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A Much Better Look

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I hope you had a merry time for this year's winter (or summer) solstice and wish you a happy new Gregorian year.

As you might have noticed, I finally put up a new layout. It does retain elements from the previous one (noticeably the platypus on the header), but sees a major improvement in color scheme. There might very well still be quirks here and there, but overall it should work fine.

One problem I have is with the header. It worked fine when I didn't see the Delicious bookmarks while working offline, but not I think it looks too huge. Perhaps I'll scrap the bookmarks altogether and replace them with something else. Or maybe try with only 3 bookmarks?

Anyway. If I haven't blogged in a while, it's simply because there isn't much interesting to say. :D I have quit my job. I received RPG Maker VX, Dexter season 2 on DVD and a PlayStation 2 (!, used, from my brother) for Christmas. The later was really unexpected, but I was very happy.

It has been brought to my attention that the platypus on the header image looks a lot like the Pokémon Psyduck. I assure you this was completely unintentional. Psyduck is, well, a duck, but with hands and whatnot that make him look like a platypus. My brother-in-law, who created this cute platypus, has no interest in Pokémon and merely followed my instructions (a goofy looking platypus). It even has claws and a flat tail!

Happy New Year and Notes

Monday, January 5th, 2009

First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year. There will be no promise of losing weight, drinking less Pepsi, reading more books or anything of the sort from me.

Second, I am currently in Montreal for a few days—no more than a week. I have a few appointments and things to settle. Nothing of the "I'll break your leg!" kind.

Third, I haven't been very active online of late. I think it's mostly because I've been quite busy with the holidays. Family dinners every two or three days don't leave me with much time to chat, review and blog. I hope to return to working on the future of this site when I go back to my parents' place. Here's to hoping we finally get a router so my computer can be plugged to the internet.

Fourth, I hope my cat is going fine while I'm so far from her! Poor little scared thing. :(

Exhausted, Yet Again

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

*sigh* I'm exhausted. I had work this morning. When I have to get up in the morning, I become very stressed the night before and I'm unable to fall asleep. I can't take my sleeping pills because I'm tired of taking sleeping pills and because at least 12 hours pass between the time of my taking them and the time I am actually able to do something.

So I slept through the morning...and the beginning of the afternoon. I got up at 1:30, angry at myself for missing not only work, but my group therapy in the afternoon. :( I have such difficulty keeping up with the things I have to do. It doesn't help that I have about as much discipline as a kitten.

I still went to the hospital, because I had some papers to get, things that should help me "work on myself". I also went shopping. I absolutely hate shopping. I get tired, with a headache, I can't find what I want, there are people everywhere, you get the picture. I bought a pair of jeans. It's ridiculously hard to find a pair of jeans at a decent price. I'm certainly not paying 100$ and more for jeans. I don't give a shit if it's written "Guess" on the label inside. I buy jeans because they're comfortable, you can wear them in many different contexts and they do not break easily. I ended up buying some, but for more than I wished to pay. Amanda wouldn't be very proud of me for that part, but if she saw the general state of my wardrobe, she would probably run away screaming.

I also bought something for Eric and myself. It's small, green and stuffed, with an enormous nose. It's Yoshi! I couldn't resist entering both game shops I passed by. There were plenty of games (and consoles!) I wanted, but I opted for a stuffed Yoshi for now. I must keep some money for other things, you know. Like that thing I like to do every day, where you take things and put them into your mouth, then you digest them. I kind of like doing that, and, well, I need money to buy the things in question.

I arrived about an hour before Eric, and was surprised when I saw he was not alone. He had brought his mother and two other people, and a bunch of things he was moving in. We got a new kitchen table, a lot of Christmas decorations, clothes, linens and an Atari 2600, with several games.

I keep telling Eric to stop bringing fucking Christmas decorations. We didn't decorate last Christmas, and I highly doubt we will on the next. I'm gone on Christmas holidays, and both of my roommates spend the holidays working and visiting family members. When I would actually be here, Beatrice would gladly eat every decoration she can get her paws and teeth on. Not only that, but they take a lot of space. The wardrobe downstairs is pretty much full.

As for the kitchen table, well, we already had one...We managed to find room for everything, but the first floor will be as full of furniture as it can be. There are already two couches, one large armchair, four bookshelves...

The Atari still works. I'm looking forward to trying it. The oldest console I played with was the Nintendo Entertainment System, which was not yet an "old thing everyone throws away" when I was a kid.

I'll spare you the emotional details for now, I just want a break. And my daily dose of Phoenix Wright. I have one case to go before the very last case of the series! Fortunately they have started another series, Appolo Justice. Mhm, Phoenix Wright goodness.

[Insert Words] Christmas [Insert Words]!

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I was supposed to leave for about two weeks to see my parents. I only spent one week there. It didn't go pretty well for my confused brain. I enjoyed good meals, got the gift I had asked for (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass) and saw a few people I wished to see, but I didn't feel good at all most of the time.

I returned the day before yesterday. Now let's hope the last two days of the year will be more pleasant than the rest, which sucked a lot, and let's hope next year will be much, much better.

That said, I hope you had a Merry Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year.