Whysoserious.com has UPDATED. Now there is a juicy litle pumpkin, just in time for Halloween. I wonder what surprises await?
Quite possibly the exciting news that there's going to be a motherfucking 7-min prequel playing in IMAX in December? I have to say, ever since the IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com reveal, I and the world have been certain of a connection to the only big WB movie in Dec, I Am Legend. But the first trailer was really all we were expecting. But a seven-minute stand-alone prequel focusing on the Joker and playing in IMAX is above and beyond any expectation. So HOLY MUTHERFUCKING WOAH. I'm going to pee myself when that happens.
Also, it's been pointed out that the pumpking on whysoserious.com is carved directly like the pumpkin from the Batman GN The Long Halloween. Whoever is doing the marketing on this movie should do the marketing on every movie, because they know their fucking goddamn stuff. By this point, even if TDK isn't good, the marketing will make it worth it.
Also, I got my new sofa in! Huzzah! It marked up the floor a bit getting it set up, but now I have something soft, cushy and awesome to sit on that doesn't dig metal bars into my ass after ten minutes. Playing Halo will now be much more enjoyable.
And so, to continute cleaning! Guests tomorrow!

And so, the apartment gets a little emptier.
After first getting them, the rats were just living things in my house. Having never owned anything that wasn't a cat or a lizard, I didn't research or really know much about how to care for rats, and so just fed them and left them be. They were incredibly handshy, maybe abused by their former owner, and if they didn't want to be nice to me, I didn't want to bother. Finding Kenobi so soon after that really distracted me from them even more.
Then about two months ago I started getting more interested in getting the rats to like me - I had been hearing more and more about how smart and friendly rats were and asked advice and tried things out to get the rats to like me. But leaving them alone for so long may have done a bit of damage. Justice wants nothing to with me. While smart and healthy, she knows her name and everything, they minute I touch her she scouts into her home. Freedom, however, started gettingused to me and eventually started sitting at the cage door to climb on my shoulder and hang around with me. I think she must've been older, or maybe sick, because she started getting skinnier and greying than Justice. She has a healthy appetite though, and always eats like a pig. But we started having good times.
Then tonight I notice she seems to be having trouble breathing. Fearing the worst, I take her out and hold her near me. She's weak, barely able to stand and taking deep gasps. So I cuddle her, hold her close thoughout TV and just near the begining of Heroes she leaves this mortal coil. So now I'm too distracted to watch Heroes and I was already at a bit of an emotional strain today and now Kenobi's not helping by staring at the cage and meowing, knowing something's up.
R.I.P. Freedom.

Hole shit, it's so foggy outside if I went on the balcony I wouldn't be able to see anything. It's creepy, it's like murder movie fog out there.
Haaaa, speaking of murder movies, I met my neighbour yesterday. Craaaazy. One of those women who wear two skirts over jeans and a jacket that doesn't match the rest of the outfit. And, like, 50. She was all 'OMG, I'm so glad a girl's moving in! I had so much trouble with all the last tennants, it was all guy after guy. Now I can finally move into my bedroom, it's the room right beside yours you know. Now I can sleep there without having to worry about some late night attack."
SHE WAS EXPECTING THE PREVIOUS GUY TO JUST BREAK THROUGH THE WALL AND RAPE HER OR SOMETHING. WHAT. THE. HELL.
I just stared at her.
I really had nothing to say to that.

Well I've been here a month now! My how time flies - it also causes me to remember plans I made for when I moved here that I never followed through. Mainly my Vox, which I meant to start updating on all my life's little glories having moved to a new city. Still haven't touched it - in fact, I've only done half of the journal changes I've been meaning to do. I'm going to try finishing up this weekend and fully fill out my Vox.
Basically the breakdown will be thus:
Vox for the majority of my life happenings - things at work, stuff I saw on the street, musings of mine and anything journally that I write more for my benefit of remembering it than anything else. There'll also be more photos, as well as little tours and such of the city because it really is that interesting!
LJ will be my more enterainment journal - linkspam, interesting things on/offline, the really interesting things that happen IRL. I'll (try to) be posting more drawings and pictures in the LJ, but a few photos will pop up here too. There'll be some double posting between my LJ and my Vox but not a whole lot and only if something big really tends to happen.

Anyway, I'll try to get that up and running in the next few days. Chaaaanges.

