Halloween for Your Ears

Just in case you want some Halloween music and sounds, then look here.

I will post Halloween pics when I can. =)

Home!

Well, I finally did it last week.

I booked my flight home, and I will arrive in Saskatoon at 7 pm on December 17th.

I'm super happy.

If Sarah still reads this, I couldn't find a way to come visit you this season where I thought you would be done finals, and without me spending time away from my family and also so that work wouldn't kill me (I'm kinda already taking three weeks off...and even that's not enough.) so next time, or maybe during some kind of holiday.

Anyways, just thought you might want to know. I'll post this info again in early December.

200?

Wow, talk about scary. I thought I would post yet another useless quiz, which I found to be quite fun...the Sesame Street Personality Quiz. I recommend you all find out which you are. =D

I'm actually not that surprised that I got Kermit. Not sure why.

I suppose I should do something interesting for a posting like 200.

Um...

I got nuthin'.

Maybe something for 225? Anybody have any ideas?
In other news, I have no idea what I'm going to where for Halloween.

Maybe I'll dress up as an American.

Kermit the Frog You scored 60% Organization, 61% abstract, and 69% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean. Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type. Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself. You are mostly organized, both concrete and abstract, and more extroverted. Here is why are you Kermit the Frog. You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Kermit is also reasonably tidy. He'll even dress up for interviews. You both are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract thinkers. Kermit spends a lot of his time as a reporter collecting facts, but he is also the author of the dreamy song "The Rainbow Connection." You have a good balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, but you also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... within limits of course. You are both extroverts. Kermit gets along with everyone. Sure a few folks annoy him, but that's just because they are annoying. Kermit likes to meet new people when he does his job as a street reporter. You definitely enjoy the company of others, and you don't have problems meeting new people... in fact you probably look forward to it. You are willing to take charge when necessary or work as part of a team. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Kermit starred on Sesame Street years before The Muppet Show. The other possible characters are Oscar the Grouch Big Bird Snuffleupagus Ernie Elmo Cookie Monster Grover The Count Guy Smiley Bert If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you want to tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them up and post them here. Perhaps your choice will win!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Organization You scored higher than 99% on concrete-abstra You scored higher than 99% on intro-extrovert

Link: The Your SESAME STREET Persona Test written by greencowsgomoo on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

The Monster Mash

You can find the website of Bobby "Boris" Pickett here. Some little known facts about the Monster Mash:


The BBC banned the song in 1962 on the grounds that it was "too morbid".

This song has been used to help start a campaign against over-using the environment. You can hear "The Climate Mash" here. This song is performed by the original singer, and the flash animation is quite funny, considering how serious they are about climate change.

There's been a movie made out of it, also with Bobby Pickett. It's a musical.

Mike Tyson appeared with Bobby Brown on Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing a duet of the song.

(Now that IS scary.)

Germatriculated for evil content

In lighyt of the Halloween season, while searching for things for my thesis, I found the Germatriculator, which will calculate the amount of evil in a website or a piece of text. According to the Germatriculator:






Yay! My evil content is below average!

Although, really, it's like I get a C+ in goodness. That's so not good.

I'll try and post more Halloween goodness as we count down! =D

Today, I had two unpleasant surprises adminstratively speaking. First that my classes haven't all been approved (Which is surprising) and second, that the international office forgot to send me a form I need for my residency card, which is roll-your-eyes-able, since I kinda need it.

In other news, I finally have managed to give back most things which people have lent me, and I have also managed to re-acquire my suitcases! =D And I got a free dinner out of it! Good times!

I have one more book to send to someone in the States, and some German cookbooks and german dictionaries to give back, and then I'm duty-free of other people's items! Score-ness!

It drives me crazy having other people's things sometimes.

OK, bed! Ack!

The Metro

The metro is a rather trashy newspaper that they dish out every day for people riding...yes, the metro. Here are some of the articles, which I thought I would share.





In China, they put babies in tiny little water tubs, with life preservers around their necks in hopes that they will one day swim. This would seem interesting if that baby's face didn't look like it belonged to a sumo wrestler.






Also, they have people walk around in cute costumes of random coloured condoms, which will help people to understand the evils of AIDS. Yes, you too might get AIDS if you shake hands with the orange condom instead of the yellow one. Clearly, the moral of this story is that giant condoms with happy faces will one day rescue you from a sexual epidemic.


The rest of the articles are equally strange.

OK, bed time! Bye!

Fried Chicken?

For anyone who has ever wanted to hear rap and fried chicken in the same sentence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDsHp3K1ZBg

This is funny. But scary.

