So... I have one friend with whom I still exchange presents (once a year: birthday/Christmachanukah gift) because even if I stopped, he wouldn't. The deal is that I put together something less expensive but creative, and he doesn't have to be creative he just likes to spend money. Last year I made him paper dolls, and he refurnished my DVD collection.
But it's getting harder and harder to think of what to do, and every year he struggles with what to give me. So this year I proposed we go to Stratford instead and see some plays or musicals, since we both love theatre. Well, I love theatre, but I'm too slacker to ever organize myself to go to something, especially Stratford which is farther away than Toronto (which is a 6 hour drive and me with no car.) So I figured if we made the plan together, then he'd make me go.
I especially want to go this year because Colm Feore is re-playing the part of Cyrano, which he did in his youth (to much acclaim.) I'd love to see it because I love both Feore and Cyrano. We don't know yet what else we'll see--there's lots of good stuff: Julis Caesar, Macbeth, West Side Story, Importance of Being Earnest. I'll read the reviews and see what's good.
San Francisco I'm putting off indefinitely. I've got the money to go, but so story. There's no point going out to do research until I have either a very detailed plot outline, or a rough draft.
And in September I'll go out west as usual to see the whole-fam-damily. Unless I get a teaching job at the last minute.
