Weblog Wannabe

I'm proud to announce that my horible limerick is still better than any of the limericks produced by the Alien Limerick Generator :) ♥

Jason (yes, Jason again) sent me a link to the Amazingly Bad Haiku by Prince Ishmael and you know what's so sad? His supposedly bad haiku is still better than mine! *boo hoo hoo* ♥

Jason thinks I rock the house :) And yes, he's waving at me in the picture *grins* ♥

Jason wrote this one for me:

I would rather be eaten alive,
or stick my head in a bee hive
and swell up right then
than to ever again
have to write something 5/7/5.

I wrote this one:

I'm tired of writing haiku
That no one would read but you
If I just write a limerick
I'm sure you'll get a kick
And you'll stop telling me "Boo!"

As you can see, my limerick is no better than my haiku. Sigh. I am so untalented :( ♥

Ok, I found How to Write a Limerick from eHow. It sounds easy. My next post will be in the form of a limerick. ♥

Oh damn. Kottke.org is not yellow anymore. Damn, damn, damn... ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

I needed someone
To write me a nice haiku
But there was no one.

I'm really running out of ideas for haiku. I think my haiku is getting worse and worse everyday. Maybe I should switch to writing limerick, but the thing is I don't know how. Can anyone teach me? Nevermind. I think I can find some resources on it somewhere around the 'net. Now back to work. And if you're using AIM, talk to me. My screen name is Webgeek Wannabe. ♥

Good night, world! ♥

A secret revealed. ♥

Welcome back, Matt! :) ♥

According to The Sex Thermometer, I have an above average sex life with Jason Kottke, a little above average sex life with Evan Williams and Derek Powazek, and kind of average sex life with Jack Saturn. It cracked me up :) ♥

If you're really, really bored like I am now, you can try sending out some secret messages. You may send me some if you want. I'll have fun decoding the messages. Yes, I am really THAT bored. ♥

I think if I follow any of these 21 Ways To Handle Stress, I'll get even more stressed out. ♥

I'm so bad at making analogies. The Worst Analogies Ever Written could've been written by me. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

So uneventful.
That's how the weekend has been.
I need adventure.

Speaking of adventures, I've been wanting to go whitewater rafting for ages but I still haven't got around to do that. Maybe next year, if I really go on a trip to Bali with some old college friends as planned, I'll get around to do that. I like to do anything that has something to do with water, except for going to the beach. I'm not so crazy about sea water 'cause it's sticky. Ewww! Still one of my dreams is to be able to swim with a pod of killer whales out in the open sea someday. I've always had a thing for killer whale. I think they're the most beautiful animal in the world. ♥

I was bored, so I decided to redesign Openlog. The result was, quite predictably, a really boring design. ♥

Andre really cracked me up :D ♥

Sex spray, anyone? It's supposed to "unblock all restraints and releases [the users'] raw animal sex drive". I just can't stop wondering what the scantily clad girl in the snow has to do with the product. Ah, I think I know. Scantily clad equals sexy. Sex! Am I smart or what? ;) ♥

Some people need to learn the weblogger ethic: if you don't like them, don't link to them. It's not really all that hard to learn, unless you're basically bitchy. ♥

I don't know about you, Americans, but I didn't find it so surprising that many of the things listed on the Useless Technology page were invented by the U.S. Government. ♥

There must be somebody out there who'd find The Southern Word Homepage useful. I'm sure non-Southerners who read Southern blogs regularly will. I must say that Southern words beat Australian words anytime. And I thought Australian words were the most confusing. Boy, was I wrong. ♥

Roy was born to destroy. I wasn't too impressed with the things he recently destroyed, though. Even I could destroy Greek farmer bread if I wanted to. I wouldn't need a nunchaku or a sledgehammer to do that. Silly Roy. ♥

Play Online Rock, Paper, Scissors with Joe Doh. He beat me *sniff!* ♥

Well, it's not 6 hours yet since I posted my last entry but I think VaporOS is a pretty funny operating system. I don't feel like elaborate on this but just see it for yourself. It's funny, really. Do I look like a liar? I do? Oh well. ♥

I still don't feel like posting anything. Meanwhile, why don't you just check out the blogs that belong to my 2 favourite people in the world: re-run and Fairvue Central. They don't bite, and they're definitely nicer than me. Shoo! Go away! Click the links! Come back in 6 hours or so and I might have posted something for your enjoyment. I just need a break. Not a long break. Just several hours. I'm sure you can live without me for several hours. I'll come back. I promise. ♥

D'oh, of course @ is not "uh" in Indonesian! We call it "a keong" pronounced ah kay-ong which means snail-like a. I think it sounds nicer and makes more sense than the Dutch and Thai versions. Don't you think so? ;) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

You need to grow up.
You need to be less shallow.
You're a complete jerk.

That's three things that I'd like to say to three people if I could. No, I'm not going to tell you who they are but, well, they should know. I've been feeling blah all week now and the fact that I keep on bumping into people with attitude problems doesn't really help. Genuine, sincere, deep and honest people are so rare these days. Still I'm glad to know that they're not extinct. Yet. ♥

Do you think you talk too much? Well, with GiveMeTalk, you can have your own talk show on the radio broadcasted over the internet! I think it would be interesting to have a talkshow that's specifically focused on weblogs and webloggers. Why don't YOU start it? ♥

I find it pathetic that someone would really write a script to raise their clickthru number in Power Bloggers. It's not like high clickthru number means that your blog is better than the rest or anything. Hell, even high number of updates doesn't prove anything. So you update a lot. So what? Sheesh. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

What should I write now?
I have nothing to say to
you and you and you.

