It feels like it's over because we already celebrated it on Saturday at the Green Fool's Party. It was super fun! Steve and I won a costume contest. The 'Artsy Fartsy' category. We went as American Gothic, the painting by Grant Wood. We won this painting as our prize!! Sorry for the crappy quality, but it's quite huge and really colorful! It's done by a local artist who has also done a few murals around the city. I was really excited about winning this. That's pretty neat to get an original painting. (and nice to have an original painting that isn't mine hanging in my house)
In other news, I decided to poke a hole in my head. I got my upper ear pierced. Not sure what you call it, it's through the cartilage, but not in a place that most people get done.. When I went to the piercing place, I actually wanted it a bit lower but the guy doing the piercing said he didn't want to go much lower in case it got infected, it has the potential to infect a facial nerve, leaving half my face paralyzed (rare but still possible). I thanked him for his opinion and opted to NOT have that happen. So it's higher than I wanted, but it's growing on me (haha, no pun intended) and I really like it.
So I try to not care about politics, sometimes I can't help myself though. Especially when it gets closer to election time and the smearing ad campaigns inundate your relaxing evenings in front of the idiot box. I guess it really makes a tv more like an 'idiot box' if you believe half the stuff that comes out of these campaign ads. With the whole Michael J. Fox vs. Rush 'The Big Fat Liar' Limbaugh some of these ads and retorts are becoming down-right mean and unfounded. But this little nugget of goodness I found on YouTube/Digg made me laugh out loud. Wow...people voted this slimeball in. Geez Georgie...do you ever actually LISTEN to what you say?
Monday was Thanksgiving Day here in Canada so we invited our other orphaned friends over for a turkey dinner and football and hockey games. It was a lot of fun to have people over for dinner, even if we all had to crowd around on the floor for a space on our coffee table. When I have my dream house, I'll be sure to have a large dinner table so I can have dinner parties. I wish Canada's turkey day was not on a Monday though...what is it with all holidays here being on Mondays? Americans know where it's at having Turkey Day on Thursday...gives you time to recouperate after the large dinner and a FOUR instead of THREE day weekend.
Halloween is coming too! We're going to go to the Green Fools Halloween party this year instead of a house party. I'm glad. The Green Fools put on a good party with amazing costumes. I think I finally know what I'm going to be (and no, I'm not going to say what it is) but I need to hit up a fabric store this weekend and start sewing. Unfortunately I have to work this weekend though...BOOS! Working on weekends is poo, I can't believe I did it all the time at the ugly frame shop.
Yay...I'm sitting on the couch, posting in my blog. Now, I don't ever have to get up! Research, writing, emails, even video conferencing can be done from the comfort of my own big red couch. This is the epitomy of laziness....I now have my Mac Book.
Earlier today, with the click of a button, we were video-chatting with Steve's parents and brother. He walked around the house, using the built in camera to give them a tour of our apartment. It's surprisingly fast and easy and clear...and silly when you play with Photobooth.(see photo, no I don't really look like that.)
