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July 11th, 2009
 | 07:50 pm - I spent a lot of money.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) epi_lj and I went to the mall today because I wanted to pick up a new laptop backpack, and we found one I liked a lot! I'm quite happy with it.
I also bought a new mp3 player -- a Sony Walkman. 4GB, digital media player (mp3, video, FM radio), shiny red. I have to admit that part of my decision to buy the Sony Walkman (other than the iPod Nano or off-brand player) was because my very first personal music device was a Sony Walkman (for cassettes), and I loved that thing. Also, this means I don't have to deal with iTunes EVER AGAIN.
I also bought Sims 3. It is installing right now.
SO MANY NEW TOYS! I shall be in a consumer's stupor for a while, I think. I'm not sure my Visa knew what hit it.
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July 10th, 2009
 | 05:46 pm - First post from Speedyboots!
First post from the new laptop!
Yes, I name my computers.
Yes, I named it Speedyboots.
No, I know it's not the fastest thing out there. It's faster than Mr. Takes-4.5-minutes-to-boot-up-a-web-browser.
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 | 01:12 pm - New Laptop!
It arrived today! Faster than I thought it would. I think it was here before I was. I was all prepared to eat lunch at my desk and everything, in case it got delivered over my lunch hour, but Dooku mentioned when he saw me first thing that it was there in the mailroom waiting for me.
Squee!
It's shiny! Well, the screen is glossy. It's very pretty. We'll see how much I like it in the long run.
Can't say I like Vista very much so far. I'll be looking forward to installing Windows 7.
Also, it comes with a trial version of MS Office. I guess I'll have to install OpenOffice or something else. I would be posting from it right now, but there are no available networks in the area. I'll have to wait until later.
Laptop! Squee!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/happy_sp.gif) excited
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July 9th, 2009
| 08:42 pm - Clawbits
- OMG I ordered too much pizza. So tasty, though. It was *exactly* what I've been craving for days. It will make a tasty lunch tomorrow, too. And possibly breakfast. And dinner. I'm glad I like pizza!
- I ordered a NEW LAPTOP yesterday! With luck and fair weather, it should arrive tomorrow (I had it shipped to my workplace). I'm SO EXCITED. It's BRAND NEW. It's ALL MINE. Squee!
- My iPod Shuffle, although resurrected by the talented epi_lj not too long ago, is now, I'm afraid, an iPod Shuffled Off The Mortal Coil. Which is fine -- it really doesn't owe me a thing. I've had it for years and it was free to begin with. I may pick up a new mp3 player of some sort. Something simple, small, and which does not use iTunes. Recommendations welcome.
- I also need new shoes. I need new flipflops, and some business-appropriate, flat, light-coloured shoe. I may go shopping when I go back to KW, which will both confuse and delight my mother.
- I am stuffed with pizza and very sleepy.
- I just discovered a small cut on my hand and so I put some rubbing alcohol on it to clean it and it huuuuuuuuuuuuurts now. *whine*
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July 6th, 2009
| 08:57 pm - An Overdue Review
So. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
I am... pretty much entirely of two minds on this one. One mind enjoyed it, one mind.... not so much.
Fair warning: I will get very spoilery. And somewhat foul-mouthed.
( Mind the First: TRANSFORMERS FTW )
( Mind the Second: TRANSFORMERS WTF )
So. Yes. Two minds.
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July 5th, 2009
| 04:20 pm - A Single Clawbit
- 4:10pm and I'm home with my vacuum cleaner, a large fan, an air-popper (OMG YAY), and leftovers for tomorrow's lunch. A load of laundry is already in the machine and I plan on actually using the vacuum today. I will allow myself to surf LJ and flake until the washing machine is done, and then after I put my things in the dryer, I'll get to actually vacuuming the place.
My life is so exciting, I know.
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| 12:46 am - An awesome day
Saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which will take another post to discuss. I'm too sleepy right now.