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Today's update!
Today was rather sucessful. Got up 'round 7 with my folks and then drove around the city for a bit, sightseeing, while I chilled. Then they got back and we hugged and said our goodbyes and they got the flock outta here. I love them and all, but that was more than enough time for me. So they left and all and I just chilled around the apt for a bit, unpacking a bit before deciding that I didn't want to yet.
Went downstairs and knocked on Morgan&Trevor's door to see if they wanted to wander 'round downtown. Turns out they were just geting ready to go see Spider3 on IMAX! Obviously on opening weekend I couldn't just get a ticket right there, so they said they'd call me or walk up when they got back. And Morgan was all 'OMG look at my ring!' and I told her I saw her Facebook yesterday with the satus change and she laughed.
so I went and walked downtown and checked things out and took some touristy pictures. Found the studio easy after Trev's instructions and found the comic store a door down. Bought some stuff because it was on sale (found this neat devil toy) and went to the Free Comic Day part, which was in a church. IT WAS AWESOME. They didn't just have the regular free comics, but rows and rows of all these tables just covered in old or I'm guessing bulk comics, all for free. I grabbed a giant handful. Some guys, including the artist of Owly (one of my favorite little indy comics because it's adroable) were there too! There was a gigantic lineup though, so I just grabbed my comics and left.
Then I went into this store called Freak-something, which was basically Sugar Moutain and Mrs Tiggywinkles merged into one. Bought a SHITLOAD of candy. So delicous.
Won't have to worry about getting fat though! Not if I walk to and from work everyday. Not only is it about a 20min walk, but it's one downhill there and uphill back. My legs are killing my just from walking for 1.5 hours downtown. By the walk back I could really feel the burn. Works my arms just as much and I'll be as hyudje as Adam. That is how he spelled it, right?
Anyway, after that I pretty much just crashed from lack of energy - I had forgotten to eat today! So it's just been catchin' up on LJ and reading my free comics. I think I might even take a nap soon before making dinner and then I'll start the unpacking process.

I'M HERE IN HALIFAX OMGOMGOMYAY
Actually, I arrived here yesterday. I just only got the internet today. In fact, I just only got the internet RIGHT NOW. That's how addicted I am. I've been going crazy, neeing my updating fix.
So okay, this might be a ridiculously long entry, just to warn. Not a lot's happened, but enough that I want to ramble on about. And, y'know, maybe someone wants to hear it.
Left at 7:30 on Wednesday and it was surprisingly uneventful. Left in a minivan filled to the brim with boxes and flat packed furniture. My whole world, all my worldly possesions, packed inside a minivan. Drove for 10 hours, nothing to it but a little tired. Played a lot of Pokemon Gold and am no re-hooked on Pokemon. Damn you addictive, repetitive game based around collecting. Not to mention an adorable little dino Pokemone in Diamond/Pearl that I want. And I've wanted a DS foreves. GAH.
Anyway, got to Fredriction 'round 8, had dinner (Swiss Chalet) and then went to the hotel to watch LOST. Forgot about the time switch (1 hr diff) and were all OMG WUT THERE'S NO LOST before realizing it'd be on LATER than what we were used to. So, watched LOST.
LOVED IT. COMPLETELY. Mostly just the main storyline and not the little bit besides with the 'we should tell her' 'not yet' bit where I waned SPOONS FILLED WITH SALT stabbed in their eyes. JESUS
Then Thursday, yesterday, where we started driving again for another four hours, got lost, got to the place late, someone else was using the lift we needed, got all the stuff in the apartment late and then put together my futon/sofa and just pllunked down on it for a half hour. Went out to lunch, went and bought all the essentials we couldnt' fit int eh van: microwave, toaster oven, broom, garbage can, groceries, TV, yadda yadda. Dad also bought me a PS2 and Shadow of Collosus game because he spoils me like that. Wouldn't go fr the Xbox 360 though, even after I explained all the wonderful, amazing uses to DVD playing, movie and music download and all that other jazz I might have made up. Didn't get it.
Came home, started putting together all the stuff. I didn't just bring any regular furniture, you see. It was all Ikea and other jazz that ALL had to be put together. Put together the TV stand and put the TV on it. Put together ones of those Ikea arm chairs like at the old place. Put togther a little coffee table so I could rest the computer on it and do some Flash practice. And that was the easy shit.
Then I sent the parents to go have dinner by themselves and I just died a little on the sofabed and played Shadow of Colossus until they got back. Then they wanted to watch Serenity, we couldn't because Tori still has it, so we watched the copy of Bon Cop Bad Cop that I had that I'd never even opened. It was HILARIOUS, and I highly recomenned. Twice as funny if you live in Ontario/Quebec, but still damned funny.
Then slept and woke up and started more work! This time we had a bookcase, a dresser, a stand my dad made for my toys, my lighttable and my computer desk to put together. That took us from 9am to 2pm. And around 11 the internet guy comes in. And finds out? That my apartment isn't wired correctly for teh 'nets. So he has to go downstairs to try and fix it. FOUR HOURS LATER. Poor bugger comes back up, has been calling this way and that to try and get things working, my parents have left to go for a walk to tour the city and FINALLY the internet works and now I'm here! A lot of my junk still isn't unpacked, and I probably should be doing that instead, but I felt that writting this all doesn was more important. Did I leave anyting out? Lemme think.
Nope, I think that's all the important bits.
It's really nice down here and I know I'm going to like it. I know some folk in the building already from school/work and I got a pretty nice view of the ghetto. You can tell it's the art ghetto too - every run down little townhouse is painted in bright colours, blues, greens, yellows, purple, ect. It's deliciously funky. And everything'd a nice walk away - It's Free Comic Day tomorrow, so I'm going to go and check outt he local comic stores. And chip stands. And stand near the habour and smell the sea - you surprisingly can't smell it from the apartment.
Alright! First entry from Halifax is done. Batcave 2.0 is almost all set up. Except for the problems with the internet, things are looking good.
:D


