Unsexy Thing of the Day

By Jen on Aug. 15, 2008.

Women who wear strappy shoes with band-aids poking out from underneath all of the straps.  If they’re that uncomfortable, why do you keep wearing them?!?!

Batman is awesome

By Jen on Jul. 21, 2008.

I know Mr. Freeze is a terrible Batman villain and Christopher Nolan would probably never use him, but what if he had this?!

“British police are on the lookout for something called a WASP Knife, a weapon that injects a ball of compressed gas into its victim that then expands to the size of a basketball, instantly freezing and exploding their internal organs.”

The Watchmen

By Jen on Jul. 18, 2008.

*pee*

Work

By Jen on Jul. 8, 2008.

A change of sorts.

The “development coordinator” was offered a fabulous radio production job and is leaving at the end of this week.  She told me yesterday, when I came back from vacation.  They also interviewed someone yesterday, so I didn’t think much of it.  This morning, the president offered me the position temporarily (for 3 months), while they decide what they’re going to do in terms of replacing her.  I accepted, and 30 seconds later I started training.  Whoooosh.

I have mixed feelings.  On one hand, this is a great opportunity to learn more about the film industry, as I will be spending lots of time researching companies, calling people, setting up meetings, and whatnot.  On the other hand, I would really like to get more into production, being on set, etc.  I do not want to work as an office coordinator type person in the long term.

I feel mostly positive about it (even though I am being completely overloaded with information, while at the same time still having to finish a bunch of stuff in my current job).  It just happened really fast.  I got in this morning and within 20 minutes I had a new job.

Anyway.

Website Visitors

By Jen on Jun. 25, 2008.

Holy fuck!

Contrariwise.org went from 30-60 visitors a day to 5000!

… and I have still only made $0.46 from Adsense.

I’m an idiot.

By Jen on Jun. 19, 2008.

So. I was dying my hair purple about an hour ago. After I had the dye on my hair for the required amount of time, I dumped the box over to get the conditioner so I could rinse the dye out. However, the conditioner wasn’t the only thing that fell out of the box - there was also a tiny little tube marked “colour”.

…

Yeah.

I DIDN’T ADD THE PURPLE DYE TO THE PURPLE DYE.

So, since I want PURPLE hair, and not WEIRD REDDISH BROWN hair, do you think it would be safe for me to dye it again tomorrow?

Shitty Weekend

By Jen on Jun. 15, 2008.

So much for the bike ride I have literally been looking forward to for the last 7 days.

Wii Fit Update

By Jen on Jun. 14, 2008.

Wii Fit has been out for almost a month. Let’s look at my progress:

Isn’t my mii awesome?

More detailed chart:

The red dots are days that I gained a bunch of weight and I had to enter why (eating too much, late night snacking, etc). My original goal was to lose 17lbs. After 2 weeks I changed it to 10lbs. As soon as it lets me change it again, I’m going to have to change it to 5lbs. Or maybe I should set a goal to gain weight. At least in that case I know I’ll be able to accomplish it.

In addition to playing Wii Fit, I am also:

• running
• biking
• seeing a personal trainer

The clothes I bought in February for my vacation are too tight. (The clothes I had to buy because last summer’s clothes were too tight.)

BAH!

Bike Theft

By Jen on Jun. 12, 2008.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

Do you notice something wrong with this picture?

It’s not the missing seat. I bring the seat with me to work. Let’s look closer:

Answer: IT’S THE MOTHERFUCKING CLIP THAT ALLOWS ME TO ATTACH MY SEAT BACK TO MY BIKE.

This is the SECOND time it has been stolen.  The first time, someone took the piece off my bike, completely took it apart (there were a bunch of plastic bits and a screw), and dumped the pieces on the sidewalk.  Luckily I was able to put it back together and attach my seat back to my bike.   Today I couldn’t find it anywhere.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE STEAL THAT?

I’m annoyed because I have been waiting for a doctor’s appointment for 2 weeks and now I’m not going to make it because I do not fancy sitting on a sharp metal pole.

Other Things People Have Stolen From My Bike For The Sole Purpose Of Being An Asshole

• bell (they cost, what, $1?)
• lights
• the REFLECTIVE STICKERS (peeled off!)
• the motherfucking BRAKE CABLES

I hate people.

Dreamhost Invitations

By Jen on Jun. 12, 2008.

Dreamhost is my web host, and I’ve been using them since 2001 or 2002. They are awesome and highly recommended.

This morning they randomly sent me an email with 5 “invitation codes” that people can use to sign up and get some deals. I’m just going to put them up here so you can take one if you want. If you do use one, please let me know and I’ll remove it.

(removed for spammers - comment if you want one)

They will get all these super special advantages not available any
other way:

* They will get four (4) times the normal disk and bandwidth!
* If they choose our five-year plan, they’ll get $150 off!
* If they choose our ten-year plan, they’ll get $200 off!

So there you go.