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[shichahn]

Awh, Burnie liked my art. I feel all happy now.

In other news, yes, everyone by now has heard about our latest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. I, like many others, was quite confused by this initially, until I read more into what the prize is about and why the committee believed Obama deserved it. For those who are still unsure, go here and here. There. Now I don't have to spam everyone who's all "wtf??", you can go read for yourselves. ;D Basically, yes, it does seem a little early perhaps, but I think it's deserved, and as I said to Ayries,

"Now that he's a Nobel laureate, he's got the entire rest of his term to live up to it. Not that it prevents him from, say, sending more troops to Afghanistan, but surely the fact that the international community have pinned this on him means he'll be thinking about it every time he has a major decision to make."

And if you need more, go read for yourself at wikipedia and, when the site's done being hammered, the Nobel website itself.

Okay now on to other things. HEY PDX CREW! That mosque right next door? Had an open-house Ramadan feast with delicious things like chicken korma and makhani chicken and rice pudding and all that... on September 5th. WE MISSED IT ARGH. Let's watch that place more closely and see if another holiday with delicious food comes up so we can have delicious feastings and learn more about another culture.

Also, I have located the correct corn maze field (ie - not the one we did last year but the one I remember being epic from previous years and dear god does it look like a tough one this fall). Admission is $7. They also have a haunted maze - smaller and less challenging, but, you know, haunted, and only open after dark. That one's $10. I personally prefer the more difficult but daylight-only maze, but either would be cool.

And now finally, a meme from hikaritoyamii.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? 02) What was your dream growing up? 03) What talent do you wish you had? 04) If I bought you a drink what would it be? 05) Favorite vegetable? 06) What was the last book you read? 07) What zodiac sign are you? 08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where. 09) Worst Habit? 10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? 11) What is your favorite sport? 12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude? 13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? 14) Worst thing to ever happen to you? 15) Tell me one weird fact about you. 16) Do you have any pets? 17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly? 18) What was your first impression of me? 19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? 20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? 21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? 22) What color eyes do you have? 23) Ever been arrested? 24) Bottle or can soda? 25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? 26) What's your favorite place to hang out at? 27) Do you believe in ghosts? 28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? 29) Do you swear a lot? 30) Biggest pet peeve? 31) In one word, how would you describe yourself? 32) Do you believe/appreciate romance? 33) Favorite and least favorite food? 34) Do you believe in God? 35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

My answers can be found here.

ETA: AGH WTF WEATHER?? Hey Dar, bring your plants indoors this weekend if you can. Temperatures are supposed to drop down into the 20s overnight this weekend.

Comments

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

20-degree weather in October? Gah. We're still in the 50-60 range, but currently drowning in rain. Very lame. Still, I'd rather have that than such early cold. D:

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Well, for the low. The high will still be 50-60ish. And then by Monday the overnight temps will go back to around 40, I presume, though they're saying a big storm front will come in at the same time and dump rain on us and be very windy. Oh well.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. See, in Indiana the weather does occasionally pull bullshit on us like being 80 one day and 30 the next with snow. So when you said 20's I thought you were experiencing a similar shift. (Also we got a tornado in February once, and once had eight inches of snow on Halloween. WTF, weather.)

[drownedcities.livejournal.com]

I think we should do both mazes. :D

[drownedcities.livejournal.com]

AND DAR SAYS BOTH TOO.

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

OKAY! Are you home for the rest of the evening now?

[totwistandturn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'm probably going to be sleeping for most of it. Work tomorrow for a bit.

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Baww, okay. Sleep well!

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

You're going to be popular among the RT staff for your art. |D

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, it helps that I spam it at them. But Church there got me awards from Burnie, Matt, and Geoff. So that was awesome.

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

...Damn. Maybe if you keep this up, you'll just get all the staff awards.

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, some of them give awards for specific things. Kathleen didn't give me her award because she only gives out hers for doing random acts of kindness in real life. So even though she gave me a good deed mention, she didn't give me her award. But I think most of the staff just give them out when they feel like it, so, yeah. Who knows. Anyway, awards aren't the point. I just like showing off my art to people who actually care. XD

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I bet they're excited to see the artwork, too. Obviously Burnie passed that around the office, unless you sent it out to all of them. XD

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Nah, just to him. So yeah, that was pretty cool to see that they'd all looked at it. And Tex, too, I assume, since I gave Burnie the link to that as well.

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

Aw. :D You should do more artwork to make them even happier. ♥

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Well, as I told MissZ, Tucker and Junior are likely next, and then Wash after that. At some point, though, I'll probably get tired of doing these portrait thingies and do more sketches with more simple coloring. Because man, these take hours, fun as they are to do.

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

...Tucker and Junior, ffff. Totally do want to see those, omg. Man, those two would do some awesome family bonding things together.

Also, it is your tag in DR thread, I believe, for whenever you get around to it. :o

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I know. I'll get to it when I get to it. Thanks, though, since I didn't see Persephone's tag until right before I was going to bed last night. Bah.

[shinyget.livejournal.com]

I knew I should have said something last night about it, haha. Oh well, better late than never. |D

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Re: Obama, first I've heard of it.

Re: Ramadan open-house, that I totally knew about. It would be hard to miss the sign when I walked past it every day going to the bus stop, and drove past it whenever we left the complex in Jarvis. And we could smell the food. ...I dunno, I guess we felt shy and not quite willing to believe it was open open? Obviously we needed you to drag us in there, but of course none of us ever said, "Hey Lauren, the mosque's doing Ramadan, which we're thinking of not going to." Oh well.

And holy crap wow, that has got to be the oldest quiz meme I've ever seen, I've seen that one so many times. I know I've done it at least once within the past year, I'm sure it's in my LJ somewhere....

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Really? Huh. I heard about it here on my flist when I got up this morning, then on the radio while driving to work, and then everyone at work was talking about it, and then I got back and it was even more all over my flist. Anyway. Yes. Obama wins peace prize 2009, woo! A little bit wtf but mostly just cool.

And yes, the meme is ancient, but somehow I escaped ever doing it until Clandon went along and posted it today. I know I've seen it crop up before though.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

You're the only person on my flist to mention it, and I guess I wake up earlier than you. I don't listen to the radio. Um. I guess everyone I work with is as much a bubbleite as me?

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Well now I have to know when you wake up. :p Just as a matter of... curiosity? I don't even know. XD

You should read/watch his acceptance speech, it is kind of awesome.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Currently? 6:35.

...OOH! Yes, I should! I'm always up for an Obama speech! :DD I'll get right on that, after I watch Thursday's Daily Show. ...Now, I'm looking forward to Monday's show, as well as Colbert Report. Honestly, how am I supposed to know how to process important world events unless Stewart and Colbert tell me?

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

... Yuck. That sucks.

Haha, yeah, it's a shame the Nobel was awarded on a Friday! Stewart and Colbert won't get to talk about it until Monday! Clearly this is all part of the clever plot by politicians to prevent news like this from coming out at a useful time for the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, how much does it blow that I have to leave the house an hour and a half before my shift starts? This is why I'm trying to change my shift so I can carpool with Nice Lady from the claims department. I'm kinda over wasting so much of my life on buses and trains.

Seriously! Every time something important happens, it's a Friday. They totally do it on purpose.