Jesus, checking up on my mailing lists, sites and flist is gona be a nii~iightmare.

Iiiiiii'm back! For a week!
The trip was fun and exicting and nice to see the whole family before I left. Pretty much saw them all except 1 aunt, three cousins and my two nephews, which is pretty good for a space of two days. Had a cousin's wedding shower on the Sunday, so I went to that were we talked and a bunch of people congradulated me and told me they were going to come visit. Hahahaha. And all my cousin's were all 'You on Facebook! OMG!" Plus two big dinners for Sun and Mon, and on Mon it ws roast moose, which is terribly delicious and tender. Then back on the road and now I'm home! Haven't caught up on much of anything yet, becaues the boy's not home and I want to get in a full load of packing while I can. It's so hard to know where I want to start!
Oh! But I got a pack of photos of my apartment, when I haven't even seen yet until now. It's odd though: One side's all windows and the other's all closets!" Where am I going to fit all my things? It's bigger than the pictures make it seem, I'm guessing, but jumping if this isn't going to cause a confusion of where to put what. At least I'll get a lot of light.
Allright, I shouldn't be too distracted on this. I'd better get everything done that I can. Do I really only have three days left to pack and say my goodbyes?

Alright, so I'm all catched up on LOST, just in time to download last night's episode! everything's still all WTF and awesome and all - I might be able to start catching up on the comm theories and such by this weekend. The fact that they might not flow with last week's episode is gonna drive me craa~azy.
Watched Pet Shop of Horrors today. Hilarity. I've never seen it before, but I got that 'Plant food' song stuck in my head on continuous loop. Occasionally replaced by Disney's 'Chim-Chimney'
SEGWAY
So I'm totally in with an apartment for Halifax! I'm supposed to be getting photos of the pad soonish, but I gots me a bachelor apartment in a highrise, with a balcony and indooor pool and exercise room and all the works! I'm so ridiculously excited. But on the getting of the apartment and the not bringing of the cat, I'm looking at other pets that I can get just as for the need of another body in the house. I'm totally, seriously considering a chinchilla. To name Chim-Chim. And snorgle.
Except that I might be allergic to them and they're rather super expensive. Oh le sighs. :<

Jayme and I went out for a tour of the museum, but 80% of it was closed for fixings, so we just did a little walk around and looked in the gift shop. They had a freakin' 60$ T-Rex skull that was about a little bigger than my hand. I super want it, sooooo bad. And man, now I'm regretting not buying it. I guess I'll just have to go out next week and get sweet, sweet dino skull.
I'm a neeeeerd.
Then we went to this Tshirt print shop where Jayme got a university shirt from her DnD game printed, custom, and I got a headphone print and a 'Team Picard'. Awesome! I'm going to make some more before I leave too. Shirts are so addictive.
And my Threadless shirt came in today too! I wasn't even aware that it had shipped! What a glorious little surprise.

