Weblog Wannabe

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Cannot find intelligence. The page is too stupid. ♥

Ten Million Guy is for sale. For ten million dollars, no less. He's available for lease too. And he wants to develop the Ten Million Club, which is his sort of fan club, into the most wealthy online community. Not sure why anyone would want to buy or lease him or join his club, though. ♥

I took The 'Am I Gay' Quiz, and "We think you are Bisexual and we are 34.66% confident with our answer. You look to cheat nature by lighting the candle at both ends. You like it coming and going. You swing both ways. And lots of other euphamisms, too." Um, okay. In case you need to know truth, I'm straight, but if I were male, I'd be a gay guy. So there. ♥

Thursday Night Haiku

I cannot think of
A silly haiku to write
Oh wait. There you go!

I went through my old report cards just then, while looking for some documents. The most interesting one was the one from kindergarten. It reported my characteristics. Basically, it was reported that I was moody. I'm still moody now. So you see, I haven't changed a bit! I don't know if I'll ever change. ♥

Yes, Quack is still looking for new hosts, and yes, the project website is coming up. For real. Quack would especially love to see more of Europe, but so far he's only got one host there. Do Europeans hate ducks? ;) ♥

Six Degrees of Feline Separation will show you how your cat is separated from a famous cat of your choice with six relationships or less. Pretty lame, but might be funny if you really have a cat. I wish I had one. ♥

I think everyone has blogged about All Look Same?, which is a quiz to see if you can tell which men and woman are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. I only answered 4 out of 12 correctly. Anyway, I blogged this quiz not to jump on the bandwagon, but rather to share this sad ICQ conversation I had some time ago, which went something like this.

  Him: "You are Asian, right?"
  Me: "Yes, I am."
  Him: "I love Asian women, but I don't like Malay ones."
  Me: "I am Malay."
  Him: "Oh. At least you have your own website."

Riiiiight. ♥

This is the reason I've never attempted to blog in Bahasa Indonesia.

I fell in love with the English language the day my mother taught me to sing "Baa Baa Black Sheep" from the Nursery Rhymes. I was still in kindergarten then. That means I've been in love with the language for a good 23 years now. Wow. I wonder if I'm capable of loving anyone for that long without getting bored.

My mother nurtured my love for the language by continuously feeding me with books in English ever since I was 11 years old. I practically taught myself English. I know my English is not perfect, but I think I'm doing quite well for someone who has never taken any extracurricular English lesson and who has never been to or lived in any English-speaking country. ♥

Blogging might work to help some people find romance, but believe me, it's never happened in my one and a half year of blogging here. Sigh. I am so uncrushworthy. But I do have a long list of webloggers that I have or have ever had a crush on. Just ask Rebecca ;)

Oh, I forgot to mention that I have an amazing ability to guess which weblogger some weblogger is having a crush on. Bry used to call me a yenta because of this ability. If you want me to guess your weblogger crush, just leave me your weblog address and I'll do my best to answer your challenge. Don't worry, I'll keep the name of your crush confidential ;) ♥

Wednesday Night Haiku

Lookie here! There's a
Rubberduck on my TV
Man, this is silly.

My 25 years old little brother is cooking some fried rice. There's nothing special about it apart from the fact that I was the one who taught him to cook fried rice many years ago, when he was a high school junior. I was still his surrogate mother back then. I was also the one who taught him to tie his shoelaces when he was in primary school. I wonder if he still remembers those things. I doubt it. I'm kind of glad that our parents barely had time to spend with us back then. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have had anything to remember how my little brother and I used to be. We wouldn't have had any history at all. We used to be so close. Now we barely have anything to talk about. How time has changed. ♥

If you're a Windows user, you must have experienced a fatal exception error and got an error message that is usually undecipherable. The next time you experience it, consult the Fatal Exception Decoder to find out the meaning, though if you're experiencing that kind of error, I doubt you'd be able to open your browser and go to that site. Oh well. ♥

The Quack the Duck World Tour Project: another call for participants

I have a soft, stuffed, yellow duck that is very special to me. It's my mascot. Though his name is Quack, the wonder duck can't quack, but still he's pretty darn cute. After much considering, I've decided that it's time for Quack to see the world. I can't afford to travel the world with it. Not now anyway. So this time around, Quack will have to travel alone. By mail. I need some volunteers around the world to host Quack. While Quack is staying with you, all you have to do is snap some photographs of him in some places of interest near you, email them to me, and then send Quack off to the next host.

