The beaver is a proud and noble animal

Well, I just got back home. Had a drink with eniran, cause she was feeling a bit blue, then went to dinner with Michel. I was supposed to meet the new lady in his life, but life happened while we were making plans and she had to cancel. Ate an obscene amount of really excellent sushi (I hadn't eaten all day and I was starving), then went back to Hurleys for some booze.

Talked a lot with Michel, it felt good to get some stuff off my chest. The more I talk to the guy, the more I realize just how important he is to me. I'm glad he's happy in love. Couldn't happen to a better guy. Went back to the office to get my laptop (and incidentally, show him a picture of raspberrysalmon). He agrees with me that she's quite beautiful, but those pants have got to go :D Played frisbee in the office for a bit (yes, there's a frisbee in my office – it's a long story) and then we headed off for a walk and our weekly game of count the hookers^†. He won. There were 5 (though that last one is debatable).

Took a cab home, and now I'm off to bed.

Nighty night.

† The rules of count the hookers are simple. We predict how many hookers we're going to spot while walking on Ste-Catherine, between St-Laurent and Berry. Whoever's closest wins bragging rights.

I'm not sleeping well.

Again, last night, I woke up at 4:30, heart racing, because of nightmares. They're becoming a regular, yet unwanted, occurrence in my sleep. Last night was a doozie, influenced by the D&D quest I'm playing with the boys. I always only remember vague images when I wake up, but while I'm there, they're crisp, vivid and really disturbing. Last night's involved skulking around a very claustrophobic room, trying to go to the bathroom (why, I don't know). For reasons I can't fathom, old coworkers and old friends were there, barring the way. There there was the bit where PO was playing dentist on my back molars, and I woke up in a flash when the pain hit. Niiiiice. Aren't dreams normally supposed to be a reflection of things in your life? Your brain ordering thoughts from short term storage to long term memory? I'd really like to know what the heck is going on though, because I”m really tired of waking up at ungodly hours of the night and being so tense that my shoulders are always painful and sore. Bleh.

The only good dream I had, that I can still vaguely remember, was winning the lottery and meeting up with Tia in Scotland. Now considering that she lives in Vienna, I can't explain Scotland save to say that I've always wanted to go there. Prophetic dream? We'll find out in a few days, as I bought a 6/49 quick pick last night before going to see the boys.

Anyway, I actually need to get some work done today, so I might as well get cracking.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&e=6&u=/latimests/20040513/ts_latimes/densematterindeed

Fav quotes from the article:

Not only is it hard to stay current, but the leaps in technology can be scary, said Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences. “We have to help the public deal with these things,” he said. “Otherwise you have people living in fear of their hair dryer, of their cellphone causing cancer, of drinking their tap water.”

[…] more than 80% of U.S. adults still are not knowledgeable enough to digest a science story in a major newspaper[…]

the doctor says, “big breaths” – the girl answers, “yeth, and i'm only thikthteen!”
…courtesy of Tia.

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Edit: Unrelated to the topic at hand, but for the record, this is my 7th post of the day, marking a record for the most LJ entries in one day. Yay me!

Writing software specs is boring beyond belief.

That is all.

Ladies, I think this one's a winner as well. It's called Sexy Losers. It's wrong, but so funny :)

Met up with eniran and her girl last night at Hurleys. Much laughter, boob grabbing and public lewdness ensued. Well, more bathroom lewdness than public, but still… and the boob grabbing was mostly on their part (but it's always enjoyable to see :P) It was really funny to see eniran with a constant blush.

Apparently, we were a fun table, as Dusty, the barmaid, came over and chatted with us for a while. I like her a lot (and she's cute as a button too). Always good.

After drinks, the girls and I headed to my place for dinner. I promised A. a home-cooked dinner a while ago, and finally had a chance to make good on my promise. It was cream of carrot soup, freshly tossed green salad^† with wine vinegar and dijon dressing, penne with kosher^‡ turkey carbonara and fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip muffins. From the lack of dinner conversation and the hoovering of food, I think it went well. Then again, they might just have been really hungry :)

Talked a bit with the girls, and almost fell asleep on the couch. All in all, a very fun night.

