The title of this post is a rip-off of one of the lines of the up and coming "Talladega Nights". If you haven't seen the trailer....OMG. Go HERE right now!

Thank you to everyone for all of your well wishes yesterday. It was so nice to get everyone's support. I'm thankful to report that my hosting provider restored my site from a July 23rd backup. I only lost a couple of days worth of stuff. The thoughful guys over there, after having a nice laugh at my expense I'm sure ("Did you read her email? That poor pathetic woman sounds desperate and clueless"), sent me a how to on backing up the database. I'm ready to roll again!

When I was 16, I discovered boy bands. Actually, correction....I discovered THE boyband. N'Sync was the next best thing to chocolate for me for a while and I had a massive crush on Lance - I think it was the hair. Well it turns out that my crush is gay! I'm happy to hear he's made this public. My sister didn't let me forget the crush though. "HAHA...did you hear that your loverboy is gay? HAHAHAHA" Little bitch. If I didn't love her so much I would have knocked her one. But alas, she's blood and I DO love her to death and I know she was kidding.

When my site problems occured on Thursday morning, D was already asleep so he didn't find out about it until the next morning. I told him what had happened as we walked to the bus in the morning. "I'm really down about it. I think I need a hug". His response "We're in the alley! I'll hug you later". WTF? Since when do you shy away from a hug in public? It's not like we're dry humping or anything! Needless to say, I made a bit of a stink about it with a little twinkle in my eye. We made up a few minutes later just before getting on the bus. We're wosses. Can't stand to be upset with eachother for longer than a few hours. The longest was 9 hours (a whole work day) and then I was calling him right at 5PM.

Oh yeah! And if you live in Canada, congrats folks! We're 10th on the list of happiest nations in the world! Condolences go out to my American buddies. You guys only came in at 23. Check out the story.

Hope you all manage to get out and enjoy the slightly milder weather! Have a great weekend!

OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. I just want to break down and cry my eyes out.

For 3 weeks I've been tinkering with my new movie reivew blog. This afternoon, I accidentally killed it. Not sure what I did but it's gone. All of it, gone. Hundreds of hours of work down the drain. To boot, there are now a whole bunch of files in my root directory which I can't delete, I've tried re-installing the blog, which appears to work fine, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to re-direct it to my home page. I fluked out the first time around and it took hours to do and now I can't seem to be able to do it again. I've hit bottom. I can't tell you how disappointing this is. I seriously just want to break down and cry for this and all the other shit that's happened lately. The only good thing out this entire ordeal is that the changes I made to the theme itself are saved (I had a backup on my computer) but other than that, I'm back to square one.

If anyone out there is a WP wiz that is willing to give a poor, screwed up soul a hand, I would seriously appreciate it. I'm so frustrated I don't want to look at it ever again though on the other hand, I'm pissed I can't figure it out.

I'm going to bed now. I'll try to do something with this again tomorrow. I'm too sad to work on it anymore tonight.

Contrary to popular suggestion, I have NOT been hit by a truck, been eaten alive by mosquitoes or drank myself into oblivion (as much as I did drink this weekend). It's been an insane couple of days. The logo madness that some of you may remember from a few months back has continued but I finally created something which she likes. Now she has three to choose from. The funny thing is that I didn't think she was going to go for it. To be honest, it's not my favourite of all the options I've provided but it's the one they seem to like the most. I tried to upload them but the photo upload service appears to be non-functional at the moment. Check them out here instead. Thoughts are, as always, welcome. Just don't tell me it's a Star Wars rip-off. I know that, you know that, the bloody name of the font is Battlestar! However, I did make changes to it and it looks darn spiffy. Still not my fave but then I'm not the boss. My opinion only counts for half. Now I just have to try to get some sort of payment for the endless hours I've put into this 'little project'. Next on the list is a company website.

It's been an insanely busy couple of days. The visiting Korean investors leave today. Personally, I think they just got tired of my coffee. Things are relatively back to normal. I have one more computer to put together and set-up and then I'm done with this crap (at least until the next time something breaks down). I just need the Dragon Lady to leave so I can actually get stuff done. When she's here I'm constantly running around because some little fire is always burning - I jump around all over putting them out so none of my work gets done. Can't wait 'till she's gone.

Thanks for reading about my oh so crummy few days. I promise to have fun stuff to post for tomorrow. Who knows, maybe even for later.

It's already Thrusday! I can't believe how the week just evaporated. Blink and *poof* it's gone!

Monday 11AM to today AM - "Marina, I can't open this attachment!" yells the oh so sofisticated and professional Dragon Lady (my new name for the boss lady). Oh god. Here we go, think I. "Unable do download message. Insuficient space." Yes ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in my life I saw what a full hard drive message looks like. Sure, it's only 7GB but please lady just delete some of that shit already. What use do you have for a 4yr old document that you haven't opened since July 12, 2002. Oh wait - you haven't opened it since you created it!!!! Just print the bloody thing and delete it. "But what if I lose it??" a very likely concern keeping in mind the state of her office (she missed the tornado warning). The saga begins. I spent the next three days upgrading her computer including installing her current (full and useless) hard-drive just in case she needs to open that 4yr old document again. The entire process would have been much faster if I didn't have to worry about the rest of my work.