If you'd like to participate, please email me your name and postal address so I could set up an itinerary for Quack. Your address will only be revealed to the host before you since he/she will need it to send the duck to you. I really hope that you would participate. It would mean a lot to me. I've always wanted to travel the world but I can't afford it yet. For now, I'd be happy enough if I could send Quack to travel the world. I'll be with Quack in spirit wherever it goes :)

Here's a silly picture of me and Quack. No, my cheeks aren't that chubby. The lines that highlight my cheeks are the shadow of my glasses. I'm not on denial. Really. If the picture doesn't make you want to host Quack, I don't know what will. I'm still working on the website for this project and I hate to admit that it's not going too well. I'm having a design stump right now. I wish someone would do the design for me, but that would be too much to ask, wouldn't it? ;) ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Such a bad, bad day
I'm hungry, cold, and sleepy
But mostly hungry.

I'm having a bad day so now I'm going to try to think of happy thoughts. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, where are you when I need you most? Um. Happy. Concentrate on happy. Happiness is... Just a word. Grrr. I should be happy because... I dunno. Try harder, dammit! Okay, okay! I'll try harder. Um. I should be happy because I'm alive. Because I'm smart and funny. Because I can find humour in everything. Because I have a cute teddy bear sitting on my monitor, smiling at me all day long. Because you're reading this. Because you like me. Because I make you smile. Because I have you. Because you're my friend.

I'm feeling better now :) ♥

The Idiot List - true tales of pizza delivery. If you've worked in a pizza restaurant before, I'm sure you can relate with the stories. ♥

Scoring only 0.4% in the Home Rorschach Inkblot Test, I was advised to consult a trained physician immediately and to avoid elevators, escalators, automobiles, trains, boats, airplanes and all other forms of transportation. Take the test yourself and you'll see that you're just as psychotic as me. ♥

Speaking of 1337, what is your 1337 Name? Mine is Sl@[*-happyof7h3Lla/\/\a (for the un1337ically-challenged, that's Slap-happyofTheLlama). Um, cool? ♥

This Try2Hack thingy is supposed to have several levels in it, but I wasn't 1337 enough to pass Level 1. It reminds me of a guy I once met in a newsgroup. He honestly told me that he tried to hack into my Dejanews account but gave up after a couple of tries. People are weird. ♥

While checking out Bill Gates' Web Site, I fell asleep. But then again, I always fall asleep when I'm blogging. Still it's funny that the site's meta description (go view source) was written in first person but the site itself was written in third person. Also, I wonder if the site was made with Microsoft Frontpage. Hmmm, seeing from the number of "nbsp" (that's short for "non-breaking space", or so Nikolai told me ages ago) used in the code, I think it was. ♥

Monday Night Haiku

Monday's almost passed
Your Monday has just begun
I do sympathise.

Weekend is still so, so far away from now. Sigh. I always complain about it to my co-workers every Monday. Oh well. At least this weekend is going to be a long weekend. Hooray for Labor Day! American Labor Day, that is. Yes, I do get the holiday. I get to enjoy both Indonesian and American holidays. I get more than 20 holidays every year. It's heaven. I'm going to miss it a lot once I resign from this job. If you want to have a lot of holidays, go find a job at a foreign embassy or consulate. It's fun, fun, fun! :) ♥

Being President Bush's proofreader must be a lot of fun, but I'd be happy enough if I could just be the person behind Bushgrammar.com. Hmmm, I wonder if Blogrammar.com is taken. That would make a perfect domain name for this site. ♥

If Dot Com failures ever made it to Broadway, this would be the perfect script. Gotta love the humour. The company in the story could've been Pyra, only with worse luck. Much worse luck. ♥

Snake Robots, anyone? Dog robots are so last century. I kind of like Eric the Dynamic Worm. It looks really cute. For a worm. ♥

Singer Aaliyah Killed in Plane Crash. I would say something but I don't think I've ever heard her music. Still, my condolences to those who feel the loss. ♥

Sunday Afternoon Haiku

Nothing special, but
I felt like celebrating
So I cooked something.

I just baked some brownies. It looks yummy but I haven't tasted it yet. I put extra chocolate and an extra egg so it should taste heavenly. Of course I had to burn my palm when I was getting the cake out of the oven. It still feels like... Burning. Duh.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who has shown interest to host Quack while he is on his world tour. Yes, I've decided that Quack is a he. I wanted the duck to be a she, but she looks like a he so, well, I think I'll just make Quack a boy duck. I've never thought of Quack's gender before, you see.

I've been trying to set up a decent website for Quack but my monitor keeps on messing up. On the website there'll be a pre-departure weblog, an about page, FAQ, and a sign up form for hosts. I might even set up a mailing list. But it all depends on my monitor's behaviour. If it would behave for a couple of hours, I think I'll be able to get it up and running soon.

