I am a chunky monkey from funky town. name that tv show

I got a new phone today and am already addicted to updating and texting. I suddenly see the draw of Twitter but I will not succumb. I got the new HTC hero and I love it, though there is a steep learning curve. It is my first smartphone so its all new to me, I wonder if there is an LJ app.

I have proven to myself that I can survive in the wild! And by wild I mean the backyard, there were chickens and a duck out there though. And by survive I mean search frantically through the mudroom to find something to break back into the house with. Luckily I found an electric screwdriver, a razorblade and a coathanger. I'm sort of like MacGyver.

Now, do I tell my sister about what I've done or just repair the damage and pretend it never happened?

I'm going to be house sitting at my sister's this week. She's going the skeptics convention in Las Vegas, so I am watching the cats, degus, chickens and lizard. This also means I'll be in Madison with access to public transit. No more trapped in the country, hooray!

Bad side is I have to leave Mutton here for a week, she will get revenge on me, and I worry about her getting outside.

So, if anyone would like to get coffee or food or something, I am availables.

And on that note, I give you 30 Rock ripped off the Muppet Show Yay for Brian Lynch.

I've moved back to Wisconsin for the summer, saying goodbye to Vancouver residence (though I will still be going back to visit). It was tough, I really came to love the city and many wonderful friends. I'll probably miss the hundreds or tiny produce markets the most though, I really loved those. Yes, I have a love affair with fresh produce.

My newly built computer was manhandled to death by airport security. They unwrapped, unscrewed and took apart the entire thing and just kind of chucked it back together. I've been unable to diagnose the extent of the damage because there are no compatible computers here to sub stuff in on. Motherboard is definitely fried, and I suspect my brad new GTX 260 is as well. After getting it home I made the mistake of leaving the computer open and one of my parent's cats sprayed INSIDE the computer. Yay for cleaning cat piss off of everything. Whichever cat it was went on to spray on my vintage boots, work boots, designer pants, two bags, and various pieces of clothing and papers. It's been upsetting.

I bought a new laptop, a Lenovo T500, it's a bit glitchy and may end up getting returned as it freezes all the time and the wireless card can't hold a signal. Other than that it's really nice, much lighter than I was expecting and I would shag my 9-cell battery if it wasn't otherwise engaged. Sadly, either I messed up my order, or it didn't save all of the preferences when I just did a save, so I accidentally ordered 32bit Vista and a non-backlit screen, sadtimes.

Doing wedding bitching in a different post, as this is getting kind of long and I feel like it's already a super negative post which was not my intent. So I'll close it out with a chicken recipe that I adore.

( Hazelnut-Crusted Chicken with Raspberry Vinaigrette )

I'm thinking about getting a better digital camera than my point-and-click POS because guess what? It doesn't do any of the things I want a camera to do, as it's practically just the digital version of a disposable camera.

So, I'm looking for a recommendation on an affordable priced digital SLR. As my previous digital camera implies, I am a complete idiot when it comes to photography, so I'm not really looking for top of the line here. This is just something I'd like to explore with. Also, preferably Nikon, as angrybunnyman has made me a Nikon snob. Canon is not a deal breaker, just make sure you keep said bunnyman from beating me with a stick.

Also, I am of the opinion that firing kilns look like little gas chambers on legs. They frighten me.

This makes me so happy: http://www.design-police.org/

Episode 6 of Dollhouse is Josslike. FINALLY. I'd recommend watching it if you gave up early. It's not perfect, but it's good.

So typicrobots's Fandom Steel Cage Match is ongoing, and I missed a lot of voting. Therefore I must post my answers, according to The Layout

( Way too much fandom rabble )

Over the past six months or so my job with my company has changed considerably. I went from Data Entry >> General Office Support >> Inter-company Tech Support >> Project Manager >> Web Master/Marketing Developer/Desktop Publisher. I'm thrilled with the work responsibility shift, even though this company breaks so many labor laws and all of these "promotions" have come without a cent of pay raise, but that's another story.

