I haven't had a whole lot happen lately. It's been a fairly slow week. I've been doing schoolwork(or at least I'll let myself think that), and messing around on my computer. This weekend I decided to do a little maintenance. It took a forever and a half but I got it done. I defragmented the hard drive, ran scan disc, cleared out unneccessary programs and files, reorganized things for the first time in ages, and I ran BCWipe. BCWipe took roughly 22 hours to run!! It takes ages to run but it has a doozy of an effect. I'll be needing to uninstall my XVid codec and to delete it from the win32 folder as well, then to reinstall and pray that the glitch won't nail me anymore(anytime a thumbnail of an X-Vid video file is created it crashes explorer.exe). I saw something about it on the divx forums and i'm going to try it and pray it works. I'm probably going to put in a second hard drive soon and have it running on Mandrake 10... If indeed the jumper settings for the hard drive are written on the bottom of the hard drive. I do believe I also have the senior class trip on Friday. Heading off to Washington DC we be. I have to be there at the 5:30 in the morning ><, and I won't be home til 8:00pm. I don't really have a whole lot else to say... I'm boring.
~onewingedangel(5:35PM EST)

I cut the file size for it in half a few days back so it should load much faster now. I'm still looking for any bios and or good pictures(decent quality and size around(or at least reasonably proportional to) 250(width)px by 350(height)px). If someone actually does manage to come up with it then email it to me. I haven't actually gotten any yet. Oh well, guess it'll never be completed.

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some money. Ask, "How long can I keep it? Do I have to ever pay it back, or is it like the other money I borrowed before my bankruptcy?"

2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "Why do you want to know?" Or you can say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one seems to care these days and I have all these problems, my sciatica is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died . . ." When they try to get back to the sales process, just continue on talking about your problems.

3. If the person says he's Joe Doe from the XYZ Company, ask him to spell his name, then ask him to spell the company name, then ask where it is located. Continue asking personal questions or questions about the company for as long as necessary.

4. This one works better if you are male: Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with Canter and Siegel services... You: "Hang on a second." (few seconds pause) "Okay, (in a really husky voice) what are you wearing?"

5. Crying out, in well-simulated tones of pleasure and surprise, "Judy!! Is this really you? I can't believe it! Judy, how have you BEEN?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where the heck she could know you from.

6. Say, "No," over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each no, and keep an even tempo even as they're trying to speak. This is the most fun if you can keep going until they hang up.

7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up with their Family and Friends plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can muster, "I don't have any friends . . . would you be my friend?"

8. If they clean rugs: "Can you get blood out, you can? Well, how about goat blood or HUMAN blood - chicken blood too?"

9. Let the person go through their spiel, providing minimal but necessary feedback in the form of an occasional "Uh-huh", "really", or, "That's fascinating." Finally, when they ask you to buy, ask them to marry you. They get all flustered, but just tell them you couldn't give your credit card number to someone who's a complete stranger.

10. Tell them you work for the same company they work for. Example: Telemarketer: "This is Bill from Watertronics." You: "Watertronics!! Hey I work for them too. Where are you calling from?" Telemarketer: "Uh, Dallas, Texas." You: "Great, they have a group there too? How's business and how's the weather? Too bad the company has a policy against selling to employees! Oh well, see ya."

11. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy and if they would be so kind as to give you their phone number, you'll call them back. If they say they aren't allowed to give out their number, ask them for their home number and offer to call them at home. If the person says, "Well, I don't really want you to call me at home," say, "Yeah! Now you know how I feel!"