Hmmm. I really have nothing to say. I don't even know what to think. Maybe some aliens from outerspace have brainwashed me when I was asleep last night. I had a dreamless sleep. What a waste of time. I wish I could dream every night. Even a nightmare would be nice. At least I'd have something to talk about in the morning. Not that you'd care or anything. When I talk about my dream, it would be just to let you know that my dream is more exciting than yours :P ♥

Learn how to cheat on your spouse. As if you didn't know how already. Hah! Sorry. I'm just bitter. ♥

I think this is a good parody of weblog. It could've been mine, it could've been yours. Too bad most of the links are fake. But then again, it's just a parody. ♥

Take a look at some celebrity mugshots taken by some policemen. I think. I've never been arrested so I don't really know who take the pictures and how. Is there some kind of police photographer to do the job or is it done with an automatic camera like in all those photo booths? I don't remember ever seeing how the pictures are taken in any action movie. They usually just show the criminal standing there followed by a flash of light. Enlighten me, please! ♥

Awww, what a sweet limerick! Thanks, Neale! :) I swear when I first read it, I thought it was "twat" instead of "'twas". Silly me. ♥

Ever wondered who would win if there was a fight between Zack Morris and Ferris Bueller, Scrooge McDuck and Montgomery Burns, or Yoda and ALF? You can find out about it at The Main Event. ♥

My hometown Jakarta, Indonesia according to three foreigners and one Indonesian. Pretty interesting, if not amusing, read. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Morning of payday.
Woke up to the creepy sound
Of the bird of death.

No, it's not a vulture. In Indonesia, there's a bird that is believed to be able to give a sign that someone in the neighbourhood is going to pass away by singing a rather creepy song. Last night the bird was singing all night long and at some point woke me up. It made me think of that dead body I saw laying in the middle of the road yesterday when I went home from work. A victim of a hit-and-run, I think. I'm not afraid of dying but I am afraid of other people dying. Does that make me a selfish person? ♥

Am I the only one who found these Random Acts of Common Courtesy disturbing? ♥

Guys, do you want to buy something special for your girlfriend but don't know how? Here's the Guide to Buying Lingerie and Other Female Thingies. It was written specifically for men. Go read it! ♥

I may have never been to Louvre but I've been to the Gallery of ''Misused'' Quotation Marks. Ok, so it's irrelevant. Sue me. You won't get much. ♥

I wonder if any of the three proud (?) owners of the rare Weblog Wannabe t-shirt ever wore the t-shirt to public places without wearing any other piece of clothes above it to hide the www.wannabegirl.org bit. Mind you, all three of them are (wannabe)boys! If you want to see the t-shirt in action, here's the weird-looking Bryan, the serious-looking Nikolai, and the headless David, wearing the t-shirt. I bet now you want to have one too *grins* Well, maybe not. ♥

Could you think of at least two *interesting* search referrals that might show up in the referrer stats after the posting of this particular blog entry? Let me know. I'm curious. Really. Humour me, please? ♥

Chris H. sent me a link to the System Administrator Appreciation Day site. The day is celebrated annually on last Friday of July. That means this year it will be celebrated on July 28. Send your favourite sysadmin a bunch of flowers or something. ♥

I've never been as busy at work as I was today. No, scratch that. I've never let myself get as busy at work as I was today. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I am trying hard
To cheer myself up. Tough job.
No one else would do.

I swear I'm not feeling that bad right now. In fact, I feel better today than I was yesterday. Well, not really, but I'm trying. I robbed my mother clean this morning (borrowed all her money anyway) so I could pay my internet bill and that didn't make me feel good at all, but tomorrow is payday and I'm going to return it with a bonus. Yeah, I am a very generous person. I wish you were here so I could buy you candy. ♥

I wasn't going to check my Beebo rating this evening because, well, what's the point checking it when you know that your blog won't be there, right? But I went there anyway and guess what? There was my blog, sitting nicely at #46. My rating has been better but that wasn't so bad for a change :) ♥

The last time I visited his site, I think he was already seeing someone, but apparently now she has dumped him. Well, either that or the other way around. So now, once again, he's offering 10K 4 A WIFE! Interested? ;) ♥

Most of you might still be enjoying your vacation and won't need this thing but you can still bookmark the Paper Generator-O-Matic for when school has restarted, just in case you're desperate enough. It's not really as easy as it sounds, though. Be suspicious. Be very, very suspicious. ♥

Sick of all those Chicken Soup books and email forwards? Get your weekly dose of Chicken Soup for the Soulless to cure the sickness. Yeah! ♥

Finally, a site that's just perfect for me and my imaginary friend: The Site For The Mentally Disturbed. Ok, so I don't have an imaginary friend, but I think it would be cool if I do. Well, maybe not, but... Oh nevermind. ♥

This guy believes that he is Superman. Do you? Ooops, turned out that he hasn't become Superman yet. Damn. So much for an interesting link. ♥

Last night, after seeing me awake and online at really odd hour, Bryan sent me ICQ messages to make me go back to bed. Of all the things he said, this was what made me really go back to bed: "Firdie, if I could rock you to sleep, I would." It was just so sweet that I decided to go back to bed right away.

Ich liebe Bryan. He rocks! No pun intended! ♥

I just wanted to give a plug to Chris H., whose about page is more popular than his blog, and who probably hates me now because my smiley is bigger and more varied than his *grins* Hi, Chris! Thanks for listening! :) ♥

I've been downloading a lot of songs in .wav format from this site all morning. Strangely enough, the file size is smaller than songs in .mp3 format even though the .wav files contain full songs instead of just sound clips. I found plenty of songs that I can't find anywhere in .mp3 format here, such as "As I Lay Me Down" by Sophie B. Hawkins and "Strong Enough" by Sheryl Crow. Fun, fun, fun! And it's even more fun because I should be working right now. I know, I'm bad. ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Wide awake at 2
In the morning. More like night.
Damn insomnia.