This post, however, is for two alarming pictures taken on my cell phone. valkryor and I wandered around Value Village (a second-hand thrift store) before the movie, and found a couple of atrocities that I just had to take pictures of:
The first is a hand-carved owl. It's... alarming.
( OWL!! )
The next, and far more alarming, is something I think Neil Gaiman must have seen to give him the idea for Coraline:
( Creeeeeeeeeepy! )
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July 4th, 2009
| 05:05 pm
I found a GST return had snuck into my account in the past couple days. I was wondering why my budget wasn't balancing well.
I keep getting surprised by money. I like this. The world can keep this up for a bit, if it likes. I don't mind at all.
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July 3rd, 2009
| 09:24 pm - From conductor37
One of the most fun videos I've seen in a long time:
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| 09:19 pm - A dark and quiet homecoming
My sisters moved to a new home today, and so my parents (both of them) and the dog were out when I got home to KW. I took a city bus home and arrived to a dark and quiet house -- not even the dog to greet me. *sniff*
There was, however, a nice bowl of chicken and pasta in the fridge for my dinner, which was tasty. I had only just gotten it down my gullet when the family arrived, and Willow was so pleased to see me that she stole my shoe and then spent twenty minutes demanding tummy-rubs from me.
Another nice surprise: my grandfather's house sold, and the proceeds arrived in my mother's bank account this week (Grampa died a little over six years ago). I could actually tell, because Mum has a new Bose stereo, a contract with a roofing company on the cork-board, and a shiny new air conditioning unit placed next to the house. Plus, she handed me a cheque!! She also gave one to my sister, of course. The vast majority of it is getting squirrelled away in my savings account, but I am seriously considering a new laptop. I love my lappytop, but it's taking upwards of four minutes to boot up a simple web browser -- after I have done everything humanly possible to speed it up (malware scans, etc.). So yes. I love my lappytop, but it's time, I think, for a new one. One that won't choke into a stupor on YouTube videos.
Tonight I shall relax with the family, watching trashy TV. My mother and I have fallen into the terrible habit of watching "Say Yes To the Dress" on TLC Friday nights. It's just so.... cracky.
Tomorrow afternoon I shall head to the asscrack of nowhere Cathcart to see my sisters' new home, and in the evening I have plans with the lovely valkryor for dinner and the Transformers movie, which shall be much fun. :)
Sunday my mother will drive me back to Toronto, because I want to bring my vacuum cleaner and a large fan home with me, and I didn't much fancy taking them on the bus. I'll treat her to dinner at Canadian Panera (I have told her of it and she likes the sound of it), and then I shall vacuum my house. And do some laundry. And look at laptops online.
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July 2nd, 2009
| 08:38 pm - An evening of FAIL
I've decided that I'm tired of microwave popcorn and want an air-popper. I like air-popped popcorn. But can I FIND one in this city? Apparently not.
First, I stopped off at Honest Ed's, because I remembered that the last time I was there, I saw one, but didn't pick it up. They only had one popper this time, and it was not a model I liked (giant, bulky, came with its own bowl). I want one of the smaller, stand-up ones.
I went home, had supper, watched an episode of Corner Gas, and then decided to do things the smart way and actually look online for one. I checked out Canadian Tire, and what luck! They had the kind I wanted and it was in stock at the one near me. Score. So I get dressed in civvies and head out. Two transfers later, I get there, to find that the one they had in stock was the broken display model. I was ticked.
So I remembered there was a hardware store on Bloor, where I got my ironing board, and although I thought it was a long shot, I decided to try. On my way there, I passed another small electronics store that looked like it might have one. I made a mental note to stop by there if I had no luck at the Home Hardware.
Home Hardware was closed. So I go back to the other shop. Which had closed in the intervening time.
At this point, I was very frustrated and nearly bit off my own tongue trying to keep from snapping people's heads off (some guy was riding his bicycle down the SIDEWALK on BLOOR. I very nearly yelled at him). I also had to stop myself from being extremely short with a homeless man who only wanted some spare change.
