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."

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.

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?

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.

Procrastination Drives Me To Meme-ing

Continue what Maryanne and Bron started:

1) Who is the last person you high-fived? Mike L, he and his girlfriend were in town visiting his sister. They met us for lunch after church today.

2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive? Probably not. I'd like to say that I'd rather die than kill another human being but I really don't know unless I was in the situation.

3) Do you sleep with the TV on? I used to when I lived by myself. On weekends I would watch TV until I was tired then slept on my futon.

4) Have you ever drunk milk straight out of the carton? Yes but only to finish it off. Or if it was those individual cartons.

5) Have you ever won a spelling bee? No, in grade 5 I spelled independent i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-a-n-t. I knew all the other words the other people had.

6) Have you ever been stung by a bee? Yes, I was in kindergarten and my cubic was having a picnic at Candy Cane Park in Regina. I was spinning around on the log roll and bee stung me on the palm of my hand. I didn't even know it was there until it stung me. Auntie Vicki knew what to do and made it better.

7) How fast can you type? Not as fast as I wish I could. I have surprisingly bad habits for a former keyboarding teacher. I only took a trimester of typing in school.

8) Are you afraid of the dark? No. I had a bedroom in the basement of my parents house on and off from about age 10. I would have moved down there sooner but we had boarders until I was about that age.

9) What color are your eyes? brown

10) Have you ever made out at a drive-in? I've never been to a drive-in.

11) When is the last time you chose a bath over a shower? I never choose a bath over a shower because I never bathe in the bathtub. I'll soak in the bathtub but shower after.

12) Do you knock on wood? nope

13) Do you floss daily? most days

14) Poor, poor missing question #14.

15) Can you hula hoop? yeah but not as good as I used to be able to. I'm out of practice.

16) Are you good at keeping secrets? For the most part. You would not believe some of the stuff people have confided in me but of course you'll never know because I'll never tell.

17) What do you want for Christmas? 3rd season of Corner Gas

18) Do you know the Muffin Man? I wouldn't bother. I heard it was a terrible movie.

19) Do you talk in your sleep? On occasion I have. One time I was visiting Ky

20) Who wrote the book of love? The Apostle Paul

21) Have you ever flown a kite? Forever ago.

22) Do you wish on your fallen lashes? Nope

23) Do you consider yourself successfully? nope, it is hard to be successful when you are lacking direction or goals.

24) How many people are on your contact list of your cell? about 25

25) Have you ever asked for a pony? That is silly. I lived in the city, where would we put it?

26) Plans for tomorrow? Work on a web page for work

27) Can you juggle? no

28) Missing someone now? Mostly my sister and brother. The other people I take comfort in knowing I will see them next weekend.

29) When was the last time you told someone I Love You? Yesterday to my mom and dad

30) And truly meant it? Of course. I know words have a power effect. I would never tell someone I loved them and didn't mean it.

31) How often do you drink? alcohol, never. water too many times to count in a day.

32) How are you feeling today? strange mix of buzzy, sleepy and annoyance.

33) What do you say too much? "like" but I'm sure there are other things too.

34) Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school? No. I started fight in grade 8 but I was a good student who had enough of a bully. I thought I was going to get suspended.

35) What are you looking forward to? Seeing friends and family next weekend.

36) Have you ever crawled through a window? I'm sure I have crawled out of a house window but don't remember when or why. Definitely through a car window. One night me and some friends decided we were going to be like "The Dukes of Hazzard". Sliding over the hood of the car didn't work out so great.

37) Have you ever eaten dog food? no

38) Can you handle the truth? I'd much rather live with the pain of the truth than be blissfully unaware.

39) Do you like green eggs and ham? I try to stay away from suspect food.

40) Any cool scars? On my left hand from making spears at church camp. A boy was telling a funny story and I wasn't paying attention to my knife. It hit a knot, slipped and cut my hand. I don't think I have even bleed so much in my life.

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Everything is Coming Up Ky

7 April 2006 01:11 MDT | Posted by janny

The new upcoming fashion trend for men is full beards:
Paul Bunyan, Modern-Day Sex Symbol

This Mannitech situation has become a little more intriguing. This evening my employer was was telling me that a vocal supporter of Mannitech is a Dr. Nugent. I asked what the good doctor's first name was but he did not know. Perhaps his name is Ted? That would explain a lot.

Strange Conversations with Cousins

This story deserved to be on it's own.

My cousin Saryn and I work for the same person. Last night he was telling us about company called Mannitech. This is the conversation that transpired after he left:

Janice: I'm pretty sure Mannitech was an evil corporation on the show Dark Angel. They sound like the make manatees.
Saryn: Manatees can only make manatees.
Janice: But they make evil, robotic manatees.
Saryn: That would explain why manatees are nearly extinct.

This was the point were our other cousin's boyfriend walked into our conversation. He now feels sorry for her that she has to live with us.

I was telling Ky today and she told me:
"But the funny thing is, my reaction to that name was 'Wow. I bet they make robotic mannequins'".

Poll:
What would be scarier robotic manatees or robotic mannequins?

Howdy Stranger

I realize it has been awhile since I have updated anything that was going on in my life. I frankly didn't want to think about it long enough to write about it. All you have to know this past week was filled with many angry words and tears. I really hope something good will come out of all the turmoil but I have a hard time seeing it right now.

Tonight I was feeling at work a little like I was being ask to part the Red Sea -- no matter how much you try, without Divine intervention it ain't happening. To make a long boring story short on a meeting on Monday I was asked to get payment receiving options set up by the end of next month. I found out that we will probably will not be eligible and even if we are accepted it is very unlikely it will be done in time.

On the computer front at work, I still hate them. I'm ready to take them to a field with my co-workers and destroy them with a baseball bat. Then go back to my lame apartment with thin walls and dance awkwardly to profane rap music.

Normally I don't post jokes on my blog but this one is pretty good. Let me know what you think of it.
The Best Blonde Joke Ever

Spin Magazine Review of Chinese Democracy

I am not a fan of Guns N Roses but I am a fan of Chuck Klosterman. He wrote a review of GNR's Chinese Democracy for Spin. It is a good read.

You know you've had a bad week when...

you accidentally snorted paprika up your nose, twice.

Saturday Night's All Right for Fightin'

Fighting has a bit of a theme of my life.

I've mostly been dealing with the fall-out from Saturday's games night the last couple days. There are definitely strained relations right now. It did not help that I did not respond in the most mature fashion.

I've also been struggling with the computers at work. Network cards on two separate computer within 24 hours decided to stop working. We have acquired to two new computers in the last couple weeks. I have been having a difficult time importing the emails onto the new computer.

