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Blog archives: October 2007
Monday 29th October 2007, 2:22PM
The PSGR drama at Internet Police
I don't care about this too much but I feel that I need to finally acknowledge this bullshit due to the numerous assumptions being made not only towards me but towards Nellie also, who is a good friend of mine. I have always maintained that I have no problem with receiving criticism (especially as I dish plenty of it out myself) but I do have a problem when a group of people choose to make unwarranted assumptions and twist peoples' words around so that they'll look good.
I have been labeled a hypocrite by those in "The Circle" because for some reason they think I cannot handle criticism about my own site. You see, there was an article about PSGR featured at Internet Police sometime last week, going on about my colour scheme more than anything else. The fact that I don't use a CMS (Wordpress, Cutenews etc) was also briefly mentioned, with the reason for this being that, according to Becky from Internet Police:
...I do believe it's because she doesn't want to deal with comments (my memory may be a big foggy).
Over the last couple of days since the drama started I have never once said that I had a problem with what they wrote about me. In fact, I was the first person who commented on the article, with this:
Hi...I was kind of expecting PSGR to be included here at some point...I'll definitely be keeping your advice in mind when it comes to my next layout change, but as far as commenting goes, it's not a matter of 'not wanting to handle them', I just...don't usually want them. Occasionally when I've actually blogged about something that could warrant feedback I've allowed comments, but in general no, I don't have them.
When it comes to archiving my blog entries it's no hassle - I just paste the page into a new file and link it up. I would never go with Wordpress mainly due to all of the horror stories I've read about it, don't know anything about Textpattern, Greymatter is ancient, and I don't like Cutenews. Haloscan is tacky too of course, but it's lightweight and that's why I use it.
Anyway, thanks...I think ;)
What part of the above gives the impression that I cannot handle criticism? If I couldn't handle criticism I wouldn't run a fucking review site. I suppose the fact that I didn't instantly blog about all of this is seen by some as me being butthurt over the situation, I'm not sure. Perhaps it's because I don't actually care that much, since it's just the internet.
I don't care that I was criticised. My problem is the fact that two people who were supposed to be my friends said crap about me behind my back. I don't care too much about Sean's comment about CMS's, although I made it perfectly clear in my first comment that I am happy with Haloscan and have no need to use anything else. I have never felt the need to rely on a content management system - updating my site manually isn't the arduous task it's being made out to be. If my lack of fear for colour and my lack of CMS results in elitists branding me as "e-scum", then so be it. I've never been an elitist myself and I've never been considered a part of this "circle". As for me not being able to handle comments, this is complete bollocks. Sometimes, when I feel that I've actually said something worthy of people commenting on, I've allowed comments. Unmoderated comments. If I could not handle comments I would never allow them - not on my blogs, my photography, nothing.
Dicle commented saying I should change back to my brown layout because 'that was much better'. According to her, of course, although she didn't care to add that. Then she claimed she had sent me an email telling me this herself and came up with a screenshot from the 10th of June, concerning a layout I'd just put up at the time - not this one. I commented with this:
Dicle, as the screenshot indicates, that email was sent on June 10th and is relevant to another layout I had up...the green/pink/blue striped one that I put up after the pink collage layout that I'd had up for over a year. The layout you were referring to in the email was definitely too bright on some peoples monitors (not mine) which is why I took it down 3 days later. But..the layout in question wasn't my current one you see now, as that was only put up sometime in July. Apart from at IP I haven't received any bad feedback about the layout at all, although around 50% of visitors stated that they preferred the brown in a poll I conducted last month. I've also received good feedback from Bobbi-Lee and Lil who are, unlike us, professional graphic designers. Bobbi-Lee and Lil would not lie to me and I've always taken note of their feedback in the past - it has been negative sometimes and that's why changes are occasionally made - but my current layout has only received positive feedback from these two.It was the last sentence of my comment that warranted Becky saying in the "PSGR Followup" article that "Rhiannon's only real response was that "everyone else said it was nice so nyah". Yet another misconstrual, ignored by all - of course. So what if a certain group of people heavily dislike every single design I've ever come up with? So what if I'm not the greatest with graphics? I'm learning. I knew full well someone would bitch about the bevels and gradients I added to the layout a few weeks ago. So I experimented a little. Sue me. I'm learning as I go along, like everyone else. What looks like utter shit to one person may look the complete opposite to another. Taste is subjective and it's a pity that some seem to forget this fact. I never said that 'everyone else said it was nice'. If we all liked the same thing the world would be boring as hell. I do believe though, that my layout isn't as horrific as they're making it out to be. I've seen (and made!) a lot worse in the past, and that's why I improved. That's why I'm constantly improving. I don't do the whole 'boring layout thing' and I never will. I appreciate any criticism handed to me but at the end of the day it's my site and I'll have it look the way I want, unless an overwhelming amount of visitors have a problem with that. Judging from the poll results a few weeks back, this is not yet the case. If everybody hated my layout 50% would not have voted for it as their favourite, when I was deciding between the current version and the brown. Even now I'm still torn between the two and who knows...you may be seeing the brown again sometime soon. I'm indecisive as hell so really...who knows. Furthermore, if my layout was as ghastly as they say, why would people bother to visit me?
