31.12.04

The Old Year... 

Here comes an end... An arbitrary end, followed by an arbitrary beginning, to be sure, but humans seem to need beginnings and the (mostly false) hopes they bring, so I suppose this one can serve as well as any other...

30.12.04

The Superior Human Race 

No comment.

One correction... I heard the figure of 120 thousand dead mentioned today. And counting.

The Degeneration That Technology Brings 

Real bookstores simply aren't as much fun as they used to be... Damn you, Amazon!

29.12.04

Project Marina 

This is the one I didn't think I'd publish. But since I've been mean to Turks lately, this way I can prove I'm not mean on the national basis. :)

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:27016048): Tue Dec 14 23:30:08 2004
[23:30] 27016048: hello :-)
[23:30] Magma: Hi
[23:31] 27016048: hiya......where do you live ? are you slim ? ;-)

Such a question? With a wink? This caused an immediate profile check. And a good thing it did. And don't forget to visit his homepage!

[23:31] Magma: Um...
[23:32] 27016048: Um what ?
[23:32] Magma: There's no way to say this nicely, so I'll just say it... I'm sooo not into men twice my age.

Even d'Green finds this behavioral pattern slightly... Distasteful.

[23:32] 27016048: oh.... sorry I bothered you then :-/
[23:32] Magma: Bye!
[23:33] 27016048: whatever !

Not taking it well...

Session Close (27016048): Tue Dec 14 23:33:34 2004

And is either forgetful, or won't take no for an answer...

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:27016048): Sat Dec 25 00:19:52 2004
[00:19] 27016048: Hi merry Christmas ;-).... i`m looking for a slim girl any age... for real life sex and friendship ! I`m over 40... ask me anything....
Session Close (27016048): Sat Dec 25 00:24:20 2004

I really wonder how the real females on the internet can take this kind of crap... No wonder one of my friends decided to neuter her profile. But poor Margaret isn't done with this guy yet.

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:27016048): Sun Dec 26 00:53:22 2004
[00:53] 27016048: come and have sex with me ;-) .... for real I mean !
Session Close (27016048): Sun Dec 26 01:09:29 2004

And I hope this is the last I've heard of him...

The Literary Snacks of the Late Night Kind 

There is a troubling aspect to my late-night reading... Whenever my last meal is twelve hours in the past, the books seem to dwell on food. Feasts, luncheons, even the stew-softened meat for the sick start turning my mind towards the emptiness of my stomach, and soon enough I can't get the smell of the boiled sausages, which I know are, yet unboiled, hiding in the back of my fridge. Though I know food at 3 AM is a bad idea, resistance is futile. I rise, and to the kitchen I go.

While waiting for the water to boil, and having picked the sausage I'll boil in it, I consider my options. A generous dab of mustard, and a thich slice of white bread are a must, but this should be a feast worthy of its literary model! I know, olives. Green Spanish olives, and lots of them. The water boils quickly, and the sausage is done in even less time, and there I am, back in my bed (I don't remember when I last ate anything in the kitchen), the Light of Axim shining on me, as I indulge in my pocket feast...

28.12.04

Project Marina 

Long as it is... But bear with it, it's mildly amusing...

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:111960943): Mon Dec 27 20:14:03 2004
[20:14] 111960943: hi :))

[20:14] Magma: Hi.
[20:16] 111960943: are you there?

[20:17] Magma: No. The 'hi' was the autoresponder. And so is this.
[20:17] 111960943: won't you talk to me?
[20:18] Magma: Bloody hell... Am I not talking to you?
[20:18] 111960943: i don't know
[20:18] 111960943: you don't answer me

[20:18] Magma: Obviously. Why don't you come back when you find out?

Some thickness showng, at the very beginning. And it doesn't get any better.

[20:19] 111960943: never mind
[20:19] 111960943: i am ahmet from TURKEY
[20:19] 111960943: and you?
[20:19] Magma: I'm Margaret, from the UK.
[20:22] 111960943: how old are you?

[20:23] Magma: 22.
[20:23] 111960943: margaret

[20:23] 111960943: i am 25
[20:23] 111960943: do you like handsome men?
[20:23] Magma: So your profile says.
[20:23] Magma: o.0
[20:24] 111960943: what is oo?

[20:24] 111960943: i don't understand you
[20:24] Magma: OK, just for the sake of this conversation, let's say I do. Will you now try to impress me with the size of your penis?
[20:24] 111960943: speak clearly
[20:24] 111960943: no

[20:25] 111960943: i will do whatever you want
[20:25] 111960943: ok
[20:25] Magma: Or the number of women you supposedly had sex with?
[20:25] 111960943: no
[20:25] Magma: Because that's what the last Turk who asked the handsome men question did...
[20:25] 111960943: i am a romantic
[20:25] Magma: And I think he made that claim, too.
[20:25] 111960943: you don't understand me
[20:26] Magma: You're right, I probably don't.
[20:26] 111960943: now i am asking you again
[20:26] 111960943: do you like handsome men?
[20:27] 111960943: yes or no
[20:27] Magma: And I'll repeat, for the sake of this conversation, let's assume I do.
[20:27] 111960943: don't make it
[20:27] 111960943: :-)
[20:27] 111960943:
i won't ask again

Rather forceful guys, these Turks... Over the net, at least.

