a Regular Blog: Day of New

The past 24 hours has been a whirlwind of change, and, unlike Allie's dogs, I can deal with change. Sort of. Here's a summary of what's what.

New Header: look up. See that? It's a real header in a snazzy font. Be impressed.

New Button: look down. I've now got a button to match my header. Go stamp it around the interwebs, plox.

New Picture Blogs: I'm on day three of the challenge. That's 1/10th of the way!

And here are the two biggest changes that I've made, but you won't be able to see them unless you creep up behind me and gaze over my shoulder in a completely stalker-ish way.

New OS: Ubuntu 10.10, so far, so good.

New Browser: Mozilla Minefield / Firefox 4.0. Not sure how I'm liking this one yet. On the surface it operates exactly the same as Firefox 3.5 with a few aesthetic and layout changes, but underneath I can see that there are a tonne of new features. I haven't been able to explore them all yet, or even use them in a way that actually proves them to be useful. But I know that they'll be good come paper writing time, so I'll likely be quite familiar with the improved tabbing system as of, oh, Wednesday night. That's tomorrow, innit? Ruh-oh.

a Picture Challenge: 3 - in TV Land

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII. King takes Queen. It's good to be king. Lover. Warrior. Rebel. King. Prepare for reign.

I adore the Tudors right now. I've kept up with the first three seasons, and have the fourth (and final!) waiting for me at home in Vic. Can. Not. Wait.

photo by Showtime

a Picture Challenge: 2 - You and the Bestie

I decided to go with the most recent picture that doesn't look like we need to be institutionalized. It was difficult. On a side note, people often think me and my sister are dating. Gross. I'll have you know that we're quite happy living together as bachelors. Well, when we do live together, that is, which isn't all too often.

And yes, that is Prague. Yes, that's a miscellaneous Asian coin around my neck and yes, I've worn it every day since the ninth grade. Yes, my sunglasses are a little skewed, but that's what happens when you refuse to fork out more than two Euros for them. Hah.

photo by me.

a Picture Challenge: 1 - You and 10 Facts

• I have two tattoos, a combined 6 1/2 hour effort. One is a stylized Eye of Horus, the other is a Russian firebird. Together, they cover my left hip and stretch across my lower back to the opposite hip.
  
• I wanted to be a dentist until I was 12, when I decided I hated the hygienist lady that worked for my dentist.
  
• My first year of uni was angled at getting me into the sciences. After one month I decided I hated it and applied to the Cultural Studies program at UBC.
  
• I love more than anything to sleep. Naps are a favourite pass time, and I will often pretend to sleep as a form of procrastination and/or relaxation.
  
• My favourite colour is green. As seen in the photo.
  
• I went on a six week Eurotrip in 2008. I hit France, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, and Britain.
  
• Moving to Kelowna was the best decision of my life. Seriously.
  
• I've worked for McDs, Gap Inc, UBC, and an addictions clinic.
  
• My sister is my best friend. And I'm pretty sure she'll insist on being my best man, without changing the title. Ferserious.
  
• The young Riesling by Tantalus in Kelowna in my favourite wine. I've got a bottle in my wine cooler right meow.
  
• I've had four different credit cards in a span of three and a half years. Only two of them are currently valid, which is still too many.
  
  photo by a friend of mine

Gullible

Over the years I have crafted many, erm, lies to make myself feel better. I can, in fact, trick myself into believing anything I want. Observe:

"Buy one get one half price" really means "Buy one get one free." Why? It's all in the math. Say you're purchasing two somethings that are both $20. With the BOGO deal, the second something works out to be $10, but you've also saved $10 because of the sale. Naturally, the $10 you saved pays for the $10 cost of the item. Simple stuff.

See how powerful my reasoning is? I'm hopeless against myself.

More recently, I have rationalized that by mixing Carnation Instant Breakfast with my hocho mix I'm being healthy. Seriously. It's no different than taking a multivitamin with breakfast. I just get to drink mine in chocolate form. I love it.