Archive for May, 2003

Friday May 30, 2003 at 05:00 pm

so olivia, who is turning out to be the TEMPTRESS of INTERNET DISTRACTION, sent me the two most FUNNEST (yes, funnest) sites EVER.

not only are they fun, but they are *crafty*.

go here now:

www.googlefight.com

www.googlewhack.com

maybe everyone else knows about these sites, but whoah! hours and hours of search engine glee!

in other news, jeremy ward from mars volta died! sadness! BUt on the bright side, their first full length album is finally coming out. i learned all of this important news from a site jesse g. just told me about:

www.pitchforkmedia.com

once again, i’m probably the last one to know about this site but it rawks my socks off.

“i am a rocker. i rock out.” - ryan d.’s t-shirt

and in other news, i am bloody exhausted, but mostly for excellent, it’s-worth-the-loss-of-sleep reasons. i’m used to being tired on friday, since thursday nite = the g-man = too much fun with people i adore.

but then i had this long ass meeting with my boss (who is cool) that turned into this evaluation of my performance (which wasn’t necessarily bad but i wasn’t prepared and therefore felt a little… taken aback). the meeting also featured the following dramatic moment:

sarah finally accepts the idea that she cannot change the goals of the administration and agrees/submits to do the project “their way”.

but, dear citizens, it’s not as depressing as it sounds.

in fact, the moment could also be summed up as:

sarah decides to stop being a rebellious brat and realizes she needs to suck it up.

i mean, duh, this is a JOB, not a revolution.

my official position on fortune cookies

what is UP with fortune cookies?

maybe it’s just me, but i could care less about the actual cookie. cookie shmookie (and that says a lot, considering how much i really heart cookies).

it’s all about the FORTUNE.

except nowadays, you don’t see a fortune on that little crisp slip of white paper. no, no, no. you read some lame-o generic chinese proverb about inner peace or your neighbor’s garden or the long and winding road to heaven or something.

if i wanted to read crap like that, i’d buy one of those inspirational calendars that high school counselors always have on their walls.

I WANT A REAL FORTUNE.

i know, i know, you can always add “in bed” but honestly, people, why settle?!

i want this cookie to TELL ME that i’m about to travel to a distant place or meet a stranger that will forever alter my destiny or pursue an�unwise and dangerous business venture.

is this too much to ask?

is it THAT DIFFICULT for these fortune cookie companies to come up with possible, enigmatic scenarios? i mean, palm readers do it all of the time!

maybe these companies are afraid of liability if things don’t pan out. ok, if that’s the way it has to be, at least dish out some *unusual* advice. i don’t need to hear ANY MORE from confuscious (nor do i need to know how to spell his name).

prime example: i got an *excellent* “advice” cookie a few months back that i still have in my kitchen. it says:

“sell your ideas. they are perfectly acceptable.”

now *that*�is worth eating a crappy cookie for.

Wednesday May 28, 2003 at 05:00 pm

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpropaganda-news.htm

if i was computer-smart, i could figure out how to display the actual image in this web entry. but… i can’t, so, click on the link and check out this lovely parody concerning corporate media. PLUS… many other anti-war images that make me laugh/cringe/plunge into the depths of despair.

props to olivia for sending me the link, and for also sending me this article about the pentagon’s plans for a regime change in iran (unbelievable… and yet, so typical).

http://www.guardian.co.uk (”Pentagon sets sights on a new Tehran regime”)

good closing quote:

Flynt Leverett, a former middle east specialist in President Bush’s national security council, said the move towards regime change as a basis for Iran policy was built on a false assumption.

“It’s built on the belief that Tehran is a house of cards waiting to be pushed over and if the US is smart enough, it could push the house of cards over, and I think this is not a very prudent way to proceed.”

i don’t think george w. even knows what “prudence” means.

one small step for posh…

oh shit here we go. i’m caving in to peer pressure.

ok, so no one is demanding that i have a web diary, but everyone is doing it, so… i guess i’ll jump off the bridge too.

as my dear friend steve wrote recently in his xanga thing:

“i always hope that i will come up with some terribly clever thing to post or say. i know no one really reads this, especially considering that its about me. these things always are a bit narcissistic. there is one center of the universe, and then as others begin to read and have their own sites, the satellites start popping up around that center. in the end, it becomes just a mass of stars or galaxies, all of whom have some minor gravitational effect on one another.”

it’s kinda sad that this is my first post and already i’m stealing thoughts from other people.

it’s an easy way not to get too personal, yeah?