August 31, 2001

Hi, I'm Saima A. Meet

Hi, I'm Saima A. Meet my feline counterpart, Saima B.

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Programmers to encode human behaviour.

Programmers to encode human behaviour. Developers of HumanMarkup Language (HumanML) hope to use it to describe every aspect of the human character like emotions and attitude to physical appearance. Call me stupid but I've read all I can on this and still don't know what on Earth they're trying to do.

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My mission was to fight

My mission was to fight the evils of the universe that appeared in the form Shoes. But these Shoes were clever and more wiley than I had imagined. After many years of fighting they finally gained on me by placing themselves on the staircase therefore hurling me to the bottom of said staircase. They stamped out there famous victory song as I lay with a twisted foot, bruised thigh and hip and grazed arm. They may have won the battle but the war isn't over.

Ie. I tripped on some shoes, fell to the bottom of the stairs and it still bloody hurts :(

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August 30, 2001

In approximately two hours we

In approximately two hours we have guests arriving from Pakistan but the fun started about four days ago. Cleaning of the house and especially their room is no easy task. Ordinarily it would be but of course my mum has special super sonic eyes that are rather sensitive to dust particles in hidden places. They all must be banished! This is just so that when the guests lift up the wardrobes with their bare hands or slide into the one inch gap under the bed they won't be utterly disgusted. Sure, I can understand that.

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Misheard lyrics around these parts

Misheard lyrics around these parts lately:

"Sitting on the dock of Dubai..." by Otis Redding
"Whirlpool!" by The Troggs
"Mary had a little lamb, her fleas tasted just like snow.."
"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a bus stop.." by TLC

Heard any of your own?

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August 29, 2001

When I rule the world

When I rule the world I will decree that all men have their hair cut by a Marine barber. Mmm mm mm.

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August 27, 2001

I agree. Oceans can be

I agree. Oceans can be a real pain in the bum.

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August 26, 2001

Happy Birthday to Simon. 18

Happy Birthday to Simon. 18 today, he's all legal and schtuff.

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I wouldn't say I was

I wouldn't say I was ever a fan of Aaliyah but I grew up listening to her music, I remember the R. Kelly rumours and I've watched and enjoyed her movies. And although I never knew her, this was still a shock. I know people are going to start the whole "Just because she was a celebrity. Many other people die every day" thing but I had never heard of those other people before they hit the news, I had heard of her. These people on the news were just names. She was a name, a face, a voice, a talent. Condolences to ALL who will miss her, whether they knew her or not.

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August 25, 2001

The person searching for Anil

The person searching for Anil Dash photo that came to this site, sorry but I don't have any. Any that aren't of him naked that is.

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It seems to be retro

It seems to be retro movie week in my family recently. We've been watching movies we loved as kids. They don't make them like that anymore. Probably because they're cheesy and badly acted but they're still entertaining. Amongst them is Mannequin, which was one of the first movies (along with The Care Bear Movie and Vice Versa) that I ever saw in the cinema. Talking of firsts, we are also watching The Witches which was the first movie I saw that had been adapted from a book I'd already read and loved. I'm still not too pleased with movies like that. A movie that also sticks in my mind is Toy Soldiers. Lately everyone has been talking about Wil Wheaton and I thought to myself, not Wil Wheaton from Toy Soldiers surely! I remember having a huge crush on him. But sure enough, he has his own blog now.

Talking of movies, there's one that's been playing on my mind for ages. I just can't remember the title. It involved a family who moved to a new house. Somehow the kid found an alien who liked to drink soda. He always made these windmills things out of the straws and later on they found out his family were near some hydroelectric windmills. Ring any bells? Or did I just make it up? And no, it's not E.T., Flight of the Navigator or Batteries Not Included.

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Because he's stalking me. Because

Because he's stalking me. Because he's mental. Because he stays up till 4am (not my time) talking to me. For all his efforts, I urge you to visit Ammar.

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August 24, 2001

I found this very disturbing

I found this very disturbing and am shocked that this sort of thing goes on, even in this day and age.

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I was attracted to the

I was attracted to the beautiful simplicity of this page. I stayed for the photographs.

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You are useless she said.

You are useless she said. You'll never amount to anything she said. Why can't you be normal she said. You have to make the best of it she said. Because you're no oil painting she said. No one'll want you she said. Don't you want to be happy she said. Bah humbug I said. And laughed like Mutley. But there were tears inside.

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August 23, 2001

Amen.

