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12月1日 General Updatery
10月24日 I hate job hunting I'd rather have shards of glass in my eye. Why oh why can't I find a job listing for a button maker, or a funny photo captioner, or a colouring book tester. Why? 9月30日 Out of Practice And I got lazy and gave up on Trev's face (after 35432798630174022769 hours of trying and trying and trying). The details were too small and, as the title of this blog would indicate, I am horrendously out of practice with this sort of thing. But it's a good starting point for someone who hasn't picked up a pencil in years. This sort of thing is like torture to me, because it's never good enough. Perhaps this is common. The photograph doesn't do my shading justice either. But I will give it to Trev and I know he will say he loves it, and he'll mean it, because he is a genuinely sweet and amazing guy like that. 9月26日 My Farewell PartySo this is my last week at my job. This is almost the only job I've ever known. I've worked here off and on since I was a high school summer student. This evening nearly every single one of my co-workers came to celebrate and wish me good luck at a dinner we held in the boardroom. It was really special. We had Chinese takeout (a luxury that usually only happens at Christmas time). I got a cake that said "Good Riddance Kate" on it. I received an original ink drawing of some pigs that one of the vets did. It was really special. He does great work and it's nice to be able to take that piece of my time at the vet clinic home with me. I got a page-a-day calendar (2008) of "Bush-isms" from one of the vets, because he knows that I'm a proof-reading fiend and I've found many an error in the Compendium of Veterinary Products (which is like the complete list of any vet product sold in Canada - it's HUGE), and contacted our drug reps about said errors. I'm a HUGE geek. So he gave me this calendar of Bush-isms to keep my red pen a-flowing even if I don't have the compendium to pour over... I also got a DVD of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It's an oft-quoted movie at my workplace... All in all, it was a really nice evening. I had a lot of fun and they invited me to take part in the Christmas party (both the Chinese food staff party and the fancy-dancy Christmas party), and the annual Corn Maze Halloween trip that's happening in October. Really sweet. Those people are much like family to me, I've known some of them for so long. My new pig artwork is up in my hallway. I love it. In other news, I had an exhaust fan installed in my bathroom today. It's in the ceiling and it's CROOKED... Bothersome. That, and my mom put my shower curtain rod back up (it was down for the fan installation), and she put it so high that Heather wouldn't have been able to reach it, were she still living here. That's all. For now. 9月17日 Jasper's "Fun" GameSo for the past 1+ year I've always thought Jasper was just clawing the bejeezes out of the underside of my box spring when he was under my bed. (A delightful trick he has been known to play in the wee hours of the mourning.) Turns out he's found a new upside-down mode of transportation.  Please note: a) the numerous claw marks on the fabric of the box spring b) his paws curled around the board - he uses these to shimmy back and forth under the bed (like walking upside down...)  Shimmy shimmy Walking upside down  Hilariously rude photo  Items under my bed (besides my cat, who's made it to the other side): grey tote bag running sock kleenex pillow plastic hanger magazine subscription card diffuser attachment for blow dryer  Oh, hello  Also note: Wallpaper strips (You will see a lot of this in the next few photos - it's what I did all weekend)  Ug-mo  Cross-eyed (Jasper under the bed = Jasper on catnip, pretty much)  Fluffity chin.  Jasper sees ghosts that I don't realize are there... I'm going to be an old cat lady, just so we're all clear on that. Though I prefer dogs (shh). 9月12日 30 seconds in the life of Kate
9月11日 Like riding a bikeWith the help of Michelle, I vow to get back into hilarious blogging. Facebook just doesn't cut it. Bring back the hilarious (and insightful, and hilariously insightful) blog. 5月4日 Surly List o' Dislike (volume the second)I've been feeling noticeably surly of late. Here are some more things (or perhaps some repeat things) that set me off:
4月25日 oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my goshLet me introduce you to...  Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. Here's what they look like:  Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. And here's what they DO:  They're for holding hands in cold weather! Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. Hilariously cutely lamely hilarious. I've submitted these things to cuteoverload.com (my favouritest of websites), so we'll see if they agree... Probably not, but it's worth the shot. Dear Michelle - if I got you these for your upcoming birthday, would you go for a walk on a brisk day and hold my hand in a friendly manner? We could skip merrily along in our smittens... I can see it now... 4月14日 Kate + Amber + Justin = Friends ForeverOur dear friend Justin Timberlake felt SO bad about scheduling his Winnipeg performance on the same night as Heather's wedding (Aug 25th - while Amber and I will be bridesmaiding it up) that he has so kindly added a second show on the following night. Amber and I are proudly attending. 4月11日 Name GameSo I know of a few babies whose parents decided to create names for them. The letter Y is VERY popular in the baby naming world these days (when used to replace an I mid-name). Zs are popular as well... ANYway, that got me thinking... And I decided to start a list of baby names - not because I plan on having one any time soon, because I don't, but because it'd make for hilarious fun. If I ever decide to CREATE a brand new name for my child, may I have the wisdom to make a smart choice... So here goes with my baby names list. And don't mock me, these are all DEAD serious ideas of mine. *cough*
