Thursday, October 27, 2005

Although I should be getting ready for bed...

I'm playing online. Paul called a little while ago to let me know he is on the plane and headed home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) He's got a 16 hour flight to Los Angles and then to Dallas and finally RDU, but he'll be home 24 hours from now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the seat he's sitting in from MEL to LAX: Quantas skybed and more info here.

"The new Qantas International Business Class sleeper seat Skybed has again been recognized for its excellence, receiving one of Australia's top design accolades - an Australian Design Award. Skybed was also recently awarded one of the world's oldest and most prestigious international design honours - A Good Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture.

Features:

* A seat that transforms into the world's longest Business class bed at almost 2 metres.
* Extensive seat adjustment controls for maximum comfort in any position, regardless of your height.
* In the recline position the bed width measures a spacious 61cm (24 inches), allowing plenty of room for you to stretch out comfortably.
* More comfortable cushions developed with a leading Australian ergonomist to help you sleep and relax.
* More personal space thanks to a 'cocoon' design with a generous privacy screen.
* Relaxing back massage feature.
* A personal entertainment unit featuring a 26cm tilt screen and noise cancellation headphones.
* AC power plug for your laptop that doesn't require an adaptor cable.
* Clever storage solutions including a compartment for your shoes, a centre console unit for work items and even a water bottle holder."

Still at work...

Get this - I am on hour 12 of being at my office. I am calling it a day and seeking food on my way home (or maybe not.. I can't decide). The office is 1/2 way packed - just about everything that I can pack/do is done, a few prof's don't seem to have any interest in packing their stuff. The movers are coming Monday morning at 8am and I have a bad feeling that their stuff will still be sitting on their desks and bookcases and I'll have to scramble to get it ready to go. UGH. I refuse to come in this weekend to check on their "progress" in packing. I've only got a couple of days to be with Paul and then he's gone again, so the office will just have to deal!

By far, the most involved phishing email I've been sent

These people have way too much time (and it makes me wonder how many are falling for the scams if they just keep popping up so persistantly)

I get at least one of these a day on my work email (sometimes as many as 10-15) - I only use it for work, but it is published on the website. Most are just plain stupid and don't make much sense, this one has quite the story...

"Dear Respected One,

My name is Mrs Nenita Villaran. A complete citizen of the Philippines,widow to the late former minister of finance in Philippine who died on 15th of May 2002 My husband fell sick and he was flown to France for treatment but laterdied of ulcer and he has been buried.

I inherited a total sum of 12.3 million dollars from my late husband, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company here in Philippine.

Due to the instruction I laid down before I deposited the box, that I needed maximum security/safety of my consignment and no body nor government organization can trace the where about of the box until I am ready and prepare to claim it. for this reason the security company used their diplomatic means to send the box out of Philippines to Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire where they have their underground secrete vault.

This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box that was sent from the Philippine to Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire under a diplomatic coverage for safe keeping.

My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the box of money to any address that you think is very secure and save in your country with your percentage of which we shall chat on soon.

In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them.

They have successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there, they told me to surrender all bank account of my late husband,which I did, but I never disclose to them this deposit with the security company in Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire, because this is where my future and destiny lies upon.

The family of my late husband never aware of the secret existence of this deposit which I made with the security company and they can never be aware of it Out of fear of my late husbands family, and when the situation becomes ncontrollable because of pressure on me from the Government of the Philippines,I decide to look for a trustworthy person who could assist me retrieve this box of money from the security company for onward lodgement into his account for the purpose of future investment.

Consider my situation as a widow and come to my rescue please i beg of you with all honesty.

I have discussed with the security company and they have agreed to dispatch this consignment to you in your country by diplomatic courier services mission as part of thier shippment services to clients worldwide.

Please contact me urgently upon your acceptance so that we can discuss how to go about this transaction speedily and accomplished it.

Thanking you in anticipation of your very kind and humane gesture and looking forward to hearing considerably from you,this wishing you all the best and God blessing.

Address your responds to my Private email:madamvillarann1@yahoo.com.ph

Thanks and kind regards,

Mrs Nenita Villaran"

Monday, October 24, 2005

Funny line from "Gilmore Girls"

It's a Monday. Blah. Blogger is being a pain, and I am tired of stupid people!

B/c it's funny...

LORELAI: Michel, the phone.
MICHEL: Mmhmm. It rings.
LORELAI: Can you answer it?
MICHEL: No. People are particularly stupid today. I can't talk to any more of them.
LORELAI: You know who's really nice to talk to? The people at the unemployment agency