Weblog Wannabe

I am so dull, I can bore you to death in less than 5 minutes. ♥

A workmate just introduced his 3 year-old daughter to me and I really didn't know what to say to her so I just shook her tiny hand and grinned like a moron. I could've asked her her name, but I didn't. I think I am a moron. ♥

Any song request? Come on, I always sing when I get home from work. I might just as well sing a song that you request. I have an allegedly sexy accent. Bry thinks my voice is "cute". Don't you want to hear it? ;) Ok, so my voice is horrible and I can't sing to save my life, but hey, it might make you laugh! ♥

After NameZero comes NameDemo. Same thing, different names. Did you know that DomainZero is not free anymore? ♥

FindSame is "an entirely new kind of search engine that looks for content, not keywords. You submit an entire document, and FindSame returns a list of Web pages that contain any fragment of that document longer than about one line of text." Sounds like a great way to catch content thieves and plagiarists. ♥

You know what made my morning? It was Bry singing "Nations of the World" in a voicemail :) It really cracked me up. Speaking of Bry, he's made Tangerang the official dancing town of Bloggerville. Just thought I'd mention that *grins* If you want to excite Bry, just mention the word "Tangerang" (pronounced the American way, not the Indonesian way). Of course you can always excite him the old-fashioned way ;) ♥

I'm planning to buy myself a .web.id domain, just because it's super cheap compared to .com, .org, or .net. But the thing is, I can't think of any original domain name. All that I've come up with are cob.web.id, meta.web.id and tangled.web.id. Any idea or suggestion? ♥

End cruelty to vegetables! Save the Vegetables! Be a vegetable rights activist! Or something. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

I am so sleepy
I am so, so, so sleepy
Yes, I'm so sleepy.

Someone once told me that I was a natural haiku writer. I think it was Andy who told me that in an email ages ago. He was the one who inspired me to write a daily haiku. I didn't believe him, of course. I'm more like a haiku murderer. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to end the daily haiku on December 31 so try to enjoy it while it lasts. Or look forward to January 1 instead when Weblog Wannabe will return with a brand new format. That is, if I don't procrastinate too much. ♥

Oh, I forgot to announce the winner as well as the only participant of my little contest. The winner is... <drumrolls> Emlyn Shannon!!! </drumrolls> Yay!!! Here's the winning entry:

One afternoon, everyone's favourite movie star, Firda Becka [sic!] herself, was online blogging the rain outside, which was named "Vincent". Exactly how the rain outside came to have a name, she wasn't sure, and, in the hope that someone would Quack? and explain it to her, she was attempting to Blog it. However, Pyra was having trouble with their CGI system, which had got bored of being a gateway interface for millions of boring bloggers and had decided to take refuge in the house of one of the more interesting bloggers. While Pyra searched for their escaped CGI system, Firda was becoming increasingly frustrated at the fact that Blogger did not allow her to update WW, and increasingly frightened by the strange sounds coming from the sink.

Eventually , the rattling from the sink became too loud to dismiss as a coincidence. Timidly, Firda left her Cray XMP and crept over to the sink. Suddenly, a huge CGI system leapt out of the shadows at her and bellowed: "Surprise!"

Firda was quite shocked. She muttered: "Why didn't you warn me you were coming? I would have cleaned up a little."

Pyra's CGI system laughed: "You, clean up? Never. You'd just get your servants to do it for you."

Clearing its throat, the CGI system continued: "I tried to alert you to me coming by voicemail - didn't you get it?"

Firda thought of her voicemail - song request after song request after song request. She seldom bothered to check it any more.

"No, I didn't. I'm sorry," she said. "Well, while you're here, how about some funky hip-hop?"

And right then and there she made up and sang a funky song, and the CGI system was well pleased.

Or, maybe Firda spent her weekend wrestling with technical problems in the rain.

Become a certified original human. Copyright your DNA. Once you copyrighted your DNA, cloning your DNA without your knowledge will be a violation of copyright laws. I wouldn't want to be cloned. That would be too creepy, though God knows why anyone would want to clone a klutz like me. ♥

The only thing I could think of to buy myself is Enya's new album, "A Day Without Rain". It's going to be quite a treat. I so can't wait until weekend! ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I still can't think of
Any cool haiku to post
My mind is so blank.

And I'm feeling so cold. Brrr. I should've worn a sweater over my shirt instead of this sleeveless cardigan. I hope I won't get ill again. Even now I'm still not in my tip top shape yet. Anyway, I just got my earning statement for this pay period that includes bonus even though I won't get the money until tomorrow, and I was quite overwhelmed by the number. I've never had that much money in my entire life before. Can't wait to spend it on my family and friends :) ♥

Here's A Survival Guide for a Zombie World. The guide shows you how to fight the living dead. You never know when you're going to need this. Probably never, but who knows. Better be paranoid than...erm... Oh, nevermind. ♥

Apparently, I'm not the only one in the world who thinks that Nike shoes are ugly. Keds are my personal favourite. I love the pair I have. The colour's apple green. It's lovely. Not to mention cheap. What's your favourite brand of sneakers? ♥

If you ever need to use artificial blood, sweat, saliva, or even vomit, consult the Moulage Cookbook. It will show you the easy way to make those yucky things. I'm glad the cookbook (which is not really a book but just a webpage) is not illustrated. ♥

Learn how to drop a goat using the mind alone from a distance of 100 feet, no less. Don't ask me what for. Ask them. It's not like a goat can do any harm to you or anything. The worst it can do is eating your favourite plants. ♥

If you know the Fairie Alphabet, you'll be able to speak in Fairie (isn't it supposed to be "faerie"?) dialect. Hmmm, that letter that means HA/HI looks like a symbol of sexual intercourse. But maybe it's just me. ♥

I can't think of anything to get Bry for Christmas. I checked his Amazon wishlist and it made me think that he'd probably like to get just about anything with a picture of a naked woman on it. But I digress. ♥

What's missing from Fairvue Central is all the Christmas lights. And "Deck the Halls" :) "Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la!" I always look forward to that song every Christmas.