Right now I'm working on a company-pitch powerpoint and once again the Powers That Be want the presentation done exclusively in our company colors. This would be fine if our company colors were pretty much anything other than Burnt Orange and Navy Blue. Oh yes, think on that for a moment. I've been trying to shift them to a less orange ING look, but the process is slow. In the meantime I'm staring at this table of contents page and attempting to come up with something that doesn't look like a 10th grade Science Fair project. Times like these I wish I actually had some training in this field.

SPACE BAR

Today is boring and I am already dreading work on Monday. But here is your daily recipe and song.

( Roasted Pork Shoulder Pernil aka My Company Roast )

Never is a Promise - Fiona Apple

And because I don't want to start a giant flame war: Aren't we just the little chauvinist?

Needs beaten in the face with a bat.

Since it is Boxing Day and there are mad sales, Cody and I went shopping for a new computer for me. It's been a long time coming, as I've had the same computer (more or less) since 2003. We ended up spending about $300 more than I wanted to, but a lot of that is probably just CDN value differences. Things of notice:

-Lian Li Full Tower Aluminum Case. We got it for the price of a tiny mid-tower, due to clerk error. We get home, open the box and instead of finding a boring silver case IT IS PURPLE. PURPLE I SAY! I am so ridiculously happy over that.
-1 TERABYTE hard drive. I am currently plotting how to overflow it.
-Nvidia GTX 260 is coming in the mail for me next week. I am sad to have to wait, but I'm saving about $100 by ordering through Newegg.

( Fettucine Alfredo Recipe lies within )

Song stuck in my head today: Samson by Regina Spektor

The scene: The morning of Christmas Eve. The snow is everywhere and Vancouver, a normally mild climate, is unprepared. Our humble hero contemplated calling in Bad Weather, but attempts to make the long trek of half a block and a street crossing over to her bus stop. Half a block, a-okay so far. Street Crossing? Not so lucky.

I get to the corner right when the walk sign lights up, hooray! I cross and get almost over to the sidewalk when I see this thing moving out of the corner of my eye and realize entirely too late that I'm about to get hit by a red SUV that is sliding through the light. Up I go, over the hood and into the snow bank next to the sidewalk. Hooray for bad street sweeping that left a snowbank there!

Luckily, I'm fine. I have a massive bump and bruise on my hip, as well as various bruises up and down my right side. My entire body hurts like, well, like I've been hit by a car. Nothing broken or sprained or anything, so I'm very lucky. There were two off-duty cops in the truck behind the SUV that came to the rescue and got me an ambulance. I think it only took about an hour from when I got hit to when I was leaving the hospital after my first encounter with Canadian Healthcare. So much for an inefficient and crappy system, eh Republicans?

I also learned that auto insurance is also a provincial thing, and I'll be talking with ICBC on Monday about recouping the lost day wages and pain killer costs.

And here is the song I have had stuck in my head for the past few days: Breathe Me by Sia

Also, I need a new web host, any suggestions? I use ADDR right now and they're expensive, slow and annoying.

Today I bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OQI4KI/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Buffy complete collection on sale for $70, free shipping. I love Amazon deal of the day.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

Also, Friday sale has things like Gilmore Girls and The West Wing on sale for $17.99 per season, box sets 50% off. Movies such as V for Vendetta and Phantom of the Opera down at $4.99

A good one. I'm still pretty hungover, but last night was one of the best nights of my life. Obama's victory speech was not just fantastic, but exactly what the country needs to hear, it really was the speech of all speeches for my lifetime. I still can't believe this all really happened.

But the work isn't done yet. We've got Stevens in Alaska, which means likely Palin in the Senate; a likely recount in Minnesota and Oregon; Prop 102, Arkansas Adoption Ban, Prop 8, and Amend 2 all passed. There were a lot of victories on the ballots last night, I'm particularly happy about South Dakota, but gay rights took a huge blow.

So, let's get to work.

Once again, I'm likely out of the loop, but looks like Newegg has Finally opened up a Canadian branch. Rejoice! Newegg.ca. Just in time for Christmas.

I love interesting belt buckles. I don't own any, or really any belts for that matter, but I still love them. This creates awkward moments when people wear neat looking ones, because then I just stare at their crotch all night. It's nothing personal people, I just dig your buckles.