Monthly Archives: September 2007

ten! ten years!

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While we’ve technically been together for 10 years and 4 days, today is our official Tenthiversary – ten years of togetherness as some sort of couple. Wacky! To celebrate, we’re going out for a Fancy Dinner at Quattro and also to pick up the laundry. Ed’s been raving about Quattro since his (real and not horrible) job took him there for fun times and eats, so he made reservations and a-dinin’ we shall go. Exciting! I want to dress up, but I think we’re scooting there and it’s difficult to ride in a ball gown. Not that I actually OWN a ball gown, but it’s nice to pretend I do – that way, all those tiaras I have don’t seem so out of place.

I want to be more excited about the anniversaries than I currently am, but it’s hard. For one, my increasingly bizarre “job” is weighing heavily on my mind. Also, the closer we get to the Deathiversary, the sadder I am. I miss my dad. I keep seeing or hearing things he would have liked and I think, “hey I should tell dad” but I can’t. Death sucks, yo.

I sent a letter off to my “boss” asking him to let me know exactly what my status is. I’ve been firing off resumes like mad, trying to find something before the inevitable happens. Given the facts so far, it really does seem like I’ve been fired – they’ve just forgotten to let me know.

Oh well. I have an anniversary to celebrate, laundry to pick up, and I’m in desperate need of a shower.

Happy Tenthiversary, Ed! I do love you, even if you are extremely weird.

can’t sleep

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Things that bother me more than they should:

  • Ed’s snoring
  • Fingerprints on my Macbook surface
  • Misplaced apostrophes
  • My removal from my work’s staff page
  • My lack of caring about my inability to sleep

Hm.

walking fashion disaster

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I did the scariest thing on Friday: I picked out my own glasses.

Anyone who’s ever had to buy glasses goes through the untold horrors of finding new frames that don’t make you look like a serial killer or farm animal molester. Usually the best way to get around this is to bring people with you – people you trust; people who can tell you when you’re looking less chic and more deranged with every new frame you put on. Unfortunately for me, these people were unavailable for some reason on a Friday afternoon at 3:30 so I was left to my own misguided devices.

I ended up picking out two new frames and processing the order before I could get any kind of opinion on them at all. SCARY! I have terrible taste, remember? It’s the reason I often look like this or this and buy things that no sane person would ever find attractive in any way. I should be the last person on earth allowed to pick out her own glasses frames; I am just as likely to walk away with a pair of bright orange rhinestone cat eye frames as I am a pair of shiny purple Max Headroom glasses.

However, I actually did pretty good.

I was able to pick up the first of my new pairs that evening. They’re a green metallic DKNY frame that are as cute as hell and were met with approval from those around me. The second pair I won’t get until later next week; they’re being sent away for some fancy Transitions lenses and therefore take longer to make. The frames are Ray-Bans, meaning tighty whities and Bob Seger for everyone but also that I will be able to wear my sunglasses not only at night but whenever I damn well please. Hooray!

So, where are the pictures? Well, I haven’t taken any yet. Give me time to make myself presentable and I’ll put some up later. We went for a marathon scoot yesterday; out for about ten hours so today is a good day to clean and recover (yes, I fell down yesterday – shut up). It’s far too nice out to stay inside all day, so we shall see. I dig my new specs. They are super cute!

kidnapping

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I received a ransom note today from a very lazy criminal who obviously used a note generator instead of the tried and true cut and glue method:

I’ve transcribed it here for you:

You will never see your dry cleaning again because I have decided to let it rot in a bag under my desk. I am doing this to prove a point: I am a big stupid jerk with no concern for your white sweater or your green plaid cardigan. I am willing to sacrifice my fancy silk shirt thing and wool pants just to make you sad. I am an evil bastard and there is nothing you can do about it except perhaps give me unlimited blowjobs and sole retention of the big TV and the 360 in the evening.

PS: I will also never ever ever get my passport because see above re: big stupid jerk. Besides, I hate traveling with you because you smell like flowers and insist on making plans to do stuff when all I really want out of life is unlimited blowjobs and use of the 360.

No love,
Ed Random Kidnapper

Well, shit.

something wrong with the universe

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I’m unclean! UNCLEAN!

At least, that’s what I’m assuming. Do you know how long it’s been since anyone at my “job” has talked to me? Over a week. I’m not welcome in the office, no one talks to me, and I busted my ass last week to meet a deadline that has since been ignored. Sure, working from home is a dream. It just flows a lot better when people actually talk to you.

I also think they told all my clients I’m not there anymore. This is mostly good – remember, I hate people – but I DID have some favourite clients who just sort of disappeared on me without a word. I’ve been sending out some emails to see if I’m still alive or if perhaps I’ve been trapped in some sort of static warp bubble. I did think it was strange that Dalen Quaice would drop in on me unannounced, but since I don’t have a talking computer that tells me the universe is only 705 meters in diameter, I have no real way of knowing.