Eid is only two days apart from Christmas this year. I can't take a leave the day before Eid so I won't be able to help my mum with the cooking. What a shame. I love plucking the dead chicken's feathers. It's always been my job every year. I would throw the same joke about how hairy the chicken's armpits (wingpits?) and chest are, and my mother and brother would laugh like it was the first time they heard the joke. I'm going to miss it. Ah well. There's always next year :) ♥

Confusion Network Systems is one company that really lives up to its name. ♥

Is The Necktie Dying? Is it? Door-to-door salesmen still wear it. "Learning to tie a tie takes years and tears"? Really? It only took my brother 15 minutes to teach me how to tie a tie. I can tie your tie if you want :) Do you (have to) wear tie to work? Do you like it? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Such a dull grey morn
I'm wearing a shirt that's worn
It's comfy and warm.

Well, the shirt is worn out (I prefer worn out shirts to new ones, thank you very much), but what keeps me warm is the cardigan, not the shirt. But what the heck. It made the haiku kind of rhyme. Kind of.

So. How was your day? ♥

What?! Seventy-five bucks to enter the Webby?? Sheesh. I made that much in a month when I just started with my first job. But I want my Webby... *sniff!* ♥

What do you want to be when you grow up? ♥

I just remembered something Bry said last week and it made me grin. I gave Bry my snail mail address which had "Tangerang" on it, which is the name of the suburb where I live. Bry liked the sound of it and said he should make "Tangerang" the middle name of one of his future children. How scary. I hope he wasn't serious. ♥

I so wish today was my last day working here and that I didn't have to come back tomorrow or ever. That would be lovely. ♥

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Decode here. ♥

Embarrassing Moments feature TV commercials you couldn't believe existed and all sorts of crazy TV shows from the past. A couple of days ago, a local newscaster was reading the news and then there was a time when she was supposed to say "cellular telephone" but instead she said "cellulite telephone". That really cracked me up *grins* ♥

Is it normal for 27 year olds to have crushes? ♥

You know what sucks? I'm running out of people to have an online crush on. I don't have a crush on anybody right now. That's not fun at all. Do you think you're crushworthy? If you do, let me know why. Who knows, you could be my next crush! ;) ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah

I really couldn't come up with a haiku, so if you have any haiku, send it my way and I'll put it up there. I'll give you credit, of course. No, don't post it on the little comment thingy because I can't access it from work (browser bug). And no, it's not just my trick to get some email. Really.

Anyway, my weekend was terribly boring. I did went out to see the doctor and had dinner out on Saturday night, and then on Sunday I went window-shopping and had lunch in an overly crowded mall, and that was it. I spent most of my time installing and deleting some CGI scripts. Even that got boring after awhile. But then again, I get bored very easily.

Oh, by the way, to all Muslim webloggers/readers, have a good Ramadan! :) I wonder if I'll lose some weight fasting this Ramadan. I usually don't. ♥

If webloggers can have their own trading cards, mathematicians can too. Someone has yet to come up with Librarian Trading Cards. For the unknowing ones, I am a librarian. ♥

Do you remember Izzy, the silly, little blue blob that was the mascot of the Atlanta Olympics? Well, in case you ever wondered about what happened to it after the Olympics, check out The Izzy Page. It made me laugh. It might make you laugh, too :) ♥

I went to the doctor's last night and she was pleased to see that my health was improving. That was the good news. The bad news is that she declared to me that I'm allergic to cold air, which means I'm going to have to flush all my dreams to go to the Alps and climb Mount Everest down the toilet. Sad, sad, sad... ♥

I just realised that all this time I've been mistaking {fray} with sf stories. Duh. I read {fray} occasionally. You know, like once every other month or even less. But I've only read sf stories once ages ago and that was it. I just thought that it wasn't my thing.

Another realisation is that I used to pay a lot more attention to writings on the web, but now I pay a lot more attention to design and and a lot less attention to writings. I wish I could pay equal attention to both. That might've made me a better web designer wannabe. ♥

In case you ever need it, here is the (correct?) usage of "the hell". I used to use it a lot but now I've learned to use "what on earth" and "what the heck" instead of "what the hell". ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Sunday without sun
It's so cold, grey and windy
But the rain has stopped.

Last night I had a dream that I meet up with The Brad in San Francisco, in what seems to be a weblogger gathering. Brad is the only weblogger that I recognise, though. I've never had a dream about meeting any weblogger in real life before. That makes Brad the first weblogger I meet in person in my dream :) Happy (belated) birthday, Brad! ♥

Ourtimelines.com can create a timeline that shows how your life has intersected with history for free. In case you're interested, here's my timeline. Apparently, the Internet and I were born in the same year. No wonder I'm such an Internet addict *grins* ♥

If reading is your passion, you wouldn't want to miss short stories at east of the web. The site contains exactly that: short stories. Plenty of them. Many were written by well-known, prominent authors. You can read them online or print them to read later, all for free. ♥

If some of the words in Harry Potter novels made you go "huh?", you're not alone. They made me go "huh?", too. And I've only read one Harry Potter book (and still hasn't managed to finish it). Luckily, someone has come up with Harry Potter Lexicon so you can enjoy reading the books without going "huh" too much. The lexicon may contain some spoilers, though. Consider yourself warned. ♥

Do you think you have what it takes to win Pamela Anderson Sweepstakes Lookalike Contest? You still have 5 days to enter. You can see the entrants so far here. Some look a lot like Pammie, some others don't look like her at all. Hmmm, I wonder if there's a Britney Spears Lookalike Contest... ♥

<sing> The hills are alive, with the Sounds of Pasta! </sing> Ok, I just made it up. But you've got to check it out! It's nothing fancy. Just useless. So useless that it's worth checking out. ♥

I've been trying to resist myself from linking to Am I Hot Or Not? and its derivatives but I just can't resist from posting a link to Am I Geek or Not? just because I might score high if I posted my photo there. I look very much like a geek even though I'm only a geek wannabe. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Cold rainy morning
Poor old sun is not shining
Hear no bird's singing.

Weee, it rhymes! Not that haiku has to rhyme. That's one thing I like the most about haiku. I suck at rhyming. I'm good at rhythm, though, thanks to years of piano lessons. Not that rhyme has anything to do with rhythm. I'm just rambling. Mind you, I'm bored stiff.

I was fooling around with CGI all morning, trying to setup a non-blogger weblog system. But once I got it installed and running, I had to admit that Blogger was so much easier to use and more user-friendly. I might end up deleting the whole thing off my Unix account and setup a Blogger-powered weblog instead.

