Quiz: The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid

Klein Sexual Orientation Grid

I scored an average of 1.86

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Heterosexual

Bisexual

Homosexual

Meaning

This result can also be related to the Kinsey Scale:

0 = exclusively heterosexual
1 = predominantly heterosexual, incidentally homosexual
2 = predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3 = equally heterosexual and homosexual
4 = predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
5 = predominantly homosexual, incidentally heterosexual
6 = exclusively homosexual

Summary

The idea of this excercise is to understand exactly how dynamic a person's sexual orientation can be, as well as how fluid it can be over a person's lifespan. While a person's number of actual homo/heterosexual encounters may be easy to categorize, their actual orientation may be completely different. Simple labels like "homosexual", "heterosexual", and "bisexual" need not be the only three options available to us.

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Um... uh... Oh boy. Mind you I had to wing some of the answers b/c...I'm not that experienced. But oy vey, I think I take too many quizzes. Really the whole sexuality thing is too complex to be covered in a 5 min quiz, cause I don't think I really fit into anything.

Followup to Quiz

Heh, I was looking thru all the results, and I realized I actually got pain, not fear. Wow, even now I subconsciously avoid writing about what could be bothering me b/c I want to avoid it. But I think Fear would be close to my results too. W/ a small dose of Purity. Interesting that most people got Pain. Maybe b/c they're taking quizzes to escape from something? (well aside from work) (or it could be the source of their pain)

Quiz: What lies behind your eyes?

Pain lies behind your eyes. You may seem normal on

the outside, but on the inside there is

something destroying you. You don't talk

about it because you hope it will go away.

But no matter how hard you try, you can't

hide from it. Maybe if you try talking to

someone, you may be relieved...


What lies behind your eyes?
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This was a really good quiz. Really made you think. It seems pretty accurate. When my TL told me that something must be bothering me b/c I wasn't my usual bubbly self, I went "I'm bubbly?!" And I guess I am, or at least I seem pretty nice. It seems the older I get, the less able I am to handle fear. Nearly scared myself peeless when I was reading The Ring manga. I'm not kidding. Was reading it at night, and then there were parts where I nearly dropped the book, and at the end, I was holding it as far as possible when reading the last couple of pages. Then afterwards I wanted it out my room, but I was too scared to open the door. So I put it facedown by my door, and didn't go back to bed. Stayed up until it was light, and hightailed it back to the bookshelf and shoved it in the back, and finally went to bed. Even typing this brings back memories of some of the panels, and freaks me out. Gotta read some yaoi to get it out. Well after I finish my damn cover letter/expression of interest.

Justifying my position

I'll say this off the bat, I really shouldn't be posting since I'm supposed to be writing a letter of interest for the Team Leader position, but I'd actually forgotten when I'd taken over my current team, so really I came to Blogger for purely research purposes. And then I realized that if I don't blog this down, I'll forget when I'd did things. Yup, it's true. Zero memory is me. So I'd taken over this current team on Feb 19, Mary's team the week before. And tomorrow I have to submit my resume and a coverletter/letter of interest. But there's no open positions. Well except for mine I guess since I'm the only SLR who hasn't had their team dissolve or isn't replacing someone on vacation.... Bastards! Yeah, it's phrased as a kind of poll for how many people are interested. I'm not sure if they're thinking of making more teams or what. But it's horribly difficult to write about yourself. W/o feeling like adding some swear words or massive bravado about how you're getting screwed over if you don't get the position. Considering my team is all a bunch a newbies, and they're at 2nd place for quality in the centre now. But anyways, I need to get this done. Maybe I'll think some crap up while I'm taking a shower. And no waterproof paper in sight either!

Quiz: Which TV boyfriend best suits you?

You should be with Dawson's Creek's Pacey Witter.

He's a class clown but his love for you makes

you feel alive. He's you're perfect match and

he would do anything for you.


Which TV boyfriend best suits you?
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Um who? I don't watch much TV, and from that period I was watching... Frasier, West Wing, cooking shows. Anyways, I guess he'd be like Bobby Drake aka Iceman, although I would rather have Hank McCoy aka the Beast. Which anime bf would I want? Hmmm, well since KOF is now an anime, that'd have to be Iori Yagami. Although I'd adore to have Sie Kensou or Shingo Yabuki. I can make green onion cakes! And I'll learn how to bake if need be!

After Sake, After Eight, After Something...

Oi, it's good thing I drank a lotta water. My friends JR and RJS took me out for dinner and to get me plastered, err relaxed. First we went to a Japanese restaurant, where I ended up eating both my appetizers b/c no one else wanted any of it(not that I minded. Mmmmm Saba Shioyaki and Tempura), and then having RJS's beef tataki b/c well, they don't like their meat raw. It was pretty wierd that the chicken yakitori was also done the same way as the tataki, just seared on the outside. RJS sent it back to be fully cooked. Never seen yakitori like that before. And we had an entire bottle of warm sake. And it wasn't one of the bottles you normally see in the anime, it was at least 1.5L 's worth. Hot sake is much better than lukewarm sake. But being a lightweight, it wasn't all to my liking. But JR and RJS were praising it like crazy, so I guess it was good. Anyways I had chirashi, and by the end of the dinner, I was pretty hammered. I could hear my heartbeat, and since JR had to drive, we had to finish the bottle.

