I was going to go easy on myself and, you know.. sleep tonight, but I was having far too much fun making the next story.

And I do realize I got around to posting this at the very worst time.

But...

Here.


And I hate Twilight.

http://xkcd.com/666/

For something so short, this makes me silly happy. ::laughs::


Anyway.. I'll mention now that I think the interview went well. But at the same time, I don't have (or want to have..) high hopes, just because things don't usually work out for me. If it happens, yey, but if not, it'd be as expected.

Toronto was lovely. My plan to park at a station worked perfectly, so I only had to pay subway fare here and there.

I first went to St. Lawrence Market. When I came out of the subway station, I had no idea which way to go, so I started going right, then stopped, took a few pictures, then turned and went left. After walking a block, I found a map and tried to figure out where I was, but it didn't have the market listed. Some guy saw me and asked if I needed help. I told here what I was looking for and he gave me easy-peasy directions. As expected, if I'd kept on going right I would have come across it. But it was all good. And the market itself was really neat. Just a lot of food stalls, but it smelled delicious! I bought some organic tomatoes and a peameal bacon sandwich. Yum!

Then I headed to Yonge-Dundas Square. It was beautiful! Lots of expensive shops, huge, brilliant screens, and street performers. Very exciting. I stopped by the World's Biggest Bookstore, but everything in Canada is more expensive (or at least feels like it, given the exchange rate, but probably actually costs the same.. .^^ ), so I figured if I found any books I just had to have (I didn't), I could make note of them and get them back home. But it was fun. And in the middle of the square was this guy playing totally awesome music. Like... it sounded like a whole band was there, but it was just this one guy with a bunch of instruments strapped to his body. I was impressed.

Also went inside the Eaton Centre, which was basically a huge mall, but all I bought was this pineapple-coconut juice thing. But it was cool, 'cause they made it in this plastic cup, then had the cup sealed... it was neat.

Went back to the car, then lost my way to the hotel, checked in no problem. Then, knowing my issues with getting lost, I decided to do a test drive to the building where the interview would be. This turned out to be the best thing, because it was really really difficult to navigate my way there. I ended up getting crazy lost three times on the test drive, and the trip, which should have taken 15 minutes, took over an hour. I was glad I did it, because I'd hate to have that happen when trying to get to the interview. And for good measure, I did a second test run, to make sure I had it down.

The day of the interview, though, there ended up being SOU much traffic. That 15-minute drive still ended up taking 45 minutes. .>_> Luckily I left an hour early. .^^;; I had intended on getting there pretty early, but ended up being right on time.

After the interview I went home, and of course got lost, so the 5 hour trip took 7. Heh....


So I got four hours of sleep that night, then had to get up ridiculously early to get my MRI. That was a neat experience, for sure. The machine was big and cool... and loud. It took longer than expected, and I think I actually fell asleep at one point. But they gave me a disk with the images on it. Too bad I have no idea how to look at them. .^^ I understand "That's a leg, there's the knee," but I don't know how to spot a tear.

I will say, though.... my legs, from the inside, look delicious. XD I swear to gods, if I'm ever stranded on a deserted island and starving to death, I'm totally going to just cook up a chunk of my leg, because that is one tasty looking hunk of meat. XD XD

On the 30th I go back to the joint specialist, and he'll tell me if he sees anything wrong. And if not... I don't know. I really want this fixed, but I'm tired of getting tests (most notably, paying for these tests) and being told "I don't see anything." I'll just live as a gimp. .;_;

I'm also probably going to ask for more vicodin when I go back. .>_>


And last but not least... I had today off, so managed to take dollie pictures. .^_^ Super special and important story, coming soon!

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DilbertDailyStrip/~3/seADTKEe2EA/

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-22/

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1254

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
title: "Something important" - originally published 11/20/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

We are starting this years InsaneJournal holiday sale. From now until the end of the day Friday, November 27 we are going to be holding a sale on Self-Committed[paid] accounts and Extra Userpics.

