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1,937 words | Posted on January 11th, 2004
Scott was 18.30 years old when he wrote this!
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scott? changing something? no way… Just so you know, tonight’s blog will [hopefully] be different than the rest in a positive way! It’s going to be more interesting to read, with more juice and less boring stuff. I’m also going to see about getting a little more personal, and, oh yeah, short this time! Ok, so what’s this all about? You may have noticed me [indirectly] asking what people think about the way I write my blogs. I figure that if I find out what people think is the most interesting to read, it will not only be more interesting for the people who go to my website, but [my ultimate goal is eased because] when I come back and read these writings in the [distant?] future, it can be a more enjoyful process. I’m sure your curious as to know the things that are going to change! Verywell. I wish I could uniquely give credit to all the individuals who give me feedback on my blogs and writing style via email [or the 'contact me' form on this website]. However, for time constraints, I’ll just have to sum you all into one big group. You know who you are! =oD And, if you’re not in the group of people who email me but read my blogs a lot, shame on you! I certainly go through a lot to write them, and you sure spend a long time reading them, you should at least give some formal feedback if you get any movement [hopefully not BM] from reading these postings. Ok, so, what’m I doing here? I’ll tell you, but in a new paragraph.
The suggestions I’ve taken seriously mainly relate to the writing style with one exception. I’ll start with the exception. I have gotten [a suprisingly large amount of] comments from people about the images I use. In short, the changes I’d like to make are as follows: I’d like to use fewer images; I’d like to make the images more relating to the topic at hand; I’d like to make the images have more contrast (very colorful or black and white, not as many pastel-colored ones); and I’d like to start showing [a few] images of [female? ^_-] humans again. So, there ya’ go. In fact, tonight, to compensate for my past overuse of images, I’ll only use one for the blog. (It’ll also cut down on storage space and loading time, I guess) When it came to the content section, I had tons of ideas, and most of them were really good. The concepts I’ve selected to work on are as follows: Speak more fluently, like you’re talking with another person. (don’t use so many extended words: use contractions whenever possible); Use semi-formal grammar to illustrate the natural pauses and pitch changes in your voice as if you were speaking; use [brackets] to imply thoughts that you think but don’t actually feel like saying; and try not to talk about things that are boring unless they’re meaningful to read back on (ie: boring now, boring to reflect on, even if I did write it). Also, I’m going to try to blog shorter but more often, with clearly defined topics. By hitting three or four topics a night, it’s a lot easier to read than a (seven thousand word) post about a gazillion things. And a word about the brackets… I think this is a really interesting concept. I’m thinking of writing a script to hide the words in brackets but put a little symbol in its place so when you hover over it it shows you the text inside? I don’t know. To clarify again, I’d like to restate that the brackets imply things I think but don’t actually say. If we were speaking in a normal conversation, they’re the little details that would go through my head but I wouldn’t actually say. The story is the same if you don’t read them, and the sentences [actually] flow together fine if you do remove them. I just put them there because I feel they’re too unimportant, silly, or embarrassing to say. The irony of all this being that I’m typing it all anyway, so I’m not really hiding anything anyway. My hope for it is that it will give [the future] me a glimpe into my own mind and the ability to see the line between what I say and what I hide. ^_-
Hate mail! Why do I get so much?! This is a topic that I was somewhat avoiding but I think I need to address it eventually, so why not now. Actually, the thing that triggered today’s date for this topic is the curious thing that happened to me earlier today in the car. I was with another family this morning and we were driving and somehow the topic of hatemail came up. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll explain it for you. Hatemail is a term I use to describe mail that has no other intent than to try to [mentally] hurt me. Who sends these aweful things? It’s hard to tell most of the time, so much of it is anonymous! I mostly just shrug them off as people who are having a really bad day, find my site, try 
a tutorial, get frustrated, and decide to try to flame me with their fiery words. What do they say? Well 9 out of 10 are really really immature. They sound like nine year olds writing emails. I get enought of it now that it doesn’t affect me [that I know?] so I can just laugh at it. I read these things and it’s just like… “did these people just learn how to cuss or something?” They try to use swear words in crazy places that don’t even make sense. A cuss word in itself is meaningless. What a fool someone would be to stick a bunch of them together randomly and email it to me. Also, something I laugh at a ton is when people see all the Asian things on my website and conclude (falsely) that I, too, am Asian. They use these ‘grounds’ for slurring out Asian racist jokes at me! I do get pretty mad at it, because I do have many very kind Asian friends (and a sister who is from China at that). I can delete these with a low-eyebrowed stare. However, I did say nine out of ten earlier. The one in ten seems to come from seemingly intelligent people who take a few minutes to think-out [or so it seems] their method of attack and carry it out with quick but steady slices. The worst ones [that stick in my head for a few days] have zero swear words or racist comments. These people go for the throat, and slice down. They stab my website, the cut up my family, they rip at my ‘accomplishments’, and they lunge for my throat [often with very serious sounding death threats, actually]. A few days ago I got one via email that was much like this. Trying to respond to hate mail of any time is an aweful thing to do! By reading it and sitting down to write back [what would probably be just as 'bad' content in an] email trying to slice up the writer, it admits defeat. Even trying to defend yourself anything more than one statement (in my opinion) is letting the other guy win. Obviously, the horrible things these people say about me are not true. A weak man would fight. In my opinion, anyone can fight back with simple words. A strong man can stand there and do nothing. Not only would fighting back accomplish the wishes of the attacker, but it would also bring further risk to yourself and also give your time and energy to a wasted cause. Relying [fight back] to hate mail is counterproductive, inconclusive, and ignorant. The only way you can win is to completely ignore it. Let it slide right on by ya’, and you will be the unscratched victor. Yes, people write really mean things about you. But it you think about it all in perspectives, look where it’s coming from. What kind of depressing, sad, hopeless life of a human would take the time and get the enjoyment from sitting down and writing horrible things to a person like me. I feel very sorry for the people who send me these horrible messages, and I pitty their miserable lives. How can I say such a derogatory statemt without becoming one of them myself? Well, I’ll yet again clarify that when I say they have miserable lives, these aren’t the words that come out of my mouth. Oh no, take one look at the things they write that comes out of their mind, and you too will realize how much of a dark, gloomy, sad, depressing, and hopeless life they must have.