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That Jish. He completely stole

That Jish. He completely stole my idea about a voice blog. OK so it was still in my head at the time but still. Anyway, he sounds better so go listen. (I still may do it, the way it was going to work was that you could listen to my lastest weblog post only. What say ye? Yay or nay?)

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August 22, 2001

What do you look like?!?

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If you sent me a

If you sent me a message using the form on my contact page and want a reply, you'll have to resubmit it because it didn't send your e-mail address due to a problem. Thanks.

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Change is good and I

Change is good and I think this particular change will be beneficial in some ways. It'll make the number plates easier to remember and let you know which part of the country that car is from, is that a good thing?

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A joke.

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August 21, 2001

"In my day it was

"In my day it was much more reasonable. Things weren't so extortionately priced. They're making a killing in this day and age, charging unfair prices for eveything. I even have to pay for my water now. I guess the only thing they can't charge us for is fresh air.."
"Umm, Grandma, I hate to break it to you but...."

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I love mangoes but there

I love mangoes but there has got to be a easier and cleaner way of eating them. You know, one that doesn't involve having to lick your arms afterwards.

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Anyone who knows me, I

Anyone who knows me, I mean really knows me, will be aware of my fascination with small cute objects. In fact my cooing over them never fails to bring a look of disgust to my cousin's face before she accuses me of being "such a girlie!" I have a collection of such objects, ranging from tiny shoes to itsy bitsy knifes (ooh still sharp!). Imagine my absolute delight then when I first came across ickle.org. It hosts a plethora of submissions about the minute things of this world. My favourite though has got to be the smallest rose. What says "I love you" better than a rose you can't see well with the naked eye?

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Somebody spank me, I've been

Somebody spank me, I've been a bad girl. I typed in Nick's URL all wrong in the weblogs bit and everytime I clicked on it and got nowhere I thought it was because his site was down. Tut, and he's such a nice guy too. So help me make it up to him by visiting and saying hello. ....Am I forgiven?

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Onions will rule the world

Onions will rule the world once again.

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August 20, 2001

Every now and then my

Every now and then my hosts decide that I'm using too much space though I'm supposed to have an allowance of 100MB. So I try again and again to upload but to no avail and keep getting messages that say "Transfer abort. No space left on device". Over and over again. Until I get so mad that I throw up my hands in despair and.....blog about it. How's that for threatening behaviour?

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Remember kids, alliterative insults are

Remember kids, alliterative insults are fun!

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A couple of people have

A couple of people have been very nice recently and said complimentary things about the site. So thank you to Faisal, Ursula and Summer.

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I was just reading a

I was just reading a magazine article and it seems some people are just meant to live for ages. During the last world war, a Japanese kamikaze pilot made no less than 11 suicide flights, only to survive them all. Each time he'd set off with no weapons and only enough fuel for a one-way trip, and return back to base completely unharmed. He also went on to live till the age of 93!

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August 19, 2001

It took a month, in

It took a month, in fact over a month, but my room is finally complete. There was a dilemma when I broke my new computer desk but it was later fixed so we'll say no more about that (or how I tried to juggle several large pieces of wood in an effort to join them together).

And so we move onto site matters. I was having problems with a bit of code but it's fixed and the result is what you see before you. Feel free to comment on new features and let me know what you think.

I know you voted for the yellow to stay but I went for something different. Never fear though, if you really liked the previous layout and just can't live without the yellow, it's available here.

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August 17, 2001

Sometimes it feels like someone/thing

Sometimes it feels like someone/thing out there is against me.......

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August 16, 2001

Let's all congratulate Simon on

Let's all congratulate Simon on being one of the biggest bods I know. Well done!

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August 15, 2001

I'm back from my travels

I'm back from my travels but I'll fill you in when my body has stopped aching.

(I know technically jet lag is not probable on a one hour flight in the same time zone but pain and tiredness have a habit of defying convention.)

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August 1, 2001

Pinch and punch for the

Pinch and punch for the first of the month!

Now that bit of necessary silliness is over I'm going to tell you my plans for the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow I'm off to bonny Scotland until the 15th of this month. I was planning to launch what I've been working on for a while now but it'll have to wait till I get back because I have to finish some bits and pieces off. Until then, check out the weblogs [to go] I've been visiting recently and you can also help me out with a part of the site that I'll be putting up. It's so you can get to know me better, errrr, if you really want to. You ask me five questions and I'll answer and upload it to a section on the site. Keep it relatively clean people. Now if you'll excuse me, I have sweat drops trickling down my back and I think an emergency shower is needed. See you all in two weeks time!

You can use this form to send those questions or e-mail me. I'll love you forever.

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