Made quiche last night, and served it with meat pie and chicken pot pie. Hmmm, pie.
In other news, I'm jonesing for LJ comments. I miss the days of comment deluges that kept me entertained for hours. Have I become that bland and uninteresting?
Quote of the day
My boobs are saggy. See? Even my boobs are depressed.
A truly nice day.
*happy toe wiggles*
Just came back from a nice walk in the Botanical Gardens with the Katygirl. We went to eggspectation for brunch, then headed off to Pie IX. Amusing moment of the morning: seeing our grumbly waitress fill up the coffee thermos I'd bought. Ya see, I bought a nice thermos so we could have a warm beverage during the walk (stainless steel, of course, I have to be me :) So anyway, I ask the waitress how much it would cost to fill it up. She says that she'd probably need to charge me the price of 3 cups of coffee, so about 4-5$. She walks away and comes back in a huff with a pot of coffee. Apparently, the manager wanted to charge me 7$, which she found ridiculous, so she gave it to me for free :) I gave her a nice tip.
We had a nice long walk in parc, snow crunching under our feet. The parc changed rather dramatically since last time we went there (for the light show in the Chinese garden, in October). Still, it has its charms in winter. It's really quiet, for one thing.
Katy was uber-wired on caffeine, which is always a scary display to see. At one point, in the metro station, she was rather frightening. I was afraid her face was going to split; she was grinning so widely :)
I've been chastised for not mentioning that my sweetie made some really nice curries last night. She made cauliflower curry and chicken curry, from her mom's recipes. They were a bit on the mild side, but for a first try, a really good achievement. Had them with a nice rose, and some homemade apple crumble. Hmmmmm, pie. The night ended rather abruptly, when she fell asleep while I was making her a chocolate drink, but we made up for lost time today :)
Speaking of the Katygirl, I've been giving her a hand with her job applications. We've sent off her Cv to almost every biology/ecology professor at McGill, Bishops, Ottawa U and Carleton to see if they had openings for a research assistant. Although all of the replies she's gotten have been negatives (mostly for lack of money), they're all positive in the sense that they're praising her background and wishing her luck. Some have mentioned colleagues she might contact, others have said they'd spread her CV around. It's actually a lot more encouraging than in the UK, where they don't even reply if they're not considering you. Wankers :)
Doh!
From this day on, let us never mention the chili incident ever again.
It's almost the weekend, yaaaay!
This pretty much sums up how I feel this morning. I think I'm coming down with something. My ears feel like they're blocked, but they're not really, so that's always fun. Katy and I didn't sleep as well as we could have last night (and no, not even for pervy reasons) so today will be a short day, I think. I'm going to get to the office, mail off some CVs for Katy, tell IBM they're prats and then go to a clinic to try and nip this thing in the bud, whatever it is.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
It's really falling outside. I cleared snow off the porch and stairs before leaving this morning, I'm wondering how long it'll stay that way. At least Katy will see a proper snowfall before she leaves.
Went to see the Egyptian Treasures from the BM exhibit at the Musee des Beaux Arts. It really doesn't even compare to the original exhibit I saw in London.
I'm feeling less than stellar today. Don't really know why.
um, WTF?
| Shorthand | Meaning |
| A/S/L | Age/Sex/Location |
| AWGTHTGTTA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again |
| BOHICA | Bend Over Here It Comes Again |
| CRTLA | Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym |
| CTC | Choking The Chicken |
| ESO | Equipment Smarter than Operator |
| GLYASDI | God Loves You And So Do I |
| GYPO | Get Your Pants Off |
| NIFOC | Nude (naked) In Front Of The Computer |
| NYCFS | New York City Finger Salute |
| OLL | On-Line Love |
| POS | Parent Over Shoulder |
| QT | Cutie |
| RTBS | Reason To Be Single |
| RUMORF | Are You Male Or Female |
| SOHF | Sense Of Humor Failure |
| SSEWBA | Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms |
| TDTM | Talk Dirty To Me |
I'm a geek and I've never used any of these…
Full list here: http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
I've been trying to get information about Katy's insurance claim for the past 3 days now. I am seriously beginning to lose my cool. If I can't get a flesh and blood person (who's not the operator) by the end of the day, I'm going to go ballistic.
I kick ass when I want to
Man, that feels good.
I wrote some honest-to-goodness code today :D
Of course, it's not work-related, cause these days I'm spending most of my time on the phone/email trying to get IBM to get a move on. However, today, the occasion presented itself to get break out the mAd c0d1nG sKiLlZ, yo. In two hours, I whipped up a little script for Katy that would go through a list of contacts at McGill, customize an email message, attach the appropriate version of her CV and email the whole shebang off to them, while BCCing her.
It felt good to be using my brain again, plus I impressed my girl. Score! :)
The more things change, the more they stay the same…
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — “Deep Throat,” the infamous 1972 adult film that led to a government crackdown on pornography, is being re-released in theaters as a new generation of lawmakers wages a renewed assault on smut, trade paper Daily Variety reported in its Tuesday edition.
The release of the Linda Lovelace opus, which was banned at the time in 23 states, coincides with the premiere of the documentary “Inside Deep Throat,” which hits theaters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston on Friday.
The original film, which was made in six days for $25,000 and has allegedly grossed more than $600 million, will not be ready until at least February 18, the paper said. Las Vegas-based Arrow Prods., which owns the rights to the mob-funded “Deep Throat,” started striking 10 prints on Monday, it added.
Five of the prints will be edited to garner an “R” rating, which allows admission to children aged under 17 if accompanied by an adult. The documentary, co-produced by Brian Grazer, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “A Beautiful Mind,” is rated NC-17, which denies admission to anyone aged 17 and under.
It shows how “Deep Throat” popularized a form of sexual pleasure previously considered taboo. But the Nixon administration was not amused, sending in the FBI to close down screenings, and taking legal action against the film's director, Jerry Damiano, and stars.
Meanwhile, a bill that would increase fines for smutty broadcasts to $500,000 per incident from $32,500 is wending its way through Congress with bipartisan support, inspired in part by Janet Jackson's “wardrobe malfunction” at the Super Bowl last year.