I expressed these sentiments to Nellie on Saturday, which resulted in her posting a comment on Internet Police as well as on this thread at Snark Forums. I recommend reading the entire thread if you have the time - it's an interesting read to say the least - and YAY!, it results in me being labelled a hypocrite yet again and it was also suggested by some that I was watching the thread the whole time or that Nellie was speaking on behalf of me. This was on Saturday afternoon, when I was spending time with my boyfriend away from the internet. I do not live my life in front of the computer. The nature of the comments on this thread (and the fact that everyone failed to see her point) resulted in Nellie deleting her membership from this forum. As soon as I found out that she had done this, I did the same. In all honesty I'd been considering doing so for a while - I've never been much of a forum-goer and my post count was less than 20. Apart from greeting new members I pretty much never posted so surely that indicates that I was not very interested in being a member? Nellie's deletion merely served as a reminder for me to do the same, as I had been planning to do for some time. I'm not in "the circle", I never have been, I never wanted to be. I do like many of the members at Snark, but generally speaking I have little in common with the majority of them. It's easier for them to believe I deleted my account because of the drama, so that's fine I guess. It's also fine that this post will be pulled apart on Snark and possibly Internet Police.
At the end of the day this is just the internet - I can disconnect anytime I want and forget about all of the assumptions and misunderstandings, the fights over who has the biggest e-penis, and the group of people who suck up to the 'big names' in order to gain a false sense of status and/or security in the blogosphere. More importantly, I can forget about the incessant blogs from the handful of malcontents who have a problem with colour and whether or not it has been used in the right way. Does anyone really care?
Wednesday October 24th 2007, 7:00 pm
W2C 2007: VOTE NOW!!
The voting form is now up on the W2C page, so get cracking and vote for your favourites now! All you have to do is type in the entry ID of the site/s you want to vote for - you can see these entry numbers on the contestants table. The site with the most votes in each category will win, so be sure to tell all your friends to come and help you out! You can vote once a day.
Voting closes at 7:00pm in one weeks' time, on Wednesday October 31st. After that, the votes will be tallied and the awards will be presented.
Good luck to everyone who has entered!
Wednesday October 24th 2007, 5:00 pm
W2C entries now closed
Once again thank you to everyone to entered. Entries have now closed and the contestants list will be updated presently, to include the final two contestants (Annie and Kirsty.) I'll be back online in a little while with the voting form and more information on voting rules and whatnot. Cheers!
Tuesday October 23rd 2007, 11:25 pm
Note: W2C entries will now close tomorrow (Wednesday 24/10) at 5pm. Voting will commence afterwards. Watch blog for announcements! Two new entries have just been added - 23 entries so far.
Review 294: Shlesha of -Sweet -Sixteen
Anyway, where did you nick the Hayden image from? I say 'nick' because if you actually made the image yourself, then surely, surely it wouldn't be looking like something you've screenshotted and lifted it from an unsuspecting resource site. Said resource site owner is obviously guilty of illegally redistributing this image in the first place. It's like a chain, isn't it? A tacky plastic chain of illegal proportions. Covered in jizz.
Review 293: Erica of Junk & Trash
I mean, your layout is nice, it's the poor colour choices I have a problem with. Surely as a self proclaimed web designer you would realise what's effective and what isn't? I'm sure you don't want to be labelled as one of the many deluded webmasters who call themselves designers just because they have a few Photoshop skills or are capable of jacking up a few avatars or two.
