It was really “interesting” today, when I ended up having to do a bit of an analysis on certain footsteps on my website visitor tracking tools to find out that it’s been in fact people, human beings, who have attacked Verse with stupid commercial posts and some other nonsensical twaddle. Oh, and guess what, some of them even went ahead and posted links on Twitter, to the garbage they had posted to Verse. Here’s a couple of examples [it might be a bot posting the stuff to Twitter though, of that I’m not certain…]:
http://twitter.com/#!/julie86smith/statuses/1207024033464320
http://twitter.com/#!/lutushia/statuses/1298952494260224
Of course the links in the posts now direct to deleted pages… I deleted the contributions of all these users from Verse, and reported them to Twitter. I also made a rather big change to Verse’s registration system today. I’ve changed the code so that it’s no longer possible to simply register an account and start using Verse. New users now have to request for an account, and then one of the admins would have to review their request and permit the account to be created, before the user can use Verse. This isn’t all that conventional for a wiki system… but oh well, people have to misuse absolutely everything, and you end up having to deal with it.
Me loves watches. Me really really really loves old style pocket watches. Here’s my beloved mechanical skeleton pocket watch. =)
Well this is somewhat funny. It’s been 2 weeks since a 5.5 magnitude [5.0 according to some sources] quake shook Toronto and a number of other cities, and I’m still receiving messages saying things like “Oh… uh… wait… what? But I thought you were joking!! Since when does it quake in Toronto?”. Or “OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD are you alive? Are you ok? I just figured out that there REALLY was a pretty serious quake in Toronto!!!!”. =P
Yes. There really was a quake in Toronto on June 23rd. Neither me, nor any of those major news agencies that wrote about it, made the whole 5.5 magnitude of it up. I was at home at the time of the quake, having lunch, or trying to. As I’m sure you all already know, I live on the 23rd [top] floor of a not terribly new building, and I can assure you that you wouldn’t possibly doubt the reality of the quake, would you have been here with me, enjoying the very very real swings of this giant rollercoaster. 😉 And even if that wouldn’t convince you, I’m sure when stuff on the walls and shelves started dropping down on your head, you’d be sold.
I could hear the walls cracking and see small particles coming off the ceiling. I was about to move the coffee table to the balcony… My neighbours were completely freaked. Shouting, screaming, crying…. High-rise buildings are still being inspected for structural damage. Apparently the quake shook Toronto, Quebec [worst damage apparently], and parts of the USA. This wasn’t the 1st quake I’ve experienced in my life, but it was the 1st in Canada and it was definitely one of the scarier ones. But anyway, I’m alive! =P
P.S.: Yes, if it would have come down to it, I would have jumped off the balcony.
So I decided to create myself an “Ask Box” too [or whatever you like to call it! ;)]. Simple, ask me anything you like and I’ll answer it if I can. =) If you have an account on the website, you can choose to include your user info, or just ask anonymously. Otherwise, it’s basically anonymous unless you decide to include a name. Oh and apparently it’s also possible to add / follow people. So, here’s mine!
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Yesterday, I turned 27. =) I like the fact that the number has a 7 in it, which has always been lucky for me. 😉 I guess it makes sense, given that this is most probably going to be the year of big changes. As in, _HUGE_Migrating Around The Globe_, sort of changes. Which I’m of course looking forwards to. We had a nice little party with friends, after which we went out to a Greek restaurant where I had one of my favourite dishes: Grilled Octopus. Ok, I know that maybe hard to believe for some, but Octopus really is VERY yummy, and I totally love it. =D I even took a picture for proof. [Yet ![DSC05161.JPG_802[1]](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Tl7xVSHEwJs/S88mpyNG8UI/AAAAAAAAAVU/orXjAgYkST0/DSC05161.JPG_802%5B1%5D%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 "DSC05161.JPG_802[1]")
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I would like to thank all my friends for the very nice birthday wishes, cards, eCards and…. Thanks you so much, it means a whole lot to me. =)
A while ago I mentioned something about looking for the perfect pen to draw with. Something that would work for my crazy doodles. Today a good friend asked me if I had managed to find what I was looking for. Well, actually I did! =) I tried a rather large range of similar pens to find what I would be comfortable with, and interesting enough, it turns out the perfect drawing pen is in fact a Stylo Sharpie Pen! =D
I’m a pretty big fan of the whole family of Sharpie markers. But I didn’t even know that Sharpie had these Stylo pens. Apparently they’re new. =) They have very fine tips, smooth waterproof ink, and of course they come in this very pretty sky blue which is just perfect! =D
I also tried out a similar sort of pen produced by Pentel. That was also quite cool, but somehow the Sharpie managed to win me. I think it’s the colour! 😉
Here’s a photo of my new friend:
And here’s more info.
