Saturday, April 29, 2006

Bargain Birthday

Every birthday and Christmas I buy myself a present. In the last little while it has been a pretty cheap present but I always get myself something. This year I decided I want to get myself a Montreal Canadiens shirt. I've had a bunny hug forever. I had some t-shirts a long time ago but they have long since worn out.
I checked online which shirt I wanted to get but they charge a ton for shipping and the shirt was already $35. Today I checked a local sports store (according to their website they don't even have it). Not only did they have it in my size but it was on sale for $10! It completely made my day.

One year older...

... and all I have to show for it is a car that smells like newly printed brochures that sat in the sun all day. You wouldn't think it but that smell really lingers.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

"Michael, a magician never reveals - I sunk it! At least I think I sunk it. I mean, I blew it up and I don't see it anywhere. "

Copperfield Works Magic on Bad Guys
So apparently, David Copperfield faked out some robbers with an illusion making them think he had no money. He then made Statue of Liberty disappear. It was all in a days work.

Young People's Hints For Life

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone but-it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

6. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

7. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you wan to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; an untimely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.

10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear. When you were born, you were crying, and, everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Conan O' Brien: Walker Texas Ranger Clips

Conan O' Brien: Walker Texas Ranger Clips

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Fun with Sitemeter

One person found my blog by searching "neil patrick harris shirtless" and another with "random facts of vietnam". Good luck finding those shirtless pictures, as Craiggers once rightly described him as having a Bowflex body.

Monday, April 24, 2006

I never want to work on that stupid brochure again

It took me 7 hours to redo the brochure. The files were now too big to email. I had to burn them to CD and drive them to the print shop during rush hour traffic.

After I dropped the CD off I was in a significantly better mood. I was rocking out in my car to Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols (yes, I was listening to the awesome mix CD "If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution".) I drove back to work and watched my Habs win again.

I'm really starting to hate this brochure

I feel like I have had the wind knocked out of me and I am ready to cry. When I got to work there was a message from the printer that the brochure had further changes that needed to be made. The main problem is that not that I don't know how to make the changes but the program I have been using can't make the changes. I do have a program on my own personal computer that can make the necessary changes but that requires me to start a new brochure from scratch. I'd love the luxury of time to break down and cry.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Welcome to Janntopia

I decided that my bedroom is officially part of Saskatchewan. It is nice to be home.

Small Town Wedding

I went to my cousin's wedding in small town this weekend. For me, this wedding will be known as the time my plate slipped, flipped over and dumped the entire contents into the serving tray of mashed potatoes.

After the wedding, a bunch of people went over to a relatives house and played games (including several rounds of Mafia). We had a pretty good time.

Last night I had the craziest dream. Since we had playing games for the whole evening, I dreamed some one taught us this game where every starts with play money and we need it to complete certain tasks for the game. One of the tasks was time travel. There were two ways we could time travel: sit around the kitchen table or wear fanny packs. I told people about it at breakfast this morning. The guys had not arrived yet and the moment they walked in my cousin yelled, "Janice had a dream about fanny packs last night." She didn't even give them a chance to say hello.

Cowboy, Ninja, Bear: a variation on Rock, Paper, Scissors

It's the game that is sweeping the nation. I thought my brother invented but apparently not.
The Cowboy shoots the bear, the Ninja sneaks up on the Cowboy, but the Bear is too big for the Ninja so Bear beats Ninja.


An interesting point was brought up at the wedding reception yesterday, Chuck Norris has played a ninja and a cowboy. Of course the bear would not have a chance against Chuck Norrii* so really the game would be Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris. The world might end as we know it if Chuck Norris fought Chuck Norris so that game would be pointless.


*Obvious pluralization

All Janny, All The Time.

Inspired by Bron's slogans. I decided to try my own.

"Give That Man A Janny." (I've been saying that for years.)

"Yo Quiero Janny."

"All You Need is a Janny and a Dream."

Friday, April 21, 2006

Oppsy

I put my water bottle in the dish washer as I have many times before. The lid fell to the bottom and melted all over the heating element. Now everytime we run the dish washer the whole smells of melting candle wax.

Home Run Record Broken

Julio Franco broke the record for oldest player to hit a home run in a MLB game. The record has stood unbroken for 76 years. Neat story but the author is a bit of a jerk for making fun of Franco's age. Let's see Ben Spiegel hit the ball out of the park at age 47.
Becoming Oldest to Homer, Franco Rallies the Mets from the NY Times Sports section.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Fun with Desktop Publishing

I created a brochure for an upcoming conference. I finally submitted it to the printers yesterday. This morning the lady got back to me and I had to make the following changes:
* put my 8.5x14 brochure on 11x17 paper so they can cut it down to size
*make the border 1/4" all around so the colour goes all the way to the edge.
* add crop marks
* change the colours from RBG to Pantone
* change the document to spot colour

What as ordeal! I thought I was going take me a half hour and it ended up taking me nearly 6 hours. I won't bore you with the full details but first MS Publisher and Photoshop were not playing nice. I finally had to edit my image in Publisher so it would should the correct colour. After I changed the colours suddenly the crop marks would not show up so I had calculate where they should go and physically draw them in. There was also some wacky things going on with the postscript printer. Manually putting in the crop marks made it so I could avoid it entirely. At least with all my struggles it will save a lot time with the poster that will be submitted hopefully tomorrow.

You've got to be kidding me


Fake Breast Doc Busted
from The Smoking Gun
Apparently a man in his 70s went door to door with a black bag offering free breast exams. Two women fell for it. Huh? I feel slightly conflicted. I know I should feel sorry for these women. I'm sure they feel horrible but seriously, who falls for that?

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Playoff Blues (and Reds)

The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Carolina Hurricanes in the quarterfinals. They have lost every time they played Carolina this season. That's no good. I'm trying to be thankful they made it into the playoffs.

My 2006 NHL Stanley Cup dark horse prediction: Edmonton Oilers. You heard it here first. I bet they will be the Canadian team that will do the best. I won't bore you with the reasoning. (I realize that most people who read this blog are not sports fans).

Reservoir Dogs - A Movie Parody in Bun-o-vision

Reservoir Dogs in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies (Unbleeped version, viewer discretion advised).

Reservoir Dogs in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies
.(Bleeped version. With homemade bleeps! Nonetheless, viewer discretion advised.)

Giggle of the day

19 April 2006 18:53 MDT | Posted by janny


Talk about the Luxury!
courtesy of the Manolo.

The blogger returnth....

It has been a week since I last posted? I could not believe it. I lost count of the days I have been so busy with work.

Work is super busy but I find the work interesting. I have been creating a brochure, poster and website for an upcoming health conference. I like doing that kind of thing and I am good at it. Unfortunately, I have been the only one in the office for the last week or so little gotten done beyond the health project.

It is getting late, I'll have to post more tomorrow.