thebitterguy

So, our Kenmore upright that we'd gotten as a wedding present finally bit the big bag of dust and cat hair, so we knew we had to get a new one.

Cynra & I went to the Sears outlet here in town on Saturday and dropped off our old vacuum for disposal (hopefully they don't just toss it on the trash heap) and to see what they had.

They did have a selection of vacuums for sale. The store here is an outlet store, which means they have some appliances, some vacuums, a couple tvs, and some gear. It's mostly for making catalogue orders and dropping things off for servicing, and picking them up again.

We looked at the various models, and ended up getting a Dyson cannister vacuum. The Animal model, which is supposed to be very good for picking up hair.

So far, it's living up to that.

This machine, while far from cheap, tore through the various cat hair embedded in our carpet. I know it's end of season/shedding time, but this did a great job.

Then, everyone came over and we played Halo until we were sick.

madmanofprague's girlfriend claimed she'd never played Halo before. Let me tell you: either she's a quick learner, or a great bluffer.

This song, btw, is on the Christmas album this year.

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Now playing: Isaac Hayes - Mistletoe & Me
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Well, that was a good evening. Cynra did the majority of treat handling. A chilly drizzle fell for a good part of the evening, which may have kept a few trick and/or treaters away.

I was sent on a dinner mission (Operation: Pizza and wings) and stopped by one of Mississauga's many comics shops on the way home to pick up the new Astro City. I also picked up the first 100 Bullets trade. I think someone on LJ recommended it yesterday, and it had always seemed interesting so I picked it up. The paper was kinda flimsy for a trade (I'm used to the glossy stuff in trades, I guess) but the stories were neat. The second one? Depressing. I find the backstory is interesting, too. I will pick up book two shortly.

The clerk at the store gave me a Vertigo sampler (Vertigo: First Offences) as a gift. Happy Halloween indeed! I guess he liked my overwrought office worker costume.

We had a few folks still arriving for candy by the time I got home, but it petered out as the evening went along. The cat pumpkin was adorable but appeared to suffer some structural issues, as its head fell off and rolled a couple feet away. Initially, we thought it had been abducted by local pests (racoons or teenagers), but it was eventually found.

We saw the Buffy episode of Smallville (oh, look. Lana is possessed by an evil force AGAIN. Thankfully she has no opeating brain cells, or she'd start to remember things). Very horrid. At least we get to see Braniac go all T-1000 on some guy.

We REALLY need that Legion of Superheroes episode, before the show swirls down into a whirlpool of suck and gets put out of its misery. At least the actor playing Braniac hadn't undergone dental surgery before his takes this week.

D&D game for tomorrow is cancelled, which is unfortunate, but will give me time to tidy up before Halo 2: A Bomb for the Old Guy. Regular game is on Thursday. Must see if Dragon Lady sells long boxes, as I've started to store comix in rubbermaids.

Extended XML rental. Alllllmost finished. Damn Master Mold is tricky. Am I suposed to be shutting off the control panels or something?

Interesting day, then; we carved the pumpkin; a cat design, which I figured Cynra would enjoy, and the smaller pumpkins we have in the front yard. We then did some yardwork, raking leaves and collecting apples. The leaves were easy, since I mowed the lawn (for the last time this year, I hope, unless that means nice weather until December, which I can also live with) and the mulcher went to work on them. I adore having a mulching lawnmower, if only because that means no raking. God, yes. I'm lazy, but it's good for the world. So everybody wins!

Unfortunately, our composter is too full to handle the apples, so they're currently sitting outside in some rubbermaid containers. We gotta figure out if we can put them in a yard waste bag, or possibly just get another composter.

Candy is mostly ready; we need to get some bowls, a place to put 'em and some lights to put in the pumpkins (a candle will do for the main one, but we'll get some electrics for the little ones as open flames on leaves is NOT what I wanna do).

Out of curiosity, I took that 'rate your life' test that I've seen going around. Got a good score, but ditched it. Because, really, who the fuck needs something called "monkeyquiz" to grade your life? I mean, any test that says I've got good financial control of my life is just way off the fucking mark. I'd hate to be someone with depressive tendancies taking something like that, to see some cheezy 20 question test teling me I have a bad life.

Fuck that. I don't have the time or energy to waste on that shit. Yeah, it can get better. It can be worse. Every person on the planet gets like that, motherfucker. Every single living soul has their lovely doubts and fears riding themselves like an angry jewish mother crack monkey.

You want me to take some shitty internet quiz, don't act like 20 true or false questions are gonna put you in a position to judge ANYTHING. If you don't wanna tell me which member of the Watchmen I am (Silk Spectre II, if you were wondering), fuck off and leave it be.

I should get another pumpkin to use to make a Jack-O-Layton.

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