Ubiquitous

I don’t know what’s wrong with my orthodontist. At my appointment today, I told her that I need my braces off by May since I’ll be out of the country for a month (she actually first told me that I could have them off by last October, then March, then April…).  So she says something about “picky, crazy schedules” - yes, I’m so glad MY life isn’t monotonous and repetitive like yours, dear orthodontist!

Then I ask about follow-up appointments after I get them off, and mentioned in passing that I may not be available for a year. She inquires what school I’m going to, and I tell her Cal, most likely. It would’ve been great if she left it at that, but nooooo, this lady who’s been nice and cheerful for the past two years suddenly goes on this huge rant about Cal and how it’s gonna brainwash undergrad students like me and how its liberal influence will result in me cutting off all communications with my family and ruining my future prospects in marriage (”Just like York University in Ontario, my friend’s daughter went there!” she says).  First of all, wtf?! I never asked for her opinion so why give it, especially when I’m paying her (and her huge assistant staff) $6000 to do their jobs! She barely knows anything about me yet she insists that “don’t think that the liberal campus won’t effect you and turn you into someone else, because it will!”. She apparently visited it the campus with her daughter a few years back and her husband was highly offended that they even went there (gee, I wonder where her daughter ended up going, the ultra conservative local community college?). It’s a public education institution for God’s sake, not a hippie sex corner where radical young people riot all day!

In addition, there was also a mini-lecture about how “education won’t bring you happiness… trust Dr. - (she often talks about herself in third-person like I’m a little kid), I have blah blah blah many degrees and I’ve seen what happened to people I know!”

Wow, are people now-a-days in this industry SO TERRIFIED of and SO AGITATED over losing a customer that they will proceed to rant about stupid topics?! Ugh, get a grip woman!

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Because it’s written in the stars!

Man, Mozilla is really missing out not hiring me as their catchy-business-slogan-maker. Btw, aren’t you glad this isn’t one of those “top reasons for blah blah blah” self-help/productivity/completely-devoid-of-creativity entries mentioned in Sarai’s enlightening article?

The one on the left is a photograph taken by the Hubble space telescope on December 17, 2002, featuring the variable star V838 Monocerotis (source). It’s just rotated and the tail of the fox is slightly doctored.

IE FAILS. GO FF (for some reason when I reread this I saw “IE FAILS, Go F*** OFF haha). TGIF & Happy Weekends! My category choice also fails. Oh well.

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Back when my family still lived in Ontario, we went to Chicago for a few days during a particular chilly spring break. Other than the dreary rain and lots of overcast clouds, I remember how amazing it felt to experience the big city life. Other than Seattle, Chicago is one of the few large U.S. metropolitans I set foot in. It really puts Vancouver in its place because there are so many things to do in Chicago! I wish I found sightseeing tours earlier instead of wandering aimlessly around the city in a crowded car. I think attraction passes and bike tours are two of the best ways to truly experience a city like Chicago. Get lost in the downtown skyscraper clusters. Escape to medieval castles. Randomly draw an adventure and follow through with it.

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