W2C 2007 - 6 new contestants added
...bringing the grand total to 21. Due to the high amount of entrants (wasn't expecting this at all!) the W2C 2007 entering period will now close on Wednesday 24th October, around 5pm. At this time I will blog letting you know that entries have closed. Then I will set about making the voting form and again, I'll let you know about this in the blog. Thanks to everyone for making W2C 2007 such a success.I'll be back on later with a couple of new reviews ^_^
Monday October 22nd 2007, 12:03 pm
W2C 2007 - 9 new contestants added
...bringing the grand total so far to 15. Fantastic! Thanks a lot to everyone who has entered so far. Click the badge on the sidebar to view the latest entries - I guarantee you won't be disappointed. I've added a few more categories for when voting begins on the 31st...if anyone has any other ideas for categories then let me know.
Sunday October 21st 2007, 12:22 pm
W2C 2007 - new contestants added
I'd like to thank everyone who has entered so far - I've seriously cried with laughter at some of your entries. I love it! Six new contestants have been added to the W2C 2007 main page - click the badge on the sidebar and shuffle down to "Contestants" to view and comment on the entries received so far. Many thanks to everyone who has entered, I really appreciate it. I was kind of worried no one would be interested!Oh yes, a special thanks to Connie for hosting Anguish at Fakexglitter! Yes, she was in on the deal the whole time - thanks for being such a great sport!
Friday October 19th 2007, 10.51 pm
Worst Website Competition 2007 (W2C 2007)
After the success of W2C 2006 , I thought it'd be a great idea to do it all over again in 2007, so here it is - the official PSGR Worst Website Competition, aka W2C!W2C promotes everything that is wrong with certain websites - idiotic content, bad attitudes, poor design, lack of regard towards visitors, and lack of accessibility/readability. Think you've got what it takes to create an utter sack of shit that promotes some or all of the above factors? Click the promo badge on the sidebar to find out more about W2C and enter!
As the information on the W2C page displays, you have from now until October 31st to submit your entry before voting begins. Apart from the Rhiannon's Choice award, the category winners will be determined by you guys, and like last time you'll also be able to review and/or comment on the entries if you wish. Customised awards will be given to category winners and everyone who participates will be given a Participants Award as well as a personalised fan sign from PSGR for their actual website.
If you've just checked out the official W2C 2007 page, you may be curious as to why I've linked Anguish's site, Fakexglitter, as one of the sample entries.
I am Anguish.
I initially created the site for shits, in order to complete an assignment that evaluated websites. However, after a few months the reviewers still haven't got to me (look who's talking) so I got impatient and ultimately lost interest in the project. To reiterate: Anguish = Me. Sorry to anyone who was fooled, I know some of you left her some comments haha. I even reviewed the site myself as a means of promoting it and encouraging people to flame her! According to the stats on Fakexglitter's Extreme Tracker the site is still continuing to get hits to this day. Weiiiiiirrrd...
Anyway, check out the W2C 2007 page and have fun making your entry pages! Remember - think shitty!
Thursday October 18th 2007, 9.55 am
Review 292: Sam of Asphyxiate
I'm appreciative of the fact that you've pointed out that the splash page is there for a reason, but cross-browser compatibility will always win out over a splash page. Is there any specific reason you only have IE? Because your website is only viewable in IE, Rhiannon was unable to review it (IE isn't available to Mac users anymore), so you have me (Nellie) instead.
Wednesday October 17th 2007
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Review 291: Niki of Failure
I notice with distaste that you're using Snap Previews - one of the most hated web functions ever and surely one of the biggest mistakes of web design. This non-accessibility feature serves as a distraction for your visitors - one minute they're reading a page and suddenly their mouse happens upon a link and a reasonably sized preview pops up without warning. They also slow your site down and increases its bandwidth. I thought that this disruptive gimmick went out of fashion earlier this year, due to its unpopularity. Oh well. I guess if you're into annoying your readers (especially those who hate popups) you could keep it up, but I'd advise against it.
Review 290: Taylor of Schnapp
Who put the bompIn the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the splash in the splishity splishity splish splosh?
Who was that man, I'd like to slap his face
He made this page a pointless barrier for me.
