AUGUST is almost over. I haz a sad.

BIG BROTHER was not on because of the Emmys. I haz another sad.

CHELSEA. We went to the old Chelsea Market to get fresh veggies over the weekend. We got there a little late, but it was okay. We’ll go earlier next week.

DRUNKS kept me up awake sunday morning from 3am to 5am. If they do that again next week, I might get angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.

EMMYS. I watched the Emmys while reading comments on Twitter. It was missing “Shiny’s made up facts about the Emmys” like we had during the Olympics. How cool was that?

FLYING in! Friends of ours we haven’t seen in a while are flying in at the end of September. I sense some time off coming…

GNOCCHI (home made) were made on Friday night. That sh*t takes a long time to make, let me tell you.

HBO. After watching previously mentionned Emmys, I realized that I need to get HBO.

I’LL BE BACK! I got sucked into a Schwarzenegger marathon on Sunday.

JEWEL. Is it just me or does Jewel looks like she’s not all there when she sings? I mean she looks like her hair caught on fire when she was little and they extinguished the fire by hitting it with a shovel. I loved her so much in Firefly.

KIDS are sad the summer is over.

LAWN needs to be mowed.

MOM is back home. I’m amazed at the miracles of modern medecine. Of course, it might just be all the gnocchi I made.

NAP. LovelyWife took a 3-hour nap on Sunday.

OUTDOOR activity: We hiked around Pink Lake. Pictures to follow.

PLATES were bought. We’ve been looking for rectangular plates for a while, and managed to find some. Sweet!

QUIET. I need to find a quieter computer, as my home computer’s HDD is making a noise that reminds me of a blender on pulse. This does not look good. I’m half kidding, all my data is on an external HDD, so if the computer dies, I just need to reinstall the OS.

ROULETTE Scotch glasses. I like them. A lot.

SOFT. I gained some weight while on vacation. Time to do something about it. I downloaded the C25K App. Gotta start running now. Or tomorrow. Tommorow-ish.

T-FAL frying machine. We finally got one and made awesome French Fries with mussels on Saturday night. This machine uses next to no oil, so I don’t have to feel too bad if I get some French Fries from time to time.

USED. My living room chair was delivered two weeks early (Yay!) but is broken (Boo!). The frame is crooked. I suspect this was a return of a used chair, as mine was supposed to be built today and delivered on the 16th.

VERDICCHIO. The wine we had with the mussel was delicious.

WTF? I went back to the furniture store to ask for a chair repair/replacement, and the manager started by offering me 10$ to “buy some washers at the Home Depot” to “Even out the legs”. I was not impressed, and told him so. If I’m paying 600$ for a chair, it will not look like ass the day I get it.

X-MAS. Less than four months before X-Mas. start shopping people! Don’t complain to me on December 23 that I didn’t warn you early enough.

YIKES! Zoé is starting High School today.

ZOÉ is starting High School today.

Enjoyed the movie in the 80s, took the test recently. Do you think it fits?

Best Occupational Category
You’re a CREATOR

Keywords
Nonconforming, Impulsive, Expressive, Romantic, Intuitive, Sensitive, and Emotional

These original types place a high value on aesthetic qualities and have a great need for self-expression. They enjoy working independently, being creative, using their imagination, and constantly learning something new. Fields of interest are art, drama, music, and writing or places where they can express, assemble, or implement creative ideas.

CREATOR OCCUPATIONS
Suggested careers are Advertising Executive, Architect, Web Designer, Creative Director, Public Relations, Fine or Commercial Artist, Interior Decorator, Lawyer, Librarian, Musician, Reporter, Art Teacher, Broadcaster, Technical Writer, English Teacher, Architect, Photographer, Medical Illustrator, Corporate Trainer, Author, Editor, Landscape Architect, Exhibit Builder, and Package Designer.

CREATOR WORKPLACES
Consider workplaces where you can create and improve beauty and aesthetic qualities. Unstructured, flexible organizations that allow self-expression work best with your free-spirited nature.
Suggested Creator workplaces are advertising, public relations, and interior decorating firms; artistic studios, theaters and concert halls; institutions that teach crafts, universities, music, and dance schools. Other workplaces to consider are art institutes, museums, libraries, and galleries.

2nd Best Occupational Category
You’re an ORGANIZER

Keywords:
Self-Control, Practical, Self-Contained, Orderly, Systematic, Precise, and Accurate

These conservative appearing, plotting-types enjoy organizing, data systems, accounting, detail, and accuracy. They often enjoy mathematics and data management activities such as accounting and investment management. Persistence and patience allows them to do detailed paperwork, operate office machines, write business reports, and make charts and graphs.

2nd Best Occupational Category*
You’re a SOCIAL MANAGER

Keywords:
Tactful, Cooperative, Generous, Understanding, Insightful, Friendly, and Cheerful

This very social type enjoys working in groups, sharing responsibilities, and being the center of attention. Fields of interest are instructing, helping, nurturing, care giving and instructing-especially young people. They discuss and consider feelings in order to solve problems, lead, direct, persuade, guide, organize and enlighten others.

*I took the test twice, 10 days apart. I still got the same “Best Occupational Category”, but got a different “2nd Best Occupational Category”.

I’m stealing this from Avitable. I’m just lazy.

I’ve done this before, but it’s always fun.