But the night wasn't over! We were going to the Bank, but there was lineup, and since I was in my TL clothes, we couldn't go to Suburbs or First City. We ended up going to Sherlock Holmes. And JR ordered me something called... "Calibra" or something like that (had lime in it, and came in a mug w/ straw), but it was pretty gross, so we asked the waitress for ideas,and I got an After Eight. Which was good, and I finished that pretty fast. Then JR was going to get me another but I wanted something different but of course being a drinking virgin, I didn't have a clue what I wanted. So she got me something that turned my teeth blue but was in a mug w/ a straw. JR said it was probably an Astropop. It kinda tasted like pop. Then he ordered me a Baja Rosa which wasn't so good. The tequila killed the strawberry taste. Well by then I was starting to fall asleep, I was getting a pretty good headache too, and my cheeks were hurting from laughing and smiling so much. And at least my stomach hurt b/c I was laughing so much, instead of being all tensed from the stress.

Which is why they took me out. I've been so stressed out from managing 2 teams, reporting to 2 MOs, and trying to get the team into any semblence of improvement since both TLs basically left me w/o any help on their teams, just lots of paperwork. One of the TLs asked how I was doing, the standard question, and I went "I'm ready to be checked into the mental hospital." I was trying to be funny but I guess I looked so out of it, AJ goes "really?!", and I go "I'm joking," and then I start crying. I just have this problem when people fuss over me. I dunno, it makes me feel worse. Before when I was slaving away on MT's team and putting in 10-11 hrs days, one of my friends/peers said in a really kind but exasperated voice "Go home, you're killing yourself." And I didn't start bawling, but tears were leaking and I kinda mumbled "I know, but I gotta get this sh!t done." At least w/ CS's team I've only had to work 2 hrs overtime once, and the rest of the time, I've only been doing less than half an hour extra. I suppose it's technically my team b/c CS isn't coming back, and it's now starting week 2 I'll have the team. So far they haven't told me that they're getting someone to replace me or dissolve the team. Gawd, it's all a bunch of newbies, and there's so much that they don't know. And then there's one guy who's really gay... and really Catholic. So he's trying to be a celibate 51 year-old. And he smells, and has other medical issues. And is pretty stupid too, you have to repeat things 5 times before he gets it. And it's not you just repeating it, he has to repeat it to himself 5 times. And I'm still not sure if he gets it or if he's just trying to get me to shut up. I didn't know about the gay Catholic part until later, but after coaching him I had plenty of ammunition for mocking. And now that I know he's Catholic, let's just say it's really bad to have an atheist-agnostic for a TL.

What's an atheist-agnostic? Other than someone who can't seem to make up their mind but disclaims that they can't make up their mind? For me anyways, a lot of it is anti-established religion. Christianity, Islam, religions that are organized around central omnipotent, omniscient figure are a load of baloney to me. 1) they're probably just ripping from each other 2) they're worshipping the same character 3)the heads of the religion are making it up as they go along 4) its usefulness to gather a community and protect against outside forces are no longer valid in today's world 5)opiate for the masses. I really do believe in the latter. If you're a member, or were raised in that environment, you're probably a really good sheep. So there's the atheist part, I think most religions are a load of crock, especially when it bestows omnipotence & perfection to any figure. So the agnostic part is that I'm not so full of myself that I don't notice there are some wierd things going on, with an ability beyond our comprehension. But one society's science is another's magic. I'm not saying that we'll figure everything out (b/c then that'd be pretty boring), just that there's always something beyond us, but is falliable and potent. Humans are bed lice in the universe.

Why do they alway call living hell a "learning experience"?

So I've been put in charge of another team, and it's brings to mind "is this going to be a bad team or good team?" The other team I had was elements of both but more of the former, it's not good when the TL and OM feels sorry for saddling you with it. And I know I've told my peers about the probs w/ the team, it's just sorta, was I too vocal? B/c my new OM sorta gave me this look when he said he wanted to see me the next day for a meeting about my new team. It's like, errrr, wha??!! I'm sorry if I'm a little pissed off having to work 11 hr days b/c the team's so f-ed up and I have to rewrite all these disciplinary things, and review things that shoulda been taken care of ages ago. I spent a day working w/ the new team, and considering I was doing the same stuff, I only did 6 min of OT. Hmm, so either I'll have my blinders taken away and toss in more 11 hr days, or the team will be less of a chore to manage. I dunno. It's just driving me nuts this uncertainty.

And then there's a rumor that the prev team isn't going into training, so it's kinda WTF?! I'm not managing 2 teams. Screw off. Unless I get OM pay which should be around 50 000/year. It's just ridiculous. It's enough of a hassle w/ trying to work on clearing up stuff for the old team that I'd forgotten to check some things for the new team.

I'm hungry, I guess I'll have to get up now. Yes, and the schedule change too from 5:55am to 2:00pm start is screwing w/ my sleep too. Can't stay in bed past 10. End up reading tons of manga instead, and by the time I'm tired, it's time to get up.

Quiz: What Element Are you?

Earth: You are the calm and completely shy person.

You have a senseitivity towards nature in

general and deep love for freinds and family.

You grow very attached to those you love like

freinds, and family but you deeply avoid

those who are new. Part of the reason for

this is because you tend to despise change.

The sky and the forest tend to be where you

feel most comfortable, especailally if you

live in suburban and burban areas. In

general, your are a fiercely shy person but

when courage is absolutely neccesary, you

pounce and protect those you love. Those who

are attached to Earth tend to be very caring

and loving and have the best ears for

listening and a wide amount of knowledge for

advice.

Earth:
Listener
Great Advice
Shy
Smart
Loyal
Caring
Loving


What Element Are you?
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Hmm, I always seem to get earth. Ah well, that's ok. W/o earth we wouldn't have anywhere to live.