Anyway, one of my favourite Indonesian songs was just playing on the radio. It's a sad song, of course, but it's not a ballad. I just love the lyrics. Here's the English translation of the Ref. part:

Will I be able
To reach my love, my imagination
Even though the wall between us
Is as wide as the ocean?

Hmmm, I wonder if my Indonesian readers can guess the song :) Well, either way, it's "Khayalku" by Chrisye from "Badai Pasti Berlalu" soundtrack. Speaking of songs, would you like to get a song that I sing myself just for you? If so, just email me the title and you'll get it. It's that easy. Go on! I know you want to ;) ♥

Boss: Firda, how are you feeling?
Me: Um, better.
Boss: Good. Don't die yet. Imagine all the paperwork.
Me: ?

Correct me if I'm wrong but you don't need to worry about paperwork when you're dead, right? Right? ♥

I had a blogging dream last night. It's been ages since the last time I had one. I don't remember much about that dream, though. I only remember that I'm posting a lot of meta entries in Weblog Wannabe (not sure which weblogs I link to) and then Nikolai sends me a message on AIM that says, "Now that you post all the meta entries in Weblog Wannabe, I assume MetaFirda is dead?" I can't remember anything after that. Must be because I woke up. ♥

Now you can also order your coffin online and customise it to suit your needs, whatever need you might have when you're dead. Weird site. ♥

Apple computers and Lego fans might want to check out Compubrick, which is a catalog of Apple computers made from Lego bricks. I think I'd like to have a Compubrick SE. It's so cute! The real, pre-Legoed thing is ugly, though. ♥

By the way, how was your turkey? Was it good, bad, or ugly? ♥

I think Modern Humorist's The Real-Life Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is kind of funny, in a way that makes you go "huh?". But maybe it's just me. ♥

Have I mentioned that I'm at work right now? Unlike most of you, I don't get Friday off this week *sniff!* ♥

I know this is kind of late but Happy Thanksgiving, America!

I guess I should list the things I'm thankful for (even though I'm not American).

I'm thankful for my home. Sometimes it doesn't feel like home for I've always got this wanderlust that makes me feel like I don't belong here, but still it's my home. It's always nice to know that wherever I go, I'll always have a place to go home to.

I'm thankful for my mother who always supports me all the way, who always lets me do anything that makes me happy, even if that means she has to face my father's wrath. I'm also thankful for my big brother for he always keeps me amused and laughing.

I'm thankful for my poor old Pentium 100 computer, TCP IP, and the Internet.

I'm thankful for all the wonderful people I met on the web, who, in one way or another, have kept me going.

And last but not least, I'm thankful for my readers. Each and every one of you. You're cool just for reading me :) ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

The sun woke up early
Its light blinded my poor eyes
It was only 6.

It was only 6 o'clock but it felt like 9. The sun has been coming up early lately. I didn't notice it before because usually it was raining in the morning and I couldn't see the sun. But these last couple of days, the rain didn't fall at all. I miss it already. "I'm only happy when it rains." ♥

And now, here's a site to answer the age old question: Where should I put my booger? I'm sure you're dying to find out *grins* ♥

Oh, by the way, January 1, 2001 is the first day of the new millennium so you should modify the saying from "party like it was 1999" to "party like it was 2000". ♥

Hats of Meat might become the trend of the next millenium *shudders* What a scary prospect. You've really got to see all the photographs. ♥

If you've got to go to answer nature's call when you're not at home, only go to The Best Public Toilets. Find out where now, before you really have to go. ♥

Massage Therapy is an illustrated guide to body massaging. They give free massage techniques and tips so you can massage your friends like a pro. Once you can massage like a pro, start charging :P ♥

The Droplift Project is a project promoting droplifting, which is where people take their homemade CDs (consisting of works of parody, critical commentary, and new art) into various music stores, place them into the appropriate shelf or rack, and leave them there, without the knowledge of management, for consumers to buy. Click the link and find out the reasons. You can also apply to be a droplifter. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

The sky's the colour
Of baby blue, tender blue
Where has the rain gone?

I'm feeling so relieved this morning. I'm relieved to know that Daniel is not going to die. I'm relieved that I've talked to someone about my father and how he always puts me down. I'm relieved to know that chicken tastes better than turkey. I'm relieved to know that my little contest has not been totally ignored by the entire online community (one submission is not so bad). And I'm flattered that someone actually thinks that I'm a blog trump material :) I hope today won't be such a bad day, both for me and for you. ♥

I've never eaten turkey in my entire life. Does it taste better than chicken? ♥

You know what's cool? Yesterday I found the url to the Blogger Search that works in my site stats. Apparently, someone in Pyra did a vanity search using it and my site showed up as one of the results and they clicked the link to my site. I did link to Ev and Meg a couple of days ago. Anyway, since the search thingy doesn't seem to be public (though it's not password protected), I'm not going to post the link here. Sorry! :) Update: The super secret search thingy is password protected now. Blech. Now I can't find out who loves me and who loves me not anymore *sniff!* ♥

Turkey Trivia, Tidbits and Teasers will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about turkey but were afraid to ask, including why turkey is called "turkey". Aren't you curious? ;) ♥

How to Catch a Wild Turkey

To catch a turkey you have to go to the jungle with a wet noodle and a hammer. Then, climb a tree. Tie the wet noodle to a strong tree branch. Throw it down so it looks like a rope. Then, wait until a turkey comes then it will eat up the wet noodle and then wack it with the hammer. Then have vegetables for dinner. ♥

I just learned from this article called When and Where to Find Your Turkey that you don't catch turkey. You hunt it down and shoot it. Poor turkey. To get the poor turkey into a shooting range, they use a hen as a bait. That should mean that only male turkey (tom?) is getting shot. Male turkey really should learn to control their lust. ♥

From USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service comes Turkey Alternate Routes to the Table, just in case you don't trust the Canadians :) Still haven't found any site on How to Safely Catch a Turkey. ♥

From the Canadian Goverment Health & Social Services, How to Safely Cook a Turkey. Hmm, I wonder if they have a guide on How to Safely Catch a Turkey. I got chased by a turkey once when I was a wee little girl. It was quite a traumatic experience. It's a very fierce animal, turkey is. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Dark, rainy morning
Dry leaves falling off the trees
Swept out by the rain.