You know what? At this odd hour, I really feel like singing. In fact, I've been singing "Corner of the Sky" ever since I sat myself in front of the computer an hour ago. "Everything has its season, everything has its time. Show me a reason and I'm sure to show you a rhyme. Cats fit on the windowsill, children fit in the snow. Why do I feel like I don't fit in anywhere I go? Rivers belong where they can ramble, eagles belong where they can fly. I've got to be where my spirits can run free. Gotta find my corner of the sky." For some reasons, the song is very appropriate to illustrate the way I feel right now. I need to find my corner of the sky. ♥

My crappy, old computer has once again decided that it has no soundcard installed. Grrrrrr!!! I am forced not to accept any song request until my computer sees that it does have a soundcard installed. It may be a day, a week, a year or more. I hate it when this happens. And it just had to happen today! Today's been such a crappy, crappy day. I truly hope that your Monday will be better than mine. ♥

I'll be guest blogging at Fairvue Central for a week, along with Mark and Neale. Check us out! :) ♥

I was searching for the lyrics of "Close to You" by the Carpenters because Bryan Byun requested that I sing that song and I found the lyrics to the parody of that song. I must admit that I like it much better than the original.

Is there a song you'd like me to sing for you? Just send the title my way, baby! ♥

I love these Movie Haikus. Some of them contain spoilers, which is just fine by me since I only get to see a movie like once a year, but it may not be fine by you, moviegoers, so consider yourself warned! ♥

Now I don't know if I should cry or laugh. I'm beginning to find things more funny than depressing. But then again, I've always had this ability to see the funny side of even the most depressing thing. That's my way of survival. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

I don't like Monday
I hate it with a vengeance
I want to go home.

I just got to work but everyone was already yelling at each other. It was not unusual but since I was already in a bad mood, it put me in an even worse mood. Now what I really want to do is cry. Seriously. Maybe I should go to the bathroom and do just that. Maybe it would make me feel better. ♥

Firda {big bear hugs} Bryan. Goodnight! ♥

So I signed up for a FilePile account yesterday out of curiosity. It looks like a really nice and simple tool to organise content. Anyway, I still haven't decided what my FilePile account is going to be good for because, as you know, my site doesn't really have content.

Hi, Andre! :) ♥

I miss Matt already. ♥

Are your children/little brothers or sisters/nephews or nieces crazy about Pokemon? Read and memorise these lines listed in Become a PokeExpert in 5 Minutes Or Less and the little Pokemaniacs will worship you and be yours forever. If that's what you want, of course. ♥

Oh by the way, I'm still accepting song requests. I'm having a bad weekend. I need to sing. A lot. ♥

If you want to listen to my allegedly sexy accent, you can head over to Chocolatey Shatner, the home of Captain Kirk's extremely erect nipples. Les was crazy enough to post the song I sang for him. ♥

CourtesyFlush.com Etiquette for Real Life gives answers to questions that you've always wanted to know the answer but too afraid to ask, such as the level of conversation that is acceptable when using a urinal, the proper way to respond when someone farts in a meeting and the proper use of eanie-meanie-minie-moe for settling disagreements. ♥

When they say "You're Outta Here!", that means you're dead. This site features celebrity obituaries. Not only major, Hollywood celebrities but also local celebrities from your town. ♥

Listen to some bad music by Hollywood celebrities, mostly from the past, at The Rock & Roll Hall of Shame. They still sound better than me, though. ♥

From The Stealth Geek FAQ, I learned that I'm more a real geek than a stealth geek even though I'm actually just a geek wannabe. Confused? I am. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Grey and depressing
It's a rather cold morning
The sun's still hiding

It took less than a minute for me to compose the haiku. I just looked outside my window and the words came rushing into my head. It must be how ideas come to real artists and writers.

Sunday's supposed to be a sunny day. I hate grey Sundays. ♥

For some reasons, the One Question Geek Test reminds me of Fairvue Central. ♥

Muse-O-Matic will turn any word into a beautiful music, piano roll fashion. Try to enter your name. It's nice to know that contrary to popular belief, my name does make a beautiful music *grins* ♥

I love this t-shirt :) ♥

So I went to the grocery store with my mum and bro. At the clothing section, I saw a line of blue jeans with a very amusing brand name: "Fetish International". On our way back, we passed a beauty salon. There was a banner in front of it that says "Gunting, Cuci, Blow: Rp. 10,000". It's not really funny for us but English speakers might find it amusing as well. "Gunting" literally means scissor, but in this context, it means haircut. "Cuci" means wash. "Blow" here doesn't mean blowjob, you, dirtyminded you! It means drying your hair with a hairdryer. So a haircut, with a hairwash and hairdrying costs you Rp. 10.000 or around US$1.25. We then had lunch in a food stall where I had some rice with what the seller referred to as Satan's Chicken Barbeque. All I can tell you is that it was yummy and that I still haven't grown horns and tail. Yet. ♥

I've said it a thousand times, I'm going to say it a thousand times more: I love Weblog Wannabe. Don't you? ;) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

I love to sing, sing.
I love to hear you sing, sing.
But I can't sing, sing.

Wheee, this haiku rhymes! Well, a bit dorkish since I repeat "sing" in every line just to make the haiku 5-7-5, but still it's kind of cute. I do think it's cute. But then again, that's a very biased opinion.

