Quiz: What Season Are You?

You are fall! The most beautiful of them all.
Sometimes hot as fire, others cold as ice. You
tend to be prone to mood swings. It's often
quite hard for others to keep up with you. But,
you're a great friend and anyone who is your
friend is very lucky.. and you're also the
obbsessive type. You're thirsty for knowledge.
Not neccessarily a bookworm, or school-wise,
but you're very intelligent, and wish to know
as much about the world as possible..
especially about the people in it. September
21st - December 20th

Quote: "To the world you may be one
person, but to one person you may be the
world."


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Hmm, Autumn is pretty nice. Sometimes it's warm, and sometimes it's cool. But it's not wet and muddy like Spring. And sometimes it snows and the next day it's warm enough to wear sandals. Or is it just b/c it's Alberta?

Distractions

Well, it's been about 3 hrs that I've spent doing all my bills. And I'm still not done. I'm still matching the receipts up to the CC statement. And for good reason. B/c I'm online, first looking up what Fido has for VM options b/c I need for when I move out. Neither of us will have a landline. And I've missed a lotta calls this week and w/ Caller ID...it really sucks. Yes, for $20 I get no VM, no Caller ID, but I get per-second billing! Whoopee. To add those on, it'd be $8. Considering I'm already paying about $9 more for the extra fees and taxes... not very tempting. Might have to go to prepaid and then just have to remember to fill my phone and get those features included. But it'll cost me $25 to migrate. Bastards! And I don't have a contract either. I tried to call them to see if they have VM as a promo to add on for free since I've been w/ them for 2 yrs but they're closed.

And I thought that I had a contact lenses training today b/c I told the secretary that I have every other weekend off the last time I went in, and she had the calendar. Grrrrrr! Got up for nothing. But at least I found some Liquid Plumber for cheap, $3.49 for 900 mL. My bathroom sink is clogged b/c I use Ivory for hand soap. Gawd that stuff leaves a nasty film that just builds up.

Anyways, I've been noting down all the prices for essentials like laundry, food, toiletries. Really wanna skrimp and save anyway I can b/c I don't intend on dipping into my saving to pay bills.

So while I was checking my email, I got an invitation to join the Game Advisory Panel for Sony PS. I was pretty blaise about it, and signed up, and then I see in the forum that there are people who beg to join. Maybe it's b/c I'm a girl and have a whole whack of rpg, action/adventure, fighting games on my list of games. And a lot of them have over 50 hrs on it. I've got 2 at over 125 hrs. Yup, Arc the Lad and Star Ocean. Finally got to Disc2 for Star Ocean.

And my Dad and brother went out for dinner. Didn't invite me, - or- tell me until I left for my non-existant appointment this afternoon. Whatever. I have a ham marinating in maple syrup in the fridge. I think it's going to be ham steak w/ noodles, mixed veggies. I'd make spaghetti but I don't know where my dad put it. Somehow macroni was made but I don't know where the dried stuff is either. Oh, actually I can just use the macaroni instead for carbs. I was thinking of ordering sushi, but I need to save money.

But about Sony. The Music division is getting nasty and sneaky. This article about their hidden software on their CDs is very scary. In the application for the GAP for the PS, it asked how I felt about Sony, and before it was that it was a good company. But their actions on music CD drops them down to Sucks! Well I haven't bought CDs in a while, and I guess it won't be soon from Sony either.

Speaking of receipts, finally matched them all, and I have some from stores that didn't charge me. It's the second time it's happened. I believe it's after about 30 days or so that if they still haven't charged you, they can't. Oh well. I'm not even sure if stores would have any way to charge me if I went back to them, and told them what happened. I heard of a similar thing happening to someone else, but it was for plane tickets. So when he found out, he called the agent but it was still w/in the period where he could be charged. So is this a morale quandry? Or should I just let it go? As a rep, unless it's a flagrant violation of provisioning rules, I usually just let the customer benefit from it.

By the by, didn't know that Animenation will ship you stuff later if they didn't have it in stock at the time you ordered it. And of course charge you s/h again. I got a surprising email of shipment notification, and after talking w/ them, got the s/h waived as courtesy. It is on their website, and I might have read it.... About 2 years ago when I first ordered something. So key to having things done for you kiddies, be very polite and ask if they can do things for you and never demand. And prepare to be rejected, or offer alternatives if option A is rejected. Always be open to compromise. The more you are willing to work with them, the more they'll work for you.

Well, I must write my cheques now. And eat. Dang I'm hungry! Oh, but must take my pills first....Oh crap I forgot my ulcer pill. The trial pkg has the days marked, but since I was half asleep when I first opened it, I just popped open any day. Now I have to count to see if I missed it. Yes, I have ulcer pills, stomach pills, Tylenol for headaches b/c everything else is a stomach irritant but after being used to T3, regular stuff is useless. Er wait, did I mention that already? *checking blog* Good ol' Blogger, opens another window for ya. Oh no, not quite. There was a cancellation on Tuesday, so I was able to see the doctor. Yeah, so I'm getting really forgetful also, and have a really hard time concentrating or listening to people, so it's major problem when I'm taking payments. Actually I flipped off a supervisor when he was trying to talk to me and I was on the phone taking said payment. I didn't literally flip him off but the way I gestured towards the phone was a bit violent. I apologized to him the next day, so if he tries to give the OM some crap about my attitude then I can tell them I already apologized to him and told him I was having health problems. Anyways, must write cheque still. And clean up my email inbox. And clean the bathroom. And eat. Must stop writing what I must do, but I guess I could forget.