My allure to computer geeks and computer geeks alone continues. Yesterday, I had to go to a computer store in Calgary that carries specialize and hard to find items. It was highly exciting for the sales associate that a girl was
1) in the store
2) talking to him
3) knew what an USB to IDE converter was
4) purchasing an USB to IDE converter
The last two are signs of above average computer knowledge. He literally was dancing at the till.

I know it is unfair to say I only attract computer geeks, I also attract overweight security guards with the handlebar mustaches.

These kids are my personal heroes.

"Yale students, posing as members of the 'Harvard Pep Squad', managed to trick Harvard fans into holding up flip-cards reading 'WE SUCK' at the Harvard-Yale football game."

The Harvard Sucks Prank

Support the Status Quo

When Games Go Bad

I got my feelings hurt a little bit this evening.

Some friends who just moved out of town invited some people over for supper and games. We visited for most of the evening but later decided to play Cranium. My teammate had never played before and was having a hard time getting any right answers. She was so nervous she was shaking. I really did not care if I won or not. I just wanted my teammate not to get so down on herself. The situation was not helped by a pair of boys (they certainly were lacking the mature for me to call them men) who got upset with us several times and was even at times very rude. We were not winning, we were not even ahead of them so I have no idea why we were the target of their spurn.

My encouragements seemed to help because she eventually relaxed a bit and started to do better. We came from behind and eventually won which made how we were treated even worse. Some people can be such jerks. Poor winners and poor losers. The purpose of the evening was to visit and have fun. Instead, for me, it ended on a bad note so that will be my memory of the evening. I tried not to start crying on the trip home. I admit I'd rather win than lose. Much rather than winning I would rather play with good sports. Considering how your words and actions will/ might effect others around you is a sign of real maturity.

What I Have Been Saying All Along....

My Troubles Come in Legions

What an evening I had and it all began with trying to print.

For the evening, my boss wanted to sort through some old books and binders to put into storage tomorrow. All I had to do was print off some research I had done this afternoon before I could help. The printer was not working so I had to fix it before I could print. I had to put a CD into the server to reinstall the printer but the CD drive would not shut all the way. It would not open again. CD drives have a a small hole so you can manually open them. I used a paper clip but it was still stuck. I tried again and pushed a little harder, bent the paper clip and it got stuck. I had to open up the server to remove the CD and the paper clip. So it took me approximately 3 hours to print off 5 pages. The CD drive is toast now.

The Summary Song:
I had to fix the printer to print the pages.
I had to reinstall the printer to fix the printer to print the pages.
I had to remove the CD from the drive to reinstall the printer to fix the printer to print the pages.
I had remove the paper clip to remove the CD from the drive to reinstall the printer to fix the printer to print the pages.
I had to take the server apart to remove the paper clip to remove the CD from the drive to reinstall the printer to fix the printer to print the pages.
There's a hole, there's hole, there's a hole at the bottom of the sea.

Lowered Expectations

Note: This is a blog I wrote a week ago and it was saved on my computer. We finally got the new wireless router on Tuesday evening so I can post it now. Updates are italicized.

Here I sit, with a hot water bottle to my hip. Fun times. When will this end.

My hip is doing much better but is still badly bruised.
I usually does not hurt during the day but I still can’t sleep on that side.

I just finished watching the most recent episode of Veronica Mars. I was expecting big things – there hasn’t been an episode in 6 weeks and the there was buzz this was supposed to be a real turning point in the season. I don’t know if it was the anticipation caused me to have unrealistic expectations but I was expecting more.
This week’s episode more than compensated for last weeks. There was a mini-cliffhanger at the end so I cannot wait until the next one. I found out today that there will be all new shows until the end of the season.

My battle with electronics continued today.
I had to hook up the printer physically to the server (it had previously had been hooked up wirelessly). I have been having all sort of problems ever since. The computers keep on losing the printer settings. It is very unusual.
I have been so busy I have not had the time to make the printer wireless again.

The desktop computer that I normally work on spontaneously shut off twice today. It has happened at least once a day this past week. Every time it happens, Windows gives a different reason for the “serious error”. I got so frustrated today I gave up and hooked up my own laptop to the network and continued working.
I haven’t had the problem of it spontaneously restarting but there are lots of problems with MS Office. The problems can be fixed by program updates but the Office CD I need is missing. So it is a great source of frustration. After threatening the computer that I would kick it in the groin if it had one, my cousin told me that I should write a book of all my sayings.

I have to apologize for the lack of silliness lately. Employed Janny is apparently a very dull girl.
Unfortunately I'm still pretty dull. However I did almost making myself sick eating ice cream sandwiches. I’m pretty sure dull people don’t gore themselves on ice cream sandwiches. Maybe I’m not.

"You can't always get what you want"

One step further:

Janice wants to know about her Abramovitz roots in Canada.

All of a sudden Janice wants to say something that will make Cora happy

Tony says that she has the drive though, and Janice wants to see an Asian woman win this competition.

JANICE wants a live-in or live-out Nanny job

In her teaching, Janice wants to expand these images to include those from works of other Saskatchewan and Canadian writers.

Janice wants a beagle for our next dog, but she is still insisting about waiting a couple of years.

Curious and outgoing, Janice wants a home with tons of fun!

Boroff is at her heels, but Janice wants nothing to do with him - until Canfield convinces her that he is the key to publicity for her new movie.

Janice wants to get married and finds the best way to get them is to go to funerals.

Her shot looks great, but Janice wants more neck.

Janice Wants a Gangster!

Janice wants to take home economics.

Janice wants to have fabric left over when she is done with a quilt.

Janice wants to get back to the Atlanta and find out who set her up for the massacre on Tros.

Janice wants to buy 7 cups of lemonade from the lemonade stand for her friends.

Janice wants to expand [the] Farmer’s Market, perhaps do something with soils.

Janice wants to have a Pasta Dinner for the parishioners.

"But if you try sometimes you might find/ You get what you need"

I was inspired by Shannon and Bron.

I agree that Janice needs a man in her life, but would prefer it if he was a decent but down-to-earth bloke who would help her get her life back on track.

I think Janice needs Jesus because her therapy sessions are not working,

Janice needs to create a new product page.

Janice needs to go to toilet. Like, urgently!

Janice needs your help getting her modeling agency up and running

Janice needs a reality check!!!

Janice needs some professional mental help.

Janice needs resources on how to help her teachers and students manage anger so they can focus on their studies and improve their scores.

Janice needs to move on mentally and figure out a reasonable course of action. ... Janice needs to take a look at the big picture, consider all of her options

Janice needs to let Christopher know what is acceptable and what is not.

Janice needs articles written and ready for press from anyone who has information for the members.

Janice needs an extra day’s holiday.

Janice needs to have her mouth botoxed shut.

Janice needs to be resuscitated or stitched back together at some point .

