Floor Hockey: Game 1

So Erin and I joined an Indoor Floor Hockey team and last night was our first game. Our team rocked it with a final score of 10-4. Sweeet! And I only got called for one infraction (high stick on a one-timer from centre!) DOH! I'm sore this morning though... it was a lot more of a workout than I thought. I play road hockey on a regular basis and it's not as much of a workout as this was. Action Packed Fun! I scored 4 goals! The star of the game was our goalie Kevin without whom the score would have been much closer than 10-4! Special thanks to Julie who provided T-shirts for the Team: Eat, Drink and be Merry!

Eric's Top 100 Must See Movies

Here's my top 100 must-see movies. I've included in there the Yahoo Movies ratings in brackets. (Note: a rating of "A-/B+" means that the critics gave an "A-" and the users gave a rating of "B+". Ratings of "x" mean no rating given.)

1930s (3 movies)

Frankenstein (1931) (x/B+)
King Kong (1933) (A-/B+)
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) (A/B+)

1940s (5 movies)

Citizen Kane (1941) (A/B+)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) (A/B+)
Casablanca (1942) (A/B+)
Double Indemnity (1944) (x/B)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (A/B+)

1950s (8 movies)

An American in Paris (1951) (x/B+)
Shane (1953) (x/B+)
Rear Window (1954) (A/B+)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (x/B+)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (x/B)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of A Murder (1959) (A/B+)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (x/B+)

1960s (12 movies)

Psycho (1960) (A-/B+)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) (x/B+)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (A-/B+)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) (A-/B+)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) (x/B+)
The Sound Of Music (1965) (x/B+)
The Graduate (1967) (B+/B+)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (x/B+)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (A/B)
Easy Rider (1969) (x/B)
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967) (x/B+)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (A-/B+)

1970s (20 movies)

M*A*S*H (1970) (A/B)
A Clockwork Orange (1971) (A-/B)
The French Connection (1971) (x/B)
The Godfather (1972) (A/A-)
American Graffiti (1973) (A-/B+)
Chinatown (1974) (A/B+)
The Godfather Part II (1974) (A/A-)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (A-/B+)
Jaws (1975) (A-/B+)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (B+/B+)
Taxi Driver (1976) (A/B+)
Network (1976) (x/B+)
Rocky (1976) (B+/B+)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (A-/B+)
Star Wars (1977) (A-/A-)
Halloween (1978) (x/B+)
The Deer Hunter (1978) (x/B+)
Apocalypse Now (1979) (x/B+)
Alien (1979) (A-/B+)
Amittyville Horror (x/B-)

1980s (20 movies)

Empire Strikes Back (A/A-)
The Shining (1980) (x/B+)
Raging Bull (1980) (A/B+)
Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981) (a/A-)
Tootsie (1982) (A-/B)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (A-/B+)
Pink Floyd the Wall (1982) (x/B)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (x/B)
Return Of The Jedi (1983) (A-/B+)
Scarface (1983) (x/B+)
Amadeus (1984) (A/B+)
Ghostbusters (1984) (A-/B+)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (x/B+)
The Terminator (1984) (A-/B+)
Brazil (1985) (x/B)
Platoon (1986) (A-/B+)
Stand by Me (1986) (x/B+)
Aliens (1986) (x/B+)
The Fly (1986) (x/B-)
Blue Velvet (1986) (x/B)


1990s (21 movies)

Dances with Wolves (1990) (A-/B)
Goodfellas (1990) (A-/B+)
JFK (1991) (x/B+)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) (A-/B+)
Unforgiven (1992) (A/B+)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (B+/B+)
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (x/A-)
Schindler's List (1993) (A/A-)
Tombstone (1993) (x/B+)
Forrest Gump (1994) (B+/B+)
Pulp Fiction (1994) (A/B+)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (A-/A-)
Braveheart (1995) (B+/B+)
Seven (1995) (B/B+)
Toy Story (1995) (A/B+)
Kids (1995) (B+/B)
The Usual Suspects (1995) (B/B+)
Fargo (1996) (x/B)
Mission Impossible (1996) (B-/B)
The Matrix (1999) (B+/B+)
Fight Club (1999) (B/B+)
Eye Wide Shut (1999) (x/C+)

2000s (10 movies)

Gladiator (2000) (B/B+)
Traffic (2000) (x/B)
The Bourne Identity (2002) (B/B+)
The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (A/A-)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (A-/A-)
The Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King (2003) (A-/A-)
Kill Bill vol 1 (2003) (B/B+)
Kill Bill vol 2 (2004) (B+/B)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (B/B+)
Super Size Me (2004) (B+/B)

Did I miss your "must-see" movie? If so, please write a comment and let me know what it is.