Monday Night RAW

Who the hell is that new announcer? Maybe he's from Velocity or something. Blah, I don't like the set up they have for announcers w/ 2 face and 1 heel. Jerry Lawler was also better as a heel announcer, since his comments were much funnier. Although the leering old man routine really needs to be retired.

Hmmm, Taboo Tuesday results. I actually voted in it, it was pretty easy to vote. I didn't expect Flair to beat HHH. That looked like a brutal match. Or for HBK and Angle to team up on Cena, but that looked pretty sweet. Cena isn't even close to their leage, if HBK and Angle are the pro-teams, then Cena is part of the afterschool elementary league.

Possibly a decent Divas match since Trish and Victoria are in it. I'm quite amused by the Mickie James fixation on Trish. What happened to the Trish that would take advantage of that?! Trish makes a great heel, and she seems really bland when she's face. Wow, Candice is actually trying something. Seriously Mickie James needs to work on her kicks. They are so lame. Hello, ref, Trish is illegal in the ring. Are you so useless that you can't get her out? ....Well, Victoria and Candice won by foreign object, but that's fair considering the amt of time that Trish was in the ring. Woah, Candice just gave Victoria a celebratory kiss. Well, that's something you'll never see 2 male tag partners do.

Yeah, Kurt Angle! Oooh, wait, he just noticed they were chanting "You Suck!"? This should be amusing, as if the crowd would chant anything else, but he is completely right. Kurt is probably the best wrestler they have, defintely the best technical, being 2 time olympic champ. And he's always performed, never had a crappy night. "Kurt! Daisuke!" Aww, he can't hear me. *nodding in agreement to Kurt's tirade* Yup, Americans are selfish, and abusive of their rights. ... Okay, that's horrible that Kurt's wife left him b/c of the business. They should probably call wrestling the relationship-killer profession. Hardly anywhere else would you be expected to be on the road 320 days and get paid less than a million.... Well, Kurt's speaking from the heart for all the pains he's gone thru, but I'm not sure why the writers are letting him vent. It's .... a bit different than the way they've usually operated. Sometimes I think I watch wrestling b/c it's means more than any of the professional sports. Sure the stories are lame half the time, a lot of the wrestlers aren't that good or popular for stupid things *cough Cena*, but the bumps they take are insane, and they should know that someone appreciates them.

Oh, there's Lita. She really is just the prop nowadays. She was a crappy wrestler, but at least she knew some moves. Heh, Bischoff kicked her to the curb. They also seem to be slightly positioning Bischoff more towards face. It'll be amusing to see the match btwn him and Teddy Long. Teddy's just been a referee and Bischoff did do some pro kickboxing before. Oooh, I like Bischoff's censoring but the beeps hurt like shit. *mute* Okay, HBK's on. I think they should move HBK to heel again. He was a good heel. And he does stuff that's heel-worthy, but they still treat him like a face.

Huh, haven't seen Dabari in a while. Geez, still booing him? And the announcers having a beef b/c he's Middle Eastern? Stupid Americans. You get most of your oil from the Saudis. Or maybe that's the problem. So reliant on Middle East ties, but the Middle East tell them to piss off.

What Kind of SOUL do you posses?

You have a Lost Soul. No one is really sure what
that can always mean, because it can be defined
in many ways. As Legend goes, lost souls were
the spirits of passed away people who are
neither in heaven nor hell. They walk the
earth, brooding mysteriously, always appearing
when you expect it least. So hence, if you have
a Lost Soul, then you are probably very
insecure and shy. Stuck in your own little box,
you watch the world fly by as a loner. You dont
know your place. You seemingly dont have a
place in society or an interest. You are a very
capricious person, and are confused and
frustrated about where you belong. You crave
for the sense and feeling of home-but have not
obtained it yet.


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Sounds like me. I'm always the one that doesn't have a future job choice and can't answer the what'll you be doing in 5 yrs. A drifter on the whims of the current, aimless and searching, with a few anchors to tie me to the land.

Cursed other patients!

Well, I'm home a bit earlier than usual. Well actually a lot earlier since I only worked half my shift. Exactly at that too. The annoying stupid person finally hung up at the right time. And I love the other guy who couldn't figure out how to set up a personalized greeting for his VM and then said he wasn't dumb and then couldn't hang up his speaker phone which I was on. Yeah o-kay. Then there's the other bag who insulted me when I kept answering her question but she didn't have enough brains to draw a conclusion, grrr! Wonder why most reps don't call back?

Actually I wasn't even going to go to work today, but I did b/c I had to get the rent application from D. (Heh, D. Well not as cool as Count D, but he's all right for a guy) And I can't believe it asks for your current -and- previous employer. I suprised that it doesn't need a credit check though. Now the problem is the emergency contact. I don't really wanna put my middle brother b/c he's an ass, but I don't know if my Dad would know what to do. And I don't get in contact w/ my big bro that much though, although he's the most competent. And I dont' know if my Dad knows I'm moving out, or if all that rent shit was just some crap that my brother came up w/.