Janice needs to sit her old butt down.

Don't get me wrong, Janice needs to be prodded every now and then, Lord knows it all goes to her head.

Janice needs to get cats out of trouble.

Janice needs loo roll so Helen passes it to Janice but it rolls too fast and ends up in Andrea's cubicle.

I think Jess thinks Janice needs help just like the whales need help.

If Janice needs to add 10 gm of cinnamon to each pie, how many gms of cinnamon does she need to buy?

WWMD?

I went shopping with my cousins today and I bought the cutest shoes ever! They are chocolate brown satin ballerina slippers with a ribbon that ties around your ankle and a wedge heel. They look super-fantastic with jeans, dress pants or a smart skirt. The purpose of our trip was to find shoes and jewelery for my one cousin who is getting married next month. Her wedding shoes are the same as mine except in off white. My other cousin tried a pair on in Disney-princess-blue but did not buy them (poor university student). We had a pretty fun time.

10 points for anyone who guess what my title means.
50 points for anyone who guesses what happened to my cousin today. Hint: it is something she has never done before but she wanted to do it in preparation for her wedding.

Everyone's Different, No Two People Are Not on Fire

In my constant quest for procrastination, I was showing my cousin this classic Homestarrunner when we should of been working:
Strong Bad Kid's Book

Ouches

Yesterday, while leaving the doctor's office. I feel on ice. There is a narrow sidewalk covered by snow and ice so I was walking on the road. A car was coming towards me so I steps onto the sidewalk. I took a couple steps, slipped and tried to brace myself on the short wall beside me. I scraped and bruised the side of my hand on said wall, slipped further and hit my hip on the wall. After I hit my hip I banged my knee on the sidewalk. I was pretty shaken up. This old man came up to me and was asking where he was allowed to park. It was a confusing exchange even for someone who was not wiping the mud off their bloodied hand. He saw me fall and then walked over to me. I thought he was going to ask me if I was alright.

Now there is a dark purple bruise on my hip. I do not bruise easily so for there to be any sort of mark tells you how much it hurts. I was throbbing in pain this afternoon and had to take some pain killers. They did not help much.

I hate technology but not as much as you, you see

I am currently writing from my work computer. There has been many technical difficulties the last couple days. To summarize:

• the wireless router lost all reason to live yesterday. It is currently in a coma.


• My work computer has spontaneously restarted twice in a 24 hours period.


• My cousin's old computer has had repeated "boot disk errors". I am hoping her computer will last long enough for me to transfer her files to her new computer.


• MS Access decided today that two users are entering data into my beautifully designed database. So we cannot add any new entries or add the old ones to a new database.


• MS Office keeps on crashing and I have no idea where the CD is so I can install the program updates.

First month

12 March 2006 00:45 MST | Posted by janny


So I have been in Calgary for nearly a month and I still have not even started to look for a place. So what did Janice do instead? Took part one of a speed reading course and helped my cousin do research on a new computer.

The speed reading class is taught by my cousin that I am boarding with. My eyes are so tired from the course. I took the class with my brother's friend. There were many sarcastic and witty comments. There was this French dude that was hilarious (without meaning to be). We were learning this memorizing skill and he was completely missing the point of the example. He was shouting out ridiculous comments in complete seriousness.

Work By the Numbers

Work has been terribly busy these last couple days. We were preparing for a big meeting today for a health reform society my employer co-founded. Most of my time has been spent designing a logo and a brochure for an upcoming conference as well as collecting and photocopying government health related documents. This morning was spent putting the binders together. The plan was put the binders together, get dressed up for the meeting and leave by 11am.
However....
I felt terrible this morning. I thought it was just from lack of sleep. Around 9am, I started to feel really dizzy so I knew it was more than sleepiness. I thought I was going to throw up (never did). I was not well enough to go to the meeting. I called my employer, sent the binders with the other employee that was going to the meeting and then crawled into bed. I slept for 3 hours. Throughout the day I had more dizzy spells but not nearly as bad as this morning.

Total Amount of Sleep the Last Two Nights: 9 hours
Hours Worked Yesterday : 11
Hours worked Today : 4 (5.5 if you count the hours after midnight). I ended work at 11am.
Number of Pages Photocopied Yesterday: 700+ (Manually double sided so that is 1400+ sides photocopies)
Hours I Slept During the Day Today: 5
Number of Dogs Almost Made into Rugs: 2

Miracle on Grass

I never even heard of the World Baseball Classic before today. I was reading the New York Times Direct this morning and one of the top stories was Canada Beats the U.S. at Its Own Game. It is the shocker in the sports world right now.

I Feel Old

I went skating at the Olympic Oval with my cousin on Tuesday. That was a neat experience. I have never skated on such nice ice. She was so worried that I would be skating circles around her. She's over 20 years older than me and I look like someone who is in shape (but sadly am not). She had no reason to worry at all. I had a hard time keeping up to her! After about a half hour after skating at a pretty brisk pace, I had to take a break. I skated for another 10 minutes or so then I had to take a break again. I still wanted to skate but I couldn't keep up with her pace so I had to take it easy. I was only going faster than two people on the ice -- a little boy and a petite Asian woman. I had the impression that both were beginners. How embarrassing. I have been skating almost as long as I could walk but you would have never guessed it. I'm still getting my allergy build up so let's blame it on that. Yeah, let's blame it on fatigue from the allergies.

Sorry that I haven't posted in a couple days, I think Ky broke my blog. Stop it Ky! Your reign of terror has to stop. How can I dole out people's prescribed dose of procrastination without my blog?

It Is About Time

The Habs finally traded Jose Theodore. He has wanted to be traded for months and you can tell. I adore him but you don't want someone who wants to be playing somewhere else.

Great Moments in TV History

How could I forget? Sebastian Bach singing "Hollaback Girl" on Gilmore Girls.

Watch with Kristin agrees:
"Best. TV. Moment. Of. The. Millenium. I nearly died. (And wondered if that's where the SNL writers got their motiviation for this week's bar mitzvah skit.)"

Oscar Time Fun

I remember a time when John Travolta was cool then he wasn't then he was again. Clearly his coolness has dissipated again.


Not even Boom-Boom Washington could save him now.

To loosely quote Dewey, "Bows ate her face!"


Jack Nicholson proves that males, no matter what age they are, never get tired of making farting noises with their mouths.


Heath Ledger chatting up an imaginary girl


Heath kissing an imaginary girl.

I assume it is a girl.


No one's mother should ever wear a dress like that. How is he not screaming in agonizing pain?


Reese Witherspoon shows us why she deserves her supporting actress award.
Sad Reese


Violent Reese


I do admit that I adore Reese Witherspoon and I think she is as cute as a button. I thought this was a pretty neat picture of when it was announced she had won.