Hey, my haikus are getting better, aren't they? ;) Well, the rain is very inspiring. I simply love the rain. Anyway, I'm very sleepy even though I slept a lot last night. Must be because I woke up and went online for awhile around 2am before I went back to sleep. I was going to blog but I couldn't find anything blogworthy so I ended up on AIM with Bry where he "interviewed" me about my definition of goth just because I told him I wasn't goth. Heh.

Woo, I saw that Bry has posted something I said in his Re-Record section. Even if I told you which sentence out of all the sentences posted there came from me, you wouldn't be able to guess the context so I'd better not tell you *grins*

Tomorrow is a holiday! Yay! It's Thanksgiving, I think. I might drop by #BlogIRC for awhile. I kind of miss it. ♥

Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks for fixing Blogger, Pyra! :) ♥

Woo, jenett.simply.personal.v4 is looking great! I submitted something to colorspeak this morning. It was about yellow. I'm sick of yellow, but it's still my favourite colour. Does that make any sense at all? ;) ♥

Be Young Again! Change Your Body - Keep Your Soul! Get a Brain Transplantation! Choose a new, younger body and have your brain transplanted into that body. What a concept. ♥

A few journalists are trying to kill some overused buzzwords with Buzz Saw. They also ask for your help to kill some buzz larvaes, such as webinar, dotBAM and E>Tizing, before they get too dangerous. What on earth those words mean, I wonder. Do you know what they mean? ♥

If you want to disable pop-up ads from your free homepages, The World Headquarters for the Fight Against Popup Advertising might be able to help you. They actually have a collection of codes to eliminate pop-up ads from your free webpages in almost 60 free webspace providers. Cool, huh? ;) ♥

Join The First Annual Poetry Spam Contest, organised by SatireWire! Submissions for "Strictly Spam" category must contain actual phrases from actual spam email, but if you only want to write poems about spam, you can join the "Freestyle" category. The closing date is November 30 so you still have 10 days to come up with a masterpiece. ♥

Are you willing to do anything to get rid of your internet addiction? If so, try The NetoDerm Patch II. What it does is basically stopping you from surfing the Internet by keeping you busy doing other things. Stupid things, mostly. I'd rather stay addicted than doing those things, really. ♥

I posted this just so that I could post the haiku. Otherwise, Blogger wouldn't do it. So there. ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Still rather greyish
But there's some hope for sunshine
Will it rain again?

Sorry I didn't blog much yesterday but I promise I will tonight. I was feeling so crappy I didn't find anything blogworthy. Nothing can cheer me up when I'm feeling like that but thanks anyway to Daniel and Bryan for trying :) Well, better get ready for work. God, how I hate my job. ♥

To whom it may concern, this was just a joke. Actually, I wrote it with Ev in mind. I didn't realise until I read your blog entry that I sounded like I was picking on Meg. I don't know Meg, but I think I like her, I read her, and I'm NOT jealous of her. And did I say that this was just a joke? ♥

Sorry, Blogger is currently unable to process your request. We're working on the problem. Please try back later...

As it turned out, it's not a meme. It's real. It's a problem. Blech. ♥

I found a new free guestbook service called Signmyguestbook.com yesterday. It's brought to you by the same guy who brought you Diaryland, Pitas.com and NotifyList.com. I think it's pretty neat. No banner ad and very customisable. I know that guestbooks are so 1990's but I signed up for one anyway. If you want to sign it, it's at youmust.signmyguestbook.com. Cool url, eh? ;) ♥

Dammit Blogger, stop messing up!!! ♥

I'm liking today's link colour :) Hmmm, I wonder if I can post this entry. ♥

Learn How To Be a Superhero. The first lesson is on deciding on a superhero name. Despite what you think, Mr. So-F***ing-Powerful-Don't Even-Think-About-It-Buddy is NOT a good superhero name. Link stolen from Neil's sidebar. ♥

I know I said I wouldn't complain but something just came up at work and it made me feel even lower. Blech. Now I really feel like crying. Not that you care or anything *sigh* I wish I wasn't so moody... ♥

Apparently, there's a meme going around, but I don't want to jump on the bandwagon because I'm afraid some moron would make an "A-List" out of the people who post the meme on their blogs. Do you think I'm being paranoid? ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Very grey Monday
As grey as my tired mind
I'm feeling so low.

But I'm not going to complain here because the more I complain, the lower I'll feel. Instead, I'll just sum up my uneventful weekend in 10 words: online, blogging, singing, song requests, voicemail, "Vincent", CGI, sink, rain.

Now if you want to humour me, make up a story about my weekend using those 10 words. Of course you may use as many other words as you want, but you must use all the 10 words I mentioned above in your story. The more bizarre, funnier and further from the truth the story is, the better.

Oh, what the heck. Let's make it a contest. Yay! The winner will get a lovely package from me this holiday via snail mail (no, not from Amazon.com, I don't have a credit card). Just be sure to let me know which holiday you celebrate when you send in your submission. The closing date for this contest is Monday, November 27, 2000. Please email your submission to firda@wannabegirl.org.

Oh by the way, Bryan and Nikolai are not eligible to enter because you both are going to get something from me for Christmas anyway. Hey, I've gotta spend that bonus money I get from work on something :) ♥

Will Blogger ever stop messing up? *sigh* ♥

I love it when someone rocks the Bloggerville boat. Really, I do. Like when someone first came up with the whole A-List idea. It was fun at first. It gave me something to poke fun at. It gave me something to laugh about. Anything that can make me laugh is good in my book. But after several days it's getting really, really lame. I totally agree with what "A-lister" Derek Powazek said: "The more I hear people joke about elitism, the more I wonder if they're joking at all." I couldn't have put it better. I'm beginning to believe that there is such thing as the A-List, and I don't like it. It reminds me too much of high school. You don't know how much I hated high school. ♥

If you have a webcam or a digital video cam and you have something to say and you want to say it by kicking and screaming for everyone else to see but you don't want to do it in the middle of a busy street, well, why don't you just record it with you cam and send it to Vidville.com? You might get yourself some fans. But of course, you can always post it in your blog. It's less fussy that way. ♥

Before you go skiing or snowboarding in the mountains, do check out the popular myths about avalanches. It's quite interesting. As it turned out, loud noises trigger avalanches only in the movies. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Rainy, grey morning
The sun is hiding behind
The thick, dark, grey clouds.