Feel free to add your own... or let me in on some juicy details about weird baby names you've heard... let's laugh at other people... Aaaand go. 4月7日 Ew.So I was eating a hand full of chips and I think there was a moldy one in the bunch... Gross. There's nothing worse than moldy food. I keep re-living the horror. 4月4日 April Fool SuccessI managed to successfully trick a whole bunch of co-workers into thinking that one of our vets proposed to the Spanish vet student. My dad (whom I tricked BUT GOOD) is SO proud of me. He is the ultimate prankster, so my ability to "get" him no doubt made him a wee bit misty-eyed. I'll be MIA for a while. Big ol' busy weekend. Amber - more bingo should be played next weekend (or some time during the week). This time we'll win. But NOT because we're due for a win. No person or machine is ever DUE, Amber. Remember that. 4月1日 The PrankBackground: This summer we had several foreign vet students staying with us (my family & co-workers' families) as they did their externship with my dad's practice. One of these students was Marta, who is from Spain. She and Brad, one of the vets, became friends and spent time together hiking and doing touristy things in their spare time. Marta returned to Spain in August, though she's kept in touch. Brad left for a 2 week vacation on Thursday. He's in Spain. He'll be visiting Marta while he's there. While he's gone, Brad asked me to bring his laptop computer to our Steinbach office so it could be repaired. Also, he asked me to download his email periodically so that his mailbox wouldn't fill up in his absence. The Prank: It started as a request by one of the other vets, Blaine, to find a way to prank Mike (my dad) for April Fool's Day. My dad is VERY hard to "get" - he is the perennial prankster, but very rarely is he "caught" by one. I suggested the idea of starting a rumour that Brad went to Spain to propose to Marta - but how to make it believable? The LAPTOP. While downloading his email on Friday I sent a letter from Brad's address, claiming he was checking his MTS webmail while online. In this email I typed, I typed that Brad had made it safely, that Marta picked him up at the airport and says hi to everyone and THEN... Then I said that he'd had a lot of time to think while flying to Spain and decided to propose to Marta. And that Marta said yes. So this email was sent around and I thought, how can I make this even MORE believable? So I opened a few of the harmless emails I saw in his in box and answered them in the 1 to 2 word responses he's known for making. There - more believable. Now I've been checking my own MTS webmail so I can see the email responses the vets have been making over the weekend (rather than waiting 'til Monday to download my email onto my computer). They're taking the bait. It's hilarious. Even my dad is biting. At least I think he is. He seems to be. But that's the thing about my dad - he'll play along with something and then BOOM, catch you off guard. Either way, it's hilarious. Even if I don't get my dad, I know I've fooled a few of the other vets. HEE HEE HEE. This is my favourite day of the year, SOLELY for the pranking reasons. Oh, and happy birthday today to my brother and my dog Emma. yada yada yada ;) 3月31日 The ListI've got this list of things I'd like to accomplish in my life time. Number 8 on said list is to learn to play the guitar. Learning commenced this morning. I've got my how-to books from Amazon.ca, I've got my pink guitar picks, I've got my newly refurbished guitar (my DAD'S guitar, but seeing as he hasn't played it since the early 80s, I think I'm allowed to adopt it), and I spent a good hour and a half this morning giving it a go. My fingers are only moderately sore. So far so good. This year is going to be awesome as far as crossing things off the list. - See John Mayer in concert: will do in less than a month - Run a half marathon: June 17th!!! - Learn to play the guitar: Learning! Go Kate Go. Oh, I'm going alright. 3月29日 30 seconds in the life of Kate
That, or he was undressing me with his eyes... It's ENTIRELY possible... Go ahead. Laugh at my misfortune. Stupid too-tiny buttons falling out of their too-big button holes. 3月27日 Alive and KickingHighlights from the past few days:
Freaky thing: that song is sung (at that high pitch) in this household FAR more often than it ever should be. But it is. Because it's flipping hilarious. 3月15日 Unicorns - So I'm NOT the only one!FEAST YOUR EYES ON THIS!! Go here for the original version of this story. LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A man accused of drunk-driving and crashing his truck into a lamp post told police a unicorn had been at the wheel when it careered off the road, local media reported Wednesday. Phillip Holliday, 42, pleaded not guilty to felony charges of criminal endangerment and drunk-driving when he appeared before a court in the western state of Montana on Tuesday, the Billings Gazette reported. The court heard that Holliday has five previous convictions, four felonies, 35 misdemeanors and 53 traffic violations -- including 28 convictions for driving with a suspended license. His March 7 crash in Billings was witnessed by two police officers, said prosecutor Ingrid Rosenquist, but Holliday still insisted a unicorn was driving when he slammed into the street lighting, shortly after jumping a red light.
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