Pookzilla: Bees Are On The What Now?: July 2005

Sunday, July 31, 2005

When oh when will the grand unification of audio and video codecs take place? The grief! As far as I can tell playing an AVI with WMA audio is a hopeless cause on OS X.

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Steamboy was a bit of a turd in my opinion. Like Akira it had a climax that started around the 50% point and just kept going and going but unlike Akira I wasn't interested enough by that time to actually enjoy it. I just kept thinking "is this thing going to end soon?"

And it wouldn't.

It was pretty enough, but it was really dark and hard to see. The voice acting was okay, but Anna Paquin seemed incredibly wooden as Ray. Overall I think I should've taken a pass on this one.

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My stomach has been bugging me for days now. I'm not sure if I'm sick or if I've just been eating more poorly than usual. Blech. I think I'll loaf and watch DVDs today. I picked up Steamboy yesterday and there are a few others in my collection I still haven't bothered to watch (such as the Jesus Chainsaw Massacre).

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Saturday, July 30, 2005

Plan for today? Piss away so much money that I'll be distracted for days. Music, DVDs, clothing, books.

Fuck yah, bring it on.

Edit: Yah, so, I didn't spend that much and I feel pukey.

posted by pookzilla at 8:11 AM - 1 comment

Friday, July 29, 2005

OMGOMGOMG! Bubble Bobble for DS!

posted by pookzilla at 5:43 PM - 1 comment

Constants in my life:

Shaan curry will be good
If my cat walks on me he will do so in the most painful way possible
the selection at Chapters will let me down

That is all.

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There's something I should tell you
Before I take your blindfold off
I've been twisted and turned
By what I have learned
I'm superdeformed
But my blood is warm

Hello shitty sleep. Blech! I think I'm going to walk down to Chapters and partake in a Starbucks monstrosity of some flavor.

Update: WTF?!? How did I manage to fall back to sleep for like 5 hours?! :(

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Thursday, July 28, 2005

A little package arrived today by way of Thunder Bay. Inside? This!

Thanks Gwen! He rocks! I've been obsessing over these little guys every time I go into Mrs. Tiggywinkles!

Edit: Woah. My floor is a mess.

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My napping has gone horribly awry. Instead of being up by 7:30-8:00pm I managed to wake up at 1am. Guh.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Yeah, so, five day weekend. If anyone wants to do anything shout at me.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

There is something living in my bathroom vent. I don't know what it is, but it's nocturnal and annoying. It keeps banging or picking at the vent and it's driving me mad. I may go sleep on the living room floor to get some peace because I can't go to sleep with this noise. Yaaargh.

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I find myself laying in bed staring at the ceiling. This is nothing new to me - I tend to do this every night. For some reason the pattern seems more intricate tonight. The shadows from the plaster are more elaborate and defined. My brain is tricking me, making me believe that they're shifting and dancing. Perhaps they're trying to send me a message on behalf of the angels. I can imagine the message. It's one I want to hear. It's positive and it's comforting and it's most excellent.

Of course it's probably just an hallucination. Stupid, stupid brain.

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The theme for today was "be nice for Pook." Some back story.

Yesterday I was feeling dry. I was drinking a lot of water, but I still couldn't manage to break my thirst. I went to sleep thirsty. I woke up thirsty and had a monster of a headache. By 9:00am I was feeling the telltale signs of an oncoming migraine of biblical proportions. Sounds began having a ringing after tone and my vision had a low grade sepia filter applied. This is where "nice" comes in.

I was looking miserable and a co-worker noticed. He asked if I'd like some tylenol and I jumped at the chance. I went to follow him to his office but he told me to wait. Not only did he return with some extra strength tylenol but a glass of water for me as well. How nice is that?

This was followed up with advice from another co-worker on where I could safely rest in private for a bit without resulting to crawling under my desk. Again, nice. With this advice in mind I went into an empty lounge/meeting room, turned off the lights and laid down on the couch. Two hours later I woke up. The migraine had arrived in full force.

I managed to choke down some sub-par bean stew and then asked another co-worker for a drive home. He was nice and gave me a lift.

Several hours of sleep later I find that the headache is starting to wane but I am still thirsty. Guh.

