oooh oooh ooooh

grammar junkies & microsoft hatahz, eat it up!

i need a drink.

well, it’s official: someone STOLE my wiifit from my doorstep. i would not put it past the jackasses who live in my building. some of my neighbors are nice... and some not so much. so i’m dealing with that little inconvenience. the good/bad news is it’s my USPS carrier’s responsibility (for leaving the package when he was not supposed to), so USPS will have to do something (i think)... but the bad news is it’s not really my carrier’s fault that the world is full of assholes.

and now, i just got a sudden burst of courage, and asked my boss to talk about a pay raise, maybe... we’ve scheduled a time next Wednesday. my stomach is already churning... so i have a week of anxiety to look forward to.

three random things

1. this is my 101st post!

2. my wii fit has arrived... i'm itching to get home and check it out!

3. “crotch” is an ugly word. blech.

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in nerdier news:
i have discovered the secret to transparent pngs in IE6 from Angus Turnbull! unfortunately it does not solve all my problems, so i still need to run the Bette Noir static site for IE users, but it was really keen to discover a solution. nod to andycoo for setting me off on a css discovery jaunt today that led to this find.

sensationalism hurts.

i have been bothered recently (the past several years, most of my adult life) by sensationalism in the “serious” news media. it’s one thing when the Weekly World News needs to tell me about imminent threats from the Man in the Moon and when the Angel of Death visits earth, or “US” magazine shows me the horrors of all that celebrity cellulite (“You’ll never guess who’s fat ass this is!). but i’ve noticed a downward trend in efforts by news outlets to avoid creating mass hysteria (don’t even get me started talking about biased news) -- you know, the ”Is Your Mouthwash Killing You? News at 11” kind of nonsense. so i really enjoyed this article on the glut of threats the american public faces each day.

omg lol

now, you have to believe me on this, i was in no way even remotely having any discussion related to this product, so i'm not sure why it popped up on my google ads. but here is a screen shot:
WTF???????? LMAO!

(btw, it takes you to a site for artificial animal breeding)

i broke down

and bought wii fit on ebay. why? i have no idea. this is what happens when i’m bored at work, i guess.

i’ll let you know if it makes me any fitter, happier... (nod to radiohead).

at least i’ve got a new roommate coming in august to help pay for my extravagance.

WTF? i believe that is TAKEN!

so, what’s up with this song “I Kissed A Girl” that’s NOT by Jill Sobule? Perhaps thief-tart Katy Perry is too young to remember someone a) already wrote a song by that name, not too long ago, b) had a hit with it, and c) used many of the same topic points in the lyrics.

also, maybe i’m being a little too politically correct here, but i think her other song, “UR So Gay,” is a bit offensive. and not in the way she probably intended it.