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tetsabThe first time I did one of these it was a review of 2015 and was geared at reminding me that I do actually do things other than just work and futz around on my home computer. I like the comparison here that what's stuck around from that one to this is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, local dive bar karaoke (thwarted for 2026 by the fact it moved again at the end of the summer to be less local), visits from my aunt and uncle, and doing Shakespeare in the Park type things, oh, and also heading to Hamilton sporadically for Supercrawl or the Bach Elgar Choir. I've also gotten a heck of a lot of use out of that bike I picked up in July of that year
January
December
January
- 09th: Dinner with family
- 11th: Karaoke at the local dive bar (newly revived after previous KJ died during the pandemic, albeit not of Covid)
- 15th: Dinner with family
- 18th: Moar Karaoke
- 19th: Lunch with family / family friends before they headed off to Come From Away
- 20th: Toronto East Cyclists (remote)
- 24th: Harried visit to Pickering to deal with family stuff
- 26th: Goodbye hang at cafe pub for one of the East Cyclist guys who was moving to Montréal
- 01st: Wedding in Hamilton / Games Cafe (documented for Hourly Comic Day -- will post later!)
- 15th: Yet Moar Karaoke
- 02nd: Sewing machine basics workshop
- 03rd: [Surprise] folk metal at the Masonic Temple [evening_tsar gave me his ticket due to choir rehearsal conflict]
- 08th: Bach Elgar choir Gilbert & Sullivan [AKA the thing the choir rehearsal was for]
- 27th: The Magnetic Fields
- 29th: Watercolour workshop (not strictly my thing but it was realistic flower themed and I'm a sucker for realistic nature in art)
- 01st: Coffee catchup with guy from the nonprofit world
- 19th: Dive Bar Karaoke
- 03rd: Dinner with visiting aunt and uncle
- 04th: Birthday of 2nd cousin once removed we call aunt
- 05th: Start of week off work just to use up vacation
- 07th: High Park Cherry Blossoms
- 08th: OCAD grad show | Neon Ride with bday doughnuts
- 10th: Dinner with Mum
- 14th: Devin Townsend
- 17th: Sabs bday gathering
- 24th: Doors Open Toronto | Last of the local Dive Bar Karaoke
- 31st: Bach Elgar Choir: Frank Martin / Brahms
- 01st: Toronto Area Boardgaming Society
- 07th: Necropolis tour followed by the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
- 14th: Last trip to the AGO before my annual membership expires
- 21st: Dinner with Mum
- 29th: Lion King and pub for Mum's bday
- 01st: Trail ride (that I stuck to even after the kitchen plumbing blew up)
- 05th: Trail ride | Rush tribute
- 09th: Puddles Pity Party & Weird Al
- 12th: Trail ride
- 19th: Meadoway Ride and Xmas in July
- 25th: Kick off driving trip to the B.C. Rockies
- 26th: Camping in Lake Superior Provincial Park
- 27th: Motel in Kenora
- 28th: Camping in Moose Jaw
- 29th: Camping Dinosaur Provincial Park
- 30th: Camping in Drumheller
- 31st: Camping in (tragically burnt out) Jasper
- 01st: Mt Robson
- 02nd: Hostel in Edmonton
- 03rd: B&B in Saskatoon
- 04th: Motel in Portage la Prairie
- 05th: Camping in Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park
- 06th: Motel in Cochrane
- 07th: Visit the polar bear sanctuary and head home
- 09th: Bingo and dinner with Mum
- 16th: Local street festival | Tiff'ny [Timon] of Athens
- 23rd: Bee talk and tag
- 30th: Hang out on the Pilot Patio | Goonies in the park | trek to check out new dive bar karaoke
- 05th: Bus to Bracebridge for cottage weekend
- 09th: Hang out at social with former coworkers
- 12th: Godspeed! at the Hamilton Supercrawl
- 20th: Waterfront bike ride | Lathe of Heaven
- 22nd: Last minute Wardruna / Chelsea Wolfe
- 25th: Dinner with Mum
- 26th: Train to Montréal to hang with / be visiting weirdos
- 27th: Art gallery / lunch / wander to and from Celtic pub jam / dinner
- 28th: Tail-end of lunch / stairwell art / long wander / Jewish textiles museum / boardgame demo
- 29th: Goodbye breakfast | solo hike up Mount Royal then train back
- 04th: Nuit Blanche
- 12th: Thanksgiving in Pickering
- 13th: Thanksgiving in Burlington
- 14th: Bonus day off work (reason Monday Thanksgiving was doable)
- 17th: Cat-sitting in Ancaster
- 21st: City consultation on Kingston Road (remote)
- 25th: Trip to new vintage place with highschool best friend
- 31st: Boardgames at home of highschool best friend
- 01st: NaDruWriNi
- 09th: Baptism and lunch in Hamilton
- 15th: Gardiner Museum for evening_tsar's bday
- 16th: Casaloma escape room... also for evening_tsar's bday
- 22nd: Board game cafe | Bach Elgar Choir does Purcell
- 29th: Museum of Toronto on Canadian children's TV | Blind Guardian / Ensiferum (the only metal-y thing I did this year with evening_tsar, which is funny since he's the metal-y guy)
December
- 20th: Festive gathering with Spinal Tap II
- 24th: Head to Pickering for traditional Xmas Eve Chinese
- 25th: Xmas-y things
- 28th: Tofurkey dinner at my house
- 31st: More boardgames at home of high school best friend