At long last, after putting it off forever, I finally renewed the registration on my car. I've been driving around with expired tags for a few months now. Bad Malek. Now that I have new tags I notice that I was driving with a heightened level of paranoia in regards to cops and the like and I can't seem to stop. Anyway, when I went down to the DMV today the number I pulled out of the little thing was 666. That certainly boded well for my day. :) I also finally got a haircut today after like 2 months. They had to use sheep shearing tools.
I set a new commuting record today too. My 20 minute drive to work took 2 hours. Yes, I wanted to kill people. It would have fit in well with my lucky DMV number.
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Work keeps waffling about what is really going to happen in regards to this, but I believe I have failed to mention that I am finally returning to the life of a non zombie. In theory, I will be returning to day shift before February 1st. As part of this move I will be shifting into just ONE department, as opposed to the four I currently occupy. I will be divesting myself of customer support as part of that move, so for the first time in...ever, I will not be talking to customers.
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One week left until I take my Christmas vacation. Hurrah!
Toby and Hassan have some kind of wager going on, that involved Hasan sending out a bunch of questions for people to answer off the top of their head. Posting them here for the hell of it. ;)
1)Who is the current president of Russia?
2)What country is the world’s largest democracy by population?
3)What large organization does Kofi Annan lead?
4)What is the large military alliance called that exists between most European countries and the USA and Canada?
5)Who was the Palestinian leader who recently died in Paris, but was buried in the West Bank of the Israeli occupied territories?
6)What European country is in the shape of a boot?
7)What is the only continent in the world that is also a country?If you know it also write its currency...
8)What ocean separates Russia from Canada and surrounds the North Pole?
9)Name two ways mountains are formed.
10)Which country below has a rainforest in it?
A. USA B. India C. Turkey D. South Africa E. Morocco
11)Who was the Soviet dictator during the Great Depression and World War II?
12)What ancient group of people (ethnic group of a modern-day country) were the first to have a direct democracy?
13)In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
14)What major event occurred in Iran in 1979?
15)What war did the USA and Turkey fight in on the same side in the early 1950’s?
16)What is the most common religion in North Africa?
17)In some Asian and most Middle Eastern cultures, why should a person never eat with or greet another person with the left hand?
18)What is the main food eaten in southeast and east Asia?
19)Mexican people and their culture are actually a mix of which two much older groups of people and cultures?
20)What game is commonly played in British Commonwealth countries (parts of the old
Empire) and uses bats, balls and wickets?
Bonus question: 21) What language does a Brazillian speak?