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Monday, July 25, 2005

It’s quite a motion to step outside the cave
Has heaven seen the last of us, or can we start again?
So I’m coming back from miles of long
The crowd broke off and left the shape I’m in

I've been out every night for the past four days. I am beginning to wonder if I am a clone that was installed for some nefarious purpose because that's more activity than the real Pook gets in a month. I'm not complaining but man does it feel weird. For the longest time my life has been lived almost entirely inside my head and now it's like I've found a real one.

I go to sleep content.

posted by pookzilla at 10:32 PM - 4 comments

I found out that I have another four day weekend coming up - I get Friday and Monday off and while I was aware of Friday, Monday came as a shock. WOOT. I am tempted to try and turn it into a five day weekend by stealing Thursday as well. Oh the possibilities!

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Sunday, July 24, 2005

I had the most crazy sleep experience last night. I'm not sure if it was a dream or if it was really happening but I'm leaning towards it having really happened. I would open my eyes to find myself in bed. I would look right, and then I would look left. Satisfied that everything was well I would close my eyes for 15-20 seconds and then repeat the process. This little routine played out for what felt like hours. Aside from this bit of weirdness my sleep was absolutely perfect, and that's not something I get to say very often.

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Reasons number 105 and 106 why I love Teen Titans (and Starfire in particular):

"He now opens even larger cans of the butt whoop."

"You have ceased the 'booyahs.'"

Hee! The butt whoop! I need to use that in casual conversation at some point.

posted by pookzilla at 11:43 AM - 4 comments

Friday, July 22, 2005

So much Halo. My eyes, they asplode. *rubs vigorously* It was a fun time. I've never played with so many people at once. We had 4 boxes networked together and for most games we had the full 16 people playing. It was chaotic and fun fun fun. Now to sleep and let my eyes fall out.

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Crisp!

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So, it's Friday. I have the day off. What do I do now? I have a Halo party to go to tonight but my day is looking threadbare. Part of me wants to head downtown and buy myself an iSight. I have no compelling need for an iSight but man do they look shiny. Mmm. Shiny.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

I just finished watching The Crow: Wicked Prayer. There are courts situated in The Hague that are capable of bringing to trial crimes such as this movie, but only barely. I feel filthy inside. I paid money for this movie. MONEY. I feel the need to give it to someone else so that they too might share the torment. I shouldn't have to bare the burden alone.

Excuse me. I need to floss my brain with some cyclone fence.

I... I... no.

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I must buy more dresses! I've been wearing them consistently for the past week or so and they make the heat SO much more bearable. I don't want to see another crotched garment until there are leaves on the ground, dangsarnit.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

masochist (noun): one who buys the fourth sequel to The Crow simply because she wants to see how bad Eddie Furlong has gotten since Terminator Two.

posted by pookzilla at 3:12 PM - 9 comments

Uh... anyone else see that their Bloglines blog list is empty? Fear?

Update: Weird. The were there, just invisible. After hitting the 'sort feeds' button they all reappeared.

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Monday, July 18, 2005

Today? A very good day. My biorhythms are filthy, filthy liars.

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It's 34C after humidex at 6:30AM?

This does not bode well for Monday.

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Saturday, July 16, 2005

Harry Potter: Finished. I was liking it a lot until I hit the 2/3 mark. The ending... not so much. I'm happy I managed to get through it today. I didn't manage to get started until 2:00PM or so and I was afraid it might eat into tomorrow but thankfully not. If I had gone to sleep anticipating the ending I got I would've been miffed in the morning. The cat also decided to practice his Better Door Than Window Technique on two separate occasions - he's become quite skilled at being opaque.

On the topic of Spooky Slutwear, I found an awesome dress at Trivium but unfortunately they didn't have it in my size. I was able to confirm that it does COME in my size, however, so I will check back in with them in a few weeks. As I was told, angsty highschoolers cleaned the place out for prom dresses recently so their stock was a bit low.

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Driving in style with a smile on
I wish the light could turn red on me now
The day's been so damn hard already
So buckle me in on the highway of sin
'Cause that's just the way that I want to be

I soon depart to fetch a nice steaming bowl of breakfast pho followed by the new Harry Potter. Part of me also wants to go into the goth store and get all whored up in a spooky fashion. I'm hoping that urge passes - I'm far too blonde to properly pull off spooky.