Monday October 15th 2007, 11.01 pm
Review 289: Katie of PrincessFailure
What can I say? I'm looking at a state of total chaos. Safari weeps, and I'm betting Jesus would be too, depending on what his browser of choice is.
Ya kandiez
I want candy. Unfortunately coming from a "ZOMG SUGAR IS EVIL!!111" household, candy can be hard to come by. I have to admit though, albeit grudgingly, that the main reason I lost so much weight was probably due to my Mum's weird ass 180 degree turnaround on junk food. A couple of years ago she became a fitness freak and sugar was banned from the house.
I be wantin' to discuss muh favourite candies now okeii? KEWL!!!1
Milky Bars are pretty much where it's at for me in terms of the ultimate chocolate bar, and it's been this way for several years now. Milky Bars are available in Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and are also sold under
the name of "Galak" in certain parts of Europe. I love the limited edition ones too, particularly the Smarties milky bar.
Holla at the sexy Milky Bar kid. Damn...I guess it goes without saying that I wanna make it witchu boi...gimme a taste of yo' milky bar goodnezz! This sexy bespectacled stallion o'love is welcome to step to me at any given time.
Not.
Moro's tend to fill me up more than Milky Bars, and they're a great source of energy. Whenever I go to the dairy to pick up some smokes I usually grab a Moro too, and eat it on the way home so my Mum won't find out. Moro woe. God, I remember
one birthday (think it was my 21st) someone put a bag of candy floss in my letterbox. I munched on it happily, and put the half full bag in the kitchen cupboard to have later. I ended up going back into the cupboard
to get it a few hours later and it'd gone. Hurt and confused, I stormed into my mums room demanding to know where my candy floss was, and she'd hidden it in the top cupboard because it contained sugar. Due to vertical diffulties I couldn't reach the top cupboard and I had to wait till she decided to retrieve it for me. I know, you're shocked at this treatment too. Human rights much?
Anyway, here's some more information about Moros, from Wikipedia:
The New Zealand bar has a black wrapper with 'Moro' in yellow. The slogan is 'Get more go' due to its high energy content. This bar has a whipped nougat and caramel centre and is covered in chocolate. There are three different types of Moro sold in New Zealand, the aforementioned 'standard Moro', the Moro Double Nut containing peanuts and hazelnuts, and the recently released Moro Gold, which is similar to the Irish Moro and the Boost Bar sold by Cadbury in Australia. It is available in New Zealand, and a very limited number of stores in Australia, although Moro is one of the miniature chocolate bars found in Cadbury Favourites. It is similar to the Australian or European Mars Bar, however within New Zealand it has eclipsed the Mars Bar, becoming something quintessentially Kiwi as well as Cadbury's best selling bar within New Zealand. It's stated on the fun facts page of the Cadbury New Zealand website that a Moro bar is consumed once every two seconds.How are you kiwis pronouncing Moro, anyway? I've heard some people say "More-oh" rather than "Morrow". I say the latter.
Wildberry skittles were introduced here in New Zealand at the beginning of the year and come in the following flavours: raspberry, wild cherry, strawberry, berry punch, and melon berry. I've also tried Sour Skittles but was let down a few weeks ago when I bought some and experienced a metallic taste to them...don't know what was up with that. Looking at the Skittles page on Wikipedia there are many other varieties of Skittles that are not available in NZ...Tropical skittles, Double Sour skittles, Easter skittles, Ice cream skittles, Carnival skittles, Xtreme Fruit skittles, Mint skittles, Chocolate skittles, and Licorice skittles. As if New Zealand (or "Noo Zeee-land" as the English would say) would be cool enough to make these varieties available. According to Wikipedia the wildberry skittles were released in 1990, so it's only taken 17 years for New Zealand to acquire them...
International candy = my homeboy. I used to send Backstreet Boys posters to a girl in Ohio and she'd send me parcels full of American candy in return. Believe me, it was like Christmas every time one of her candy packages arrived. Unfortunately this was like, a decade ago, so I've pretty much been deprived of yankee doodle candies for all of this time :(
This should probably be the part where I beg for candy from my visitors, but you know me better than that. I've never been the Oliver Twist type, although I wouldn't exactly say no if some candy was offered........ :P
I've tried a small amount of British candy, though I think the term "sweets" is more commonly used over there. In New Zealand there are a fair few British candy stores with names such as "Cool Britannia" and "Treats From Home". I think the latter is the name for the UK candy store in Riccarton, Christchurch. I was there several months ago and I bought Walkers salt and vinegar crips, a Walnut Whip, and Parma Violets. The purchase was a little pricey since the confectionary had been imported from the UK, but it was all worth it.
