yummy turtle - April Retards!

Here's my blurb. "Blurb" is a dirty, horrible word that I wish I could remove from this page.

I could go on and on about myself very boorishly here, but I figure that's what the rest of the journal is for. Instead: a plug for democrats, labels, and quotes from people who are smarter than me.

Kerry/Edwards '04!

A FEW LIKELY
LABELS

poetry advocate
animal lover
feminist
daughter
democrat
bookworm
vegetarian
chick-rock enthusiast
girlfriend
sun lizard
twenty something
writer

WORDS I SHOULD
REMEMBER

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
- Shaw

April Retards!	Apr. 1st, 2008 @ 11:07 am

I am not prankstery enough to think of my own April Fool's joke (although I am totally game if anyone would like to buy me some April Fool's candy, what do you mean you've never heard of that), but I did want to show everyone Improv Everywhere's brilliant prank. I got the following email from them:

We are proud to announce a new website design for ImprovEverywhere.com. With all of the traffic
and press we have been getting lately, it was time to spice things up around here. We’d like to
personally thank our designer Ken Newell for his hard work on this new site. Ken charged us only
$4,000 for his design (which is half of his normal rate.)

Things are going to be “under construction” around here for the next couple of days as we work out the kinks and give the tires a kick or two. Bare with us. In the meantime, we’d love to hear your feedback on our new look. Check the site our and leave us a comment:

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/01/site-redesign-2/

Masterfully done, no? Personally, I was transported back to McMurran Computer Labs, c. 1996. Is there anyone reading this who remembers the halcyon days of skipping freshman History to sit in the computer lab to work on our TOTALLY POINTLESS websites for hours on end? No? Just me? Guess what, you guys -- back then, Santoro Hall was brand new. And Ferguson was still a high school. I'm talking like total ancient history. (For those who did not go to college with me, just imagine your own college campus, and regret loudly at whoever is nearest to you about all the pitiable cosmetic changes that have transpired since graduation. Same thing, only my college also had a traditional Japanese teahouse stuck in the middle of some woods. I don't know either.)

Dude, one time, this guy Jack had a napkin leftover from his dinner at Subway, and we decided that what would be good would be to engage the computer lab's one prehistoric black and white scanner to scan the napkin and put an image of the napkin online. This seemed like the height of both technological advance and also hilarity. Can you imagine anything more frivolous and inutile? I suppose not much has changed as far as my outlook on web content in the last 12 years, as I am still dribbling out the equivalent of Subway napkins day after day, only now I probably use more curse words.

Anyway, a gold star to Improv Everywhere for the flawless execution and also the nostalgia trip. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS TWELVE YEARS AGO.

engage

From:	gleep_glop
Date:	April 1st, 2008 09:00 pm (UTC)

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On the pearl jam message board today:
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/forums/

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From:	iskew
Date:	April 2nd, 2008 02:49 am (UTC)

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A popular Bonnaroo fansite for info turned into "Jackaroo" for a day with all-Jack Johnson photos and imagery. (This is funny in large part because the entire site has recently revolted against ol' Jack for his whorish festival appearances and the feeling he's over-billed as a headliner next to Pearl Jam). I'm sure you didn't need that joke explained to you.

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From:	irish_eyes44
Date:	April 1st, 2008 09:49 pm (UTC)

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gmail added a "custom time" feature:

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

i was in the middle of writing an angry letter when i realized it was april fool's day. :p

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