1. Go to the “Random Article” link on Wikipedia. Write down the title of the article. This is the name of your band.

2. Go to “Random Quotations” and the last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3. Go to Flickr and click on “Explore the Last Seven Days”. The third picture will be your album cover.

Put them all together and you get your band’s album.

What better way to waste a Saturday Sunday after a(n American) holiday than to create my own steal Avitable’s survey, then fill out said survey, then encourage all of you to steal said survey and fill it out yourselves?

Just pick the first word that you think of when you associate yourself with that category. Don’t overthink it.

If I was a/an _____, I’d be ______

TV show: Arrested Development
Song: What a Good Boy
Movie: The Boondock Saints
Book: The Delicate Dependency
Fictional character: Keyser Söze
City: Paris
Verb: Investigate
Color: Black
Animal: Polar Bear
Emotion: Mischievous
Article of clothing: T-Shirt
Flavor: Caramel
Food: Pizza
Vice: Sloth
Plant: Orchid
Mythological animal: The Sphinx
Letter: M
Inanimate object: Computer
School Activity: Talent Show
Positive attribute: Stability
Negative attribute: Laissez Faire

Thanks Adam for the inspiration!

I know it’s not thanksgiving here. Gimme some artistic freedom, will ya?

I stole this from BlondeFabulous, who stole this from this from Ren who got it from here. Happy Thanksgiving everyone people south of the border!

1. Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on television. Yay or nay?

We watch the parade live as it makes its way from Ottawa to Montréal (It’s called the Rideau Centre Parade while in Ottawa and the Hudson Bay Parade while in Montréal), and then we watch it on television as it makes it’s way to New-York to finally become the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. And that’s why our Thanksgiving takes place 43 days later – those floats drive really slow!

2. What is your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? You can’t say turkey!

Cranberries muffin from Tim Horton’s.

3. What is your favorite beverage (alcoholic or nonalcoholic) to go with your Thanksgiving Day meal?

A Coffee from Tim Horton’s.

4. Cranberry Sauce. Delicious tradition, or evil jello wannabe?

Even to us Canadians, this is considered Evil Jello Wannabe! Yuck!

5. What is your favorite pie?

Maple Sugar, eh!

6. Match the following pies with the following toppings. Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry. Reddiwhip, Cool Whip, Ice Cream.

Apple + Ice Cream, Pumpkin + Ice Cream, Blueberry + Ice Cream. Cool Whip and ReddiWhip are Evil Jello Wannabe’s sidekicks.

7. Complete this sentence: The secret to a delicious post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwich is:

…to follow-it up with a second delicious post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwich. Who eats just one sandwich?

8. What is your post-Thanksgiving meal ritual? Don’t say pooping, you gross bastard!

Making fun of my American friends who still have to wait 43 days for their Thanksgiving.

9. What is your favorite Thanksgiving Day themed movie or television episode?

Gotta go with the classic A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. We don’t mess with tradition – even the ones that are not ours.

10. What are you most thankful for this year? You can only pick one!

Not dying is pretty high on my list, friends and family too… it’s really hard to pick just one. If you force my hand, I would go with finally taking better care of myself.

I love cartoon reclycling. A colleage of mine sent be this one:

Title: The flu spreads across the world
Character: Like we needed that…

What gets me the most about this cartoon is the bad Photoshop job of removing the kind of flu it was originally used for. You can clearly see that there’s a apace for “avian”, “spanish” or any other kind of flu you can think of. When the extraterrestrial flu hits in 2057, I’m willing to bet that cartoon will make the rounds again.

Of course, it took me 2 minutes to create a blank and make my own jokes with that cartoon.

Title: The MAN FLU spreads across the world
Character: Bob is that you?

Title: The Mexican Flu spreads across the world
Character: AY CARAMBA!

Title: People getting up late go to work with their covers
Character: We’ll still stop at Tim?

This one is in English

Cartoon recycling. Gotta love it.

These are questions from the Proust quiz in a recent issue of Vanity Fair magazine.  It seems everyone and their sister is doing it, so why not me?

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A nice bottle of Scotch.

What is your greatest fear?
Dying before making sure my LovelyWife and kids are going to be okay.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Immaturity.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dishonesty

On what occasion do you lie?
When every other option has been exhausted.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Books.

What is your current state of mind?
Deeply, deeply, deeply frustrated.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honor.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Courage.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Meh.

When and where were you happiest?
Holding my kids right after their birth.

Who are your favorite writers?
Chris Moore, Paul Ohl, Eric Van Lustbader, Scott Sigler, Dave Barry, Douglas Adams, Ron L. Hubbart, George Orwell, Alexandre Dumas, Emmanuel Aquin, Kavana, J.R.R. Tolkien.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Signing the Opera.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
If I changed anything, they wouldn’t be my family.

If you died and came back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Most probably a slinky.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My oddly colored hands.

Where would you like to live?
Hills of Scotland.

What is your most treasured possession?
Wedding ring.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Capitulation.

What do you most value in your friends?
Their uniqueness.

What are your favorite names?
Saturday and Sunday.

What is it that you most dislike?
Having to repeat myself.

What is your greatest regret?
Not saying no.

How would you like to die?
I probably wouldn’t like it regardless of the “How”.

What is your motto?
Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.

If you don’t get this, maybe last week’s post will help you. 

Click to embiggify. Woot.

I should work for Twitter.

Disclamer: Boss, this blog is a work of fiction. Dodged that bullet.