Well, I've been very busy, and it probably won't slow down until after this week, so I probably won't be able to put anything on here until...um...well, at least after Tuesday. Presentation and some other things...so that will keep me busy. Teaching english is fun, and I just had my first theatre meeting this year, and the people are really nice. Anyways, it's been a weird, but fulfilling day, and very good overall. Alright, have to jet!

Time, Time, Time

Well, it's been crazy, but it's going a little better, things are starting to get organized, and I can finally get everything done that needs doing. I have two more e-mails, some reading, and then I can go to sleep. No time for pictures, but I'll post some, maybe tomorrow, probably Thursday. Very tired. =)

Small update

Today I have done a lot, my training is finished, so I can sort of make sense of life again and live like a regular beligerent student. The only difference is that I can spend a little more freely now, and that makes me happy. I'm excited to be teaching again. I miss it.

The only thing that was bad today was that I was on the metro, being as depressed as every human being should be when the ride the same metro every day for two weeks the exact same route with people too close who are sometimes smelly and sometimes loud and who speak much better french than you ever will, when a man walked onto the metro car with his guitar. He said something in french which translated as something like, "Please, if you want to give me money for my singing, please do, especially if you like it, please give" and he began to sing bawdy italian songs and play his guitar.

Very, very loudly.

On the metro.

In my personal space.


I think I understand in big cities why some people get jaded. There's so much poverty, so much everything else that you can't deal with when you feel really tired, everything that's bad and sneaky and troublesome, and you can't be yourself in a big city without someone wanting to sell you what they have, whatever is it that they have. It's too much. You just want to hide from it all.

I was very tired.

I still am very tired.

Anyways, I will put up pictures later, but for now, I must go and prepare thanksgiving dinner. If I don't post until later this week, then Happy Thanksgiving.

I have inadvertently started dancing to myself ever so slightly while I'm on the train now.

I think I'm going crazy. =D

I have been doing job training for teaching english for the past week and bit, which is why there haven't been updates on here. I will try and update when I can, job training finishes on Friday, acting on Thursday, friend comes to Leuven at the same time Thursday night, leaves Saturday, Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, parade this weekend, first Janus Theatre meeting this weekend, still need to buy a turkey. (Going to try a turkey.)

Wohoo! Definitely back to normal around here! =D =D =D

Winners!

Well, it's that time again, where I say thanks to everyone who entered, I had a lot of great bribes, but only three could make the top three! They are:

1st place: Andrea!
2nd place: Patrick!
3rd place: Travis!


Each winner has been sent an individualized e-mail from Brennan Industries, Ltd. and notified of the possible winnings. Anyways, I will hold another art contest sometime in November, so watch for that! =D I was surprised no one from my family entered...then again, I guess not. Oh well. Family. Can't force them to do anything. Without enforcing the law with a beating stick. Sigh.

OK, night!

So

So,

I just finished my first day of training for teaching English. Seven more to go. I'm so tired it hurts, but I'm really happy because I'm going to be teaching again. (Er, hopefully. As long as I get the contract. Not really an issue but I always worry incessantly about things like this. I'm such a what-iffer.) Anyways, I'm keeping busy, and that's good. I just downloaded a french album off of iTunes for no reason whatsoever, other than I could kinda get what they were saying, so I'm hoping that it will help improve my french. I want to take a french course this semester, and as long as everything is alright, should be able to. I have classes only on Tuesday now, so the rest of the time I will either be working, working on my thesis, studying languages, or at theatre. I'm crazy busy. YAY! IT'S LIKE I"M BACK IN CANADA!

Anyways, I am happily awaiting contest enteries, and I will post the winners sometime around 2PM on Thursday, as long as all goes well. Otherwise, I will post them on Friday...uh...probably around 2PM.

Three is a lucky number!

Yes, yes, three, three, three. It's time for another art contest, and because it's the third art contest, we're going to doing everything in threes. Yes, threes. Indeed, threes! Ahem, ok, I'll stop now. =)

As usual, there will be three prizes (all of which will be art this time, to be explained in the rules). I'm very excited about this! =D =D =D

So, there will be three parts to this art contest! There will be the usual visual art test, this time with three clues! New to this go around, three questions to test your not-so-general-knowledge! And, lastly, a bonus section where you have to try and persuade me why you should win in one sentence or less! Yes, so you will have to use your brain for this one! Maybe! Or, if you grew up even remotely in the eighties and/or enjoy watching cartoons even now, this will probably be very, very easy And if you know anything about me, this can be very, very. very easy, I'm sure.