Whoa, I got carried away. To finish up that idea, I [stupidly] threw out the phrase “hatemail from my website” in the car today around this other family. I say ’stupidly’ because I really didn’t want to go into explaining it ^_^;; When I try to talk about things with my tongue, I’m sure you can understand how badly I could mess something up when I’m caught off guard. So, in a brief, not only did I try to define hatemail and how it relates to me, but also continue with my first topic. When I spat it out, I felt so stupid. I came out really wrong, and sounded really bad! I think that it sounded like I was begging for attention and/or trying to get people to feel sorry for me and/or trying to let people know that I was feeling sorry for myself. /Shivers/ I hate talking with the tongue! It messes so many things up. Don’t get me wrong, I can say things and have them taken wrongly even in the type. Anyway, so, yeah. I’m an idiot. And now that I think about it, one (or maybe two?) of these family members will probably read this entry. I don’t feel like erasing it though, because it applies to so many past conversations when I throw out quick definitions of ‘bad’ things that are purely facts as far as I’m concerned but the “listening party” takes my defining them as a “aww let’s all feel sorry for scott” cry. Somebody hit my head with a really big goldfish. Actually, an awkward sumup: If you’re a member of the family I’m talking about or one of the people in one of the ‘past events’ I just described, don’t come to me and ask about this! Just pretend you never read it (which probably will be the case anyway) and I’ll just assume the same ^_-
School tomorrow, I’m gonna wrap up. Wow, my last night of Christmas break is almost up! I will have a lot to talk about tomorrow, and all the wonderful blog ideas I’ve been getting from my email! No long extended goodbyes tonight. No sir-ee. You know how badly I hate taking a whole paragraph to say goodbye. I once had this cousin’s aunt’s roomate’s vet’s father’s maid’s vaccuum seller’s haircutter’s pharmacist’s biggest client’s grandson’s best friend’s brother’s sister (twice removed) who took forever saying goodbye. Pfft, idiot.
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howdy scotty…I (stephen..from track..haha..actually i was at your house today) .. anyway.. I have become and avid reader of your website..and aaron’s over, and i think he’s become a diligent paduion learner as well, ha. it’s very interesting..i’ll be getting ready for bed and then think while im brushing my teeth, flossing, and washing my mouth out with fluoride, that “hey! i can go see what scott posted tonight! yay!” but seroiusly, this is cool website man..i looooooooove the tutorials on Windows XP and AIM. And just th incessant blabbing on everything. If I wasn’t so lazy, i’d probably love to start a website where i could just blab and blab and blab… hey..aaron just came up with an idea..can we become apprentice writers under your supervision? we could spell check your blogs, haha..ooooooh man, its late..anyway.. hey, how would that work? i have no clue, i’m not exactly the biggest computer person..right now my dumb internet is the most retarded thing ever..but i won’t plague your life with one more “problem” for you to fix, ha. oh man..dinner was so good tonight. my mom made homemade pizza and bread and salad.. and Rose’s friend from college came over, and we were kinda loud and obnoxious to try and scare her away. And then we went to eckerds and picked up some drugs and then we moved tile, and then we came home and we went out to this huge sand field by our house (its a sand field because they are building a subdivision where there used to be woods by our house.. im mad that the woods are gone, but the sand is pretty cool..there are huge trenches and dunes and mountains). And then we came home and washed off our dirty feet and watched the “Extreme Elimination Challenge” on Spike TV..oooooh that show is soooo great..i think you’ve seen it to, the one with all the japanese people going thru this obstacle course, oh man its great..love it..my brother especially loved it, he was rolling. isnt it weird how i always put a … between my thoughts whenever i type, i think its become a habbit..ya know? .. yeah…. ok.. anyway.. oooooooh..and btw.. i watch almost no tv besides football. i’ve gotten so sick of it..seriously, even sportscenter on ESPN and 24 on Fox. So..hmm, maybe someday when i’m 87 years old i’ll stop watching football. well..wait nevermind, no i won’t i don’t believe that will ever happen..ever..football is wonderful..you should really look into it Scott. Aaron just commented, “Football is life, and life is football.” “Football is the essence of life, life is the essence of football.” Did i carry that a little too far..maybe. hmmm, anyway..oh yes, i like your comments on stayin wi’d da fam, i was like, ooooh yeah, i love just staying at home..when i get older or whatever..aka 18 or get married and get a house and live somewhere..it’s gonna be RIGHT here in central florida..within about an hour of my house. I don’t wanna go no where cause i love florida. it is