Happy Sweet Sixteen Framble!

I hope you had a great day!

And, I hope you have a great year!



Yay for Framble!








Yay! Hip, hip, hooray!





I know I don't know you / you don't know me. But, you seem like a cool guy and P.J. likes you so you can't be all bad. I'll take the risk of seeming creepy, etc. for the better good of wishing you a Happy Birthday.

Any bikers (bicyclists) on Threadless?

I had a question to ask you but I've now forgotten what it was. Maybe I'll remember later on.












How has your day been going so far?

What did you have for lunch (or breakfast or dinner) today?

I don't remember much but, what I do remember makes no logical sense.

There were bottles, kind of like the bottles that milk gets delivered in in England. They were sort of floating around or standing on grass or something. Two of the bottles had writing on the lids. One said "Threadless" and the other said "Dom's Penis". Weird right?

And I also remember seeing Steve (The Great), Jebbie and Alvin.

Oh boy. I'm not sure if I should be glad I'm not in Nigeria now or not.


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How To Say I Luv U in Nigeria

Your mobile phone beeps, you have received a text message.

It begins: "I swear, I will make sure I give you HIV..."

But it's not an abusive threat, it's ab"romantic"; text message copied from a book on sale all over Nigeria that professes to give young people the words they need to court the woman or man of their dreams.

"H is for Happiness and joy forever with an I: Incomparable love that will never V: Vanish until death do us part. I love you," the message concludes.

The book, called "Touching the heart through unforgettable text messages (vol.2)" is one of several on sale in markets around the country that give suggestions to tongue-tied young lovers.

Text compulsion

Nigerians are compulsive text senders.

Corny "romantic" messages and jokes are constantly being sent, received and recycled.

Many men complain that women send them "hot" text messages, but all they really want is money, while women say they are pestered by men sending "romantic" texts when all their suitors really want is sex.

But the book's author, 33-year-old entrepreneur Femi Emmanuel, says he writes text messages for people who are too busy, or illiterate, to properly express what is in their hearts.

He is not married but says he sends "special" text messages to his girlfriend - original ones, not out of his books.

The sale of all four volumes has been such a success he has bought a car with the proceeds.

"People have really embraced the mobile phone here in Nigeria, but they may not be smart enough to know what to say in these kind of situations, or maybe they're too busy, running an office or whatever," he said.

'Bollywood' inspired

He gets inspiration from Indian "Bollywood" films and Mexican or Nigerian soap operas.

"I was watching a Bollywood film and the main actor said to his female lead 'hey baby, I'm a crazy lover'," Mr Emmanuel told the BBC.

"I thought 'that's good,' I paused the DVD and copied down the subtitles."

The text message threatening HIV was inspired by watching a Nigerian film.

"In the film, a man threatened a woman with giving her HIV. I thought how could I turn this acronym into a message?"

"You could send the first sentence on its own," he says.

"You are putting them in suspense, to create fear, and then you follow up with the interpretation that will give them joy and happiness."

The BBC asked people on the streets of the capital Abuja what they thought of the message.

Ferdinand Nwonye, 36, a civil servant, said he thought the message was funny.

"The person would first be scared, and then as they went through it they would start laughing," he said.

He added that the text books are mostly used by teenagers.

"I like sending romantic texts to my wife, but I think of my own, I don't need one of these books."

But not everyone sees it that way.

Businesswoman Janet Babalola, 35, says she gets romantic text messages from her husband.

"But if I got something like that I would be shocked," she says.

Mr Emmanuel, who paid for his high school education by selling newspapers at the roadside, borrowed 75,000 naira ($637; £363) from his brother to publish the first book.

He sold thousands of copies in cities all over the country.

Cheesy?

What may appear cheesy and ridiculous to western eyes may not be so creepy to Nigerians, says a well-known agony aunt.

Nana, who answers readers' questions about relationships in the Weekly Trust newspaper, says Nigerians might see the words differently to native speakers of English.

"I think this boy who wrote these texts is a bit of a poet," she says.

"A lot of us in this part of the world are translating in our heads constantly from our local languages to English."

"A lot of Nigerian languages don't have a difference between 'love' and 'like', so a lot of these messages will come across as a love proposition when what the sender really means is 'I like you'."