I'd love to make a pilgrimage to the UK or the USA in the name of candy! It's more likely that I'd go to the USA because it'd be cheaper (from NZ to Los Angeles anyway) and the exchange rate is better. Right now a return flight from New Zealand to London costs $2,349 NZD, and the currency exchange rate is $1 NZD = 37 British pence. A return flight from NZ to Los Angeles is $1979 per person at the Flight Centre with an exchange rate of $1 NZD = 77 US cents.
I think the main reason that puts so many Kiwis off travelling to UK and Europe is the sheer expense of it all - plus the 23 hour long flight isn't exactly appealing either. That's via Singapore - since New Zealand is so far away the plane has to stop somewhere to refuel. The longest flight I've been on was from Sydney Australia to Singapore, and that was 7 hours. The second longest flight was from Wellington NZ to Brisbane Australia, which was 3 or 4 hours. The flight was horrible - a cramped little Qantas plane with screaming babies on board. Just imagine if someone brought their little tykes along on a long haul flight! I'd go crazy - a 20+ hour flight with screaming bubbas going "wah wah" on board doesn't exactly turn me on in any way.
Anyway, enough rambling for one day. Talk to you again soon!!
Friday October 12th 2007
Wow, you shave your pits? WTF? WHY!!
Maybe it's because you're a woman?
Since when did most women avoid shaving teh pitz? Granted, the book that I took the picture from was published in 1992, but even so. I always thought that most women shaved their armpits. I guess if you don't have a partner and you never wear singlet tops you don't have to, I don't know...
One time at band camp when I was ten my school teacher stood up in front of the class and took off her jersey, as it was hot. She was wearing a sleeveless top underneath and her armpit hair was unbelievably long. I can still remember how it looked to this day - like I said, very long, with little "burrs" and fluff etc amongst the hairs. Looked like boogers to be honest, but whatever.
I believe a quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth (holla!) is now in order - " You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so". Oh yes, loyal (and pretty damn royal) visitors to Pee Ess Gee Argh, I am not engaging in folly. I have seen women with beards before, but not in the circus, oh no, in the street, m'am. A few of them looked homeless so I guess I can make allowances, but as for the others? Depilatory cream much? Depilatory cream is used to get rid of facial hair on females, mainly moustaches but I'm sure it can be used on full-on beards too. I wonder why some women have beards? Maybe they shaved their face just for shits and hair grew back as a result. 
As for moustaches, well that's pretty common. Surely every woman has at least a thin layer of fine hair on their upper lip. This is perfectly normal, but sometimes the hair is dark enough to be noticed by others, in which case depilatory cream would be perfect for you. Sure, it smells of rotten eggs and can sting if left on for more than a few minutes, but hey it gets rid of the mo! Most upper lip hair on women is practically invisible because its so fine, but with most black/brunnette haired women it can be noticed up close. Heh, I knew a girl at school who had a mole underneath her chin with hairs coming out.
Above and to the right I've included a picture of a funny plaque I saw a couple of weeks ago when I was taking photos in a public garden. How appropriate for the place!
And now I'll leave you with a token cutesy-wutesy picture of my cat Tigger. Tigger has many nicknames, because calling out "Tigger" sounds retarded. Perhaps this differs depending on your accent, but when I try and yell it out it sounds like "Tugg-errrr". Truth be told, I've taken to calling her Billy, and from this she is sometimes called "Billified", "Billification", and "Bills N' Things". And these weird ass nicknames are surprising to you because...? Obviously you must be a new visitor to the humble realm that is PSGR. Well, in any case have a good weekend everyone, talk to you again soon!