Quiz: What power do you use

You have the power of EARTH
Nature is

not a place to visit, it is home


What power do you use ((ANIME PICS!!!!))
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Ah, Earth. I built a few characters w/ earth-based powers. Unfortunately the GMs usually ruled that earth-control doesn't extend to all elements found in earth ie, carbon, silicon. Heh heh. BTW, that's my idea, so don't steal it! Very bad. B/c then I'll make you drown in earth.

The vacation didn't work

So I was given a team to take over for 3 days while the TL tried to get better(which was pretty stressful), and then the week after, I ended getting 32 hrs on Duty b/c someone else had a funeral to go to, and then I booked 3 days off for vacation, which combined w/ my regular days off gave me a total of 6 days off + the 4 shifts of duty (which is sorta like sleeping on the job) and I'm still not feeling better. I had been getting stomache pains which basically prevented me from eating more than a cup of food comfortably. And my sinuses were going crazy and my eyes were itchy. I figured out finally that w/ the crazy warm weather that we've been having there's probably been a lotta dust and pollen going around which would expl the hayfever. Which doesn't make it any better, but at least I know. But I can't use the anti-histamines b/c the apt is really dry, although I guess I could plug in the vaporizer but I'd also need to get vinegar to dissolve the sediment that builds up on the ... uh...electrodes? Well basically it's 2 metal bars that when a current runs btwn them causes the water to boil and hence steam to be produced. Anyways, still stomach pains and I'm running out of pills. When it happened before, they disappeared after I'd moved. Of course that won't help now.

Apt living itself is ok. There is of course my neighbor who must have some auto-tap turner b/c the damn water will run for about 30 sec, turn off for 2 min, and then on again all thru the night. And then the other neighbor w/ the thumpa-thumpa music. However my roommate D causes the most trouble. He caused a noise complaint. I'd have to partially agree w/ his assessment of himself, he's probably got some kind of autism. Or ADD. And procrastination like crazy. Seems he forgot that it was after midnight and he was blasting his computer speakers. It's like dude, you looked at when Smackdown ended(midnight) and then saw part of Daily Show and Colbert Report, how can you not know it was after 12?! And why didnt' I tell him to turn the damn thing down? B/c I'm not his mom. I'm not around to pick up after him, so I don't clean the dishes he leaves in the sink for days. I just tell him to put it in the dishwasher if it still sits there. I'm not going to cook for him (after he made the comment that it's like still being married (H's in Korea) b/c it's nice to come home to a warm meal) but he's welcome to eat the leftovers (b/c I always cook lots so I don't have to cook the next day) but he never does and it's not my problem. I don't tell him to eat, b/c it's his responsibility. Actually I suppose I am pretty poed at him, b/c it's that Chinese/Jewish/fill-in-archetype-here motherly/grandmotherly type who makes sure that everyone is fed to their gills, and I know I'll bug T to eat better if all I see is him eating crackers for lunch. And then he never throws out the trash until I basically tell him too. Even when I left out the recyclables in the middle of the kitchen floor (I was sorting it out in the middle of playing Soul Calibur 3:Chronicles of the Sword), he just walked around it until I asked him if he could finish doing it b/c I was in the middle of a match. And yes that was a test. I've done the lion's share of cleaning the apt, washing dishes. I know now why he insisted I have the mailbox key.

Course he's probably pissed at me for hogging the tv all the time. I have to go to work earlier than him, so when I get home, it's on the ps2, and I usually play for a couple hours, and then it's Daily Show/Colbert report. Of course he could play in the morning, if he got up after I left (we're talking 3 hrs btwn when I'm at work and he's at work). And play when I go to bed as long as he kept the volume down (below 70 decibels) but he likes to blast the stereo system at about 100+ decibels. And unlike him, I don't like to talk during my shows(except for wrestling which you can just watch and don't have to listen to the commentators) and I really hate it when it's during my anime. Especially when I have the Japanese track on. So I'm sure we irritate each other fairly enough. Still have to go about making that chore list.

And now I get to take over another team for 3 weeks while the TL goes on vacation. Which will probably mean that I'll want another few days off afterwards b/c the team is like pretty cruddy. So many of them have disciplinary actions against them, and a couple of them outright hate each other, it's crazy. *sigh* I don't wanna spend another 10+ shifts there. Mind you, that was only the 1st day, 2nd day was about 9, and then 3rd day I only did 8 b/c I had to go to dinner at my brother's house. But then the next day when I was on Duty, I spent about 2 hrs just cleaning up stuff and writing email to the TL/OM about what I did. I'm thinking I might not be kidding, I will have to take out the whips and chains b/c that team's quality is the pits. Myself, I'm pretty good at quality, gotten my fair share of 100% monitors. My opening statement now is so long that I run out of breath. No joke. It's actually this: "Thank you for holding. You've reached ____ ____ Customer Service. My name is ___ ___, and I'd be happy to assist you today, but first can I start by verifying that the wireless number you're calling in reference to is __ __ ____?" So will I be hammering quality? You better believe it. And trust me, I have a set way that I want things, and lots of examples on why it works. So monitor-wise I'm not worried too much, although there are a few times when I'm not to sure if my standards are too high or how to score something. It's the paperwork that's probably going to be crushing, and handling all the team's issues.

