Some people REALLY love EQ


He loves it so much, he even made a real life version of an EQ item.. found on Everquest.com.

Mmm.. yesterday I went to my sister Michelle's birthday party... her birthday cake was the same as the wedding cake I ate back in March. God that was yummy!

Blythe, Brandi, Sarah, Amy... you guys know who you are. :P With all this free time I have now... we need to hang out soon before I become another corporate slave again. :)

Wow! My dad emailed me all the way from Vietnam! I didn't even know they had internet access out there. :P He's over there for a month on vacation... lucky him... a whole month! I still haven't decided where to go on vacation myself... soon though, hopefully.

Now That's a Name!



I took this screenshot a couple weeks ago in Karnor's Castle... It's not a vulgar name or anything... I think it's actually pretty cute and clever.

I discovered Deja.com a few years ago after I started getting online for the first time. I used it for so many things like looking up computer problems and always found useful and sometimes not so useful answers. It was so easy to look up threads about different issues that were at the top of my mind, and the search engine was definitely intuitive in my opinion. I enjoyed being able to dig through old usenet archives and see what people talked about a few years ago when they were online. Then, of course... things had to change, and Google.com acquired Deja and my online research "life" turned upside down. Even though Google has now restored all of Deja's old archives, I have discovered it is still awkward to use, and the search results aren't very easy to comprehend. I want my Deja back, and I'm not alone!

After going through so many different webpages in the I Eat Meat clique, I've come to realize there are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many people (girls especially) that have webpages. Each girl is so different and original... it's so overwhelming to think about how many people out there know how to make a webpage. Most of today's webmasters are really young, too. The majority seem to be 14 through 16 year olds... makes me feel a little old. :P

For anyone who wanted more information about the Rotten.com pictorial that showed a man eating what appeared to be a dismembered baby, here is a story from The Register that follows up on controversy surrounding those pictures. It also has a follow-up link that explains that the man in the pictures is some kind of artist...

Yesterday was my sister Michelle's 20th Birthday! We're celebrating it this Sunday since she has to go to work and school. I can't believe she's already in her 20's... it's so strange to see someone grow up before your eyes. It's even weirder to think my youngest sister, Marilyn, is old enough to drive.

EQ Tidbits

* Cute screenshot of 5 EQ players played by 3 people (I guess 2 with 2 accounts) ... I can imagine that could be pretty fun. :)

* For those who haven't already checked out Verant's recent Fan Faire Scrapbook.

* How well do you know your class? Take a quick quiz here!

* EQ has reached it's 10 MILLION members mark! I kept thinking they only had half a million all this time... sheesh!

Wowzers, Steph now has a section for paid members. You're so bold girl! I hope you make lots of $$$! :)

Yippee! Julie has appointed me to run her I Eat Meat clique! That's the first time I get to maintain anything on someone else's site. I'm happy! Thanks Julie! I won't let you down! =]

Movie Review Quickie

Saw SpyKids. It was a very lively and colorful movie. Definitely suitable for all audiences, not just kids. It was worth watching... so don't let the childish name of the movie throw you off. Go see it.

Quick and interesting for about 30+ seconds.

Today (Sunday Evening), we went over to my mom's house to pay my fambly a visit. While we were there, Michelle (turning 20 this Tuesday) brought up my dad's rather unintentional sense of humor when it came to picking out birthday cards for her. Last year, he gave her a birthday card that was actually meant for a step-daughter! The card had pre-printed in there something like "I wish I could have been there from the beginning... blah blah blah... like you were my own daughter"... I laughed my butt off. My dad does speak English, but I think he understands it a little differently since his primary language is Vietnamese... I can see how he may have not caught onto what type of card he picked out.

This year, my dad sent Michelle a birthday card a little early since he was leaving to go out of the country for over a month. The front of the birthday card had a picture of a black family celebrating a girl's birthday, and the text on the outside read "Happy Birthday, Girl!"...The inside had some typical birthday message... At first, I didn't really catch it either.. but then when I thought about it... I laughed so hard... the type of card he gave her was meant for a black girl... you know... like.. "You go, girl"... "Happy birthday.. girl". On the back of the card it mentioned something about some African symbol, too. Heheh. It wasn't hard to figure out why my daddy chose that card though. He always addresses us as "girl".. like "Hi Girl"... "Hello Girl" But he says "girl" more like "gur"... so I guess a card that said "Happy Birthday, Girl" appeared to make perfect sense to my dad. Heh... too funny. My dad probably didn't even know how funny that was to us. We'll have to tell him when he comes back home.