That's how our "winter" is over here. It rains a lot. Not that we have winter. We only have two seasons: wet season and dry season. Between dry season and wet season there is fall, but it's not called fall. It's called monsoon. Well, a least think so. And during the monsoon, lots of people will get ill. 'Flu mostly. Hmmm, I don't know why I'm rambling about the weather. I'm not even British! Ok, so it was stereotyping. I'm sorry *sigh* Well, better start blogging. ♥

I hated high school. All I've ever wanted to say about my high school years is written in Your Guide to High School Hate, which was not written by me. If you're going to high school next year or if you're a high school freshman, I suggest you not read this guide. But if you insist... ♥

Have you ever wondered what powers you might have? Well, SuperHero Generator 1.0 can tell you your origin of powers, side effects and, of course, your powers. My powers include Heightened Sense of Taste, and Radar, and Extraordinary Speed, and Healing Factor. Ha! What are yours? ;) ♥

I love playing yo-yo. Don't you? I used to be really good at it when I was a kid. Better than my brothers, even. I really wish I had a yo-yo with me so I could practice all of the Smarty Pants 3D Yo-Yo Tricks. The Trick of the Week doesn't look too exciting but some of the tricks in the archives are worth trying. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

The morning is grey
The weekend has been so dull
The girl is so bored

Yeah, my cgi-bin is still inaccessible so I can't play with it and it gave me a withdrawal :( How dorky is that? I thought I had an idea for a redesign yesterday but now the idea's gone. I guess I just felt left out because everyone else was redesigning and I wasn't. I still like my current design, though. I just wish I could think of something to improve it. Anyway, AOL made me upgrade my AIM to version 4.3 and you know what sucks? It took me like ages to download the upgrade only to find that it was no different from the previous version. Blech. ♥

Yesterday, when I was on my way home from work, it was raining very heavily. Suddenly I heard this song, "Vincent" by Don McLean, playing on the radio. I've heard this song many times before but only yesterday did I realise just how sad the song was. Maybe I was being too sentimental, but the following verse actually brought tears to my eyes:

For they could not love you but still your love was true.
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night,
You took your life as lovers often do.
But, I could have told you, Vincent,
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

"Vincent" in this song is Vincent Van Gogh, my favourite artist/painter. I have a poster of one of his paintings from the Starry Nights series hanging on my bedroom wall. I love most of his paintings and Van Gogh himself kind of reminds me of myself. No one could understand him, just like no one can understand me. But he was such a talented artist and I have no talent whatsoever. I just hope I won't end up a madman and kill myself like he did. ♥

Someone loved GeoCities enough to compose a really cheesy song about them called GeoCities. What else? It's available in RealAudio format. Somebody compose a cheesy song about Blogger, please? It can't be too hard. ♥

If you're a good observer, you'll notice that I started my sentence in five consecutive posts with "if". Six if you count this one. My English vocabulary is so limited *sigh* ♥

If you've written a great (or not-so-great) Black Metal song but can't think of a great (or not-so-great) title, the Unholy Black Metal Songtitle-O-Matic might be able to help you. It can generate a bunch of grammatically incorrect song titles just for you. ♥

If you're looking for something amusing, go check out Adult Male Hello Kitty Fans (Kittylers). It really cracked me up :) ♥

If you have to pop those zits, better pop them the right way. Well, the right way according to the site owner anyway. Follow the Zit Popping Techniques and you'll be a zit master it no time at all. Warning: worst of the web material abound. ♥

If you've joined all sorts of banner programs but still haven't got rich, you might want to learn the art of begging in the Internet. The Foundation for Internet Begging is there to show you how. They're committed to provide all Internet beggars with information and resources that will make their begging more profitable. If that sounds good to you, go check it out! ♥

If you have a cool, interesting picture of Jesus, you can enter it to the Jesus of the Week Contest. The winner will get a prize. They don't state what the prize is but they promise that the prize is cool and J2K-compliant, whatever that means. ♥

It's so ironic. In two weeks, I'll have enough money to buy myself a scanner, a webcam and a digital camera but not enough money to buy a new computer since computer price has soared up over the last couple of months. And you know what sucks? I can't operate either the scanner, the webcam or the digital camera on my old computer because the poor thing doesn't have a USB port! ♥

Blogger hates me, and the feeling is mutual. ♥

I used to run a stupid online advice column myself a long, long time ago and I have to admit that these Canadian chicks who run the Advice From Your Generals column at the Canadian World Domination site have done a great job. They're witty and they actually help to solve the problems. If there's any problem at all. ♥

Thought for today:

It takes 42 muscles to frown, but only 4 to extend your middle finger.

That really amused me :) I'm so easily amused. I found it at the Weather Randomizer, which is one of the distractions at the Surprisingly Useful Devices for the web. Link via the site owner, Rich. Hi, Rich! I'm sure you can find the link to your site now *grins* ♥

Jason L. was kind enough to provide me with a screenshot of my site in Netscape 6 and I'm happy to know that it looks just fine. Yay! :) Nikolai already made sure that my current design looked just fine in Netscape before I uploaded it but I wasn't sure which version of Netscape he used to check it so when I heard that Netscape 6 had just been released, I just thought I'd ask for a screen shot, just in case. Thanks, Jason! ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Hooray for Friday!
Eight more hours to weekend
I so love weekends :)

And I bet you do too! I was going to blog more last night but then Blogger was playing up again (could it be that it's their way of saying "Pay us, use Blogger Pro"? ) and I just lost my blogging mood and decided to go to sleep. Besides, Bry already told me to go to sleep, after I sang him a really awful version of "Rubberducky" from Sesame Street *grins* Speaking of Bry, I'm getting the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration CD from him! Yay! :) He thinks it's a CD that everyone should own. Do you own it? If you do, you're cool, just like Bry. Heh. ♥

If you like watching "Sex and the City", you might want to take the Sex and the City Personality Test to find out which character most resembles you. I've never watched this show (I don't think they air it here), but the character that most resembles me is Miranda. I don't know if it's good or bad. ♥

Getting married in cyberspace is so much easier than getting married in Las Vegas, and untying the knot is so much less fussy than getting a divorce in real life. Not to mention that it's free, and that your bride or groom doesn't have to know or be present at the wedding. I've married my online crush here without him knowing. Bwahahaha!!! I know, I'm pathetic. ♥