Umm, tiny guitar as a formal accessory?


Hilary Swank felt safe knowing that Wyatt Earp is keeping an eye on her.


Words can not describe:

Autistic Basketball Player Scores 20 points

A former university prof sent me this story today about an autistic boy, who normally is an equipment manager, was given the chance to play in a game.

It is really nice to hear about stories like this.

Adventures with Rare Well Done Beef Soup

I didn't manage to get to bed until around 3am and then had church in the morning. I punched my snooze button 3 times. For those of you who know her, my cousin Stephanie had to WAIT FOR ME to go to church. She is the queen of lateness.

For lunch on Sunday, I had my first quasi-successful attempt using chopsticks. The reason I even tried using chopsticks because I was scared people would judge me for not using them. I finished my meal albeit slower than my dinner companions. My shirt was covered with tiny little spots of soup. I had much better teachers than in the past.

As a result of my lack of sleep on Saturday night. I had a huge nap Sunday afternoon. I slept way too long and I could not get to sleep last night until late. On the upside, I'm a 1/3 of the way through the book I started yesterday.

Strange Connections to Warren Beatty

This past week I came across a quote:
"If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution!" - Emma Goldman (there are many variations of this quote floating around)

I thought this was an interesting quote so I looked up Emma Goldman. I found out that she

was a Lithuanian-born anarcho-communist known for her anarchist writings and speeches. Adopted by First-wave feminists, she has been lionized as an iconic 'rebel woman' feminist. Goldman played a pivotal role in the development of anarchism in the US and Europe throughout the first half of the twentieth century.

(Side note: I always find it funny that anarchists are the kind of people that would never survive in the kind of world they strive for.)

This past week I was reading an article in Vanity Fair about the 1981 movie Reds. It a movie co-written, directed and starring Warren Beatty. It is the story of an American journalist in Russia during the Communist Revolution. This movie is based on a true story and Emma Goldman is one of the characters portrayed. Weird, I had never heard about her before in my life and I read about her twice in one week.

On to the next connection:
In said article, the writer states that no one could ever call Warren Beatty a political dilettante since he has been an active member of the Democrat party since the 60s. I was amused since I love the word dilettante and it is not common (at least in the circles I travel in). Low and behold, guess what Dictionary.com's word of the day is?

dilettante \DIL-uh-tont; dil-uh-TONT; dil-uh-TON-tee; -TANT; -TAN-tee\, noun:
1. An amateur or dabbler; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge sporadically, superficially, or for amusement only.
2. An admirer or lover of the fine arts.

adjective:
1. Of or characteristic of a dilettante; amateurish.

So to sum things up:

Dance quote -> Emma Goldman -> Reds -> Warren Beatty
Word of the Day -> dilettante -> not Warren Beatty

Some day I may have to post my theory about why some men don't marry until alter in life. I call it my "Warren Beatty Theory".

I wish this was a joke...

The Official Awesome Website

I'm pretty sure any band named Awesome is probably not.

Your Dreams Have Come True

MC Hammer has a blog. I thought it was a joke at first but it looks 2 legit 2 quit.

bah

I'm surrounded by couples. Why can't they take their coupling ways elsewhere? Let celebrity "life coach" Star Jones lets you answer the question Is He the One? This only further proves my point that once people get married (women in particular) think that they are experts about love. Bah humbug.

Crossover Show

In the great tradition of TV cross overs like Magnum P.I. and Simon & Simon comes the new collaboration between Fox and CBS called 24 Numb3rs

What to say, what to say....

Last night my friend Shannon came over for a visit. She is in the city for work. We were told about this Saskatchewan pub that we wanted to check out. I had high hopes but it was nothing special. Both of us were expecting it to be packed but it was pretty dead. At least we know what it is like now.

My morning began at 2:30am after only 3 hours sleep. Waking at this time was not intentional, I just woke up and couldn't sleep. I didn't get back to sleep until around 4:30am. Other than that it was a pretty humdrum day.

King Kong in Bun-o-vision

Now for your viewing pleasure King Kong in 30 seconds with bunnies

End of a Good Thing

26 February 2006 17:30 MST | Posted by janny

Today the people who I am boarding with are coming home from vacation. Boooo. Don't get me wrong, I am so thankful for somewhere to stay while I try to find my own place. I just need my own space where I don't feel like I'm intruding.

How true, how true.

There were elections called today in Thailand. He dissolved Parliament due to protests when some of his business dealings were revealed. One protester's sign read:
"When money talks, the truth is not heard."

Booyakasha! Respek.

"I was kind of in shock. It was difficult. I was in a good place and I didn't feel nervous, but physically I just couldn't execute when I needed to."
- SASHA COHEN, after coming in second in women's figure skating at the Olympics.

I immediately thought to myself, "Isn't Sasha Cohen the guy who plays Ali G?" I had to check it out. His name is Sacha Baron Cohen. So despite first glance of the name, a 6'3" British man did not compete in women's figure skating.

Wonkified

I finally am set up to have an RN give me my allergy shot. At the walk-in clinic near work has a policy that you have to see a doctor first a couple times before they will let you. Since I have been getting my shots for nearly 6 years and have no fatal allergies, they set me up after 2 visits. This is a huge relief since today I was there for two hours. Now I just have to wait until the RN is available so the longest i would be there is a half hour (they make me wait for 20 minutes to see if I am alright).

I felt wonky after my allergy shot today. In addition to that my back was spasming so I decided to take a bath and have a nap. I did not start working until 4pm. I only worked about 5 hours today so I will make up the rest of the time on Saturday.

What once was lost...

I went to Banff with some friends on Sunday. One of the friends I had not seen for over a year. It was pretty windy so we just stayed in the town of Banff.

I was a "view and run" and didn't even know it. When we first got to town one friend desperately had to go to the bathroom. He happened to park right by a museum. We looked around the gift shop then used the washrooms (we didn't want to seem like we were only there to pee). I decided I wanted to check out the art exhibit; strangely my friends did not come with me. After we left the building my friends told me I was supposed to pay to go in. It was a gallery owned by the government it never occurred to me I would have to pay to go in. I'm used to the ones in Saskatchewan that you make a donation if you like but no admission is charged. Oops. Apparently it was $6 for adults, it was hardly worth $6.

Yesterday, my cell phone was found. I was so sure that I left it in the loaner van I had while my car was being fixed. I called the place and it was loaned out again so I had to wait for the person who had it to contact the auto body shop. They called me back saying it wasn't in the van. I could not figure out where i could have left it. I remember where I left it and then I did not have it after. It left me very confused. Yesterday, they called me back and told me they found it. It was exactly where I left it. My cousin is picking it up tomorrow. I have no idea how it will get to me. I am mostly relieve no one was using it. (I did have service suspended on Thursday but that was after being missing for 4 days).

