The beaver is a proud and noble animal

As promised, here's a picture of my new tat. It's not the best picture in the world, as taking a pic on something that's on your own back is an exercise in frustration.

I'll ask my roommate to take another one when I finally do see him. It's amazing. I'm living under the same roof as he is. I know he comes around once in a while because I see notes appearing on the bulletin board. I just never see him.

Yes, more cat pics. I promise I'll tone it down, but hey, I've only had him for a week now.

 

I just realized that putting antibiotic cream on a spot that is, for all intents and purposes, smack dab in the middle of my back will be a bitch.

My back has been punctured over a million times tonight. Figure it out this way. 9 needles, going in-and-out 10 times a second, for 4 hours.

Yes, I finally got my new tat done :D It hurt like a bitch :)

I'll post pictures when the redness goes away – probably tomorrow.

Cat is driving me nuts. He's decided that my (open) computer case deserves investigation. He's trying to jump on my desk to get to it, which means jumping on me. Did I mention I'm only wearing boxers? Did I also mention he's not declawed? Bugger. He's full of energy tonight.

Other picture:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers cheered as the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip financial assistance for Saudi Arabia from a foreign aid bill because of criticism that the country has not been sufficiently cooperative in the U.S. war on terror.

The vote was a stinging defeat for the Bush Administration which had strongly opposed the measure saying it would “severely undermine” counterterrorism cooperation with Saudi Arabia and U.S. efforts for peace in the Middle East.

The House voted 217-191 to remove $25,000 in the $19.4 billion 2005 foreign aid bill earmarked for Saudi Arabia.

The funds were designated for military training but approval would have triggered millions of dollars in discounts on hardware and other military training, lawmakers said.

“I don't want my taxpayer dollars going to the Saudis and I don't want anyone else's to,” said Nevada Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley.

Supporters of the measure also argued that with Saudi Arabia's massive wealth from ownership of one-fourth of the world's proven oil reserves, the kingdom should not need financial aid from the United States.

The Senate would also have to strip the Saudi aid from its version of the foreign assistance bill before it stands a chance of being enacted.

U.S.- Saudi ties were shaken by the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 were Saudi nationals and revelations that individual Saudis had financed al Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, was born in the kingdom.

25K out of 19.4 BILLION DOLLARS!

That'll show 'em!

dumbasses.

Original link here: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EQL55BZ0ZXTHCCRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=5687124

My mom wanted to see more pictures of Boris. Here's one:

Click on the thumbnail to see a larger pic.

1. Never, ever, chance kitty litter first thing in the morning just after having your coffee^†.

2. Always keep chain and pendants hidden from cat^‡.

† I almost hurled.
‡ He pounced on my face to get to it.

*yawn*

Tonight was a slow night. Left the office kinda late – partly due to the fact that a coworker called at the last minute and I-had-to-do-something-really-really-important-now-now-now-or-else-the-world-blows-up. Whatever.

Got home, played with the cat, made food, watched TV. Slow night. Boris spent most of the evening sleeping on various parts of my body. He's going to be a bloody superball tonight… oh well, he's a cat. He's really savaging my laptop bag, so I really need to get those nylon straps asap to make him a cat toy so he'll leave my backpack alone.

Getting my third tattoo done tomorrow.

Then it's the weekend.

Do the hustle! (damn you ultimategirl)

Just got a phone call from a former boss / potential boss / contact at McGill. He's busy as hell these days, but took the time to call me regarding the CV I'd left him. Basically, McGill already received the money for the position, but they've yet to even announce the job to the public. So right now, my CV isn't just on top of the pile – it is the pile :D

Now that doesn't mean that I'm getting the job – far from it – but it means that I get to be the baseline against which they judge everybody else :) That, and the fact that most of the people in the department already know me, or know people who know me. I don't want to jinx it but, um, yay!.

In honor of the wonderful Electronik-Supersonik video brought to our attention by montreality, I bring you new user icons:

 

Also, since I found a nifty SWF->GIF converter, I did something for eniran: