Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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Show some love to an old buddy of mine from my BBS days, Brandi! I swear she's the cutest girl I've met in person! :)
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30 Lbs in 30 Days
Never did I imagine that anyone would compete with a complete stranger to intentionally gain 30 lbs in 30 days. Sure enough, here had to be someone who did this. The Fat Project is an amazingly courageous display of a couple willing to disfigure their formerly thin bodies in order to win $3000 from The Spark.
The shocking thing is that one of the competitors was a girl.. who was a former homecoming queen of all things!
They have several pages of all their experiences... daily I think. It's amazing how much weight someone can gain in one month. You don't even really have to read everything that happened each day... just skim reading and looking at the pictures alone showed their progress.
Anyway, if you haven't checked it out already, I'd recommend it. I'm not going to give away what happened.
*thinking to myself... if only I got $3000 for every 30 lbs I've gained in the past few years*
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For those of you looking for a cause... why not try something unique? Yes, I'm talking about Traffic Cone Preservation. Believe it or not there are people out there that are into traffic cones in a big way. For a small $5.00 fee you can even adopt a "Dwarf ConeCone"... aww, they're so cute. :P
While you're at it, you might as well get yourself a low-maintenance cone pet, too! Who would have thought...
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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
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WOo HoOo! I finally signed for my severance package. 2 more months and I'm outta here!
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For the past 3 days... I have encountered many references to the whole "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" phrase and it was RickySilk of Kungfoo.com who first mentioned it to me. He ran into my site searching for Pimpwar tips and ended up chatting with me for a bit and that's when I first heard the phrase.
Coincidentally, the same day, I visited MemePool and saw a few links to AYBABU enthusiast sites. I realized by then that it was probably some joke phrase or private joke gone public.
Yesterday, I dropped by Julie's site and read through some of her message board posts. Then I saw it again! Julie herself exclaimed the infamous phrase. A few of the message board members didn't know what it was all about, and one of the users (uziq) presented a very helpful link to an article that explains the madness.
Click here to view the scanned article in JPEG format.
Oh, and then today, I went into my manager's office to sign some papers, and I looked at his dry erase board, and AGAIN, saw the geeky phrase:
ALL YOUR BASE BELONG TO US!
Stop it! Stop the madness! I dunno... maybe I'm just not geeky enough to find it funny that Japanese to English translations could be so corky.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2001
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Today's my mom's 50th birthday! I can't believe she's 50... she doesn't even look near that age yet. Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!
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I apologize for being so pre-occupied lately. I've been working on work stuff as well as some stuff for this site. No time to surf or blog really.
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Monday, February 26, 2001
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No bloggin' today it looks like. I'm thooper busy.
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Sunday, February 25, 2001
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Truly disturbing... hasn't been updated in forever. Found this on Zannah's site.
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Face Fun
Facemail.com - A site that lets you send mail that gets read by 3D faces that move their mouths as they read your mai allowed. Fun for a good 5 minutes (after a big 4.7meg download)
FaceGenerator.com - Lets you make a bunch of faces using many different features. Lots of combinations. High speed computer computer and connection recommended.
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Saturday, February 24, 2001
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Chris got this from somewhere and saved it on our computer. I thought it was funny. Sorry that it has a somewhat vulgar word in it.
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Thursday, February 22, 2001
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It's Saturday morning and John's just about to set off on a
round of golf when he realizes that he forgot to tell his
wife that the guy who fixes the washing machine is coming
around at noon. So John heads back to the clubhouse and phones
home.
"Hello?" says a little girl's voice.
"Hi, honey, it's Daddy," says John. "Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Fred."
After a brief pause, John says, "But you haven't got an Uncle Fred, honey!"
"Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy!"
"Okay, then. Here's what I want you do. Put down the phone, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout in to Mommy and Uncle Fred that my car's just pulled up outside the house."
"Okay, Daddy!" A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone. "Well, I did what you said, Daddy."
"And what happened?"
"Well, Mommy jumped out of bed and ran around screaming, then she tripped over the rug and went out the front window and
now she's all dead."
"Oh, my God! What about Uncle Fred?"
"He jumped out of bed too, and he was all scared, and he jumped out the back window into the swimming pool. But he must have forgot that last week you took out all the water to clean it, so he hit the bottom of the swimming pool and now he's dead too."
There is a long pause.
"Swimming pool? Is this 555-3097?"
- forwarded to me from Chris -
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My Current Fave Goa(a type of psychedelic trance) Picks
Mino - Metallic Universe
Tandu - Visually Distorted
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A good spot for words and their definitions you normally wouldn't find in everyday dictionaries. The Word Spy
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I love interactive sites.. this one is fairly decent and cheesy. Dancing Paul allows you to pick his scenery, music type, backup dancers, and dancing style. I totally recommend a fast connection and fast computer to enjoy this entirely.
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Looks like that supposed class-action lawsuit that Everquest players were going to have against Sony Interactive is on hold. Don't know why I didn't find out about this sooner.
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Some funny pics... some look real, some look possibly fake.
- link courtesy of my co-worker Kent's brother Carl -
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Awww... :( someone doesn't like the Smurfs. They were my favorite cartoon in the 80's!
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Chris (my fiance) and I signed up for the not-so-serious matching service at SparkMatch. It asks you a ton of questions, and has you fill out a bio (that you can put serious or crazy stuff in) and then matches you with other people who have filled out the survey going by what type of person you are and whether or not you answered all of those questions the same way. Flipping through the profiles, I was surprised how serious some people took it. Many people actually put their real picture up there.. other people put joke pictures and illustrations. Since Chris and I are obviously taken, we only took it with a grain of salt.
After looking through many singles ads on this site and many other singles sites... I begin to really appreciate not being single anymore and being with my Christopher. I think I'd be way too picky if I were to look for a man right now, and probably die single.
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Here at our NOC (network operations center), we do get a lot of people who dial the wrong number and get us. We've had people calling and asking for "Uncle Billy", "Grandma", "Bobby", and all sorts of other people and businesses.
Today I answered a pretty strange one. It was a collect call from our county prison. It didn't say who was making the call, it just said it was a call from there.. so I accepted it. The guy/prisoner asked if this was an attorney's office, and of course I said no. Poor guy, I hope they didn't count that as his only call.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2001
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Who doesn't enjoy a little bit of web eyecandy?
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Most Annoying Spam Subject of the Moment
"I LOVE YOU AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE!!!!"
What the heck is a subject like that supposed to mean? Is that supposed to make you want to read the message? I just don't understand the psychology behind spam message subjects. I'm thinking the idiots who spam people must have learned their marketing techniques from an E-Commerce for retards book.
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Michelle, you have my prayers.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2001
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I am normally not a person very paranoid about computer viruses, but I do know there are a lot of computer users out there that seem to always worry about this and that virus and whether or not their computer is safe enough. That's why I'm so glad someone decided to create a site about computer virus hoaxes and urban legends that helps dispell myths and other beliefs that any computer user may have.
It even has a section with articles about a condition they call "False Authority Syndrome" which is described as when a person who speaks with authority about computer viruses and has little or no genuine expertise. Most of the time they are people who just happen to work in the computer field or know how to use a computer. I think it's hilarious when people act like that...I know there are a lot of people like that out there who spread waves of paranoia to less experienced computer users. They're probably also the same type of people who would believe that when you can't connect to your ISP it's always the ISP's fault. It's couldn't ever possibly be their piece of crap $5 Winmodem -- NOooo...never.
Be sure to check their Hoaxes section as well... it contains an FAQ and articles about overblown virus alerts and such.
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Dating Patterns Analyzer
Ok, now this site is for the following types of people:
- Currently dating many people or have dated at least 3 people in their life.
- Have a lot of spare time to fill out forms that let you rate specific characteristics of each person.
- Willing to accept, but not necessarily having to agree with criticism or advice from a webpage.
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How to pronounce certain words to sound more "Ghetto" and NO I am NOT being racist... just making an observation on the way some people talk
Make sure to say...
1. "Ax" instead of "Ask"
2. "Ruint" instead of "Ruined"
3. "Neh-mind" instead of "Nevermind"
4. "Spisketty" instead of "Spaghetti"
5. "Hurra" instead of "Hair"
7. "Pessific" instead of "Specific"
8. "Kilt" instead of "Killed"
9. "Aight" instead of "Alright"
10. "My Homegirl" instead of "My Friend"
There are a zillion more, but if it really is your goal to sound a lil more ghetto.. I suggest looking for an Ebonics dictionary.
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Coordinate and mix your own music video and play around with a variety of drumbeats and groovy loops (via Flash at Oddcast. High bandwidth preferred.
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If you've ever wanted to see what it looks like where I work... here's a pic of our command center. The green arrow points to the spot where I sit. My co-worker Kent took a bunch of pictures of our soon-to-be gone NOC and the adjacent server room. I might post those pics in the future sometime (if I feel like it).
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Gotta lotta spare time and cash laying around? Why not learn how to make money origami? All I'm needing now is the money part...
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Monday, February 19, 2001
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I've been pretty busy working on a new project for my page so I am apologizing ahead of time for the lack of bloggage.
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Are you one of the many guys having a hard time attracting women? Try The Don Juan Center for some really nifty tips on how to interact with women. Learn things like how to make proper eye contact with women or how to present gifts to a woman.
Well... to be honest... I hope most men out there don't have to actually read about how to pick up a woman to pick up a woman... but I don't discourage the idea. Women really can be picky and quite cruel to men, despite the popular belief that men are the bigger jerks.
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Someone email me if you know of a good wardialing program that can dial several numbers from a list. This is for legitimate purposes by the way. :)
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Sunday, February 18, 2001
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Lil Thought
I LOVED the older Felix the Cat cartoons. They were so strange and funny. It's almost as though the people that made them were on drugs when they made the cartoons.
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Birthday Wishes to the now 21 year old Julie of Amabilis.net! Hope you have a great 21st! I'm sure you'll behave responsibly. :P
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Such a unique idea... this guy, Eric of EmotionEric.com takes requests from people to make appropriate faces to convey different emotions. I wish I thought of that.
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What is the difference between PMDD and PMS? Is PMDD basically a confirmed case of PMS?
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Friday, February 16, 2001
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Another site for you folks who like to say funky words like "spamwich".
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JustATip.com: This is a site I hope I never get a criticism email from. It allows you to anonymously send criticism or compliments to anyone via email, and when you send criticism to someone, if you leave your email address (which will not be revealed to the recipient), you can find out how they responded if they did. I like the compliment ones... I'm more than likely going to use those. For those of you that know someone who could use a little bit of etiquette, work habit, or fashion advice help, try using this method to give them a hint if you can't be upfront. :P
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When you've got NO friends or co-workers to have a staring contest with, why not have an online stare contest with Sally? Now remember, no cheating.. ;-)
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I've always wanted to see an aerial view of where I live, and never had luck until today. A site called DFWMaps.com happened to have a shot from 1999 of the property. You can't really see the house very well... just splotches surrounded by trees. But you could see our dock clearly.. the boats look like one white block though. I blurred out the street just for privacy reasons... I'm not going to live there long anyway since we're going to move to Dallas.
If you live in the DFW area, you might be lucky and get to see an aerial map of your place, so check it out!
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What should be done if the computer you are using starts smoking?
A. turn off the PCs power and unplug it before repairs.
B. pour water on it to put out the flame and then reboot
C. Ignore it and keep working, the smoke just might be the power supply
overheating.
D. Stop, Drop, and roll the PC on the ground
The answer is D.
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Thursday, February 15, 2001
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Too cool!! an interactive cyberface. I spent a good few spare minutes messing with this. Kinda reminds me of the avatars you could choose in Onlive! Traveler. It was so funny to talk to my little sister using Traveler. She picked some goofy colorful avatar and when she'd talk the mouth would move and it just seemed really funny. Oughta try it sometime. :)
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Wednesday, February 14, 2001
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Take a peep at Windows XP. In my opinion, it's a little too cute and dumbed-down looking for my taste. It's almost like Windows for Mac users. But then again, it IS a GUI and GUI's should be visually appealing. Who says I HAVE to use it?
- linkage from metafilter -
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Just thought these wedding announcements were cute and funny. Stolen from Jay.
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I found this site very entertaining.. I love stuff like this. Movie trailers for movies that don't exist. High speed connection and decent computer recommended.
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Have a mouth that's itching to speak some interesting verbiage? Try Dave's List of Words That are Fun to Say.
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Here's a pretty interesting old article on the history of swearing. It doesn't really have a bunch of obscene words in it so you may proceed with little caution.
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I am pretty guilty of making common mistakes in the English language when I type. Even though English is the only language I can speak, understand and write, I still make errors that are just as common to people who have taken countless English classes in college. Common Errors in English lists a ton of common misspellings, usages of grammar, and misused words that many people are guilty of. See how well your English stacks up.
I've always spell weird two ways.. weird (correct) and wierd (incorrect). I have no idea why I don't just spell it right... maybe it's because I have doubt, and feel that the i before e rule should apply to all words where c does not come before the i & e.
My BIGGEST pet peeve when it comes to improperly pronounced words is when people say DROWNDED instead of DROWNED OR DROWNDING instead of DROWNING. *cringe*
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For those of you who are addicted to lip balm as I have been at one time in my life... here's some help ---> Lip Balm Anonymous. For me it started with tasty Bonne Bell pots, and then I moved onto minty flavored Blistex. Now I just wear lipstick with lots of gloss, so lip balm is unnecessary.
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Memories
I believe that memories are a very important part of being a human being. They make us who we are. We depend on our memories, and identify with other people with our memories. It's sad to think that there are probably so many moments in your life that you cannot clearly remember, so they become lost memories...stuck somewhere deep in our subconscious, with little hope of ever coming out. For fear of forgetting some of those tiny memories I always tried to hang onto, I decided to start using Random Access Memory to store and share those memories. I think it's a great idea... especially if you were like me and never kept a journal. I'll be keeping my memories under the username "rozzie" if you're ever curious enough to see what my memories were.
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That Barbra Streisand special tonight is going to freaking bump Temptation Island to next week. Darnit, Barbra!
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Happy V-Day Everyone! Hope you all got something special from a loved one. =)
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Tuesday, February 13, 2001
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16color.com: Very cute pixelish animations. More like the type of graphics you used to see in old PC games and Commodore 64 games. Then check out the link to Pixelfest, where you can look at and vote on some cute quick-loading pixel animations as well.
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My doggy Eddie: (he's a rat terrier)
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Hey Aetherus, I added this one EQ sound you might be looking for. It's the one marked ***new*** on my EQ sounds page.
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First Impressions at the New Company
- You can't surf the net even though it's a company that provides BROADBAND products to several businesses and there is sometimes a lot of dead time.
- People are a lot more talkative (prolly since they can't surf) and talk a lot faster (it's in Dallas).
- Each of us will have our own NT machine and Solaris machine to work on... both with 21 inch monitors.
- BIG cubicles
- Nice carpet and cubicles
- People actually enjoy work
- No webcams allowed.
- Company news and documentation is frequently updated
- Inter-departmental communication seems good
- Took almost 2 hours to get to work.
Final Decision: Undecided at this time.
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Sunday, February 11, 2001
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Guess I'm going home early today. More sleep for me! I'll need it!
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This weekend we rented an HBO movie called Cheaters and it ended up being pretty darn good. It was easy to take sides in this movie even though I feel the whole concept of cheating is wrong. It's based on a true story and is very reminiscent of 1987's Stand and Deliver -- in fact, it even mentions Stand and Deliver in the movie.
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Tomorrow I start my new job! I'm so darn excited! I've never been hyped up about a first day at a new company, but for some reason, I get the feeling I will feel pretty good there. I leave here tonight at 11pm, so that means I will only get about 5 hours of sleep for tomorrow--eek!
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Really Odd Dream
I had a really strange dream last night about turning into a vampire. I think I had the dream because before I went to bed, we were watching a video, and one of the previews was about some really lame kids' movie about vampires.
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4 Meat Lovers
Ever wonder what part of a cow you're eating while you're devouring your beefy dinner? Use this Shockwave enhanced chart to find out!
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I really suck at Pimpwar this round. I'm about to give up and wait for the next reset.
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Thursday, February 08, 2001
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If you've been wondering what ever happened to the peeps in the Goonies, what better place to check than TheGoonies.com Where are they now? page.
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Oh, Chelle...Popples really bring back some major childhood memories. I used to have a stuffed Pretty Bit Popple when I was a kid. It was soft, purple and could you could convert it into a little ball. My mom tossed it into the washer and dryer one day, and it turned into a horrible nappy mess. I was horrified. My popple didn't live too long. :(
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Uh oh, is this bad? This quiz claims that I think more like a man, so gender-wise I'm male! Eeek! Oh well, I am going to try not to take it so seriously.
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This forward came from co-worker Rush.
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE!!!
Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could
have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half
dozen nuggets.
"We don't have half dozen nuggets", said the teenager at the counter.
"You don't?" I replied.
"We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply.
"So I can't order a half-dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
"That's right."
So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
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A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive
and pulling it out very quickly.
When inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on
the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was
using the ATM "thingy".
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I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.
Do you need some help?" I asked.
She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote
door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they
(pointing to a distant convenient store) would have a battery to fit
this?"
"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked.
"No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car
keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I
replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries
it's a long walk.
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Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too swift. One day
she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of
typing paper. What do I do?"
"Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that,
the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the
photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.
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I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was
towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of
repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra in
"Twister".
I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver had
set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a sandwich.
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IDIOTS AT WORK...
Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49 cents. Two for a dollar.
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IDIOTS & COMPUTERS
My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office
of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems
with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of
the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the
back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
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IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE
I was sitting in my science class, when the teacher commented that the
next day would be the shortest day of the year. My lab partner became
visibly excited, cheering and clapping. I explained to her that the
amount of daylight changes, not the actual amount of time. Needless to
say, she was very disappointed.
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Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a
metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy
machine.
The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed
the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the
truth.
Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
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I hate bad dreams.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2001
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Arf... I can't get into my ftp directory once again. Looks like I'll have to talk to support tomorrow. :( At least I can post to Blogger. If it's not one thing, it's another.
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Need some wedding, golf, or table etiquette tips? Here's a decent one-stop shop to helpful etiquette links on the net. I found a few new wedding etiquette tips that I was not aware of... good thing I even looked.
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Nightly Comfort
For the next several weeks, I will probably have much less time to sleep, so I would at least expect to sleep comfortably. Right now, my bed is less than soft so sleeping can be quite a discomfort. I still haven't gotten used to how flat it is. I know I could have bought a pillowtop mattress, but since I didn't want to shell out the money at the time, we just bought a normal bed.
This weekend (my last weekend for a long time), I'm hoping to get my hands on either a featherbed, or a fiberbed. Though featherbeds sound like they'd be more comfortable, whenever I touched one, it felt too thin, or get flattened too easily. The fiberbed was a lot thicker, and seemed like it would be more comfy for my back. More than likely I'm going to pick a fiberbed.
We used to sleep on a waterbed, and after a couple years, it began to fall apart on us, and the board underneath even broke on one side, causing me to sleep really awkward every night. It started leaking and became way too much of a discomfort, we got desperate and bought a normal bed, and vowed never to get a waterbed like that again. Since then, I think we've slept a tad better.
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Speaking of search engine hits, Amy, my biggest search engine phrase & keyword is "cheapgrrl". Here are some other phrases that I would never expect search engines to lead to my site:
1. Create a face
2. sarcastic phrases
3. scripts pimpwar game
4. pimpwar cheat
5. picture of woman in provocative clothing
6. so many girls do porn
7. Strip Joints Dallas
8. webcam 14 year old
9. Support Boundaries
10. normal blonde girls
11. everquest porn images (SHEESH)
12. everquest porn
13. dirty valentine cards
14. willing to do porn
15. gucci leather jacket
16. pictures of dwarfs having sex
17. buy photoshop cheap
You're right... it's funny how those search engines work. :P
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Wow, I think this is an awesome idea! Have you seen it? It's called The 1000 Journal Project, and it's basically a project where 1000 blank journals have been distributed around the world, and people who get a hold of them will be able to leave an entry and pass it along to another person. I hope I get to run into the journal. Things like this make the world seem a whole lot smaller, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I hope this project lasts a while.
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I think the best way to watch Temptation Island is to try not to relate it to your own relationship. I haven't been able to put myself in any of the participant's places, as I'm sure there are some people out there that have, so it's actually pretty fun to watch. I didn't want to watch the show at first because I figured it would be pretty lame, and that I'd probably start getting emotionally affected by it, but to the contrary, it's a pretty exciting show to watch, and I like watching people have to go through that.
I don't think all couples need to go through a test like that just to find out if they're right for each other, but I do think many people these days shouldn't just marry for convenience or some reason other than being completely in love with each other. I'm tired of hearing of people who get married for a few years, and get divorced, and re-marry. Not only do you have to worry about more paperwork, you're just outright ignoring what the bible says about marriage! Okay... that may just be me speaking from a Catholic standpoint, but I really think people need to be more careful before they jump into such a huge commitment.
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I swear... every time I keep running into this screen, the more I become tempted to use GreyMatter, as seen on more and more weblog sites each day. It teach me to become less co-dependent. Plus, I'd probably free up some resources for poor ol' Blogger.
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I Love Coincidences
Earlier today, we went to H & R Block to pick up my tax refund check (which they had ready in less than 24 hours!), and the lady who was getting me my check suddenly asked, "Is that last name Hawaiian? Your last name looks Hawaiian" My last name is Khuu, and as far as I know it's not Hawaiian. I told her that it wasn't... but I wasn't sure where it came from. My dad says it's Chinese. Normally, people don't even bring up the word Hawaii around me, but I have had a few people think I was Hawaiian in the past.
So we drove for another 20 minutes to get to the bank, and we went to cash my check so we could have money to get our tires fixed. The bank teller lady told me out of nowhere that she has a Hawaiian friend that looks just like me. I looked at her, amazed, and told her what a HUGE coincidence it was that she mentioned that because the last place we were at had asked me about my last name being Hawaiian. I was so shocked.. and Chris was, too.
Don't you just love it when weird things happen like that? I mean, what are the odds that would happen? It's not like it's an everyday thing that people mention the word Hawaii around me; in fact today, I looked pretty trashy, not Hawaiian. Chris and I notice so many little coincidences like that. It's cool how the world works.
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Supra Sighting!!!!(not!)
Today, we were getting gas at a local gas station, and across from us, we saw this yellow Supra and totally fell in love! No... just kidding... it ended up being what I call a Riceboy car. It was a yellow piece of crap econo-car with a big fat Supra wing (or whale tail) on it. If you don't know what I'm talking about.. here's a picture.
See that big, tall, unflattering spoiler on this car? That's what I'm talking about--it does not belong on REGULAR CARS. I think it only looks good on Supras, not economy cars! It just makes you look like a bigger wannabe!
Now... for the biggest shock, we were expecting some hoopty-ish young guy to get in the car, but instead, we saw this VERY normal looking older white woman get into the car! She was even wearing a dress-suit! We were like.. WTF? I couldn't believe it, and I wish I had a camera to take a picture as she drove off. This is what we figured was probably the story:
- It was her son's car, and since he couldn't afford to pay for the car or further modifications, his mom had to take over the car
OR
- She has some young boyfriend who's into car modification, and told her that she'll get 50 more horsepower out of her car if she adds a big spoiler to it.
OR
- For some strange reason, this very normal looking woman is into car mods, and decided to make people think her car was a Supra.
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Tuesday, February 06, 2001
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Can't wait to spend some tax refund money on some new work clothes. Methinks I'll be heading to Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, and the usual department stores available to me at the mall. Ann Taylor has some nicely made clothing. They have a lot of stuff you would want to wear to work. Plenty of wool, silk, and leathery stuff. Of course, not all of it is affordable, but it doesn't stop me from looking for good deals.
Banana Republic used to be a store I avoided, because I didn't want to look like a typical Asian girl who exclusively shops there (GOSH, I'm SHALLOW!). A few weeks ago, Chris and I started going there, and found many items we liked. Despite their higher than Gap prices, I think the quality of most of their clothing is excellent, and seems to fit very well. The seams are very fine, but firm, and the material is usually good quality cotton. Plus, they have a pair of really cute denim shoes I have my eyes on. $98 bux though.. A long time ago, I wouldn't have minded buying them since it wasn't my money I was using, but nowadays, I'm a bit more frugal.
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Oh yeah... the Anti-Bloggies have been announced as well. I found a few more sites that I visit on there, and a small handful of sites that appeared on the Bloggies as well.
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I spent a good half an hour at Hero Machine building my dream fantasy character. I even made my Everquest character on there, too, but it didn't look much like her. Hero Machine has so many different combinations, you could spend many hours there. Check it out! Requires Flash.
- got this link from the lovely usr/bin/girl -
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Bloggies have been announced (days ago). Winners are probably what you expected. :)
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I've been thinking about getting my hair cut this weekend. I don't want it ultra short, but I do want to chop off a few inches... I want it long enough that people can tell I'm a girl. :) I'm just tired of my tangly hair.. it's so painful. Wish I could just stop dying my hair.
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2 New (old) Pics!
Finally had time to add 2 old pics of me from 96. --- images page ---
I'm such a procrastinator.
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Monday, February 05, 2001
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I realize this page is meant to help people write better resumes, but I found it more entertaining because of its subtle humor.
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I don't care what you say... but I think this house is absolutely delicious! Can you imagine the backside of your house looking like this? I'd feel like I died and gone to Heaven several times over! This home won an "Intelligent Home of the Year" award and if you check out the home wiring center, it looks like it's hooked up pretty well and ready for the 21st Century. It's in Plano, TX... figures.
Look at a preview of the $1.5 million dollar house here, and do check out the interior, exterior, and virtual tour of the house. I think it is such a perfect place to live and I'm glad it's not made of traditional brick.. which is all too common out here. I know I'll probably never be able to afford a place like this... but I will be surely inspired decorate my house like it.
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For the past few days, I haven't had much time to surf anything but real estate and apartment guide sites. If anyone has any good suggestions other than the sites I list below, please email me or leave them in comments.
- Homes.com
- Ebby.com
- AllApartments.com
- Apartments.com
- Century21.com
- Coldwell Banker DFW
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One of my favorite pictures of Chris (my fiance for those that do not know). This was a picture of him when he was in the fire academy. I still think that firefighting is where he belongs, but for now I don't mind having dragged him into the computer field. It'll help him be versatile.
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Friday, February 02, 2001
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Elementary School Memories Re-Visited
I love finding people I used to know from school by simply looking for them on the web. I haven't had much luck with people I knew from elementary school, but I finally scored this morning! I found an old classmate from 4th grade named Nathanial.
