De-brief:
So I didn't get any black pens again this year. Nor my invader zim. =( Even though I asked for that one way back when.
Disappointing. No jewellry either, and I love that. Ditto flowers, which although I think are impractical...nonetheless. Wait, I take it back. I did get a pair of earrings, albeit rather ostentious ones which I'm not inclined to wear with a mis-matched theme.
I'm not even going to rank presents because there aren't enough. ;P
V. sorely disappointed this year, but more or less over it now, I guess. Not completely, but more or less. Ambigiously dodgy answer. Most of the disappointment stems from the 21st bit. Like I said, I didn't expect anything, but still... it simply didn't feel right. Oh well.
:: nimezs @ 1:00 am [+] ::
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:: Thursday, October 21, 2004 ::
It poured today, and in a funny way, so did I.
To those who remembered, thanks, I think. Various reasons for remembering elicit varying levels of appreciativeness. Being polite is not a reason I eschew but nonetheless, it deserves the very barest minimum of consideration. Just to be polite.
I didn't expect anything, and strangely not mollified even though reality matched this. Probably because I wasn't quite sure what I really wanted either. Definitely, matters taken out of my hands, because there's nothing quite as defeating as trying to organize something and failing. So I didn't. Not that I would've known what to do anyway.
So here's to me. Cheers. How can you be sad about being apathetic?
:: nimezs @ 11:59 pm [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 ::
Oh no, I did it again. I read through all my testimonials, and now I'm surfing on an ego-high~~~!!!
Ooh. Does feeeeeeel reaaaaaal gooooood thoooooough.......
:: nimezs @ 7:22 am [+] ::
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Don't know if you guys have received the following, but, like any other hotmail hoax, it deserves flaming.
"Message: Message: bye-bye friendster
Friendster deleted because of the sudden rush
of people signing up to Friendster, it has come
to our attention that we are vastly running out
off resources.
So, within a month's time,anyone who does not
receive this BULLETIN with the exact subject
heading,will be deleted off our server.
Please forward this BULLETIN so that we
know you are still using this account.
WARNING WARNING We want to find out
which sers are actually using their Friendster
accounts. So if you are using your account,
please pass this e- mail to every Friendster
user that you can and IF YOU DO NOT PASS
this
letter to anyone we will delete your account.
From Mr. ALLEN SMITH
Friendster beta Admin. Dept.
Our Friendster system is getting too crowded!!
We need you to forward this...
Copy, paste in new bulletin not messages"
First off, anyone who works in the administration department would at least have a grasp of grammar and spelling.
The 1st paragraph alone has at least 2 grammatical errors and one malprop. Not to mention the dubious use of "vastly".
"Friendster deleted because of ..."
What does that mean - Friendster has been deleted? Friendster will be deleted? 'Cause if it's the former, the rest of post is a rather pointless waste of time, ain't it? Since EVERYONE won't be getting Friendster anymore. You're deleting the entire service, aren't you?
"So, within a month's time,anyone who does not
receive this BULLETIN with the exact subject
heading,will be deleted off our server.
Please forward this BULLETIN so that we
know you are still using this account."
Right there, isn't that a contradiction? If I've received it already, I won't be deleted off your server. Why should I bother forwarding this bulletin? Hmm? Chances are my friends have already received it from someone else.
"So if you are using your account,
please pass this e- mail to every Friendster
user that you can and IF YOU DO NOT PASS
this
letter to anyone we will delete your account."
Whoa there. So now I'm supposed to EMAIL this to people? And how the fig would you know if I was emailing someone else? You've got your spies in every single email provider EVERY FRIENDSTER USER has? If you told me to message them with my Friendster account, sure, but email is a whole barrel of different fish, my friend. And which do you really want us to do? Forward it as a bulletin, or email other people?
"Our Friendster system is getting too crowded!!
We need you to forward this...
Copy, paste in new bulletin not messages"
You really can't make up your mind, can you? So, not messages, bulletin. And email too? You REALLY take your work seriously, don't you? Do you want evidence of my forwarding the bulletin in triplicate?
Finally, Mr Allen Smith (apologies to the Allen Smiths out there), you work in the Administration Department. As what? The ass-hat who sends out bulletins to select individuals so they can fervently start sending them out to non-believers of your dire message of deletion?
If you're a member of the Friendster team, what, pray, is stopping you from putting out a general announcement to everyone to confirm their accounts? What, may I know, is the purpose of mass replication of bulletins?
Oh, I know, you're not really working for the Admin Dept, are you? You're an evil spam lord. You make hundreds of morons forward messages like that that make no sense and have no point because you want them to make people like me irritated with the "vastly" stupid population. AS IF I WASN'T PISSED ENOUGH ABOUT THE UNASKED FOR Pr0n IN MY MAIL THAT MAKES MY EMAIL ADDRESS VIRTUALLY UNUSEABLE!
DO NOT MAKE ME TAKE IT OUT ON THE MORONS; THEY CAN'T HELP BEING STUPID!!
You're making use of the one born every minute. Well, if I ever get my hands on you, dirty rumour monger, you are going to wish YOU had use of your hands so you could remove that can of spam I'm going to shove up...
Enough said. For those of you fortunate enough to read this, please do not send me anything regarding the deletion/closure of whatever unless it's verified from a reliable source and is at least grammatical. If you do, I will be thereafter vaguely snobbish and doubtful of your intelligence. That is, if I was in a good mood. You don't want to know what I'd do if I wasn't.
Kids - just because it's written down somewhere doesn't necessarily mean it is so. Always check your sources. Sure the internet is a big bad-ass fount of information, but it also has lots of people talking out of their asses, like I do sometimes. Be smart. Don't grow up to be a stupid adult. No one likes stupid adults, not even other stupid adults.