Anyways, been w/ the stomach pains every time after eating for the last 3 weeks, constant migraines after work and hence passing out when I get home and finish eating(usually while playing the PS2), shedding of copious amounts of hair b/c of stress, forgetting to feed Feebas for a 1 1/2 days (and boy was he mad, he even knocked down the lucky bamboo which I think I'll name Lifthrasir which is Nordic for "She desires life" b/c it's the only one out of 4 stalks that's still alive after all my experiments)and today having to ask everyone to repeat numbers, went home early. Yes I did. And I couldn't make a doctor's appointment b/c they're booked up. And it wasn't like I just wanted to leave early, but I'm not feeling good. I need a cat day, but tomorrow I have to deliver the rent application. Which has me holding off on a lot of purchases b/c I need to save up. Ya know, the funny thing is, and this occurred to me while I was window shopping in the mall, I'll be really tight w/ my money in games. In Growlanser I have over 200 000 gold, which will let me get every gem and armour available. But I won't just buy gems. But I'll think about buying Soul Calibur 3, even though I have 4 games I haven't even played yet. Or I'll just pick up a manga b/c it looks cute and the description is interesting. It's just wierd.

The unmentionable throne

Ok, just so's everyone knows, I'm not obsessed with that part of the anatomy or its functions. It's just that it's an essential part of living that if anything goes wrong...well you just pray it never does. But anyways, came across this really interesting article about the new developments in the toilet. I've never tried a bidet, so I don't know how efficient or effective they are. Or how to sit on them, cause I've seen them in movies, but of course no one uses them in the movie. I wonder if there are instructions on them. ....anyways, I wish more toilets were designed to be more sleek on the outside anyways. It's a pain in the arse to have to get all the nooks on the s-curve for the plumbing (well my toilet's like that anyways where you can see the shape of it), and yes, I do use a lotta Lysol. So speaking of its partner, the toilet paper, it's a bit annoying that Charmin only has 187 sheets in one of its standard rolls. Most other companies have 198 sheets. Why 198 or 187, hmm, I don't know. I should find out the standard length to see if it's just the sheet size difference. Kleenex has much wider rolls, and Charmin does have narrower rolls. Course I'd rather pay extra for the Charmin.

Holy smokes, it's Golddust! Haven't seen him in ages. He was a breakthru character. Actually not a bad representative for gay men b/c he was pretty tough, even if he did make a lot of suggestive moves. ...Hey it's Funaki! That's cool...Wait, that's not fair, Funaki's a good wrestler! Why do they always undersell him? Geez, he's improved his English, definitely worked the circuit and paid his dues, did all the stereotypical racist stuff they write him. Grrrrrr! At leat he was crusierweight for a time.

Uhn, the Tylenol's starting to kick in. Took a T3 b/c of cramps. I guess they're still good. I had them leftover from when I had carpal tunnel surgery. Which was about over 2 years ago. Kinda sleepy now. But Raw's still on. And gotta create a junk email acct. Uhnnn.... Ohhh...guhhhh...zzzzzz.

4687 Reason why I wouldn't move in with J...

So saw some apartments. Found 2 checklists for things to check, except, I'm not comfortable opening drawers and measuring and whatnot when there's someone watching me. It just feels wierd. So I was guesstimating the length of things, and whether my furniture would be able to fit. Those darn IVAR shelves. I love 'em, but they're really long and I have a lot of shelves so it's not like I could just collapse them into 1.

Anyways, J was driving me to the apartments (which makes it somewhat difficult to estimate how long it would take to walk to and from work, but I'm also not keen on showing up at the viewing all sweaty from hoofing it) (Yes, I sweat, er perspire much). Anyways, some disturbing comments he made after the 1 apt that was about 5-10 min from work and less than 5 yrs old: that he couldn't drive me to work anymore, and that he was glad that I wasn't looking at shitty apts (which is what a former mutual friend of ours had stayed in) or he'd have to lock me up and never let me out. WTF?!? Then after I inquired on how close that apt was to the grocery store (my directional sense is pretty poor), he said it was a bit far to carry groceries but he'd come shopping with me anyday. Considering he has to drive about 10 min to get to the apt from his house, and then another 5 min to go shopping for 30 min, does that make sense to anyone? Considering I've walked for about 45 min carrying bags from the shopping mall (cause I'm too cheap to use a bus ticket), unless it's -30 C, there's no point. Other than his stalker mentality. Then after I looked at another apt (which was blah in comparison) all he could say was "well at least I could still drive you to work" since it'd be 45 min walk to work. To say that it'd be completely out of his way, would be an understatement. And all he can think about is if I'm moving downtown, then how's he going to see me? So even though it'd be just as easy to walk to Warp, I basically had to guarantee that we'd go together. Egh, no wonder why I had to get Lin to pretend I wasn't there when I go in w/ H. And then when I told him I was getting an appointment for a contact fitting, he gets all upset and wants to know why I want contacts. How about it's none of your business?

Anyways, the doctor (argh, is it opthamologist, optometrist or obstetrician... ugh I meant optician) had a bit of difficult getting it in. She said it was b/c I have small eyes, which is probably true b/c my eyes are so near-sighted. And I have astigmatism too. But it's so hard to keep your eyes open. And there's also the puff-test for test eyeball pressure. I find that after the exams, I actually can't see very well b/c my eyes are so strained.

