might as well face it, you're addicted to lunch

vietnamese subs
from: Bale
price: $8.225 pour trois
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: robert palmer
comments: oh man. quite the eventful friday. I found another accessible carpark roof in chinatown, phil treated the office to waffles, I saw UFOs, and bill got fillings for the first time in his life. check out this attempt at a full smile. ha. it was too out-of-focus to make a wiggly out of it. click my lunch to see one of the views from the rooftop.

and tommy had:

samwiches
comments: click tommy's sandwich to see a warped wiggly of the 'couve. word.

and the office was treated to:

waffles! from Patisserie Lebeau
comments: the techops boys were kind enough to spend wads of their cash on waffles for the rest of the office. or maybe it was just phil? I'm not sure about that. travis, too? I know phil ordered one of each type of waffle, and travis order 6 waffles, but maybe travis et all 6 of his. he's crazy like that. click to see burnaby and the mountains behind. I think those mountains are Golden Ears, but I'm not sure. Russ, is it golden ears??

and the sky had:

some UFOs
comments: so, this afternoon, I was gazing out the window, and saw a shiny tiny object moving slowly through the sky. I pointed it out to bill, and he noticed there were others. they looked like they were moving about the speed of satellites, but I never saw a satellite in the daylight before... but that's feasible, right? you might see one or two? but as we stared, we noticed more and more, so I ran to grab my camera. bbil said he saw 8 of them. I, myself, saw 5. of course, the camera I had at the office is horrible at focussing when zoomed in 40X. so this photo here is the largest, I could get of one of them. and in the linked photo, you will see 2 of these UFOs. pretty crazy. our only theories are:
1) satellites (but 8 of them?! all heading the same direction?? illogical)
2) mylar balloons (just maybe they weren't as far away as they looked, and they were simply released shiny balloons)
3) weather balloons (but again.. 8 of them?? illogical!)
4) high altitude military spyships (again... 8 of them!? over vancouver?!?!)
5) aliens (doubtful)

Gotta ride down baby into this tunnel of lunch

chinese foods
from: Congee Noodle House
price: $12 each
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: bruce springsteen
comments: we managed to round up 7 people for a delicious meal full of variety and deliciousness. CNH was closed for a couple months for renos, and surprisingly, it really doesn't look much different inside. and it all tastes the same. yum. click to see canada.

we also had:

this food
comments: click this pic to see a very rare sight, indeed! michal is going home. and it's still light out. this is unheard of.

we also had:

this
comments: click to see 3 littles piggies in the congee noodle house parking lot.

and we et:

this... and so much more
comments: click this one to see bill doing his mad hover trick. magic.

lunch is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot

miso ramen
from: Menya
price: $7ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Nazareth
comments: hey guess what? no wigglies today. rejoice. click my ramen to see the 3 dogs that were in the office today. yay 3 dogs!

and greg had:

same but without the egg, and extra corn
comments: I met greg for lunch today. we discussed the state of the nation. click to see Zoe, a rare visitor to the office. she's sasha's cousin. but not blood-cousin, through their human owners they are like cousins. beware of her laser eyes.

and tommy had:

something other than a sandwich!
comments: click tommy's lunch to see these weird korean mints that we were given by our food supplier. check out the stickers on them, near the top of each package... which would you go for?? I mean, I'd love more power, I'd also love extra flavour! oh... but what's that 3rd choice?? even better!!!

well it's late, and I want lunch. lunch is gonna break me in two.

5 tacos for $5
from: taco time (tinseltown)
price: $5. duh.
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: bad company
comments: I had my IR camera at work again today. you can click to see a weirdly coloured wiggly from that cam.

and neil had:

5 tacos, too
comments: well, if we're gonna get technical, neil only had 4 tacos, and I had 6. the old 60/40 taco split. click to see neil walking to tacos.

and noel had:

some spinachy salad
comments: click noel's lunch to finally see what Louise's eyes look like. usually, the flash makes them go blue and green, but with the infrared, you can see the texture of her iris. crazy.

and sumant had:

his salad
comments: click to see sumant as a vampire. I'm scared.

