Yeah, I wish it was Friday. I feel so lazy and kind of down today. Life’s a drag. Work’s a drag. Everything’s a drag. I feel so… bleh. Maybe it’s the rainy weather. I’d at least sleep in if it was the weekends. Oh, well… 
Archive for January, 2008
I almost became a victim. When I tried to login to my online account to schedule a monthly payment, the site locked me out. So I called in to see what’s up. Apparently, my card was flagged when a merchant called in about a suspicious customer who attempted to use my number to purchase something over $1,000 without an ID. Fortunately, my card company detected it and deactivated the card. I obviously canceled it and requested a new one.
I wonder how my number got stolen. I shred everything, and I don’t shop at rogue / unknown sites. My mother is a secondary holder, so someone at one of the local stores must have swiped it somehow. Who knows…
I’ve received a “complaint” in my PayPerPost account from one of the advertisers stating that I’ve “gross” spelling and grammatical errors in my posts. I disagree.
First, I use FireFox which automatically checks my spelling for me, and I use a voice recognition software to type most of the time. Thus, I simply cannot have gross spelling errors.  Second, I’m really “anal” about spelling and punctuation errors, so I’m really offended by that complaint. Third but not the least, while I admit that my English is not perfect, I don’t believe I have gross grammatical errors in my posts.
If you do see any “gross” error, please let me know.
My workplace is a small local non-profit organization, and as such, we don’t have a separate IT department; in fact, there are only 5 of us excluding data entry people. So when our developer changes something on our site, we all chip in and test the site for any bug which is fine and all — especially since the base code that was written by our previous developer is such a mess. However, I don’t think it’s necessary to test other functionalities of the site when a new section gets added. I mean, why would anything else get affected when something that is based on new codes is added? I even have to check every link on the site which sometimes gets broken because it’s on the development site and not do live one.
I’m not complaining, really, but it’s kind of difficult to work with people who has have no programming experiences.
The ol’ man had me purchase an used golf iron set off eBay for $400 while my mother and I are trying our best to pay the mortgage off. I can’t even afford to replace this sluggish 6-year-old desktop which was purchased through an organization that assist students like myself in Hawaii. Needless to say, I was biting my lips when I emptied my PayPal account to pay for it.
Anyhow, the item was shipped from Japan last Friday, and it’s departed from San Francisco, CA, yesterday morning. So unless it gets lost in the system, it will come when it’s time. However, he asks me to check the status of it at least twice a day when it doesn’t even get updated daily. What’s the friggin’ point? I don’t even want to know… 
Nowadays, there are numerous contests held by other blogs that promise either free advertisement space or EntreCard credits and some even offer real money or gift to increase the traffic to their sites. Most of them encourage you to write about the contest on your own blog, and some even state that doing so will increase your chance of winning by a certain percentage. Also, there are contests asking you to subscribe to their RSS feed by e-mail.
Well, I don’t do any of them, because…
- It’s in people’s nature to be biased, meaning that they will pick who they like either intentionally or unintentionally;
- If I have to write a post with a link back to them, I don’t see the point unless real money is involved;
- I receive way too many SPAMs as it is now, so I don’t wanna give out my e-mail address;
- If I really like the site, I will try to visit daily and even leave comments — I don’t need to be “notified” to visit;
- This is probably why, but I have never won any friggin’ contest before.
What’s your opinion? 
Like Ivy said, I think I’m going through andropause which could have started a little early for me because of Deep Brain Stimulation surgeries I had in 2004. There are days when I’m very irritable, angry, tired and unmotivated despite that I’m taking an anti-depressant, and I’m also at that age for a mid-life crisis. When that strikes, it would be quite serious since I have depression. I’m hoping that it would just pass me by or go through it quickly, because I can’t afford to both financially and medically; that is, I can’t afford to not work, and I can’t just try any other anti-depressant because of my Dystonia.
The ol’ man isn’t helping at all, either. You see, I’m very sensitive to sounds when I’m not doing so well physically and emotionally, but he raises his voice (and he’s very loud) even in the mornings I need to sleep in because of my condition — for nothing. I’d write a book on how inconsiderate and insensitive he is!
You know one of those days when you force yourself out of the bed in the morning and drag your ass to work with your brain half asleep where you just snap at whoever get in your way? And you just feel so agitated that you would like to abandon everything and go somewhere where no one can find you?
Yup, I feel just like that today, and I’m quite angry at everything and everyone. If I were a female, you would say it’s that “once a month thing.” Well, males also have a similar thing, and I’m just affected a little more since I’ve a depression which, by the way, could be a side-effect of Deep Brain Stimulation I received for my Dystonia. If I were “normal” with this kind of depression, I think I’d be a serial killer or schizophrenic or something.
I’m not feeling so well today… 
I attended a weekly staff meeting this morning, and to my surprise, an iPod Shuffle was waiting for me. I was pretty dumbfounded at first, because it was from someone I never expected anything from as there’s no reason to. It was from our lead developer who’s getting paid for working on our site. If he sent one only to me or my boss, it wouldn’t be that surprising… he sent the same thing to all five of us! That’s about $400!
Talk about “working” his clientele! 
Have you ever received an expensive gift from someone you never expected anything from?