Man, I don't know what's up with the cat, but she's just running around the living room chirruping for whatever reason. She's a fucking loon. Maybe she's just all anxious 'cause she can feel my anxiousness over this whole Halifax dealio.
Ahhhhh, and speaking of which I'm finished with looking at apartments. Finished, done, thrown in the towel. I must've sent out a dozen million emails, plus applications and I'm just spent. Purely, utterly spent. This is two much work, really, trying to find a place to live in an area I'm not remotely near. And I'm planning on doing this multiple times? I'm an utter twit, aren't I?
I'd probably be less stressed about this if I 'd made a list and chart about all the places I've looked/applied at. But that'd be incredibly OOC of me, now wouldn't it?
I will be so, utterly happy when this is over and I can get on with the moving and the working and the fun. SAILINGOMGZ

And show pimp: British television show called 'Primeval'. Dinosaurs. In modern London. FUCKIN' A

Linkspam:
Man swipes 1,500 oaurs if panties .... dude

Porn a tough sell for panda Before you click on that link, it's totally SFW, but just where did your mind go first? I'm blaming OTF wank for this one.

Toad size of small dog found Australia. Is designed. To kill you.

Pokemon: 10 years and counting Shit, really? Now I feel old.

Third Runaways HC cover art Whih means nothing to any of your because you're all Godless Heathens.

Ottawa woman ate some of that bad petfood I AM LEAVING THIS CITY.

Bizzare hexagon on Saturn Spaceshiiiiiip.

Lego Batman This? This is me Flailing with stupid happiness. If it's not for Wii, I'm gonna choke so many bitches, dogs will die out.

Oh man, the anxiety of trying to find an apartment is going to kill me soon, I just know it. I'm going flippin' bonkers here, even when half of the stress is just the wait. I have a few applications I need to print out and fill in before faxing off to the buildings, and hope I get accepted at at least two of the places so that at least I have choice. Techinically, there should be nothing wrong with my paperwork and I should have no trouble at all, though. There was one building that I really wanted to move in to because some friends are moving there already, and it has a pool and recreational area and balcony and whatnot, but it's on the more expensive side of things and I don't even know if I'll stay there for the full year or not, and this building is a year lease.
Hopefully, pray to God, I'll know what's what by Friday. If not I might just scream and die.
I won't be bringing Tama either now - talked about it with the folks last night and we all came to the idea that it'd be better for her (she's a delicate flower and special snowflake) if my parents just took her in and she lived back at the house while I was gone. My mum suggested this volunteer duty for the Humane Society, where I foster sick animals that need the care that living in a cage won't give them. I might try that out, or if I end up in a place that doesn't accept pets then just volunteer at the actual facility. It'll give me something to do in my spare time too, so that I don't feel all locked up with my computer while I'm not at work.

No linkspam today - all the research was on the 'home' front. I'm turning in for an early night anyway, since tomorrow more stress promises to abound.

I'm now considering dyeing my hair a bright blue. :/

Alright, I think I got this apartment thing figured. I got my name down for a place that's killer awesome - balcony, indoor pool, excersise room, everything included, pets allowed - but there's nothing availble for May. Yet, anyway. There's still that hope and prayer that in the next week an apartment will go free. That building's just super killer awesome. But, if not, there's about a hundred listings of places that are going up in May, thanks to students leaving. So I'm not entirely screwed.
In any case, I need to promise myself that I won't worry about it until next week anyway. Can't worry can't worry can't worry.

Oh man, I got a new wireless keyboard and this thing runs like a dream. Super quiet keys with a nice new smell and soft feel. Now I just have to work on keeping the fucker clean. I love my white machines, but every little dirt is attracted to them.

I haven't watched LOST in three weeks now, even though the files are sitting right here on my comp. I just keep forgetting to bring them to work to watch. Watching TV shows is so much harder when I have to put in the effort to find the torrent, download, upload at work and then watch. I'm just waiting for the HIMYMs2 and VMs3 dvd boxsets because the whole effort in catching up is just almost not worth it.

Man, why am I suddenly always really hungry at 1 am?

Linkspam:
Google Homepage's easter eggs If I didn't have class tomorrow I'd be a humongoid nerd and sit and wait to see.

Desktopography - some of the most amazing backgrounds I've ever seen. Just having them on my comp makes me want to do more work. Or at least feel artsyer.

Disorganized organization Hundreds and thousands of teens are showing this to their parents. God, I can't remember how many times I argued with my mum to not move my stuff because I remembered exactly where I tossed it.

Online anonymity lets us be nasty ORLY?

I can has cheezburger Cat macros will NEVER stop being funny.

Hellboy 2 plot released Well, I'm gonna go see it.

More on the Justice League movie At work, we're all hoping that Justin Timberlake is the Flash. The latest Supes and Bats movies were fine and all, but what we really need is Barry Allen bringing sexy back.

