I'm not the only person obsessed with "The Da Vinci Code", so that's a good thing. I mean, if everyone else is doing it, right? right? Okay, lame excuse. But I really find the whole thing fascinating. Especially some people's and peoples' reactions. Anyway, I think it's the puzzles that I find the most interesting. That's why the games that Google and Eurostar put out have been really cool! I liked the Google/Sony game (it's over now), but it seemed like it was mostly a gimmick to make people more aware of all that Google had to offer. And? Well, it worked! I didn't know that Google Video had commercials! LOL okay, so I'm just in a cocoon sometimes, whatever. I did know they had, like, videos that people sent in or something, but commercials! YES! XD
But I had no idea they had a book search. Holy crap! very cool.. wonder if you could read the whole Da Vinci Code book that way?? **later** No, apparently not. The "about" section basically says it's for marketing purposes. And , oddly enough, The Da Vinci Code (book by Dan Brown) doesn't even show up in the search.
The Eurostar game is sooooo much better! Way more challenging in lots of ways. More brain stuff than searching capabilities, KWIM? The 2 I had the hardest time with, were the "4 buildings" from the first part...I has used Wikipedia for my reference on that, and it did not mention one that the game was looking for. WEIRD! ...and the "slider" game (the picture that you have to reorganize the squares to make the picture) from the second part. Anyway, if you're looking for help on the game, check out Student Rant, in the comment section for the post...lazylaces is also a great resource for tips! or feel free to post here, I'll see if I can help. Note: you have to have Flash player to play, but it is open to residents of all countries. I found the flash player to be awkward at times between game "sessions" or puzzles, but all around it behaved.
Now my question is: how many people playing the game(s), are going to see the movie? I'm planning to, along with my hubby. BUT, we're using free movie passes that we got awhile back, for donating blood. So I don't know if our tickets will count towards box office sales?
LittleK has decided that since he can open doors, he doesn't want to take naps during the day. guh!
chores done today (by me): laundry (3 loads washed, 0 put away).
spent way too much time on the DVC games, LOL
okay, going to bed. byeeee
Monday, May 15, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Tag!
You've been tagged! So here it goes. Copy this message to a new email/blog, delete my answers and replace them with your own, then send it back to me and on to other friends!
Four jobs I have had in my life:
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. fast food
2. nanny
3. call center
4. mom!!!
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Lord of the Rings (especially the 1st one)
4. mom!!!
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Lord of the Rings (especially the 1st one)
2. Clue
3. Serenity
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Seattle production)
Four Places I have lived:
1. Spokane
2. Bremerton
3. Biloxi
4. Tampa
Four web sites I visit daily:
1. TheDailyScrap
2. Yahoo!
3. Blogger
4. PamperedChef
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Strawberries
2. Zattarain's jambalaya
3. limeade with cucumber slices
3. limeade with cucumber slices
4. Sixlets
Four places I would rather be right now:
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Biloxi
2. Seaside CA
3. Orlando
4. Home (I'm pretty much a homebody)
Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond
1. Penny
2. Jennifer
3. Ocha
4. Azul
4. Azul
Blue
Okay, so I realize I've been slacking on updating all y'all on my life, but like I say, not much happens. Well, actually, a lot happens, just not much I think all y'all would find interesting. LittleK has learned to open doors. yay! oh, wait, now I can't sleep later, pooh! oh, look! door handle covers! yay! The balance has been restored.
Oh, In case you're wondering, both my boys' names start with K. Since I don't like the thought of their names floating around in cyberspace, I call them BigK (cuz he's the oldest) and LittleK (the younger). k? k.
And I have to tell the BLUE story. Yes, my friends, something exciting actually happened with the kiddos last Monday. wait, no, it was 2 mondays ago. Yes. Allow me to set the scene:
I sleep late. It's just something I do. The kids are awake, and I half-asleep listen for things falling, crying, or bleeding. Okay, I'm not that bad, but I just don't understand how a night owl like me ended up with 2 early risers. Maybe their father (military man) explains it. LOL Anyway, I was half-asleep. I heard the kids come into my room, and then bigK turn on the water. I asked what he was doing.
"Washing my hands, mom."
"Why? Did you go poop?"
"No. I'm washing the paint off."
I sit up, but can't see anything because A)I don't wear my glasses while I sleep, and B)it's still dark in my room because the sun doesn't hit that side of the house until about noon. "What??!!"
"I'm washing the paint off."
We don't have any paint. "Where did you get the paint?"
"I didn't, LittleK did."
"Okay, where did he get the paint?" LittleK hasn't said anything to me, but I can hear him 'talking' to BigK and puttering around in my bathroom, probably playing with my toothpaste.