Sorry – it’s been a while since I’ve gone off on a too-detailed nerd tangent, and I felt I had some ground to make up.

Okay, one more: Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra!!!11one

My paranoia does get in the way of real life sometimes, though. For instance, my client just emailed me back – he wasn’t told to stay away from me or bribed with hand jobs in addition to sub-par service, he just took an extra week of vacation. Dang. Apparently, not everything is steeped in treachery to make some spicy conspiracy tea.

Still, I’m not happy. I never thought I’d miss other people, but I do. I am a lousy hermit. I’m also still struggling with my pariah status. Perhaps it’s time to do something about it, because complaining on the internet certainly isn’t getting my anywhere. I’m sure there are people out there somewhere who would appreciate me for who I am and what I can do .. I just need to find them, is all.

in which we are nerds

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Oh, video games – how I missed you! Yesterday and today saw a great number of video games leaving our nest, and some new ones coming home for fun. I’m a huge fan of EB Games’ trade-in policy; we use it frequently when we can’t bring ourselves to pay full price for a game we may not adore.

I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Before the Great Game Swap, I picked up two new games to keep me occupied: Super Paper Mario for the Wii, and Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony for the PSP. I’m so far liking DS:ToA as a regular run of the mill hack and slash, but I’m *adoring* Super Paper Mario. It’s ingenious and cute and fun and bizarre, all at the same time – definitely a good purchase.

We’d been thinking about getting an Xbox 360 for some time now, and as prices have recently dropped, we figured it was as good a time as any. We called up EB to see what the trade in price for our Xbox 180 was, and was a little stunned to hear that it was $15. Fuck that – it’s worth more to me to keep in the bedroom as a secondary game/media box than it is to trade in. We took a long hard look at our massive collection of games, and did some culling of the herd. We traded in:

Xbox Games

  • NHL 2K7 ($9)
  • NHL 2007 ($10)
  • NHL 2006 ($1)
  • NHL 2005 ($.25)
  • Halo ($12)
  • Project Gotham Racing 2 ($9)
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted ($11)
  • XIII ($1)
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ($8)
  • Tiger Woods 2006 ($10)
  • Jade Empire LE ($11)
  • Forza ($2)
  • FIFA Street ($8)
  • Baldur’s Gate 2 ($19)
  • Fable ($8)
  • Xbox Controller ($9)

PS2 Games

  • Bloodrayne ($8)
  • I Ninja ($11)

PSP

  • Wipeout ($2)

DS

  • Pokemon Pearl ($31)
  • Pokemon Diamond ($31)
  • Touchmaster ($16)

When all was said and done, we had $227.25 in credit. Whee! We got an Xbox 360 (regular type) that came with Forza 2; Need for Speed Carbon, Bioshock, and Sim City for the DS. I also pre-ordered the DS Zelda title that comes out October 1st. YAY! VIDEO GAMES!

We got the 360 just in time – Beautiful Katamari comes out on October 16th, and my beloved Jet Set Radio Future just got backwards compatible’d. We only kept four of our original Xbox games – my JSRF, two SSX titles and an arcade compilation we had to get off eBay. Ed’s setting it up right now, and he’s frustrated – the HD thingie doesn’t want to cooperate with our TV. I’m also frustrated, because it won’t let me choose my gamer tag for Xbox Live – the damn thing is tied into my Zune, and I can’t change the name because it’s linked to my email address and MSN account. If anyone’s looking for me, I’m “Zelicious Juice”. Stupid Microsoft, your convenience tools are giving me ass marbles.

Tonight we pick Josh and Shan up from the airport. Until then, I will roll around on my video games and squeal. Yay for nerd toys!

not with a bang but with a toot

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Yesterday was the official start of Anniversary Month. Ed and I met ten years ago, over the Labour Day weekend. Ten years is a long time. If I stop to think about it, I freak out a little.

We spent yesterday scooting around the city, just hanging out. It was a good day for it, and the sun felt fantastic on my knuckles. We saw interesting things – a guy walking around in a bathrobe, a giant squid kite, many people who should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car – and went to interesting places – UBC, Main Street, our old apartment, various beaches. We were out for almost 7 hours, and our asses hurt when we got home. I made a yummy pot of chili, and we settled in for an evening of nothing. It was nice to have some quality couple time, actually.

Today will be less fun but more productive. There are sticky, disgusting errands to run and household cleaning products to purchase and eventually use. Later, we might go out for a Fancy Dinner to celebrate ten years of knowing each other’s names. Nothing spells a day of romance like the bottle depot and discount toilet paper, so we might as well have some fun with it. Besides, I have a new skirt. It is three times green and reversible. Jealous? Oh, you know you are.

Photos! For YOU!