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She's such a riot. :D

We picked her up yesterday from the aunt's -- so far, she's adapting well to her food and other living stuff here at the apartment, and she seems to be happy and friendly. Already she knows where her food is kept, and she gets excited when we make any approaches towards that end of the kitchen. She's clearly one of us :P

Still hasn't managed to find a good sleeping spot for her though -- there was one brief incident where we went looking for her this morning in the house (apparently she's a serious escape artist, so we were advised to keep tabs on her for the next few days) and we found her under our bed, contentedly tucked in the box spring portion of our mattress. She emerged from it just fine, but we were in laughing hysterics at the sight.

I know you say you never regret anything (and it's true, you almost never do), but you will regret not finishing your bachelor's degree when you could.  Do yourself a favour, and stick it out.

A different way to check the weather.

*gigglefits*

College application is in.

*crosses fingers for good omens and 60 transfer credits*

After this weekend, I don't know if I can go back to my normal life.

Kathleen Edwards is going to be in World Cafe Live Philadelphia on my birthday! ;_;

A power failure hit the entire block early this evening.

Ben's response: "I thought the light was supposed to last all eight days?"

My graphics card is, for lack of a better comparison, acting like a teenager who's just been denied a later curfew.

Symptoms:
- Last night, started crashing hard-core during World of Warcraft; graphics went kerbunkle, and computer froze.
- After a hard restart, tracer lines across the mobo and Windows start-up screen. Monitor receives no signal after that. This persists after several hard resets.
- Normal during safe mode.

Attempts:
- Tested memory overnight with the Windows memtest. No issues.
- Uninstalled graphics drivers in safe mode. Rebooted computer in normal fashion. Graphics looked ok, but I honestly didn't let it run long enough in that state to see if it's a drivers issue or a hardware issue.
- Reinstalled graphics drivers. Right now, graphics are quietly rebellling here and there, and my monitor is intermittently losing signal.
- Yeah, I tried to play WoW when it looked like my computer had settled down. That was a mistake, but the repair utility came out fine at least.

We'll probably take it to the computer doctor tomorrow, but urrrrrgh. -_-

Is it January yet? -.-

Guh. More free time please. *flops into bed*

Also - it's snowing! :O

While reading CBC.ca today, I caught a reader's comment made in response to the article about Election Day:


To my American friends: I get a stay-home pass today, because I'm not allowed; what's your excuse? Go vote. :)

I've seen this Honda commercial several times already, and it amazes me each time. Why? None of it is digitally enhanced. I kid you not.

I heard this on the way home from fencing tonight, and wanted to share - it's an introspective radio segment about a British woman's journey towards obtaining American citizenship. Still five years to go for me, but a great deal of the segment talks about immigration and its personal and political conflicts. It's painfully honest and incredibly resonating, and reflects a great deal about my experiences and thoughts on the process (yes, including the silly application questions and the Windex fingerprinting) - it's on Soundprint this week only, so feel free to take a listen. :)

This stomach virus hurts, in a horrific biological warfare kind of way.

Hi, green card. It took a year, but you're finally here. *hugs*

from zephre  and relentlesstoil :
As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

Alright, I'll bite. The one that still resonates with me to this day: Reference re Same-Sex Marriage [2004], where the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its opinion that proposed legislation extending marriage to same-sex couples was consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

To get geekily triumphant, the Conservatives who opposed this legislation got pwned in the fase.

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Not that I have a baby (what a thought O.o), or know many people with kids, but I thought this article might be worth sharing. The Lancet article is here for those that want to take a deeper look at the study. Overall, some fairly intimidating stuff.