[20:27] 111960943: :-)
[20:28] 111960943: but

[20:28] 111960943: i am a handsome man
[20:28] 111960943: girls usually like me
[20:28] Magma: I suppose that's good for you.
[20:28] 111960943: you are right
[20:28] 111960943: but
[20:28] 111960943: i want to see you
[20:29] Magma: Shoot. Doesn't life suck, not giving us all we want?
[20:30] 111960943: you are a hard rock
[20:30] 111960943: we say such in TURKEY
[20:30] 111960943: :-)
[20:30] 111960943: ok

[20:30] 111960943: you can't send me your photo
[20:31] 111960943: but
[20:31] 111960943: this conversation must be very nice
[20:31] 111960943: ok
[20:32] 111960943: hard rock is an idiom
[20:32] Magma: I've got one question for you.
[20:32] 111960943: i am listening to you
[20:32] Magma: Are there no Turkish girls using the internet?
[20:32] 111960943: there are a lot of
[20:32] 111960943: why?
[20:33] Magma: OK, then another question for you. Why do Turkish men talk to me, and not to the local women?
[20:33] 111960943: i can't know the others
[20:34] 111960943: but
[20:34] 111960943: i can say that i am an english student
[20:34] 111960943: and
[20:34] 111960943: i have to improve my english

Twenty-five, still a student (granted, might be graduate), and of English. No less...

[20:34] 111960943: this is only reason for me
[20:35] Magma: Uh huh. So how would my pic help that goal?
[20:35] 111960943: because ,i like english girls very much
[20:36] Magma: My picture doesn't talk, you know...
[20:36] 111960943: but
[20:36] 111960943: it shows you to me
[20:37] 111960943: :-)
[20:38] 111960943: are you talking to other men except me?
[20:38] Magma: Right now?
[20:38] 111960943: yes
[20:39] Magma: I am. I suppose they're males, really, since their gender is irrelevant to what we're doing.
[20:39] 111960943: but
[20:39] 111960943: i am an envious man
[20:39] 111960943: i envy you from other men
[20:40] Magma: o.0

o.0 indeed...

[20:40] 111960943: 8-)
[20:40] 111960943: what are you doing now?
[20:40] 111960943: hi :))

Some 25 minutes into the conversation, a 'hi' pops up again...

[20:41] Magma: I'm doing this and that.
[20:41] 111960943: i am listening to music the valley of the wolwes
[20:42] 111960943: have you ever been to TURKEY?

What's with the caps?

[20:42] Magma: No. And I don't think I'll go any time soon.

Since I'm a bit freaked out by the Turks, even though I'm not Margaret...

[20:42] 111960943: ok
[20:43] 111960943: do you want to see some photos about TURKEY?

Caps?

[20:44] Magma: Um, not really. I've seen a lot of them.
[20:44] 111960943: they were about summer,weren't they?
[20:45] Magma: Mostly, yes.
[20:45] 111960943: but

[20:45] 111960943: i will show you about winter
[20:45] 111960943: what about you?
[20:46] Magma: What about me?
[20:46] 111960943: sorry
[20:47] 111960943: do you accept my offer?
[20:47] Magma: To see photos of Turkey in winter? Don't they look the same as the summer ones, only with snow and/or clouds?
[20:48] 111960943: you are right
[20:49] 111960943: i try to send you my photos
[20:49] 111960943: but you are very cunning
[20:49] 111960943: :-)
[20:49] 111960943: when you have got my photos ,you will see me,too.
[20:50] Magma: I don't think you can send me any photos...
[20:51] 111960943: are you a cruel?
[20:51] 111960943: :-(
[20:52] Magma: No, I'm using Trillian.
[20:53] 111960943: ok
[20:53] 111960943: what do you do in england?
[20:54] Magma: I'm a sociologist.
[20:54] 111960943: did you finish university?
[20:54] Magma: Yup.
[20:56] 111960943: when?
[20:56] Magma: Last year.
[20:59] 111960943: you say
[20:59] 111960943: do you work?
[20:59] Magma: I suppose you're not done with it?
[21:00] 111960943: do you know john scatman?
[21:00] Magma: No.
[21:01] Magma: Should I?
[21:01] 111960943: yes
[21:01] 111960943: you should
[21:01] Magma: Why?
[21:01] 111960943: i don't know
[21:01] 111960943: you had better know him
[21:02] 111960943: i am listening to scatman john
[21:02] 111960943: he was very famous 1995_96_97
[21:03] Magma: Do you know a band called Summoning?
[21:03] 111960943: no
[21:03] Magma: Then we're even.
[21:04] 111960943: i want still see you
[21:04] Magma: Well, now you know what you'll ask Santa to bring you the next year.
[21:06] 111960943: margaret
[21:06] 111960943: i like you
[21:06] 111960943: but
[21:06] 111960943: i can't see you
[21:06] 111960943: this is a very hard situation for a man

I wonder what else is hard...

[21:06] Magma: Ahmet.
[21:06] Magma: You're confused.
[21:07] Magma: You either want to practice your English, or you want to declare your undying love to me.
[21:07] Magma: But you can't want both of those things at the same time.
[21:08] 111960943: no
[21:08] 111960943: you don't understand me
[21:08] 111960943: i want only you
[21:08] 111960943: ok
[21:09] 111960943: my only wish is to see you
[21:09] Magma: You will have to decide.
[21:09] Magma: Either you're practicing English, in which case you don't need my picture, and we can go on...
[21:10] 111960943: i have decided
[21:10] Magma: Or you're looking for a virtual date, in which case we'll just say good-bye to each other, because I'm a bit tired of Turks looking for a virtual date.
[21:10] 111960943: you are more important than english for me
[21:11] 111960943: i want to see you
[21:11] Magma: In that case, good bye.
[21:12] 111960943: if you don't want me,you must say to me this
[21:13] Magma: Say what?
[21:14] 111960943: i am listening to laava
[21:14] 111960943: laava says that wherever you are
[21:14] 111960943: and
[21:14] 111960943: i say that
[21:14] 111960943: wherever you are margaret
[21:14] 111960943: sorry
[21:15] 111960943: i must say
[21:15] 111960943: princess margaret

Awww... Well, he did say he's a romantic.

