2 posts in 2 days? What devilry is this?

Alright, so here it is - I unveil for you my very first tablet art. This was basically an excuse to try out some effects and familiarise myself with photoshop, hence the rondonkulously sub-par quality. Still, I hope you enjoy the whimsical tale that is Bike Ride, July 7.

I haven't blogged for a long while - I apologise.

What's new in my life - I bought some goalie pads, so if people want to come over and throw/shoot pucks at me as hard as they can, that'd be a fun time.
For my birthday, I got a tablet, so I've been having loads of fun drawing on my computer, but I am ridiculously slow at it. Nevertheless, expect my first rudimentary efforts to come trickling out at some point.

Here is a survey thing I did a couple of days ago, enjoy it.

1. What is your occupation right now? Technical assistant for Shell.

2. What colour are your socks right now? Not wearing any! My feet are cold.
3. What are you listening to right now? My brother watching youtube videos.

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Ice Cream. With peanuts.

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Sorta ish.

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My da.

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes. Go internet soulmate.

8. How old are you today? Barely 20.

9. What is your Favourite sport to watch? Probs football. Or curling.

10. What is your Favourite drink? Gin and tonic.

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? No siree.

12. Favourite food? Indian or greek.

13. What is the last movie you watched? Little Big Man.

14. Favourite day of the year? There are lots.

15. How do you vent anger? I tear, and then try and hit things.

16. What was your Favourite toy as a child? I honestly don't remember.

17. What is your Favourite season? Harvest.

18. Cherries or Blueberries? Cherries. There was a caterpillar incident with blueberries.

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? If I send it to them. They have so many addresses, I can't keep track.

20. Who is the most likely to respond? All of them. They love these things.

21. Who is least likely to respond? Probably eve, cause she's without internet right now. (or is she?)

22. Living arrangements? With my family and later just my brother.

23. When was the last time you cried? Today - almost.

24. What are you doing right now? Trying to master photoshop.

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? The grade 3 ones.

26. What did you do last night? Stayed up way to late reading an ultimately unsatisfying webcomic.

27. What inspires you? very little.

28. What are you most afraid of? not succeeding.

29. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburger ? spicy chicken burger.

30. Favourite dog breed? The big, jowly kinds.

31. Favourite cat breed? The oriental types.

32. Favourite day of the week? What the hell kind of question is this?

33. How many countries have you lived in? Canada

34. What is the last book you read? Serenity bay. So Bad.

35. Favorite Flower? Lilacs.

36. Favourite time of day or night. evening when i have plans

37. Motor car you would most wish to own. Ooh, something vintage on the outside, new on the inside.

38. Favourite unhealthy treat. bagel.

39. Cell phone Ring tone. SOS, ABBA.

40. If you could afford to live anywhere in the world, where would it be. Somewhere canada-ish. or new england.

Indomitable Wit.

A litte story:
So for almost the past week, I've been filling out gaps in an ENORMOUS file of all the core descriptions for the past several years. What this is, basically, is a list in excel sorted by facies and assay (that is, what each part of the core is made of and how much of that is oilsand). Because there is so much information, I have about, oh, 400 core samples to edit, and each of those takes up 30-60 lines. The gaps I am filling are the facies, because sometimes they're missing, and without those the actual information I need isn't present. After I fill in the facies I can use the averages thereof to fill in the rest of the information, which is probably going to take another week or so. Alright, exposition almost half over, hang in there. To fill in the missing facies, I need to call up an actual adobe picture of the core description, which is like a giant graph thing, go to the appropriate point, and switch back and forth between the adobe and xls. files filling stuff in. Relatively straightforward. Only I have crap memory, so I remember the intervals and facies by muttering them under my breath several times (I'm sure to the chagrin of my co-workers) before dashing over to the excel and filling them in. For example:

"76.45 - EFCW, 76.45 - EFCW, 76.45 - EFCW, *switch*, 76.45 - EFCW."

There is one facies, however, that makes me slighty happier whenever I see it, and that is the Black Swamp.

"65.05 is BS. 65.05 is BS!"

Makes me grin inside each time.

Also, by the way, Tuesday was my birthday.