Man, why is getting an apartment so hard? Every time I think I got it figured, new complications arise. This is going to cause me baldness before I finally move. ARGH Hopefully it can all be worked out by today so I can stop pulling my hair out.
and then there's the other stresses of the move - when it's going to be, how I'm going to do it, what I need to get done first. And I still really, really want to go to the Montreal Disney exhibit, but it looks like we put it off for too long. It's running until June, though, so maybe I can swing it after the move. Here's hoping the kids still want to do it. Why is life so haaaaard.
It's also wonderfully pouring rain outside, so I'm thankful I don't have plans. I can't stand this spring weather. Ick.

Linkspam:
22-mth old is awesome as Wii Sports If this was any cuter, he'd be half kitten
Fake but awesome Evangelion trailer Now I've been re-watching it to pick out the scenes. Also, I totally can't wait until the real one. they'd better hurry their butts.
Yoshimi Battles Pink Robots to be a Broadway musical. YES YES YES
Woman allergic to modern techonology This is probably one of my biggest nightmares. Next to being covered in bees.
The 300 controversy I can't think of anyway stupid enough to come out of that movie thinking that the persians were ninjas, orcs and G'oalud. But more to the point, a few paragraphs in - Frank Miller's writing a comic about Batman vs Al-Qaeda???? I hope he explodes before that happens. I'm seriously weeping here folks.
Really bad/bizzare toys they just shouldn't have made OMG I remember the whole Hulk p33n thing when it went down. hilarity.
Movie pirates put bounty on sniffer dogs' heads Best title ever.

SHIT
The apartment I wanted was rented out yesterday. If I hadn't procrastinated, I might've been able to get it. Dammit!
So now I'm on a wait list incase an apartment goes out by that end of the month. But I almost don't want to wait, in case other apts go missing. Damn damn damn.

Man, I had this weird-ass dream about eating dandelions and now I can't get the taste outta my mouth.

Shopping day today! Huzzah! I'll be heading downtown to pick up some things and deposit my monehs. Saving up for that funderful apartment, which Tom'n'Jayme have convinced me to move into in June instead of July. I'm still terribly excited for it, although I'm nervous about calling because I'm terribly shy on the phone. I've sent them an email asking about the pets and hopefully will get an answer soon. If none by Friday, then I'll phone up. I should probably do it soon - if I keep getting myself excited over it and then find out there's no pets it'll be a big crash and burn. Although, and I don't know if I've mentioned this already, I did go by the apartments on Sunday and see a couple with a dachsund walking around the bulidings. This gives me great hope!

Jesus Christ, it's a lion cold outside! Still, I've aready made my choice for shoppings. Can't back down now. Will just have to wrap myself up tightly.


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Aaahhh, I'm starting to slow down at work now. :< I keep getting distracted or just drifting off into far away Ama land. Maybe I should try drinking coffee again, see if that helps. I can't let my frame count/quality go down now! Not when new lease and New York Trip* are so close!

Speaking of leases, I think I've found the bitchin' new pad that I want to crash in! It's about the same distance to work from here, maybe even closer by bike (since bikes don't make all the stops and detours that buses do), has a sweet layout, is in a nice area, has a pool and a balcony. I've sent in a rental inquiry and next week I'm going to call them. Pretty much the pet factor is all that's riding on it, since the site doesn't say boo. If I can't move in there, I'll cry. Openly.
So, lend me your luck charms, good friends! Here's hoping.

Man, Facebook's totally not working tonight. What's up with that?


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*New York Trip may or may not happen depending on funds at the time due to new lease.

Argh. The boy and I have been looking at the getting ready to move out now, and have started to look at apartments. I started a bit earlier, but looked much less exstensively. It was mostly just a google and oh, okay approach. Meanwhile the roomie's already managed to rack up a few prime choices, one of which is damn cheap (although probably get what you pay for) and I'm finding very little. Craigslist was no help and about 80% of all the places I'm finding are no pets. That's probably the biggest clincher right now, since I've found a ton of cheap apartments when I think 'Oh, maybe... wait, no pets' Damn my love for my kitty.
I've found some nice apartments, for a decent price, but a less happy location. It's past Prince of Wales and, granted, is closer to this part of town than Jayme's place is. I jus still have this naive little hope of living more downtown. But the price rises the further into the city you go, and if it's still affordable than there's a reason. :( There's some nice places by Ottawa U, but then it's university kids and that's an equal ugh.

There's still physical apartment hunting though - going about to the places I might want to live and calling them up and such. I still have at least a month of gathering time. Here's hoping!

And on a completely different note: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG ROAD TRIP PLZ K THNX