I saw a bumper sticker that read "Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This Handbasket?". That made me laugh this morning. If I wasn't driving I would have taken a picture. I wish I had... :(
Also, what is the point of facebook? My sister somehow convinced me to sign up, which I did, but I don't get it. You add people to your friend thing... and then what? It's just... there.
What's the most obsessive-compulsive thing you do in a normal day?
Submitted by Nikki.
Hmm... I'm not sure if anything I do in a given day falls under "obsessive compulsive". Well, maybe. I spend a lot of time brushing my teeth, though that's just because I like the minty-fresh feeling in my mouth.
Actually here's something I just remembered. When I go to sleep at night, I always lie down facing my mirror. I started doing that when I was little because I thought that if 'something' was coming to get me in my sleep, I'd be able to see it whether it was in front or behind me (I watched too many scary movies as a kid). Mind you, I don't sleep like this all the time-- if I'm really tired I don't care where or how I sleep, haha. But now that I think about it... how would I have known something was there if I was asleep anyway?!
Hm. I'm not sure what this is -- okay okay, so it's a sketch -- but really, I'm not sure where I was planning to go with this guy (I guess it could be a girl too, but I don't want to think too much about it lest I decide I don't want to finish). I had this odd desire to draw something with an eye patch, and this is what came of it. Is it a pirate? Arrr, maybe!
I'm off to a friend's "Post-Christmas Pre-New Year's" party tonight, but when I come back, I think I'll work on my wannabe pirate guy/girl some more.
It's weird.. Normally I'd be super excited about Christmas by now; I've got time off work, I can spend time lazing about, and catching up with friends and family.. but this year I just feel so.. blah. It's not like Christmas at all. Probably doesn't help that it's so warm outside also. I went to grab something from my car this morning and I didnt even need a sweater as I fished around in the trunk.
At any rate, I only have two more presents to wrap, so that's somewhat exciting, I suppose! All that's left now is to make some eggnog (I have loads of rum for that, hehe), and punch for my folks tomorrow. Have a good one all, and a Happy New Year!
I have a bit of a dilemma. I'm always tired at work these days.. however when I try to go to bed early (which I thought would help), sleep eludes me. I've tried the warm milk thing, reading old textbooks, trashy magazines, pretending I know how to meditate... nothing seems to work. So I decided I'd turn on the computer and try sketching for a bit.. and voila the solution to my sleep problems.
After adding some colour to my latest sketch, I just got tired of it, hehe. I don't have the energy to finish it. At least I can sleep now.
Winter is here in O-Town!
I can no longer go to work without turning on the heat in my car, and the sweater I've been using as a jacket won't cut it anymore. This morning there was snow on the ground, and I almost couldn't get into my car because the lock was frozen. It was only after 10 minutes of cursing the freezing weather that I realized I could still get in from the passenger side door... but anyway. Yay winter.
Thankfully, the majority of my Christmas shopping is over with, so I can minimize time outside/getting into my icebox of a car. I just have to find something for my brother, and I can bake something for the people at work (I hope). The ladies at my other job will get candy canes because they are bitchy and mean, and I don't like them. For the rest of the time, I intend to curl up in front of the fireplace with some yummy eggnog.
If you're reincarnated, what do you think you'll come back as?
Submitted by Diana.
Honestly, I have no idea. It would be awesome if I could come back as a lazy housecat (in a loving and adoring family of course). Cats have it easy, I tell you. Knowing my luck though, I'm going to come back as the one creature I despise above all else... a spider. Bleh.
In other news, my friend M and I were talking about pickup lines (again? yeah, I know), on msn last night and trying to think of even more horrible ones. I know you want to hear them, but I'm not going to bore you with that. Most of them were just too lame for words. M did, however, have a random stroke of genius right as we were starting to get tired and talk of bed:
M: My love for you is like diarrhea... I just can't hold it in
Me: wow. WINNER
M: damn straight. top that!
Me: hmm, i don't think i can! but more importantly... how does one respond to that? besides the initial urge to throw up
I really do wonder...
What's the worst pickup line you've ever heard?
Submitted by ShellEy.
I am a firm believer in the idea that there is no such thing as a "good" pick-up line. I'll admit there are some funny ones out there, but none of them are really all that great as far as I'm concerned. So, the worst one I've heard went something like this:
"Man, if you were a burger at McDonalds, I'd call you McGorgeous!" (Okay, so I laughed at that one.. but what the heck. Who came up with it? Thats seriously lame)
... And because I this is a fun game, here's another cheesy one I got just the other night (if that first one wasn't cheesy enough for you). It went a little like this:
I was at the local pub to watch the Leafs game with some friends this past saturday. While at the counter, I see this guy staring at me, so I turn around and face the other way. People staring creeps me out, but anyway. About a minute later I see him walk right in front of me, toss an icecube on the floor and step on it. Then he goes, "Well, now that we've broken the ice, I'm So-and-so. What's your name?"
Wow. Just, wow.
So, I just watched Tombstone with a friend of mine. It was an... educational experience, if you could even call it that (if you didn't know, don't worry, I didn't either: it's a movie about Wyatt Earp). Before seeing this, I've generally steered clear from anything "Western", which is a shame because this wasn't as horrendously bad as I imagined it would be.
With the exception of a couple gratuitous lovey-dovey scenes with a really ugly actress, and once you get used to that southern drawl (for some of the actors it took much longer than others) Tombstone is actually kinda fun to watch. Yeah, the shootout scenes are overdone, and the film is rife with cliche, but I wouldn't expect anything less from Hollywood's finest.
Clearly no raving reviews from me, but I will admit it definitely opened my eyes to a genre I avoided like the plague before (don't ask why, I just did). I'm not sure how this compares to anything from the Clint Eastwood era, but I'd recommend it to Western noobs like myself who are feeling particularly adventurous at Blockbuster tonight.
It's been a while now (almost two months, I think), and Mickey is still quite the teeny little thing. My mom is hoping he's actually a rare breed of "Dwarf Kitten", haha. Just thought I would share that with you all.
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