I would eat 500 lunches, and I would eat 500 more!

burger, fries n ginger beer
from: Cameo (word up)
price: $12ish?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the proclaimer
comments: ladies and gentlemen... welcome one and all to my 1000th lunch post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very exciting. one thousand. who knew I'd eat this much lunch? and to think... if you averaged, say, $8 for each lunch over the past 4.1 years, that means I've spent $8000 on lunch. wow. nice. makes me wonder what I've spent on beer. so, you might as well click my lunch now to see what I have in store for you. yes. it seems the Man Factory band (who created the genus street fighter rock opera) has an office on the same block as us! and I never noticed before, imagine that.

and bill had:

some blurry veggie food
comments: click bill's lunch to see a very funny screenshot I took from my iPhoto whilst I was putting names to faces.

and phil had:

same as me
comments: click phil's to see another funny screenshot I took on sunday night. I noticed a lot of activity on this wiki page while the academy awards were happening. like, before it was announced, it said Kate Winslet won best actress. so I was refreshing to the page just before they announced the best actor award... (scroll to the bottom - 2008).

and travis had:

jerk paninini
comments: click travis's lunch to see an IR wiggly I made when I had my IR camera that day.

in the sunshine of your lunch

venison burger
from: Splitz Grill
price: $10ish for combo
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: cream
comments: good lunch today. we had a crew of 7 who made it up to Splitz for the best burgers around. we even had 2 phils with us. click to see tony playing with his new camera on the roof at work.

and kevin had:

half a lambburger, and the other half of my venison
comments: somehow, kevin convinced me to give half my venison burger for half his lamb. that was good for taste sensations, but not the same as having your own whole burger ,you know? oh, and I still liked the lamb better. click to see my crazy zoom zoomin up to the mountain again.

and bill had:

the lentil burger
comments: splitz is even loved by vegetarians. click to see bill drinking beer on the roof after work.

and travis went:

crazy
comments: travis had a burger, a milkshake, onion rings and 1/2 of andy's poutine. I reckon this probably killed him and he won't be back at work evar again. click to see the cops giving him a ticket for his gluttony.

your lunch gets sweeter everyday

angus burger
from: mcdonald's
price: $10ish with shakenfries
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: finley quaye
comments: today was a special day. my sister turned 40! happy birthday, shari!! I also went to the dentist to get a filling. that's not as much fun. but having a frozen face is always interesting. click to see a zoomed pic I took of cypress and some downtown buildings.

and jacky had:

some meats n rice
comments: jacky doesn't know I took a photo of his lunch. sneaky. click it to see travis's hair gone wild.

what's so funny 'bout peace, lunch and understanding?

vietnamese subs
from: Bale
price: $8.25 for 3
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: elvis costello
comments: today was a big day. and I never even finished all my subs. oh, but the big part... I got laid off today. yesssss! can you say 'hello freedom!'? I got one more MONTH to work at this job, then I'm gonna enjoy my spring/summer. there were also some other people let go. that part is too bad. but I know the other people leaving will find something awesome, and be even more awesome for it. ya! click to see our impromtu celebration/goodbye party that happened at the whip.

and tommy had:

roast beef sandwich
comments: click tommy's lunch to see him waiting for something to open. just waiting.

and remick had:

pasta from home
comments: click remick's lunch to see an ABC wiggly. my next goal is to make a DEF wiggly.

oh lunch can be a shower of stones

soba noodles with chicken in soup
from: Menya
price: $7?
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the constantines
comments: I tried the soba from menya. it's good. I like it. I still like the miso ramen best, though. click to see how we found bill killed and dumped in a crate of sorts.

