To Redpanther: I think you have spread the disease. My own personal cycle of insomnia has started. Yesterday, I didn't sleep until after the show, Elimin-date ended and that's 1am. I woke up this morning feeling lousy and grumpy...and of course, I do what you did... caffeine intake. So tonight, I don't expect to sleep at my normal hour again. And then the cycle continues...

Some people complained about the heat today. On other day, some people complain about the fog. About the wind. About the rain. It seems like Mother Nature can never get it right. Just like people. So when the so-called "higher being" can't even please everyone, how can I?

On the front page of the SF Examiner today, the feature article was about the BART-Airport Extension. The project took 5 years and a whopping $1.5 billion to build. Has anyone noticed that whenever the government engages in any type of projects, it is especially expensive? I'm not talking about massive projects like erecting bridges or digging tunnels... but simple things.

Did you know that it took $25M to restore the Conservatory of Flowers in GGP? Another $27M to restore Crissy Fields. I'm sure it's probably going to take $2M to remove a tree or $5M to plant some shrubs along the highway. I'm not quite sure how it all works, maybe some of the money is used to feed the bureacrats who approve these projects.

After years of being a loyal dial-up user, we finally surrendered to installing DSL at home. Sean insists that after I get DSL, I'll probably never log-on to the internet again... similar to how after I bought my Yoga mat, I never used it since. So I say -- just to make our investment worth the money, we will leave the DSL line ON at all times, just for the sake of leaving it on. So if you see me available on IM at 3am in the morning, you will know why.

What?! They didn't mention that when you placed the order! You know what they're trying to do? They're trying to swindle back the money you haggled off that's what. Bad people!

But is it necessary to have the fonts match? I don't think it's such a big deal if they don't. Don't let them rip you off! That's my 2 cents.

Kinda started today in a bad note because the place where I ordered my wedding invitation just notified me that in order to print my response card with the same font as my Invitation, I would have to pay an additional $15. I am pissed off that they didn't tell me that earlier!!

Don't you hate it when people tell you one thing and then when asked again, they tell you something else? Or when someone else asks them the same question, the answer changes? Obviously, this happened to me today. At work, this guy calls me up and tells me that I need to make sure my merchant updates the information as soon as possible. So I walk over to my merchant's desk with the same set of instructions. When my merchant questions why the info needs to be updated now, we put this guy on speaker phone. And surely enough, he backs out at what he had previously said to me. The information needs to be updated by July 14th, he explains. Well, that's really a big difference from as soon as possible to one month later. So, why do people do that? Why do people have to give different answers, depending on who's asking the question? Are they trying to make it harder for small people like me? Or are they just too "chicken" to answer to higher-ups? Either way, I despise these people. I think they are the lowest of all low-ly's...

It's interesting that today, Wontonwrapper brought up a topic about IQ test. Just this past Monday, FOX aired this "Test the Nation" IQ play-along show. It featured 60 questions, categorized by topics such as Language, Memory, Math, Logic, and Perspective. Reality tells me that I had none of these skills and should spare myself from embarrassment of testing to a low IQ score. But the curiosity side of me is fascinated to find out my IQ is regardless of its outcome. So, I played along. In the studio audience, several groups were represented -- Scientists, Teachers, Students, Bobybuilders, and of course, a group of blondes just to make the show more interesting. So the test began -- Quick! 2 more seconds...Damn! Next question! The stress lingered for 1 full hour. Then the results were IN. As expected, the scientists came in on top of the list with an average IQ score of 125. The blondes, on the other hand, tied for LAST place with the bodybuilders. So I guess those dumb blonde jokes that circulate in emails do happen for a reason. I actually did better than I thought -- and I AM actually a better guesser than I thought. Hmm.. maybe I should try guessing the Lotto numbers today?

I'm in the process of figuring what to put on the invitation as the "starting time" for our wedding ceremony. Should I factor in extra time for those inconsiderate late-comers? Why can't people show up on time or are all Chinese people just under the impression that weddings usually run late? Hmm....

Googi has infiltrated the Just For Fun blog. Beware.

So Googi told me that this is a place for random mumble jumble.