Tuesday 9AM to Wednesday PM - "The Koreans are coming tomorrow" says the Last Minute Man (the boss man). ??? "What Koreans?" I ask. "The potential investors. We have to get blah, blah, blah and blah, ready for them by tomorrow morning." You should have SEEN the stack of crap I had to edit, photocopy and bind. Not bad but remember I'm still working on Dragon Lady's PC which she insists is "priority". WTF for? She's never here! But I'm the lowly peon. I follow instructions - most of the time. But I was sneaky...oh so sneaky. That new computer I put together for her....I swaped out the CD burner which she'll never use and I put it in my computer. Now I can back-up my system in 3 mintues rather than 3 days (I was zipping and putting my files on floppy disks - a desperate act, I know).

Wednesday 4PM to present - Koreans arrive. Give me beautiful introduction gift. Make my day. Then they start in on the coffee. OMG they like their coffee. I haven't made this many pots of coffee since I worked catering and at least then, we had a massive coffee maker (56 cups at a time). The one in the office = 12 cups. In 2 days I swear I've made 50 pots. There are only 12 of them. That little gift...not so special anymore.

At least tomorrow will be better. It's Friday after all.

I had all of these great plans for the weekend. They included getting LOTS of work done but, instead, I went out on Saturday and didn't come home late so everything was shifted to Sunday. The problem came when Sunday rolled around and I was sooooo lazy, I didn't even want to leave the house. D dragged me out to get some groceries but then I came back and dropped my lazy ass ont he counch. Didn't get off there again until dinner and after doing the dishes, I went back there again. I just can't believe how totally lazy I was. So much for getting stuff done.

I spen Friday night with D. Went for dinner (all you can eat sushi at our favourite restaurant, Shabusen) then a trip to Chinatown for the Market where I picked up DVD's for $5 each. New ones too! Sure, they're Chinese versions (and I won't ask how they had a copy of X-Men 3 for sale) and I bought one that I can't play because it's the wrong zone but all in all, I'm quite happy with my purchases and at least now I know what to look for the next time!

I've also come to the conclusion that big hair is sexy. On Friday I came into work with big hair because I showered late the nite before and didn't bother to style my hair. I thought I looked good in the morning so I just left it to fly with the wind. I had so many positive comments I decided to leave it lose for the weekend. I swear people, I've never had so many men check me out. Being totally serious!! Not that I'm looking because I'm quite happy thank-you-very-much but it's nice to be noticed. I think I'll wear my hair like this for the next little while. It's so easy too! Wash, brush, dry, brush before leaving! For the first time in my life I'm happy that I have 1) so much hair and 2) so much volume! :)

Nothing makes me perkier in the morning than a good tune. This morning's honour goes to Ludacris' Stand Up. Throw in the fact that it's Friday morning and I'm ecstatic!

I'd like to start by sharing a joke with you. Actually, it's not really a joke as it is a funny "story". This was sent to me by , of all people, my boss lady. I think it's bloody hilarious but I'm not sure how the boys are going to feel about it...

Divorce

A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady 40 miles per hour. The wife is behind the wheel.

Her husband suddenly looks across at her and speaks in a clear voice.

"I know we've been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce."

The wife says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead but slowly increases her speed to 45 mph.

The husband speaks again. "I don't want you to try and talk me out of it," he says, "because I've been having an affair with your best friend, and she's a far better lover than you are."

Again the wife stays quiet, but grips the steering wheel more tightly and slowly increases the speed to 55.

He pushes his luck. And, "I want the house," he says insistently..

The speed goes up to 60.

"I want the car, too," he continues.

The speed goes up to 65 mph.

"And," he says, "I'll have the bank accounts, all the credit cards and the boat!"

The car slowly starts veering towards a massive concrete bridge.

This makes him nervous, so he asks her, "Isn't there anything you want?"

The wife at last replies in a quiet and controlled voice. "No, I've got everything I need," she says.

"Oh, really," he inquires, "so what have you got?"

Just before they slam into the wall at 65 mph, the wife turns to him smiles, and says "The airbag."

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love this one.

And, because for nearly a week I've been saying I'd do it, here's a meme I first saw on Amy's blog. I think it's a fantabulous one too.

One Word Meme

YO U … C A N … O N L Y … T Y P E … O N E … W O R D !
N O … E X P L A N A T I O N S !

1. Yourself: happy
2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: love
3. Your hair? greying
4. Your mother? best
5. Your Father? loving
6. Your Favorite item? books
7. Your dream last night: forgotten
8. Your Favorite drink: coffee
9. Your Dream Car: lamborghini
10. The Room You Are In: colourful
11. Your Ex: forgotten
12. Your fear: unhappyness
13. Where do you want to be in 10 years: retired (*roflmao*)
14. Who you hung out with yesterday? hubby
15. What You’re Not: superwoman
16. Your Best Friend: many
17. One of Your Wish List Items: debt-free
18. What makes you happy: life
19. The Last Thing You Did: type
20. What You Are Wearing: black
21. Your Favorite Weather: fall
22. Your Favorite book: many
23. The Last Thing You Ate: dinner
24. Your Life: fantastic
25. Your Mood: happy
27. What are you thinking about right now: lunch
28. Your Crush: Keanu
29. What are you doing at the moment: working
30. Your summer schedule: movies