I also had:

pork!
comments: click to see the worst attempt evar to kill bill. we tried to set him on fire, but the flames didn't seem to reach through the glass. bah.

and bill had:

ramen salad
comments: the salad looked fancier than usual. click to see bill killed in a shopping cart. makes no sense... but it's true!

and travis had:

miso ramen
comments: click travis's lunch to see the sun reflecting off the incomplete controversial olympic village. yeah. my blog is all over the hot topics.

look what lunch has done

shrimpy dumplings in noodle soup
from: kam gok yuen (in chinatown)
price: $5ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: chris whitley
comments: today was an exciting day. this is because I converted one of my Nikon D1's into an 'infrared camera'. and I sorta took a bunch of infrared-like photos using a R60 filter and an IR flashlight. I learned a lot playing with this. some things I learned:
-when you take the filter off your CCD in a cat-dominated apartment, make sure you blow the dust off the CCD _before_ shooting.
-I need a proper R72 filter to actually shoot IR properly.
-everyone looks creepy in IR light
-bill and travis aren't very good at focusing.
click to see a gif that will make you laugh. make you cry. make you watch it over and over again and rush to show your friends.

and ritchie had:

bbq pork noodle soup
comments: the linked wiggly of hey ritchie is very messed with. I think the wonky colours can be mainly attributed to the D1 being old and weird. there wasn't much IR light showing up in this shot.

and we shared:

some gailan
comments: click to see science world wiggling in a nightmarish looking world.

and tommy had:

his regular sandwich... covered with extra infrared light!
comments: click to see another pic where the IR light played no real part. but it's neat, cuz of the sparks!

I hope that I don't fall in lunch with you

sashimi
from: sushiyama
price: fair
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: Tom Waits
comments: today I met ron for a sushiyama feast of deliciousness. it was very tasty. click to see a sidecarred motorbike that you can buy. fun.

we also had:

some gyoza
comments: click it. watch the chopper wiggly.

and...

some rolls
comments: these rolls were: Super Kalamary, Philadelphia, Spicy Scallop and the Kamakazi. all really tasty. click to see some very logical graffiti.

all you need is lunch. altogether now! all you need is lunch.

roast beef on a pretzel bun
from: swiss bakery
price: $6
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: the beatles.
comments: click my sandwich to see sumant's fancy new car.

and after lunch I:

curled!
comments: click to see the marpole curling club, where a bunch of us went for some company fun curling.

and jacky had:

chicken. no curling.
comments: click to see noel being the best skip he can be.

this one goes out to the one I lunch

vietnamese subs
from: Bale
price: $2.75 each
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: REM
comments: this post, I have totally laid off the wigglies. click this pic to see my favourite photo that I took today. you like? I think it would make a nice desktop background.

and rojelio had;

schnitzel with rice
comments: click rojelio's lunch to see one of the helipopters that's been training around town for the olympics.

and viearn had:

some bean dish
comments: click viearn's lunch to see a very blurry pic of the 3 dogs that were in the office this morn. 3 dogs!!! I was stoked! until noel went home sick with 2 of them. :(

and sumant had:

his regular salad
comments: ok, I couldn't go a whole post without some wigglies. click to see a broken ol' building a-wigglin' on main street, viewed from the backside.

lunch is just a joyride, drink a lot of beer and climb inside

salted fish and pork fried rice
from: Gold Stone (in chinatown)
price: about $20 for two of us
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: built to spill
comments: I met heyritchie in chinatown for a tasty lunch. click to see a sweet barracuda.

we also had:

a veggie noodle dish
comments: click this dish to see the shifty-eyed hey ritchie with a giant clock behind him. the clock doesn't look all that large, but it sure was. huge.

and the menu was:

part of the table
comments: gotta love a restaurant with menus attached to the tables. it gives the waitresses something to never think about. speaking of the waitresses... wow. you gotta go there to see the uniforms they wear. I didn't get a photo, so you just gotta go and see for yourself. or maybe next time I'll get a photo. click to see louise and free shakes.

like a town needs a name, I need your lunch

soup n sandwich
from: Emelle's
price: $10.50 with pop
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: U2
comments: click me lunch to see the people who were fishing in the dog-park across from emelle's. I wonder if they caught anything?

and bill had:

pomme dauphinois (deep fried mashed potato) and some other dish
comments: bill had some food. then he saw dana having these deep fried mashed potatoes, and he had to get a side of them. they did really look quite remarkable. click to see bill flying with joy after eating them.

and travis had:

an asparagus sandwich?!?
comments: travis was proud of the pickle on his plate. cuz it looked like a flower, I guess? and his sandwich had asparagus?!? well, I never! click to see puffy clouds being puffy.