Z o r bl o g

Here's some random stuff about my 2002:

tattoos - 2, 1 touchup (polar bear, Chinese name, ankleburger)
piercings - 2 (tongue, nipple)
sporks - approximately 5
live hockey games - 1 (Thrashers @ Leafs)
movies at the movie theatre - 2 (Signs, Star Trek: Nemesis)
plane trips - 1 roundtrip (California)
road trips - 2 (Santa Barbara, Detroit)
concerts - 4 (Creed, Ozzfest, GnR, Stone Sour)
new domains - 2 (m-s.com, zorblog.com)
blog entries - between 400-500
blog layouts - 12+

summarizing your year in numbers - priceless

Similarly - The Mayfly Project as seen on BeaLog.

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A TEENAGER who paid £90 to have his arm tattooed with Chinese characters got a shock when he learned the message read: 'At the end of the day, this is an ugly boy.'
Hairdresser Lee Becks thought he had Mandarin for 'Love, honour and obey' etched into his skin.
The 18-year-old found out that he had been tricked when he saw the effect it had on a woman serving at a Chinese take-away.

Ha, sucka!
[full story]

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Ooops, looks like I just missed the first showing of Fromage 2002. No worries, I'm sure I'll catch one of the 230598023905892305 other times it'll be on the air between now and New Year's.

update: 10pm EST, Sunday December 29.

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Unfortunately, they carry neither sporks nor foons. :cry

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I'm back with a new Athlon XP 1800+ processor! :drool I'm gonna go to bed and masturbate thinking about all that processing power! :laugh TMI? Never!!!

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Amanda mentioned this yesterday as we were leaving the mall after our shopping spree: I don't think anyone would complain over people GLOBALLY adopting the practice of siesta. :sleeping I've got the post-lunch sleepies. I get them every day.

Unfortunately, napping isn't going to erase the fact that these crazies claim to have cloned a human.
I think it's pretty simple...

1. Thou shalt not kill in the name of God.
2. Thou shalt not play God.

End of story.

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Friday Five:

1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?
I'd have to say establishing myself in my piano teaching profession. :piano

2. What was your biggest disappointment?
Still being single. :brokenheart

3. Will you be making any New Year's resolutions?
No.

4. Where will you be at midnight? Do you wish you could be somewhere else?
I'll be here. All things considered, it's a pretty cool place to party.

5. Aside from (possibly) staying up late, do you have any other New Year's traditions?
Staying up late is actually a fairly new tradition for me. We used to go to bed good and early.

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Unlike Bea and Babs, Amanda and I were brave enough to face the crowds.

The haul:

black suede pants - $19.99 INCLUDING TAX!!!!
12ga SS circular barbells - $26 for a pair (50% off)
Adidas Clima-cool running shoes - $59
soft and fluffy cords from Le Chateau - $39 - not all that cheap but they are SOOOOOO nice!

All prices in Canadian dollars.

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Not surprisingly, I got this. And my new-but-still-in-pieces computer is a gift to myself. Tomorrow Amanda and I will hit the Eaton Centre mall/mosh pit bright and early.

Other than that...it was just another day.

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This or That, Christmas Edition:

1. Opening presents...rip 'em open with all abandon, or carefully open, preserving the pretty paper for recycling?
Rip like a crazy fiend!

2. Do you and yours take turns, opening one gift at a time, or does everyone just rip into everything at the same time?
We take turns.

3. If you get something you don't like...do you try to return it, or keep it so as not to hurt the giver's feelings?
We pass-it-on to someone else if the gift is really that shitty.

4. Do you spend the holiday at home (yours or someone else's), or do you go out and eat, see the newest movie, whatever?
We go to my aunt's house for the Christmas pow-wow but honestly, I don't enjoy it.

5. What do you do with Christmas cards after the holiday is over? Save them, or toss them?
I like to save mine.

6. Cook Christmas dinner, or does someone else do that?
See #4.

7. It's Christmas Eve, and you have run out of wrapping paper. Do you go out and buy more, or wrap the rest of the gifts in the Sunday comics?
Comics, fabric, regular newspaper, TP, whatever! :smile

8. On Christmas morning...up at the crack of dawn, eagerly anticipating the loot...or would you rather sleep in?
I think I'd rather sleep in. I must be getting old.

9. Do you want a white or a green Chrismas?
I dream of white Christmases, of course!

10. Going to church on Christmas...yes or no?
Yeah, I work there.

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My computer is officially dead. :computer Then endless work work work. At least there's :leafs:puck with Amanda tomorrow night to look forward to.

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Gonna hit the mall today. I'm actually done Christmas shopping officially, crowds aren't that bad if you're mentally prepared for them. Are you reading this, Amanda dear?

I miss Vin terribly today for some reason.

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Is San Pellegrino water naturally carbonated, or is it plain spring water with added carbonation? I'm addicted to the stuff now. Curious minds want to know!

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This morning, I was sitting in the hotel business centre doing work on the laptop while doing internet stuff on the desktop, and I downloaded mIRC and installed it.

Now here's the incredibly freaky part.

The 'nickname' field (where the arrow is pointing), by default said SPORK!!!!!!!!! Keep in mind that I have never used that computer before in my life and I was installing mIRC for the first time on that machine.

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I burnt some nuts today. You guys can uncross your legs, I followed a recipe to a "T", except that it said to put the nuts in the oven for 15 minutes and i took them out after 12 and they were still burnt. :grr

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fucking work. On the bright side, Amanda gets here on Friday! :hug

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My dad has used the same blowdryer since 1970. He likes it because unlike blowdryers today, which are like hurricanes, this one just emits a gentle breeze. Personally, I prefer the hurricane for my hair, but I digress.