Car Colors


I may be wrong to judge so, but when I see newer cars that are teal green, salmon pink, puke green, or an odd orangey rust color... I can only think of a few circumstances in which those cars had been bought.

- It was the cheapest car of that model because of its awful color and the buyer was desperate.

- The purchaser was colorblind

- The purchaser actually thought they would look driving around in a "teal, salmon pink, etc" car at the time.

- All they needed was a car to get from A to B and they didn't care how they looked driving around with a silly colored car.


Now.. if any of you out there drive a car that color for any OTHER reasons than what is listed above... I'd be surprised. Maybe it's just my taste, but I think most people would honestly prefer anything but those colors for their own car.

A picture I took of Chris with my little sister's digital cam when we visited my mom's house several days ago. Speaking of digital cameras... I really need to get one.

Chris and I were driving around this morning around 5 in the morning so it was still dark and we saw some sort of little animal in the road so we slowed down the car. At first, to me it looked like a grey bird, and to Chris it looked like a mouse. It didn't move out of the way immediately so we scooted up the car a little more and then we saw it spread its wings and fly up into the trees... and that's when we could tell what type of animal it was -- a BAT! It was kinda freaky since the bat was across the street from our house.

After we got out of the car to go into the house, we could hear a ton of bats nearby.. screechy sounds and all. It was really amazing, but frightening at the same time.

Oh gosh... I forgot one of my least favorite commercials:

The Slim Fast commercial where 2 sister lose a combined weight of 100lbs and then one of the sisters at one point says "it's just so creamy and gOOd" and she looks like such a goober when she says it. You know which commercial I'm talking about? If you didn't ever notice, I urge you to look closer this time. The way her mouth moves is so ... I don't know how to describe it other than retarded. Sorry, I'm so mean sometimes... that's another living breathing human being I'm talking about... but really... who talks like that? Slim Fast commercials have too many "buzz phrases" to catch people's attention. At the end of that commercial she says some phony sounding inspirational phrase like "When you feel good, you feel beautiful"... AWWWW. There's another Slim Fast commercial where the lady goes "Slim Fast is my balance" and I think THAT sounds super lame, too. Who writes these commercials? Who do they think they're kidding?

Post Updated: 06/17/01

Looking for the lyrics to that song in the Mitsubishi commercials? Here they are...I keep seeing people going to this page looking for them only to be disappointed... I was only griping about the lady in the commercial. :P


OOH LA LA
(Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, 1973)
[vocals by Ronnie Lane]

Poor old Granddad I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of women's ways
They'll trap you, then they use you before you even know
For love is blind and you're far too kind
Don't ever let it show

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.

The can-can such a pretty show
Will steal your heart away
But backstage back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey
They come on strong and it ain't too long
For they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again

When you want her lips, you get her cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more then she's fast asleep
you're just twinkling with the stars.

Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way, ooh la la
Ooh la la, la la, yeah

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.


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Lately

Well... let's see... what have I been doing lately? Other than Everquest, Chris and I have been spending time outdoors a little more. I'm really more of an "indoor girl" but I do have an open mind and I'm willing to face the outdoors every now and then. We've been going out onto the dock and feeding big plump catfish that we hope fishermen don't end up catching after we leave the dock... we've laid out in the sun and enjoyed the beautiful weather that we have had, we drove around the lake and took pictures with some toy cameras I have acquired... just very basic stuff that I never felt like doing when I was at work. I'm trying my best to make the most of every moment during this time off because I know that when I start working again, it'll be hard to relax like this for a while.

Commercials

New commercials are always popping up, and there are always about 30% that annoy me. Many commercials are local ones that seem to be demographically broadcasted (we don't have cable), and the rest seem to be mainstream commercials. Lately, these have been my least favorite commercials for one nitpicky thing or another...