Norooz…. it’s here again. =) Time goes by fast, doesn’t it? Well, I have to admit, it’s been a very interesting year. A lot of interesting events happened this year, in many various contexts and directions. And from what I see right now, the coming year is probably going to be even more adventurous. Some crazy things are in the making, lets just say that for now. 😉
Tomorrow at 1:35 PM Toronto time, 6:35 PM Zurich time, and 9:05 PM Tehran time, the Persian year 2569 [1389] starts. Happy Norooz everyone, and wish you all a fantastic new year. =)
A few months ago, a neighbour’s cat walked right into my bedroom when I opened the flat door to come in. After inspecting my bedroom for a bit, he found himself a comfy place on a mini table under my window, and that was that. The cat didn’t seem to want to go out! =) I tried picking him up and putting him on the floor and leading him to the door, but he just turned around and went right back to where he was. Then I sat down and started doing some work on my notebook, and the cat would just circle around my chair and rub his fur to my feet. =)) Any attempts of getting him to get out was completely unsuccessful. Until finally after about an hour of playing around in my bedroom, he finally “accepted” to go back home.
If you know anything about raccoons, you probably know that they never let you get close to them. They raid people’s backyards and if one of them finds its way to your kitchen, you should probably say goodbye to any food you had in there. =) And they seem to detect human presence from kilometres away, ’cause the only thing you get to see of them is their cute behinds jumping up and down running away from you with the speed of light. =) And then, once when I was sitting under the rain, in my aunt’s backyard, I noticed one of these cute creatures slowly walking towards me… I was expecting it to just turn around and go away at some point, but that didn’t happen. It walked right to the spot where I was sitting, and then it climbed up my jeans all the way to my knee, so that it’s eyes were looking directly into mine. It was extremely odd! I even petted the raccoon’s back a bit. So it was just sitting there on my knee for some minutes.. I don’t even know how long. And then it decided to leave….. it was a very cute encounter. =)
Yesterday, I noticed that a couple of pigeons were in the balcony again… up to some![DSC02056.jpg_802[1]](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Tl7xVSHEwJs/S5cTgRv5ymI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ifFiz9oQCuo/DSC02056.jpg_802%5B1%5D%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 "DSC02056.jpg_802[1]")
mischief. I love them really, but they make a bloody mess in the balcony that seeing how I’m on the 23rd floor, is slightly difficult to get cleaned. 😉 Anyway, I knocked a few times on the glass door to the balcony… quite certain that they would be scared and leave. Well, that didn’t happen! So I stepped in the balcony, excepting them to fly away any second now. That didn’t happen either. At some point, I found myself face to face with the pigeons… close enough that I could see all the shiny pretty colours in their eyes. And I was laughing my head off too, seeing how they were just.. standing there watching me! =D So at the end I gave up… and walked back in…. it’s as if they knew the threat was simply non-exiting! =P I swear, one of them was totally giving me the “yeah, right” look! =)))))
And these are just a few….. so… what is it with animals and me anyway? Any theories? =)))
Seeing how there’s now about a good 2000 photos in my Lothlorien gallery, I decided it![DSC01527[1]](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Tl7xVSHEwJs/S4ikLr-OyjI/AAAAAAAAASw/dI4pp8TdvV0/DSC01527%5B1%5D%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 "DSC01527[1]")
was time for a “favourites” album.. which was in fact suggested by a few friends already. So I asked a bunch of my friends to vote for their favourites, the photos they think should be placed in the favourites album, a few weeks ago. And now I finally got a chance to sit down and go through all the suggestions, pick them and collect them in the new album. And here it is, check out our Favourites album. =)
Of course new suggestions are always welcome, so if you think that the album is missing something, let me know. There are no rules, the photo can be from any album on Lothlorien. The only semi-rule is: it’s best if your suggestion hasn’t already been posted to the “Me” album. But if you absolutely have to, then it’s ok. =))
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