Today was back to the grind stone after a long weekend. The problem with full time employment, it seriously cuts into my procrastination time.

Lost Parody

Weird Al created a parody of Bohemian Rhapsody about the show Lost called Lost Rhapsody.

I'm back...finally

I finally have Internet for my computer. Last night the tech guy came and made some changes so it would be allowed.

Moving was a bit of a gong show. It felt like I was never going to get out of Saskatoon. Some highlights of the move:

• one of the movers looked like Willem Dafoe


• My car was not ready until 4pm. I had been ready to go at noon so I had to wait. I went over to a friend's house and visited her for awhile.


• After my car was ready, I had to put on the new windshield wipers I had purchased. I couldn't figure how to put them on when I realized that I bought the wrong ones. I could not return since they were out of the package (I also lost the receipt). I bought new ones. I broke one of them trying to put them on in the Canadian Tire parking lot. I had to buy another one. To summarize: I had to buy 5 windshield wiper blades recently.


• I realized around Kindersley that I did not know were my cell phone was. I had so much stuff packed in my car, I was hoping it was somewhere. I had a sneaky feeling that it might be in the loaner vehicle from the auto body shop. I contacted everywhere I was on Monday and I could not track it down. I tried calling the phone, I could check messages but could not find it. I finally had to suspend service on Thursday.

Until I find my own place, I am boarding with the family of my new employer. It just so happens my new employer is my cousin's husband. Currently I have the house to myself since they left on vacation yesterday. My cousin Saryn is another boarder here and she will return on Monday. Enough for now.

Bunny on Bunny Action

Hot Bunny Action courtesy of Angry Alien Productions

See ya in awhile

I woke up this morning feeling pretty lousy. My allergies have been pretty bad these last couple weeks. I think I have caught a cold. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between an allergic reaction and a cold.

This will be my last post for a little while. Tomorrow the movers come at 9am. My car is getting fixed and should be done tomorrow. They will call me tomorrow morning to let me know for sure. Once I have my car back, I will pack it up and go to Calgary.

Boxes Galore

11 February 2006 23:03 MST | Posted by janny

This week has flown by so fast. After I was finished my appointments in Regina, I got a ride back to Saskatoon with a friend. Thankfully she was able to spend some of her time here helping me pack.

Since Thursday afternoon all I have mostly done has packed. There has been little to no procrastination. Quick someone take my temperature: I must be running a fever because I'm feeling efficient.

One mildly amusing story about packing:
Today Ky was helping me finish packing some odds and ends. I have a TV stand/book shelf from the 70s that you can take apart and put back together again. We couldn't figure out how to get the legs off since my dad took it apart and put it together again in my last move. I was on the phone with my dad as Ky worked on it. The instructions were to twist the legs then pull them out but he didn't entirely remember how to do it. We had to pull pretty hard but some of them eventually came. One of them was really stuck so I helped Ky pull the leg out. We pulled so hard a chunk of particle board came with it. This is the point where we realized we had been doing it wrong the whole time. After closer examination there is a screw to turn by each leg that releases it from the shelf. Ky and I managed to completely destroy it. I was not upset at all. I actually find the whole thing to be rather funny.

deus ex machina: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Word of the Day for Thursday February 9, 2006

deus ex machina \DAY-uhs-eks-MAH-kuh-nuh; -nah; -MAK-uh-nuh\,
noun:
1. In ancient Greek and Roman drama, a god introduced by means of a crane to unravel and resolve the plot.
2. Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty.

Top TV Romances

The A.V. Club (a spin off website of The Onion) has an article on 10 TV Romances For The Ages.

Poll: Do you agree with their picks? Any blatant omissions?

Judge for Yourself

Conan O'Brien Visiting Finnish Doppelganger Tarja Halonen

"Nobody disses Opie"

From Time.com, 10 Awards They Missed: The Oscar categories we wish the Academy would recognize

"The word technology means magic"

Strong Bad Email: Introduction to Technology (for Middle School Students)

I love technology but not as much as you, you see

MIRANDA
O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!

PROSPERO
'Tis new to thee.
(Shakespeare, The Tempest, V.i.203-27)

I thought of this quote a couple days ago when I was playing a game online with a friend from Charlotte, NC and a friend from Cranbrook, BC. I never dreamed this was possible when I first used the Internet about 10 years ago. I was reminded of it this morning when was I reading my sister's post about blogging. As I marvel at all these feats of technology, they will seem commonplace (or possibly antiquated) to younger generations.

The End is Near... with club sauce

The last four episodes of Arrested Development are all being shown this Friday night.

"long haired freaky people need not apply"

My allergy testing is done, however I still cannot take an antihistamine. This is the first time I have ever just had one day of testing. I didn't know I have to call them tomorrow with my reactions after 24 hours. Since I have only ever done 2 days of testing before, they always did it for me on the second day.

I have some good news regarding my move: I will not have to get a new allergist. Because my current allergist offers treatments that are not available in Alberta, I can keep the same doctor. The problem is that my doctor offers the newest testing and treatments and it is rare to find a doctor in western Canada that will. One of the nurses told me this morning that the government gives $62 to the doctor for everyone that they test. In the US, the doctor makes $1100 US for such treatments. So any doctor that is trained for these kind of treatments go the US. I can just arrange for appointments for times I know I will be Regina.

There was a guy who looked like Gary Oldman at the mall this morning.

I wanted to take a picture of a sign and post it on my blog. I saw it yesterday and I am very disappointed that the sign is gone now. The sign said "Hippies: Use the Back".

There are some seriously evil people out there

When Dogs Are Mules

I saw this story on the news a couple days ago. There were Colombians smuggling heroin in the stomachs of PUPPIES! I heard they were caught because in a particular shipment two puppies mysteriously died during transport into the US. The authorities wanted to check to make sure that they weren't carrying diseases. It turns out that the heroin packets burst and caused infections in the dogs.

Overkill

I am in Regina right now to run some errands before moving to Alberta. I had to take the bus because my car is in the shop for the next 5 days.

I dropped my car off at the auto body place this morning. I had called ahead of time so they could give me a ride to the bus station. The boss was going to drive me but then something came up and he asked one of the guys who work in the shop to drive me. He still drove the boss' vehicle which is a brand new Lexus SUV. It was a little strange being dropped off at the bus station in a Lexus.

I'm supposed to be spending time with my bro right now. Unfortunately he has spent the last hour helping my mom put up cabinets in the basement.

Early tomorrow morning I start my allergy testing. Boo.