The prices are be as follows

Self-Committed[paid]
1 Month -> $5
6 Month -> $15 $10
12 Month -> $25 $18

Extra Userpicx
6 Month -> $10 $5
12 Month -> $20 $15

Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DilbertDailyStrip/~3/r0DNV46zQjE/

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-21/

I feel like this morning, and the whole MRI thing, was a completely different day than right now is. .@_@

And on top of everything else, I have cramps of DOOM.


*sigh* I'll elaborate and get to other stuff later...... When I'm feeling better....
Maybe.

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1253

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
title: "Flush" - originally published 11/18/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-20/

http://xkcd.com/665/

So we got Windows 7 installed on a VMWare partition on one of our lab servers (gotta love corporate licenses) and I got a chance to briefly browse through it.

- Display format is Vista... that seems to be the main downside as I really don't like the way the new My Computer works to find directories.

- The built in picture viewer IS THERE. It's got a different name but it does the same thing as the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. It will flip through pictures in the directory with the page up/down buttons like normal, so reading manga is not going to be a problem.

- You can run applications as Windows XP/2000/95/etc. compatibility-mode. I'm not sure if you can install apps in compatibility mode, as we didn't have any older apps which we know can only be installed on an older OS, but tentatively speaking, it doesn't look like most apps will have problems running.

- My colleague swears it runs much faster than Vista. I haven't played with Vista much so I'll take his word.

*pokes cashew* - Let me know if there is anything else you want me to verify on it. Not sure I can attempt to install GW on it since I don't think it has full access to the internet from the lab. But I can probably test install small local apps if I remove it before I logout.

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-19/

http://www.kawaiinot.com/?p=302

november 18 2009:

New strip -- Lace up and roll out! Let the mobile circular agression celebration begin!

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Want to know what those Mario Bros. coin boxes actually think? Then check out my Dueling Analogs guest strip!

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Fashionable feet news!</a> Kawai Teeth and Kawaii Rainbow socks</a>! Now available from Sock It To me Socks! I'm walking on cuteness! Whoa oh oh...

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new t-shirts!

Come and get your holiday shopping done with Kawaii Not fashion! We've got two brand new, limited edition designs for you to choose from:

Remember: this is a pre-order sale. These shirts will only be available until November 30th, and will begin shipping December 14th.

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-18/

http://xkcd.com/664/

Why dogs are better than cats:

When you drop your spool of thread you can point at it and go "Get it!!" and she'll get it and bring it to you. =P

Also, this.

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1252

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com
title: "Buzzwords" - originally published 11/16/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

Sooooo busy~~~~~ .@_@

Went to the orthopedic doctor today, since my knee is still hurting me. They took more xrays that didn't show anything, so recommended I go get an MRI. Doctor guy said it sounds like there's an actual tear in the menisci, so depending on what the MRI shows, I might have to get a bit o' minor surgery.
And while I really really want this fixed, I can't help but fret over how much all this is going to cost. .-_- I have good insurance, but............ I'm poor!

Leaving for Toronto tomorrow morning. I finally officially decided not to go to the CN Tower, but have found a huge mall to check out. .^^ Because I'm sure Canadian malls are different than American malls? But I do still want to see the CN Tower someday.

Interview is Thursday. Will be there pretty much all day. I'm so totally nervous, and so totally unprepared. .;____;

I'll be back Thursday night, and Friday morning I have to be at the MRI place at 6:45am. .>_> Then after all that is done, I have to work in the evening. .;___;

And work Saturday.

But Sunday.............. Sunday I'll sleep~


On a different note - what the fuck is up with people freaking out over Obama bowing to Emperor Akihito? Um... hell-OOOO! That's what they do in Japan. It's polite. It's not a submission, it's a greeting. It's not like he jumped to the floor and prostrated himself. Calm down, people. I know this is hard for Americans to understand, but there's nothing wrong with respecting someone else's culture.

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-17/