Happy belated birthday to Digital Swirlee! :) ♥

I wonder how my site looks like on Netscape 6. If you use one and this site looks weird on it, could you please send me a screen shot? I'll love you forever if you do :) ♥

Hmmm, I feel like redesigning. What do you think? Is that too soon? ♥

I think Chris would make a great supermodel :) You know, sometimes I really wish I was a hot gay guy *sigh* ♥

Cast your vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World. Here's my version:

1. The Great Wall of China
2. The Taj Mahal
3. The Roman Colosseum
4. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
5. Alhambra
6. The Pyramids at Chitchen Itza
7. Statues of Easter Islands

What's your version? ♥

I'm an alien, and I kind of enjoy it :) ♥

Dammit, Blogger Search! When are you going to go back up?! I need to know who loves me and who loves me not! ♥

How to make the A-List:

1. Start blogging at least in early 1999 before weblogging is trendy (it's a little bit too late for that now, sadly).
2. Think of coding an application that can make blogging easier.
3. Ask your ex-girlfriend/ex-boyfriend to start a company to develop the application with you.
3. Give a catchy name to the company and the application. You know, like Pyra and Blogger.
4. Ask a few of your geeky, nerdy but trendy friends to join the company.
5. Once the company gets some fame, ask some internet rockstars to join the company.
6. Ask the internet rockstars to introduce you to other internet rockstars.
7. Make sure your circle of friends consist only of internet rockstars.
8. Make sure the internet rockstars are bloggers too so you can link to each other and only to each other.
9. Make sure to drop the names of the internet rockstars in your blog frequently, especially after you hang out with them offline.
10. Make sure to mention every single sophisticated gadget or even every single thing you just purchased in your blog.
11. Develop a romantic relationship with another internet rockstar.
12. Make sure you live in the same area with the other internet rockstars so you can always hang out together. Bay Area seems like a nice place.
13. Never miss SXSW or your coolness level will drop to the lowest point or worse, you get kicked out of the A-List.

Ok, that's all. I'm not on the A-List so please forgive me if I was wrong or missed anything ;) ♥

Why does Blogger have to mess up every morning? I thought Ev said Blogger was all better yesterday *sulks* ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Yay, it is pay day!
Wish it could lift up my mood
I'm not too down, though.

But I'm not in one of my ups either. I was in a good mood all yesterday afternoon. I don't know why but I found myself smiling and humming when I was on my way home from work. I spent all evening trying to install a discussion board (I hate discussion forums, but I just felt like playing with CGI) in one of my webspace accounts but once everything was uploaded and I've chmoded everything accordingly, I opened install.cgi and teda! 403 Forbidden. Grrr. Later I found that I couldn't even access my cgi-bin. It was so frustrating. But I'll make it work somehow. I'm not giving up yet. Anyway, Daniel invited me to join the Waferbaby mailing list yesterday. I'm glad I did because otherwise I wouldn't have found any email at all in my inbox. Heh. Yeah, I am that desperate for emails. ♥

Vintage Robot Porn is "so hot you'll need a cooling unit". The best part is, even though it's hot, there's no age restriction to enter the site. That should make all those poor minors happy :P ♥

Where Were You July 20, 1969? I wasn't even born yet. My mum was still in England and my dad was still struggling with his law degree. Anyway, the link will bring you to a site where you can read people's memories about the day man landed on the moon. You can also submit your own. ♥

If you're not sick of the whole election thingy yet, play the Florida Election Recount Game and find out which presidency candidate is the real winner. (Macromedia Shockwave and Flash required) ♥

PayPal has gone international. It's still not available in Indonesia, though. Damn. I've always wondered if anyone would send me a quarter if I had a PayPal account. Would you? ;) ♥

Send a Ransom Note to your loved one. Hmmm, that doesn't sound right. Oh well. Send it to your enemy then. ♥

I did get Tarsh to link to me from his links page last night. I should smile *smiles* Speaking of Tarsh, Moronic.org has a new, girly design *grins* It's pretty cool, though. It's pink. Yeah, pink. ♥

Blogger is now running pretty fast. How cool. Blogger Search is back up again. How nice. I did a vanity search and found that nobody gave me a linky love. How sad. I'm not usually this desperate for linky love but, well, I just need something to lift my mood up a little bit. Sigh. ♥

Hmmm, I think I'll need to tamper with the Day Without Weblogs graphic on Photoshop when I get home. In case you haven't found it out yourself, Photoshop does transparent GIF much better than Paint Shop Pro. I just love my Photoshop :) ♥

I wonder when Blogger will stop messing up. It's like April all over again *sigh* ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Feeling kind of down
In this Wednesday morning
Care to lift me up?

Well, I went to see the doctor again last night. She couldn't tell why I'm feeling tired all the time. I'll have to take another blood test to find out. Ack! She said it was either diabetes or there was something wrong with my liver. Swell. But at least she lowered the dosage of my medicines, which was great. I'm so sick of taking the medicines.

On a lighter note, I have a new online crush *grins* I don't think he would email me and say, "Who's the crush on? Spill it, sister." Life never goes the way I want it. But I just thought I'd let you know :) And no, the crush is NOT on Jason Kottke. ♥

Are you interested in buying stuff people left on their holidays and didn't bother to claim? If so, check out the Unclaimed Baggage Center. They might even have those smelly socks you left when you were in Hawaii. ♥

Can't afford to rent a plane to make aerial photographs of, say, your neighbourhood? Don't get disheartened. Here's an alternative: Kite Aerial Photography. It sounds like fun. ♥

Learn how to be Future Queens' of the World. I'd rather be the good, old, plain, dorky Firda than a queen of the world, really. ♥

PuppyFarm is The Largest Supplier of Dogs to the Food Services Industries in North America. That sounds rather disturbing, don't you think? ♥

Have a staring contest with Hilary Clinton and Dubya (among others) at Staringcontest.com and let them know who won. You might end up in the Hall of Fame. Just don't ask me how to get into the Hall of Fame. I just don't know how such thing as Staring Contest Hall of Fame could exist. ♥

You know what's funny? Deconstructing �You�ve Got Blog� kind of reminds me of the first paragraph of my oh-so-famous about page *grins* ♥

Note to self: Display the DWW graphic on the sidebar! ♥

Three more things that you could care less: I love "Porcelain" by Moby, I'm in love with the New VW Beetle (I've never been in love with a car before), and I'll have to see the doctor again tonight. Ack! ♥

