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Now, as you’ve been able to vote for my desk at work for 4 years now (my desk at home even 5 years), all I ask for is one shot back. How do you rate your office or desk at work ? Is it satisfactory ? Is it a mess ? Safety hazard ? Won’t let your mommy see it ?
Rate 1 (FR#^&% MESS !) to 5 (how very tidy !). Only rate the latest picture, otherwise I can’t keep track of the average.
Total: 1003 out of 286 votes > Average is: 3.507
This album can be roughly divided into 3 catagories. The first is the heavy on the guitar kind, high on shouting, low on impact. Obviously, these are the first to be removed from my playlist. Then there’s the upbeat, easy listening, happy sing-a-long kind of songs. Good enough for a resident stay on my playlist. And then, the most important one, the last catagory. The kind with deep lyrics, they’re very emotional, and sometimes even chilling to the bone (for instance Tuesday Morning). As mentioned earlier, these songs combine the best with her rough and deep yet silky voice. While the first single Breathe is the best song on this album, every single one of the last catagory are easily picked out and graded as good to very good. And also, luckily, it’s this last catagory that wins in numbers. These all deserve an instant spot on my vast array of portable music players. Combined with the second catagory, it’s not a perfect album, but probably one of the best this year.8+.
So, I’m checking my bank account. See what’s been added and deducted (usually tiny bit added and a lot deducted). Then my eye falls on a strange addition. 2,50 euros from a Desk Services B.V. with the description “croky refund”. Well, people who know me, know I prefer one brand. People who know my very well, even know which taste I’d kill a random family member for. Also, I don’t remember writing any complaint letters to anyone lately.
So, how come ? I really want to know, not so much that I can set this thing straight, but more so on how to exploit this. Free money is always good, y’know.
The line between fantasy and reality is harsh. Mixing it together, can be that much harder. And that’s exactly what Tim Burton is trying. The exaggerated stories serve well as light entertainment. With no real content, it’s still interesting enough to run its course towards the end. The reality part is only touching in the lightest sense. As the character dynamics demand great distance, it’s hard to feel close to them. And the mix ? Well, as I said, it’s hard. Chosing the middle road, it ends up being quite predictable. With the disrespect that Tim Burton has built up in me now, this movie tips the balance back a bit, though it is only a small amount. And even then, most of it is deserved by the actors.7-.
As I stepped in the car, I heard it on the radio. As we drove off, I saw it all around me. As we took the highway to work, an evil grin appears on my face. Traffic jam.Totalling to some 800 kilometres, second highest record of all times, in this little country. Going 120 km/h on the A16. It’s all clear. Almost a speed record to my work. Yeah, traffic jam can sometimes be fun.
Rate 1 (sucks) to 5 (cool). Only rate the latest pictures, otherwise I can’t keep track of the average.
Total: 487 out of 149 votes > Average is: 3.268
As you can finally see, the answer you’ve all been waiting for, the screensaver says the truth, only the truth and nothing but the truth. Exact quote: “Work work work…”
This week, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King become the second movie to break the $1 billion mark for the worldwide box office. First is still James Cameron’s Titanic with $1.8 billion. Totals for the three combined is currently at $2.8 billion. The last part of the trilogy, of course, doesn’t have enough steam left to take over the first spot. If only Elijah Wood screamed “I’m the KING OF THE WORLD !!!” on the top of mount Doom, maybe, then maaaybe, it had a chance.
Another week, another round. Let’s dig into my log files and see what funny things come up:
“Melissa Etheridge”, “Breathe”, “download” on Google.com – rank 119, talk about overstating a search phrase. 2 comma’s and 4 quotes too many.
anouk download code lion on Google.nl – rank 6, hey I didn’t even know they were having this special offer. Probably means I ate those five for nothing !
is the handler tv show cancelled on Yahoo Search – rank 19
Handler tv show ending? on Yahoo Search – rank 12, this hit was from the same IP number as the previous hit. Talk about spoilers !
eighties season cancelled police tv shows on Google.ca – rank 5
google.ca “free antivirus” on MSN Search – rank 8, 9 AND 10 ! Why in heaven’s name would you put a search engine as a keyword in another search engine ?
spiderman 2 subtitle on Google.pl – rank 57, Poland must be very advanced, as I didn’t know Spiderman 2 was finished already.
haircut paris hilton on Google.ca – rank 8, did you know of all things, the haircut is the least I’m interested in when the name Paris Hilton comes to mind ? Unless they mean some other kind of haircut…
Download Paris Color Sex Video on Google.com – rank 40, probably worried he might waste bandwith on a black and white sex video.
50 First Dates finished first again, while dropping to $21 million, 47% down last week. The total (some $72 million) is still inspiring for any romantic comedy though. Second is the premiere of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, a Disney movie for the teenage girls, with only $9.2 million. Third is Miracle with $8 million. Fourth is another lacklustre premiere, Welcome to Mooseport with Gene Hackman and Ray Romano, with $7 million. Another premiere at number 5, Eurotrip, took in a measly $6.6 million. Even worse, at 8, is Meg Ryan starrer boxing biopic Against the Ropes with $3 million. Definitely a slow week.
I think I’ll be off to the British mainland. The MI5 Intelligence Service is recruiting some 1000 new agents. With a starting salary of 20.100 pounds a year, it’s hard to say no. The press release also stated that currently, there are only 4% blacks and asians in service. This, of course, is a direct call to me. The 60 days evaluation and training will be no garantuee for a job though. If only I could hide my trails back to the Chinese mob, I’d be more sure those 60 days won’t be wasted on silly technicalities.
As I walked by, I knew something was off. I had to walk by a few times again before I knew what it was. Charlie Chui’s is no more. As the only Chinese fast food toko downtown (Lijnbaan, Rotterdam), it served food so bad, nobody has gone there twice. Ever. So this was to be expected, but for the Chinese mob, it was a good money laundring facility.
EMI Records couldn’t be happier, with this new album soaring to the top of the album charts. Too bad I can’t share that happiness. What happened 2 years ago, happened again. I knew it would be jazzy. I knew it would be kinda of slow. I didn’t know the side effect. More effective than a dozen tranquilizer darts that animal hunters use, it put me to sleep in less than 6 minutes. As I braced myself for this album, it happened again… 5 minutes. The reviewing routines (listening at least a few time before judging) cannot be finished, Lord knows how hard I’ve tried. Honestly though, I couldn’t seperate this album from her debut album, and I challenge anyone who can.
If your brother has free, almost expiring, tickets for this MTV production, there’s no polite way to say no. Knowing from previous MTV productions, you shouldn’t expect anything too much from this. With that mindset, the experience is not that bad. If you leave out the silly story, ignore the dialogue, and only watch the beautiful Beyonce act quite mediocre, all that’s left is a long video clip with mostly gospellish music mixed with some R&B and rap. The music is in the experienced hands of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and as a result, it’s not half that bad. I guess gospel really makes people happy then, because though the movie kinda fails, the music will keep the grade high.6½.
Rate 1 (sucks) to 5 (cool). Only rate the latest pictures, otherwise I can’t keep track of the average.
Still the same:
Total: 486 out of 148 votes > Average is: 3.284
Anyone who guesses what text the screensaver is showing, wins a *hug*.