Three Things Daley #20

keira — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:39:49 +0000

…By request*: Things you can blame on the GFC 1. “FUNemployment”. The term, like the state of being to which it refers, is both enjoyable and kind of irritating. Other phrases to play ping-pong between our ears are “credit crunch” and “in this climate”. Unlike “FUNemployed”, these are purely on the annoying cliche end of the scale. 2. [...]

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keira — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:15:23 +0000

It was 1999 and I was still using ICQ (wow, there's a blast from the past). I'd just started university and I'd only been online for a little over a year. Every now and then, I'd open up my profile so that random chatters could find me. It was my new hobby. It made me feel all superior because most people on it (and, I dare say, people in general) were barely literate. Though occasionally I'd meet someone really clever and fun to chat to from the other side of the world - a friend I'd never have met otherwise. It was pen-pals in real time. It was awesome. One day, a random message appeared on my screen: "do u cyber im 21 blond haired tan complected football build" I blinked. No, I'd read it right. I had even mentally added punctuation where it should've been. And still, all I could picture was someone who was the shape and colour of a football with a blond wig on top. Read more...

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Three Things Daley #20

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