Last night I chatted online with 4 people, which was quite a record because usually I only chat with one person or don't chat with anyone at all. I had a nice chat on ICQ with Daniel and then later on AIM with Nikolai (yes, I promise to email you the next time I see your site looking weird :), Matt (who gave me some space to play with at Catharsis.org -- yay!), and Bryan (who told me to go to sleep, as usual *grins*). I signed off and went to bed at 2am but I couldn't go back to sleep until 3am. I had no problem waking up, though. And when I got to work, I was greeted with the news about the bomb threat. What a morning. ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

The day started with
A bomb threat. Yet another
Bomb threat. How fun, eh? ;)

Ok, so it's not really a haiku. They didn't allow me to enter the office compound until an hour later because there was yet another bomb threat from the same anonymous caller. It was the third bomb threat we received this year. Once there was enough people stuck outside the office, things got really fun. It was like we were having a picnic because a workmate happened to bring some snacks for the whole office. We gathered together, told a lot of inside jokes about the people in the office, and had a lot of laugh. It was really fun. I haven't had that much fun in ages. I guess the bomb threat was a blessing in disguise after all :) ♥

Phew, I'm glad my Monday is over. If you just started yours, my condolences :P ♥

Ok, let's learn more about lasers: "Laser beams were invented in 1923 by a bunch of nerds who were trying to impress girls. They never achieved their goal, and they died bitter and alone." Poor nerds... ♥

Nori Nasal Passage Cleaner allows you to clean your nose by shooting water into one nostril and out of the other. Seriously, I'd rather pick my nose than paying 50 bucks for this product. ♥

Picture this: you really would rather watch the paint peeling off the wall than watching a certain TV show, but, unfortunately, the walls in your house are still freshly painted. That's where The Peeling Paint WebCam comes in handy. Ok, I just made that up. I just thought this cam was really stupid. That made it blogworthy. ♥

If you love your underwear, you should join the Pants Appreciation Society and start worshipping those boxer shorts/knickers/briefs/long johns/thermals/g-strings/thongs of yours. Or better yet, you can start your own society. How come no one's started "Blogger Appreciation Society" yet? ♥

For something completely useless, here's a list of stars from The Love Boat who are no longer with us, some followed by the cause of death. What I can't understand is that Sonny Bono's cause of death is "Tree". What was that supposed to mean? Did he die falling from the top of a tree or something? Sorry if I sound stupid but English is not my first language :) ♥

I think I'll observe Day Without Weblogs on December 1. How about you? ♥

Hmmm, Fairvue Central looks really weird. It must be in the middle of transition from Blogger Beta to Blogger normal. At least I hope it's just that, and not anything worse. ♥

I suddenly got the urge to draw and design something but the sucky thing is I can't because I'm at work. Blech. I so can't wait to go home. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

I'm trying hard to
Pretend that it's not Monday
But it doesn't work.

Well, it's Monday on my part of the world. I forgot to change today's link colour into light blue. This peachy colour doesn't look too good. I've been getting some nice feedback about this design and it kind of boosted my confidence :) Not that I'm capable of designing anything right now, with my illness and all. In fact, I haven't got any idea for a design ever since I finished this design. I did design I remember... after I finished this design but that design is far from original. You can find a lot of weblogs with similar design all over Bloggerville. But hopefully, I'll be able to come up with something original once I'm feeling better. Let's just wait and see :) ♥

Big thanks go to a reader in Indiana who called my voicemail and laughed the other day. Cool laughter! :) ♥

Ugh. I really need to disable the AIM sound thingy. Hearing the door slamming sound that indicates that someone is signing off never fails to make me jump. It's not good for my heart. I could get a heart attack! Well, maybe not, but the sound is really annoying. ♥

What is love? I wish I knew. Well, I do know that love hurts. God, how I hate that song. You know, "Love Hurts" by Nazareth. If you don't know that song, you're in luck. You don't want to know. ♥

Yes, Yahoo! Entertainment : Cool Links : Surfers' Picks : Bill Gates really does exist. ♥

Are you in love with someone else's girlfriend? If so, you must check out the Girlfriend Stealers' HomePage. It might be able to help you win the battle. Or something. ♥

Take the Sin Test to find out if you're guilty of the sin of lust. You don't want to know how much I scored. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Feeling dead tired
On a Sunday morning is
Not funny at all.

Well, yesterday was really tiring. I went with my mother and big bro to an aunt and uncle's place and then to a grocery shop and then later to a mall. My aunt and uncle thought I should lose 10 more lbs. Ha! I already lost 10 lbs. and it made me feel tired as hell all the time already and they still expected me to lose 10 more lbs.? They've got to be kidding. I ended up sitting in the corner in a small cafe at the grocery store while my mum and bro did the shopping because I was already too tired to walk. At the mall, my mum practically had to drag me around but I still managed to get myself two shirts, a pair of shorts, a pair of stretch pants and a pair of shoes. Originally, I was only going to buy a pair of shoes because my old shoes were already in a very poor condition, but my mum made me buy all sorts of other things too. She thought I didn't spoil myself enough. Little does she know that spoiling myself in my book is buying myself music recordings, books or any other computer-related stuff. Those are the things that make me happy. Buying clothes just doesn't make me happy. ♥

If you think you wouldn't be able to go in disguise if you were Mr. T, you're dead wrong. In this article, Mr. T himself tells you How To Hide The Fact That You're Mr. T From Your Co-workers. What he suggests you do is basically deny everything. Even your mohawk hairstyle. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

It's still Saturday!
Oh, happy, happy, joy, joy!
I just hate Sunday.