Anyway, I started this day by listening to Bryan singing in a thick German accent. It really cracked me up. I don't know what the song was but it was excellent. Bry really should do Broadway! :)

On a related note, no one's sent me any song request so far. How disappointing. If I saw anyone offering to sing me a song in their blog, I'd request, really. Who cares if the voice is awful. I'd rather listen to people who sing to entertain rather than people who sing for money. But of course, some people are lucky enough to sing to entertain *and* get paid for it. But hey, I just want to sing and make you smile so please, request a song NOW! I need a reason to sing! ♥

I knew I was the same type of romantic with Caroline, even before I took the test. I know myself that well :) ♥

Grab It Fast - Free, Available, Unregistered URLs for the Grabbing and it's powered by Blogger. Clever idea. The URLs listed are good for a laugh or two :) ♥

If you're too lazy to make your own decision, SelectSmart will do it for you. They call it "Determination Artificial Intelligence Database". Whatever. I just think it's kind of stupid. I don't think I'd use this thing to select my belief or the next president. Hell, I won't even use this thing to name my baby. I mean, what if my child asked me one day how they got their name? "Oh, from SelectSmart, my dear!" It sounds so stupid, don't you think? ♥

I think Brad is going to love iPING *grins* I like the idea of wakeup call service. Too bad it seems to work only in America. Otherwise, it would've saved my mum a lot of trouble. ♥

Meet The Satanic Sysadmins and learn what they do during the witching hours. Spooky! Well, not really. Just see it for yourself. ♥

How much of a badass are you? Take the Badass Quiz to find out. I scored 2577 which made me a High Level Badass. Mwahahaha!!! ♥

I wonder if any of the guys whose picture is in the cute geek guy gallery has a weblog. Recognise any of them? I can only recognise Carl Steadman from Suck. ♥

You know, I think Jordan has the most entertaining 24 useless facts I've ever come across :) I still don't think that HTML is a programming language, though. ♥

So now there are two three bloggers who think that my voice is sexy. All I need right now is a record deal. Heh! Want to hear my allegedly sexy voice? Request a song and I'll sing it. If I know the song, that is. Quickly, before I change my mind! ♥

I sang Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" for Bryan yesterday and he said I had a sexy accent. That really cracked me up. I don't think the other 4 bloggers who ever heard my voice would call my accent sexy *grins*

Anyway, Bryan sang "The Perfect Year" for me and it was perfect. I totally love his voice. It's really different from when he's just talking. I sound just the same, whether I'm singing or talking. I guess I am not meant to be a singer. I'm just meant to torture people with my singing. Heh! ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It is not Monday
It is not Thursday, either
It's Friday. Oh, yay!

I can't wait for this day to be over so I could go home and enjoy the weekend. My weekends have been less depressing lately, which is good. What's not so good is they always pass so quickly. Time flies when you're having fun. This weekend is going to be even better because my big bro will be home. That means my parents won't pick on me and only me. Yay! ♥

Should you ever want to clone yourself, here's the how-to page. Sounds like fun. Well, not really. Unless you're really into biology. Which I'm not. But still it's kind of interesting. It looks more like a recipe page to me, though. ♥

It's a bit too late for you to join this year's, but I think the fact that there is such thing as Wife Carrying Championship is worth blogging. ♥

Just so that Drew knows, in Indonesia, a countdown goes from 1 to 3 instead of from 3 to 1 *grins* Indonesians always want to be different, you know ;) ♥

Uh, do you need some Commercial Ninja Services? They do everything from pizza delivery through to back massage. ♥

You know what's so cool about being me apart from being very low-maintenance? I'm so cool I get free lunch all the time! *grins* A guy from IT section is going to buy me fried rice for lunch today, and it's great because I'm really broke right now. Yeah, I totally love being me :) ♥

How can you *not* love Adam? ;) ♥

Would anyone sing me The Perfect Year from "Sunset Boulevard" in a voicemail, please? I'll sing you one song in return! ;) ♥

If you received a weird, robotic message sent via IMBot in your voicemail, that might be from me. Many thanks to Jordan for showing me yet another way to waste my time at work *grins* Ooops, looks like I accidentally sent the same message twice to one of you. Oh well. Just think of it as a bonus. Heh! ♥

Database of Unsafe Drivers has user-submitted license plate numbers of people that are supposed to be unsafe drivers from all over the world but Asia. If Asia were included, the database would be filled with license plate numbers of Indonesian drivers. Speaking of licence plates, Nikolai made me a vanity license plate. Cute, huh? :)
♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Why do I keep on
Writing bad, crappy haikus?
Just because I can.

Well, I just woke up at 4:30 AM and nothing's happened yet this morning so I didn't really have anything to be haikued. I don't even have anything to talk about. I should've waited until I get to work before I wrote this. Oh well. This should do it for now. ♥

Jobless? Well, after filling out Fry's electronics Employment Application, I'm sure you'll be happy in your joblessness. ♥

Taboo Italian, or, How to Swear in Italian. Bad Italian pickup lines also available. Mettiti il guanto. I hope it really means what they say it means. ♥

Star Dudes is a Flash movie parody of Star Wars. It may take awhile for the movie to load but it's well worth the wait. Cute animation, cute storyline. ♥

Want some Chicken Soup for the Soul delivered to your home? As for me, I'd rather have some real chicken soup for the tummy delivered to me right here, right now. I'm so hungry. Still 10 minutes to lunchtime. Sigh. ♥

Jordan wrote this and Street Tech published it so you have to read it, if not because Jordan is cool then because I told you to :)

I wish I could make my own Smurfzilla. Well, I should be able to, now that Jordan has written the step-by-step instructions, but I don't think I have the skills. If I did it anyway, my box would end up looking more like Godzilla than Smurfzilla. That wouldn't be good, wouldn't it? ♥

But of course, I am Indonesian! Probably the first Indonesian weblogger :) But don't take my words for it. I said "probably". I never did a survey on the subject. Not that it matters much. I'm hungry. Therefore I'm rambling. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I am so sleepy
And I just cannot hide it
Yeah, I'm so sleepy.