Anyways, giving my hand a rest after psuedo-calligraphing my oldest bro's b-day card. I wasn't very imaginative in getting present, it's just a gift card. But I was hand copying the font onto the card. I don't really have good experience w/ using nibs so it's just 2 black ink pens. The thick one gives me the body, and the thinner one smooths everything out and lets me give body. I must say, I feel ripped off my the Uniball Elite Vision pen. It soaks into the paper too much, and sometimes skips. The Pokemon pens I picked up are super better. Writes smooth and thin, and has Charizard or Pikachu on it.

Finally finished Arc the Lad, Twilight of the Spirits. The clock topped out at 99:59, but I think I put another 10-15 hrs after. Especially w/ the big boss battle. That lasted at least an hour. It was pretty good, although I have no clear(rereading it...clue) what happened in the prev Arc the Lad, so some of the references don't mean anything. The VA was generally blah. But the chars are quite good, and made me think of writing fanfics. Unfortunately nothing yaoi unlike Growlanser 2. I'm going to bed, too many wierd words that don't make sense but sound similar. Homonyms right? Yeah. Heh, Homo is in there. I think that's the only way I remember it too.

Quiz: What type of faerie are you?

You are a Space Faerie! You are always found
roaming around the galaxies. You are very laid
back and live in outer space.
Power: You can tell the future


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Space...the final frontier... These are the voyages...of the Starship RavenCat... on it's twenty-and counting year mission...to EXPLORE strange new worlds... to SEEK OUT new life, and NEW civilizations...to BOLDLY GO where.. NO... DUEL MONSTER... has gone before!

Yeah, I'm a Trekkie. TOS is my favourite, w/ a sizeable amt of good stories from TNG and DS9. Voyager has a few good ones, and saw less than an hour of Enterprise. Oh, there's a special on Discovery Channel "How William Shatner changed the World." Ego much? It's on Nov 13 and 16, so I can't wait to see it. I've read a lot of his books, yeah he had assistance, and they're not bad. But when he writes the Kirk ones, his ego is almost insufferable. Almost. I still love Capt Kirk too much. I'd also bed Picard. I'd bed Jadzia Dax and Tuvok too. Although it'd be Tuvok from the fanfics b/c the writers have f*cked the characters over too much.

You just keep your pants on....

So I told J that I was going to be moving in w/ D, the husb of one of my best buds, and he nearly had a shitfit. Although I thought I mentioned it before, but oh well. So considering he's driving, he's staring at me in shock (although not in awe, guess I need the soldiers for that), and he says in this whiney tone, "why didn't you ask me?" Well I dunno, b/c I don't need you clinging onto me anymore than you already do, or jumping into my bed at night, or scrutinizing who I call/hang out with/where I go, or rummaging thru my things for whatever perverted reason. But I just told him that he was already living with his parents, and he whines again "well I would've moved out." So I just said that D was already looking at moving out so it was most convenient. So he's like "Well, does H(my bud) know?" So I tell him that she suggested it, which she did. When I was telling D about that conversation, D said H knew that I'd be the last person who'd sleep w/ him and if he tried anything I'd beat him up and then tell H who'd kill him. I told him that the only person that'd be more unlikely to sleep w/ him is our mutual friend T, who's a guy and totally not interested in guys. Now that I recall the conversation, he seemed a bit hurt at that... erm... although I didn't mean for it to be an ego crush. It's more of a statement of fact. I'm probably the squeakiest clean person they know, no vices(except for manga/anime/kawaii character products), no need to claim that I didn't inhale or it wasn't mine.. On that scale, I'd probably be the ideal nun. Now on the morale compass, except for those naughty fantasies involving bishonen (and chains, ropes, feathers, roses, and blindfolds), views on abortion/guns/violence in media/-sexuality/women's rights etc, it's generally conservative. So I guess he might've thought I meant that he wasn't attractive enough to hit on, when I really meant that I just wouldn't do it on morale reasons. So I guess I shoulda compared the chances to Mother Theresa instead. Oh well.

Anyways, later on b/c I was starving and stopped off at the local eatery, and J had finished work, I called J to meet me there. When I told him I was eating, the first thing he asked was .... don't get ahead of me here...."With who?" (Yeah, like that wasn't predictable) When I told him "Me" he goes "Oh, that's no fun." Hmmm, so many ways to interpret that... 1)I'm not a fun enough person that I can't amuse myself 2) eating is a communal activity so I'm a deviant to eat by myself 3)I should have other people that I can eat with, ergo I should and could eat w/ anyone 4)When I go out to eat, I should eat with him. So which should I choose?...hmmm... just wait for it... wait for it....1 or 2 or 3. Yeah, J comes from the Ukrainian-English background, so I don't think he understands that eating alone allows you to just focus on the food and savour it. And basically empty your mind of everything else. Eating as meditation. Now that's a meditation that I could do. Anyways, I'd also prefer not to eat across from someone who smacks his lips constantly, it's just so... offensive to all senses. Now I don't profess to having perfect table manners (darn elbows) but geez.

So as we were talking, he apologized for overreacting to find out that I was going to have a roommate but I still had to justify my decision. And I do mean justify. like why I didn't want my own apt, what I was going to do when H came back. But at least he said that he was going to support me w/ whatever decision I make. Hopefully that extends to when I go out w/ someone else.

Hmm, feeling a bit better now that I've got that out. Better find a checklist for questions to ask when apt shopping.

And big jackpot for the lottery, I bought a few, which I don't normally. If I get any sizeable money, I'm thinking a turtle farm would be neat. My allergies were acting ok at the reptile show, so it'll be ok. Unfortunately w/ turtles, they can't feel you petting their shell. Or get that hypoallergenic cat.

