Friday, January 27, 2012

Lil' Dude learned about brontosaurus yesterday at preschool. What do I do? "Uh, I don't want to make a big deal out of this or anything, but you taught my kid something that's been out of date for almost forty years. It's called apatosaurus. Dumbass."

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Need to catch up a bit. Here are some dinosaurs I made for K&Z:
Since we've seen a similar stegosaurus before, here's a closeup of the brachiosaurus:

And here's the marmot I made for S&S's brand-new baby, Erik:
All of these were made with patterns by June Gilbank.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Tim Tebow is proof that God is a dude. Not just a man, but a beer-swillin', belchin', sports-watchin' bro. "A famine in Somalia? Fuck that! Gonna watch me some FOOTBALL!"
Just back from taking Lil' Dude to SFU for a study where he got to play video games to assess how kids  with and without autism perform executive function tasks, executive functions being "capacities that allow us to accurately evaluate a situation and develop an appropriate response set. This may involve self-awareness, monitoring and planning, as well as organization, flexibility, inhibition, and working memory." He seemed to be into it (I was filling out surveys while he was doing most of it, so I didn't actually observe him) until he wanted a break and asked me to come into the room, at which point he kind of decided he was done. Hope he still gave the grad student some usable data, anyway. The compensation: a $20 gift card for Chapters.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

My sweetie's birthday isn't until next week, but since we were doing a late Christmas at the in-laws', I thought I might as well give him his birthday present. He seems very impressed and is looking forward to displaying it at work. My mother-in-law, by contrast, isn't much of a fan.

Friday, January 06, 2012

DONE!

My sweetie is officially Dr. Sweetie. He had his thesis accepted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies yesterday. Huzzah!

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Fucking bastards that took over the CUPJ after me didn't file GST/HST returns for six years. Now CRA's sending them to me and asking me to file them because the account is still under my name. Son of a bitch!

Sunday, January 01, 2012

Happy new year!

Resolutions:
  • Get my driver's licence
  • Start physio for my knee
  • Recycle milk containers