1. Those darn Ford truck commercials (I don't think anyone but Oklahomans and Texans see these) where they show a bunch of guys dressed up like cowboys and hauling a bunch of heavy stuff and portraying trucks to be the ultimate macho machine. There are some Ford commercials down here with a jingle like "Ford and Texas go hand in hand, one time behind the wheel and you will understand"... and another jingle like "Ford is the best in Texas" ... now what makes me think that maybe Ford only advertises that heavily down here is because there are plenty of truck-drivin' folk down here, plus the word "Texas" seems to go better with those jingles. I don't think they'd ever have an equivalent motto for Ford like "Ford is the best in Rhode Island"

2. Dodge commercials.. just as annoying "Different by a country mile" ... again probably only down here in the Southern states

3. Those Capitol One commercials that seem to be ripping off of Gladiator. Oh.. and I can't stand the one where there is a couple in the car and the wife begans the commercial by listing a bunch of stuff (to the husband) "credit cards...money market... CD's..." I just don't like the way it sounds cuz I'm always hearing it in the background while I'm at the computer and it just gets repetitive because her voice sounds so tired.

4. This really sad local commercial where this guy in a crappy looking office is on the phone "making a sale" where he's selling computers for real cheap and then these two hoochie mama ladies act all shocked as though he was crazy for selling them cheap and they start hitting them with notepads... multiple times... I think one smack would have made the point... it just looked like bad acting. I'd be embarassed.

5. A Mitsubishi commercial where they have that "I wish that I knew what I know now... when I was younger (or however the lyrics go}" song where a lady starts singing along to it in her car while looking out the window... both Chris and I agree she looks goofy as crap. She looks kinda runway model-ish, but the way she looked just came out retarded.

6. I still hate ANY Clairol Herbal Essence commercial where they use the word URGE.

7. Any psychic reading commercial

8. Those Pillsbury commercials where they sing that really cheesy line "my heart to yours"... it's really dorky. "...and I'm baking BIG OL' biscuits"... do you guys in other states hear those versions of the commercials?

9. Payday loan ads, loan pre-approval lines and other commercials that play the sound of a phone dialing in the background... ACK!.. they must think people around here are poor or always strapped for cash

10. The 30 minute long Kia ads that claim that you can qualify for one of their wonderful cars no matter what credit you have.. or something like that.. I don't care.

11. The recent Home Depot commercials where a bunch of "everyday" people are proud that they can make their own home improvements like a pro.

12. Rooms-to-go commercials.

13. Ross commercials that have that annoying song..."there's always something new when you're... shop shoppin'... shoppin' at Ross!"


Okay... I'll stop there for now... time to go to bed again. Nighty nights.

Darnit!

Blah! I fell asleep yesterday (Wednesday) at 9am after having a very long, tiring day and ended up missing the Sally Jesse Raphael show where James (a founder of (Am I) Hot or Not.com) appeared. Chris mentioned it to me and he said he tried really hard to wake me up so I could watch it. I am usually a very light sleeper, but for some reason yesterday I actually slept through him trying to get me up. That's usually rare. Like I said, I had a very long day the day before. :)

Talk about versatility!

I feel slightly idiotic talking about this because it's not really anything new to some people (maybe many people), but for me, it was a new discovery. Chris and I went to the store today and picked up one of those adjustable air freshener things (they look like elongated mushrooms when you extend them) and when I opened up the packaging, I noticed there was some writing inside. That's when I discovered that there was an actual craft for disguising or even recycling your adjustable air fresheners. My mom never did such a thing, but I'm sure someone crafty mother out there has. I never would have figured that this cute and crafty little thing:



would have come from one of these:



!!!!

And not to mention there are many more ways to decorate that silly, plain looking air freshener stashed away in a corner of your bathroom. <Renuzit Clown> ... <Beehive> ... <Angel> ... <Llama Lady>

Better yet, there's an even more creative way of using your air freshener -- as a trumpet mute of course!

The Top 14 Worst Things to Say at Your Trial

"Wait! It's a little tight, but... Yes! The glove *does* fit!"

"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Satan, Lord of Eternal Hellfire."

"Don't worry, Your Honor -- it ain't loaded."

"I request a change of venue to Virginia. No, wait, Texas."

"I got your DNA right here, pal!"

"Oh yeah? You and what jury?"

"Is this gonna take long? 'Cause I really gotta run by the store and pick up some more formaldehyde."

"Liar! You couldn't have seen me, I was wearing a mask!"

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! Naw, I'm just joking. Bring that bible back up here."

"You call these friggin' boneheads a jury of my peers?"