Anyways, went to put in my contacts. Yes, I have contacts now. They're 30-day ones. I was trying to sterilize my Complete lens case by putting it in boiling water. I think if it weren't for the fact that it was against the side of the pot it woulda been okay, but it ended up bending... and well, now I have a new one. I was looking at the generic ones, but how do you sterilize those ones except by putting them in rubbing alcohol and rinsing like mad afterwards? They're were such cheap plastic looking things. I suppose you could throw them out every time you switch to a new pair. It was only $1.99 for a pair. So I got a Renu one instead, but that's not as good as the Complete one b/c it's all white, so you have to really squint to see the L. I saw some Hello Kitty ones, but I don't know if I wanna spend lots on it, especially when the optomertrist said I should chuck them after about 6 mons even if I take really good care of them. *sigh* Should just get glass cases, then I can just chuck them in boiling water for as long as I want. Or even auto-clave them if I had an auto-clave. ... was just googling lens cases. Huhn. There sure are some ugly ones out there.

Anyways, also lost my phone. Somewhere between work and apt. So annoyiing b/c that old NOK had a ringtone composer. Not like the stupid crap that they have nowadays where you put together preset blocks of music together, but a 3 octave scale, whole notes to 1/16 beats, bpm. Sure it was monophonic, but it gave me more freedom. And the calculator was very good. Now I'm looking at the SE Z520a or the NOK 6020. Read the manuals, and I'm leaning towards the SE b/c it has more features (though I doubt I'll be using the IR or Bluetooth) but I'll have to play w/ it to make sure.

The vacation didn't work

So I was given a team to take over for 3 days while the TL tried to get better(which was pretty stressful), and then the week after, I ended getting 32 hrs on Duty b/c someone else had a funeral to go to, and then I booked 3 days off for vacation, which combined w/ my regular days off gave me a total of 6 days off + the 4 shifts of duty (which is sorta like sleeping on the job) and I'm still not feeling better. I had been getting stomache pains which basically prevented me from eating more than a cup of food comfortably. And my sinuses were going crazy and my eyes were itchy. I figured out finally that w/ the crazy warm weather that we've been having there's probably been a lotta dust and pollen going around which would expl the hayfever. Which doesn't make it any better, but at least I know. But I can't use the anti-histamines b/c the apt is really dry, although I guess I could plug in the vaporizer but I'd also need to get vinegar to dissolve the sediment that builds up on the ... uh...electrodes? Well basically it's 2 metal bars that when a current runs btwn them causes the water to boil. Anyways, still stomach pains and I'm running out of pills. When it happened before, they disappeared after I'd moved. Of course that won't help now.

Apt living itself is ok. However my roommate D caused a noise complaint. I'd have to partially agree w/ his assessment of himself, he's probably got some kind of autism. Or ADD. And procrastination like crazy. Seems he forgot that it was after midnight and he was blasting his computer speakers. It's like dude, you looked at when Smackdown ended(12) and then saw part of Daily Show and Colbert Report, how can you not know it was after 12?! And why didnt' I tell him to turn the damn thing down? B/c I'm not his mom. I'm not around to pick up after him, so I don't clean the dishes he leaves in the sink for days. I'm not going to cook for him (after he made the comment that it's like still being married (H's in Korea) b/c it's nice to come home to a warm meal) but he's welcome to eat the leftovers (b/c I always cook lots so I don't have to cook the next day) but he never does and it's not my problem. I don't tell him to eat, b/c it's his responsibility. Actually I suppose I am pretty poed at him, b/c it's that Chinese/Jewish/fill-in-archetype-here motherly/grandmotherly type who makes sure that everyone is fed to their gills, and I know I'll bug T to eat better if all I see is him eating crackers for lunch.

And now I get to take over another team for 3 weeks while the TL goes on vacation. Which will probably mean that I'll want another few days off afterwards b/c the team is like pretty cruddy. So many of them have disciplinary actions against them, and a couple of them hate each other, it's crazy.

Semi-Review: Weib Kreuz Gluhen

Yes, I finally saw Gluhen. I'd gotten the boxset on Boxing Day (how apropos) and finally set aside the time to watch all 3 discs (a day each, 325+ min is a bit long to sit/lay around). Visually, much better than the first series. Everything looked very clean, no problems w/ the art, characters stayed true to their design. Plotwise, it was much better, tighter scripting and events that tied together and made sense. So altogether a major step up from the first one. The story itself isn't really anything we hadn't seen before: clones, crazy school churning out soldier trying to take over the world. I've never been a Yohji fan, and it was a "agh! My eyes!" when he was in his swimsuit floating in the pool. (Omi, Aya, Ken in skivvies is perfectly ok w/ me). And when Yohji did a major betrayal (to spoil or not to spoil? It is over 3 yrs old now.... eh whateverl), I was cheering for Aya to kick his scrawny butt. Too bad about Kyo, he did have a lotta potential. And they really like picking on the young guys don't they? First Omi and then Sena.

Anyways, on to the more important thing. The lovely lovely seiyuus. Can you say squeal-fest?! Or it would have been except that would've drowned out their sex-shi voices, so it was really more a hold-breath fest. Didn't pass out b/c no one had long monologues or soliloquies. I wonder if it was Yuuki-san's voice that they digitized for Persia? They changed it so much, you can't even tell, so unless it's just the pacing for how he speaks...but when it was him, he was so cute. Such a difference between his Persia/Mamoru/Omi voices. Anyways, fine work as always from the rest of Weib, kinda surprised how late they brought in Ken and Yohji. However the major cause for rewind-hold breath-rewind was Seki Toshihiko as Knight. *sigh* When he did his sex-shi sex-shi voice playing chess with Queen... *drool* However some notables seiyuus and their other roles: Berger is Maxima from KOF, Sena is Ranma/Inu Yasha, Tsuji is Major Kusanagi from GITS, Bishop is Clavis from Angelique, Rook has a couple roles from Saiyuki Reload, Pawn is Neji from Naruto, and of course Schwarz members are all popular seiyuus w/ major notable roles. Anyways, I dunno if it was a matter of friends working on the show or just really sweet contracts, but Weib has major seiyuu power behind them, and it's not just the Weib members.