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Friday, July 15, 2005

This is one of the more repugnant stories I've come across as of late. If this guy is guilty... holy fuck. It's children's t-ball you asshole! What the HELL is wrong with you!?

Humanity is a failure. Time to let the cockroaches have a go at it.

posted by pookzilla at 7:44 PM - 1 comment

X and I had a lovely lunch at D'Arcy McGee's. Each of us had a curry - I had a very lovely, but mild, vegetable curry with basmati rice and riatta whist she had a chicken variety that looked equally tasty. For dessert we split a crazy "chocolate volcano" dessert which made my waistline cry out in distress. Afterwards we went dress shopping at a little boutique on Sparks Street. Each of us managed to come away with a great bargain. Who can pass up 50% off? I then walked down to Rideau center for some cheese and a smoothie.

Then I came home and passed out. A couple times.

Dunno what's up. I feel very foggy and confused. I'm thinking it may be a combination of dehydration and heat stroke. Another option that just occurred to me is that I'm having some kind of reaction to the ginkgo biloba that was in the smoothie. I don't think I've ever had it before and based on some of the info I've managed to dig up with Google it has adverse reactions with certain anti-depressants.

Whoops.

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Change of plans. I think I'm going to hold off on the hair cut for another time. When I finally managed to get to sleep last night I was greeted with some of the most persistent and graphic nightmares I can ever recall having. Death, loneliness, failure, and isolation all wrapped up in a lovely zombie package. I'm shattered this morning and I just don't feel like rushing around trying to get it done before I meet X for grub. If I feel better after lunch maybe I'll pop into a salon and do it after all but I doubt it.

Getting out of bed is going to take some serious effort today.

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My mind is racing and I can't get it under control. I keep imagining conversations I really don't want to have and yet fear I can't avoid.

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Kids can be so cute. I was just downstairs doing the laundry and a young Indian woman came in along with her 2-3 year old son. When the son saw me his eyes went wide and his mouth dropped. He couldn't take his eyes off my tattoos. He even went so far as to back out of the elevator so as to not disturb his gaze. I swear he was in a trance His mother and I had a good laugh. I really don't recall the little guy blinking.

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I've been playing Neverwinter Nights all day long and I must confess my eyeballs are going to pop out of my skull. I've made it to the third (and final?) chapter and my level 15 wizard is a serious bitch... as serious a bitch as I am a nerd, in fact. Fireball, fireball, lightning bolt POCKET PROTECTOR!

I do believe I'm going to get my hair cut tomorrow before meeting X for lunch. My old stylist has dropped off the face of the planet - no one knows where she went - so I'm going to be adventurous and try a new place. I'm going to go to the stylist in Bayshore mall and see what they can do with my mop. I'm not sure how I want it cut yet - more than anything I just want it to look neater than it is. I currently look like Shaggy Doo after donning a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity. Zoinks. I have D&D on the brain.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

I've got another four-day weekend starting right now. The only plans I have involve picking up my copy of the new Harry Potter book first thing Saturday morning at Mrs. Tiggywinkles. While I'm downtown I might stop into the Highlander for a nice helping of haggis. Other than that... nothing much I guess.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

I rolled out of bed at 2:30PM. I (rather impulsively) decided to take a few days of vacation this morning so instead of getting up I decided to just lay in bed all day listening to music, watching the iTunes visualizer, and being a most excellent cat pillow (if I do say so myself). To be honest I wouldn't have gotten out of bed at all except for the fact that I was hungry and wanted to order a pizza. My plans for the remainder of the day include sitting on my bum and having a shower. To change things up a bit I might have a nap on the floor.

I'm a wild, wild woman.

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Monday, July 11, 2005

I've recently discovered Quartz Composer and I've been spending much of my free time playing with it. I've yet to come up with anything really impressive yet, but I hope to at some point. I have some crazy ideas I'd like to try out, but I'm afraid a lot of them aren't possible using Composer alone. For instance, I'd like to do a screen saver that would visualize the song currently playing in iTunes but I can't get access to the line-out port - only line-in. I'll need to wrapper the Quartz content in a Cocoa app of some kind in order to get all the functionality I need.

Anyway, ramble ramble.

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