Yet another masterpiece by Firda. Heh! This morning has been cool, though. That is, if you don't count the massive traffic jam I experienced all the way to work. The moon was watching me as I was moving towards the city. What I love about the moon is no matter how far away I am from home, it always looks just as close, or rather, as far away. It's easy to explain and it's no mystery at all, but still I find it fascinating. Small things fascinate me. ♥

Yay! Bryan can access my site from work again! Now I can rest in peace. R.I.P. Hmmm. Does that mean dead? It does? Oh well. Make it S.I.P. then. Sleep in peace. Goodnight, world! ♥

See your webpage or any other webpage of your choice written in Texan drawl using M.U.N.G., Multipurpose Unilateral Nonsense Generator. Yeah, it's yet another page translator but the Texan drawl thingy is kind of funny. ♥

Stadium Pal eliminates the need to take a leak while watching a ball game. Well, not really. But you wouldn't need to leave your seat to take a leak. This thing cracked me up so it can't be a bad thing. ♥

The Eggjet Printer from HB is a new, state-of-the-art technology from Germany. Yeah, Germans do have a sense of humour. ♥

If you had to be pimpin', you'd better do it the right way. Learn How To Become A Pimp. Just beware that the page might make your eyes bleed. ♥

Untied Airlines is a site dedicated to showing the world how crappy United Airlines are. Not that I ever fly with them, but those of you who ever had a bad experience with them might be interested in this. ♥

Here's some Sneaky Dating Tricks for Men Jerks. ♥

I blogged Addictions & Life Page Drug Related Street Terms/Slang Words because I can. Great blog entry, huh? ♥

I received and blogged this more than 2 months ago but it still amused me a lot to see it: "How Firda Became So Fabulous" by Chris. It's a masterpiece *grins* ♥

How could this possibly happen? It's not like I ever said anything obscene in my blog. I've never said the f-word. Why, surfCONTROL, why? *sniff!* I guess I'll get less pageviews in my stats, now that Bryan can't access my blog from work. Sad, sad, sad... ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Had a dream last night
Yet another weird, weird dream
I can't remember.

Well, I know it was weird but I can't remember what it was all about. I hate it when it happens. Dreams are like an adventure to me. An adventure that I don't want to forget, no matter how bad or how weird. I don't really take my dreams seriously so I never bother finding out what it means even though I am curious about it sometimes.

The only dream whose meaning I'm seriously curious about is the dream I had the night my grandfather passed away. I don't think my grandfather ever really liked me, but that night he came to me in my dream, dressed in white. He tried to tell me something, but I ran away. He ran after me, but then I woke up. I was 8 or 9 years old then, but even now, almost two decades later, I'm still wondering what he was trying to tell me. ♥

Aren't you even in the least bit curious about the bizarre love triangle I mentioned below? It's not like I'm going to tell you about it or anything but still some of you should be curious enough to email me. Are you really NOT curious? ♥

I'm in a gossiping mood right now, so here goes. Am I the only one to notice a bizarre love triangle between two webloggers and one ex-weblogger? Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Am I too nosey? Do you think I should just mind my own business? You do? Ok. I'll just mind my own business :) ♥

You know, sometimes I wish that my brothers would date someone who is computer-literate so that I'll have something to talk about when I'm stuck with them like I was this morning.

I know, I'm a dork. Sigh. ♥

It's hard to be politically correct. ♥

Thinking of becoming a member of the Mafia? Be sure to check out the Mobspeak Glossary before some Mustache Petes whack you. ♥

Pootify! I don't know why I keep on finding this kind of crap today. But anyway, view the pootified Weblog Wannabe here. Poot! ♥

Before you go back to work, how about learning some new Office Vocabulary? Well, actually it's a lot more than just office vocabulary. I'd describe it to you but I need my breakfast so badly! Sorry! ♥

I got the weirdest "site temporarily unavailable" message from Dreamhost when I tried to get Weblog Wannabe to go through Zippy Meets Meta-HTML so I guess it doesn't really work on sites hosted by Dreamhost. It works just fine on Metafilter, though. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

I just called in sick
The damn 'flu is killing me
Hatchoo! Haatchoo! Haaa...

...tchoo! Want some virus? Boy, how I hate 'flu. But at least I'll have some time to work on my unfinished web projects: a weblog portal and a collaborative project that only 3 people have shown interest to join so far. Hmmm. I don't sound like I'm having a 'flu in that song I sang for Matt. Weird. Thank God, Matt's been the only one who's requested a song so far *grins* Not that I'm encouraging you to request a song. Anyway, I've got to do the dishes now. Mum always makes me do the dishes when I'm home *sigh* How I hate housework. ♥

I'm having second thought about my offer below. I just recorded a couple of songs and after I listened to them, I really felt like throwing up. Trust me, you wouldn't want to hear me sing. ♥

Well, now that I've got my microphone to work, I'm going to start accepting song requests. Seriously. I can't sing, but I'll do anything to entertain you :) Email me the title of the song you want me to sing, if possible with the lyrics, and if I know the song, I'll sing it and then send it to you via email. The song will be in .ra file so make sure you have RealPlayer installed. Just be warned that my voice is horrible. Ask Nikolai if you don't believe me *grins* ♥

