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Wrexie
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Country: Canada
Birthday: 4/12/1973
Gender: Female
Interests: Pretending to be cool. Piercing and tattooing body parts. Self abuse.
Expertise: Applying lipstick. Looking down and to the left. Spending money I don't have. Raising moodswings to an art form.
Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Other
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AIM:  Wrexx73
MSN: wrex_73
Yahoo:  wrex73
Member Since:
7/14/2002
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| So, I've been thinking a lot about a job change, recently. Not necessarily away from what I do, but who I'm working for. Mostly because it's turning more and more into what I left in the first place, which is politics, people I'm really not happy working for, and how they operate (more politics, who kisses their ass the most, and a lot of backstabbing treachery, mostly.)
So, there's this certain person I have been *dying* to work for, for about 2 or 3 years now. He's excellent - but... lately has been hiring some absolute MORONS who looooooooove to not show up for work for one reason or another. Here's me, already trained up, ready to go, kick names and take some ass... he HAS my resume. I've told him several times that I *want* to work for him. He knows that I do. But because he's got a contract already with the place I work, he feels like he'd be "poaching".
The other night on FB, I see that he's updated his status to say that he's looking for people again. So, I sent him a message. This is word for word what I sent:
Ok, you've GOT my resume. It's not poaching if I WANT to come work for you. This is *my* job - not my director's or anyone else's to give to you - it's mine. I am NOT tied to the (insert name of company I work for here), they couldn't give me a permanent job, and could at any time, decide that my term is DONE. You need good people? You know I'm great at what I do.
Long story short - it's not poaching if I'm seeking YOU out to hire me. I'm seeking a lot of potential employers - my term is definitely up in October - I want something permanent before then, so I know where my next paycheck after Thankskgiving is coming from!
I have this week off, sooooooooo feel free to message me or whatever.
I got a reply, and I'm off to see him in less than an hour from now. I intend to leave there with a permanent job. Got my big girl pants on, I'm ready to deal. That poor bugger doesn't know what he's up against. I'm a force of nature, people. | | |
| Ever get a friend request on FB and think "who the fuck is that?" - you have like, 20 people in common, and you're still wracking your brain to think - "I know that I know the face..." - took me about 10 minutes to figure it out, but finally did.
I give people like that (and people I don't normally run into on a day to day basis/isn't a part of my family/someone I haven't heard from in over 5 years/people I never really liked anyway) a probation of 5 days. If I see nothing but vapid status updates like "Mmmm coffee is good in the morning" and "how do I ask a guy if he has a girlfriend?" and you tell me you're a fan of rainbows, puppies, and "music" and popsicles and other such tripe, and you are over the age of 21? You're getting dumped off my list quickly. And I've had to do that twice now, today.
I'm betting since they friend every single person they've ever come into any type of contact with anyway, my absence from their friends list won't be noticeable.
Ok, ok, I'm wrong - I bet the dumbass who actually was stressing about how to ask a guy if he's single (when she's THIRTY FREAKIN FIVE...I can't make this shit up, people.) checks obsessively each day to ensure someone else hasn't dropped her... she'll notice. But as long as I don't have to read the vapid crap on her status updates, I really don't care. I'm almost hoping for some kind of angsty email about why I would possibly unfriend her.
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Awwwwwwwwwww yeah, it's time for another round of our favourite game... Consumer Whoring!
Up for review today...
Bought one this weekend after deciding there were just far too many little spots on the floor where Sassy/Norom/Gato have expressed their displeasure about the previous meal of whatever they happened to get into...
Bought at Canadian Tire for the low, low price of $99.99 Canadian dollars, this bad boy promises the following:
Thorough deep cleaning convenience for tasks large and small.
strong spray and suction clean and help dry in one step
long power cord and compact design make cleaning hard-to-reach areas easy
stores Ready-to-Use when accidents happen
I wouldn't say the spray would knock one down when it comes out of the trigger do-hickey. It may give a spider a problem or two, perhaps - but it's hardly what I call "strong" - it does, however get the carpet wet, so I guess it's doing what it's supposed to in that regard. Suction isn't too bad, and the carpet is only slightly damp after finishing, with a quick drying time.
Long power cord and compact design - check.
Stores ready to use - check.