[21:16] Magma: Do I really need to be so uncivilised to use the ignore button?
[21:16] 111960943: ignore button isn't a solution
[21:17] 111960943: you know this
[21:17] 111960943: you can't escape from reals
[21:17] Magma: To the problem of you, it is. Bye!
[21:17] 111960943: you are wrong
[21:17] 111960943: bye isn't a solution
[21:18] 111960943: unfortunately,bye doesn't solve anything
[21:18] 111960943: you know this ,too
[21:20] 111960943: you know that i am a romantic
[21:20] 111960943: if you want a romantic man one day,i will be waiting for you
[21:20] Magma: Well, one thing has to be said about you... You're stubborn.

And ain't the evil, wicked me happy for it?

[21:21] 111960943: and

At this point, I decide to run him in circles, responding to what he says to one account using the other.

Session Start (ICQ - 95926556:111960943): Mon Dec 27 21:21:24 2004
[21:21] 111960943: you are very clever
[21:21] 111960943: i feel this
[21:21] Magma: Oh, dear... Aren't you about to be surprised...
[21:22] d'Green: Don't wait for Margaret... You don't have that much time.
[21:22] 111960943: this sentence is a form
[21:22] 111960943: but
[21:22] 111960943: i can't remember this form now
[21:22] d'Green: So young, and so forgetful...
[21:22] 111960943: i learn english from grammar books
[21:23] 111960943: and
[21:23] 111960943: english people say that
[21:23] d'Green: Well, there are worse ways to learn English...
[21:23] 111960943: it is raining cats and dogs
[21:23] 111960943: when it rains heavily
[21:24] d'Green: Unlike Croatians, who say it's the axes.
[21:24] 111960943: are you a mad?
[21:24] d'Green: A little bit.
[21:25] d'Green: Do you still want to see my picture?
[21:25] 111960943: don't talk about margaret
[21:25] d'Green: Why not?
[21:26] 111960943: this problem is between margaret and me

He fails to perceive the split in my personality... :)

[21:26] d'Green: To all intents and purposes, I am Margaret...
[21:26] *** Error while sending IM: This user is currently not logged on

But it looks like I did get him confused.

[21:26] Magma: Aww...
Session Close (111960943): Mon Dec 27 21:27:09 2004

A battle is over, but the war continues the next day...

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:MAV): Tue Dec 28 20:28:02 2004
[20:28] MAV: welcome to icq
[20:28] Magma: You left so suddenly yesterday... Don't want to see Margaret any more?
[20:30] MAV: you say
[20:30] MAV: i will never forget you
[20:30] Magma: I hope you won't.
[20:31] MAV: but
[20:31] MAV: i couldn't see you
[20:31] MAV: i am very sorry for you
Session Start (ICQ - 95926556:MAV): Tue Dec 28 20:32:05 2004
[20:32] MAV: margaret
[20:32] MAV: margaret
[20:32] MAV: margaret
[20:32] MAV: margaret
[20:32] MAV: margaret
[20:32] MAV: margaret


[20:32] MAV: margaret


[20:32] MAV: margaret


[20:32] MAV: margaret


[20:32] MAV: margaret


[20:32] d'Green: Repeating yourself, aren't you?
[20:33] MAV: i memorize your name
[20:33] MAV: :))

A difficult name it is, and memorising it is a feat to be proud of. As he definitely seems to be.

[20:33] d'Green: You like having imaginary friends?
[20:34] MAV: i don't know you but you are a mad i suppose
[20:35] MAV: i won't forget margaret
[20:36] MAV: you envy us

Poor old me, envying him and his relationship with a non-existing person.

[20:36] d'Green: I am Margaret. :)
[20:36] MAV: impossible

If you're using ICQ, it is... Use Trillian, folks, and everything is possible!

[20:36] MAV: magma is online
[20:36] d'Green: Well, I'm a tricky one.
[20:36] MAV: you use two lines at the same time
[20:37] d'Green: Six, actually.
[20:39] MAV: ok
[20:39] MAV: margaret
[20:39] MAV: when will i see you?
[20:40] d'Green: You really want to see who Margaret is?
[20:41] MAV: yes
[20:41] MAV: am i guilty for that?
[20:41] MAV: :-)
[20:42] d'Green: Hm. Do you have Yahoo Messenger?
[20:42] MAV: yes
[20:42] MAV: what will you do with it?
[20:43] d'Green: Fire up the cam. :)
[20:43] MAV: but
[20:43] MAV: i haven't got a cam
[20:44] d'Green: That's not much of a problem, if you want to see Margaret.
[20:44] MAV: ok
[20:44] d'Green: Although, I'd really like to see your expression when you do.

And I would have enjoyed it... Sooooo much. I would've even taken stills of it.

[20:45] d'Green: m****@yahoo.com
[20:45] MAV: i will connect to yahoo
[20:45] MAV: my nickname is "delioldumya"
[20:45] MAV: send me a message
[20:45] MAV: ok
[20:48] MAV: are you there?
[20:48] d'Green: I am... You seem not to be.
[20:48] MAV: ok
[20:48] MAV: i will do it
[20:49] MAV: i will connect soon
[20:50] MAV: i am in yahoo
[20:50] MAV: and
[20:50] MAV: where are you?

Inserting the Yahoo! log...

m**** (20:46:05): Evening...
delioldumya (20:50:30): margaret
m**** (20:50:37): Why, there you are...
m**** (20:51:38): Do you like Margaret?
m**** (20:53:14): Or do you need to see more... I'm not going to strip for you, you know...
delioldumya (20:54:10): are you gay?
delioldumya (20:54:10): i fuck your face
delioldumya (20:54:29): piss off

He's looking at me, all right...

m**** (20:54:46): Hehe...
[20:55] delioldumya: you are a prostitute's child

What a horrible insult! I really don't know how I'll be able to sleep after this!