Thursday October 11th 2007
Review 288: Katie of Chocolate Before Pride
But here you're just tossing the word emo around stating that it means emotional, but it actually has a long musical and cultural background. Just like "indie" doesn't always necessarily mean "independent", "emo" isn't always "emotional" because then ALL we do would be emo. Which it isn't. Only certain types of things, in art, in music, are considered emo. When you're talking about punk, e.g., most of it is very angry and anger is an emotion and yet punk is punk and not emo
New and improved photo galleries
Some of you may have noticed the fact that the photo section has been unavailable for a day or so. During this time I've been busy improving the format of the galleries, as I wasn't happy with the index page. Now, each gallery is located on a separate page that can be accessed by clicking the relevant banner on the main page. It's kind of hard to explain so take a look! Every gallery (bar the Personal) has been added to. Hope you enjoy!
Tuesday October 9th 2007, 12:42pm
Review 287: Carly of One Blonde From A Small Town
Splash pages serve as an unnecessary barrier for the visitor - when they go to your site they expect to see it straight away, but instead they have to go through this obstacle first which can prove annoying for some. I read somewhere that 25% of visitors to a website will just X out of the page if they're presented with a splash, and I know that they're not ideal for search engines either. Back in the day, splash pages were used by many as a means of letting the visitor know what requirements / rules they needed to comply to upon entry to the site. Screen resolution at this, using this internet browser, not to mention "Love and respect", heh. The main reason splash pages have 'died out' is because it is no longer an acceptable practice to demand these things from your visitor - you should be catering to them and not the other way around.
Monday October 8th 2007, 5:13pm
Leave it to your imagination
Argh, meh, and poo. What's a girl to do? Too lazy to keep a site, too lazy to wavoo?Excuse the lack of activity. I've been feeling under the weather, not sure why. Probably lack of iron / certain other vitamins and minerals but whatever -- I'm feeling much better now and ready to engage in the wonderful world of wavoo. Wavoo = review by the way, in case you didn't know. Just a stupid variation on my part. What do you think of people who actually pronounce their R's as W's? As in, I really love Road Runner = I weally love Woad Wunner! It's cruel to mock the inflicted and all that jazz, but the chuckles are still present...
I'm one to talk though. I may be aware of the letter R and its uses, but my voice itself is pretty childish. It's no wonder I get mistaken for a teenager so often, even in person.
God I can't wait till I'm old so I can use a motorised wheelchair. I'd trick it out with mags for sure, and fully ram into kids on purpose. I know what you're wondering - what if the pigs, oh sorry I mean police, see me and try and fine me for flaunting my elderly attitude? Why, my turbocharged engine will help me get away from these corrupt fiends for sure! Increased horsepower for the win! Besides, I'd have a cop radar installed, so I'll be able to smell bacon from way off. I'll just clip it to my basket or whatever.
My Nan told me that one day she'd get a mobility scooter with a big basket and flags sticking up on the back. Luckily she was only joking.
Anyway, this is just an "I'm alive and will provide you with much needed reviews so hang in there" blog, and with that said I'd better get on with the one I'm doing at the moment. I'll leave you with a token rude picture that I took at the "Winter Gardens" in Wanganui on Saturday. It's of a flower, but with a lil' imagination who knows what it may represent...
PS - Hope rookie British referee Wayne "One Eyed" Barnes enjoys his gold watch and new holiday home in France. Did your Guide Dog manage to lead you off the field okay?
Southern Hemisphere FTW.
PPS - Big props to the Gable Hall Schools' history class from England for digging the PSGR Paranormal Investigator section! Glad that I have been some help to you - good luck with your presentation!
Thursday October 4th 2007
Can you digg it?
I've submitted a few of my articles to Digg, the most popular so far being Webmasters Behaving Badly 2: Weborexia, and "Psychic pensioners harass youths online". I can't believe people have dug them! Gotta love it. If you want to digg these then just click on the above links.Nothing else to say at this point in time, haven't been very well this week so I haven't been up to much. That said though, I am working on a review although it's quite a tricky site - the header image keeps loading over and over again. Like, once it has 'finished' loading it'll just start all over again. Mental.
Oh, before I go - just another heads up about my Myspace profile - just in case you weren't already aware, I created a new one after deleting the one I had previously. So if you want to re-add me, go ahead I'm not fussed.
Tuesday October 2nd 2007
Edit 10.43 AM 3/10: My Tracker appears to have been restored. That's hott.
