i don’t know if i should thank andrea for this or not. now i can’t be a damn ostrich.
by the way, it’s coloUr. *grin*
i think it’s time for a new about page.
it’s my friend meghan’s 30th birthday this coming monday. we’ve known each other since we were in tenth grade. that’s half her life. half. her. life. ugh. so, being the wonderful friend and person that i am, i asked her a couple of weeks ago what she wanted for her birthday. her answer?
“i want to be 29.”
uh, meg? yeah, okay. i grinned and repeated the question.
“i want to be 29.”
i sighed, grinned again and told her that i’d do it if i could. that’s when we started playing tetris and the conversation faded from my mind. until about a week ago when i was contemplating her upcoming day while looking at the slippers i’d bought her as a gift. i was musing over what else i could get her.
she wants to be 29…
so, i’ve obtained her birth certificate by very alias means, altered the year of her birth, framed the new document and shall give her the gift she asked for. she can be 29 for another year!
we had the first official viewing of the website-in-progress today… they liked it! other than some small content issues (which aren’t my problem), they’re really happy with the way it looks so far. ya-hoo!!
this means that i can go ahead and start worrying about cross-platform/browser compatibility and useability issues instead of trying to think up a contingency design. phew! i think. all the browser fudging i’m going to have to do just might drive me over the edge, but dammit… i *like* that kind of tweaking.
i’m giddy with geekish delight!
you know it’s time to cut your fingernails when you can’t type your normal 85 w.p.m. they may look pretty, but they’re seriously affecting my productivity, dammit.
i knew i’d be in gryffindor! [thanks zannah]
i’ve been anxiously awaiting today to deliver unto you the thursday morning mpeg! it’s actually been on the server for the last two days. i thought about giving it to you early, but i understand the natural human desire for consistency and routine, so i suppressed my excitment in order to ensure your peace of mind. yes, i am an above-average person. on to the music!
“Chop Suey” by System of a Down
i’m still not sure what, exactly, it is about this song that i like; but, everytime i hear it i get happy and i sing along. i hope y’all feel the same. by the way, i’m unoffically calling it “tryptophan” instead of “chop suey” today in honour of the u.s. turkey day. enjoy!
save me some punkin pie!
i had beer with lunch.
now, all i want is more beer & sixteen games of pool or a soft, horizontal surface to sleep upon for three hours.
i’m having a jennifer grey hair day.
i happened to see a commercial for prego’s pasta bake sauce the other day. “gee,” i thought, “wouldn’t that be neat?! pour raw pasta, sauce and cheese in a dish and bake! i think i’ll try that!”
while at the grocery store returning a bottle of hairspray i’d bought thinking it was the pretty-smelling version, i remembered to check for this wondrous new product in the pasta aisle. five minutes i spent looking over the jars of bright red tomato sauces and there was nary a prego product to be found, let alone a new, revolutionary one. “dammit!” i thought, “well, fine… i’ve already got the mozzarella in my basket, i’ll just use the jar of spicy pepper sauce i have at home. i don’t need no stinking prego!”
last night, after fighting rainy, windy, nasty traffic, i stumbled into my cozy little abode and put the pasta pot to boiling. i was going to cook something for dinner. considering most nights i re-reat my meals, this was a momentous occasion. i was sorely tempted to invite someone over to partake of my culinary prowess; but, wary of first-time disaster, decided to not turn a friend into a guinea pig and possibly a patient at the local medical facility.
there was boiling, straining, grating, pouring, mixing and finally baking occurring in my miniscule kitchen, the likes of which haven’t been seen since three sundays past (when i created chicken fried rice, vegetable stir-fry, baked chicken with sundried tomato dressing and rice — not all for one sitting, silly. i cook for the week).
at the end, i removed a steaming, bubbling pyrex dish of tomatoey pasta goodness from the oven. i dished myself up a bowl, retired to the futon and munched happily away on my cheesy delight whilst listening to episode three of the lord of the rings (bbc radio version).
sometimes, all it takes is a little home-cookin’ to make a person’s soul a little lighter… and sleepier. i fell asleep during episode four and didn’t wake up until around eight o’clock. so, i fetched tomorrow’s mpeg, packed up the leftovers, set the dishes to soaking & settled into bed with episode five softly issuing from my computer’s speakers.
