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yeah... so you know...

I get really bored sometimes. this is probably my fifth time going through the links on the links page. I am considering adding links to people I don't even know just to have something to read/do when I am just sitting in fransont of the computer with an excel spreadsheet open and the browser window open at about 30%. and cougar - I do not have a plethora [of links anyways]

It's funny, because when I am typing an entry, it actually looks like I am doing work beacuse the window is small and seems to fit inside of the cells in excel.

in anycase, it's hard for me to read to go through the day trying to read blogs because no one updates nearly as often. the worst part is - I don't even care if what you have to say is interesting. the fact that I know who you are and are reading something that you wrote is good enough for me.

hell, it's good enough for me if I have a pretend aquaintance with you - "oh, so and so from dadada who commented a year ago wrote something new!" at this point of my boredom - that is exciting!

mostly I just keep checking if jon wrote something because it's usually well presented and interesting. eric doesn't even have his site anymore for some reason - I think someone should tell him. and some people haven't touched their blogs in over a year...

since I am bored, I will tell you why the different links on the links page are bolded or italicized or not... bold means that they updated in the last month - i am bored, so as I read the blogs, I change the format - it's not hard - it actually takes 10 seconds. [tangent] - why is it when we want people to wait just a bit longer we say "two seconds?" like anything that we could possibly do in two seconds will complete the task at hand? and the way we say it also, "twoooo seconds" - it almost takes two seconds to say that![/tangent]... no formatting means that you blogged in the last few months... italicized means that you haven't blogged in over a year - and since italics is harder to read that bold and normal - I figured people will over look the link...

there is no real preference, as the whole thing is in alphabetical order, but I did link all the family whom I know has some type of online presence - in-laws, cousins, in-law cousins, whatever...

btw - alvin got engaged, chris took some pictures and video (protected), and J flew out to see the engagement (eric went too, but I already linked his dead-end link)... connie has house stuff, chrissy busted her hand (again), and probably most exciting is anna is preggers again...

I also just found out that luis has a blog - I haven't seen him in at least a year - I probably would have linked more people, but all this linking is making me tired...

so as I wrap up this post - which took all of two seconds to compose - I remind all of you people to blog and blog often because people like me and like george need something to do.

eyeah, no...

there is a reason for wrapping presents.

it makes presentation pretty (depending on who wraps it - so not eric or ryan)

it adds a hint of mystery upon the excitement of receiving and opening the gift

it serves as a deterrent of feelings of inadequacy and jealousy because no one knows what anyone got anyone else until they open it, and hopefully not in front of parties whom you do not wish to see.

so when a present is placed underneath the Christmas tree, it really should not be poked or prodded or pondered until the designated time to open the present... some people just cannot wait the [now] less than 7 days to open gifts.

if the gift is under the tree, someone knows who put it there and will give the present accordingly [so no touching lorie or kimmie]

some people cannot help themselves. I recommend shock treatments using a 12 volt lantern battery attached to your left forefinger every time you feel the urge.

I hear that it also helps to get rid of stuttering (although I heard about a neat echo device that helps people stop stuttering)

J:What do you tell a man with two black eyes?
P:Nothing... he's already been told twice

when not at home [read: at work], how many of us actually surf the web at full screen?

I know that I have to make it about 1/4 of my actual screen, enabling me to block the window the majority of the time from passers by and it is much easier to flip to a more "professional" window.

btw - our exchange server has been down most of the day, so I haven't had access to my calendar or email since before lunch.

and since most of the people who are supposed to be working on things for me are gone - I am struggling (at the moment) to keep myself occupied... more or less.

in any case - I don't think that I have viewed many pages over the past few months in their full glory.

I've had to scroll most pages off screen to hide images or ads or whatever so that any hint of impropriety is masked.

I do not have the luxury of an office or an out of the way desk. The walls of my cube are easily breached as they only stand about five feet high and most of my co-workers are very tall and have no problems looking over my "walls"

for a few years now, I got the alt-tab and the alt-f4 quick manuever down pat. for the most part I have the switch screens without looking suspicious down, but there are a few lapses when I now I was caught. sometimes I try the bold leave-it-open-because-if-you-close-it-it-will-look-more-suspicious-and-you-have-to-take-the-chance-that-they-won't-read-what-is-on-your-screen-so-you-stare-at-their-eyes-to-see-where-they-are-looking-hence-making-them-uncomfortable-so-they-look-away-but-you-hope-your-head-is-blocking-something-anything play - but it all depends on my mood.

paranoia - sucks