Of course, now I'm tired

Last night I got stuck in my parking lot. We had some snow on Saturday and we had a lot of snow drifting into the parking lot since we live at the edge of the city. I was coming home from a Superbowl party around 11:30 so there was no one around to help. I tried to get myself out for about 20 minutes then I had to wake up one of my roommate. I feel so bad that I had to wake her up but I didn't know what else to do.

I had a horrible time trying to get to sleep last night. I think it was well past 4am when I finally did. I occasionally suffer form insomnia but it was a lot more frequent when I was younger. The last time it was really bad was before I moved to Saskatoon. So I am hoping I will be able to sleep as soon as I am in Calgary or before then, not when I finally find an apartment.

I move in 7 days.

My apologies (AKA Cultures Behaving Badly Part 2)

My sister pointed out that the article I posted yesterday there is a time line. It shows that a Norwegian newspaper was the first to reprint the article. It does not surprise me. The problem with the attempt of an egalitarian society, like in the Scandinavian culture, racism often occurs. They embrace equality but reject what is different.

I know I normally don't talked about things like this but this situation really bugs me:

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4 (New International Version)

What we say and do is a reflection of what is inside of us (or our attitude). Jesus uses this analogy that if the fruit is diseased then the tree must be diseased. We need to change our attitudes before our words and actions will change.

The Vine and the Branches
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:1-8 (NIV)

This Makes No Sense

Embassies burn in cartoon protest
The Norwegian and Danish Embassies were burned by protesters in Damascus. Ok normally I do not discuss politics but this is ridiculous. I understand why the Danish cartoons are offense. I do not agree with violent protests but I understand why there are people are protesting. I have no idea what the situation has to do with the Norwegians. They weren't even one of the countries that reprinted the cartoon. They have nothing to do with the situation. So they are being punished for being from Scandinavia? That is like someone being upset with the US and mixing Canada into the bunch as well.

Home for a Rest

I have zero energy and so much to do. I have been off my allergy shots for more than 3 weeks. One of the biggest side effects of my allergies is fatigue. This is not a help when I move in 9 days. Three of those days will be spent out of town. Why am I slowly getting the feeling that I am in big trouble?

The More You Know....

One of my daily routines includes checking the headlines on Google News and BBC News. I found some strange stories today.
Rat brain 'can smell in stereo'
One gene makes earwax wet or dry Ok, I need to stop procrastinating from housework.

Farewell

I had my last night of work at the bookstore tonight. Appropriately I finished in the record time of a hour and a half. That is a full 15 minutes faster than ever before. Even though I did not particularly like straightening books, I will miss working there.

Things I will miss about working at the bookstore:
* I always enjoyed visiting with the ladies from the kids' section. Most of them are substitute teachers too.

* My conversations with Girma (his cleaning company has a contract at the store). Girma, like me and my future boyfriend George Stroumboulopoulos, is a Habs fan. He was the only person I could talk to about hockey. I certainly won't have anyone in Calgary. The Calgary Flames beat my Habs in the Stanley Cup finals; they're dead to me.

* I was starting to make new friends for the first time since I moved here. I met a lot of people in the last month. It is sad that I was only starting to get to know them.

* The books -- Some times it is very distracting.

*My sweet, sweet employee discount of 30%. I am almost considering applying for a job at the store in Calgary because of it. Almost.

*Last but not least, cute boys to flirt with. There are quite a few there.

Only 10 days until I leave for Calgary...

Wild and Crazy Kind of Guy

Saturday Night Live claims that they have a new show this week with host Steve Martin and musical guest Prince. I'm pretty sure they made a mistake and it is actually a repeat from 1987.

"A Movie Parody in Bun-O-Vision!"

Night of the Living Dead in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies)

Come out from your hiding places!

It makes me sad that I seem to have hundreds of lurkers who check my blog everyday.

Slight Change in Plans

So as previously posted, I am moving to Calgary. The original plan was to leave Wed, Feb 8 for Calgary, find a place then come back in March and pack up the rest of my stuff. All of that has changed: my roommates decided that it is better for them to move out sooner. Now I have to postpone when I am going out to Calgary, find a moving and storage company and pack up all of my things. This move now is going to be way more expensive than originally planned. Not much I can do about it.

The word is spreading at the bookstore about this being my last week of work. I had to tell the big story a couple times this evening about my new job.

A week from today I get allergy testing. I have been off my allergy shots for over two weeks. Do you know what is not good for a girl who has not had an allergy shot in over two weeks? Construction going on at work that leaves sawdust everywhere. There are some maintenance work happening while the store is closed. One of the tasks is sanding and staining the doors. They will be back tomorrow night. I'll have to call the allergist offices to see what I am allowed to take so close to my testing.

I love being hip and current

Last night on The Hour, my future boyfriend (and fellow Habs fan) George Stroumboulopoulos interviewed the head of the Nettwork Record Label in Canada. This is the company that is paying the legal bill for the man who is being sued for illegally downloading music story I posted a link to yesterday.

I wish The Hour website had posted a video of the interview. This music executive was saying that the music industry needs to rethink how they do business instead of alienating fans with lawsuits. One of the suggestions was releasing songs immediately instead of waiting for 12 songs for a CD. I guess that is kind of what Motown Records used to do. He also suggested that recording artists focus on revenue from live performances and merchandise. It makes sense to me.

Five More Things

What were you doing 10 years ago? I was 17 yrs old and in my last couple months of Grade 12.  I had already applied to U of R faculty of Education but had not yet written the essay yet. Most of my days were filled with many choir practices and trying to get my friends to procrastinate from homework.

What were you doing 1 year ago? I finally had got on the sub list in my area so the work was picking up.

Five snacks you enjoy:

• London Fog

• fries with sour cream and melted cheez whiz

• Lindor chocolates

• ketchup chips

• fuzzy peaches.

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics: I can listen way more than 5 songs so I'll list ones I learned in choir 

• "Beginning to See the Light" - Bobby Darren 

• "Eli is Coming" - Three Dog Night

• "Age of Aquarius" - Fifth Dimension

• "Can't Help Falling in Love" - Elvis Presley

• "The River" - Garth Brooks

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire: 

• Pay off all debts

• Build a house

• Travel all over the world

• Contribute to deserving charitable organizations

• Invest

Five bad habits: 

• TV ( I know I watch lots of TV and I don't have a problem with it)

• Procrastination on the Internet

• I'm messy; I'd rather be doing anything else instead of cleaning

• Underestimating how long a task will take me

Five things you like doing:

• Cooking

• Watching TV/movies

• Hanging out with friends and being witty about stuff

• Listening to music

• Harmless flirting with cute boys

Five things you would never wear again:

• short skirts

• jeans that go above my waist

• pants that are too short (it was hard to find pants that were long enough in high school. I had to start wearing men's pants)

• large floral prints

• neon anything

Five favourite toys:

• Shasha, my doll from when I was 1 year old

• Glow Cricket

• Clever, my soft stuffed puppy I got from Kristin

• My stuffed monkey but I don't remember what I named him (sister, do you remember?)

