Hairy Potter

This must be some kind of new record, but I officially finished my Christmas shopping yesterday! Amazing! And not even December! And our Christmas cards are on the way, along with our annual mug...here's a little preview of our picture for this year:

Pretty, eh? It's once again all thanks to ylehsa and her photo-editing skillz that we don't look like shiny-faced boobs.

Also, our building finally decorated the lobby per tradition this season, and they usually pick really classy arrangements for the elevator hallway...but this year? They apparently decided that "sparkly human hair" was an awesome theme:

For awhile I thought I was the only one who was thinking this, but I heard someone get into the elevator behind me and whisper to their colleague "...s'like golden locks of Marge Simpson", so I guess not.

Any of you who blasphemous fools who haven't seen the latest Harry Potter installment need to go do it. It's good. Ignore the reviews and just sit back and sip your Coke, dip your fist into that greasy bucket o' buttered popcorn, and enjoy.
I would post Thanksgiving pics, but seeing as how I didn't take any myself...Anna/John: consider this your cue to send me Thanksgiving pics :

rumbly in my tumbly

One of my coworkers was out of the office today, so he let me poach his ergonomic ball to perch on...since I've been jealously eyeing it for awhile and thinking it looked like fun. The truth: yes and no. Yes because it's easier to dance to pandora when you can bounce in place. Also stretching on it is nice. No because it made me feel slightly nauseous, and I can't figure out why.


I also decorated my cube today with some Christmas goodies, while burning a handful of Christmas music from my other coworker onto my computer. Although it looks small and pathetic in comparison to my feelings around the holiday, remember it is still mid-November, so more is yet to come. Besides, I have to remain somewhat professional, oui?


feeling: happy + nauseous

feeling: lemony

Just as I am about to get my new yoga mat (thanks, ylehsa!), I was stretching before class today, and the instructor stooped and felt my mat and asked if I was getting a new one soon, and why there were huge chunks missing in mine. Obviously Milo's made an impression (as I pick a short white hair off of my artichoke this moment) wherever I go. So I told her I was getting one soon, and she brought over a nice bouncy lululemon one, and after I gave her a thumbs-up, she gave it to me! Because someone apparently had other things on their mind during class (shame shame!) and left it there several months ago. So now I have it, and immediately raced back to the office after class and scrawled my last name on the back of it with a Sharpie.

Dining: artichoke and coca tea
Reading: Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Watching: Outsourced
Thinking: about Nolan coming home to me in 26 hours.

reindeers on roses and whispers on kittens

In light of the holiday season FAST approaching, I took the opportunity of Nolan being away, and attacked the apartment with Ash U last night, with lights, ornaments, and random christmas janglies. Our home is now a delightful Christmas extravaganza, and I don't even care.
Milo got into the spirit too, donning his costume for this year, as last year's Santa costume is boring him:

Needless to say, he doesn't look pleased. Maybe I'll just stick him in the beanie I got him instead.

Cyborgs? I suspect Milo is one already.

Just when you thought technology couldn't advance any further, it pushes the limit again. Today I came across this, which seems to be proof that we are all going to be replaced by cyborgs (basically, robots that think for themselves). I mean, they've done it with rats, why not us?


A little further proof that we're becoming literally branded with our own technology. A little clunky, but hey:

I've stumbled

A few times, I've stumbled upon (hah!) stumbleupon.com, which truly is a magnificent weapon against boredom/a surefire way to learn random trivia for those Monday night trivia pub nights. So I thought I'd start posting a couple of my favourites every day. Today's so far have been:
Simple ideas that are borderline genius
and
the vertical bed.

These are all things that I want, which is maybe why I liked them...but also I didn't feel like being a ridiculous cat lady and posting all the cutesy pictures of cats I stumbled upon. Which is to say, hundreds.

A client today sent me a 1lb box of Sees...which is great, except that I'm trying to eat BETTER, not worse. Also anything sugary is my Kryptonite. I can't bring it home, because then Nolan will whine at me for tempting him. As it is, he begs me to make chocolate chip cookies, says he'll die without them, so I bake delicious tender ones, and then he says to take them away from him RIGHT NOW. I'm not a cookie person, so I get rid of them, and then...
This is the circle of life, you see?
We tend to go from this:

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To this:

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It disturbs me to think that I'll see these never-ending images on my blog for all eternity.

Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra raaaaa

You guys: this weather is jerking me around. First it's hot, then it's cold. Then it's windy, omg so windy that my ponytail is flying around on its own broomstick and sticking to my chapstick. Then it's calm and warm...ish. And then BOOM right in the middle of that it rains. Which may not surprise anybody who knows warm + clouds usually signifies rain. But it wasn't really cloudy! And I got a cold coffee, so NO FAIR. However, I had been putting this off because my mind and my frolicking heart were warring over it, and this weather change pushed me over the edge:

I had a little party at my desk where I hosted the tree-lighting ceremony, officiated by me, and attended by me. Then I threw a piece of confetti in the air and popped open a pack of chocolate whoppers. Whew.