Maybe it's just me or maybe it's the language barrier, but I don't really find the Fame Fatale article all that strongly against weblogs, neither do I find it offer anything new at all. IMHO, whether a site is a waste of cyberspace or not depends on its ability to serve its purpose. For example, if its purpose is to entertain its readers, and someone actually finds the site entertaining, the site has served its purpose. Hence not a waste of cyberspace. Most weblogs seem to have their own readers so they can't be just a waste of cyberspace. But then again, who am I to say. I'm no web hotshot and I've been on the web for only 3 years. Can't compare me with any of the A List Apart people. I just happen to be someone who is passionate about the web and who considers the web as her second home. ♥

But Jordan, those are Belgian, not Danish! Well, I'm sure the "Quick and Flupke" one is Belgian. The other one sounds more like German. Guess which stickers are from me? ;) No, you're not allowed to guess, Jordan! ♥

The Love Calculator will show you if a relationship with someone could work out. All you have to do is enter your name and the name of the person you'd like to have a relationship with and the calculator will show you your chance to have a relationship with them.

Anyway, from the Love Calculator I learned that I have a 89% chance with Jason Kottke, 84% chance with Derek Powazek, 81% chance with Evan Williams and only 14% chance with Jack Saturn. Surprise, surprise! ♥

I have a short attention span and I'm not particularly fond of reading long text, but I actually read Why a Cow Goes Mooooo from beginning to end. There's something about the writing style that I just couldn't resist. Maybe it's because it was supposedly written by a 4 year old. Not that I believe that, but I love kids. Unfortunately, the feeling is not mutual. ♥

Actually, it's more like non-genetically manipulated chicken :) ♥

Here's the Top 10 road signs found in America. Boy, are you wacky or what! More silly images can be found here. ♥

Well, I just listened and sang along to the songs sung by Nikolai, Matt and Jason, and now I'm in a good mood :) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

I had a nightmare
That involves two killer whales
And a ferris wheel.

It was such a weird dream. I can't even tell where the dream starts and ends. The whales are kind ones, mind you. They warn me about some evil power using some supersonic wave that can be transcribed into human language. The evil power causes a power loss in an amusement park by the sea. The ferris wheel stops doing rounds. People get panic. I help them get off the ferris wheel but there are a couple of people who look dead to me by the time I come to get them off the ferris wheel. They must've died of fear. I can see the fear on their faces. It's really disturbing. I hate nightmares. But then again, who doesn't? ♥

I'm sure Nikolai would love to read this :) I wish I could make a design that other people would love to steal. Well, someone did steal one of my designs but that doesn't count. Why? I don't know. Does it count? ♥

I love you. ♥

If I could start a meme like Meg's bicycle story, I wanted the meme to be the three little words "I love you". People don't seem to say it enough these days. To hell with simulblogulation. It's not like we're spreading hatred or anything. ♥

Reading the World Sexual Records is quite enlightening. Seriously. Go check it out! I know you want to ;) ♥

Understanding Computer Technology is very, um, technical. But don't take my words for it :P It's just as technical as the mechanism of a toilet bowl could get. ♥

Regarding the Coke and Pepsi versus kidneys stuff, Lynn emailed me to confirm the rumour. She says Coke and Pepsi can cause calcified stones in the kidneys. She knows it from experience, being "the proud parent of 3 bouncing baby stones". She also suggests me to drink a lot of water instead. Thanks, Lynn! And guys, consider yourself warned! For further (easy-)reading, check out this article from Salon, Jonesing for my Coke high. It's pretty insightful. ♥

Listen to some political parody songs at The Capitol Steps. "Mammals", a parody of "Memories" from the musical "Cats", and "Kosovo", a parody of "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys, are my favourites. They're hilarious! ♥

If you have nothing better to do this weekend, try building some Matchstick Rockets. It sounds like a lot of fun. ♥

Arrange a blind date for a friend or even yourself using Blind Date. I think it's very clever, but I find the graphic of a blind wedding couple a bit tasteless and out of context. ♥

Have you ever heard of The Organization of Gas Producing Families? Apparently, their goal is to give OPEC a run for its money. Only American families can join, though. ♥

Dr. Webster's Guide to the MacQuarium is a step-by-step guide to making an aquarium out of an old Macintosh computer. It makes me long for one. Will you make one for me and send it here? I'll love you forever! ;) ♥

Satan Speaks is a random quote generator of some "wisdom" supposedly coming from Mr. Satan himself. Oh yes, Satan does have a sense of humour. ♥

I don't think I'm capable of making any Money Origami. It's not that I think money is sacred or anything. I don't really give a damn about money though I won't deny that I need it. It just doesn't sound right to me. I mean, when there's plain paper to fold, why use money? Do you think I'm silly? ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Early Saturday
Woke up with a tummyache
Coke destroys kidneys?

Yeah, I know, weird haiku. I woke up before 5:00 AM with a tummyache, went online and read in one of those emails one of my forwarding-happy college friends (even though I won't call him a friend in real life because he annoys me too much) sent to the mailing list that Coke and Pepsi can destroy kidneys. I wonder if it's true. I drink Coke everyday. Got to check out one of those urban legend sites to find out. ♥

Oh wow, Weblog Wannabe has been haikued by Bryan! Cool cookie! :)
♥

Large Penis Support Group is a serious organisation, but still it amused me. I'm so easily amused :) ♥

Four postcards have arrived. The status of six other postcards and one letter is still unknown. ♥

Thanks to Nikolai and his revolutionary design, Weblog Wannabe is back on Beebo Ratings again :) Well, at least for today. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

I cannot think of
any haiku to write. Ooops!
I did it again.

