January 2001 Archives
Ooooooh, what does this button do?
Only after listening to Moby's album have I noticed that I have heard most of the songs before without realising they were actually by Moby. Good album by the way, personal favourite is still 'Porcelain'.
Ooooooooooh, me likes. And it's pretty hard to please me this time in the morning. Why am I up so early I hear you cry? I'm at work, yes....since 7am no doubt.
Happy birthday to me........by the way, Jish has a new layout, check it out.
New episodes of The Sopranos AND Graham Norton? I want E4!!!
After months of seeing this link everywhere I decided to visit. Smart site by a smart guy. Plus he only lives a wee bit away from me.
It snowed again. Well actually it doesn't deserved to be called snow, it was a poor excuse for snow. More like slush really. It's ten times worse than rain though. More wet, much more cold and you slip around the ground like a maniac. Just another thing to put on my list 'The Joy of living in England'.
Taxi drivers would go in that list too. But maybe they're an international problem. The one that drove me home was giving way to every man and his dog. I'm paying you to drive Mister not give me 'Road Manners' lessons.
Count it folks, two days till my birthday.
There be gremlins in me blog! I've been struggling with this site since yesterday and frankly I've reached the end of my tether (whatever my tether actually is). If it's not fixed then forget it. That's actually a false statement, I know I'll probably keep trying to fix it. This web thing is a disease I tell you.
Everything you wanted to know (and way too much more) about the @ sign.
I want to write one,
A haiku that makes you laugh,
But I can't, I'm crap.
My room, 10.30 pm, hovering near the computer:
Younger sister: (out of the blue) I learnt a new word today.
Saima: What?
Younger sister: Hyperbole
Saima: That's a new one.
Younger sister: You don't know?
Saima: Well, I've heard of hyperbola in maths.
Younger sister: It's like exaggeration, like, "I was waiting for ten years" when it was only ten minutes.
Saima: But that's just exaggeration.
Younger sister: No, no, no, like "I'd walk a thousand miles for you".
Saima: No, that's just bullshit.
Last night: Weep, weep, weep and sob, sob, sob.
Expect new and exciting things from this site.....well they're exciting for me. But that's because I'm sad.
Guess who dropped on a main road today? Yeah, serves me right for going on about how great snow is. Luckily enough, a police car was going by and the policeman made sure I was alright. At least they're good for something.
I couldn't agree more. There's nothing more sickening than a bunch of walking talking dictionaries with the problems of 30 year olds. And as for Joey....if the wind blows, you're face'll stay that way ya know.
A virus warning sent to me by e-mail:
Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the Budweiser frogs.
If you download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will crash and someone from the Internet will get your screen name and
password.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It just went into circulation on 11/01/2001. Please distribute this message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. Please share it with everyone that might access the Internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be stopped. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO
remedy for it at this time!
Extracts from the over 70s Jerry Springer Show last night:
"You're having an affair with two women?!?....And her with the walker?!?"
"When he doesn't want to speak to me he just takes his teeth out...."
"How you gonna do her Pop? Get on her scooter with her?"
"All the good men my age are in Normandy, France. They went over in World War II and we were left with this crap!"
When my sister and I saw this on the news this morning, she said "It's bad that someone sold them, let alone that someone bought them!"
If she can see it, why can't they? She's nine years old!
Wow, I'm so envious.
It was when my computer collapsed on me (not literally, that would hurt) today that I realised how much it is I rely on the blasted thing. How am I gonna check my mail, how am I gonna chat to my online friends, how am I gonna find out what the population of Swaziland is? (you never know when you might need to know that). Maybe I should go on a special 'computer-free' diet. Wean myself off bit by bit.......nope, can't do it.
Whilst watching the Channel 4 programme Great Estates the other day (yes, I was extremely bored) I totally fell in love with this place. It wasn't so much the palace, that plays home to the Duke of Marlborough, that I loved but the grounds in which it is located. Definitely a place I'll visit during the summer when the The Pleasure Gardens, Marlborough Maze and Butterfly House are open. Anyone care to join me?
"Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next". They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals."
[source: via e-mail]
I'm extremely unwell people. Cheer me up.
Upstairs, downstairs, upstairs, downstairs, upstairs, downstairs, upstairs, downstairs....can't anyone else get the goddamn door for a change?
Since my cousin has moved to Glasgow I've sort of forgotten how popular he is with the ladies. I was reminded when my sister and her friends were viewing a home video recorded this Eid when the whole family visited from up north. As soon as Alan popped onto the screen, the girls' eyes became wide and the "So, who's that then?" questions surfaced rather 'innocently'. I remember when we went to the same junior school, me and Alan. My friend Shenel fancied him like mad and I'm sure she wasn't the only one either. When people would mention him, I'd gleam with pride. Not because he's good looking. He did well in anything he undertook at school. That made me prouder than if a million girls fancied him.
Looks like the blogger dudes have bought the new server. I hear a collective sigh of relief from the thousands of blogger users around the globe. I actually signed up for an Organizine account due to the fact that I was so frustrated. Anyway, I'm glad everything's back in order. Now I can write about this very cool guy. He's one of the best writers I know and writes me lovely long e-mails. So visit him :)
It's my 21st birthday on the 28th of this month. Don't say you didn't know or you didn't know what to get me.
On a more serious note. There's a fairly new club in town called @mosphere. It has a huge balcony. As soon as I saw it I knew it spelt trouble. Hello! Drunk people and heights don't mix. Sure enough, some poor man fell off the balcony in the early hours of Saturday morning and had to be taken to hospital. Sometimes, plain common sense wouldn't go amiss.