• My "#1 Student" troll, given ironically from a friend in high school

Unusual Lawsuit

Record Label Supports Man Accused Of Sharing Music Illegally

Those Pretentious People Must Be Incensed

duet
Pronunciation: du-'et also dyu-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian duetto, diminutive of duo
: a composition for two performers
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

I saw an ad today for Il Divo's new album. It claims to have a "stunning duet with Celine Dion". I'm not sure how 5 people singing makes a duet. Unless the men from Il Divo combine like Transformers to make one super singing machine. I don't know for sure, I have never seen them perform live.

I can imagine it now...

Il Divo,
More than meets the eye!

Urs Buhler, Sebastien Izambard, Carlos Marin & David Miller wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Celine Dions

Il Divo,
Robots in disguise.
Il Divo,
More than meets the eye.

Il Divo!

I wish this moment would last forever

Have you ever had one of those moments where you step back and think how perfectly that moment was? You remember that moment for the rest of your life. Prepare for one of those moments.
David Hasselhoff's video for "Hooked on a Feeling". Enjoy such moments as:
* fist pumping
* a flying Hasselhoff
* Randomly appearing wiener dogs
* Little girls dressed as angels almost being blown away by a wind machine.
No wonder he is a star in Germany.

Life of Janny

I finally got my hair trimmed two days ago. I really should have gone before Christmas. The hairdresser straightened my hair after. It took her such a long time. Oh well, it looked good in the end.

Last night I went to a reading by Yann Martel. He read a draft of a book about the holocaust sort of. You really had to be there to hear it to know what it was about. It was very interesting.

Before Yann Martel, there were two poetesses who read. The first one was trying to be shocking and original but really was completely boring. There was nothing clever or interesting about her. The next one was pretty neat -- I liked her poems. I guess she is a prof at the university.

Strange note of the evening: I am convinced that the woman sitting in front of me was wearing orangutan boots. They were orangish fur boots! Her hair matched her boots too. It was pretty bizarre.

Five Oddities

I know I should have done this forever ago:

1. My ears are super-bendy. I have to position them before I lay on my side or my ears will be suctioned to the side of my head. It is habit for me so I don't even notice it. My sister pointed out to me one time.

2. I hate the feeling of my ankles and wrists being restricted. This is why I hate socks and don't wear a watch.

3. If I am planning to call someone I do not know well, I try to call at a seemingly random time. I would never call at time that ends in 5 or 0. I also would never call less than 11 minutes before or after the hour.

4. Every time I walk past the university map on Wiggins St, I get the song Radar Love by Golden Earring stuck in my head.

5. I have crushes on two Scandinavian poker players: Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen and Johnny "Batman" Backman.

Minor Confusion

Every time I hear Pope Benedict XVI's real name Joseph Ratzinger, I think they are talking about the guy Cliff from Cheers.

Voter Turn Out

I have been looking for a story on this all morning.
Voter Turn Out Up

Nearly 64.9% of eligible voters turned out yesterday which is better than the record low of 60.9% of the last election. Sadly only 25% of "eligible youths" voted. I am not sure what they define as youths.

Some Big News

There has been a specific reason why I have not posted an entry for a couple days. I got a full time job and I'm moving to Calgary. There were certain people in my life that I wanted to tell first before I posted it on my blog.

So let's start the story from the beginning:

In mid-November, a business man, who I know from church camp, approached me with the idea of coming to work for him. This wasn't a job offer at this time but a option to explore further. I sent him my non-teaching resume.

In about mid-December, we tried to set up a time for me to come to Calgary for a formal interview and weekend-long trial run working for him. Due to a death in the family, the weekend plan was canceled.

A week and a half ago, he paid for my plane ticket and I flew to Calgary. I stayed for about 4 days. We had out interview and I worked for him for a couple days. At the time, I was very unsure what I wanted to do. There was no option that seemed to be the best. He had not decided either since he still had two more interviews for the position.

After I arrived home, I spoke with my parents and my sister about the situation. They didn't tell me what to do but it helped me decide that I wanted to go to Calgary. I contacted him and told him of my interest in the position. Sunday night, he contacted me and told me I got the job. I have been making plans ever since.

Some details about the job and my new life:
* It mostly involves research and organizing
* There is the flexibility for me to take some university classes. His office is walking distance from the University of Calgary. I would work towards my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
* This would just be a pause from teaching. He is only making me commit to 6 months of employment. It gives me the option of going back to teaching in the fall. The plan is to receive my second degree then go back to teaching.
*His main business is electrical engineering but he is personally involved on many community committees. one big project he wants me to work on is for a charter high school. It would involve finding resources and developing a curriculum.

Warning: Bad Beatnik Poetry Ahead. Proceed with Extreme Caution.

The Falconer ponders his mortality.
The crowd waits.
The crowd waits for the bird to take flight.
The crowd waits for the Falconer's command.
“Fly Mortimer! Fly! Symbolize the acceptance of my inevitability!”
The bird disappears from view; the Falconer finds peace.

Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap

Early Morning Blues and Greens

I have to get up early tomorrow so I can turn on the slow cooker. Blah. I hate waking up early. It is so hard to go to bed early after 3 nights in a row of having to stay up late.

I forgot to tell a story about work last night. The cleaning crew was just finishing up when I past the boiler room when one them was changing his pants with the door wide open! I quickly averted my eyes and pretended I didn't see. Yikes!

I spoke with my friend who is teaching in Korea. I have not spoken with her since she moved there. We had a good talk.

I am slightly bitter. My roommate invited people over to watch a movie. They promised me they would save me chips but they never did. Boooo.

Tomorrow I will be working with the manager on returns. Booo again. No one will to chat with me with him around (keeping them from their work). It will make for a very boring day.

thissentenceisforKYiteasebecauseilovedontletgrammargethebestofyou

Election 2006

It is a shame how people in North America people don't realize how good our lives are. A couple nights ago I learned that one of the men from the cleaning crew is a refugee from Ethiopia and one of the cooks is from China. Both men have been in Canada for less than a decade. They got into a discussion with the head of security about the upcoming Canadian election. Both are very update on current events and were discussing the merits (or demerits) of the various political leaders. After they had left, the head of security told me that both of those men really love living in Canada -- they think it is the best place in the world to live. Last night as I was working I got thinking about their discussion again: no matter what party is elected next Monday, our lives will still be pretty good.

More Award Show Fun! (Slightly Delayed)

"There was a young lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly; I guess she'll die."


The delightful Colin Firth and Emma Thompson entangled in a furry octopus.