Not many people would admit to it...

About a week ago, my middle brother just came up to me and demanded that I start paying him rent starting next month and that I was supposed to show him how I determine how much rent would be. Considering I already pay a third of all utilities = $100, and give my Dad $200 for rent as carried over from when we were living in the townhouse, I'm not going to pay that sh!thead another $250-325 considering mental harrassment should make him start paying me. So tonight, as I was finishing moving the laundry into the dryer, he just goes to me "So did you find out how much rent is?" I really shoulda said $1, but anyways I did the" pffft, I'm moving out". And he's like "that's good. When?" So I go end of Nov, b/c that's when David'll be leaving his current apt, and he just goes "Good" and walks off. Well, nice to know that he freely admits that he's a prick. And a total prick at that. How he has friends, I don't know. I bet if any of his buddies got into a bad spot, he'd abandon them in a flash and latch onto anyone else who has the status he wants.

And it's nice to know that the client likes to punish the reps who do a good job. Got a complaint from the executive office concerning a credit that was thousands of dollars. Now they were targetting me b/c I left the most detailed notes, that clearly demonstrated I knew my job, however b/c I didn't add a feature that should've been added 5 reps ago and wasn't even w/in the purview of my department, but I notated that it could've been added by those other reps, I get targetted. Well, I know that next time I'll leave no notes that I help the customer w/ anything, just that I talked to them, Just like all the other reps on that acct.

Yes, this is a rant post. On a more positive note, my betta fish finally has a name. it was a choice btwn Carvanha and Feebas. Yes, Pokemon names. It's better than calling it Fish. Although my friend is calling her new guinea pig Mouse. Anyways, I let the fish decide, and he wiggled more for Feebas than Carvanha, so Feebas it was. Unfortunately when I came home tonight, I found this strange film on the surface of the water. It looked like some sort of skin, and actually formed a whitish matter when I skimmed some w/ the popsicle stick. So there was a water change. Not a clue what it was.

Trying to d/l Kaiken Phrase, Tactics, Chrono Crusade, Star Ocean. Well not all at once since I don't have that much room left on my HD. Also trying to d/l Ai no Kusabi desperately. I've seen pt 1 of AnK, and it's a good thing the naughty parts weren't any longer or my eyes woulda dried out since I didn't blink until it was over. The d/l of pt 2 I have only goes up to where Guy kidnaps Riki. But the bed scene btwn Riki and Iason, *drool pant pant sigh*. It's nice to see more yaoi and shonen-ai coming over, for those of us w/ that persuasion. Or should I say obsession. I'm so desperate that it doesn't matter that much how nonsensical the story is, as long as it's bishonen w/ wet kisses.

Anyways, Robert's last day was today. The OM are giving all the SLRs that have found other employment a leave of absense, just in case they change their minds. Hmmmph, if the work environment was better, maybe they wouldn't be leaving, anyone thought of that? And a TL that we haven't seen for probably over a month still hasn't come back. There are so many supervisors leaving, soon the OMs will have to replace them b/c there won't be any SLRs left either. Anyways, it won't be the same w/o that Aussie humour, and seeing Monty Python scenes performed in the aisle. Hurm but he's still chasing after me. Maybe I'm just wierd, but I don't think it's fair to date a guy when you have no intention of a serious relationship w/ them. Flirting and naughty innuendo's fun, which I did to a rep when he came up just for his stats. And it's not like I don't think we have a future as -friends- and I wouldn't mind meeting his daughter who sounds like a otaku-in-training, but that's all I see and want.

I'll have the gruel instead....

Just came back from a dinner w/ the family. Well, I should say the extended family since it included the sister-in-law's family. It was to celebrate Justin's (my new nephew) 1st birthday. Well to be exact, it's really his first month out in the world, but according to Chinese tradition (and maybe Vietnamese) the baby's already started aging while in the womb, so they celebrate it as a year old. Don't ask. Maybe they invented it for the military draft.

But anyways, we had batter-fried shrimp w/ mayonnaise sauce, Peking Duck, minced duck wrapped in lettuce leaves, crab, lobster chow mein, fish maw soup, whole fish, fried rice, some kind of green vegetable that has a hollow stem, conch and vegetables, noodles and red bean dessert. At least I think that's all we had. But seriously, if it weren't for the fact that I got to sit next to the kids and chat w/ them, I woulda just left and took the bus home. Yes, I'd rather have a bowl of cereal at home than have to sit there like a lump. First he keeps bugging me to change my brother's cell number in his phone book. And he has a f*cking Motorola, the worst piece of shit ever created. Nothing ever makes sense on any of their crappy phones. So I'm trying to get it in there, and he's keeps bugging me, and so I'm trying to figure out how the f*cking commands are supposed to work on it, and then he bitches at me for not answering him. I was so f*cking tempted to pitch the f*cking phone at him. Then every f*cking time, my dad would elbow me for some shit or another and tell me how to eat my food or that I should thank someone for serving me something when I didn't know they gave me anything b/c I was looking after the kids. Christ, after he finally got the idea that I need to know when we leave for the restaurant (since he was driving) and not when we had to be there, he told me when I had to start washing my face and get changed so that we'd leave in time. Like I haven't been able to get ready for work or school every freaking day for the last 15 years. It's this incessant retarded nagging that pisses the shit outta me. And of course he doesn't realize that he's being an a$$hole b/c he's senile or just stupid. Maybe should get him a dog, so he can finally get that dog that he keeps saying is better having around than me.