Memorable quotes:

That girl is so going down… and not in a good way.

You're going to the bathroom with me.
Um, no I'm not.
Would it change your mind to know that I'm not wearing any underwear?
Um, yes it would.

† with huge-ass romaine chunks that don't (or barely) fit in your mouth
‡ the turkey was kosher, but it was mixed with cream and cheese, so A is going to hell for that meal.

American Idol gone really, really bad

At a taping for the upcoming “bad talent” series, “Superstar USA” producers lied and told audience members that the talentless contestants were actually terminally ill patients from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The producers were worried that if they didn't lie, the audience [Note: who had been paid to be there] would laugh or boo the contestants and give away the entire premise of the show, which is to fool really bad singers into thinking they're good.

The show, which debuts Monday on the WB network, is a spoof of “American Idol” reject William Hung and the rest of the tryouts who don't seem to realize just how bad they are.

The idea of the show is to reward only the worst singers in the competition and move them on to the next round. The joke, of course, is on the deluded singers – with the very worst of them being crowned the “winner” at the end of the four-week series.

Officials for “Superstar USA” and the WB issued apologies over the weekend about the Make-a-Wish Foundation comment after an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

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Bletchley Park and the quest for the Holy Graal

Experts from Bletchley Park are trying to crack a 250-year-old code rumoured to point the way to the Holy Grail. Specialists from the Buckinghamshire code-breaking centre hope to decipher words etched on a garden ornament at Shugborough in Staffordshire.

The Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of the stately home displays an inscription that has never been solved. Second World War veterans using the celebrated Enigma machine are joining Bletchley's current team of experts. […] Bletchley Park's director said: “This is such an unusual challenge that my colleagues and collaborators, who include veteran code breakers and modern day decoding experts from Bletchley Park's 'offspring' GCHQ, cannot resist.”

Shugborough's general manager, Richard Kemp, said: “The Anson family, who built the estate, commissioned the monument but it had unproven connections with the Knights Templars. “The inscription is rumoured to indicate the location of the Holy Grail, which must rank as one of the world's great mysteries.”

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The women of Home Depot

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Playboy is trying to find out if the young woman who helps you find a bolt at Home Depot has something else she wants to show you. Playboy.com says it is seeking female employees of the largest home improvement chain to “shuck their orange smocks and show their hardware.”

The adult men's publication has previously run pictorials of the women of collapsed energy trader Enron, the world's largest coffee chain Starbucks and the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart.

For those Home Depot employees interested in applying for the pictorial, Playboy.com said they can send a headshot and a full-body shot, bikini-clad or nude, a copy of a government-issued ID proving they are 18 or older, and a recent pay stub proving they are employed by Home Depot.

When contacted, Home Depot released a statement saying “the company is aware of this invitation, but does not endorse it, support it, nor are we affiliated with it in any way.”

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Ukranian ammo dump goes boom when soldiers light up

KIEV (Reuters) – Two smoking soldiers set off tons of ammunition that killed five people, caused $725 million in damage and sent debris showering across southern Ukraine last week, the emergencies minister said on Tuesday. A series of blasts hurled debris as far as 25 miles after fire broke out last Thursday at a warehouse complex where 92,000 tons of artillery ammunition was stored.

Blasts were still heard on Tuesday, emergencies minister Hryhory Reva told parliament. “At about 12 o'clock on Thursday, two servicemen, who were stocking military ammunition, began smoking at their working site. It caused the fire and set off the explosions,” he said.

The blasts caused some $725 million in damage to the defense ministry and population in the Zaporizhya region, he said. They destroyed buildings in a two-mile radius, including a local railway station. A minor gas pipeline was also damaged. Metal fragments and other debris were thrown 40 km, causing fires in nearby towns.

Authorities evacuated some 7,000 people from the surrounding area. People started to return home on Tuesday, five days after the initial blasts.

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Sweet! That's a new one on me :D

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