concerts, you got no business being there.But the band got the whole audience up on their feet near the end. And it was a terrific concert. I dropped an insane amount of money at the show. I bought the program, three t shirts, a hat, and a print of a drawing of the 'boys. Well worth it. I was also super stoked to find out they have a new album coming out on the 23rd of this month. What can I say? I'm a PetHead.
The weather was still nasty on our way back to London. We passed an accident where it appeared that someone had rolled off the 401 into the ditch. The smell of burning rubber was strong, and judging by the fact I didn't see paramedics there, I had to conclude that the driver was most likely dead. I say..slow the fuck down y'all!!! Especially with rain coming down so hard you can't see thru the windshield even with the wipers going.
Thursday I cleaned up a bit and when my sis got home, we ate then went out to do a bit of shopping. Friday was the same, and yours truly now has a t-shirt that says "Vote for Pedro". I got sis a t-shirt that said "I see dumb people". I like t-shirts with kitchy sayings. Anyhoo, I also stopped at a kiosk that was selling a ceramic straightening iron, and the guy demonstated its effectiveness on my long unruly hair, and I was impressed how straight and shiny my hair was after the process. But..OMG!! It cost 120 bucks. I think I'll still pick it up before i leave here..god knows they don't have anything that fantastic in Manitouwadge.
After the trek through the mall, and bookstore (picked up books by Neitzche, Aristotle and Dostoyevsky) we met up with a friend of my sisters and went to go see "School of Scoundrels" at the movie theatre. I absolutely loved the movie, and laughed my fool head off through the whole thing. If you haven't seen it yet, its great. Trust me..go see it.
The next day (Saturday) we did more shopping, then went home. Yours truly went for a walk cause i don't get to do that enough at home, and took a different route, making sure I paid attention where I was, lest I get lost. I found myself at a hair salon, so I went inside. I asked if they took walk ins. They did. I decided to chop off most of my long locks, which at the time, reached my butt, and cut it off shoulder length, with a few nice layers. But don't fear gentle readers..I asked that the long pieces go to Angel Hair for Kids. They make wigs for kids suffering from cancer and alopecia. I had no regrets, but I imagine my mom won't be too impressed when I get back, because i hadn't told her yet. My hair looks good. And the girl who fixed my hair should be proud. I mean, I gave her full rein on deciding what I should have with the only exception that it be no shorter than shoulder length. She even used a straightening iron and damn..it looked soo good. Went back to the apartment, and my sis was pleasantly surprised I took the plunge and stopped looking like a gypsy. I like how I don't have to use so much shampoo and conditioner, and my head feels lighter. My old hair had some weight to it. If you're ever in the London area, and need a new do..see the fine people at Innovations Hair Salon. And for all you people who do have at least 10 inches of hair you can part with..you can donate to angel hair for kids and in the states its Locks of Love. Virgin hair is best, but if your hair is in good condition they'll accept it. I think I had over a foot of hair i donated. Too late to measure now I guess.
Sunday I went to dinner with my sister at a Greek restaurant called Mykonos. Some really good food there. I ordered the Mykonos platter, which had a little bit of everything, and left full, and satisfied. We also checked out a few art stores, as my sis wanted to get some art supplies.
Today I lounged around..did some laundry, and then went out with sis to do a bit of shopping and pick up a couple pizzas to take home and eat while watching "Monster In Law"..a movie I hadn't seen yet, but picked up for next to nothing at a liquidation shop. I also had to pick up extra luggage cause I got a lot of stuff to take home. Which leaves me up to the present moment..as I type these keys. I am now going to go partake of a coffin nail out of doors then am planning on settling in to watch a bit of TV before shut eye. I'll try to blog tomorrow, but i will most likely wait til I get back to the Back Forty before i finish typing out this saga. Until then...