...Is up.

http://theguyds.com/2009/09/04/meating-men/

I'd never have used the word "t-bone" but at least I got him to remove "meatatarian" in his rewrite and about half of it is what I submitted on Tuesday. We compromised after I fought him. It's still somewhat condescending but his original rewrite was more condescending. He removed my use of the word "perpetuate" and replaced it with a synonymous phrase, presumably because he thinks people wouldn't know what it meant.


P.S. If you want to comment on it, please do it at the blog, not here. Thanks.

You have all seen this, right? It's geektastic. Every time I watch I experience a geekgasm, although the first time was the best. I believe I squealed.

I really like the blog 147xxxx, written by a Starbucks employee. Friday's especially amused me. Check out these gems from blog post titled, "Dear offices, please stop sending the stupidest person you have to get drinks for the whole office.":

Interns, if I ask you a question about a drink don’t stare at me for 5 seconds and then say whatever. I had this one intern who did this with every question I asked. Do you want that iced coffee sweetened? ”…whatever.” What size do you want the triple latte? ”…whatever.” Do you want the whip cream on the mocha frappuccino? ”…whatever.” If you’re wondering, I chose the more expensive options.

Also, don’t remind me seven million times that a particular one is for your boss and must be made right. I make all of my drinks right, thank you very much. Sometimes I have the urge to mess up every drink except for the boss’s where I would write “I made this one correct like how you asked!!! SMIILLEEYYY FACE!!” on the cup.

So far the funniest thing I've read all day.

One of those Hitler videos with the theme Facebook buys Friendfeed. I won't insult you by advising you not to watch if you'd be offended. But if you do watch and are offended remember that it was your choice to watch it.

Of course I realize that it's tasteless but some of it is funny.

Cool!

Make Your Own Cardboard Furniture : TreeHugger

Thought some of you might find this cool:

Recycle Your Old Jeans Into Furniture : TreeHugger

TheStar.com | Canada | Media outlets argue for 'right to be wrong' at the Supreme Court

Interesting in the age of blogging etc. I like the question "How would you define media?"

Discuss.

(Hey, maybe I've found a new use for my Livejournal, if only I could go back and make every single old post "private".)

Boy who became father at 13 raises 'worrying' questions - Telegraph

The boy's father has 8 other children. Talk about setting an example.

Five Things Every Legal Practice Should Know About Web 2.0 :: Blog :: Headshift

Trying the new "Post to Livejournal" feature. Maybe it will get me posting more often.

The following is part of the post linked above:

Twestival = Social Media for Social Change

Testing posting from the Mashable blog.
(With the "Share to Livejournal" tool.)

From the New York Times

Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You

(I was tipped off by Slashfood.)

In a newsletter that I received in my inbox today there was a story about the funeral of Staff Sergeant Dvir Emmanueloff, the first Israeli soldier to fall in the Gaza War.

Reading it, I started to cry.

It's online here.

Thank you, City News, for posting bizarre stories:

Angry 4-Yr.-Old Shot Babysitter For Stepping On His Foot: Cops

...I had commentary and deleted it.

Wife Charged With Murder After Allegedly Setting Husband's Genitals On Fire

...Did they really have to use the phrase "searing pain"?

$15 turtleneck, which I needed, at Mark's Work Warehouse.

DVDs at HMV:
$27.99 + tax got me four movies. At $6 each I got Reality Bites, The Breakfast Club and Garden State, which I used to have but lost. At $9.99 I got the 2-disc Deluxe Edition which isn't that impressive of Across the Universe. I downloaded that movie and then burned it because I wanted to watch it again. Now I have a legit copy.

I almost bought a printer at Best Buy, which had line ups longer than I've ever seen. I knew what I wanted and went with the intention of buying if in stock, but the box was too heavy for me to carry home. Taking a cab didn't occur to me as an option until right now. They also have a $70 multifunction printer by Brother. it's regular $200. Online it's still $70 but the in-store display said otherwise. The HP printer's description had me at "duplexer". Being on sale was plus, as was the regular price of $187.99. I strolled through the aisle with LCD monitors. I'll probably get a monitor at Tiger Direct but I'm glad that I saw what each size looks like. A bigger one would be great if I decided to hook my monitor up to my laptop to watch TV/movies on DVD. Won't happen. Will probably stick to 19 or 20". I think my current monitor is 15" so anything will be bigger.

Went grocery shopping too but didn't buy anything interesting. I have ice cream in the freezer and a bit of a snack cupboard (the cupboard becoming available for that designation when I began to live alone).


Dinner: Salad with fake meat, nuts, cheese and chipotle ranch dressing. Steamed French beans with grated baby parmesan and a drizzle of Sriracha. The beans kick the salad's ass. It's the Sriracha hot sauce.

I apologize for how mundane this post was until the part about the steamed French beans.

Reality Bites! Janeane Garofalo! Steve Zahn! Ben Stiller! Winona Ryder before the controversy!
The Breakfast Club! John Hughes and... those guys.
(Yes, I know who.)

Wishing all my gentile friends a Merry Christmas!
Spread some goodwill.

I have no idea how to attach my sleeping bag to the outside of my backback.

The backpack is a big, camping one. It's got the loops to hold an outside load.

If I can't do it I'll buy a sleeping bag there. However, I don't want to do that.

Packing is in progress.

There are currently 10 people on the trip, which means that I will always have a "roommate", and its a combination of Americans and Canadians with most of us born in the 1970s and 90s, just one older gentleman. The tour company rep that I just spoke to guesses that there's a father-daughter on the trip.

Getting nervous, because I'm always nervous before a flight. I'll be in the departure lounge - possibly boarding - in 24 hours.

Just found an envelope that my mother gave me once, with stuff from high school and elementary school (it wasn't in my archive box). It includes creative writing from grade 4 along with a journal that I had to keep from school. Page 1 is folded over sand says "privit pleas do not read [sic]". It's about a Hebrew teacher that I didn't like. Apparently she was mean, didn't give the class enough time for lunch ("...it takes most of us 5 to 10 minuts [sic] to get settled.") and the previous week assigned the wrong homework, telling us later that we'd all done the wrong homework. I hope that one of my teachers or my mother did read that. The next page has a note to me and my mother that says that haven't been doing my journal entries and need to show this to my mother. In a statement to my mother the teacher said that I was supposed to have 10 pages, double space, that day. My mom had to sign it.

I see that in grade 4 I favoured my brother over my sister. :) Funny, I wrote about my sister beating me up. I don't remember this.

Young me was cute and couldn't spell. Indeed, I recall being a remedial spelling class in elementary school.

Moral: Some things you just don't remember, and not doing your homework doesn't mean that you're ruined for life. Parents, don't tell your children this.

...Called my parents. Told my dad about it and read the teacher's note to him. He laughed.

• Finish a press release I did last week (working on it now).


• Finish a job application, or three.


• Finish a web page for my mother.


• Laundry [update 10:20am: in progress]


• Library for book pick up


• Go to The Bay for a sample size of a face moisturizer I like (travel sized for trip) sort of


• Watch Heroes (doing it now as I get other stuff done)


• Go to MEC


• Chiropractor sort of


• Gym


• Stop by the tour company's office or call.

I'd also like to get rid of this headache.

8pm: Phew, most done. The stuff I'm working on for my mother's website will be in constant state of updates but it was good enough for now.

I struck out at the Bay but did indeed go. now I have two books for the flight and I doubt I'll get through one.

Stopped by the tour company office but they'd already closed.

I need to pick up some more ibuprofen tomorrow and maybe buy a sun hat. I don't think I'll really need one in the rainy season.

Tomorrow I pack.