"Rape and murder? Absolutely not, Your Honor. At least, not in that order."

"Your Honor, with your permission, I'd like to play the race card now."

"Who died and made you Mr. I-Decide-The-Law?"

and the Number 1 Worst Thing to Say at Your Trial...


"Hey, who do I have to stab to get a glass of water around here?"

So I've spent some time away from the computer, and then in the past couple days I've been on the computer a lot more again. Chris and I both. We played EQ tag team style and got ourselves through a very slow level 53, and finally got to 54 last night before the servers went down. Man, it was a lot of hard work, and sleeping odd hours. 6 hours playing while the other napped - 2 hours napping - switch places - 3 hours playing while the other napped - 4 hours napping - 8 hours playing while the other napped... rinse and repeat... all the way to 54. At last!



I don't think going up a level every 3 months is very productive, but man that game just eats up your time if you're not careful.


Unrelated to EQ: I just wanted to say that Julie is such an awesome girl! She is so down to earth, and I love how she doesn't follow certain trends that many other webmistresses follow these days. She doesn't constantly blog about a bunch of people's personal websites or succumb to the whole fansign fascination. I can totally relate to her on many levels. Julie speaks about real life, herself, current issues, and she's got a brain when it comes to politics. She doesn't have to dress skimpy, talk like a hoochie-mama or act like a bubbly and confused little girl to get attention. Her demeanor almost commands a respectful audience, and I admire that so much. I'm glad she doesn't have a cookie-cutter site, and I'm glad she seems so honest about herself. Why can't girls just be themselves?

What's up with all these hoopty girl sites lately? Maybe I've just been surfing the wrong ones, but a lot of them are starting to look the same, and they all blog about the same stuff most of the time. They bitch, or try to act like tough girls, and the rest of the stuff they ever talk about is how "so and so has a new layout" or "give mad props to my lady so and so" or just constantly talking about each other's sites like it's actually content.

I know I may sound like a walking contradiction on the content part, but if you took the time to read some of those types of sites, you can tell who's genuine, and who is full of it.

And if you've got a problem with anything I just said, you probably took it personally because you probably view yourself that way. This has just been in the back of my mind lately after discovering so many similar sites, and after visiting them I went to Julie's site and realized what type of sites I DO like, and what type of girls I respect.

Everquest Easter Eggs

Example:

"I probably shouldn't even mention this one - but I'll let you draw your own conclusion. In the Neriak Caster's Guild, there is a Wizard guildmaster by the name of Litz B'Doph. Now THAT should have been caught by the name filters!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! Off to my to-be uncle's house!



A picture I snuck in while inside an Eckerd Drug Store last week.

Just in time for Easter.

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Fortune Cookies Chris and I got recently:

Chris: You are being watched from afar. (creepy)
Me: You will attend an unusual party. (unusual??? never!)

Looks like Friday the 13th ended up being bad luck for me today, but only once so it's okay. Today, I was expecting to pick up a very big phat check from work and even got up early to get it... and we drove up there only to find out that corporate headquarters decided to mail those out. WHY?! It's going to take 2 days in US Mail to get here from a city that's only a 4 hour drive away. Arf... I was really looking forward to seein' all that cash money today. I'll just have to pray it shows up in the mailbox tomorrow before the bank closes. *crosses fingers*

Man, lately I've had many vivid dreams. I think I've been sleeping too much. Time to find a job or something. Actually, Chris and I are going to take a vacation first. Why not? When else will I get another chance like that this year? Right now our only problem is deciding where to go. There's so much we haven't seen.. and we can't go see everything at once.

Last night, I dreamt Amy bought me a thin mint cookie and a really nice ring with my name and Chris' engraved on it, but Chris woke me up before I could bite the cookie. Boy, I have pointless dreams sometimes. :)

I usually never have dreams about meeting anyone known to the public eye so the other night when I dreamt that I met Jason Sehorn, #31 of the NFL's NY Giants,(football team for those who aren't from the US) I was definitely bewildered. I am guessing I had the dream because I must have heard his name on TV or something lately. I don't watch football, nor am I a follower of Sehorn's career, so I have no idea why he was in my dream. Oh well, at least he was really charming and willing to talk to me.

Awesome! HighSchoolAlumni.com has started allowing people to post their Then & Now pics. It's amazing all the features and lack of limitations they have compared to Classmates.com which you have to be a paid member to have silly stuff like a URL or a picture accessible to others.

