I’ve finally reached the state of neglect, as one does after a few months, before he or she is rejuvenated - it’s a cyclic thing. There are so many things going on around me (which is a lie, actually) which has forced me into a non-blogging state.

Hrm, I’ve forgotten what I was going to say.

I don’t think this was it, but it will do — Lately, I have been influenced, as you do, by all these new snazzy sites popping up all over the show. This means I get to re-design my site, again! Oh yay horray. Actually, it won’t really be a re-design as such, just moving things about, and making things look nicer; but overall, I think it will look different.

Wordpress 2.5 was planned to be released on the 10th March, which has passed, which means they such a meeting targets. Overall, the admin looks much better than the current Wordpress, but structurally, it lacks order and elegance. Check out a demo of it here: WP 2.5 Demo (U: admin P: demo)

One more day until exam results come out. Very scary. How scared? To the extent that last night I had a dream that I got A for Physics, B for Maths and C for English — or something similar, anyways, I got one of each, A, B and C. (Man, right now there’s this moth which is attacking my leg. Very annoying. How annoying? Every-so-often, I have to move my legs to deter it from landing on my leg, because it feels funny)

Today a became a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, minus the Ninja and Turtle. Today arrived the tasty Apple Keyboard, and guess what you little Apple Fan-people, I don’t actually own anything Apple. It’s weird how Apple-Fans like to fend off people who are mutants; people who use a fusion of Apple and non-Apple things. (Apple and Linux fans are basically are both at the polar extremes of fan-boism. They stick to their guns and defend their claim that ‘theirs is better’ even though they know they’ve lost. Lost two hundred and five times.) So basically my reason for buying this keyboard is because there was a sale, priced at $49 — which is $23 off, which is 31% off. Basically, it was an impulse buy.

The Keyboard

The keyboard is nice to type on, is moderately function and is, indeed sturdy — However I’ve reached a situation where it seems out-of-place [aggh, moth just attacked me again]. All my peripherals, tower, monitor and desklamp are all a shade of black. The keyboard’s colour composition: #F2F2F2 and #FFFFFF. And it doesn’t fit in. So time for contemplation: Shall I forfeit style points for aesthetics, or vice versa? (That was actually a rhetorical question, and the decision is ultimately up to me).

Incomplete work

As school slowly dredges it’s way towards me, I stand still (because time moves, and basically you stand still, unless you’re into time travel or like travelling at fast speeds). Moving on, school starts next week and it smells. And I have like heaps of ideas for stuff to write about, but once I try and start typing, nothing comes out at all, or I get distracted. So I decided I’d do what I do best (apart from letting flatulence free) — ramble. Uh oh, dad told me to go to sleep. And so I shall, being a good, obedient, boy. Goodnight internet peoples.

A new site, a shiny-new Wordpress platform, a new web domain and new content to come (none of those cruddy ‘I hate life’ blog posts). Above all, this site will be much more informative, interesting and coolsome to browse through.

Indeed, this was a crazy hiatus - many things happened while I was hibernating: two sets of exams, my birthday, public holidays; including: labour day and Christmas, and soon enough, we’re going to hit the new year. Being away for such a long time is some-what justified - I’ve been developing this site of course! However, the viewer-base has dwindled since I didn’t post anything so basically I have to regain my audience (which I plan to do by spamming these linky site things).

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It’s been a while since I posted, hence the emphasis of the date as a title. Heaps of school work been going on, as highlighted in previous posts, and that I blame for the lack of posts. Today’s weather was wretched - the winds were blowy, the rain was wet and umbrellas turned from being jellyfish to squid (i.e., they turned inside-out). Actually rainy days are quite funny; for example today, Jeremy doesn’t know how to handle an umbrella which resulted it to turn inside out. His dismal attempt to turn it back to normal was very funny - so-much-so I nearly lost control of the sphincter muscle which keeps urine from pouring out of my bladder. I still hate rain more than I love it. When I arrived home, I was like a sponge - water was absorbed throughout my clothing; shoes became mini lakes of water and hair became emo-like. Hm, yes it’s the walk to and from school which I dread the most on rainy days.

I also obtained some misc gadgets off Trademe. I bought a lovely designed netgear wireless modem/router, model DG-824G and a really nice S+ARCK mouse - however I wished I could have obtained a blue one of these. The Starck mouse is a collaborated effort between Microsoft and world-famous designer Philippe Starck; an attempt to create a revolutionary mouse. Looks really nice, have a look. Oh, and like always, I like to take apart things before I use them. On this occasion dismantling the mouse was harder than anticipated - the hemisphere buttons actually clipped out sideways from the mouse.

See you, see you later, it’s time to say goodbye… eh-no-hora I’m leaving, I really got to run, so… etcetera.

Update: Thank you so much for your support. I raised an undisclosed amount which will help to save lives of starving children.