I spent all morning trying to set up a non-blogger weblog script that has its own comment system on another server, which is a Win NT, but I didn't have any luck because the script was written for UNIX system. Blech. Anyway, I'm not going to blog much this morning because I'm going shopping in half an hour and I don't think I'll be back until after noon. I'm sure you don't mind :) I bet you're already tired of my ramblings anyway and need a break so, um, have a great weekend without me! ;) Well, for several hours anyway. ♥

I scored (yet another) 3 in the Do You Yahoo, You Yahoo? quiz. I guess I don't know Yahoo! as much as I thought. Oh well. At least I know that Yahoo! updates their Cool Links category every Friday (my time). Any self-respecting weblogger should know that.
♥

I know this sounds kind of odd but could you please call my voicemail (the number's on the left, under "Contact") and just laugh? I feel like hearing some laughter. ♥

For those of you who are obsessed with your dreams, create an online dream journal and get your dreams analysed instantly for free at Dreamstop.com. It's a pretty cool site. I kind of like the "flashturbation". ♥

How Smart Are You? According to them, my smartness equals that of a stud. Go figure. Ok, I scored 4 out of 11, but they said Bill Gates once scored only 3 so I'm still smarter than Bill Gates :P ♥

Here's a tool that could help Ev make big corporate decision for Pyra: Pinball Executive Decision Maker from Clevermedia. I don't think Ev would "leave early to play raquetball", though. ♥

American citizens, did you know that each one of you has a debt of $20,554.20? If you don't believe me, just see all the gory details at the U.S. National Debt Clock. ♥

The Japanese must have a really weird sense of humour. Want proof? Just check out these Japanese soft drinks that never made it big. Who wants to drink "Fuzzy Navel" or "Post Water" anyway? ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It's a long weekend!
But I've got a toothache. Ugh!
False toothache, that is.

Yeah, I have one permanent ceramic false tooth (it's called a "crown") and it's aching now. I think it needs replacing or something. But the thing is, the dentist that planted the crown ages ago is dead now. He died 3 or 4 years ago when he was having a heart surgery in Japan. Anyway, I had fun recording some songs and decided which song to send to whom all morning (and therefore forgot to blog). I've only sent one song to one person, though. I don't know whom other would be interested in the really bad version of some really great songs. Would you like one? ;) Oh by the way, if you have or know where to download the MP3 of "Nightswimming" by R.E.M., please let me know. I've been looking all over for it but couldn't find it :( ♥

Ugh, Blogger is messing up again. Sigh. ♥

I think I'm going to go to lunch at Arby's. It's two blocks away from my office, I'm not feeling too well, and it's raining out there, so it's going to be quite a challenge. I just love challenges :) ♥

I just realised that the Blogger native comment system (is it still in Beta version?) requires you to have a Blogger account before you can post any comment. That's not very welcoming, isn't it? I think BlogVoices has the advantage there since anyone, be it a Blogger account holder or not, can post. But I'm still waiting for the day Chris makes the BlogVoices comment window template customisable :) ♥

I'm hungry, I'm sleepy, and I've got a headache.
Wanna trade your body with mine?

Lunch time is in an hour.
Going home time is in 5 hours.

Time, please go faster! ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Last work day this week
Yay, yippee, yippee, yay, yay!
Can't wait to go home.

Sorry I didn't post much yesterday. I was too sleepy to surf. But I woke up early this morning just so that I could record a couple of songs to send to a couple of really nice bloggers (you know who you are) before I left for work. Now if only I could think of a song to sing and send to Dreama, my life would be complete. Anyway, I did manage to download CoolEdit 2000 this morning, as Joe suggested. It's too bad the software doesn't last forever. I mean, what's the use of a software if you can't save the fruit of your labour? Of course I can always buy the full version, but $67 is a lot of money for someone who only makes $300 per month. On a lighter note, be sure to check out the tips to stop hiccup on the little comment thingy of the post below. They're quite amusing :) ♥

Ugh. I can't stop the damn hiccup *hic* How do you stop hiccup anyway? I've tried holding my breath. It didn't work *hic* Any suggestion? ♥

Also from the maker of BioLoveMatch.com is CelebMatch.com that can help you find the celebrities that match you the best. According to them, I'm most compatible with Mika Hakkinen, the Finnish Fomula One racer. Little do they know that I hate him. But I might get along with Will Smith or Enrique Iglesias. Yes, they are among the five celebrities that best match me. Heh. Who would've guessed. ♥

Calculate the biorhytmic compatibility between you and anyone whose birthday you know using BioLoveMatch.com. Guys, check your compatibility with me and let me know the results. My birthday is April 7, 1973. I'll marry the one who's most compatible with me. Just kidding :) But really, I'm curious about our compatibility so post the results anyway using the little comment thingy. Humour me, please? ♥

"Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile."

Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929), French semiologist. America, �Astral America� (1986; tr. 1988). ♥

Bush and Dick are entering the White House. Har, har! I'm sorry. I couldn't resist it ;) ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Yay for Wednesday!
For tomorrow is Thursday
Then it's long weekend.

I'm glad I checked my email this morning before I left for work because I got an email and a voicemail that really made my morning.

The email was from Say-Say, who gave me a really nice feedback about I remember..., the latest addition to my domain that in its very young age (4 days, no less) has been getting more visitors than MetaFirda.

The voicemail was from Nikolai. He sang my favourite Indonesian song. It really made me smile from ear to ear :)

Thanks, guys! ♥

If you voted for Al Gore yesterday, you might be interested in this. Or not. It depends :) I was more interested in which US government official played a role in what sitcom. I got all the answers there *grins* ♥

Error message can be really funny. Just see it for yourself at the Error Message Collection. I've never got the funny ones, though. All I've got is either the annoying "This program has performed an illegal operation" or some error caused by some stupid .DLL program that went MIA. I wish my computer would try to be more creative and original. It really lacks sense of humour. ♥

You may laugh at me but "McGyver" (was it "McGyver" or "MacGyver"?) used to be my favourite show back in my high school days. I just loved his cool tricks. Anyway, check out these McGyver tricks that really work. You'll never know when you're going to need it. ♥

You won't believe the things people do when they're fed up with work or school. Read about all the mischiefs at you did WHAT?! and submit your own. I wish I had a story to submit but I've always been such a good employee. Ha! Yeah right. ♥

Everybody loves Murphy's Laws. Well, at least I assume so. If you have some time to spare, go check out The Complete Edition of Murphy's Laws and be a little bit more streetwise. Or something. ♥

I tried to remember the last time I really laughed, but I couldn't. It made me feel like crying. If I were at home instead of at work right now, I'd probably have bursted into tears. Crying is very enlightening, you know. I highly recommend it. It's good for your soul. ♥

Starting this month, we receive a monthly internet traffic report at work. The following is the top 5 sites in my October traffic report:

webmail.cbn.net.id (54.54%)
www.blogger.com (14.05%)
catalog.loc.gov (3.40%)
www.fairvue.com (1.35%)
www.americaslibrary.gov (1.12%)

Yeah, I suck *grins* &h