OH... I'm such a cheap-ass sometimes.

Anyway, being a bum feels really weird I must say. Not working feels so strange... so I'm looking for a new job...but not really pushing it too hard. I think all the money they're paying me should last a long time as long as I don't spend it like an idiot. I really do want to spend some of it traveling though. I love going places... Chris' parents are going to Amsterdam next month... and I REALLY wish we could go with them. *hint hint* Chris. :P

Do you speak English? Or do you speak... Engrish?

PMS drives me bonkers.

It seems to get worse and worse each time. It's amazing how easy it is to cry, get mad, be happy, be confused within a matter of moments. Mood swings are sometimes worse than the physical annoyances (like bloating or soreness). I just hope I don't end up like some women out there who have serious cases of PMS and end up destroying their relationships with people they're close to. Anyway... that's more than you probably care to know. I don't often have PMS, let alone have a period. (maybe 3-4 times a year -- not sure if that is good or bad)

And just a side note... I get so annoyed when people confuse the term PMS with actually BEING on your period... and it's even MORE idiotic when people act all grossed-out about the subject... or even the word "PMS". PMS stands for PREmenstrual period! Pre means BEFORE... thus Premenstrual means BEFORE menstruation. Got it? Thought so. You wouldn't be here unless your mother went through the same thing.

Ok, Ok... sorry for yelling... I'll just blame it on PMS! Why not? It's a convenient excuse. har har =9

Of the time we've spent on the computer... we've mainly been playing The Sims of course. Here's a screenshot from the House Party Expansion Pack. Yes, you can entertain your party guests with female or male entertainers that come out of a cake. Everyone at the party is amazingly entertained by the Sim that comes out of the cake.. no matter what sex.

Wow... with all this time off, my days are starting to feel all blended into one. I've been doing a lot more stuff outside the house for once. Life was a little different when I was having to go to work every evening... my schedule was a little awkward, and didn't allow me much time to enjoy evenings like I do now.

Chris and I picked up a new little hobby and we're playing around with it for now... and that's mainly what we've been working on away from home... away from the computer.

Added a few more sounds of males getting hit and dying to the EQ Sound Effects page for a fellow blogger Grenideer.

Boy, look what happens when you miss work for the past several days. I called up there a couple days ago to find out that they've dismantled most of our network operations center, and unplugged and shipped off most of the servers in our server room, and that my shift if pretty much gone now!

Sheesh... so they pulled the rug right from under me; my job is now no longer. So WOO HOO!!! that's awesome! And the best thing of all of it is I'm going to still get paid all the way until the end of April (for sitting at home and not working) and I'm still going to get my severance package + retention bonus stuff. Wow... now is the time to try to get ahead instead of blowing all my money... something I'm really good at. I think I'm going to relax a while and even take a much needed vacation... Disneyland perhaps? New Yor City, Bakersfield or San Francisco? Las Vegas again? I dunno.. there are many places I'd love to drop by right now...I just can't decide!

Well, if you start to notice my lack of updates... blame it on my lack of a high speed connection from home... that's the only reason I ever blogged so much at work. For some reason, having a dial-up connection makes it seem like such a tedious task when it comes to uploading a webpage or even using Blogger even though they do all the work. Maybe it's because I won't get to surf as quickly anymore. More than likely, I won't be ordering high speed internet from home since I'm probably going to be living here only another month and a half or so... so I don't think it'll be worth the trouble trying to get a connection like that hooked up amidst all that.

Anyway... back to my Sims game. Tata!

Pimpwar is majorly screwed up this game.

My back and legs hurt like a mofo.

I just received my first Holga 120s camera... and yes it is a piece of junk plastic camera, but I think I'm going to love it!

A Must-Have if You Already Have The Sims



- Lots of awesome additions -
- A little slow on my comp. -
- New NPC's including party poopers and celeb(s) -
- More themes -
- More group activities -
- New Music! -

Sorry peeps... at home sick... think I might be able to return to work tomorrow. Oh... and a little rumor we've heard around the office is that we might be losing our internet access in our office around the 6th of that month. That stinks! They're packing up our servers and other office stuff and sending it to Austin and New York. :( So.. very possibly, in the next week or so... the workcam will disappear.. not that it is anything major. :)