Happy Halloween! Have some earwax!

Headline I read today:
"Australia's opposition leader laments ear wax eating video"

What could I possibly say that could add anything?

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In other news, today is Halloween. We bought a bunch of candy last weekend and valiantly avoided eating most of it. I piled it into a couple big bowls and set them by the door for the wee kiddies.

Paul set up some fun lights and stuff on our front porch.

I put on my sequin and pink maribou cat ears.

We even have a small pumpkin next to our welcoming gnomes:


And we only got one kid. Granted, he was dressed like a domino (a '3' and a '4', if you must know) which was really cool and original. And his mom stood back from the porch looking really proud, which was also cool.
But just one kid?? Man.
This is basically how I remember Halloween, I tell you what.
Kids these days. When will they learn the value of hoarding, bargaining, and trading if not at Halloween?

Damn. Pretty soon I'll be shouting, "You kids get off the lawn!" in white knee sox and shorts.

Onion Lover

Gold, total gold:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/preemptive_memorial_honors_future

It's Friday, and the living is easy

Head cold gone
Sun's out
Just completed way cool cake
Going to chill out tonight
It's all good.

extra extra: head cold kicks ass

Sore throat, pressure inside my head like an anti-vice.
Runny nose. sneezes. tired. resting a lot, but none of it seems actually restful. something weird about the almost hallucinatory nature of illness induced dreams. so detailed and still totally bizarre.
let's hear it for the Quils: nyquil and dayquil. now if only the meth heads hadn't ruined it for the rest of us. fuckers - I feel pretty uncharitable towards anyone who makes it harder for me to get nyquil when I'm sick, and those jerks are responsible for the *good* nyquil now being behind the pharmacist's counter. not just adding another step to getting medicine *if* the pharmacy is even open when needed, but being treated like a meth head myself - getting all my personal info recorded by some suspicious pharmacist twerp.
that aside, my sweets is now cleaning the kitchen cuz he's the best. he's going to a sleep study at a hospital tonight and tomorrow. i'll miss him, but the timing is good - not like I'm up for doing anything fun this weekend.
i'm going to nap again on the couch.
'night.

Update from the Land of Unemployed Misfits: I didn't get the job, or any other job!

You may recall that on Sept 18 I wrote about getting 6 rejection letters for 1 job all on the same day.*

To continue with the theme of "Places That May Not Have Their Shit Together", I got a rejection letter today for a job that I didn't even apply for.

How awesome is that??

It only gets better when I receive a letter later the same day rejecting my application for a job I did apply for.

It was like a preemptive rejection: "We don't want you for this job, or any other!!"

I think a decade ago this kind of thing would have gotten me down - now I think it's really damn funny and it just serves to highlight how cool it's going to be to rely on my own business for income rather than the rocket surgeons currently making employment decisions.

*I still think the 6 rejection letters are funny, and I giggled today when it occurred to me to contact the agency again and inquire about the status of the position. Will keep you updated on these shennanigans.

Vancouver, BC Lists

Why Vancouver, BC rocks, a list (in no particular order):
> Great food
> Most ethnically diverse city north of San Francisco
> Casper's market
> Really nice people
> True Confections, cake to die for
> TV shows anchored by average looking people, and focused on world events
> Enough affordable sushi to get Paul to stuff his mouth and then shut up about it
> Beautiful scenery all around
> Tasty drinks
> Crispy short ribs at the Cactus Club on Robson (If you've seen the "Poppler" episode of Futurama where everyone gets immediately hooked on a tasty if indescript snack, you have an inkling of the power of these ribs)
> The parity with the US dollar makes it darn easy to spend any currency
> Creperies along Robson
> They don't have our President
> Vegetarian street hot dogs
> Little Sister's store on Davie
> All the restaurants on Denman
> Stanley Park
> The Boathouse's fireplace and dessert
> Neat architecture

What kind of blows about Vancouver, BC
> Recent indoor smoking bans have perversely made walking around outside a risky venture
> It's colder than here
> The parity with the US dollar makes it darn expensive!
> The metric system

Outstanding questions from our recent visit to Vancouver:
* Why would the US border guards let a car with Canadian plates into the US that is such a POS that the two riders literally have to push it through customs with the hazard lights on?
* Is it possible to eat too much? (Experiments were suspended due to lack of intestinal fortitude)
* Umbrella or raincoat?