Last night over dinner (at a restaurant no less) Dad was saying that he should take the blowdryer on Antiques Roadshow and find out its worth. He marveled over the fact that it still works. Then we did a little math.

3 minutes of blow drying daily x 365 = 1095 minutes yearly
1095 x 33 = 36 135 minutes
36 135 / 60 = 602.25 hours
602.25 hours / 24 = 25.09375 days

Conclusion: No wonder the damn thing still works!

The fabled dryer:

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Those of you who know me well know that I'm absolutely psychotic about having a perfect desktop to look at. This is by far my favourite Christmas setup that I've ever concocted! The desktop is by web-stylish.com, the icons are by Pixture and the Windowblinds skin is called ChosenOS.

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Weekly Wrap-up:

1. Do you like holiday music? Why or why not?
Yes, except when they play it in the mall in late October/early November in a pathetic attempt to get the shoppers into the mood.

2. What's your favorite holiday song? Do you prefer a specific artist's rendition of that song? Why?
Do You Hear What I Hear? is my fave. I like the original choral version and Whitney Houston's version. O Holy Night with the soloist and the choir coming in at the chorus. The original band/orchestral arrangement of Sleigh Ride is a new favourite. I guess the theme is that I don't like trendy new arrangements (fuckups) of Christmas songs.

3. What holiday song(s) do you despise hearing on the radio or over store intercoms while holiday shopping? Why?
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Holly Jolly Christmas I don't know why, I just hate those songs.

4. From what musical artist or group would you like to see a holiday album? Why?
Slipknot!!! :laugh with Joey as the Little Drummer Boy!

5. Create a list of 10-12 holiday songs for your ideal, customized holiday mix CD.
The songs I listed above, plus some stuff from South Park Christmas, and this cheesy 70's Christmas album that we play every year for as long as I can remember, when our record player started going wonky we had it burned onto CD, YaY!!

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Check out my new splash page, I think it's very me somehow.

I feel a rant brewing inside me like a massive pimple before an important date. Ain't that a pretty thought? More later.

update: I just don't feel like ranting anymore. Maybe the urge will strike again soon.

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I know it's kinda late, but anyone wants to exchange snail mail Christmas cards with me, let me know!

update: Tara, Beatriz, Babs..already have your cards addressed and ready to be sent.

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I have puter problems so bad that it makes me ill just thinking about what I'll have to do to fix them. :computer

update: managed to get everything working without actual bloodshed.

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Alan Ralsky, a notorious spammer, is whining because a horde of pissed off anti-spam /.ers has submitted his name to every snail mail junk mail scam imaginable. Will someone please tell the Scientologists that this fuckwad is eager to join? (he's certainly got the $$$)

Says he, "They've signed me up for every advertising campaign and mailing list there is. These people are out of their minds. They're harassing me."

Oh you POOR POOR MUFFIN!!!

[link from everyone's favourite geek, Wil Wheaton]

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The 'girl in the schoolgirl skirt' Axl refers to was Yours Truly.

Hear it (203 KB, 13 seconds)

Thanks to gnrocks2 for the clip!

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Weekly Wrap-Up:

1. What's the best part about winter overall? Why? The worst? Why?
The best part of winter is freshly fallen snow that adds so much to the feeling of Christmas throughout December. The WORST is dirty, brown slush soup.

2. Do you like snow? Why or why not?
Most (if not all) Canadians say they hate winter and snow, but I think it's part of our national identity, because we also tend to say we like to have four seasons, otherwise things get too boring. So I'll say, yeah, I like snow, just not too TOO much of it.

3. Have you ever traveled to get to (or away) from winter weather? Why? Where did you go?
I wouldn't say that we were 'getting away' from winter weather. It's more like, we're going on vacation and it just happens to be while it's cold in Toronto. We went to Orlando once in March and to Arizona once in November.

4. Do you like winter sports? Why or why not? What kinds do you like/dislike?
Oh I :hearts winter sports! HOCKEY :puck :fight I like to skate, and I like watching winter sports like figure skating on TV too. Which is why I prefer the Winter Olympics as well.

5. Describe your earliest or most favorite winter memory.
Waiting for the bus in -40˚C temperature, age 3, Edmonton. :cold That's my earliest memory. Definitely NOT my favourite!

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Bombs have been found in several Dutch IKEA stores. WTF?

[full story]

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Uggggh, I'm SICK! :sick :dead I'm gonna take some Ny-big-fucking-Q-u-i-l and sleep because I have to be better by Friday!

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You've heard of occasional vegetarians, who mainly prefer vegetables, but just can't resist their needs for meat once in a while. That's how kinky sex is for you.

No one would dare classify you as prude. You've done your share of experimentation, and you've found some things you like. But you're not dependent on them to achieve for satisfaction.

In other words, kinky sex is an enjoyable pastime, but it will never "dominate" your life. Since you've enjoyed things in moderation, you're wondering if you're boring for not wanting them all the time.

Don't worry. The authors of When Someone You Love is Kinky maintain, "There is no hierarchy of hip where the kinkier you are, the better you are. What's important is the pleasure and the sexual expansion you are enjoying right now."

Keep an open mind and an active fantasy life, and if a new idea tickles your clitoris, submit!

Mmmmm...Your Boobs Are Perfect!
Shapley, firm, and a total man pleaser. Well, at least for now.
Remember that beauty fades (unless you have a fake pair)!
Your perfect breasts eventually will go sour - and South!

In school, your nipple was voted most likely to be pierced.
Hmmmm, imagine that!

[from maddy's rambles]

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AHHHH!!! Stone Sour are in Toronto on Friday!!!! :shocked :listen :headbang

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