So seriously, it was the kids that made this evening bearable. Hmm, another reason to move out so I don't have to deal w/ his shit. I was passed out in my game room, under my crocheted blanket (still not finished but it's gotten so big that I can use it already) and my wool blanket cause I was freaking cold, and then he knocks on the door and walks in and makes some shit comment about me sleeping. Then at the restaurant he bitches about me not answering him when he first knocked. It's like "Helloooo, retard, can you not understand the concept that normal people must first wake up before they can answer a question, or even articulate any response? I've never been in the military so I'm not trained to jump to attention the minute the sarge enters the room." And upon finding out that he used to be a cook, Krystal's sister made the comment that he must cook a lot of nice stuff at home. I was so ready to say "Yeah, so much that I'd prefer to make my own meals after a starving10-hr shift than eat his slop," but my brother said it much more politely that he's used to making institutional food. I guess that's one thing I haven't learned well yet, and I guess is a sign of maturity, which is tact. Or in other words, gained enough experience lying that I can do it anytime and in any situation.

Well, I'm planning on going to snooze for a bit after .hack//SIGN on YTV and then waking up at 6 to watch Pokemon Chronicles, and then go back to bed again. Crap, I have to walk to the train station too. Better look at the bus schedules.

Quiz: What religion do you fit in with?

You fit in with: Agnosticism Your ideals mostly resemble those of an Agnostic. You are fairly ambivalent towards any religion or spiritual connection. You lead a very busy life and find that religion and spirituality are unnecessary to your life. 0% scientific. 0% reason-oriented.

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Cool, I'm completely balanced and non-committal. While I think there is generally a right and wrong, I also think it's based on the situation. After all murder is generally bad, but if it's to stop a terrorist hijacking the plane that's going to crash into the WTC, then it'd be justified. But you should still feel a bit of remorse for doing it.

Quiz: What's your true anime hair colour?

Your anime hair colour is... WHITE!!! You are smart
and serious. Don't worry, you can be sweet and
funny too. You are seen as powerful and
appealing by all your friends, which is why
they often ask YOU for advice!


What's your true anime hair colour?
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Ah, Sesshoumaru-sama, so beautiful and elegant. And then there's his brother Inu Yasha who also has white hair but is brash, rude, short-tempered.... Muraki vs. Zephel, K' vs. Yashiro, Il Palazzo vs Dark Schneider... the list goes on and on.

First an animal and now a tree...

Found this thing from a friend's site: According to my b-day, I'm an ...*drumroll*

Elm Tree (Noble-mindedness) -- pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humor, practical.

That's pretty much me, although I'm always undecided on whether I'm a leader or a follower. I'll lead if no one else will or if I think the leader is an idiot. Well more like make a lot of suggestions. Pleasant shape...*looks down* well I guess I'm okay. Tasteful clothe: I know what's decent and what looks like crap in fashion shows. Don't need jewelry. True on the next though my memory's not so good (heh), genki ne? (when I'm not tired or apathetic), answered next one, true on next, I think I answered the next one already, still looking for my path so that's true too, always willing to buy dinner and stuff for my friends, I think the fact I willingly hang around Robert and Jamie answers that one, and toilet paper or life.

Sooo, saw Corpse Bride tonight. It was goooooood. There were bits that they could've fleshed out (heh) but it still dealt w/ things like true love is doing what's best for the other person, and how your feelings can be switched to other person just b/c you think you've been rejected. Tim Burton and Danny Elfman sure love those musical numbers. I was quite irritated when they showed them playing the piano, that the keys they were hitting didn't correspond to the notes at all. I don't have a piano, and I've never had any classes, but c'mon! If you're going to spend days animating a scene, the least you could do was make sure it was accurate. Helen Bonham Carter has a good singing voice although I thought her voice work was a bit average. Emily Watson was great along w/ Johnny Depp. Pretty good strides for a guy that came from 21 Jump Street. Anyways, Joanne Lumley was also in it as Mrs. Everglot, and when I basically said "Oh, Joanne Lumley", of course (like we couldn't see this coming) had to act like as if he recognized her. I really should've then asked him, "Who's that person?" just to see what crap he can stammer out. He always pretends to know about stuff and it's really irritating. I hate people who try to put themselves across as being smart.

Anyways, saw a full ep of Hell's Kitchen w/ Gordon Ramsey. I think it might've been the 2nd or 3rd one. And lord, I wish I could say to the callers some of the stuff he said to the customers. I'm sure the premise of the restaurant and the show is clearly posted on the outside of the restaurant (since they must advise people that they're going to be filmed), and you're going to complain about the trainees' slow service? And what is the point of getting in the maitre'd's face and telling him you have a PhD in Music? Ridiculous.

Anyways, I'm trying to write cheques to all the charities that I'm supporting this year. I always check for their Charitable Registration Number on the Revenue Canada site. There was one charity, I think it had something to do w/ wheelchair basketball, and the registration number couldn't be found. And when I looked on their website, they didn't have any listed, so I didn't send anything. Gotta be careful these days! Anyways, I don't know what it is, but they seem to send very similar gifts, like labels or cards. I have 4 boxes of cards stacked up from 4 diff charities. And labels! With the slow death of snailmail, it's kinda hard to find things to put labels on. *sigh* I think last year I sent over $300 to charities (I guess I could find the exact figure in my tax return). I don't mind, but I'd wish they send different stuff.