I don't like it when I get this way. It's only popcorn, for crying out loud.
Anyway, I am home. And very grumpy.
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June 30th, 2009
| 11:48 pm - Bah. And meh. And other noises.
It's been a weird sort of day. I've been out-of-sorts and vaguely unsettled on and off all day. It hasn't been continuous; there have been times periodically all day where I've been perfectly happy, but it seems happy!Sarah and notsohappy!Sarah are engaged in a fairly equal tug-of-war, and I'm not sure why, or what is feeding either side.
I believe part of it may be due to ( girly TMI ).
That's contributing, certainly, but I don't think it's it entirely. There's likely something else working in the background, but damned if I can figure out what.
Hopefully I'll shake this tomorrow. I have a fun bbq to go to.
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| 07:57 am - Hmm. :/
Feeling kind of out-of-sorts today. Not sure what it is.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/indifferent_sp.gif) unsettled
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June 28th, 2009
| 10:18 pm - A very nice weekend
There's not much in the way of details to impart, but I had a wonderful weekend filled with good friends, good food, and my wonderful epi_lj.
Dinner on Friday with a whole bunch of people; some of the tastiest butter chicken EVER, good conversation and great people I don't see near often enough, even now that I live in the same city.
Saturday was laid-back and semi-domestic, which suited me just fine. We wound up at Pride for a brief period, wandered around and tried not to drown in the crowds. We visited many pawn shops (epi_lj is investigating possible midi keyboards and/or synths to go with his synthesizer modules, and pawn shops are often a good source for keyboards and things of that ilk) and walked around for about an hour in the hot hot hot sun. I think we escaped into the car before I got truly crispy, but I think I did get some colour. We also picked up some hardware from Home Despot and successfully tackled a clogged toilet at home. It may not sound very exciting, and maybe this is symptomatic of me finally starting to enter the Realm of the Grown-Up, but it's oddly satisfying to be presented with a problem you can't solve right away, come up with a solution, venture out to get the tools you need to fix it yourself, and then successfully solve it as planned. I know. Toilet-plunging is just so exciting.
We also watched the movie Dog Soldiers, which I'd picked up at one of the many pawn shops we'd visited that day. I'd heard many good things about it, and was excited about it. It didn't quite live up to its hype, but there were elements of it that I really did enjoy.
Today was more domestic and laid-back relaxation. epi_lj did some household chores (laundry, garbage, and then playing video games) while I finished the last of my current book (Black Powder War, the third and so far penultimate book in Novak's Temeraire series EDIT: Oo! I just found out there are TWO more books! Joy!), and then we both settled in the den on our computers for what we call "productive time." I did some work on a few writing projects on my plate and he did some work on his music compositions. When it came time for dinner, we headed out and called up theycallmebeth to see if she'd be up for joining us, which she was. We went to Turtle Jack's, which has STUPIDLY HUGE PORTIONS. I ordered the 2-piece fish & chips, and I have HALF A PORPOISE in the fridge right now in a take-out box. Honestly. I should call Greenpeace or something. I then made the mistake of ordering dessert, which turned out to be AN ENTIRE PAN OF BROWNIES accompanied by A MOUNTAIN OF ICE-CREAM. epi_lj had to help me finish the ice cream, and I have more than half of the brownie in my fridge, in yet another take-out box.
He dropped me off home about an hour and a half ago, and I have been contentedly puttering around in my hobbit-hole ever since, feeling well-fed and well-loved and quite content.
Wednesday will see me at a Canada Day barbeque in Newmarket with friends.
Next weekend I head back to KW for the Transformers movie with valkryor and to see my sisters' new home.
Life is quite good. :)
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June 25th, 2009
| 06:13 pm - + and -
- Forgot my metropass at home. Discovered this upon arriving at subway with luggage and laptop, already hot & sweaty from the sun-soaked walk. Decided to buy tokens instead and just deal.
