Month: September 2002

The origins of the smiley : “Joke” Conversation Thread in which the 🙂 Was Invented

god damn it. I am not going to give anyone my password for any reason. Well done you thick motherfuckers you can read a list of email address and spam them. For fuck sake don’t you have anything better to do with your time? Fucking little 10 year olds learn to use a damn spellcheck for fuck sake. Pricks.

Stop fucking emailing me. I’m getting really fed up of deleting the emails.

In no particular order; some things I have meant to blog about or are on my mind.

– Powers Scriptbook hit home a reason I really like Bendis’s work. I could hear myself saying some of his dialogue
– The Orange ad running in the cinema about your life in the palm of your hand is a really good ad which I like a lot.
– The Orange ad running in the cinema about photo messaging is really good and I like it.
– I should appreciate my friends more.
– I should get more sleep.
– Rereading Magician by Feist. I am really enjoying it, I had forgotten how much I liked it.
– Might actually get some of my work released to the public soon…
– Depressed lately, must sort out a life outside of work of some sort
– getting excited about the prospect of Tokyo. Looking like a good friend might be joining us which would be really cool
– thinking hard about doing a couple of stopovers seen as I’m flying all that way. 3 days in Singapore would not cost much extra.
– George W. Bush is an idiot.
– Metafilter is getting too many posts
– why can’t we all just get along?
– I think like a few people that I have to get along with.
– I’m really shit about posting packages and stuff and I feel bad about that.
– The internet bores me these days
– I can’t play pingis at home and it annoys me a lot.
– I have this urge to spend some time in Dublin, might have to look into that too.
– I need to save money, not spend money.
– I wonder if anyone is still reading?
– water is wet, they sky is blue.
– More people should blog, its a good thing and I enjoy reading my friends thoughts etc.
– Got a person leaving in work, not entirely unexpected but interesting is a good word.
– when someone blocks you on AIM, use several of your 20 odd other screen names to annoy the fucker
– I should have been in bed asleep an hour ago.
– thank fuck tomorrow is Friday.
– I like the new U2 song Electrical Storm a lot, looking forward to the second best of collection.
– David Gray on new years eve a few years ago was excellent.
– as were the Afro Celt Sound System
– a friend from work getting married means shifting dates for the trip.
– some people need to get over themselves…I may be one of them but shoot me if I ever get that bad.
– sometimes it would be nice to just have a conversation and not worry about anything.
– my little sister laying down the rules about sex in her apartment was funny.
– Thank fuck for mail rules. I’m on about 20 listservs for work and another 20 for myself. An inbox would just fall over.
– thank you and goodnight

*sigh* no comics, went out for a drink instead. It seemed like a good idea at the time and it probably was but…

Can we stop the world for a few days so I can just ignore everything and not have to worry about anything?

I think I need some new comics. I want more Daredevil, might break down and spend the £20 on Elektra: Assasin. Planetary/JLA Terra Oculta is out tonight and I’m looking forward to reading that a lot. Not sure if there is anything else major but I’m looking forward to finding out.

*sigh*

There is only one way to keep a secret. Don’t tell anyone. If you are the only person who knows it then it is a secret. As soon as you tell one person it is no longer a secret.

It’s pretty hard to keep secrets around here. Someone knows something, they always do. Whether you tell them, or someone you told tells them or they pick up on it, someone knows something. This isn’t always a good thing, sometimes it can be kinda backward. But for the most case its pretty much respected. You don’t drop anyone in it….unless they want to be dropped in it of course.

Ya know I was gonna go somewhere with this, but its just turned into a massive hissy fit and I’m gonna just give up. For fuck sake, talk about fucking unnecessary bollocks. Just be fucking glad I can’t reply to all.

So then good morning. I’m slightly hungover for the first time in a while. Last night turned into some drinks pretty much out of the blue. Iain mentioned there was something on in the pub right behind the office and along we went. Not really much else to say on the night, other than it was good fun with good friends and cute girls. Always a plus 🙂

[15:52:54] Anon: thursday ? you got plans
[15:53:10] Dave: nope, don’t think so
[15:53:12] Dave: why?
[15:53:26] Anon: getting people together to go out
[15:53:31] Dave: ok
[15:53:34] Dave: where to?
[15:53:41] Anon: BRB
[15:55:17] Anon: you have to be on your best behavour
[15:55:45] Dave: when am I ever not?
[15:58:18] Anon: emm every day with an ‘a’ in it
[15:58:55] Dave: uh huh
[15:58:57] Dave: so what is this?
[15:59:25] Anon: i just want an adult like group of people to go out that night
[15:59:52] Dave: what the fuck are you on about?
[16:01:46] Anon: well are you interested?
[16:02:07] Dave: sure, are you gonna explain it now?
[16:02:16] Anon: no
[16:02:30] Anon: it’s just a nice social few drinks
[16:03:03] Dave: uh huh
[16:03:07] Anon: dress nice

hmm, looks like someone needs some help and some cover. Wonder who she is 😉

I just had lunch with Iain and we were talking about the day that was in it. Its fairly quiet around here and aside from the tension and the memories, there is a little bit of reservation. Its just a case of sit in the back seat and watch.

At least that’s what I thought it was. I’m talking to a friend and colleague in the US at the moment and I feel a little guilty about my earlier thoughts. Hmm more later….tomorrow maybe

I don’t want to go to work tomorrow. I know I’m not the only person but that doesn’t help. I don’t want to see news headlines. I’ve stopped looking at Metafilter, I read half the headline article at keyword news and I just don’t want to read any more. I imagine like many others tomorrow I’m going to have a news feed running on my desk. It feels like I’m waiting for something to happen.

What nice happy thoughts to go to sleep with. Fuck.

On a releated side note, I can’t believe it was year ago. Fuck.