[20:55] m****: This is going to make a most fun log to publish, you know...

To publish, at least, if not to read...
And back to ICQ.


[20:52] d'Green: Done looking at me?
[20:53] MAV: you are a mad
[20:53] d'Green: Slightly.
[20:58] *** MAV signed off at Tue Dec 28 20:58:09 2004.
Session Close (MAV): Tue Dec 28 20:58:16 2004

Too much to digest, perheaps?

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:MAV): Tue Dec 28 21:00:50 2004
[21:00] MAV: margaret
[21:01] MAV: someone who i don't know sent me a message
Session Start (ICQ - 95926556:MAV): Tue Dec 28 21:01:33 2004
[21:01] d'Green: You're still here?
[21:01] MAV: and he told me that i am margaret
[21:01] d'Green: Of course I am Margaret.
[21:01] MAV: who was he?
[21:01] MAV: you must say to me
[21:01] d'Green: He was 'Margaret'.
[21:02] d'Green: Still is...
[21:02] d'Green: And I'm telling you...
[21:02] MAV: margaret is a girl
[21:02] MAV: but he was a man
[21:03] MAV: i suppose you are making a fool of me

No... Where did that idea come from?

[21:03] d'Green: Oh, my rotten carrot...
[21:03] MAV: in fact,you are a mad
[21:03] MAV: you must see a doctor
[21:03] MAV: you need it
[21:03] MAV: you are a mad
[21:03] Magma: A bit mad, yes.
[21:03] MAV: and
[21:04] MAV: i will never forget margaret
[21:04] Magma: It is very fun to be a bit mad, you know...
[21:04] MAV: say this to margaret
[21:04] MAV: ok
[21:04] Magma: Aww, how sweet of you, never to forget Margaret...
[21:04] MAV: you are right
[21:05] MAV: i trust you
[21:05] d'Green: You trust me? How nice.
[21:06] MAV: you are a mad
[21:06] MAV: bye
[21:06] Magma: Leaving again?
[21:06] MAV: i ignored your friend

And he said ignoring isn't a solution... Well, it'll make things less fun for me.

[21:06] MAV: any more
[21:07] MAV: only we
[21:07] MAV: ok
[21:07] Magma: A shame. It was fun running you in circles.
[21:07] MAV: f********@superposta.com
[21:07] MAV: my email address
[21:07] Magma: You want me to use that address to subscribe to some spam?

Hm. A serious temptation. And it isn't even an e-mail account worth opening.

[21:08] MAV: if you change your mind ,you can send your photo this address

Margaret definitely needs a face.

[21:08] MAV: ok
[21:08] MAV: i am going
Session Close (MAV): Tue Dec 28 21:08:49 2004
[21:08] *** MAV signed off at Tue Dec 28 21:08:49 2004.
Session Close (MAV): Tue Dec 28 21:08:54 2004

Somehow, I don't think I've seen the last of this guy... I wonder, does he imagine this gay son of a prostitute is holding sweet, dear, innocent Margaret prisoner, or something?

No privacy cloak for this guy, though. Doesn't deserve it.


27.12.04

Project Marina 

I wonder... Am I using the poor, dear, abused Magma to do something I otherwise wouldn't do, like those Turks who have laid a siege of her use the anonymity of the internet? As myself, I don't have a habit of telling idiots exactly what they are. I'm more diplomatic than that. But Magma... She's wild. Unrestrained. My outlet, my safety valve? I think I'll have to reconsider her planned assassination and disappearance.

O Tempora... 

Someone offers me a free meal. All I can eat. Good food. Not someone I'd suspect of trying to poison me. No catches. And what do I do? I think about it, with a high chance of refusing. My ancestors of 20 thousand years ago are turning in their long-lost graves...

26.12.04

Project Marina 

I think I need to neuter Margaret (if not kill and disappear her outright), because I'll start to develop prejudices. Against Turks. What is wrong with these people? Margaret's been through an entire range of mating rituals, from rather clumsy attempts of cybering (one guy said 'Wear off', meaning her to take off her clothes), through trying to impress her with the size of their penises, to a marriage proposal. Creepy. I'm sure glad I'm not a female...

Quasi-Native-American Music 

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Who would think the people(s), whose ways of slaughtering each other would be considered a bit too creative even by the modern 'statesmen', could make something so lovely?

25.12.04

Happy Shopping Day! 

I hope the Fat Guy in Red with a Fake White Beard brought you higher credit card limits, so you can spend more in the next buying frenzy...

24.12.04

Propulsion 

If flying's so great, why do the birds give it up whenever they can?

23.12.04

 

I need a story.

The Winter of the Mind 

My mind is dull. Dulled by boredom, dulled by the lack of proper exercise, dulled by repetition. It wants to go somewhere else, to fly to new places, to soar... And yet, it doesn't. It feels old, tired and cold.

The thoughts are there, but they have no form. In the endless stream, flowing from the recesses of the mind and into the unknown, drift rare words. Can a thought not in words thought in words be remembered, I once asked myself... The answer, of course, is no.

22.12.04

The Shopping Day 

I am sick and tired of it. When I see that monstrous plastic Santa in front of a junk store in the middle of the town, singing (or, playing badly recorded through a cheap speaker) assorted Christmas carols in English (and The Yellow Rose of Texas, which is NOT a Christmas carol - what the fuck is it doing there) and proudly 'shouting' 'Merry Christmas!' while the motors shake its arms and hips, I wish I could publicly hang the person(s) responsible.