Quiz: What Cute Animal You Are?

You Are A: Turtle!

These reptiles, famous for their hard outer shells, spent their days roaming for food and relaxing in the water. As a turtle you are not very speedy, nor are you soft and cuddly. You tend to hide in your shell and you aren't much of a sprinter, but you are quite tough. You also happen to be as cute as you are fascinating.

You were almost a: Bear Cub or a Pony
You are least like a: Groundhog or a SquirrelCute Animal Quiz!

Hmm, and I was just looking for turtles at the Reptile show. They only had 1 there, and it was $400 but it was a big un. I'm didn't ask if they had more turtles earlier or that nobody brought any. There were a lot of snakes and lizards. The baby snakes were sooooo cute. The geckos are adorable w/ their sticky toes. Petted quite a few. Did a lot of hiding behind my hand when I passed by the booth w/ spiders and other insects. They had a gecko that was regrowing its tail, and the half grown tail was sooo soft. But anyways, hmmm, turtle, seems like me.

Quiz: What Mixed Drink Are You?

You Are a Mai Tai

You aren't a big drinker, but you'll drink if the atmosphere is festive. And when you're drunk, watch out! You're easily carried away.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

Hmm, never had a Mai Tai before. I like the vodka based things b/c you can't really taste the alcohol. But once I find something I like, I'll keep ordering it. Heh, I'm still waiting on Lee's promise to get me completely blitzed. Course it won't cost him much.

Quiz: Kissing Purity Test

Your Kissing Purity Score: 71% Pure

For you, kissing isn't a casual thing Lip to lip action makes your heart sing

Kissing Purity Test

Well, ummm, yeah. Only special people/things get kisses from me.

4 day weekend

Yesterday was a bad time to ask me how I was b/c I was telling everyone I had a 4-day weekend, and none of it was spent going to the dentist. Not that I mind the dentist, much, but I actually, truly have 4 free days. Which meant I kept thinking yesterday was Thursday and wondering why Smackdown wasn't on. And which meant I missed Good Eats. It's still fun to watch even if it's been reruns lately.

Started watching Peacemaker Kurogane, which I borrowed from T. Unfortunately b/c I don't know much about the Shinsengumi, except what I'm learning from reading Kaze Hikaru in Shojo Beat and what's mentioned in Rurouni Kenshin, it's a little hard to follow the political foreshadowing. Although not as hard as Samurai Deeper Kyo. You need to know Japanese history to follow that one well. Anyways, being a seiyuu geek, I had to look to see who the seiyuus were (cause I can't read kanji or katakana) and it turns out Tatsunosuke has the same seiyuu as Takeshi/Brock from Pokemon. Which was kinda a surprise b/c when I heard Takeshi (finally found some Japanese Pokemon eps), he really does sound like a 12 year old, whereas in the dubbed version he sounds like 16-18 yrs old. But Yuji Ueda did a great job, and I feel so sorry for him. Love his apologies. Speaking of anime borrowed from T, also got part of Kyo Kara Maoh and my fav char in that is Gwendal b/c he knits and likes cute things. Don't get to see much knitting any TV shows, so it's cool to have a major character who does it.

Okay, that was wierd w/ the BoogeyMan on Smackdown. He's got caps on his teeth so it looks like he's missing his incisors. Although that wasn't quite the thought I had when I was looking at his teeth. More something like what the wind does and what work is otherwise known as. :P

Kleenex toilet paper isn't very good. For one thing, in the 24 roll pk that I bought, the toilet paper was also wrapped inside in 4 pks. That's a waste. And although the paper is fairly soft, it's easily shredded which is icky when you're doing the #2. And you have to use lots more tissue for #1 or it soaks thru. Purex is much better for value. But best so far is Charmin b/c it's soft, strong and absorbs well w/o soaking thru. I use Charmin for blowing my nose cause it's much softer than facial tissue (even Puffs), more cost effective (tissue is about $0.006/sheet vs. $0.001/sheet and since I use 3 sheets for 1 blow, it's at half the price of facial tissue), and easier to tear into little plugs for those annoying drips that never stop. Although I understand there's a Cashmere and that's a 3-ply toilet paper. I wonder what it's like? Yah, there was an article in the paper a couple weeks ago about how Canadians are more interested in luxurious toilet paper than other countries. But it's very important! It's what I'd take to the desert island. That's probably more of an analysis of toilet paper than anyone really wants to know. Heh.

My stupid dad is bitching at me for getting up at 3:00p on my days off and says I'm lazy. Just b/c he doesn't go to bed at 7:00a, and I actually got up at 2:00p and made a real lunch (he just made some noodles and threw in some meatballs, so I added spinach, mushrooms, garlic and onion powder and paprika to the soup). And the only person who's lazy is him b/c all he does all day is watch tv, read some newspaper and spends maybe 1/2 hr to make food for lunch and supper. Breakfast usually consists of something bought like poundcake, strudel or nikuman or sunny side up eggs. (that's separately) Usually I eat dinner leftovers for breakfast, or I have to try and whip something up to get a real breakfast. Yes, I hunt for my meals in the fridge, and that's why I spent $40 on groceries for myself. Considering I sliced up a 2kg of ham so I'd have some meat that I could quickly defrost, or I'll just make my own dinner when I get home after work b/c whatever left on the table is bleh... Yeah I think deserve to sit in front of my TV and watch dvds or play games.

