Month: January 2005

That's the subject line of the latest spam I got this morning. I found it amusing.

I just got my McGill staff ID card. I'm happy with it, I don't look like a deranged psycho killer on the picture.

On the metro on my way to work this morning, I wanted to seriously rant on someone. A guy was standing right next to me and kept sniffling. Not tiny discrete sniffles that everybody does once in a while. We're talking full-body-you-can-hear-it-all-the-way-across-the-train SNKZKSKKSNKKKSKKKSKKKSRZRRRT snurfles that were disgusting as hell. You could imagine the gallons of snot the guy was slurping. It was truly repulsive. I was contemplating getting off and switching trains at one point when he got off. I almost applauded.

I have no idea what that means, but Sara and I had much fun trying to figure it out througout the evening.

My eye exam, scheduled for LAST SEPTEMPTER has been cancelled again. Apparently, the doc is out of town until April. That friggin appointment has been calcelled twice already, this makes it #3.

*waves hands in the air*

Tim Burton Action figures

Stain Boy, Robot Boy & Girl w/ Many Eyes
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/M5960.html

Toxic, Mummy and Penguin Boy
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/M5965.html

Oyster Boy, Boy w/ Nails in His Eyes and Junk Girl
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/M5968.html

Pin Cushion Queen, Brie Boy, and Staring Girl
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/M5989.html

You can also get the Jesus action figure, the Ben Franklin, the Sherlock Holmes, the Freud, and a whole slew of others here:
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/action.html

This is wrong in so many ways. Download the video.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Yoinked from wtf_inc

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY
1. Richard
2.
3.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD
1. talisker
2. flubu
3. sega

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
1. My brain
2. My eyes
3. My cynicism

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
1. My flab
2. My allergies
3. My tendency to stress and worry

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1. French Canadian (by birth)
2. English Canadian (by adoption)
3. Multicultural insane friends (by choice)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
1. Anything that goes buzzz
2. My allergies
3. Dying alone

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS
1. Coffee
2. The Internet and my email
3. Things to keep my brain busy (TV or books)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. kimono
2. boxers
3. bellybutton lint

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (currently)
1. Pink Floyd
2. Coldplay
3. Kruder & Dorfmeister

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (currently)
1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (album)
2. K&D – The K&D Sessions
3. Coldplay – Everything's not lost

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
1. Lose weight
2. Exercise
3. Kidnap Katy on a permanent basis

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. Trust
2. Love
3. Respect

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
1. I have four tattoos on my body and want more
2. I'm a packrat
3. I want a big dumb dog.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU
1. Boobies
2. Booties
3. Eyes

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES
1. Reading
2. Cooking
3. Watching TV

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW
1. Be with my kitten
2. Have a meaningful job
3. Do more things with my hands

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING
1. Software developer
2. Gourmet chef in an allergy-friendly restaurant
3. Bookstore owner

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION
1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Austria

THREE KID'S NAMES
1. Xavier
2. Sofia
3. William

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. Be happy
2. Be loved
3. Travel

THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. I have the boy bits
2. I scratch myself in public
3. I pee standing up

THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK
1. I can cook
2. I cry watching movies or listening to music
3. I scream like a girl

THREE CELEB CRUSHES only three?! How cruel!!
1. Kate Beckinsale
2. Alyson Hannigan
3. Alicia Witt

Urgh.

On my first day back at the office:

– I found out that I'm losing my office. Niiiiiiice.
– I recieved email from the building receiving dock telling me that we received a bunch of hardware from IBM. This is problematic because not only have we not even agreed on what we should be receiving, it shouldn't have been delivered to this building and we have no place to store it.

We are not amused.

The good news:

As I'm writing this, I'm uploading the pictures I took on my trip to my website. The link is http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/london-jan2005/

Here are a few thumbnails to wet your appetite:

The bad news:

IBM are being dorks and delivering hardware out of the blue, without giving us lots of warning. I have no clue what's being delivered, and I have no clue who's going to install the damn things. Ah, what a nice way to get back to work after a vacation.

I'm back in Montreal, and I'm tired.

All the traveling finally caught up to me and kicked me in the head big time just now. I'm all unpacked, and I think I'm going to get ready for bed.

Tomorrow is going to be a bumpy ride.

I just posted all my trip entries. They're back dated, so for your convenience, here are links, and yes, all links are polite and pop new windows:

Day 1 – Thames water front
Day 2 – St-James Park, Buckingham Palace, Leicester Square
Day 3 – Madame Tussaud & Baker Street
Day 4 – British Museum & Imperial War Museum
Day 5 – Tate Gallery and Cirque du Soleil

I'll be posting pictures as soon as I'm back on broadband.