And then I come home, and see a Coca-Cola commercial... I can only hope they'll find a way to make Santa one of their registered trademarks.

No wonder there's a movement in Germany which wants Santa-free areas declared.

21.12.04

To Finish... 

CHOAM 

Why the title? I have no idea. It has nothing to do with what I want to say...

It is said that chocolate doesn't go well with wine. Well, you may call me an uncouth barbarian if you wish, but I disagree.

The Quasi-Pagan Stuff 

The Midwinter Night. The longest night of the year, and the shortest day. I wish I could find some appropriate symbolism in it, but I can't. It doesn't matter.

It is the Midwinter Night, and I shall celebrate, and only the dark, growling music will be allowed in the background. I shall not light a pyre, nor shall I sacrifice virgins (those are the Midsummer Day activities; being outdoor ones, they are better suited to the weather of that season). But celebrate I shall, drink and be merry, even though I'll be celebrating alone.

20.12.04

Traveling, Traveling... 

With the not-having-to-go-to-work days approaching fast (although not fast enough, it seems sometimes), I've started going over the websites of various tourist agencies... A bad idea. I won't be going anywhere, anyway, and I'll just get intimidated by the prices, frustrated by the fact that I don't have a passport yet, irritated by the price difference between a single and a double rooms. No. I must leave things alone, until I'm really ready to go somewhere, and then just go.

Hmm... That stupid TV show, where they find two random people, have them pack and get ready immediately, and then send the one who's done first somewhere doesn't seem like such a stupidity any more.

I Want a Divorce! 

My webhost, it seems, has started placing text ad bar at the top of the free account pages... Time to find a new host.

Project Marina 

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:4******): Sun Dec 19 20:49:40 2004
[20:49] 4****** hý:)
[20:50] Magma: Hi.
[20:51] 4****** how are you?
[20:52] Magma: I'm fine, I suppose... And you?
[20:52] 4****** i am fine ,too
[20:53] 4****** where do you live?
[20:54] Magma: Here and there. Cyberspace, mostly.
[20:54] 4****** ok
[20:54] 4****** i want to see you
[20:55] Magma: Well, we can't always have what we want, can we?
[20:55] 4****** ok
[20:56] 4****** send me your photo
[20:56] 4****** orhan_2003@yahoo.com
[20:56] Magma: I most certainly shall not.
[20:56] 4****** why not?
[20:57] 4****** don't you like handsome men?
[20:57] Magma: Because I don't send my pics to people I've never met in my life.
[20:57] Magma: And you're handsome?
[20:57] 4****** yes
[20:58] 4****** in am very handsome
[20:58] Magma: And why should I take your word for it?
[20:58] 4****** because i am very handsome
[20:59] 4****** and you had better see me for you
[20:59] Magma: So you say.
[20:59] 4****** tyeas
[20:59] Magma: o.0
[20:59] 4****** send me your photo
[21:00] Magma: Haven't we already been over that?
[21:00] 4****** i want to see you
[21:00] 4****** don't make me angry
[21:00] Magma: LOL!!!
[21:01] 4****** ý fuck you
[21:02] Magma: Well, you can always hope.
[21:03] 4****** my dick is 22 cm
[21:04] 4****** is it big?
[21:04] Magma: You actually measured it?
[21:04] 4****** yes
[21:04] 4****** ý did
[21:04] Magma: That is so pathetic.
[21:06] 4****** i will fuck you crazily
[21:07] Magma: Uh huh.
[21:07] 4****** offf
[21:07] Magma: Why don't you find a porn site to masturbate on?
[21:08] 4****** wait plase
[21:08] 4****** because you are there
[21:10] 4****** i am sure everybody had fucked you in uk
[21:10] 4****** i will come to uk
[21:10] 4****** and i will find you
[21:10] 4****** and i will fuck you crazily
[21:10] 4****** ok
[21:10] 4****** my baby
[21:11] Magma: Well, good luck.
[21:11] Magma: You'll need it.
[21:11] Magma: :D
[21:11] 4****** saend me your photo
[21:12] Magma: Are you really retarded, or do you just pretend?
[21:12] 4****** i want to see the person who i will fuck
[21:13] Magma: And what's that to me?
[21:15] 4****** let me lick your pussy
[21:16] Magma: Um, I'd rather not have some goblin crawl all over me, thank you.
[21:19] 4****** you have to accept me
[21:19] 4****** i am a good fucker
[21:19] Magma: And why, pray, do I have to do that?
[21:19] 4****** yes
[21:19] Magma: Uh huh. That's why you're trying to cyber.
[21:21] 4****** i have ever fucked 88 girls
[21:21] Magma: You mean, you've jerked off on 88 different pictures.
[21:22] 4****** you are a mad
[21:22] 4****** i am working in bodrum
[21:22] 4****** do you know bodrum?
[21:23] Magma: And that's something special?
[21:23] 4****** yes
[21:23] 4****** it is a touristic town in Turkey
[21:23] 4****** it is very famous
[21:23] Magma: I know what it is. And I'm sure many people work there.
[21:24] 4****** you are right
[21:24] 4****** will you come to bodrum?
[21:24] Magma: Maybe.
[21:25] 4****** when you come to bodrum ,i will meet you at the airport
[21:26] Magma: Oh, my. You'd sure be in for a surprise...
[21:26] 4****** why?
[21:27] Magma: It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you.
[21:27] 4****** ok
[21:27] 4****** are you beautiful?
[21:28] Magma: I've been called beautiful.
[21:28] 4****** now?
[21:29] Magma: Yes, now.
[21:29] 4****** ok
[21:29] 4****** i will work in adaland this summer in kuþadasý
[21:30] 4****** have you ever been to Turkey?
[21:30] Magma: Um, good for you, I suppose.
No.
[21:30] 4****** ok
[21:31] 4****** send me your photo please
[21:31] 4****** my mail is orhan_2003@yahoo.com
[21:31] Magma: Stubborn, aren't you?
[21:31] 4****** yes
[21:31] 4****** very stubborn
[21:31] Magma: Won't help you.
[21:32] 4****** are you english?
[21:32] Magma: No. Scottish.
[21:32] 4****** ok
[21:32] 4****** i am sure you are an ugly girl
[21:33] 4****** because you don't want to send me your photo
[21:33] Magma: Well, if that thought will make you feel better...
[21:34] 4****** no
[21:34] 4****** i won't feel better
[21:34] 4****** only i want to see you
[21:34] 4****** ok
[21:35] Magma: Life's a bitch.
[21:35] 4****** you are right
Session Close (4******): Sun Dec 19 21:44:52 2004