Meanwhile, if you have any question about the world tour or if you'd like to be a host, feel free to email me or contact me any way you wish, but please refrain from using telepathy. My telepathic radar hasn't been functioning properly lately. ♥

If you're a hardcore Monopoly fan or you're not but you would like to win a game for a change, you might want to check out Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly. I don't remember ever winning a game. But then again, I haven't played Monopoly since middle school. That was like 15-17 years ago. Man, am I ancient or what? ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Tralalalala!
The happiest day in weeks
That's what today is.

I'm happy. I'm so, so, so happy for Quack. The duck is really going to see the world! There are half a dozen lovely people already who are willing to play host for Quack (thanks a million, guys!): one in Singapore, one in Australia (Sydney, NSW), three in the USA (Boston, MA, St. Louis, MO, and Stockton, CA), and one in Canada (Toronto, ON). No European host yet so far *hint, hint!* I'm still looking for more hosts in the rest of Australia, USA, and Canada. Quack would also love to visit New Zealand, Japan, and Hongkong. Well, basically, the duck wishes to go to just about anywhere. It's part of its world domination plan! :)

Have no idea what I'm talking about? Read this. I'm going to set up a website, specifically for this project tonight. I am so excited! Can you tell? ;) ♥

Going to college this fall? Be sure to check out Things I Learned In College. It might help you survive. ♥

I was going to blog this much earlier today but was worried I didn't remember the date correctly:

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, BLOGGER!

Keep up the good work, Ev! :)

And Nik, where are you going to put the third candle next year? ;) ♥

Ah, someone likes today's haiku. That made me smile :) ♥

The Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang is hilarious. Here's a good one:

bacon n. scabs on a rider's knees, elbows, or other body parts.

Still feel like eating bacon? ;) ♥

I think only math geeks will be able to appreciate Stickman Logic. I like math, but I am no math geek. My compulsion to add up license plate numbers doesn't make me a math geek. For example, if your license plate number is 1444, I will compulsively make this calculation in my head upon seeing it: 1+(4x3)=13. No, it definitely doesn't make me a math geek. It only makes me a weirdo. ♥

The Quack the Duck World Tour Project

Update: the project website is finally up! Go there for the latest info on the project.

I have a soft, stuffed, yellow duck that is very special to me. It's my mascot. Though its name is Quack, the wonder duck can't quack, but still it's pretty darn cute. After much considering, I've decided that it's time for Quack to see the world. I can't afford to travel the world with it. Not now anyway. So this time around, Quack will have to travel alone. By mail.

I will need some volunteers around the world to host Quack. While Quack is staying with you, all you have to do is snap some photographs of it in some places of interests near you, post the pictures in a travelog that I'm going to set up as soon as Quack leaves its home, and then send Quack to the next host.

If you'd like to be a volunteer, please email me your name and postal address so I could set up an itinerary for Quack. There will be a tracking system to track Quack's whereabouts, courtesy my pal Jordan. This system will also give the current host instruction on where to send Quack next. I'm so excited for Quack and I'm sure Quack is very excited to meet you.

I really hope that you would participate. It would mean a lot to me. I've always wanted to travel the world but I can't afford it yet. For now, I'd be happy enough if I could send Quack to travel the world. I'll be with Quack in spirit wherever it goes :) ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Such a boring day
No training and no bomb threat
Need some excitement.

Just a few random, meta things. Rebecca had a toe surgery this morning. Yo! Any cute male nurse? ;) Received a lovely Myrtle Beach postcard from Phil yesterday. Thanks, Phil! I'm looking forward to postcard #2! :) No one seems to be interested in the contest. Number of submitted entry so far: 1. Who? Troy. He doesn't count. So it's zero, really. I'm talking to myself at Quack-O-Matic. Thanks for talking to me, self! ♥

Woodcroft Castle has a step-by-step guide on how to build a webpage using Microsoft Word. Good Lord. Rather than perusing this site, I'd suggest you email me and I'll show you some better resources than this. Microsoft Word is an evil HTML editor. That's one fact that I learned first hand. ♥

Some of the parodised paintings by famous artists showcased at the The Cap'n's Art Bypass gallery are pretty funny. Some simply made me go huh. But then again, I viewed them while half awake. ♥

Do You Know These Bloggers? Hehehe. I don't know why, but this thing, which is Fairvue's latest feature, amuses me a lot, and it's not because I'm one of the said bloggers. If you know me or you have been reading my weblog from day one, I'm sure you can guess which posts I made quite easily. Well, maybe not. But give me your best shot anyway ;) ♥

Wednesday Afternoon Haiku

I am so sleepy
Coffee candy doesn't work
Can't open my eyes.