Oh and disc-wise, aside from the major annoyance of the box having a corner dented in, and when I took off the damn security tape (is taping on all 3 sides really necessary?!) b/c the cover wasn't placed properly, the tape was stuck to it, and I'd already majorly creased the paper trying to pull it down. So I had to rip the stupid tape off, and hence some of the cover on the edge. I really really hate that. But that's not MediaBlasters/AnimeWorks fault. What they could work on is: presenting the Japanese credits, having romanji for the opening/closing. C'mon, it's not that hard! Their subtitles are adequate, not great but does get the meaning across. The extras w/ the Weib Kreuz Radio was sugoi as usual. Poor Yuuki-san. He's just so formal and polite, and Koyasu-san and Seki-san seem to love to tease him. They seem to leave Shinichiro-san sorta alone, but then again, he's just quiet but can gutter-talk as well as those 2. Shinichiro-san and Seki-san are really good artists, but poor Yuuki-san! I like his tora though. It wasn't a great drawing, but it was cute. So I guess for extras, sheerly on the silliness and fun of them together, they weren't bad. I'm not sure if trailers should count as part of extras, but at least they play the Japanese themes, and there's no English narrator. I dunno, it just bugs me. Seems wrong. And yeah, if the English track were on the other side of the disc, I'd probably color on the English side so I don't accidentally put it in the wrong way. Although the outtakes were quite amusing. Too many uses of "bitch" though. It was funny the first 3 times.

Lovely thing to distract and support: King of Fighters:Another Day Go Iori!

Happy B-day to Me!

So today was all in all a pretty good day. Didn't start off too great.

I'd forgotten to put a wrap on my wrist last night, but my wrist didn't hurt too much. It was my shoulder, specifically my scapula-area that hurt like crazy. I'm not sure if it's just b/c I tend to sleep on my side and combined w/ the fall yesterday that it hurts, or if it's just the fall that's killed it Still have full range of motion so there's nothing broken or torn, but it hurt. Then when I went to take a morning pee, I got a little surprise. I mumbled monotonely "Happy Birthday to me!"(well this was after only 4 hrs of sleep) and proceeded to get the necessities to prevent messes.

Went a little better, Pokemon Chronicles was a Pichu brothers' episode which is soooo cute. Then went to Warp, and Lin is basically running the entire store, so it's nice even though she seems more tired than ever. Apparently when J went to get my b-day prez (Saiyuki's Sanzo messanger bag) he went to ask Lin if she could get the store to sing me Happy Birthday, 2 of them agreed, but Helen wasn't in, so the other guy did it. Poor fellow, but nice of him. And Lin gave me 10% off too! Then my presents I got the aforementioned Sanzo bag and Genji game. I showed both to Maxine and said "aren't they cute?" And she was drooling Uh huh! Also will be getting the Resident Evil 4 game. Gawd, I'm gonna be pissing myself, especially once D sets up the surround sound. Chris got me the WWE's RPG Know Your Role! handbook. That'll be fun to learn and play. Seems based of the D20 system. J's parent's gave me$40 b/c they couldn't think of anything but that's ok.

Afterwards we went to see Narnia. It was quite good, a bit slow at the start, fair bit of char development for Peter, not much for Susan, and Edmond was still left a bit shallow. Battle was bit short and not quite as epic as LOTR. Maxine liked Mr. Thomas, I liked the Beaver. J was scared of the white witch but liked her. After we went to dinner, I had beef tendon noodle soup. It's hard to get tendon right at home b/c my dad has tried, b/c it involves really long cooking. But it was nice and soft at the restaurant.

So I'm trying to clean up my desk a bit, and was getting somewhere when D came and turned on Mythbusters. So I'm watching that now as I'm doing my blog.

Day of Gains and Falls

So today was my day off, and was it busy!! I made an appointment to see my optometrist to check if my contacts were ok. That and a bit of grocery shopping was all I had planned. Yesterday my dad calls me and asks if I want to go to dim sum at 12. Since it wasn't going to be in chinatown, I had to take the bus. So I stick my contacts in(b/c I ned to have them on for 4 hrs before I see the doctor) and as I get to bus stop, I think I see my bus leaving. So as I stand in the shelter, I check my phone for the time to see if it was my bus, and there's 2 msg on my VM. And it's my brother asking if I needed a ride. Well, by now I'm pretty sure that was my bus, so I call him up, and head back to my apt to wait. Dim sum was ok, my bro's gf was there too, but my nieces weren't there b/c they were sick so my other bro had to take care of them. Afterwards we went back to the house to pick up laundry and mail. And bumps and bruises.

This is not how I planned to go down the stairs. This may be a rush-rush world, but in this case I would have liked to have gone down the stairs a little slower. I was not supposed to feel air. I was not supposed to feel pain. My butt was not supposed to connect to the stairs except from the vibrations reverbrating thru my skeleton as my feet struck the stairs. All the stairs. In this case my feet only hit 33% of the stairs. My butt and hip took much more vibration than it was used to. But at least it was used to it. My wrist on the other hand is not used to taking the full weigh of my body plus absorbing most of the kinetic energy of my rapid descent. It is still movable therefore likely indicating that there are the normal count of carpal bones and they are still in their proper places. My wrist is still within the normal bell curve of size variation in comparison with my other wrist. However it would seem the ligaments have been strained, After a day of carrying bags of groceries, it is now in one of my wraps, and will likely be there for the next 24 hrs. I wonder if I could skip work? It is w/ my right wrist and I'm right-handed, and all of our programs require a mouse. Okay, I guess that's kinda bad. Especially after we got a $1.15 raise. So now the base pay is $11.50, there's no salary cap, and it's supposed to be no-strings attached raise. Well, we'll believe it when it's on our paystub.