"It was in his room."
So NOW I jump out of bed and get my glasses on.
My boys are COVERED, head to toe, in blue. I just stare are them for a few seconds, then realize BigK is still washing his hands, and say, "Well, this isn't going to come off in the sink, so let's go take a bath." We walk out of my bathroom, into the bedroom, and that's when I notice the footprints. There are 2 sets of blue footprints leading into the bedroom. We follow them (backwards) from my room, through the dining room, the living room, the hallway, and into the room.
I stare are the mess, then push the boys along to the full bathroom, and start the bath. I strip both of them (not much work there, more on that in a bit) and place them right in there while the water's running. I realize the water is a deep blue, and for some reason I'm worried that the blue water will stain them. Yeah, I know. They're already covered in it, but I wasn't completely rational. So I announce that they would shower instead. They both like the shower, so this was greeted with whoops of joy. After the shower, in which a majority of the Blue Stuff (I still didn't know what it was) was washed away, I started running the bath again, so they could splash while I figured out what the heck it was. BigK had mentioned, while walking into the bathroom, that it was starting to sting, so I wanted to know NOW. I woke Lisa up to watch them while I investigated. And just in case you forgot, look at the pic again. LOL
Now, I don't want to step in the Blue Stuff, but I can't really avoid it, so I take off my socks and find a few old washcloths that I wouldn't cry if they got stained (I threw them away afterwards anyway). I just started wiping it up, then rinsing out the rag, and on and on. I finally found what it was! Have you ever decided to save money with the amount of printing you do from your computer, and buy one of those refill kits? We did, about 3 years ago, and used it lots of times before we discovered 123inkjets.com (yeah, free plug for them). Anyway, I never threw away the ink bottles, but after moving the computer desk (and trading up) a few times, I lost track of them. The boys had discovered and uncapped an almost-full Cyan blue bottle....This is what I figure happened: BigK discovered it, but has to climb down, so hands it to LittleK because he has to climb down, and so LittleK uncaps it and dumps it down himself. BigK has splatter marks on his legs, while LittleK has "tide" marks all down his legs, like the stuff ran down his legs. And then, of course, the floor is covered with Blue Stuff, so they splash around with their feet and hands, why not? I know I would have. LOL And then BigK remembers himself, neat-freak that he is, and decides to wash his hands.
I was able to get most of it off, but was too pleased with my "after" that I didn't look closely, so there are patches of blue in the um...whaddaycallit, not the grout...I have tile floor, but it's linoleum tile or something, so no grout. Anyway, some tiles are outlined in blue, as are some scuff marks that come with tile aging. ROFL
We'll also have to paint the door, doorframe, and the walls to either side of the door, but that's it. I'm glad that BigK's dresser has a decent finish, cuz the ink just wiped right off. *whew!* Here's a picture of before I cleaned up behind the door.
When I told my mom the story, she asked, "Have they put the new carpet in?!!" Because there was a rumor that us people in the "ghetto" base housing would get carpet. But they decided to dash our dreams of actual decent living conditions. AND BOY AM I GLAD!!! ROFLMBO Can you imagine?? The only room that would have had carpet, that wasn't touched by the ink, was Lisa's room. Ks' room, the hallway, the living room, the dining room, and my bedroom would have all been ruined! Thank you, God, for small blessings. LOL A few other things: my couch has a white slipcover. I didn't choose this couch, it was given to us by our very nice neighbor who noticed that we only had a loveseat. It's long enough for P-chan (my hubby) to sleep on, though he never has. LOL Anyway, the base is a blue plaid that I rather like, but have been informed by my two, "trendier" friends that it's not cool, so I keep the slipcover on (by the way, it's not really white anymore, it's more of a light grey with ink and food blots, but I'm rambling on...). But I had taken it off, the night before, to wash. It never made it to the wash, I was probably at a scrapbooking chat, LOL, but it wasn't on while the boys traipsed the whole house. So the blue plaid that I like, now has a BLUE area on the one arm, probably from the boys dragging their hands on it while they walked past. And the final thing: clothes. Blue ink does not come out. But again, we were saved. BigK does not wear clothes in the house. I say this as a general rule. He does not like clothes. He strips as soon as he walks in the door. And so he was naked (except for his diaper), so no clothes got ruined. LittleK was wearing a onesie, but it was one of those camoflage-designs. And oh yeah, it was blue camo. So the ink doesn't even really show up. The only clothes that were ruined, were my socks. I didn't even wash 'em, I just tossed 'em. They were from my old stash anyway. LOL Anyway, that's it for this story. I'll update soon. ^.^
Oh, In case you're wondering, both my boys' names start with K. Since I don't like the thought of their names floating around in cyberspace, I call them BigK (cuz he's the oldest) and LittleK (the younger). k? k.