Well, not completely anyway. They're only half open right now. A co-worker told me that my eyes looked like a pair of 2.5 watt lightbulbs. Whatever. Anyway, if you feel like keeping me awake, come to the Quack-O-Matic and I'll keep you entertained with my idiotic wisdom. Yeah, I don't get it either. I'm only half awake. I don't have to make sense. ♥

If it's true that every woman in the world is looking for a knight in shining armour, this Knight for Hire must've been a huge hit! ♥

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I'm sorry, but I just can't trust men with facial hair. Not in politics anyway. If I were an American citizen, I wouldn't vote for Al Gore if he's still sporting that look in the next election. Tipper Gore does look a lot like Kenny Rogers, though. I guess it's a good thing our current president is a woman, and overweight too. Overweight women are trustworthy :) ♥

I kind of like Paul Roub's solution to internet pornography. It's fun for the whole family! Make sure your browser is Java-enabled. ♥

Hey, I noticed that too! The spider must haven't done its job today because when I searched for "interactive duck", my weblog wasn't among the results. But Google definitely has been spidering weblogs more often than usual lately, which is good, I guess.

[Private note to Emlyn: I like Google. Therefore I'm not a witch/sorceress/fairy.] ♥

I think air hockey is boring. Troy thinks I find it boring because air hockey is a guy thing. Well then, if you enjoy that game, you must be a guy. I did bother to play three games and I won all of them. I wasn't too impressed and neither should you. It was way too easy. ♥

I feel like ranting about J-Lo's video, "Love Don't Cost A Thing".

First of all, it's grammatically incorrect and bad grammar is not sexy. It should be "Love Doesn't Cost A Thing". Yes, I'm a nitpicker. Just shoot me.

Second of all, J-Lo's act of throwing the supposedly expensive bracelet to the bush when there are so many hungry children in the world really annoys the heck out of me. If she doesn't want the bracelet and doesn't need the money, she could sell the bracelet and then donate the money to a charity or something. It would be a lot more educative.

Go on, laugh at me. At least I've got it off my chest. Now where were we? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I've got a fever
I feel like floating in air
It's not a good thing.

I really should go back to sleep, but if I do, the day will pass by really quickly. I don't want it to happen. I want days off to pass as slowly as possible. That's why I should stay awake. It's too bad that not many of my friends are online. Staying awake becomes harder than it should be. Hmm, maybe playing hangman with SmarterChild can help. The bot can be pretty entertaining sometimes. ♥

To celebrate the one and a half year of Weblog Wannabe, we're proud to present: *drumrolls*

Sigh. Where would I be without Rebecca calling me names? Down in the gutter, I tell you! ;) ♥

Spam email of the day: SHY ABOUT YOUR PENIS? MAKE IT BIGGER!!!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist *giggles*) ♥

It's been a month since the last update at Fairvue.

See Nick. See Nick blog. Blog, Nick, blog. ♥

Here's yet another web project, allegedly inspired by me (or rather, by babes): Statue Molesters. Good lord. Molest a statue now! ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

It's Monday again
It's the time to feel cranky
Only natural.

I had a long weekend filled with moping, ICQ chatting, mp3 downloading, online game playing, and JordyCam watching. Was hoping to come up with something to kill the time but didn't get any ideas until my two Australian pals, Rebecca and Emlyn, experienced a moment of brilliance and provided me with some crazy things to do on Sunday near midnight. Emphasis on Sunday near midnight. Just when the weekend was about to be over. Ergh. Oh well. At least now I have some fun things on my to do list.

Now some review from the chat. Um, there's nothing to review, really. A few things resolved were that eXtreme unloading groceries from the car can leave a nasty gash on your hand; the object of your crush is supposed to be perfect and if s/he's not, s/he has to pretend to be perfect; and I'm a duck-loving, yellow fairy who is sexy in a PG-13 kind of way. Don't ask. ♥

Hey, we're the Site of Note over at GROG ME! Thanks, guys! :) ♥

Do a Google 534R(H hacker style. Or would you prefer Bork? Elmer Fudd? Pig Latin? You name it, they have it at their preferences page. Just choose from the drop down menu. ♥

Find out how many cans of Mountain Dew you would have to drink to kill yourself. The Canucks can now rejoice the fact that the Canadian Mountain Dew is lacking of caffeine. Or so Jordan and Troy told me. ♥

If you want to get even with the people in your life who have ruined a movie for you by teling you some spoilers, play The Spoilers Game. Don't worry, you won't be able to read the title of the movies it spoils unless you highlight them with your mouse. Damn. How could Harrison Ford do it? He's supposed to be the good guy! ♥

I'm not really sure about this, but it looks like Furbeowulf Cluster Computing has built a Linux-powered Furby that you can use to control an Aibo-cloned watchdog. Hmmm. Interesting. ♥

I like these Vintage Computer Ads. Reminds me of all those computer ads I used to see in my mum's copies of British "Homes & Gardens" when I was a wee little girl. Not sure why they'd advertised computers in that kind of magazine, though. ♥

Sunday Moning Haiku

Such a cold morning
The coldness seeps through my heart
But I'm still human.