rated AG: All Good.. don’t you agree?? oh guess what i just ate.. Some jelly-filled donuts..dang they were good, they were the little bite-sized jelly filled ones.. i think the jelly was the Strawberry flavor..or maybe it was just a bunch of “fruity” tasting crap that some druggy thru into some year old dough and sold it at publix..err probably Winn Dixie..that store is awful..i hate winn dixie, its so retarding dumb, all the food there is old and gross and sits on the shelves collecting dust for years. hmm, i stated my argument twice there, all the food is OLD (and gross) and sits on the shelves collecting dust FOR YEARS. see the comparison? speaking of old food.. right next to me is a pantry full of a bunch of food that we will probably never eat. we will probably give it to some food drive.. man, wouldn’t you feel jipped if you were a homeless person and you received a bunch of 3 year old can of enchilada sauce..mm.. i can just see his face, “hey honey, i just got some brand new Enchilada Sauce!! woopdeedoo!.. oh man, and look at these nutrition facts, “only 1 gram of fat, 220mg of sodium, WOW!! only 3 grams of total carbohydrate..uh oh… 0% protein. anyway..it is..uhhhhh 1:25 AM..and we have a stupid Law Class at Circle tommorow.. btw..don’t you just hate most Circle parents, they are so dumb. aaaaah, they drive me crazy sometimes..i won’t go into detail..i’m sure you’ve had your run-ins with some whacked out parents..don’t worry..your parents are all good. oh man.. when i was at your house today, kelly had this perfume on her dresser, and i have to admit i snuck over there and tried some..i was like, “dang! this stuff smells good!!” i don’t see why guys have to wear guys cologne…If girls like to wear Girl perfume, then why can’t guy wear stuff that attracts girls? ya get my drift? probably not, because i dont think i get my own drift. did that sound a little faggish? sorry if it did..i’m not a stupid homo. btw, am i aloud to discriminate against homo’s on your website? well i guess its a little too late to determine that since people have already been reading this although its directed towards the auther..mr scotty, haha, remember when coach would always be like..(in a scottish voice) say your name: Sco – ee. oooh man that was good that was good. “SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!” ok just had to add that line in their somewhere..this is a commment on random things.. aint it? hmm, you put, “Comment on this Blog. Comments make me smile.” actually this comment is probably compelling you to jump out of your seat and throw yourself into a lake. oh man…aaron just brought to my attention..”what if my computer all of a sudden shut off and i lost this entire comment, and then you’d never read this and neither would anyone else, and no one except for me and aaron would ever know it existed, and we’d probably forget after awhile. So eventually it would be lost forever, and i wouldnt have the eye-lid power to stay up for another hour and write another.. seriosly, if my computer shut off, it would change my life completely. i mean, all this blabbing i’ve just blabbed about would become completely irrelevant to me and anyone else. hmmmm, uh well, so far it aint shut off.. POW!! scared ya aye? you thought it shut off..didn’t you????? |
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this lcd requires 5v of backlight power and another 5v of logic power. I doubt your pbook will be easy to hook up to this lcd. You’re expected to plug it into the power supply of a PC ^_- note: bluetooth? If you want to fund a few grand for development costs, I’m sure we could work something out. Until then, use a wire =op |
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i could never read that whole thing *yawn* but um, do you have to make your lcd use the printerport? i wanna put one in my pbook, and btw it DOES kick *** oo, i wonder if i could make a small lcd screen bluetooth so i could just have it on my desk and have things transfered from my comp to the lcd mounted in a little stand, hrm, where do you get these lcd parts anyway? |
| scott wrote the following at 04:05:28 PM on January 8th, 2004 |
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sorry about the comments getting reset guys… I’m making some changes server-side and accidentally deleted the database. Thankfully, I had a backup that was only a day old ^_^;; |
| Megan wrote the following at 03:31:32 PM on January 12th, 2004 |
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Ok ok, I’m finally guilted into posting! I’m one of those who reads and never posts, mainly because I never have anything to post about! Um…I still really don’t…but oh well. Personally, I like your blogs the way they are – especially the random cool pictures (I’ve drawn several of them now). And Steve and Kristen, I didn’t know you guys got on here too! I guess the site was “advertised” enough during track that a few of us got curious. That’s all I guess. If I’m going to post I need to do it right after I read the topics I could post about! Being the procrastinator that I am, that doesn’t happen obviously. Ok anyway! See yall ô¿ô |