Dear Extreme Tracker
At approximately 10:30 PM NZST on Tuesday the 2nd of October, I was busy adding luxurious designer items (that no one will buy) to my Amazon wishlist. Out of interest, I decided to flick to another tab and refresh my Extreme Tracker. Surprisingly, instead of a list of my most recent visitors I was taken to a page saying my account did not exist. A technical error? I think not - everyone else's tracker appears to be in normal working order. Why was it deleted, when I hadn't broken any of the rules? The code displayed had not been altered at all.
I realise that the creator of Extreme Tracker is suffering from erectile dysfunction, but there's no need to take it out on me by deleting my main statistical source. Yes - me. I am but a humble figurehead in the internet world, known universally for the sheer compassion and kindheartedness I show to owners of the sites I analyse, particularly those who suffer from weborexia. Approachable to the highest degree, and an overall humanitarian by name and nature. Comparisons between myself and Mother Teresa are made on an almost daily basis.
You deleted my Tracker out of spite; this is crystal clear to me now. Therefore, I have no choice but to remove my bra and slap you in the face with my left breast.
Yes - it hurt, didn't it. Well, punk, you have hurt me. I relied on this free tool to determine certain information from my visitors, mainly to see what country they were coming from because I find statistics interesting. Of course, I will get over it in approximately five minutes because the need to have a cigarette is major and who knows, I may also need to access the urinary / fecal facility known as a toilet, due to a hearty amount of Bombay Sapphire gin.
The removal of this tool has put me in a spin,
Releasing certain emotions
That I thought were hidden within
So I fetched my PSGR rolling pin
And like, ttly smacked you on the ass hehe and you were like OWWW and I lolled
Get your violin, notify your next of kin
This ones' headed
For the looney bin.
Thank you for allowing me the time to give the above recital.
In conclusion, Extreme Tracker Traitor, I suggest you take a bath. There's something fishy down there, and I'm not just referring to your awful candor and the fact that you removed my main statistics source without warning.
Kind regards,
Rhiannon S.E. Phillips,
Co-operative and approachable web page reviewer and drama monger
Tuesday October 2nd 2007
Finally
The new and hopefully improved Rhiannon section is now online! I've written a new potted history (more like an unstructured, incoherent sack of facts), a page about James and I, a page containing my top five favourite/worst things, and of course the PSG Historically page which was put up last week.
The new content is far from being well written, obviously, but writing is something that I generally do not enjoy, plus I've always found it difficult to write about myself at great lengths. I'll add the link to the menu tomorrow, but until then you can access it by clicking the link above. I'm off to bed - goodnight!
Monday October 1st 2007
White rabbits
...although I'm a dirty liar, because it's not actually the first of October yet - two hours to go. I just wanted to get rid of the September blogs and archive them before I go to bed. I'm currently having a look at Petshopgirl's Reviews at the Wayback machine and hopefully I'll be able to find some old blogs to include on the archives page as well. If I do, I'll let you know. I'm also in the middle of redoing the "About Me" page. Obsessive observant Friends of PSGR may have noticed the absence of this section...it will be back once it has been completely revamped.
I've also been working on an "Our Story" page of sorts for James and I, but I need to refine it because I've gone off on a tangent about how my Great Aunty Vera died after severing an artery with a toenail, and how Nan discovered her two week old body in the bath of her flat. Yeee-app. I know I blogged about this last year so with any luck I'll be able to locate it on the Wayback Machine too.
I didn't reach 20 reviews in September but I knew I wouldn't anyway, as I slacked off the week before last. Never mind though, because I managed to get reviews done for more than half of the people waiting in the high priority queue. Of course this would never have been possible without the help of my guest reviewers - thank you! If any of you want to do any more, I wouldn't say no! Haha.
My mum always used to say "white rabbits!" on the first day of a new month. There are hundreds of variants for this saying and according to Wikipedia the most common is "rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit." Whoa, go around saying that and you'll surely receive a key to Cool Kid City. Not.
Seriously...try it tomorrow and catch the reaction. It'll probably be "WTF?" and then people will go around thinking you're some kind of loser. Twitters and snickers will follow you as you stumble down the unforgiving high school corridors, your sanity may be questioned...your chances of losing your virginity may decrease. You will lie on your bed with Slipknot pumping out of your stereo and wallow in a state of utter misery, wondering how your life could have turned out had you not said "rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit." Your misery will suddenly turn into an utter hatred, and in a sudden burst of rage you will load up PSGR and...and...