While I was there I got $50 red pocket money from my dad. Chinese New Year may be next week, but he wasn't sure if he was going to see me then. Then he first asks when my niece Melissa's b-day is, and then goes," isn't yours around the same time?" Yeah, like tomorrow. So he gave me $100 for my b-day which is pretty sweet. I usually don't get that much. I'm also now officially a member of the Gamer Advisory Panel for Playstation. Got a plastic card to put in my wallet and a tag to hang on my keychain. I'm so cool! ^_^

Anyways, my eyes are all good, apparently I have 20/20 vision w/ them, which is wierd b/c I had probs reading the tv screen when I'm playing. Anyways, I'm not sure if 6 pairs for $80 is a good deal or not. Or if it would be covered by my company benefits or if it's been less than 2 yrs since the last time they covered it. I'll also have to call them about the life insurance, b/c I can keep the policy after I leave the company, and I just want to know the rate I would pay. B/c I"m already getting life insurance thru another company, but they charge over... $30 for ... something. Cripes! WTF?! *looking* seems to be life, wage supplement in case of unemployment, hospital stuff. Geez, well if I stayed w/ the company for the rest of my life, I wouldn't need it. But gawd I don't want that.

Anyways, I'll deal w/ that stuff another time (hopefully sooner than later), anyways, I got meself another Beast figure. It's actually a mini-bobblehead of the feline version. Saw one of them capsule machines, and J had a toonie (yeah it's expensive for a random figure) and he picks up the capsule and clasps it in his hands, looks and then goes "Who do you love?" and I go "Beasty!" and he goes "Happy Birthday!" and I go "Yeah, now I don't need any more b-day presents!" and he's like "Man, if I only gotten it earlier and then I'd only have to spend $2 on you." so I go "but if you didn't get Beast it'd be Here's the entire lineup except for Beast", to which he agreed "it'd be so sad if I had to go to till and exchange a $20 for toonies."

Ah, Beast how I adore you so!
All cuddly and furry,
With a brain that's always in such a hurry
If only others respect for you would grow
Your favours they would curry
Your social life a flurry
The weight of your books would make the shelves bow
With so much fanmail it might even bury
But what really makes you purr-y
Is bright students to show
What's better than hentai, yaoi and yuri
Is a beaker full of chemical slurry!

Ahem..., okay, that was a pretty bad poem. But it had form and meter, and was a pain to rhyme.

Anyhoo after Toys R Us(and I know what I'll be getting as present b/c I saw the game was still @ the same low price and J said, "don't get it!") that we looked at some leather jackets. Found this nice one w/ lots of pockets but b/c I have wide shoulders, I need to get L, but then I'm a shapeless blob underneath. That could be fixed if it had some belt or an inner cord to tighten up the middle. *sigh* and it was only $250. Bought lots of grocery. I'm really trying to eat more veggies, but after a couple weeks of frozen veggies, I'm just tired of it and want fresh stuff. Go figure. I didn't care when I was living w/ my dad, but now it's like, I need veggies! Don't have scurvy yet. Got a few things for Chinese New Year. Not decorations, although I could probably use the ba gua mirror. Had this horrible nightmare where I was at a Xmas party for SLRs with the TLs who made up our duties, and Pile was completely blitzed. Like absolutely stumbling around and doing really inappropriate things. So our temp TL had come with a choker and Pile took it off her to try it on, and then he comes to me to point out how interesting it was and how I should try it on. And I'm trying to refuse when he spins me around and then glomps onto me. And I'm looking at my fellow SLRs w/ the look of sheer terror on my face but I'm too freaked to scream. So when I told this story to J, he sorta gets this look of jealousy and discomfort on his face. Whereas when I told D, he was just laughing cause it was so messed up. I think J keeps trying to psychoanalyze my dreams, cause that's what usually happens whenever I tell him one, didn't try to do it w/ this one though.

Annoyances and Irritants

Must've be watching too much Colbert Report. First person I'm putting on notice is my roommate. I dunno how his wife put up w/ it, but I suppose it's b/c she understands he's a guy. Major peeve is the leaving of dishes in the sink. It's one thing to do it if you're going to be doing the dishes later, or know that it's someone's job to do the dishes later. But the sink is dirty. That is -not- where you put stuff you will use later. Nor is it where you leave your glasses, when there're a perfectly good and empty dishwasher a foot away. Fine if it needs to be handwashed, but goddammit, I've been doing the dishes, whether handwashing them or filling/emptying the dishwasher 80% of the time. And considering for the first couple of weeks I've cooked 80% of the time too...

Speaking of which, I have to get some spices on my beef liver. It's soaked in the milk long enough. Pink milk anyone?

*back* Next irritant, J. It's not just that my bro is a jerk, and living w/ him and my dad was best when I never saw either of them, but at least when I'm living downtown, J won't have an excuse to see me all the time b/c he drove me everywhere. It's always *whine* "when am I going to see you next?" Really. I hate clingy people b/c they're usually weak too. Anyways, he sends me this email, I tell him, yeah I can do this at this time and I want to do that too, and then he sends me another email asking me if I want to do this and also do that. Didn't I just say that?! And hell, not only did I say it, I wrote it, and while it may have been at 3 in the morning, it was a hell lot more coherent than what he wrote back at 10 at night. I looked at it and was going to reply but it just made me so mad, it was like screw it.