One can only sigh...

19.12.04

Not Two Minutes 

But a week. There's a week left till the Sunday whose Monday I won't be dreading... A long week this will be.

18.12.04

Am I a Shoe? 

Of course I am not. But there must be a reason why my hand is so attractive...

17.12.04

Two Minutes 

So short a time, two minutes. And it can seem like an eternity.

16.12.04

 

Toy got the Toy House today! We can now really go traveling. Weee!

15.12.04

What an Awful Day... 

But then again, what's new?

14.12.04

SETI@home 

Two hundred data units completed (with the current profile). No extra-terrestrials found.

The Sun and the Colour of It 

I have just realised it's been a very long time since I've last seen the sun. I leave home into the morning darkness, I come back with the afternoon twilight. And during the day, the heavens are overcast grey...

They'll probably never name a colour 'overcast grey'. Lucifer red or alien orange (in the world outside the marketing people's heads, cherry red and plainandsimple orange), yes, but never overcast grey. They'd probably name that particular shade of grey 'spaceship grey', or 'ghostmistsomethingelsecoolsounding grey'... As if it mattered.

I have to buy a new car, and I don't care what colour will it be. It can be the colour of dog vomit, as far as I'm concerned, if that will make it cheaper... Why are those fucking things so expensive, anyway?

13.12.04

Annoyed? Nooo... 

At the risk of sounding very politically incorrect...

Screw the bloody Serbs. They staged an entire fucking rebellion and caused a four-year war just because (among other things) they felt 'oppressed' by the symbols of the Republic of Croatia. Well, they didn't feel oppressed by those symbols when they were in their new passports, which they used to massively (and illegally) emigrate to other countries.

So now I have to apply for visas. Jolly me.

Vaaacation.... Vaaaaaacation... 

An hour and a half of sleep. An hour and a half... I need a vacation. Two more weeks, and I'll get it. Only two more weeks...

12.12.04

The Late Night Cards 

There's nothing that gets my 'poetic' juices flowing like a bit of late-night gathering with friends. For whatever reason. Tonight was such a night, so I've added five new 'poems' to the writings pages of the main site.

11.12.04

Card Games 

I haven't played cards in years. Since the early uni days, I think. Well, time to change that!

10.12.04

Really Friday 

I rememberst what the second thing was... It would be really bad if I got hit by a car now.

9.12.04

Cow and Chicken 

I think I shall for the rest of my life associate the name of Craig with the inability to pronounce the letter R.

Wednsday. No, Friday! 

And it's neither.

I realised two things today:
1. I've been to too many funerals lately.
2. I forgot what the second thing was. I hope I'll remember, because it was better than the first.

8.12.04

Today I Sold My Soul 

But I opened another e-mail account. I think I'll stop here for a while... The count is now 87.

87... Such an ugly number. Maybe just one more? :)

E-mail... 

Five. Those were five new e-mail accounts. I still have to re-count them, since I've lost the count, and I don't know how many I have now.

BTW, a Google search for 'collecting e-mail accounts' finds only me, too. :)

7.12.04

E-mail... 

Well, I didn't believe it. There is a limit to how many e-mail accounts I can open in one day... I'll have to take a break and continue tomorrow.

I also need to come up with new names for the accounts. Running out of those, too.

6.12.04

Mondays 

Have I mentioned how much I hate them? I have? Well, it's worth repeating.

5.12.04

Project Marina 

The Arab guys were the favourites of the original Project Marina. And they're doing their best not to disappoint now. Today's victim will hopefully provide more material...

