Stanley Cup

In my purist hockey mind, a rather unlikely, but nonetheless, deserving Carolina Hurricanes team won the Stanley Cup this week, beating the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games. It was a great sight to see Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'amour, one of the coolest players in the NHL, lift the Cup!

It's funny, because the last time I was overseas, (back in 2002 when I lived in Australia) the Carolina Hurricanes made it to the Cup finals, defeating my Toronto Maple Leafs in the semi-finals. I'm thinking that I'm going to write Carolina's General Manager Jim Rutherford and ask him to finance my life living overseas so that the Hurricanes can make it to the final every year.

Also, congrats to the Miami Heat who won the NBA championship. It's great that Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton could win titles before they retire.

Save the Festival Theatres

If you haven't already, please sign the petition linked below.
It is to save the Revue Theatre, the super duper cool rep cinema in the Roncesvalles ' hood of Toronto. To top it off, the Fox, Kingsway Royal and Paradise rep houses (collectively known as Toronto's FESTIVAL THEATRES) are also closing at the end of June!

Almost all my great Toronto movie experiences are related to those cinemas. Yeah, the seats were awful, the popcorn was stale and the sound was terrible, but that was the charm.

I miss Toronto just a little bit more as I mourn the loss of these movie havens!

http://www.petitiononline.com/revue/petition.htm