- Garbage/recycling strike in the city. Am washing and drying all recyclables to reduce stink. Am also putting what little compost I have in the freezer, as well as what garbage that may rot. No telling how long
this will last.
+ My building at work is accepting two bags of garbage and/or recycling a week from all employees during the garbage strike. All they're asking for in return is a donation to their current charity (the David Suzuki
Foundation, which I like).
+ Am wearing a cute skirt today.
+ Big friends dinner at a new Indian restaurant tomorrow evening! Much fun will be had, I'm sure.
- Uterus: Y HELLO THAR.
- big thunderstorms being predicted for this afternoon.
+ I have my umbrella with me!
+ I had ice cream at lunch! I found a coupon! So tasty!
+ Busy busy busy at work, which I like. Makes the day go by faster.
++ Am going to spend the next handful of days chez epi_lj. Yay snuggles! Yay air conditioning! Yay kitties!
- Made myself sad by daydreaming "what ifs" about living in Toronto with Gus the Big Mean Bunny.
+ My hairbands arrived in the mail!
- Left my cell phone at work.
9 (+) vs. 6 (-). Overall win!
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June 24th, 2009
| 06:02 pm - Clawbits
- My hobbit-hole in Little Arkham is remaining relatively cool, in spite of the rather oppressive heat out there. My dehumidifier is working steadily, and I've noticed I have to empty it a lot more frequently now. The good thing is that it also acts as a fan, and keeps the air moving, which is nice.
- In another week, I'll have finished a quarter of my work placement, which is kind of neat and kind of striking. Time here is going really very quickly.
- I don't care what the reviewers say. I'm going to go see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen anyway. So NYAH. All you nay-sayers can just stay home while I go out and watch FUN EXPLOSIONS and GIANT ROBOTS BEATING ON EACH OTHER, which is exactly what I want to watch. I say NYAH again.
- Along the same lines: Dear Mr. Ebert, If you so object to movies that feel like they're trying to sell you toys, perhaps you ought not go to movies that are ENTIRELY BASED ON TOYS. No love, -- Me.
- Still not king.
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June 23rd, 2009
| 06:21 pm - Note to self:
Dearest clawfoot,
I know you like the tissues with lotion because they are gentle on your nose, especially when you have a cold. However, please please please try to remember that as nice as they are on your nose, they really really suck for cleaning smudges off your glasses.
Walk the three feet it'd take to reach the special glass-cleaning cloth you own, please.
-- clawfoot
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June 22nd, 2009
| 01:17 pm - Lunch break!
I am on lunch break, and thus taking a quick peek into LJ because I have no email to read.
The weekend was marvellous: fun gaming, fun movie, excellent company. Even with cycling and walking a lot outside on Sunday, I only got a tiny bit cripsy.
Saw The Bloom Brothers, which is a hidden gem. The reviewers don't seem to like it much, but this is one of those movies where you should ignore them and go see it anyway. It has a lot of charm, and the humour was right up my ally, and, best of all, it did not treat its audience like idiots. No flashbacks to important scenes at the end to remind you what had been said, no spoon-feeding, no kid gloves, no dumbing it down for the slow folk. LOVED IT. It was clever and enjoyable, and trusted you to keep up with it.
Must do laundry tonight. Must mend the hem on a pair of pants. Must iron skirt. Must clean toilet. Another domestic evening ahead for me -- hopefully I'll be able to get some writing in as well.
*waves to all*
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June 18th, 2009
| 07:59 am - Oh, Internet. Why are you so crazy?
I just saw someone refer to a woman's breasts as "funbags."
"Funbags"?!? WTF??
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| 12:09 am - Godamnit.
I went to bed fully an hour ago and all I did was toss and turn, no sleep in sight. My mind won't shut off. For once, it's not even anything unpleasant it keeps running to, but perfectly enjoyable daydreams and fantasies and thoughts. As much as I appreciate the pleasantness, I would like to sleep now, please.
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