Tests of its cleaning prowess: High traffic area that ALWAYS looks horrible at our house - the carpet right before the kitchen lino starts has always taken a beating. Less than 10 minutes and it's looking respectable again.
Upstairs, to the study, and the site of Gato's shame: I had already cleaned it with some OxyClean (RIP, Billy, that Oxyclean kicks ass.) and it had pretty much taken care of the stain already, but went another time over with the cleaner anyway, and now the carpet looks like new in 1 corner.
Bottom landing of the stairs: another high traffic area, spills, I think Gato's peed there, too, when he was having his kidney issues and not making it to the litter box. Also looked like new in under 15 minutes.
Out to the car, where there were lipstick stains on the console, and the carpeting on the floor had gone to a dingy brown from the original grey carpeting. Lipstick stains gone (and they were probably about a year old, too) and the carpeting looks far better than it did.
Interesting other uses: I had a mousepad wherein a cherry slurpee stain had it pretty much marked for the trash. I decided what the hell, and tried it there. After a bit of scrubbing (about 2-3 min) the mouse pad was just about good as new, with only a slight pinkish hue. I imagine had I spent more than a few minutes scrubbing it, it would have been pristine. But hey, the otters on it don't seem to mind being slightly pink, and it's otherwise pretty kickass.
All in all, I will give the Little Green an A-, because I had my doubts about the really OLD stains, and thought maybe it would only be good for any fresh ones. I was WRONG! (hey, it happens..) Old, set in stains are gone, baby, gone. The only thing I have a small issue with is the nozzle/trigger - little "greeblies" get stuck in there, and I can't take the plastic cover off to clean it properly. That irks me slightly, hence the minus. (In all fairness, I have not yet read the complete manual, so I'm not sure if the cover is removable or not...me being lazy this weekend, I didn't bother finding out. If it turns out I can get that cover off, then I'll remove the minus. Maybe. You'd think they'd make it a slide-on/slide off cover, you know? If it were MY product, I totally would.)
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| I posted this on FB too, and I'm posting it here, because this is some seriously excellent stuff:
Alice and Kev.
Short premise: A Sims 3 player has created 2 characters, father and daughter. And made them homeless. She's done very little to interfere with them. They've taken on a life of their own. It's probably the coolest "social experiment" I've seen done.
And it's sheer brilliance. Go read it. Go read it NOW. | | |
| Because I told Mama I would...
The super famous creamcheese enchilada recipe. Seriously, these are DEADLY. If you get heartburn like I do from anything mildly rich - do yourself a favour and take a zantac or whatever pre-emptively. Don't say I didn't warn you.
What you'll need:
1-2 packages of creamcheese (you can use the light kind if you want, but meh, you only live once.) I find if you use two, it's just that much better. And far worse for you. 
About 3-4 cups of shredded cheese (I use a 400 gram bag of tex mex, but use whatever you got.)
a small can of green chilies, drained.
~2-3 cups cooked chicken - either shredded or chopped up. I usually eyeball it, but that doesn't help YOU much, does it. Basically you're looking to incorporate that chicken so it mixes up and is covered by all the creamcheese.
Some tortillas - whatever kind you prefer
Enchilada sauce
So - you wanna make sure the creamcheese is soft enough to mix the chicken into it. And the chilies, and a cup of the shredded cheese. Mix all of it together, that's your filling. Plop some filling onto a tortilla, then roll it up. If there's room left in the tortilla after it's rolled, go ahead and spoon a bit more in there at the top. Put it in a casserole dish. Lather, rinse repeat until they're all stuffed full and you're out of filling.
Throw some enchilada sauce over those bad boys. Then the rest of the shredded cheese.
Put it all in the oven (about 350-400) and bake it til the cheese is all melty and bubbly and whatnot. 20 min, tops. (now is a good time for that zantac I mentioned earlier)
I find the recipe makes around 10 - but they are freaking awesome as leftovers too, so feel free to double that recipe if you like. They microwave really well, so take em to work for lunch!
My entire family is now addicted to these. I have a few friends who will, if notified that I am making enchiladas that night for dinner, "accidentally on purpose" drop by...
I apologize to the lactose-intolerant. If there's lactose intolerant creamcheese, maybe you can try that and see how it goes.
Leftover turkey from Thanksgiving also works like a damn in this recipe. :) | | |
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