Some mornings, I wake up feeling more annoyed than refreshed. This morning was one of those mornings. First of all, sorry for not blogging much yesterday as promised. I was going to but then I felt like moping so I did some moping instead of blogging. I fell asleep while moping and woke up feeling annoyed. What a great way to start a day. Oh well, at least today's not Monday. While speaking of annoyance, he is right. This is annoying. Maybe I read too much into it but to me it sounds like he's telling us that they're somebody and we're nobody so we're not allowed to have our say. But maybe it's just the annoyed little me. Maybe the column wasn't meant to be read by anyone but the so called "America's most prominent webloggers". Boyo. While we're at it, we're all somebody. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I know I won't. ♥

I feel so deprived, now that SuperTechnoJordanSmurfUltraNakedPr0nCam has stopped uploading new picture. Sigh. It's sleeping, just like Little Jordy Jordan in the last webcam image captured. Sad llama.

Update: It's working again! Now featuring comb-eating Jordy JordyBed^TM. Or at least it will be for the next 8 hours or so. ♥

I don't know about you but this Be Forgiven site really made me laugh. I love finding out about other people's secrets, be it anonymous or not (and yes, I always keep them confidential so not to worry). This site just gave me an idea. Maybe I should put up my address here so you could snail mail me your confessions and feel enlightened. What do you think? ;) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Hey, look who's blogging!
Princess Wannabe and the
Magical MouseClick^TM!

I crack myself up sometimes. Heh. So yesterday was our Independence Day, which I spent by doing, um, nothing. Well, nothing but chatting and downloading songs and playing some online games anyway. Sheesh, I've turned into a gamer! How scary. I'm supposed to be a weblogger, pure and simple. But look at what I've done lately. I've been spending more time playing games than blogging. What a big, bad wolf weblogger I am. Tsk, tsk, tsk. But I'm going to make it up to you today. Just watch! :) ♥

If you want to get rid of all those AOL CDs you have lying around in your room or "you already have enough "FREE HOURS!" to last until the Sun turns into a cold, dark cinder", send all those CDs to No More AOL CDs and they're going to personally deliver to AOL Headquarters as many of their CDs as they can. Um, okay. ♥

Take the one question morality test to learn about your attitude to morals, sex and honesty. My test results say, "We would expect you to be a happy, well-balanced person who likes people and is like [sic!] by others. You question whether many conventional views on morality are valid under all circumstances." Also, as a woman, "You will expect high standards from the men to whom you give your love." Hmmm. ♥

I stole the link to the Rock Diva Quiz from Tim. Which rock diva were you in a past life? Apparently, I was Adalita Srsen. Who? ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Hey, look, an update!
I bet you're looking forward to it
Right? Um. Maybe not.

Ok, so that's a pseudohaiku. Just sue me. You won't get much. Sorry for not updating for days. I've just been feeling too blah to blog and I don't even know why. I'm feeling a little better now, though. And you know why? It's because I finally got my passport! Woohoo! I look like an Indian guy in my passport photo but what the heck. I'm sure it'll amuse the customs wherever I go, which in my book is a good thing because I like it when people find me amusing. Little kids, on the other hand, seem to find me rather fascinating. I actually stopped a little girl from crying only by the sight of me today. She was crying and then she saw me and she stopped crying. I smiled at her. She was looking at me in awe. I wonder what she saw in me :) ♥

Seeing all the violence in cartoons on TV, one would think that they are uncensored. But really, they have been censored. If you want to know the censured parts from your favorite cartoons, the Censored Cartoons Page is the way to go. My mum loves cartoons but I've never liked them much. Cartoons to me are just like the same scenes repeated over and over again. It's kind of boring, you know. ♥

Make some weird sounding music with the Dub Selector. The piano keys, strangely enough, don't go do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. They're very much off keys. But still it's fun to play with when you're feeling bored out of your mind or just sleepy like me. ♥

Someone with way too much time on their hand has come up with a human clock. There's a picture, each in analog, digital, and text format, for every minute of the day with a human and the current time on it. Cute. ♥

Monday Night Haiku

I am so sleepy
Too sleepy even to blog
I am blogging still.

I'm posting this as a standard procedure of blogging in FirdaLand and nothing more. I would skip this part but that would be wrong and you would think there must be something really wrong with me that made me skip the haiku bit. I didn't want you to think so. Hence this post with the haiku. There's nothing wrong with me, really. The only thing that's wrong is the way of the world. I'm sleepy. I don't have to make sense. ♥

WordBall is just like scrabble, but it's being played as a baseball game. You've got to play it to see what it's really like. It's pretty addicting. Right now, I'm in a winning position: 4-0. I rule!