And I have to tell the BLUE story. Yes, my friends, something exciting actually happened with the kiddos last Monday. wait, no, it was 2 mondays ago. Yes. Allow me to set the scene:
I sleep late. It's just something I do. The kids are awake, and I half-asleep listen for things falling, crying, or bleeding. Okay, I'm not that bad, but I just don't understand how a night owl like me ended up with 2 early risers. Maybe their father (military man) explains it. LOL Anyway, I was half-asleep. I heard the kids come into my room, and then bigK turn on the water. I asked what he was doing.
"Washing my hands, mom."
"Why? Did you go poop?"
"No. I'm washing the paint off."
I sit up, but can't see anything because A)I don't wear my glasses while I sleep, and B)it's still dark in my room because the sun doesn't hit that side of the house until about noon. "What??!!"
"I'm washing the paint off."
We don't have any paint. "Where did you get the paint?"
"I didn't, LittleK did."
"Okay, where did he get the paint?" LittleK hasn't said anything to me, but I can hear him 'talking' to BigK and puttering around in my bathroom, probably playing with my toothpaste.
"It was in his room."
So NOW I jump out of bed and get my glasses on.
My boys are COVERED, head to toe, in blue. I just stare are them for a few seconds, then realize BigK is still washing his hands, and say, "Well, this isn't going to come off in the sink, so let's go take a bath." We walk out of my bathroom, into the bedroom, and that's when I notice the footprints. There are 2 sets of blue footprints leading into the bedroom. We follow them (backwards) from my room, through the dining room, the living room, the hallway, and into the room.
I stare are the mess, then push the boys along to the full bathroom, and start the bath. I strip both of them (not much work there, more on that in a bit) and place them right in there while the water's running. I realize the water is a deep blue, and for some reason I'm worried that the blue water will stain them. Yeah, I know. They're already covered in it, but I wasn't completely rational. So I announce that they would shower instead. They both like the shower, so this was greeted with whoops of joy. After the shower, in which a majority of the Blue Stuff (I still didn't know what it was) was washed away, I started running the bath again, so they could splash while I figured out what the heck it was. BigK had mentioned, while walking into the bathroom, that it was starting to sting, so I wanted to know NOW. I woke Lisa up to watch them while I investigated. And just in case you forgot, look at the pic again. LOL
Now, I don't want to step in the Blue Stuff, but I can't really avoid it, so I take off my socks and find a few old washcloths that I wouldn't cry if they got stained (I threw them away afterwards anyway). I just started wiping it up, then rinsing out the rag, and on and on. I finally found what it was! Have you ever decided to save money with the amount of printing you do from your computer, and buy one of those refill kits? We did, about 3 years ago, and used it lots of times before we discovered 123inkjets.com (yeah, free plug for them). Anyway, I never threw away the ink bottles, but after moving the computer desk (and trading up) a few times, I lost track of them. The boys had discovered and uncapped an almost-full Cyan blue bottle....This is what I figure happened: BigK discovered it, but has to climb down, so hands it to LittleK because he has to climb down, and so LittleK uncaps it and dumps it down himself. BigK has splatter marks on his legs, while LittleK has "tide" marks all down his legs, like the stuff ran down his legs. And then, of course, the floor is covered with Blue Stuff, so they splash around with their feet and hands, why not? I know I would have. LOL And then BigK remembers himself, neat-freak that he is, and decides to wash his hands.