No, I'm not a big fan of Britney Spears, in case you're wondering. I listened to Matt singing "Corner of the Sky" for about half a dozen times this morning as I was getting ready to go to work, and it put me in a good mood. But then on the ride to work, they played Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" on the radio and I became sad again. It's amazing how music can have such a big impact to my mood. But then again, if it didn't, I wouldn't have loved music so much. I can't live without music. Can you? ♥

Thanks, Tom! :) ♥

Bored at work? Just listen to The Singing Cow and enjoy the moo-sic! You can even create your own moo-sic if you want. Just don't expect it to ever become a masterpiece. ♥

Read this: How to Lose a Fight So The Other Guy Goes to Jail. You'll never know, it might come in handy someday. ♥

I've never been temping in my whole life. For me, it was full-time job right after full-time college. My first full-time job paid me less than US$100 per month. I don't know how I could survive living on such a meager salary, but I did. Anyway, if you have ever been temping or are in the middle of temping, you will appreciate TEMP 24-7. I'm sure it would be nice to know that you're not the only one stuck inside that little hell hole :) ♥

Matt sang me "Corner of the Sky" in two voicemails, and as much as I was delighted to hear his voice again, the song kind of made me feel sad.

"Cats fit on the window sill
Children fit in the snow
Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go?"

That's exactly how I feel. And the rest of the song is like the story of my life. Anyway, Matt's voice is great, as always. I always forgot to tell him that eVoice has a 2-minute limit. You can listen to his beautiful voice here. I just hope he won't kill me for posting it without permission :) ♥

Woooo! I just got a really cute ducky postcard from Katy! I've forgotten how exciting it was to receive a snail mail until I received that card. Thanks, Katy! :)

Do you want to send me a postcard? Just email me for my address! I love postcards. I used to have a HUGE collection of postcards from all over the world, mostly unused. I used to be addicted to penpalling. That was how I got all the postcards. I can't remember where I stored all those postcards, though. I should try to find them one of these days. ♥

Yay! Caroline got my postcard! So now two Europeans have received their postcards but still no American. Hmmm... ♥

Gee, thanks, Tarsh! You're such a bundle of comfort :P ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

I am so nervous
Today I might be getting
Loads and loads of flames.

Yes, this design is a rip-off. Not from one particular weblog, mind you. If you've been in Bloggerville long enough, you'll notice that this weblog design has stolen pieces from 10 very well-designed weblogs. Why? Because ripping off only one weblog design is so 1990's! Anyway, those 10 weblogs whose pieces of design we (Nikolai and I) have so lovingly stolen are Fairvue Central (if it counts *grins*), Barbelith, Megnut, Hit-or-Miss.org, obviously Kottke.org, Digital Swirlee, Saturn.org, M³tacubed, Prolific, and Evhead. Nikolai compiled and put together all the stolen pieces. All I did was telling him which weblogs I love designwise and/or contentwise. Mostly designwise. Anyway, if you have good things to say about this rip-off design, please send it to Nikolai. If you have nasty things to say or even a lawsuit, please send it to me. Not that you'll get much. I only make less than US$300 per month :P ♥

I have such an exciting life. Yesterday my office got a bomb threat. Today we had an earthquake. Tomorrow? Only God knows what the world has in store for me tomorrow. I'm curious. Very curious. I can't wait until tomorrow! ♥

The most pointless site on this planet seems familiar. Oh, I know! It seems familiar because it looks and feels like a weblog! The question is whose weblog. Could it be mine? Or maybe yours? ;) ♥

If Siamese twins have to be separated, the quintuplet Peeps should too. In Peep Surgery, they show you how to do the surgery in six easy but somewhat tricky steps. ♥

Do you think this guy's dog looks like Pete Sampras? The owner seems to think so. I can't see any resemblance, though, but maybe it's just me. ♥

Another person who made my day today was Nikolai. You'll know the reason soon. Right now, it's still a secret! ;) ♥

Jason was not only nice enough to call me "everyone's favorite duck" but also cool enough to sing me the "Superqabbalfractalmysticecstakalignosis" song in a voicemail. Listen to it here. It's perfect. Jason has a great voice. He should consider becoming a radio deejay! Thanks, Jason. You made my day! :) ♥

Superqabbalfractalmysticecstakalignosis.com? Gee, why didn't I think of that when I was looking for a name for my domain. While you're there, you can try to sing their URL. That is, if you have nothing better to do. On second thought, if you had something better to do, you wouldn't have been here, right? ;) ♥

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were only 100 people in the world? There's a big mistake in the theory, though. If there were only 100 people in the world, I don't think computers and the internet would have ever been invented. ♥

This stud asked me how much I scored in the Stud Test. I scored -10. Minus. Ten. I'm a girl, remember? Not that I'd score any differently if I were a guy. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Another earthquake
Just shook the city again
Right out of the blue.

No comments. I'm still shaking. You can call me a wimp if you want. Whatever. I don't care. Not that it was my first "California experience". That was probably the fifth or the sixth earthquake I've ever experienced. No further comments. Thank you. ♥

Reminder: This blog is an emailware. If you like it, you're required to register by sending me an email. Then the blog is free for you to visit for life. If you don't register, you'll get that guilty conscience everytime you come for a visit. That wouldn't feel so nice, I can tell you. So please, do register. It's free! [Dammit, I'm desperate for email, can't you see??] ♥

Hey, guys, I just found you a gem: Penis Owners Manual. Operating instructions and troubleshooting included! ♥

The bomb hasn't exploded yet. We assume there is no bomb. But since we make wrong assumptions all the time, you should not trust our judgement. ♥