[Private note to Troy: that doesn't make me a gamer :P] ♥

Create a Virtual Kiss or two. Choose the lip shapes, colors, and patterns, and send it to someone special. Imagine how special they would feel when they find the virtual kiss in their inbox. NOT! Emlyn sent me that link, and his comment on it is actually more appropriate to describe it: "The future of kissing. Kill me." ♥

Play Scissors Paper Stone (also known as Rock Paper Scissors) digital style in Flash. It's evil. Beat me every time. Funny that I had to find this site on the BBC site of all websites in the world. ♥

Saturday Night Haiku

I am feeling blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
A crappy haiku.

I've been downloading some mp3s from Audiogalaxy all evening long, but so far only one mp3 has been successfully downloaded due to the unbelievably slow transfer rate. Right now I'm downloading the second song of the day, "Vivo Por Ella" by Andrea Bocelli and Marta Sanchez, which is around 4.26MB, 61% download completed after about 2 hours, and the transfer rate is just getting faster and faster, but of course, something has got to go wrong. Apparently, I just ran out of space on my hard drive. What a perfect timing. ♥

If you smoke, you can find out your smoking style at the Semiotics of Smoking. No, I'm not a smoker. In fact, I'm an anti-smoker. Smoke near me and I'll kill you with my deadly stare. Not that my stare has killed anyone, but I'm working on it ;) ♥

I think they should rename The Ultimate List of Stupid Names to "Names You Should Not Give To Your Children" because I know that some parents would just for the sake of being original or due to a temporary insanity. ♥

If you desperately need a date, you can use this form to ask me out. I'd definitely say yes because I'm just as desperate as you. Really. No kidding. I'm not even snickering. Seriously. ♥

Friday Evening Haiku

It's one hot evening
My fan is working top speed
It makes no difference.

We got yet another bomb threat at work today. It was fun. First we got to search for the bomb for about an hour because, well, according to the folks from the security office, that was the standard procedure. Doesn't matter if we get killed in the process. The office building is more important than our lives. Anyway, we found nothing. Then troops of policemen from the anti-bomb squad and the mobile brigade (among others) arrived and ordered us to leave the building. Apparently, they appreciated our lives more than our employer did. So we got to sunbathe at the parking lot for an hour, during which we weren't even allowed to go outside the office compound to get something to drink, and it was hot like hell. They found nothing either, so we were allowed to go back to our desk. I was pleased to find my desk looking more organised than when I left it. I will always have a soft spot for the folks from the anti-bomb squad. Thanks, guys :) ♥

A police officer in Arcata, California keeps an online police log, which is not powered by Blogger. I like it. I don't know why. I wonder if every police officer in America is really that busy. ♥

I think the review of everything i've ever encountered is kind of interesting. And amusing too. I wish I could be bothered to review everything I've ever encountered. I would love to review you. Yes, YOU! ♥

After reading Diary of a Cat, I'm convinced that cats that can speak English with fake French accent are evil. When you're buying a cat, make sure the cat doesn't have that, um, additional feature. ♥

"How many times have you wasted hours on end, scouring the Web, searching for that perfect picture of a dog's cold, wet nose? Admit it, we all have." Um, I don't think I have. But all those dog nose pictures certainly are cute! ♥

Are you one of the 2% Nation? I am, and proud of it. Why? Because I have a free mind, that's why! Well, either that or I'm just unamerican (which I am). You decide. After taking the test, that is. ♥

Thursday Evening Haiku

Sleepy already
But still has blogging to do
Should I blog at all?

I think I should. Hmm. I really don't know what to say here. Let's see... Oh, I got my new passport size photograph developed yesterday and guess what? I look like an ubergeek! Woohoo! It doesn't matter if my level of geekiness doesn't really live up to the impression people get from looking at me. I might not be an ubergeek, but hey, at least I look like one! :) ♥

From ICQ:

Wannabe: sigh. why are all the geek boys than i know already taken? :\

endorwitch: ummm - because the chick population have discovered that geek-boys are the ones to go for, so the supply has dried up.

just a theory

Wannabe: yeah, we geek girls always get left out :(

endorwitch: *sigh*

Wannabe: we really should start a movement to geekify the non-geek guys who are available...

endorwitch: "become a geek in 5 easy steps!" (number can be changed to whatever is appropriate)

'do you feel the need to acquire manly coding skills? are you jealous of all your geek buddies who keep getting the babes? never fear - firda and rebecca will guide you through your transformation from normal bloke to full-fledged geek-stud!'