But the texts can also serve as "adverts" which people can use to attract attention to themselves, with seedy intent, she says.

"Many girls and boys too are out on the road looking for customers, and it is only natural that technology has made that a bit easier."


I LUV U... PLS REPLY

The following are unsolicited text messages received by one woman:
Call me, I love you
When you see d sun shine, dats me smiling at u. When d bird chirps dats me singing softly to your ear. If d clouds should release a few drops those r my tears bcos I'm missing you &when u feel d wind blow, dats my sweet breath whispering I love you. please reply
Hello my sweet luvn sugar coated choco mallow milky shaky honey dipped chiz meltin orange juicy mozzarella pepperoni spicy icy friend, how r U?
Good morning. I just woke up from a dream that I am in an aircraft and someone like you is in the cock pit. A U a pilot pls?
How I wish I cud hold u so close 2myself.. caress your feminin body during ds drizzlin. Bet u r goin to luv it hun!! Hop ur enjoyin ur sleep. I KIA!
Pls I say open the door to you heart for me to come in, I promise from dat day dat we meet till d end I will always make you smile. I really love you.reply...cheers



You can also read the story here.

Yum.

I made dinner tonight.

Curried Broccoli and Sweet Potato Soup.

Yum.

Noah and The Whale - Five Years Time





Laura Marling - My Manic and I




Eliza Gilkynson - Jedadiah (Even better than this is her Bare Necessities cover.)



Enjoy.
And...

Dance!

Can someone/people explain the Rocky Horror Picture Show to me?

After browsing through Kyle's Guinea Pig Theatre's I've decided to take the plunge and watch the R.H.P.S.

What's with the Mormons (?) at the church?

Is that Susan Sarandon?

It's a musical?!

I swear by Allah that it shall never cross my lips/mind/fingers again.

While browsing the web I came upon this article on MonsterFresh.com (chemi_hydro's site).

I found it supremely interesting and so, as chemi mentioned he wanted to do as well, I thought I'd help spread the word about an Anti Palin Protest in Anchorage, Alaska.

I (not actually me) just received an anonymous email with tons of photos (which I will put up here) of a recent rally of Alaskan women protesting against Sarah Palin. I really have not heard much about this in the major media, so we are throwing this up to help spread the word. I sent an email out to the person who emailed this to me to contact the original source. I am putting the photos up as well, to help spread the word that was forwarded.

http://deadc.startlogic.com/palin/image008.jpg

The protest was the largest political rally ever in the history of the state.

Continue reading here.

*I'd put it all up but I'm not at all confident in my abilities to do so without screwing up.*

Enjoy and learn.

-Mya
September 28, 2008 1:44am PST

Have you ever been in the situation where you spend days trying answer all of your email only to accomplish your goal and have no one to share in your victory? All you want is a high five, a pat on the back, and job well done soldier, and yet most likely all you are left with is an empty room and a cold cup of coffee. Inbox Victory is an initiative that you deserve that high five!" And here is how you get it:

1) Get your email inbox down to zero. People have various methods for dealing with their email inbox is going to mean different things to different people. A basic rule of thumb, however, is getting it to a point where no further action can be taken.

2) Open up your webcam software and take a screenshot of yourself profiling in front of your defeated foe (See examples below).

3) Shoot an email with your screenshot (fi5e at ni9e dot com)



You can check out previous Inbox defeaters and maybe see yourself up there here.

A friend, James, and I went to the park across from school yesterday at lunch to read and talk (It was wonderfully sunny). However, a school administrator came out and informed us that the park was off limits to student during school hours because of a city bylaw.

So, back to school we go.

After school James and I were walking to the library when he informed me that his best friend, Logan, and his (Logan's) girlfriend, Tina, saw us walking back from the park together.

Now I don't know, Logan, but I do know Tina. Only a bit though. We've never had a class together and we've only talked a few times.

Along with asking the required "Are you going out? Do you like her?" questions (answer to the first is a definitive no), Tina told James that I was:

1. Creepily Innocent
2. Weird.

Funnyly enough, I don't think Tina has ever seen me when I was really weird.
Maybe I just give off a weird vibe...



Final verdict: I am creepily innocent and weird.


Updated at 1:01am Pacific Standard Time (3:01am Threadless Time) at Hanzabean's request.