The Occasionally Updated Tangent

A personal development worker shares his thoughts of living in a socially bizarre world

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Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

freakin' interwebs

Grr. Grr. Grr.

For the past two days, there has been no internets at our house. I am still fuzzy as to why, but dammit, answers will be given!!! Anyway, it seems to be working somewhat, so hopefully we're back online for now. I would have more to say, but I am tired.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Today I took a client out to get a haircut, and to see The Grudge 2. I got enough hair off my head to cover 2 small poodles, with enough left over for half of a medium sized terrier. I think I must subconsciously refuse to get a haircut until it's critical mass, because I really enjoy the feeling of washing my hair right after a haircut, when it's so much shorter, and it takes five seconds to dry. Or perhaps I read too much into my hair.

The Grudge 2...well, what can I say? You can only take so many grey asians jumping out at you before it gets to be too much, and you start to phase out. Grudge Woman and Grudge Boy crawled awkwardly out of every space imaginable, including the hood of one poor girl's jumper (while she was still wearing it). The prolonged high school locker/shower scenes should satisfy all the pervs out there, however. There is no shortage of high school uniform skirts hiked too high. The movie couldn't decide whether it was a teeny-bopper horror flick or a suspense-filled psycho drama, and came off mediocre at both. The back story stretched even further back, and it pulled some creative muscles. All in all, this one might be a second-choice renter, but save your money.

After dropping off my client, I came home to find Kat's dad John and his girlfriend Val literally standing at the door. Kat came to the door in a towel, with the three of standing there, having just scampered out of the tub. I'm sure that wasn't odd for her at all. After she got more suitably attired, we went out for dinner at an Indian restaurant (Yep, Tobs, the same one!) and had a great time. (We tried the lamb korma this time, and it was really good!)

And that's about it, really. I just recently recieved a call begging me to go into work tomorrow, so I suppose I should sign off and try to get some sleep.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The times, they are a-changing...

It has been only about 8 months since I've updated, so perhaps I'm a bit overdue. Quite a lot has changed! I am still at Semi house, and things are going very well there. I have landed a permanent position that is keeping me hopping busy. Also new in my life are the addition of 10 hermit crabs, another rose haired chilean tarantula, 5 triops (who will sadly only be with us for a few months), a giant millipede, some sea monkeys and a cat. Oh, and a girlfriend, who brought the majority of these creatures with her when she moved in. That's right! The sentence I oh-so-casually tossed out there is correct! Not only did I actually find a girl who will put up with me, she's even batty enough to MOVE IN WITH ME! It's crazy but it's true. Her name is Kat. I met her on the internets. I took her to a comedy show and she moved in. All those years, sitting about in over-priced coffee shops bitching and complaining with my other single friends, and who knew it would be so easy?

Kat likes video games and bugs. And she is little.

Leeeetle.

Anyway, it appears I have some semblence of a real life now, so it might actually mean that I will have things of substance and interest to say, hence the resurrection of the blog.

Also, Toby said I had to.