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On the weekend Kelly and I went to Halifax. We left here Saturday at 6:55am. We made very good time, arriving in Halifax shortly after 10. Along the 4 lane section of NS highway, I tried cruise control for the first time in my life. That lasted about a minute until I had to turn it off. It was a weird out of control feeling that didn't sit well with me. I prefer using the gas myself as I feel more at one with the car I guess. I decided to use yahoo maps to see what the distance is from here to Halifax, and put that together with the time it took to get there to figure out the average speed of the trip. It turns out to have been roughly 126km/h which is pretty decent, considering I don't drive carelessly at 150 the whole way and that a third of the way was two lane highway with a bit of traffic that needed to be slowed down for.

Once in Halifax, we went to the MicMac mall. Kelly bought numerous things, while I struggled to find anything decent to buy. We then went to the Halifax Shopping Centre. I believe on the way there we saw the remains of a car hitting some propane tanks and causing an explosion. While tied up in traffic around it, I noticed James F Lahey auto something. I took a photo of it with Kelly's phone, as I'm sure there is a good chance that is where the Jim Lahey character originated from. After that we saw a run down strip club. Kelly turned down the idea of visiting it. Then there were some tense moments of trying to navigate across the city. Along the way, some broad from Quebec decided to make a sudden lane change from a dead stop, into the lane we were heading down near 30km/h, without looking to see what was coming. It was a close call, and her male passenger gave me a wave or I'm sure they call it a "salute in apology of my girlfriends terrible driving, I will hit her later for you tabernac!" Some how we ended up behind the same vehicle and there was another near accident. She put the car into reverse while shifting through gears after being stopped on a small incline, thankfully she stopped short of backing into us.

The Halifax Shopping Center saw Kelly make a few more purchases, while I looked for a suitable hat I can wear backwards. It is hard for me to find one though, as I explained to Kelly, I don't want anything "bling bling" "redneck" "circus on my head" or "ska8er" or a shitty sports team. I think the only thing I ended up buying was some Absolut at the Liquor Store there.

We visited some other stores, including Winners, where a kid was acting like a special needs kid stuck in a cart. An employee caught onto him and he ran away yelling.

It was then off for a walk around Dal.

Upon arrival to the hotel the one at check in decided to randomly give us a harbor view room upgrade for free, this was foreshadowing of the luck to come later at the casino.
We went to supper around 7:30 to TGI Fridays. The food was good and filling. We also had some drinks, which were very good. The one I had was filled with rum, vodka, gin, and something else, and the second one I had was even more potent, but not as enjoyable due to being so full from the meal. We then left and returned to the hotel to watch Big Brother, then went to Pacifico. It is very much like Voodoo in Moncton, maybe a bit smaller though and less hollywood like. We stayed there for a bit and then wandered around downtown, eventually making our way to the casino around 1am. Once there, we figured out how to play things and get coins. We sat down at some slot machines. After about 2 minutes I matched two things, and noticed it said I won a jackpot. I thought it was only a little jackpot, because I didn't match all 3 items. The attended came over and did her thing securing the machine and asked if I knew how much I won. I thought it would be maybe a hundred dollars. It turned out to be the second highest slot machine jackpot that a person could possibly get at the place, $540. Not bad for only putting a $20 in a few moments earlier. While waiting for the security guard and pay attended to come give me the money, I noticed Mr. Bryan playing some slots. Also 3 or 4 people walking by stopped to ask how much I had won and give congradulations. Kelly and I continued to play on some other machines until our initial $20 was gone.

We went back to our room, ordered a pizza, almost fell asleep waiting for it, it arrived, was partially eaten, then we went to bed.
At breakfast we overheard what we thought to be a guy saying something like "I watched porn last night and he wasn't on it." however they were talking about max from Conan, and some how Conan sounded exactly like porn. After a stop at the candy store for Kelly to obtain some items, it was then a quick and humid drive to Moncton. We went in the mall for a short bit, then made our way home.