Session Start (ICQ - 3********:263625906): Sun Dec 05 21:16:18 2004
[21:16] 263625906: hello
[21:16] Magma: Hi
[21:16] 263625906: how are you??
[21:17] Magma: A bit annoyed. Always like that on Sunday evenings.
[21:18] 263625906: unlucky day??
[21:18] Magma: No... Just the fact that it's Monday tomorrow. :)
[21:18] 263625906: yes,it is
[21:19] 263625906: what it is ur name?
[21:19] Magma: Margaret. People call me Magma, though... Not sure if it's the hair or the character. :)
[21:20] 263625906: ok Magma ,it is pleasure to meet you
[21:21] Magma: Likewise.
[21:22] Magma: And how are you doing?
[21:23] 263625906: great.&U?
[21:24] 263625906: what about you??
[21:24] Magma: I've been better. You should've seen me on Friday. :)
[21:25] 263625906: u r changing everyday or what??
[21:25] 263625906: how u will be in thursday??
[21:26] Magma: I have no idea. But I'm mostly in a not-so-good mood on Sunday evenings.
[21:27] 263625906: why spcially sunday??
[21:28] Magma: Because they come before Monday mornings...
[21:28] 263625906: i didn't recived last msg canu send it again please??
[21:29] Magma: [21:28] Magma: Because they come before Monday mornings...
[21:30] 263625906: do u study or work??
[21:30] Magma: Work. Done with my studies.
[21:31] 263625906: what u work?
[21:31] Magma: I'm a sociologist. Who works as a social worker.
[21:31] 263625906: what it is ur job?
[21:32] Magma: I deal with people's problems, I guess.
[21:33] Magma: But let's not talk about work, shall we? That's for tomorrow.
[21:34] 263625906: sure
[21:34] 263625906: do u have photo?
[21:34] Magma: Not on this computer. But, if you imagine an average red-haired Brit woman, that's me.
[21:35] 263625906: i can't image ,girls are always diffrent
[21:36] 263625906: but u know i like you
[21:36] Magma: Already?
[21:36] 263625906: i did for reasons
[21:37] Magma: 20 minutes... You really fall that quickly, or is it just the internet?
[21:37] 263625906: and i have reasons to not like you too
[21:38] Magma: Aww, why? I'm such a likable person... :)
[21:40] 263625906: first u i like you cuz u talk good and u r treat people good and respect them good and that i like and i don't find it before in britch girl
[21:40] Magma: Well, I try not to be mean to people without a reason.
[21:40] 263625906: i don't like you cuz for reason 1st-what it is my name?
2nd-where i live?
3rd am i work or study??
[21:42] Magma: You're called Mody, you're from Alexandria (the most famous one), and you're studying to be a lawyer. "_
[21:42] Magma: I read people's profiles. ;)
[21:43] 263625906: there is nothing in my deatils about me??
[21:43] 263625906: !!!
[21:44] Magma: There's a link to a website...
[21:44] 263625906: so u visited my web site??
[21:44] Magma: Yup. I do that, too. :)
[21:45] 263625906: do u liked my pics?
[21:46] Magma: They're a bit big.
[21:46] 263625906: what u mean by big?
[21:47] Magma: Large. Oversized for a web page. Take too long to load.
[21:48] 263625906: yes u r right but i like it big because when it was small ,people told me they can't see me good,in other hand all saw pic in home page and it is enough for them
[21:49] Magma: Well, you could put all the thumbnails on one page, and make a page for each pic... It'd look much better.
[21:50] 263625906: and it will take space in site
[21:51] Magma: Then you need hosting with more space. :)
[21:52] 263625906: YES I DO
[21:52] 263625906: and what u think about how i look?
[21:53] Magma: You don't look like a lawyer. :)
[21:54] 263625906: u saw my in jeans ,wait to see me in suit;-)
[21:55] Magma: I'd rather not. I prefer guys in jeans. :)
[21:56] 263625906: SO u saw me and i didn't saw u ,that it is mean u own me apics for you
[21:57] Magma: Yeah... I'll have to get one on this computer. People ask me for one all the time.
[21:58] 263625906: how many arabs u know?
[21:59] Magma: Not a single one.
[22:00] 263625906: do u like music?
[22:01] Magma: Some kinds. Metal, mostly.
[22:02] 263625906: nice ,favourtie singer or group??
[22:02] Magma: Hm... I don't think I could single out any particular one. It would depend on the mood.
[22:04] Magma: And you?
[22:04] 263625906: i like pop
[22:06] Magma: We wouldn'd get well together, music-wise. :)
[22:06] 263625906: what the most thing u like in life?
[22:08] Magma: Hm... That's a good question.
[22:08] Magma: Again I don't think I could single out any particular thing. I like many things.
[22:09] 263625906: CHOOSE ONE THING
[22:10] Magma: Do you really get excited so easily? :)
I'll pick something, just for you...
[22:10] Magma: My bird, then.
[22:12] 263625906: so if u must go to stars and live there and u have to take only 3things with you what u will take?
[22:13] Magma: Oh, dear... Does it have to be in space? I don't like space travel..
[22:13] Magma: Can it be a deserted island?
[22:13] 263625906: deserted island it will be in earth but in space that's mean u won't have chance to see any other things
[22:14] 263625906: but i agree with island but in same meaning of space
[22:14] Magma: So, I go alone, somewhere in space, and I can take three things. Wow. Have I hurt you in some way, to deserve such a fate? :)
[22:15] 263625906: iam not the one who will sent you,the destiny company who will send you
[22:16] Magma: OK... Three things...
[22:17] Magma: Three large boxes of perscription sleeping pills, so I could kill myself nicely.
[22:17] Magma: Why would anyone want to live alone, somewhere in space, with only three things?
[22:17] 263625906: three things or persons ,u can take any one u want
[22:18] Magma: Oh, so I can take somebody to suffer with me? But why would I want to do that?
[22:19] Magma: Can I just send three people, and stay behind? :)
[22:21] 263625906: ok i will ask same question in another way
[22:21] 263625906: what the 3things u want to spend rest of ur life with them?
[22:23] 263625906: u search or any way that u can not answer my question by it?
[22:23] Magma: You do realise that 'the rest of my life' is a long, long time? Do I get to acquire other things during that time?
[22:24] 263625906: so u did find the way
[22:24] Magma: Find the way?
[22:25] 263625906: the way to not answering my question
[22:26] 263625906: nevermind
[22:26] Magma: You do realise that such questions are impossible to answer, if one intends to be even a little realistic?
[22:26] Magma: How would you answer such a question?
[22:26] 263625906: ok what it is ur favourite food?
[22:28] Magma: Most things spicy. Chinese, Indian, Mexican. I like Mediterranean food, too. But I'll eat anything.
[22:28] Magma: And I like trying new foods.
So, how would you answer your own question?
[22:31] 263625906: i will takemy future girlfriend and alot of cds for music and dance
and we will go there andspend our life ,we will eat and drink ,dance and spend happily life with out any propmels and we will start our life there togther for ever
[22:31] Magma: That's more than three things, you know.
[22:32] 263625906: no it is only two things my future girl and cds only
[22:32] Magma: Oh, so CDs count as one.
[22:32] Magma: I suppose you'd need a CD player of sorts, too?
[22:32] 263625906: so it is the 3rd thing
[22:33] Magma: And the power supply, food, shelter, and the rest of the stuu you need will be provided all by themselves on that lonely planet you'll be going to?
[22:34] 263625906: there is power supply and food and drink there
[22:36] Magma: You'd really enjoy spending the rest of your life with a single person, listening to the same CDs over and over again?
[22:36] 263625906: it is alot of cds so i hope i have enough time to listen to all of it
[22:37] 263625906: and if my future girl be how i want ,i'd love to spend my life only with it
[22:37] 263625906: and we will fishing and hunt and make food togther and play have fun ,i will take care about her and she will take care about me,we will have fantastic life
[22:38] Magma: You're 22. You can resonably expect to live for the next 40-60 years... That'd have to be one big, big pile of CDs. :)
[22:39] 263625906: and even it is few cds
[22:39] Magma: Trust the professional. No two people can resonably expect to live with each other all on their own for that long, and not go crazy at some point. No matter how many CDs they have. :)
[22:39] 263625906: we will make our music and record it and listen to it again
[22:39] Magma: Ah ha. There's the fourth thing. A CD recorder.
[22:40] Magma: You sing a capella?
[22:40] 263625906: no it is cd player and recorder 2 on 1
[22:41] Magma: OK. Do recorded and blank CDs count as one?
[22:41] 263625906: yes
[22:41] 263625906: iam the one who maked the question belive i can make up the answer
[22:42] Magma: Cheater... :)
[22:42] 263625906: ;-)what it is ur favourite drink?
[22:42] Magma: You smoke?
[22:42] 263625906: yes and you?
[22:43] Magma: No.
They make cigarettes on that planet of yours, too, or would you quit?
[22:45] 263625906: i will stop smoking but if i found nicotek there i will make ciggret of my own and i will call it Mody and i will sell it for her;-)
[22:45] Magma: Sell to who? You two are all alone on that planet...
[22:45] 263625906: i will sell it to her
[22:46] Magma: You'd sell things to your own girlfriend???
[22:47] 263625906: i will give her every ciggret by 10 kisses so i will be sure that she won't stop kiss me if she smoker
[22:48] Magma: You don't buy kisses...
[22:48] 263625906: what u mean?
[22:49] Magma: Especially not from a person you intend to spend your entire life with... You don't even joke about that.
[22:49] 263625906: if she girl i wanted she will accept as i want her to do
[22:51] Magma: Mody, in the UK, you'd spend your life single. :)
[22:52] 263625906: it will be more happier for me than to spend it with girl i don't want
[22:53] Magma: So you want a girl who'd sell her kisses for your cigarettes?
[22:54] 263625906: for sure not in way u understood it
[22:55] Magma: You said you'd pay for somebody's love... Not a good way to do it, I'd say.
[22:56] 263625906: u uderstood it worng
[22:56] 263625906: i want my girl be shy girl
[22:56] Magma: So you would give her your cigarettes, and not ask anything in return?
[22:57] 263625906: she will own her ciggret two and she will make ciggret and name it by her name
[22:59] 263625906: i want her shy girl so if she want to have sex with me what she will do ??i want her be shy even to ask it in in direct way so she can ask me for ciggret and i she will kiss me for it and it will be our code to have sex
[22:59] 263625906: i told we will turn anything to be romantic thing
[23:00] 263625906: i need to go now,we will countine our converstion later ok
[23:00] 263625906: ?
[23:00] Magma: Ah. I see. Well, the way you said it, it sounded differently. :)
[23:00] Magma: OK, later!
[23:00] 263625906: have anice time
take care
bye bye@}->--
[23:01] Magma: Bye!
Session Close (263625906): Sun Dec 05 23:01:08 2004

