If you know me, you know that I can fall in love with things for the most bizarre reasons, and the iPhone is not an exception to that.

They had two available for playing around with at Walmart - the 3G versions, natch, but that really doesn’t matter. So, I see these phones in the electronics section, and I go up to them and start playing with them - first just browsing on the web, then some more browsing and searching, playing with the pinch zoom thingy which is awesome.

Then on the other phone, I went to check out the actual phone portion of the phone that you use for, you know, calling?

An amazing thing happened. Naturally, I didn’t just try out calling locally, I typed in international numbers. Not so much to call, but just to see what happens (because most times phones don’t understand foreign numbering schemes). I type in an Australian mobile number, which is formatted this way - +61 4xx xxx xxx. I expected something odd, but it came up this way -

+61 4xx xxx xxx

Bloody amazing, if you ask me!

Aussie landline: +61 2 xxxx xxxx  - yep!

It gets international phone numbers - for me, that is reason enough to fall in love with a phone

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The job that I started back in March, which has lasted me this while, and has gotten me back into working, has ended. On my own fruition.

Why?

Because I’m starting a new, full-time job tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM.

To say that I’m a bit nervous right now is not a lie - I think the fact that I’ve actually known that I’m making this move for some three weeks now has been good, but also because of it, this has added to the bit of nerves about the whole situation.

However, I’ll get there and I’m sure I’ll fit into the situation right away.

Plus, I have a counselling appointment before I go off to work.

Of course, there is this minor potential hiccup:

Overnight: A chance of rain and snow between midnight and 3am, then snow. Low around 30. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Monday: Periods of snow before noon, then a chance of snow showers after 3pm. High near 39. West wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

And I just got my car washed…

Anyway, wish me luck, and I’ll (hopefully, if I’m not totally tuckered out tomorrow night) probably post a short update on the first day

I’ve been busy the last couple of days with working on things around the house, plus organizing some new things in my life…including becoming very stiff from an exercise bike…I kinda feel like I broke myself, but I think that’s just my body actually adjusting to new movements that I haven’t done in ages.

Anyway, today’s the day we’ve all been waiting for - especially those of us who have gotten a bit of election fatigue coming into the stretch run of the process - and I think it’s fair to say that even if you’ve been involved in political news, etc., that come Wednesday morning (assuming that there’s a result), there will be a lot of vacations in the TV news world

The only thing that you need to remember is that this is the day to go out and vote - vote for the candidate of your choosing. Don’t just vote for them because they’re with this party or that party - vote for them because you’ve looked at how you view issues, and how the candidates view the issues. Go with the one who you are closer to on the issues.

And, to be honest, if you are those voting for a candidate simply because of the party they are in, you might want to seriously rethink how you go about making your election decisions.

While in there, I spotted some workers working on the Boo in the Zoo exhibit, setting up a mummy in a casket and stringing lights for it. Across the way there was a viewing area for the public, and I took a shot. Do you see what I see here?

Then, as I walked further along, I spotted this exhibit of some Totem poles, but something seemed a bit off about one of them.

See if you can spot it

Yes, there are signs in the way, but don’t worry, I did get back to them later on, and you’ll see that in a bit

Interesting tidbit - yes, these are kids in the picture. There were a few field trips in the park, but I think quite a few of them had a day off and went with their parents.

Here’s the first one, with the long tail, in a more natural setting

And the second one, in, well, an urban setting - on the pavement.

From time to time, you see signs posted on the fence which make sense - such as an explanation of what the animal in question is, or a reminder that it is illegal to feed the animals. However, as far as I know there is only one of these signs -

So, this begs the question…what kind of animal would be so ferocious to bite when provoked?

This one -

Yep…the standard rooster. Who’d have thunk it?

And by around the place, I mean everywhere. This was the first one that I saw - in the "family farm" area, where you have the everyday things like cows and chickens and goats

I’ve already shown y’all a picture of a peacock which are allowed to roam the zoo at their leisure. However, I did take other pictures, and the first non-peacock photo I took was of the Pepsi machine. The zoo has a marketing deal with Pepsi, so they have specialized machines.

They also sell the sodas for $2.00 each for a 20oz bottle. I had my own water, so I didn’t buy any.

Actually, I didn’t buy anything other than admission into the zoo - I had my own munchies with me, so I didn’t have to worry too much.