One of my friends emailed me a 2 months ago saying she was getting married and wanted to know if I could go so she could send an invitation. Since she was across the world, it was "sorry, no." And I didn't really look at the date of the wedding, but I figured it'd be a couple months down the road, so I dawdled on sending her a wedding card. Well, it was actually last month. Geez, great notification. Oh well, at least I'd sent a xmas card.

Grrr, trying to change addresses, and they couldn't find my info. WTF? Rep was ok, but it's still irritating that I have to waste a stamp to do it. Considering I had the actual letter they sent me w/ all my acct info...

I'll see if today I can get stuff done. Still have to correct the contract w/ the building, my roommate was supposed to do it, but as usual, he didn't/forgot. I had to remind him to clean up the stove b/c his pot boiled over, since he was just about to go into his room to play my game on his PS2. And it's not like a little mess, it really covered the stove. Yes, I nag, but dammit, if you say you're going to do something, you probably should when the promise wasn't made to yourself.

Quiz: What Kind of Candy Are You?

Gummy Bears

You may be smooshie and taste unnatural, but you're so darn cute.

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Today's fortunetelling

Your Fortune Is

If you run into your ex on the street, just shift into reverse and keep going.

The Wacky Fortune Cookie Generator

Busy busy busy

Well Dec was certainly busy. There was the moving. That went off a little earlier than I planned b/c we were suddenly told that we were going into training, which changed my schedule. So I booked off a couple days to do that. Had to call in sick to work b/c of my back too. J and M helped w/ the move. And J somehow, somehow, I don't have a f*cking clue how, broke my Malm dresser. Not like a corner as if he suddenly dropped it, but the cross brace in the front. And it's not the like bottom one either, but one in the middle, and from the direction of the break the only way that could've been done is if he was trying to carry it by the brace. The decorative brace that's held in place by 2 wood pegs and 2 screws. And it'll be near impossible to fix. So thanks a f*cking lot for breaking my lovely dresser that I'd decorated b/c I liked it so much. It's functionality is also compromised b/c 1 dresser will be fully exposed to the elements, which means I can't put my manga in there anymore. Sure my manga may be in bags, but sunlight can still get in. So now it's out in the living room, b/c 1) it pisses me off every time I look at it 2) there's no room for it in my bedroom. Well actually I might've been able to make room, but I don't want to. J said he'd buy a new one, but what am I gonna do w/ another one? Whatever.

Living w/ a roommate has been... frustrating. He's a nice guy and all, but not very good at cleaning. He has all the supplies, but seems to forget to use them. Actually he does that a lot. I think if it were for the fact that I made supper (cause I get home earlier) and have leftovers in the fridge, he might forget to eat. Actually he forgets a lotta stuff. Lotta veggies in there that he bought and hasn't used. And there was the deli turkey slices he bought and forgot about. I hope cooking them killed the bacteria. Or tomorrow I'm calling in sick b/c of food poisoning. Although at least he's good at saying my cooking's okay. Guess all those hours of Food Network is paying off. Although I tend to cook at lot b/c I don't like have to make something every night. Leftovers are fine for dinner, lunch, breakfast.

Training was ...annoying. Aside from having to get up gawdawful early to get there. Just reading a bunch of generic useless stuff which had no bearing on any of the calls. Simulation that was focussed on stuff we'll forget or don't normally do. Threw us onto the floor w/ no chance to watch the systems being used. Just b/c "we're experienced reps." Well, we're experienced all right, at bullsh*tting our way thru explanations and asking the custs to hold while we frantically flag down a RH to help us pay a bill. It was quite horrid. Didn't understand the layout of the invoice until I had to expl it. Still don't have a bunch of passwords. I have over 30 passwords now b/c I've been trained on 3 systems, and also have management passwords.

Anyways going to a b-day party tonight for JR. The rest of them are going to take him to a strip club afterwards. I'm not very partial to going b/c I don't wanna have to throw my clothes in the wash the minute I get home. Sorry not too thrilled on that. As for the naked girls, it's more like I wouldn't know where to look. It's not an "ewwwww" reaction, but just I'm sure my thoughts will be "fake, fake, horrible make up job, wow that's a good split...a really good split. She's got a nice @ss." The odd fascination w/ something I don't care about but can't stop looking. And the sad part is that it's the same reaction w/ male strippers. I really did look over the wall to watch the WWF match instead.

The Queen wings back

It's been a while, but I'm back online to update. It's not like I didn't have stuff to talk about. Gawd, moved to a place of my own, albeit w/ a roommate. Got trained in a new project at work and then thrown to take calls w/o ever seeing the system being used. But to the stuff that's top of my wonky little head: Xmas.

Aw screw off about the Xmas and Christmas thing. Don't care about gods and even if I did, the Christian one would be bottom of the list b/c it's 95% propaganda, 5% historical truth. So it was my first Xmas being away from my family. Not that we'd ever done much of anything since, oh about 5 years ago. Last couple of Dec 25 have been saying "thanks for x" when we see each other around the house. Often my brother and Dad wouldn't open their prez until after boxing day. And forget about dinner, don't even have anything special. But I emailed my 2nd bro to see what was happening. Iit was kinda like "well I'm not living at home, maybe you guys will try to do something special?". And b/c I was working that day, to do Duty, I was going to be at work until 7. Well my big bro was bringing the nieces over, but they were going to a dinner so wouldn't be there if I were to show up. So I ask my 2nd bro, if they were having anything after, and it was nada. Zip, Really it was the usual nothing that happens on Dec 25, but it still upset me. Can't believe it got to me, but I guess I shouldn't get any hopes up around them. It's not like they care, as they've made abundantly clear over the years. But I guess I'm that beaten puppy, still come back hoping for a bone. Before I'd moved out officially, my Dad had found pots and stuff that he didn't need and told me if there was something else I wanted, that I could just let him know before I grabbed it so he wouldn't try looking for it. That started tearing me up b/c it was so damn nice of him. How sad that I'd be so elated at something that for other families are normal.