Wannabe: i don't usually say lol but LOL!!!! ROFL even.

boy, that was funny. may i blog it? ;)

i'm still laughing...

endorwitch: sure :)

Wanna be a geek? Just contact me or Rebecca. We'll geekify you ;) ♥

Double Fake or Double Take? is yet another Am I Hot Or Not clone, but in this one, you get to rate some celebrity lookalikes. I must admit that it's pretty entertaining. Shoot me? ♥

Build your own lie detector with an Atari computer. Not sure if anyone still has it, though. But if you do, this is something you can do when you're bored out of your mind. [Link via the weblogless Emlyn.] ♥

According to the Are You Annoying or Not? Quiz, I'm tolerable, if not pleasant. What a surprise. [Link via Joe J.] ♥

Wednesday Afternoon Haiku

I'm sleepy at work
Sleepy at work every day
Work makes me sleepy.

Funny that I'm rarely sleepy when I'm home. I guess home is not really that boring after all. At least at home I get to listen (or pretend to listen) to my mum as she's complaining from A to Z about my dad and our neighbours, which can get amusing sometimes; get to see my younger brother who always amuses me no matter what he does, especially when he's walking towards his room from the bathroom with only a sheet of towel around his lower body while humming some silly tune, looking so carefree that he almost looks unreal; and last but not least, get to be treated like a 12 year-old girl by my older brother and sister-in-law, which is always fun because I kind of miss being a 12 year-old. You know what? It just hit me that for a dysfunctional family, we're doing a bit too well. ♥

According to The Happiness Connection Quiz, I'm "focused, free and happy". Who would've thought? ;) "The best part of your happy condition is that it's contagious. You seem so comfortable in your own skin that the world sees you as a happy person and responds with love and respect." Um, right. ♥

If you don't like your boss, give him/her a nickname that you can get from the Disliked Boss Nickname Creator. Also find out what your nickname would be if you were food. Mine would be "pudding". Sweet! :) ♥

Being neither American nor Canadian, I really can't tell which facts from Talking to Americans are correct and which ones are incorrect, but I'm quite sure that Ottawa is still the capital of Canada, as opposed to what Al Gore seems to believe. ♥

Have I mentioned that my biggest dream is to become an internet guru? Well, now I can learn how to become one. It sounds easy. It says that I'll have to choose the right name for my guru consultancy firm and it has to start with an "e-". Hmm. How about "e-quack"? ♥

Early Tuesday Morning Haiku

Sometimes I don't know
Why I am online at all
At some weird hour.

It's just a little past 3am, and here I am, typing away, drinking a bottle of cold Sprite even though my throat feels kind of sore, when I'm supposed to be sleeping. The excuse I'm going to use this time is I need to post a haiku because once I post a haiku, I'll be forced to update. I want to get back to updating my weblog daily. I'm sure there'll be much rejoicing. (I was being sarcastic, in case you didn't notice.) I know some of you still love me whether I update my weblog daily or not, and I'm grateful for that, but I need to do something productive. Blogging is something productive, believe it or not, no matter how stupid the bloggage is. At least I get to write something. ♥

Why are some people so fascinated with grey when there are still so many prettier colours out there? Colours are not people. You don't have to feel guilty for not picking a colour just because it doesn't look pretty. After all, the only thing a colour has is its looks, while people have other things to offer than just looks. Sometimes those other things outshine the look that even if you're not pretty, you are still lovely anyway. Just a thought. It doesn't have to make sense :) ♥

Bad Scrabble Hands is a collection of pictures of -- you guessed it -- bad Scrabble hands. The next time you play Scrabble and you get really bad combination of letters that it's impossible for you to make a word, just remember that you can always take a picture of it and submit it to this site. It should make you feel better :) ♥

HappyWeb '99 Proclamation & Manifesto aims to save the web from itself, among other things, by proposing "More HTML Tags To Make Life Simpler". Some of the proposed HTML tags might come in handy for webloggers. Those tags are:

<A HREF="..." MANDATORY> -- link that must be followed
<A HREF="..." FORBIDDEN> -- link that cannot be followed
<A HREF="..." NOGIVEBACKS> -- link that cannot be followed

Adding the MANDATORY option to a link forces the surfer to click on it before he or she is allowed to leave your site. The FORBIDDEN option makes a link that is not a link, and sends a virus into their computer which alters their Web browser to make it impossible to ever go to that page. NOGIVEBACKS allows surfers to follow the link but makes their "BACK" button fall off. Cool, eh? ;) ♥

Word Assault allows you to look up the definitions of English words from many sources at once and display the results on one page. Fun for word lovers. ♥

At stripcreator.com, you can create your own three-panel comic strips with characters from some popular web comics, such as Exploding Dog and Penny Arcade. Cute. If you created one, do post the url. I'd love to see it :) ♥

Find out which Harry Potter character you are most like. According to the test, I'm most like Albus Dumbledore. Um, cool? ♥

Monday Afternoon Haiku

I am so sleepy
I don't know what to do to
Keep my eyes open.

