Category Archives: life stuff

oo-oo-ooo . . .

20 Tuesday Mar 2007

Posted by in health & happiness, life stuff, musings, rants, weird

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. . . I wanna be like you-oo-ooo! f_musicalnote.giff_musicalnote.giff_musicalnote.gif

Have you ever noticed that your online character/personality occasionally attracts people who think this is who you really are and then they make a massive effort to become your ‘friend’ when in fact they are actually wishing they could be like you? Except of course they have no idea who you are.

These people are kinda scary . . . because if you don’t respond in kind you go from being perched on a pedestal you never wanted to be on anyhow to being whatever sort of monster can be fabricated, usually something they are most afraid of that has nothing whatsoever to do with you, in order to justify whatever nastiness they come up with to knock you off said pedestal.

Ah, public life, eh? Next I’ll be shaving my head . . .

which flame warrior are you?

18 Sunday Mar 2007

Posted by in humour, life stuff, media

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I love this site – Flame Warriors.

I’d say Big Cat is the closest to my online personality, albeit not entirely accurate.

Big Cat would rather not fight…he enjoys peacefully observing forum conversations and laconically participates when the moods strikes. He playfully chases interesting threads, and from time to time uses a Newbie or Propellerhead as a convenient scratching post. He enjoys being stroked or petted, and tends to purr loudly. CAUTION: Don’t be fooled by his fuzzy, playful exterior. When provoked, Big Cat reacts with lightning speed and almost always lands on his feet after an attack. Big Cat often indulges himself by toying with his victim before delivering his lethal blows.

So which Flame Warrior are you and how close do you think your online personality is to your real life one? It’s curious how many people think they know you from reading what you’ve chosen to write on a public website. Weird.

I’ve ‘met’ quite a few of these Flame Warriors (or variations thereof) since becoming involved in internet forums and personal experience compels me to caution . . . beware The Sycophant!

azahar!

17 Saturday Mar 2007

Posted by in life stuff, musings, sevilla

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My favourite time of year.

I was just out on the balcony enjoying the morning sun and there it was – the gorgeously subtle fragrance of orange blossom (azahar) in the air. Then I looked down and saw the first blossoms on one of the trees.

So for the next three weeks or so the streets here are going to smell like heaven.

I wasn’t surprised to learn that orange blossom has natural calm-making qualities as I find it very soothing and, oh I dunno, even uplifting. All I know is that everything feels better while the orange trees are in blossom.

sweet dreams …

14 Wednesday Mar 2007

Posted by in health & happiness, life stuff, love

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. . . are made of this?

More and more couples in the US are ordering separate master bedrooms in their new homes to help ensure a more harmonious marriage, research suggests.

What do you think? I’ve always thought having separate bedrooms (what the heck, separate suites) would be a fabulous way to live together with an intimiate other. You’d still get all the togetherness and sharing stuff, and of course you could still sleep together anytime you both wanted to … in fact, wouldn’t that be even sexier than always having to sleep together due to lack of space? You could take turns inviting each other over when you felt like having company, and when you felt like reading half the night or just having a comfy whole-bed-to-yourself experience you could do that too.

Well, if it’s good enough for royalty . . .

Meanwhile, the article also makes some good points about conflicting schedules, sleeping habits, etc. getting in the way of an otherwise happy relationship.