READ THE RULES BELOW

1. I will accept the first submission for answers and such at 7:30PM, Wednesday, September 27, 2006, Saskatchewanian time. If you don't know what time that is, look it up on the internet. Very easy.
2. Anyone who has ever perchanced on this blog is able to enter, and I like it when random strangers e-mail me. ;D OK, well, in a very Platonic way. Eh heh. Yeah. Eeep. So, to enter, please send your entry to my e-mail address, which you can get from any one of my friends, or from me. If you would like to enter, and you do not have my e-mail, just say so in the comments box, and I will post it in the comments. I will be checking really regularly, so don't be shy! The more the merrier!
3. I will assign a point system for this particular contest, all points out of ten. The point system is completely arbitrary and really, is just there to make you think you can win more points than other people...sort of the way Kool-Aid points or Popsicle stick points are useful for buying things like video games or boom boxes if you saved up enough of them. Like, thirteen million or so. In other words, this contest is out of thirty points, ten points per section (Art, quiz, ego-massaging of Brennan)
4. Please do all three parts if you would like to increase your chances of winning. I'm trying to make this fair so that people have a good shot at this! =D
5. No spamming me with answers, and no taking of other contest player's lives, please. That's not very nice.
6. The prizes possible will be listed at the bottom of this post, and I will mail the prize if it is physical, or if you want digital art, I will post it on here, and if time/resources allow, I will also make a physical copy as well, that will look nice. Very nice.




Contest


Part one-Art


































You shouldn't even need a clue, but if you do, Nintendo era, high scores, and dancing Russian men. Or maybe Ukrainian, now that I think about it. Help? Anybody?



Part Two-Quiz

Since I have a variety of friends, and each and everyone of them is, uh, different...or...special, as I like to think, I'm going to have a quiz that tests your pop culture, mathematical, and linguistics and world culture skills! (Note: Any possible mistakes I make are not mistakes. They're really just correct answers that you failed to comprehend, and therefore, you should have gotten the same answers as me. So there.)

1. Math-How many kilometres did I run around the track yesterday? Let's say the track is 400m around, and I ran 37 laps, just figuratively speaking, for sure. How many kms would that be?

2. A man who is clearly drunk walks up to you and says, "Vive Le France!"

Do you

A) Explain to him that it is no longer WWII, and that sort of attitude really isn't supported here.
B) Shout "Vive le Québec Libre!" in solidarity, as if you were some sort of strange French politician that failed to comprehend Canadian political and social trends or
C) Slap him and yell, "Je vous tuerai et le crachat sur votre tombe!"


3. There once was a show called Powerpuff Girls produced in the later 90s, early 2000s. Who do you think is my favourite Powerpuff Girl? (You can watch some clips on YouTube if you need a reference, I'm sure.)

a) Blossom
b) Buttercup
c) Bubbles


Part 3-Persuasion

Persuade me why I should give you first prize. Something short, about a sentence long, or shorter, or something else you can bribe me with. Donations accepted in forms of food, shelter, water, clothing or general amusement. (Aka. Anything that makes me laugh.) Will also take monetary bribes. Nothing is too shallow for me! =D





OK, well, that looks like the whole contest, ready to go! I will be happily awaiting your interesting and creative replies. The prizes are:


1) Grand Prize-Your choice of any form of art. Anything. I will provide suggestions should you want or desire guidance.
2) Semi-Grand Prize- I will give you a choice of thee possible things that I can make that you will be forced to like! And, you'll like it. Yes. Yes, you will.
3) Not-so-Grand-but-could-be-worse-Prize-for-Third-Place- I will make something for you. It will probably involve macaroni and glue. I might eat the glue, which might force me to eat the macaroni, which might force me to send a letter of condolence. Hopefully you don't get third prize. Uh, but still, could be great! =D

OK, so guess away! Comments and suggestions or requests for e-mail, leave them in the comments box, please!

Just a note, I updated the cartoon, there was a problem with Blogger, and it only updated half of the cartoon, not all of it, so you can finish reading the rest of it, if you so desire.

Art contest in...3 days! =D

Cartoon Week Day 7

Sorry this took an extra day. Blogger went crashy.

I will probably do an art contest soon. Stay tuned! =D

Cartoon Week-Day 6

Cartoon Week Day 5

In other news, I had play practice tonight, and it was fine. I'm tired, so I think I'm off to bed. Night!

Cheesy, but tasty

By popular request, me, eating a piece of brie. Cartoon later
tonight...or early afternoon for you other N/A folks.