and now Billy Mays?!

I made friends with a raven today!

DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE NOW LAW (despite the governer's veto)

RIGHT THE FUCK ON :D

finally, i can be proud about something in this dumb state!

okay, vegan cookies are awesome. something about the crumbly but squishy texture. MOAR PLZ.

in 5 hours i will have a GREAT RED DAGRON
omg why am i still awake :D

parrotkee, holy shite, you didn't have to! thank you so much!!! *MASSIVE eHUGS!!*

BETTER THANKS WILL BE FORTHCOMING srsly
maybe sleep now

I love all you guys ok

all right mostly I'm just excited to hit up Walgreen's after work and cruise the 50% candy. I need it for Monster Day, see.

ALSO: (thx Heartwood)

Whisky cheese is probably the most awesome thing I'll ever encounter in this lifetime.

haha oh man it's 4 F (-16 C) outside
TIME FOR A SMOKE :D

they're still playing the Flying Circus & Klingon promo ads for airport security at LAS. wtf, guys? not cool :[

brb time travelin'

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Day Four:
the 20th was overall a pretty shitty day for me, but at the very end it was made okay with SUPER CHEEZ-ITS and a much-needed hug. (also, a shark!)

Day Five:
Strid & Sage gave me the laptop they've been loaning to me - I have my very own computer again! :D

Day Six:
omg some of my coworkers gave me presents ;_;

Day Seven (today):
today was a good day generally, but I think the biggest thing that made me happy? I've got my giftmas shopping done (no matter how minimal, haha)!

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Happy, Day Three:
not that it's been a bad day, just not good. and now I just feel tired and shitty and mildly anxiety-ridden.
at least I came home to this bit of wonderful by parrotkee:

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Happy, Day Two:
Joe bringing me a box of orange chicken for brunch!

All right, the locals' reaction to snow was pretty hilarious too. But orange chicken is better. Almost made up for the crazy homeless guy pissing on the floor.

WHAT IS THIS WHITE STUFF EVERYWHERE hahahaha what the hell, seriously.

Also still two slots open on that art post, next two people to post a good character description/and or PICTURE, plz!! http://iatro.livejournal.com/495174.html (I'll get it when I'm home from work tonight, going off timestamps.)

Ok so here's the deal, folks: first 5 people* to reply to this post get a sketch shitty MS Paint doodle. But if you post for one, you have to post this in return and do the same for 5 others. (If you don't draw, you can do a little two-page story or whatever.)

1. saoirsegryph
2. parrotkee
3. rainfae
4. cortezopossum
5. kynaru

*=Please leave me character reference. I can't draw for you if I don't know what I'm drawing!

EDIT: filled!

Also:
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Happy, Day One:
Nattō for breakfast, with some mustard & soy sauce. I love this stuff.

OMG

THIS CAN'T BE REAL

Yep.
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"Do I sparkle in the sunlight?"
"You sparkle in the barlight."
"THIS ... IS THE SKIN OF AN ALCOHOLIC, STEVE."

... Generally my favourite holiday, and/or the only I really care about. Alas, though, for I am off to work soon. People need their beer and cigarettes, you know. I have a turkey sandwich and daifuku, good enough for me~

I don't think that (in general) folks ought to have to take one day of the year specifically to be thankful; on the other hand I think it's pretty reasonable to try and sit folks down at least once a year to really think about thinks they are or ought to be thankful for. Sometimes it's easy to overlook these things.

As for me? Well, I'm thankful for a lot of things, but mostly: I'm thankful for The Master being such a wonderful, docile little fatty; I'm thankful (as always) for having such an awesome family; and thankful (again- as always) for having such awesome friends. Especially you guys that have unquestioningly been there for me this last year ... you guys that have stayed up late to give me support, encouraged me, continually reminded me that yeah, someone DOES give a shit, or even just simply asked "... are you okay? What happened?" and listened. There's not too many of you, but you guys know who you are, and you're all fucking awesome. Happy Thanksgiving (even if one of you isn't American lol - you can still have some tofurkey) <3

Also i am thankful for the rain yesterday HOMG WEATHER. *glee*

shoot me plz

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Smoking is still allowed in casinos in this city. It is not allowed indoors in restaurants (and technically probably not outdoors either, but no one enforces that) due to a clean air act, however when pretty much all of the valley's bills are paid for by the big casinos they're not really going to do much to ban smoking in the casinos. The big casinos are kept so well aired-out and clean anyway that I always forget smoking is allowed in them until I see an ashtray (i.e. they are not smoky or dusty and definitely don't stink).
Pretty much all bars have smoking as well, because they separate the dining area from the bar itself, and by installing x amount of video poker/slot machines they can register as a casino by technicality and thus allow smoking.
The hookah bars have a clever way of circumventing this. They only serve herbal blends before 9pm; after 9 you can get shisha but the menu shuts down to basic fried foods or ready-to-eat things (like hummus or baba ganoush), thus after 9 it is technically no longer a restaurant/eating area. The largest/main hookah bar just has a separate lounge for the hookah smoking with the same basic menu; you can get things from the restaurant too, but they're sold as "to go" items and they just so happen to let you open up the boxes and eat them in the hookah lounge.

I'm a smoker so obviously I'm not going to scorn other smokers huddling out should I be in an area with a smoking ban. I do like to smoke when I'm drinking, and in places with a smoking ban quite frankly I'd rather buy drinks and go to a friend's house (in which i have to go outside to smoke anyway) than go to a bar and still have to step outside for a smoke. Plus drinks & food are cheaper that way anyhow and you don't have to worry about finding enough space for everyone to sit together.

I don't feel the urge to get particularly riled up about "clean air acts" in so far as the smoking ban goes. I don't particularly care for second-hand smoke myself, especially not if I am eating, and also I don't mind having to get up and go outside to have a cigarette when I'm in a restaurant (or someone's house). However, again, I do like smoking when I'm drinking - plus I'm sitting down and hanging out at a single location for much longer - I like to be able to stay where I am and light up. And a lot of drinkers do smoke, as well as gamblers; at the very least I do think banning smoking in bars/casinos is a bad idea, and guaranteed to hurt the bars' business. By some extension banning smoking in 24-diners is a good way to ensure some business loss too; most especially in cold months in cold places. :P