It wouldn't be such a problem if I weren't at work. Sigh. Somebody join me at the Quack-O-Matic please? Anybody? I don't bite, really. I might bark, but I don't bite. And no, I'm not a dog. If I were a dog, I wouldn't have a job and I wouldn't be writing this and complaining endlessly. I'd be blisfully asleep. I guess being a dog is not so bad after all. ♥

Why is it in films when a man is proposing a woman to marry him, he's always down on a bended knee? It's so unoriginal. Not to mention boring. A perfect marriage proposal for me would be a man and a woman watching some ducks swimming in a pond when he says, "Hey, let's get married." And she replies with no hesitation, "Okay, let's." It's really not that hard to come up with such scenario.

On another note, I hate it when my dad asks me for money because he always makes it look like it's my fault that he needs the money. But then again, he always makes anything that goes wrong looks like my fault. The man didn't earn a law degree for nothing.

Now I'm going to bed. Goodnight, world! ♥

Jordan bought me this sticker from ThinkGeek last week, which arrived yesterday in a huge envelope about nine times the size of the sticker. The envelope has some bubblewrap in it, which I've been having fun popping. It's a gift that keeps on giving! :) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Bored on a Sunday
Don't really know what to do
Don't feel like sleeping.

I feel like redesigning again, but I still haven't got any idea for a design. Hmmm. I'm really bored out of my mind. Got to find something fun to do. A silly little web project is exactly what I need. Hotscripts.com, here I come! ;) ♥

Play Pacman online! It's in Flash and it's just like the real thing, including all the sound effects! I'd forgotten how much I missed playing Pacman until I found this site. Now I know what I'm going to do this weekend ;) ♥

Make a bubble bomb using baking soda and vinegar and the power of fizz. Fun for the whole family, except for the weak of heart among us. ♥

Friday Night Haiku

I need a haiku
Rebecca wants an update
Can Phil write me one?

And Phil wrote:

It is Friday night.
Time to go hit the nightlife.
Oh wait--I'm silly.

I do kill a bunch of mosquitoes every night. Not sure if you could call it a nightlife. Anyway, this entry is just an obligatory entry so I could update. No update is complete without some silly haiku :) ♥

Play Celebrity Hangman and get your least favourite celebrity hung! The most popular victim is, of course, Britney Spears. But if you want to get her hung, you've got to know nothing about her or make 6 wrong guesses, which is actually harder than knowing the answer. ♥

Awww, these cork dolls are so cute! I wish I could be that good with my hands. The dolls also make a really good object of photography. ♥

If you own a cat or plan to own one, you really should Get Kitty Litterated. No, it's not a typo. The site linked is the place to learn everything you (don't) ever want to know about kitty litter. You know, things like how kitty litter was born and what type of litter to choose. Fun stuff ;) ♥

Some guy photographed every door or drawer knob, handle, or latch he touched from the time he awoke on Thursday, June 3rd until he went to bed on Friday, June 4th in a project called Fluxus Research: Opening and Closing Doors and Drawers and learned some pretty interesting things along the way. ♥

According to the Would-ya-meter, which is THE test to see what the opposite sex really think, there's a 74% chance that you would. Not sure you would what, though. Would take me out on a date, perhaps? ;) (In your dreams, Tonto!) ♥

You don't have to go to Bad Haiku to find bad haikus. The worst ones are already here, right before your eyes! But if you want to read the haiku that I submitted to them, do click the link. I wrote haiku #12287, which I think is the worst of the worst. ♥

When I first got to Kibo's junk food reviews, I felt flattered that the first junk food reviewed was from Indonesia, but then I saw that it was rated "Eeeeeeeuuuuuuuggggggh! Thumbs down." Needless to say, I don't feel flattered anymore. In fact, I feel insulted. Durian is yummy, people! And it smells great! Don't believe anything they say in the review. Just believe your beloved wannabe: durian is yummy! ♥

Wednesday Evening Haiku

It is one hot night
I feel so much like sleeping
But got to update.

I'm trying to get back to updating every day. If I don't force myself to update, I probably will never update. It's not that I don't enjoy blogging anymore. I still do. But I'm just running out of motivation. I used to update often because I wanted to beat everyone to the coolest links, but now I don't see much point to it anymore. I think what I need right now is someone to blog for. I think it would be good enough motivation to blog, knowing that I'm doing it for someone. Would you like to be that someone to blog for? ;) ♥