Laid back Saturday

Didn't do much today. Read a couple of pages, memorized a few lab values, answered fifty question from an NCLEX book...I didn't do so well with that. This was a very unproductive day, if this keeps up, I will know the meaning of a screwed up second chance. Although, I am betting on common sense to take over very soon. I should be on cerebral cruise control by December. Why? I don't know. I just think that the jovial mood I experience during that time of the year acts like an unrelenting caffeine delivery system that invigorates the heck out of me. Hopefully, that energy will be channeled towards studying and nothing else.

E tu, Kramer?

I just found out about the Michael Richards incident today. It looks like the anti-Semitic remarks from an inebriated actor earlier this year found an acquaintance. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was like witnessing a beloved uncle going mad. I still can't believe it. I am a huge Seinfeld fan (the whole family is) and next to Jerry, Kramer was my favorite character in that show. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just watch the video on top of this. I was really disturbed when I saw it. The way he kept on drilling those guys and saying the N word, it was really horrible. He kept on at it after some people in the audience shouted "that's uncalled for" after which they promptly walked out on him. It was a pitiful sight. He could of had hundreds of reasons for acting the way he did but I'm sure none of them will be accepted by the public as ground for behaving like a jerk. I don't know if I'll still enjoy watching Seinfeld reruns after this. I should probably separate Kramer from Michael but that's next to impossible to do. Who am I kidding, of course I'll still enjoy the show! A good dose of time and selective recall should do the trick. Now excuse me, I have to break the news to my Seinfeld loving family.

Succumbing to the Friendster Juggernaut

Okay, okay...after three years of refusing to have anything to do with social networks, I signed up for a Friendster account. So sue me :-)
In honor of my treachery to the anti social networking society, I offer to you an article about tinkering with your profile. Read on and enjoy.


Profile Up My Space

By TomTakihi

My Space is a popular social networking website that boasts of 95 million existing members and 500 thousand new members each week. If you've been spending even just a small amount of time online, I'm sure I didn't have to tell you how popular it is. Just the other day, CNN.COM reported that the U.S. Marine Corps has made use of Myspace.com as a recruiting tool seeing that this website has been the rage with teens and the early twenty something crowd. This invasion, if you will, would indicate the mass appeal of this social networking website that even a branch of the U.S. armed service found it advantageous to use it.

If you've seen personal pages at social networking sites like MySpace.com or Friendster.com, I'm sure you've found the vibrant people maintaining these sites to be a colorful and outspoken bunch. The amusing images are always a delight to see while the witty remarks in the comments area are often interesting and entertaining. My Space is all about personality and individuality. Members generally want a page that mirrors who they are and what they are all about. They want to put themselves out in the open for old and new friends to see. Now, a basic member's page is definitely not going to do that. Nobody wants his or her page to be just like everyone else's. Members usually upload video, graphics, pictures, background sounds and themes to their accounts and use them to personalize and enhance their pages. Another way to use images, videos and audio recordings would be to store these files in other websites and just put the links of these files in the preferences page at My Space. But other members want to make theirs really distinctive. So how would you make yours unique? The answer to that would be to customize the page using tools and implements not found in the My Space's built in preference panel. We have My Space tweak and modifications websites to thank for this truly personal option. Where else can you get a good code that won't mess up or slow the load time of your profile? Where else can you find a theme that reflects your style?

The tools found in these customization websites will help in generating little codes that will further make your page stand out by using images, pictures and sound that you have picked for yourself either from your own collection or from those that are already provided. This would be the ultimate in creating a tailor made page that suits who you are. Not only do these sites help you make your own layouts and graphic images, they also assist in making your page more to your liking be tweaking your comment boxes, how your profile is positioned and resize your comment images. I've saved the best for last. The niftiest thing that these customization sites can offer, for me anyway, is you can add flash games onto your personal page so people who view them can take a load off and play a game or two before looking at what's new in your page. Neat isn't it?


About the Author
Tom Takihi is the proud owner of the top My Space tweaking site. To get working on your profile, please visit: http://www.Profile8.com



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An Itch that Needs to be Scratched!

Bored....bored....bored...

FaViCoNs

I always wondered if I could have one of those cute and diminutive icons found in the address bar when I go to Foxnews.com or any other "big" sites. Now, I know I can, thanks to Annie of Blog U. I was able to make it work by following the simple instructions found in her blog. I'll add this to one of life's simple pleasures...seeing my favicon beside my blog address.

Nice, isn't it?

C S R going semi-postal

Listen to this. Witness the customer service rep going postal on a customer. Too bad she was sorry after she exploded. It would have been way cooler if she stood her ground and didn't make excuses for her actions. Well, I guess she had something on her mind like maybe HER JOB. I wonder if this recording is authentic though.

Seinfeld: George Screening Calls

All you Seinfeld fans out there, you got to hear this again! I'm certain you'll appreciate the trip down memory lane with George and Jerry. I'd use that song if I had an answering machine. Enjoy!

chinesepod.com

I have been trying to learn Mandarin my whole life. I remember cringing in fear when afternoon Chinese classes are about to begin back when I was in grade school. It was hard not to go into terrorized mode when you had no inkling as to how to go about surviving the whole afternoon. Primary source of fear would be an old, fierce and ointment reeked teacher. Second, would be the fact that these lovely educators are licensed to do me bodily harm. Nothing serious though, just the usual ear ringing and wrist slapping. Third, was that I don't undertsand a word the teacher is saying. The literature being taught was in Mandarin but since the Chinese in the Philippines are predominantly Fukien, then everything had to be translated into Fukien. Ha! As if an eight year old doesn't have enough problems with math, English/reading, Filipino, civics et. al. So each and every afternoon, I really felt like I was blind, but the strange thing was, I COULD see. Sure I was able to pick up a few words and phrases along the way as I miserably toiled the halls of our school but that's about it. I have a vocabulary of a four or six year old at best.
About a month or two ago, I saw a segment on CNN about the Mandarin learning site chinesepod.com. I got a few of the free classes that they offered and tried them out. I had fun repeating the phrases and trying to get the correct intonations. Too bad I'm no longer a kid with a sponge for a brain to absorb and remember all the information but I am hell bent into learning as much as I can via chinesepod.com. If any of you are interested to learn just go to their site or you can also download some torrent files of their past lessons here. Just look at the lower left part where it says torren downloads. Good luck. I know I'll need it.

The Dems Have It! (or not)

Watching the U.S. elections unfold on CNN has been more than just interesting. There is a tinge of excitement as the Democrats are hopeful that this will be an election year to remember. They are poised to take the majority in congress, this feat has not occurred in more than a decade.

Some say that this will be good for the United States and essentially, outside it. This is because we all know how this country's influence extend well beyond its borders. Whether you love that fact or hate that fact, it's a FACT. Personally though, I'd like the Republicans to have more time in control so they can follow through on their local and foreign policies. I'm not even sure if Congress has anything to do with foreign policies but I have a strange feeling that they do. The changing of the guards in congress will only help in satsifying the currently disgruntled political party (they won't be disgruntled for long now) that has been castrated back in the nineties. I hope something good comes out of the castration reversal.


Just my two cents worth.

Flyingsausage

Click on the picture above to listen to some outstanding tracks from an excellent band. Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure...Flyingsausage.

Rock on, Rico boy!

DepLeteD

I feel so exhausted

Final Fantasy X

I remember investing sleepless nights playing FFX back in '03. I still haven't finished the game...life got in the way :-)

Sweet November

Too many bad stuff happened last October. I get depressed just thinking about that month. Here's to a sweet sweet November!