A nightmare in aubergine. I am confused as to why people think Chloe Sevigny is a good dresser.

"That's a paddling"

I had such a pleasant evening last night at work. There is this lady who normal works during the day who was in the back with me visiting. Work seems to go so much fast when I can visit while I work.

I think I am getting repetitive stress injury from taking off labels. I can't believe I have 3 more days this week doing it.

Tonight some child (I suspect it was only one), made a complete mess of the kids' section. I had to use a shopping basket to carry all of the books that were strewn all over the floor. I even found one book with sticky finger prints all over it. It was rather disgusting.

Despite the kids' section, the rest of the store was in excellent condition. Business at the store was very slow today. Business was so slow, the security guard spent about an hour in the back because there was no one in the store. I only worked for an hour and half at shelf straightening but I was visiting lots. I ended up leaving about the same time as usual.

I figured out that between now and inventory on the 29th I will only have two days off -- Sunday this week and Saturday next week.

Face Recognition

So the newest craze apparently has been to see what celebrities we look like on myheritage.com

My first picture results:
Emma Watson (57%)
Renee Zellweger (56%)
Yasser Arafat (54%)
Stan Lee (49%)
Condolezza Rice (46%)
Kim Basinger (46%)
Bipashua Basu (43%)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (42%)
Kofi Annan (42%)
Katie Holmes (42%)

Then my goal was to try to get higher percentage matches:
Annika Sorrenstam (48%)
Annette Benning (47%)
Natalie Portman (44%)
Margaret Thatcher (44%)
Andie MacDowell (42%)
Gillian Anderson (42%)
John Cleese (41%)
Elijah Wood (41%)
Pedro Almodovar (41%)
Grace Kelly (41%)

I finally put in a picture that gave me a little higher percentage match:
Katie Holmes (68%)
Christina Ricci (68%)
Andie MacDowell (65%)
Camilla Parker Bowles (64%)
Mario Vargas Llosa (63%)
Thomas Klestil (62%)
Naomi Watts (62%)
Brad Pitt (62%)
Pedro Santana Lopes (61%)
Yehuda Levi (60%)
Jeff Bridges (58%)

Not too shabby. There are some highly attractive people in the mix.

Funniest Things Said to me Today:

"You don't look like you have a prostate."

New Word

Cursh -
an illness inflicted on those who insist on liking someone that's no good

Further Proof that I am a Klutz

I worked approximately 14 hours yesterday. I subbed out of town plus I worked 7.5 hours at the bookstore. I have been told I can have as many hours as I can handle this month at the bookstore. Working so much and a lack of sleep might explain the following stories:

Yesterday while I was subbing I put a pencil in my back pocket. This is not unusual for me. What was unusual? The pencil broke without my knowledge and the next time I sat down I got a pencil lead right in the butt cheek. Ouch. It was still hurting when I went to bed last night. Unfortunately, I probably have not learned my lesson about putting pencils in my pocket.

Last night, I was once again working on returns at the bookstore. I set down the xacto knife and grab the book to stack it. I managed to jab the corner of the book into my finger near the nail bed and it bled like crazy. A co-worker had to show me where the first aid kit was. I have been using a sharp knife all week and I cut myself with a book. I was once again the laugh of the evening at work.

Fun with Fire Excellerant

I can't believe I have not updated since Sunday. I intended to on Monday.

Anyway, the past two days I put in extra hours at the bookstore helping prepare books to be returned to the vendors. Right now the job consists of me removing any stickers. That's right people, I am removing stickers. As it gets closer to the end of the month I will be working more with organizing the books by vendor.

Removing them quickly and efficiently is an art form. Sticker removal as performance art. It's the new thing. I mostly use an xacto knife to start and lighter fluid to remove any stickiness that may remain. As a result, my hands are all cut up (no blood drawn though) and I occasionally smell of gasoline. So overall it is a win-win situation. I actually am really good at removing the stickers now so I barely ever have to use the light fluid.

When I first started, someone who was waiting for a shipment to arrive and had nothing to do was helping me. When he tried using the lighter fluid nothing much happened. After much frustration, he joked that maybe the purpose of the lighter fluid was the burn the book whose sticker would not remove. He figured that would remove the sticker well enough.

So right now I am waiting to hear if they need me to come in for extra hours today. The lady in charge of returns today me that she probably will need me.

In other news, I had to wait nearly 2.5 hours at the doctor's office to get my allergy shot. It was a combination of problems. First there were lots of people there and then all of these people took soooo long seeing the doctor. Some of them you really can't blame why they took so long. There was a girl who came in and needed stitches. They understandably let her in right away. I have no idea why her mother did not take her to the emergency ward at a hospital. Walk-in clinics are mainly for non-emergencies. The girl needed stitches, it wasn't like they were going to turn her away.

The plan for yesterday afternoon was to visit a friend after my allergy shot. I approximated that I would be at the doctor's for about an hour. This would have given me a couple hours to visit. Instead of being done at around 3:30, I left a little after 5. By the time I got to her house, I was able to stay for about a half hour. Boooooooo.

Vicki Loves Me, This I Know

It is 7:20 pm and I am struggling to stay awake. I stayed up way too late last night. When I did go to bed an electric heater in my room kept on making a buzzing noise and waking me up. At first I was too tired to be bother but then it was keeping me awake so I had to turn down the temperature.

I set up alarm to get up at 8:30 but I slept right through it. Mom woke me up for the first time at 9. I fell asleep again and I was awoken the second time at 9:20. I was out the door in less than 20 minutes.

I had a 2 hour nap in the afternoon before my brother and his girlfriend came over to visit. It was not enough, I need to go to bed early tonight. I was considering going back to Saskatoon tonight but I am too tired. I am going to try to go to bed at 10 and wake up early to go home.

So you are thinking to yourself, "why is Janny so tired?" Well I am very foolish. I stayed up way too late talking with Lyn.

I was in a really hyper mood last night. I spent most of the evening at Bronwyn's but we left her house was to get some groceries. This was quite a surprise that Bronwyn wanted Lyn and I to come along since we were so weird last time. Despite doing the Running Man several times last night, Bronwyn was not annoyed with us. Last time Lyn I went grocery shopping with Bron, she asked us to leave after we were giving high fives to a lady on a magazine.

Jen, your song about waiting for the bus reminded me that I wrote a new song last night about Uncle Al's dogs to the tune of Jesus love Me. (Lyn helped me with some of it).

Vicki loves me this I know
For the Lynnie tells me so
To Uncle Al they belong
Vicki's weak but Monty's strong
Yes, Vicki Loves me
Yes, Vicki loves me
Yes, Vicki loves me, the Lynnie tells me so.

I'll have to tell more about my weekend another time.