Erin joins the blogosphere!

Erin did it. She's got her own blog. Check it out: http://eatdrinkandbemerry1.blogspot.com

I did it!

I did it! I'm done! I have finished my Masters in Education and better yet, I obtained 12 straight A's in the process! Cumulative GPA 4.0 baby! Whooohooo. In my best Paris Hilton voice: "That's hot!"

The Sleigh Ride Party

It's that time of year again? Janice just keeps getting older and older each year. Who knew? (*grin*) Her most excellent Sleigh Ride Party on Wolfe Island was held on Saturday. [Check out last year's review] This year the theme was Western. So Erin and I knocked over Value Village and found some awesome clothes. I scored a rare Ironhorse Saloon embroidered shirt that was a huge hit. And Value Village had two pairs of Cowboy Boots too! What luck? Both Erin and I were fortunate enough to borrow two beautiful black leather cowboy hats from a friend of Mike's (thanks Gerry!).

It was a fun night going to a ho-down. RWI was there again this year and they shook up their conventional repertoire to include country and western favourites. “Motorcycle Mike” joined them on the fiddle as well. What a neat treat! Although, I am more partial to their usually kick-ass rock and roll style. I didn’t hear any AC/DC all night… boohoo. (*grin*)

Of course, there was lots of food, drink, and guns! Just a regular Saturday night on Wolfe Island (*laugh*)

Have some chips!

Thanks to Kathy we now have an extra 1,600 chips for Poker Tournaments! Awesome! Thank God for Mike's Hard Lemonade!!! 

Busy Day Today

1. First, some really good news ... there are only 6 days left until I'm finished my last course in my M.Ed. YEAH!!! I can't wait to graduate!
2. I have a talk to go to in the afternoon at Queen's. (1:30-2:30pm)
3. Today is first day of class in a Chemistry Course I am teaching. (3:00-5:00pm) Fun!
4. Go home to let Jack out for a pee. (5:20-5:40pm)
5. Pick up Erin at the Gym (5:45-5:50pm)
6. I have a dinner at the LoneStar with Cory, Siobhan, Jen, Alex, Tiff and Wayne. (6:00-7:15pm)
7. I have a talk tonight to go to at Queen's (7:30-9:00pm)
8. Before bed I have to prepare some things in order to teach another class tomorrow. (9:30-10:30?)

Holy smokes! That's a busy day! Pray for me HAHA!

Here's Bolt Castle all lit up. Beautiful isn't it! 

Here's Erin very pensive out side our apartment in the glow of Bolt Castle moment before I popped the question. 

Did we have fun with the open bar? You decide! 

Have we had too much to drink? You decide! 

Here's the New Year's Eve band at the Bonnie Castle! They were really fun! 

Here's Erin's friend Kathy and her BF Harry. How cute! 

Erin ate a lot at the Dockside! Look at that belly!!!! 

Erin by Bolt Castle New Years Eve Day. 

Eric putting in a little "class" time at the library. The rare free Internet spot in Alexandria Bay! 

Erin and the local Library... how fun! 

Here's our favorite bar in Alexandria Bay: Skiffs. Home of the famous Ear Muff Lady, popular hangout of Potsdam T-Shirts and equipped with an excellent Juke Box. No pets please. 

Here's the Brass Tacks restaurant in Alexandria Bay. Home of the best deep fried muchroom caps in the tri-state area and home to the worst butterfly shirmp in the continental US! YIKES! 

Stirling and Jack sometimes get locked in Jack Kennel! (too funny!) 

Some cute snowflakes on my car. 

WOW! Check this out! The Spot: Cocktail Lounge, Bar and Air Conditioned Restaurant is for sale in Alexandria Bay....complete with awesome retro 70s orange and green exterior!!! Anyone want to go in on this with me? 

If you thought Christmas was awesome... READ ON!

Erin and I got engaged at about 2:30 AM on Sunday Jan 1st, 2006. YEAH!!!!!!!! In the glow of lights of Bolt Castle, just outside our hotel room at the Bonnie Castle Resort in Alexandria Bay. She's very happy... so happy in fact that she started calling her friends at 2:30am in the morning to give them the good news. That's awesome! I'm very happy too! Erin's the best girl and I'm privileged that she said "yes!" There's no date just yet... we have to finish our school stuff before we do any wedding planning... but we're very excited. I've got a bunch of pictures from our New Year's adventures in Alexandria Bay to post and I'll get them up here for you very soon. Stay Tuned!