ahh… sometimes being boring is so very nice.
jason sent me some mail from somewhere in california suggesting i join him on one of his trips south. i can’t decide which is more improbable: his inviting me along or my considering taking him up on the offer.
by the way, the website is coming along nicely. oh, and the union wants me to do their site next. at this rate, i may have to start looking for clients who pay.
busy making pretty html and css for work website. leave me alone, i actually enjoy this stuff.
well, our practicum student isn’t what i expected at all. tall, dark, clean-cut, friendly. and, i’ve a feeling, gay. we’ll find out about that at a later point in time, though. right now, there’s new eye-candy in the department. let the daydreams commence!
let’s see… friday night: cards & pizza. saturday: cleaning, laundry, cleaning, dishes, cleaning, amateur hockey, beer & video rentals. sunday: reading, playstation, grocery shopping, videos, in bed by 7:30pm.
i’m kicking myself for having such a bleh weekend, especially since there was such beautiful weather. of course, now it’s rainy and gross again. whee. i basically ignored the computer, too. which is good. it’s funny, ’cause i’ve been ignoring my computer a lot lately. once i get home, i just can’t find anything interesting to do on it. i’d rather veg out on the futon.
wow. i’m sleepy. i just closed my eyes and i think i zonked out. yes, at my desk. yes, at work. damn, when will the coffee be ready?
today, we have some guy starting a five-week practicum in our department. five to one odds he’s asian. four years, four students, four of them asian. although, webber sounds pretty anglo. regardless of where he comes from, i hope he’s fun. we need someone fun. i also wish i’d remembered this before now and managed to have normal hair as opposed to the freak-out-drowned-rat hair i’m experiencing right now. first impressions aren’t *that* important, are they?
by the way, don’t rent or buy the harry potter video game. it’s dumb. really dumb. although, i could just be saying that because i spent over an hour in the flying tutorial and couldn’t get out. i hate flying games. i just can’t finesse the game pad. i don’t have the touch. *sigh*
jealousy. possessiveness. premature sense of loss.
it’s a very good thing i got my new best friend in the mail today.
Hessie says: i’ve never played my monopoly game.
Hessie says: no one ever comes over.
Hessie says: except fizzgig.
Hessie says: and he’s avoiding me.
Mav says: my aunt and uncle gave me boggle and yhatzee when i was a kid
Hessie says: we did christen the scrabble board, though.
Mav says: but i never touched them cuz no one would play with me
Mav says: hehehe
Mav says: man, i ‘m tired
Mav says: i read that as “we played christian scrabble … tough”
Mav says: i was like what’s christian scrabble?
Mav smirks
Mav says: hrmmm
Hessie says: hah.
Mav smirks
Hessie set the topic to “christian scrabbletology”
some days, i just feel really, really… short.
osculate (OS-kyuh-layt) verb tr.
1. To kiss.
2. Mathematics: (For a curve) to touch another curve in
such a way that they have same tangent and curvature
at the common point.
verb intr.
To touch or to bring together.
[From Latin osculatus, the past participle of osculari, from osculum (kiss; literally, little mouth), diminutive form of os (mouth).]
i want to osculate! now! someone osculate me!
it’s a giddy friday in the office. i’ve been giving everyone shit for filling out their timesheets wrong (all but one have forgotten that they didn’t work on the holiday monday), then we got birthday cookies, and wilma had me cracking up because she’s just now realized how annoying amelita can be sometimes.
the strangest thing is that i think my good mood is partly due to the fact i got up at 5:30 and had to sit in bridge traffic for an extra half an hour this morning. don’t ask me to explain it! it’s just one of the joys of being me.
i’m feeling a little badly though. someone (i’m assuming it was tyler) was trying to phone me at 12:30 this morning and i, being rudely woken from a very sound sleep, turned the ringers off the phones and went back to sleep. although, in retrospect, i probably would have been better off talking to him as the shock of the ringing had my adrenaline surging and my heart pounding, making the rest of my sleep rather crazy with odd dreams.