Super Girl

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Jan 6, 2009 in Random

Well, not technically, but since moving from ever-after.org? Yes! I wanted to do a lot more with the layout, but it’s been so long since I’ve actually designed + coded one from scratch that I got lazy and took the easy way out. Nonetheless, I’m happy with the result, though there is still much to be done:

contact Qbee members whom I’ve traded with to notify them of the url change
resubmit my site to search engines
… and css galleries
… and maybe join some listings/cliques while I’m at it
go through my posts/pages to check for dead links
update information in pages as necessary
abuse my new PR, nyahaha!

If you find any errors on this site, please do let me know. Meanwhile, enjoy the spanking new Super Girl!

PS. The feed url is the same, but the subscription should be updated now to the new blog. Thank you Tracy for pointing the error out.

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Tags: site updates

Looking Back and Moving Forward

Jan 3, 2009 in Blogging

I’m not going to discuss my personal life here, because there’s too much to say, and some things I’d like to keep personal, so I’m just going to talk about my online activity.

2008 was an interesting blogging year for me. I’ve been blogging since 2002/2003, but in the past all my blog entries were about my personal life: what I did, what happened at school, what I bought when I went shopping, etc. But this year I was influenced by blogs like Jem’s and Katy’s and decided to focus more on what the audience would be more interested in, hence more informative articles. I also took up paid posts, and as a result of my work since May 2008, I’ve earned a total of $899.23, which is roughly about $100 a month. Of course, that wasn’t without costs.

As for 2009, I’m going to take good use of winter break to completely renovate my blog and other sites, including new designs which aren’t based off of pre-made templates. I’m also thinking about moving this blog and changing some features, because it has just gotten too bloated and inpersonal for my own taste. As for paid posts, I will continue to work on them (why not? lol) and find more discreet ways to publish them without interfering with the audiences and my PR.

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Tags: earnings, new year's resolution

Google Is Such A Little Bitch

Dec 31, 2008 in Rants

For slapping my pagerank around back and forth when quite frankly, I haven’t been doing anything different. I was still doing my paid posts when Google decided to resurrect me out of PR hell and give me my PR2 back, but now it decides to be festive and slap me back again just in time for the new year!

Well I hope the Google bots pick this up, because their intrusion into every aspect of technology is starting to annoy me. Oh and despite their efforts, their new phone is a hideous sight to behold.

Ranting aside, happy 2009 everyone!

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Doesn’t Feel Like Chrismas Anymore

Dec 19, 2008 in Stupid People

I’m not sure since when, but Christmas just doesn’t feel like Christmas anymore. I remember that as a child, it used to be my favorite holiday. I’d wake up early on Christmas morning to find the trees and houses covered with snow, and all around the malls and in the neighborhoods, you’d see lots of Christmas decorations.

Maybe Canadians had more holiday spirit or something, but in the US, Christmas has been a disappointment every year. No snow to begin with (it’s been 2 years now, I’m crossing my fingers for a white Christmas this year, but I doubt it), and less and less Christmas decoration in general. As a matter of fact, it’s like Christmas has become a taboo.

I was reading an article in the student paper the other day about how certain groups of people are trying to destroy and hide anything that might hint to Christmas, saying that it’s too religious and might make other people feel “uncomfortable”. Handel’s Messiah has been banned from being performed in public schools, people no longer say “Merry Christmas” but “Happy Holidays”, and even churches are frowned upon for displaying the nativity scene outdoors on their own property. As a matter of fact, a local fire department had to take down their Christmas decorations because some busy body complained about it being a disrespect to others.

People think they’re advocating for rights when they go out of their way to destroy the Christmas spirit to the point that even Santa and such are being targeted. They’re worse off than the grinch that stole Christmas.

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Not My Week

Dec 16, 2008 in Rants

It’s only Tuesday and I’ve already got a long list of mishaps that have become the stress relievers for my friends during our final week.

Monday afternoon

Finished my Calculus exam an hour early, decides to double check, finds that I’ve done half the problems wrong, has to redo all of it, and ends up getting out only 30 minutes early.
While walking out of the exam room, an auditorium, I trip on the stairs in front of the 100+ people still taking the exam to the sound of a guy going “OHHH”. They were amused, I wasn’t.

Monday night

Dropped the soup pot lid into the soup pot while getting soup at the diner. Had to fish it out. Not pretty.
Leaving the soup area, I knock over a stack of Styrofoam soup bowls. Ugh.
Deciding to get a drink, I chose Raspberry Icetea, only to find that it was out. Boo.
I decide to get root beer instead, pressed the button, and the drink sprayed all over me.
Then my friend pointed out that particular machine was out of order.
I go to a WORKING machine to get lemonade, pressed the button. Yay.
Released the button when my drink was full, but the lemonade kept coming out and got all over the place, including my hand. Ewww.
I looked at my lemonade and it looked dirty. I threw it away and didn’t get anything to drink.

Tuesday morning

Went to sleep at 3am and woke up again at 6am to keep studying for damn Japanese literature.
Finished studying at 7:50am, and my exam was at 8. Had to run out in my pajamas.
Got outside only to find out that it was raining, and I had no umbrella.
Walked up the steps to go inside the building, and I tripped again.
I regained balance only to find that I lost a shoe. Had to hop around with a sock-less foot dangling in the air while trying to find my shoe.
Found my shoe at the bottom of the steps, had to hop down, put the shoe on.
Tripped again and almost lost my other shoe.

Fuck my life.