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Archive for March, 2004
Still uninspiredI’m still rather uninspired. So I’m taking a break and I’ll be back posting on Monday. Have a great week everyone!
I’m uninspired today
Super HungIn yesterday’s entry about William Hung, I talked about how angelic rendition of “She Bangs” was number 5 and wondered if it would eventually climb up to number 1. I see that today the song has climbed up to number 4. Up, up and away! But that’s not all. His album, consisting of 4 soungs, is number 2 in album sales. And as if that was not good enough, I saw this when I checked out the Pop Top 100 chart: He has 2 songs in the top 5, “She Bangs” and “I Believe I Can Fly”. He is easily beating Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and the dreamy Hilary Duff. You go, girl!
William Hung superstarSUPERSTAR! I’m sure we all know William Hung, of American Idol fame. He has delighted tens of viewers with his hit “She Bangs.” I was checking out the iTunes store today and I noticed this:
Yes, that means that Mr. Hung himself has 3 songs in the Top 100 charts. Numbers 5, 33 and 35. Will “She Bangs” climb to number 1? Maybe I should use one of my iTunes freebies to help his musical career.
Toilet paperI hate these new rolls of toilet paper that are showing up in more and more toilets.
They are huge rolls of very thin toilet paper. So you grab the end of the paper and start pulling. You suddenly encounter a physics problem. It’s hard to move a big roll with a little thin piece of toilet paper. So it breaks and you end up with a small piece of toilet paper in your hand, which is not big enough for you to wipe your ass. After that, you need to stick your hand up the toilet paper case, to grab another piece of paper with two fingers. You finally grab a hold of it and start pulling on it, slower this time, only to have it break again. One track mindsI was curious how much it would be to call my parents in Spain with my cell phone. Currently I use a calling card, but if my cell phone wouldn’t be that much more expensive, then why not use that. So I email them and they say that they do not have rates but that the people at some 800 # can give me rates and set me up. Okay… so much for e-mail customer service. So I pick up the phone and call the number. The lady who answers asks me for my cell number. Finally she believes who i am. She starts by telling me the balance of my account ($30) and asks me if I want to pay for it. Now, I never carry an overdue balance and I have never paid late so I said “no, it’s not due for at least 2 more weeks” and she says “okay, what can I help you with today?” and I ask my question. She says “I’d be happy to assist you, but before that, since your balance is due on April 7, would you like to put your balance on a credit card or checking account?” and I screamed “I did not call to make a payment!” and I hang up. I then called back, had my question answered after only 1 account verification question and I was off the phone in under 2 minutes.
Voicemail optionsMy cellphone’s voicemail has weird options. Not that the options are weird, but the naming of them, or the way to activate them. For example, if you want to listen to a message, you have to press the 7 key (or P as in Play). To save a message you have to press the 5 key (or K as in Keep). And I always push the wrong keys because my brain always thinks “Listen” or “Save” and not “Play” and “Keep”. I know, I’m just being weird, but I hate it.
One picture is worth a million laughsWhile this story is somewhat amusing, the picture is what will make you laugh.
Name kidnappers - The storyLike I mentioned in the original Name Kidnappers post, we stole a coworker’s nameplate and then registered a Yahoo mail account to send the ransom note. Here’s the exchange of e-mails that happened through the day. Us: Her: Just give me the time and date and I will make sure you get the goods. I promise I have not contacted the police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her to her boss (the university’s lawyer): I received this email what should I do? Her boss: However, this is just the type of activity that there have discussions about stopping. [University’s chief of police] is coming over at 11:30/how him this. He can easily get a “pin trace” subpoena and find out who did it. The names haveto be registered and they can track this e-mail, if it came from on campus, back to the generating computer. Should take him about 45 minutes to complete. Once we find them, you know I have to go forward. This is a violation of computer use policy, as well as a misappropriation of state property- albeit with the value, probably only a class C misdemeanor. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll get on it. Us: When you have the ransom, e-mail and you’ll receive further instructions. You have 2 hours to comply to this request, without contacting the police or other legal authorities, or your nameplate may suffer . Her: I am leaving work as we speak to go home and make them………………….If I am not back in 2 hours, please do NOT hurt the nameplate. Us: The drop-off point will be McCartney Hall Room 208. Make sure no one follows you. Do not wear any recording or tracking equipment. Further instructions will follow. You are being watched. Her: Where in McCarney Hall Room 208 am I to place the treats. How will I know my nameplate has not been tramatized or damaged? Us: We are attaching proof of the well-being of your nameplate. We do not want to hurt it anymore than you want it hurt. Her: Us: Her: Us: We are done discussing the matter and we will end communications until after 2:15 p.m Her: Us: We have spotters around the quad, and delivery will be aborted should you attempt to arrive before the specified time. We hid the box underneath a bunch of leaves. At the specified time we watched her pick up her nameplate with a friend. Us:
Name kidnappersWe stole a coworker’s nameplate and made this ransom note and e-mailed it from a freshly-created yahoo account. We’ll see if she replies.
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