Wheee, we just got a bomb threat in the office! ♥

Another Microsoft weirdness: Top Secret Microsoft Code. ♥

Microsoft Contraceptive 98 (TM)? What the ...? ♥

All this hype about Harry Potter Book IV and I've never read either Book I, II, or III. Let alone IV! Don't you feel sorry for me for not knowing what I'm missing? ♥

I haven't posted any personality test for ages, so here's one. For men only, find out how much of a stud you are by taking the Stud Test. Be sure to email me your test result so I can laugh at you! ;) ♥

Bryan is back from the midwest and he brought home stories about sex olives and wooden duck race. And he thinks the midwest is weird. Ha! Wait until he sees Indonesia. ♥

Have I mentioned that I love bookmarklets? On my browser I have Blogger Search and Weblogs.com Search bookmarklets, Merriam-Webster Dictionary bookmarklet, and all Google Search bookmarklets. Bookmarklets make my life so much easier. ♥

I've seen the prototype, but the final release is so much better. Good luck, Chris and Lasara! I don't know how anyone could talk about sex for a week long but good luck anyway. Prove me wrong! :) ♥

When my weblog is not doing too well on every single weblog chart, I can always check on Who Has the Most Readers? and Read By list, and be happy. It's just so good to know that I do have readers. Thanks so much, my beloved readers. You make it all worthwhile :) ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I so want to sleep
My eyes think it's bedtime now
Half awake at work

I went to bed early at 9:00 PM but as is the case with going to bed early the night before, I feel so damn sleepy in the morning. I shouldn't have slept for more than 6 hours. If you want to keep me awake, you can send me an instant message on AIM. My screen name is Webgeek Wannabe. Just tell me to wake up. ♥

Nah, things like that don't bother me anymore. I've become a real weblogger, in case you didn't notice :) ♥

This guy must have more skirts in his wardrobe than I do. Not that I have plenty of skirts. I only have a kilt my aunt bought me when she was in Scotland. But unlike skirts, kilts are for men. Anyway, be sure to check out his dating resume. He's quite an egomaniac in my opinion. ♥

Do you want to learn to play Ukulele? The tutorials were written in Japanese-English (Jinglish?). Pretty amusing stuff. ♥

If you get a kick out of bashing computers and home electronics, you're going to love Foo's Gallery of Anti-Technology. Sometimes I wish I could afford to bash my computer. It's just so damn slow! ♥

This is kind of amusing. I know my design skills suck so, as much as I think the button's cool, I know better than to apply. But I think Joe Jenett is cool. He knows what he's doing :) ♥

Three words: lunch was awful. Ugh! ♥

I am Jason Kottke. ♥

Work is funny. Everyone is making a big fuss over the tentative itinerary of some guy from the head office who is coming here in September (emphasis on "tentative" and "September"). They probably think I'm ignorant for not giving a damn about it. It's hard to be me. Sigh. Anyway, I'll be off to lunch with my ancient supervisor in an hour, and we're going to have steak. Yum! I love steak. And I'm so hungry I could eat a tree. ♥

I went to Hit-or-Miss.Org and instead of getting the weblog, I got the GLBT Portal. What's up with that, Matt? UPDATE: It's fixed now. Yay! :) ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Back to work in a
grey and foggy morning.
How I hate Monday.

It's not even 7:00 AM yet but everyone is already yelling at each other at work. But as always, I just pretend not to hear anything. When anyone asks me for a justification to their silly argument, I would only say, "Huh?" and that would be the end of the conversation. This office really reminds me of the title of one of the stupidest books I've ever bought: "You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps". ♥

If you have a short attention span (just like me), you're going to love One Page Detective Stories. They're short, sweet (well, maybe not), and badly written. But what really matters is that they are short. Yes, short is good, though I know some who like it long. Don't look at me like that, you dirty-minded you! ♥

Now I'm going to complain about my non-existent Beebo rating and see if Wendell's theory is valid. Oh Beebo, what have I done to deserve this? OK, that's it. Let's see the result in, say, 6 hours. Hope for the best, expect the worst. UPDATE: It didn't work. Hmmmph. ♥

So I didn't get to finish the redesign this weekend. I did come up with a design, but the final product was pretty icky and I didn't really like it, and when I asked for a second opinion from Nikolai, all he said was "Eh" and "Eh" can't mean a good thing so I decided to throw the design away and started another one.

I have started working on the other design. In fact, I've finished working on all the graphics. Now I just need to work on the layout. But since the layout is going to be pretty complicated and it's already past 9 PM now and I've got to go back to work tomorrow, it will have to wait, probably until next weekend. But I promise you, it's going to be sensational, baby! It will be colourful and cute and sweet, just like me ;) And you're going to love it, because you love me. Right? ♥

Girls? Ugh! is The Official Website Of Not Having A Girlfriend. I would start "Boys? Ugh! : The Official Website of Not Having A Boyfriend" so I could have an excuse for not having a boyfriend, but I love you guys too much to ever deprive you. Heh! ♥

Oh yes, it amused me all right, Brad *grins* Made me wish I could see it. But St. Louis is like millions of miles away from here... ♥

I just got my ranking from Websmostlinked.com after almost a month (and they said it would only take 24-48 hours or sooner -- liar!) and I learned that my domain was ranked #344535 out of 696934 domains in their database. I don't know if it's good or bad. My guess is it's bad. But on second thought, it can't be that bad since the domain is only 2 months old. ♥

Watch "Computer Boy", a hilarious parody of "The Matrix", at iFilm. It's so bad that it's good. Am I making sense? ;) ♥

Nikolai sent me a link to the most hilarious site yesterday: Webcrawler Search Hall Of Fame. By the way, if you came here looking for some info on fart fetish, I really don't know what to say to you. D