Archive for September, 2008

  • If you subscribe to this blog

    Date: 2008.09.24 | Category: Blogs | Response: 0

    You need to change your feed subscription. The new feed is http://www.sassymonkey.ca/?feed=rss2.

    Edit: Bloglines is not totally loving the feed yet, but Google Reader is.

  • Welcome Back!

    Date: 2008.09.24 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 9

    Sassymonkey.ca is back in the land of living blogs. Yay.

    More changes will be coming over the next few hours as I import old posts and change the theme.

    It’s good to be back. :)

  • Doing maintenance

    Date: 2008.09.15 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Blog may be down for a bit. Be back soon!!!

  • Cat and Mouse

    Date: 2008.09.12 | Category: Piper | Response: 6

    I meant to blog something or other today but my head is killing me and I’m going to go hide from the world. So I leave you with a Piper picture. I’m allowed to, it’s Friday. Cat pictures are totally allowed on Fridays.

    I swear she is too cute for her own good. And yes, that is a Mac Mighty Mouse. Which also went on sale for $20 less than I paid for it a week after I bought but I don’t want to talk about it. I was unaware that one of its many features is “cat pillow”.

  • Job Hunting

    Date: 2008.09.10 | Category: sometimes I ramble | Response: 7

    I’ve been job hunting for several months now and I hate it. Applying for jobs, submitting cover-letters – that stuff I don’t mind. What I dislike are the interviews and the waiting.

    This is what you need to know about me. I don’t bullshit. I don’t schmooze. I do not suck up. I won’t pretend to be perky and bubbly in an interview because that’s not who I am. I will be polite. I will answer your questions honestly and to the best of my ability. I will be respectful. I will be the same person that you would deal with day-to-day that I am in that interview. I will not pretend to be something that I’m not and I am not, and do I want to be, your BFF.

    I just went through three rounds of interviews with a company. They decided to opt out, and you know what? That’s just fine. The last round of interviews was really, I believe, to meet me in person to see if I would gel with them. I know someone who works there and they were told part of the reason they got the job was because when they met in person it was like they had always known them. That is not me. I am simply not that way when I first meet anyone. I need to sit back, observe the situation, and I hold my cards close to my chest. i can know people for years online and when I meet them in person the first time I will be quieter than they expect. I fully understand that not everyone gets that, or likes that, and that’s just the way things are. Furthermore I fully understand, and respect, that it doesn’t work for everyone and if that means I don’t get that position that’s fine with me.

    Because that’s who I am. I want to get a job where who I am is ok. I do not want to get a job pretending to be someone that I am not. Not getting the job really does mean it wasn’t the right one for me. The right one for me is out there and when I find it, it will be fabulous.

  • The election has been called

    Date: 2008.09.07 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 4

    Canada goes to the polls for the third time in just over four years on October 14.

    Who dissolves parliament and calls an election on a Sunday? Seriously, WHO DOES THAT???? Oh wait, we do. My bad.

    The Green party is threatening to go to court if they aren’t allowed in the debates. Imagine how much more entertaining the debates would be if they had to mime them (minus the makeup of course). Or interpretive dance. Now if Elizabeth May was proposing that I’d be all for it.

    Rick Mercer really needs to update his website. This election has only been official for a few hours and it’s already sadly lacking in snark.

  • It’s going to be a long fall

    Date: 2008.09.02 | Category: Canada | Response: 5

    A very long fall.

    In case you haven’t heard (um, that would be most of you that are American and don’t follow me on Twitter) there’s going to be a federal election in Canada this fall. We’re probably heading to the polls on October 14 despite the fact that it’s a Jewish holiday and hello? Are there no damn days in October that are not religious holidays that you could hold it on? (No, I’m not Jewish but it annoys me all the same.) Also, it would mean we’d be going to the election the day after Thanksgiving, something that I’d most certainly not be thankful for unless all the politicians walked around on thanksgiving with turkeys on their heads ala Mr Bean (because that would just be awesome). I won’t be in Canada in the days leading up to the election because I’m going to BlogHer Reach Out tour stop in Boston and can hide from election news (of the Canadian type at least, sigh).

    Of course, its just “probably” on the 14th at the moment. You see, the election hasn’t been called yet. But we’ve know for close to two weeks now that there would probably be one, and for a week that there *will* be one. Yes, the government can pretty much call an election any time they want to, which is something that I both love and loathe.

    Here’s the thing – I hate politics. I dislike politicians. And I really dislike the political parties.

    What all this means is that everytime that something about the looming election comes on – be it the news or a political ad – I yell at the television. Sometimes I yell at MacLappy when I see things on the internet. This means there’s a lot of yelling.

    Someone might want to send Lee some earplugs. Or permanently disconnect our television. Block all political stuff from MacLappy. And send me some wine. And cake.

    It’s going to be a long fall.

  • 101 Things Update

    Date: 2008.09.01 | Category: 101 things | Response: 2

    Not much to check off my 101 things update. Zandria is doing much better at hers than I am. I think part of my problem is that I don’t really like my list anymore but I’m going to try to keep plugging away at it. I’ve definitely done some things on it that I never thought I would (like go to Paris).

    • Try a new recipe and blog about it x10 (9)

    I blogged about the Salsa Verde recipe I tried (and loved). This one item could have been crossed off months ago. I try a lot of new recipes, most often from blogs. If I can’t figure out what I want to eat I usually stick an ingredient into Food Blog Search and see what comes up. The only reason that this item isn’t completely finished is because I’m lazy. I hate it when that’s the reason I don’t do things. Sigh.

    Speaking of which…I said I was going to make cookies today so maybe I should go do that…