I was able to get most of it off, but was too pleased with my "after" that I didn't look closely, so there are patches of blue in the um...whaddaycallit, not the grout...I have tile floor, but it's linoleum tile or something, so no grout. Anyway, some tiles are outlined in blue, as are some scuff marks that come with tile aging. ROFL
When I told my mom the story, she asked, "Have they put the new carpet in?!!" Because there was a rumor that us people in the "ghetto" base housing would get carpet. But they decided to dash our dreams of actual decent living conditions. AND BOY AM I GLAD!!! ROFLMBO Can you imagine?? The only room that would have had carpet, that wasn't touched by the ink, was Lisa's room. Ks' room, the hallway, the living room, the dining room, and my bedroom would have all been ruined! Thank you, God, for small blessings. LOL A few other things: my couch has a white slipcover. I didn't choose this couch, it was given to us by our very nice neighbor who noticed that we only had a loveseat. It's long enough for P-chan (my hubby) to sleep on, though he never has. LOL Anyway, the base is a blue plaid that I rather like, but have been informed by my two, "trendier" friends that it's not cool, so I keep the slipcover on (by the way, it's not really white anymore, it's more of a light grey with ink and food blots, but I'm rambling on...). But I had taken it off, the night before, to wash. It never made it to the wash, I was probably at a scrapbooking chat, LOL, but it wasn't on while the boys traipsed the whole house. So the blue plaid that I like, now has a BLUE area on the one arm, probably from the boys dragging their hands on it while they walked past. And the final thing: clothes. Blue ink does not come out. But again, we were saved. BigK does not wear clothes in the house. I say this as a general rule. He does not like clothes. He strips as soon as he walks in the door. And so he was naked (except for his diaper), so no clothes got ruined. LittleK was wearing a onesie, but it was one of those camoflage-designs. And oh yeah, it was blue camo. So the ink doesn't even really show up. The only clothes that were ruined, were my socks. I didn't even wash 'em, I just tossed 'em. They were from my old stash anyway. LOL Anyway, that's it for this story. I'll update soon. ^.^
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
high maintenance
k is calling anything in his sippy cup "milk"; doesn't matter if it's juice or water...I'm glad he's calling it something instead of just grunting, I guess.
K and k dumped out a container of coins in my bedroom. I told them to pick them up, then shut the door. It is now 1 hour later and I don't think they're picking them up! LOL meh! I should check on them...
Oh, that's wonderful. The coins are still there, and now so is a mess of chocolate, skittles, and sweeTarts. I guess I can console myself with the fact that they didn't get any on my new dry-clean-only dress. *sigh* My own fault anyway.
If I listen too closely to the sound my washer makes on the final spin, it sounds like the noise that the "metallice mound" makes on Mission To Mars (which, btw, is one of my favorite movies!). I was going to provide a link, but discovered that some people don't like the movie as much as I do. Which is disheartening...stupid critics! ... I'm going to eat a popsicle now.
K and k dumped out a container of coins in my bedroom. I told them to pick them up, then shut the door. It is now 1 hour later and I don't think they're picking them up! LOL meh! I should check on them...
Oh, that's wonderful. The coins are still there, and now so is a mess of chocolate, skittles, and sweeTarts. I guess I can console myself with the fact that they didn't get any on my new dry-clean-only dress. *sigh* My own fault anyway.
If I listen too closely to the sound my washer makes on the final spin, it sounds like the noise that the "metallice mound" makes on Mission To Mars (which, btw, is one of my favorite movies!). I was going to provide a link, but discovered that some people don't like the movie as much as I do. Which is disheartening...stupid critics! ... I'm going to eat a popsicle now.
Letter to customer support
Okay, so I emailed a famous auction site about an error that kept happening because the links on the page had one too many backslashes, and 2 days later I get this response (yes, I put the asterisks there myself, John didn't do that):
Hello,
Thank you for writing to ****. I'm John and I appreciate the opportunity
to assist you.
I am sorry that you are receiving the "Page not found" error when you
click on certain links in ****. I am glad to provide you all the
information in this regard.
Please understand that, these are intermittent browser specific errors
which are caused due to the old cache and cookies stored by your web
browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox). Such errors will go away once you have
cleared these cache and cookies. You can clear these safely, without any
problems.
You may need to highlight the "entire" link and paste it into your
browser's address bar and hit "Enter" key on your keyboard or click "Go"
button next to the address bar.
To clear cache for the FireFox browser, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to Tools > Options.
2. Click Privacy in the menu on the left side of the Options window.
3. Click the "Clear" button located to the right of each option
(History, Cookies, Cache).
4. Click the "OK" button to close the Options window.
Alternatively, you can clear all information stored while browsing by
clicking Clear All. A confirmation dialog box will be shown before
clearing the information.
To clear cookies for the FireFox browser, please follow the steps below:
1. Click "Cookie Manager" from the Tools menu.
2. Click "Manage Stored Cookies."
3. Remove any cookie from the list, or remove all cookies.
If the problem still persists then, you can also contact our Live chat
support and get instant support from eBay representatives waiting to
help you in a Live Help setting. To contact our live help, please click
on the link below:
General Support (open 24 hours a day, seven days a week):
http://****.com/help/basics/n-livehelpemail.html
You can also find "live help" links all throughout the site such as on
the Sell Your Item form, on the upper right-hand corner of the ****.com
homepage, etc.
It is my pleasure to assist you. We are committed to making your
experiences at **** pleasant and rewarding. Thank you for being a
valuable member of our community.
Regards,
John Ma.