Why was Cowboy Bob Orton holding Eddie's leg up while Randy was beating on him? It just looked stupid. Oooooo, Eddie and Batista vs. the Ortons. Boy, I hope Cowboy gets his cast back b/c he's going to need it. Kinda strange that so many alumni have come back. Wonder what's going on behind the scenes? Is it b/c Hogan came back? There's a geezer that should just stick to his reality show. Meh, never liked Hogan. Shawn can still perform at least, and actually pull off all the same crazy stunts he used to do.

That was waaay tooo close

So just finished typing the prev post and go to publish. And it's spinning and spinning and it's still 0%, and I'm thinking, "great, the one time I forget to copy and paste the post to notepad for these situations, it's fuks up." But it seemed to have made it all intact, so I'm happy, so that was waay too much to retype. But it still irritates me that it happens. But technology's not perfect, and I should know.

Joe Fish...nearly DOA

I must say, for a fish that I still have not named, I've grown a bit attached to it. Was changing his water, a day late b/c I was really tired and stressed out yesterday that I fell asleep in front of the TV (which is unusual b/c I usually reserve that for when the next day is a day off), so I went to bed late and ergo didn't have the time to do his weekly H2O change)

Err, wait, Geki! Teikoku Kageki-dan is playing on Anime Hardcore Radio. *off to sing* Okay, back although Panikku is now playing. *flip back to Anime Lyrics to sing some verses* So anyways....

For the fish's water change, I place the catcher (ummm, well it's not really a bowl or a jar, it's actually a 500 mL margarine container) in the sink (learned to this after I spilled water all over the counter b/c the fish just wouldn't flow into the container so I just kept pouring and pouring...) and then tip the jar a bit so the water nearly reached the edge of the jar and wait. And wait. And wait. Until Mr. Fish swim near the top of the jar and then it's pour Pour POUR!!! Usually he'll eventually follow the flow of water and "plunk" into the container and I can pour the rest of the dirty water and fish poo into the toilet. But this time for some reason, I think he actually jumped out of the stream of water and plunked out into the sink. And I'm like freaking out and going "Oh shit! Oh shit! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" I try to pick him up but he's just flopping like crazy, and I don't wanna squish his body b/c he's squirming so much that I can't get a good grip unless I press harder. So after a few panicked seconds I grab him by the fin and plop him into the catcher container. So right now, I'm just waiting for the bleach to do it's stuff w/ the jar, and then it's rinse rinse rinse, dump in treated water, dump in draecena, dump in fish, add more treated water so that it's fills the rest, and back on the shelf.

So Mr. Fish built a bubble nest. Which I guess means it's happy w/ its food and environment enough to consider raising baby fish. If he had a Mrs. Fish. Course the bubble nest is down the toilet, and now he's probably in nervous shock. I'll have to give him 2 bloodworms after he's back in the jar. Usually I only give 1 bloodworm after a change, but I think he deserves 2 today.

Man, I love Dragon Screamer from Capt. Tsubasa.

So about my shitty day yesterday. Although I suppose it's day before b/c technically it's Tuesday. Stupid bag has been calling in since Friday about her VM being down. It's actually affecting the whole region she's in, and the other lines on her acct, and she's been repeatedly told that we have a trouble ticket on it, but she still keeps call in 5x a day. And she says she should get top priority b/c she's a psychologist and her patients make appointments w/ her thru her VM. So it's like, well why dont' you forward your calls to your office or a landline. Oh, well she doesn't have one. OK, what kind of professional doesn't have a landline for business?! It's only $25/mon. And she can't refer her patients to another doctor. And she lays all this crap about how it's life-or-death that her patients can reach her. The only garbage that she said that made sense was that b/c her patients call from the clinic, she can't use call log to find out who called. Anyways, since I was taking the escalation from people on my team, I was basically telling them and mocking her w/ them about the shit she was telling me. Well I don't if it was that or that I was starting to raise my voice b/c she wouldn't shut the hell up, but I saw the OM look down the aisle and then a couple min later, a TL comes down and y-connects on me. Anyways, the TL tells me that I have to empathize w/ her and not make judgements, but for someone who claims to have gone thru at least 8 years of postgrad work, she's a f*cking pompous and stupid @ss. And she's bitching and whining even after and told me to "find a temporary solution for a temporary problem" b/c the quick fix for her would be to change upgrade to a diff billing system. So I call the TL over and then she gives me this f*cking lecture about being a mentor and a coach and how I'm supposed to act and basically the only acceptable response I could give was to agree w/ her. If I was the type of the person to act more on my immediate feelings instead of analyzing things, I woulda walked out. Gawd, I was so f*cking pissed, and basically it was a baaaaad idea for anyone else to come up to me w/ a question after that. And today(yesterday, what the fuk ever), my TL tells me that the other TL emailed him about it, and he didn't ask me for any details but just basically asked me to make sure it didn't happen again.

So also today which I was scheduled for training w/ summarily cancelled w/o letting anyone know. I'm really fed up w/ working for such an incompetent company. And I'm sick of being told to give rimjobs to the Americans. Oh, speaking of Columbus Day, it's the equivalent of celebrating discovering that there's a fireplace in a new house.