He was always a smart kid, and from my perspective back then, we were always indirectly competing with each other in our art abilities as well as academic. Figuring he'd make some use of his brain, I decided to see if he had any kind of presence online... and sure enough I found him -- without having to look up public records. He is now a software engineer, and lives up in Maine... he did really good! I'm happy to see a gifted person take advantage of their abilities.
I've always tried to remain receptive about the people I went to school with. I remember so many people, how they spelled their names, how they behaved, and what they looked like. Anyway, hope to find more old school buddies soon -- it's always so exciting to me to see what they're doing now, even if they don't remember me!
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EQ Price Check?
I can't believe how ignorant I have been to some of the Everquest sites out there, especially ones that would just make sense. Last evening, my co-worker pal Rush pointed out EQPrices.com to me, and I felt so dumbfounded! Duh! I would have figured that site existed.. why didn't I ever check? Well I did a bit of hunting around on it, and for the most part it's accurate and it seems to be updated regularly by players. Some of the prices sound a TAD over-inflated than what they are in the game, but that's probably expected. The database seemed a bit screwed up today since many of the items I was able to do price checks on yesterday were now without a price information page. Anyway from the information I saw yesterday, I found that my Blight, Hammer of the Scourge (that I got off of Naggy) averages about 18,600 pp among the different servers, prices ranging from 10k - 29k. I'm not selling that hammer.. heck no!
And then my Jaundiced Bone Bracer (which I traded a pair of GEBs for) was worth about 14k, but today since there is only one price entry, it's average is showing as 8k.
The page has a lot of potential, and it looks like the people who run it are constantly working out the bugs, and making sure people don't mess up the prices for everyone else.
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Yippee Yay! My site is fixed! I couldn't upload anything to my directory since yesterday...especially that last post. Thank yew, Athenet. They got it fixed pretty darn quick.
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Thursday, February 01, 2001
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A New Job, A New Place to Live
After nearly three years working at the same place, I began my hunt for a new job. It's not like I had a choice anyway. My company will be completely dissolved under its new owners in approximately 2 months... at least that's what we keep hearing. Today, I got up the nerve to go to an interview for a DSL configuration technician job in Richardson (NE. Dallas area). When we came up to the place at 3pm, the receptionist said that my interviewer had left thinking I was scheduled at 2pm. My heart stopped, thinking I lost my chance to interview. Then all of the sudden, the interviewer guy called the receptionist back and told him he was going to come back and interview me anyway. At that point, I was terribly nervous... I felt like the fact that he had to come back my totally ruin my chances since there was a minor miscommunication.
The interview went quite smooth, I thought. I wasn't nervous at all since he made me feel at ease. I'm glad it wasn't one of those interviews where they give you extremely posing questions that force you to end up giving them an answer only they want to hear. I was given room to speak my mind and ask my questions, and I even got to find out a little bit about my interviewer. He looked pretty young to me, like mid-20's, and he had been in the Air Force for a while, and then his last job was as a design engineer at GTE.
Anyway, I pretty much got the job, and it's going to be a normal job and an acceptable rate of pay to me. The only thing is, I still want to work where I am now, so that I get my severance pay and retention bonus. There is no way I could move out to Dallas with zero money. Turns out, my super-duper supervisor Loren seems pretty supportive of the idea of me working both places so we are going to find a way to make it work. I already made a conscious decision that I would be willing to work in both places until my current job is no longer. It's going to be a very very hard thing to do, but I am sure it'll all be worth it in the end. I've never worked two jobs before, so once I get started, I'll be able to say I have. It's going to be insane the number of miles we will be putting on the car....driving from one end of the metroplex to the other every day.. that's well over 150 miles a day!
I owe much of my motivation and support to my lovely fiance, Chris. Without his support, I would have probably either backed out on this decision or who knows?? Anyway, now I have a zillion things to think about and some work to do. Tata!
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