I'll be evil, and leave his UIN intact. This wouldn't be complete without the link to his website, and he clearly states it there, so there's no point in hiding it...

Glaucoma 

n. Any of a group of eye diseases characterized by abnormally high intraocular fluid pressure, damaged optic disk, hardening of the eyeball, and partial to complete loss of vision.
[Latin glaucoma, cataract, from Greek glaukoma, from glaukos, gray.]

Supposedly awaiting all who stare at computer screens a lot...

4.12.04

Argh. 

Argh! ARGH!!! Bloody fucking hell shit!!! $#@**$#@!!!

I have a serious desire to apply a hammer to some electronics.

3.12.04

Who's Afraid of New Drivers? 

I am, now. I think I'll stick to the if-it-ain't-broken principle in the future.

2.12.04

Hotmail 

22 accounts. Or 23... I don't even know any more. Fun, but tends to take some time to check.

From Work, Too 

But what? Who knows.

1.12.04

Pax Americana. Roman Style. 

U.S. Says Guantanamo Prisoners Cannot Contest Cases, says the article. By all means, Mr Bush, please, bring me your democracy. Pax Americana. When will crucified slaves begin appearing along the American roads?

Reversals 

Funny it is... How the two opposite halves of one's personality can find their roles completely reversed... And yet, even though they're halves, one doesn't feel the same any more.

In the world, only the change permanent is, said one of the great Croatian poets. For better of for worse, things can never go back to what they were.

Misidentifications... 

I thought it was a piece of hazelnut. It was an Igor's seed.