School is so hard now-a-days. The work is a burden; I don’t get to sleep until my homework is done. This is usually around midnight. This means I have sleep deprivation. My eyelids are as heavy as gumboots as I blink slower and slower. Today I was happy. I got to sleep in, my Saturday morning Chinese class was cancelled because my teacher was sick. I woke up at 12pm. That’s 12 hours of beautiful sleep. I feel like I’m in a low point in my life - but I should feel blessed. I am better off than most in this world. There are people worse off than me and you. A lot worse.

Half the world - nearly three billion people - live on less than two dollars a day.

This year I’m doing the 40 hour famine. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names; The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels - we have taken life for granted.

The 40 hour famine is a World Wide event held annually to help ones who are holding onto life by a disintegrating piece of string, ones who ration each grain of rice, each molecule of water, ones who die of medication which costs a mere $2, one Big Ben mince and cheese pie. My objective is to stave myself for 40 hours, living on juice and barley sugars. In doing so, I get sponsored by sympathetic, rich and caring people (such as yourself), but ultimately help the ones who are dying and in need of life’s fundamentals.

Just because you don’t know me personally is no longer and excuse for not sponsoring me. This can now be done via the internet, via your shiney looking visa, mastercard or amex card. Common, help the ones in need. Give basics, give life.

My first bad Trademe trade, the seller was trying to squeeze everything out of me. On the 10th of February 2006 I saw an auction for a cheap Microsoft keyboard (I already had a nice keyboard, but it was cheap and therefore wanted it). Before buying I proceeded with caution. I asked the seller the following:

Is it in good condition and would you be able to parcelpost it? Thanks.

And he replied:

yes it is in good condition apart from the missing thing on the underside which you flip up to raise the keyboard. yes would be able to parcelpost

Note he said it was in good condition. Further down the track I received the keyboard and to my surprise found that it was indeed in the worst condition ever. Let me describe it to you. The spaces in-between the keys were filled with dust, spilt coffee, feathers, unknown scum stains and bubblegum. To summarise, it was in anything but good condition. I asked for a resolution to this problem and he offered a refund, but this would mean I would have to send it back (not worth it). I told him that it was in really bad condition and he failed to recognise that. I proceeded to give him a neutral feedback. He retaliated. I sent him images of the keyboard. He replied with:

I’ll tell you what I’ll do

He gave me negative feedback; obviously losing the battle of truth and honesty and ability to analyse ‘good condition’ from ‘bad condition’. I questioned his actions and he said he felt hurt that I called him a liar and that I gave him a netural feedback. He went on further to say:

What do you expect from a keyboard which has been sitting around for months waiting to be put on tm [trademe]. You shouldn’t expect secondhand things to be in mint condition and you should ask more specific questions next time.

Alright. This guy is obviously stupid. He makes up a stupid excuse that it’s been in storage for ages. I bring it down to neglect and lies. How can storage leave the keyboard with coffee stains and feathers and all kinds of grundge and bubblegum. No exceptions - that is in bad condition.

To save my 100% positive feedback reputation, I quickly acted and fasely appologised (the internet is great to hide a false face) and removed the feedback. He did so soon after. Take a look at the pictures to follow and judge for yourself - would you call this keyboard in ‘good condition’?

Click on the images to get in-between the keys.

Ever seen someone apart from people on WhatNow and clowns on TV getting (cream) pie-ed? For the first time ever, I witnessed a real-life pie-ing of someone - but with a mince and cheese pie. The run-down is as follows:

Hugo lines up at tuckshop. Eugene pushes in front of him, Hugo questions his actions and then Eugene starts to swear at him. At this moment I question Eugene’s violence. Eugene orders his food, then as he leaves, smacks Hugo’s head. Hugo retaliates. Hugo pushes Eugene down the stairs. Eugene drops the pie which he was about to consume on the floor. Furious, he picks up the pie and runs towards Hugo. I shout out Hugo’s name to warn him. Mince, cheese and pastry rains down. Pie hits Hugo’s top left part of his head. A carnage or mince and cheese is spread on the tuckshop window frame and on Hugo’s forehead and hair. Hugo retaliates once again. Eugene throws some weak punches. I assist to breakup fight (I’m so involved). Fight breaks up and Eugene is called to a teacher. Hugo is made to recall these events, with minced meat all over the show.

There are always dick in this world. It’s these people I hate. These people don’t deserve a place in a developed country.

We got two new Cockatiel birdies on Sunday. Here are some photos.

They look extremely similar. However one is younger and has more colouring on it. The younger one hasn’t had it’s crest thing developed yet. They can’t walk as of yet, however the older one is learning, and have yet to be weaned. The older one also flaps it’s wings in their temporary home, which is a box.

Oh how does thee time fly past thy eyes. Through a periscope my pupil gazes, my retina is flushed with light, my brain interprets the image. Through the periscope is a bird, a bird which is free - as it flies away I view a distant cloud thing then it rains. And now it’s time for school. I don’t know what to type, but the main objective is to make you aware that school starts in two more days (for those of you who don’t live on this island of NZ). First day of school is pointless, a total of 1 hour long. On the topic of school, look at this link Jason sent to me. Very cool. Cool. Yes. Watch it, looks like he won’t make it at the end. What won’t make who? Watch and find out.

Click me to watch this video!