you can't tell people what they want to hear if you also want to tell the truth

[the_siobhan]

19 – Watch Day: Do you still wear a watch (assuming you ever did wear one)? Is it just a regular time telling watch, or is a smartwatch or fitness/health device that also tells you the time?
20 – World Productivity Day: What did you do today (or are you planning to do) that was particularly productive?
21 – World Music Day: How important is music in your life? Do you play any musical instruments, or are you part of a choir or other vocal group? Have you ever been in a band (rock or school or other)?
22 – Onion Ring Day: Onion rings or fries?  
23 – Typewriter Day: Are you old enough that you remember using typewriters in school/university/for work? Is there anything about typewriters that you kind of miss?
24 – World UFO Day: UFO simply means Unidentified Flying Object – not necessarily that it's an alien spaceship. Have you ever seen anything in the sky that you honestly couldn't figure out what it was? Even if you're pretty sure what you saw wasn't an alien space craft, do you think it's possible that earth is being visited by aliens?
25 – Global Beatles Day: The Beatles still stand as one of the most influential bands of all time, famous all over the world to this very day. Do you have a favourite Beatles song and/or album? If you're one of those "I don't like the Beatles" people, why?
26 – Coconut Day: Some people love coconut in things, some people really don't. Where do you fall? Do you use coconut mostly in baking, or do you cook with coconut milk? Or is coconut in any form just not a thing in your house?

19 - I used to have a real problem with watches - I would kill the battery pretty much immediately upon putting it on. My sister used to have the same problem. Nowadays I just use my phone. 20 - Ha, ha, you've gotta be kidding me. 21 - I love music, play music constantly, and I'm always looking for new and interesting bands. My singing was limited to occasional bad punk bands that only ever played in garage. 22 - Both. 23 - I am old enough that I was taught typing in school. I have an old Underwood that sits in my room that I will one day refurbish although I have no idea if you can still get ribbons for them. 24 - I have never seen a UFO. I have seen satellites on occasion and had to look them up to find out what they were. 25 - I am entirely indifferent to The Beatles. 26 - I love coconut and WHEN I HAVE A KITCHEN i use it a lot in soups and curries.

27 – Onion Day: True or false: onions improve the taste of pretty much every savoury dish they're in, even if the original recipe doesn't specifically include them. Are onions a staple in your kitchen? Do you have any tricks to avoid tears while chopping?

I really like the taste of onions and WHEN I HAVE A KITCHEN I do use them a lot in cooking. The irony is that I can't chew on them - for some reason they set off my SPD really badly, and biting an onion feels exactly like biting tinfoil. So I fry them up with garlic and toss the whole thing into the blender.

My girlfriend blends onions whenever she cooks for me because she is lovely. (I mean, she complains about it, but she still does it.)

She also points out that eating onion rings breaks the rules and yes I know it doesn't make any logical sense but it does. I can eat something like four onion rings before my mouth catches up with me and all of a sudden I have to stop.

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I'm pretty sure I have never seen this on a weather forecast before. o.0

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Mayoral election for Toronto is finally over and done with and with the best possible outcome. It ended up being a close contest between the well-known progressive candidate and the "business as usual" candidate[1] and the progressive candidate won. 

[1] She was my City Counsellor until recently and I told everybody who would listen not to vote for her. She also used her old constituency list to send out "vote for me!" emails, which pissed me off no end. The only reason you have my email address in the first place is because I used it so much to YELL AT YOU FOR THE TERRIBLE FUCKING THINGS YOU VOTED FOR you fucking ASSHOLE!

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There is banging going on in my basement today for the first time in over a month. Contractor is supposed to be here either today or tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get a chance to talk to him about what happens next.

Still not King.

 

Comments

[nafs]

The 15-20 minutes last night when Bailao was ahead were genuinely worrying. I was also very glad to realize that the weirdness of Ward lines meant I was in an orange ward and not a blue one when looking at the CP24 site online.

[the_siobhan]

I fortunately turned on the news just after Chow has taken back the lead, or I would have chewed all my nails off.