Anyways I ended up spending Xmas day reading the paper; clipping items I wanted on Boxing Day; learning to yo yo(I can get it to return several times, but then it seems to tangle up) drawing a pic of Inu-Yasha w/ a Santa hat and sack; and having IM chats w/ JR. I called about 8 people over 9 hrs. That's it. Was nice and quiet, wish every day was like that. I called Bern and RJS on the phone b/c I hadn't seen Bern since she quit, but Bern somehow managed to leave me a xmas card in my folder. RJS I saw at his new job and talked a couple minutes, but I thought it'd be nice to wish him a Merry Xmas. After that, I ended up going to J's family Xmas dinner, and met some of his relatives. I think my last few Xmas dinners have been spent w/ them actually. Huhn. Anyways, called A and TT, and did the whole merry xmas w/ them too.

And Boxing Day. Ah, that vaulted day of consumerism. Well in the British colonies anyways. USA has no clue what it is. Actually I was originally scheduled to work today, but b/c I volunteered for the Duty shift on Xmas, I asked the replacment SLR TL to give me today off. Otherwise I'd have to hunt for someone to trade w/ me, and that usually sucks. So I was able to shop today, and shop I did. Started at 8 and went all around the city w/ J. Bought a lotta stuff, first got a TV bench from IKEA and a few other things. Was quite disappointed w/ the "sale" at BestBuy, Futureshop, Toys'R'us, Zellers. Didn't wanna be trampled w/ Walmart. Only hit one mall, and it was one that hardly anyone goes to anyways, so it wasn't bad. Very disappointed w/ EB Games. Last year they had a big sale, but nada at the store we went to. The store was still busy though. But my Mecca of shopping was nice. Had 30% off everything, so got the DMP yaoi manga for my bud H, and some DVDs. Ended up spending about $200. Also went to a liquidation place, and found a lotta LOTR stuff, so that's for my 2nd bro's b-day and xmas. Yeah, I shop early. So while we were having sushi for dinner, I remembered that I was wanting something else at IKEA but forgotten to see if it was on sale. Since there was still another 3 hrs before IKEA closed, J relented to driving back there. It wasn't on sale but at least I know what size I needed. So I go to him, "are you going to be mad if I don't buy it b/c I made you drive all the way here?" And he goes "Well then I can come here w/ you again to pick it up later. You know I like shopping w/ you." Well okay, that's good.

So while we were driving back home, I get a call from A, b/c TT thought that I was going karaoke tonight, but I'd already told A that I was going to be too pooped to do that, and A just wanted to make sure about that. So of course J asks, "who's that?" So I'm like A, who has the same name as my 2nd bro. So J makes some comment, and I go "No, it's a different A." "Oh is he from work?" says J. "Yeah." J asks, yes asks "Are you going out w/ him?" *blink blink* "No, he just wanted to know if I wanted to go karaoke, but I'd told him that I was going shopping and didn't wanna go karaoke tonight. I wanna go karaoke, b/c I've never been but A always picks the worst days to go karaoke. " Well it was pretty f*cking silent in the car after that. No response after I chattered about my progress in Star Ocean, and I always have to listen to him whine about how hard and boring it is to play Baten Kaitos and how there's no good games for the GC. And then when J was helping me lug my haul to my apt, he was really curt and basically just dumped my stuff. Ya know what? Don't ask if you don't wanna know, and if the answer wasn't what you wanted to hear, then you probably shouldn't have requested a response in the first place. So I really have no sympathy for him. As usual. D, H's hubby, says that it's amazing how I have him wrapped around my finger, but you know what? I'm not wrapping him around my finger, he's wrapping himself around my finger, and I've tried several times to get him off, but I'm not amputating my hand.

Amazing Grace

Feebas is dead. He died of constipation. Yes, it's true, my fish died b/c it couldn't poo.

For the last couple days, geez maybe it's been almost a week, he hasn't really shat, and started to lose his appetite. Sometimes he'll just do that, so I didn't worry about that. Then he just started lying at the bottom of the jar among the roots, which was still part of his behaviour, but usually only when he's sleeping. And he still tells me to piss off when I touch him w/ the popsicle stick. And he didn't have a popping eye, wasn't covered w/ any growths or swimming funny. So after a couple days I looked it up, and yup, seemed like constipation. So one of the remedies is pea. Which I guess is a good laxative for people and fish alike. Unfortunately pea meat doesn't float. So I had threaded it and was dragging it thru the water trying to entice him to nibble it. Nope, never, ain't gonna happen. From a fish that has 4 diff foods and will only eat the most expensive. And it's not like I could shove it down his throat.

So this morning when I woke up and went to see if he'd be interested in eating pea now, after having nothing for several days, he's at the bottom of of the jar by the roots again. But his gills aren't moving. So I drag the pea on a string by him, no response. Poke him w/ the popsicle stick. Nada. Really poke at him w/ the stick and kinda turned him. Okay, definitely going down the toilet. So that's where he is now, somewhere in the sewers. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, water to water.

I will be getting a new fish. After I move into my apt and get things a little settled. My plant likes to have fish poop as fertilizer. The root development on it is phenomenal. And I will be starting it on flakes. Gotta get rid of those flakes.