Though yesterday was a rather quiet day, today is turning out to be a fair bit more exciting. Thought not by much. It's only 10:30 and I'm already bored out of my mind. At least I have a few things to do today to keep me busy which is nice.

I went to the movies with my GF Steph yesterday. The poor thing. She lost her job at the evil utility on Friday. I'll have to post about this hell hole at some point in the future, just to give you an idea of the place. She's doing much better than I thought. She's looking relaxed and happy. She's even talking about taking a few weeks off. I hope so. She could use the rest. We went to see Annapolis yesterday. Not exactly a WINNER of a movie but not so bad either. Entertaining enough and I can't argue with the handsome James Franco. Though I do like him with longer hair better....

Talking about movies, the Oscar Nominations were announced today. No huge surprises but there were a few movies that were flying under the radar that have caught the Academy's eye, particularly the Canadian directed Crash which, by the way, happens to be a fabulous film. A few years ago, I threw an Oscar party and invited a few friends. It was great fun and I think I might do that again. I'll have to go searching the party store for a "mini" oscar!

I've started reading Dragonfly in Amber, the second book in the adventures of Claire and Jamie, commonly refered to as the Outlander Series and named after the first book, Outlander. I waited a long time to read this series and I had no intention of ever getting into them until they came highly recommended by two of the ladies in my bookcrossing group. Good thing too. I love the story and the characters. Not to mention the blushing factor. Actually, all this talk bout movies has sparked my curiosity. I wonder if the film rights for "Outlander" have been sold. Has anyone read this? If you have, who would you cast as Claire and Jamie? Hmmmmmm. I need a minute to think about this....

On a completely unrelated yet interesting note, Robert Pickton was back on trial yesterday. For those of you who don't know who this guy is, he has been charged with 27 count of murder in the killings of prostitutes from the East Side, BC's and Canada's lowest income neighbourhood. Experts have found what appears to be human remains at the Pickton farm located just outside of Vancouver. It's more than a little disturbing but it makes for interesting reading. I particularly found the Crime Library's account of events leading up to the initial arrest. For further info, check out the CBC's backgrounder. I have a feeling this is going to be prominant news throught BC and perhaps even Canada over the next few months.