**** Customer Support
_____________________________________________
And let me just say that I was a little steamed that I got a canned response. So I wrote this email:
-----
John-
Thanks for writing back to me. I'm Julie and I'm happy to help you as well. Please allow me to offer you some feedback on your response to me!
I'm sorry you sent a canned response to my message. It confused me, as I went to great lengths to determine the problem and report it properly. And my cache has nothing to do with a link having too many backslashes. However, I can safely assume that:
1. You read my email OR
2. You (or someone else) read other peoples' emails reporting the same problem OR
3. The programmer that made the mistake corrected it before too many people noticed
BECAUSE the problem is now fixed. People can now safely browse the different pages for selling and then click the "sell" button at the top without getting an error message because some programmer put one too many backslashes there in the first place. I am certainly glad to have assisted you in fixing the website!
And I hope you noticed the sarcasm, because I was laying it on pretty thick.
~Julie
Give a person a fish and you have fed them for a day. Teach that person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks!
-----
So my question is, should I actually send it? Is it scathing enough? Should I scale back? Or should I just let it go?
I have decided I need a GPS thingamajig so I can join the sport of geocaching. It looks really fun, especially the bits about how not to get lost (see number 8 here)! LOL
I also need a new printer...here's a picture of mine....it's so old, they don't even sell it...but the "new and used" one is $119??? what the? I only paid fifty for mine, just for the record. And the refills are cheap. funny story about ink refills!! oh, wait, save that for another post...
Hello,
Thank you for writing to ****. I'm John and I appreciate the opportunity
to assist you.
I am sorry that you are receiving the "Page not found" error when you
click on certain links in ****. I am glad to provide you all the
information in this regard.
Please understand that, these are intermittent browser specific errors
which are caused due to the old cache and cookies stored by your web
browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox). Such errors will go away once you have
cleared these cache and cookies. You can clear these safely, without any
problems.
You may need to highlight the "entire" link and paste it into your
browser's address bar and hit "Enter" key on your keyboard or click "Go"
button next to the address bar.
To clear cache for the FireFox browser, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to Tools > Options.
2. Click Privacy in the menu on the left side of the Options window.
3. Click the "Clear" button located to the right of each option
(History, Cookies, Cache).
4. Click the "OK" button to close the Options window.
Alternatively, you can clear all information stored while browsing by
clicking Clear All. A confirmation dialog box will be shown before
clearing the information.
To clear cookies for the FireFox browser, please follow the steps below:
1. Click "Cookie Manager" from the Tools menu.
2. Click "Manage Stored Cookies."
3. Remove any cookie from the list, or remove all cookies.
If the problem still persists then, you can also contact our Live chat
support and get instant support from eBay representatives waiting to
help you in a Live Help setting. To contact our live help, please click
on the link below:
General Support (open 24 hours a day, seven days a week):
http://****.com/help/basics/n-livehelpemail.html
You can also find "live help" links all throughout the site such as on
the Sell Your Item form, on the upper right-hand corner of the ****.com
homepage, etc.
It is my pleasure to assist you. We are committed to making your
experiences at **** pleasant and rewarding. Thank you for being a
valuable member of our community.
Regards,
John Ma.
**** Customer Support
_____________________________________________
And let me just say that I was a little steamed that I got a canned response. So I wrote this email:
-----
John-
Thanks for writing back to me. I'm Julie and I'm happy to help you as well. Please allow me to offer you some feedback on your response to me!
I'm sorry you sent a canned response to my message. It confused me, as I went to great lengths to determine the problem and report it properly. And my cache has nothing to do with a link having too many backslashes. However, I can safely assume that:
1. You read my email OR
2. You (or someone else) read other peoples' emails reporting the same problem OR
3. The programmer that made the mistake corrected it before too many people noticed
BECAUSE the problem is now fixed. People can now safely browse the different pages for selling and then click the "sell" button at the top without getting an error message because some programmer put one too many backslashes there in the first place. I am certainly glad to have assisted you in fixing the website!
And I hope you noticed the sarcasm, because I was laying it on pretty thick.
~Julie
Give a person a fish and you have fed them for a day. Teach that person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks!
-----
So my question is, should I actually send it? Is it scathing enough? Should I scale back? Or should I just let it go?
I have decided I need a GPS thingamajig so I can join the sport of geocaching. It looks really fun, especially the bits about how not to get lost (see number 8 here)! LOL
I also need a new printer...here's a picture of mine....it's so old, they don't even sell it...but the "new and used" one is $119??? what the? I only paid fifty for mine, just for the record. And the refills are cheap. funny story about ink refills!! oh, wait, save that for another post...
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