Dizzy Dee

We’re going on the second quarter of this year!!! Good heavens, time really does fly! What do you think about the green? Is it any better than the blue? I know there’s a couple of adjustments that I still need to do, but I don’t have time at the moment. Things are a bit hectic at work - I have a lot of things to finish before I go on leave I’ll post something more interesting again soon

Hope you all have a great weekend!

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These pix are again from an e-mail I received

Here’s what I did today…

Name Surname
Company Name
+ 00 00 000 0000
+ 00 00 000 0000
person@company.com
skypename

Well, its not ALL I’ve done, but its all I can show you.  Do you like it?  I thought it good to use icons instead of the usual “Office”, “Mobile”, etc. 

You’re welcome to use it if you like

Yesterday was good - but having a holiday in the middle of the week like that really throws me off. Usually I have my week kind of planned, but this week things are just upside down. I didn’t do anything much, went to visit my sister, which was really nice, but then I had to head home again, and get ready for today. This morning when my alarm went off, I really didn’t feel like getting up. But here I am, after a long and exhausting day, and I’m almost heading home again.
I’m going to go to bed early again tonight - I’ve been trying to do that lately, since I had trouble sleeping. I figured that an early sleeping routine might help, but still no luck. I’m hoping to finally fall asleep tonight. Most nights I just lay in bed thinking. About nothing really. Sometimes the biggest load of nonsense, but still, I think about it.
Hope those of you who had a day off enjoyed it, I still can’t wait for FRIDAY tomorrow though!!!

NO WORK FOR TOMORROW!!!

[Wednesday, March 21st (Human Rights Day) is a public holiday!!!!]

That’s only in South Africa though - SORRY FOR THE REST OF YOU, see you on Thursday!!

Pretending that none of us gossip is a farce. We all do it. Which of the gossip roles have you adopted? Are you “THE Office Gossip”, or the one who everyone gossips about? Do you like the gossip, and the occasional (sometimes regular) juicy stories that go around - do you help spread them, and add your own bits? Or are you the “goodie-two-shoes” who try to stop all grapevine activities that come your way - and even those that don’t come your way?Chances are, if you’re the office gossip, people also gossip about you, and say what a lousy person you are for gossip so much. On the other hand, if you’re the non-gossiping type, you won’t hear most of the stories, as people know how you feel about that sort of thing.

If I had to categorize myself? I’m a curious person, and therefore hear occasional rumors [Which I sometimes wish I hadn't] - however, since I’ve had to deal with the awkwardness of a co worker spreading stories about myself, I ask myself how I would feel if they were talking about me. I remind myself as often as I can to look for the good in a person. We all have mistakes, and by talking bad about someone else, indirectly I’m saying that I’m better than them.

One of the most important virutes in a relationship is respect. By gossiping about people you’re definitely NOT respecting them. I know it important for me that people respect me as a person, and I think its one of the least things that we can do for our co workers.

Its best not to listen to all the things that go around - those rumors build up preset ideas about people, which most of the time, are not true.

Badmouthing people doesn’t go down well with anyone, friends or fellow employees. Apart from it being very lousy, you need to remember not to burn your bridges. The person you’re gossiping about might just be your superior in a year’s time!

Besides that, every single person deserves to be treated with respect.

Someone mentioned one of his books to me - which I haven’t heard about before, and didn’t know much about (even after I was told about it).
Tonight I found some of Douglas Adams’ quotes, and these are SO good…

…He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.

…Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

…I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

…I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

…In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

…In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

…It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

…It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase ‘As pretty as an Airport’ appear.

…Life… is like a grapefruit. It’s orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

…The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.

…There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

…Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

…You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

…Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

…The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

…He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

…Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

…Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word ’safe’ that I wasn’t previously aware of.

…The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

…Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

…Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.

…Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.

…A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

…I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

…Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
…Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
…Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

…The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even the computer industry failed to see the importance of the Internet, but that’s not saying much. Let’s face it, the computer industry failed to see that the century would end.

…How can I tell that the past isn’t a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensation and my state of mind?

Source: The Quotations Page

I was listening to the radio this morning when they mentioned the mummification process. I’ve always been intrigued by mummies - the eeriness of it all. Whilst being in London I visited the British Museum’s “Ancient Egypt” section which was absolutely amazing. Mummified humans, cats, and even alligators. And though I knew bits about mummification (from the History Geographic channel - lol), I never knew (and still don’t know) the full extent of it all.
I heard the steps on the radio, and looked it up on Wikipedia again tonight, here’s how Egyptian mummies were made - is gross, but very interesting.

Embalming
The body is washed with palm wine.
The body is rinsed with water from the Nile River.
A small cut is made in the left side of the body.
The internal organs which are the liver, lungs, small intestines, and large intestines, are removed.
The brains are removed. A long hook inserted through the nose will pull the brains out. (The Egyptians did not know what the brain was for, so they removed it.)
The body is covered and stuffed with natron. This is known as the drying stage.
Wait forty days for the body to dry.
The body will be washed with water from the Nile River.
The body is covered with sweet smelling oils.
The body is stuffed with dry things, such as sawdust, leaves, and linen.
The body is covered with more oils.
The internal organs are put into the canopic jars.

Wrapping
The head and neck are wrapped. The fingers and toes are wrapped.
The arms and legs are wrapped.
The sacred amulets are placed. The Isis knot, and the Plummet.
The spells from the book of the dead are read.
The arms and legs are tied together.
A scroll is placed between the hands of the deceased.
The full body is wrapped.
The body is painted with liquid resin as glue.
A cloth with Osiris painted on it is wrapped around the body.
A large cloth is wrapped around the body.
Linen stripes are wrapped around the body to hold the cloth in place.
The mummy is put in the first coffin.
The mummy is put in the second coffin.
The funeral is held.
The opening of the mouth ceremony is performed.
The mummy is put in the sarcophagus.
The mummy is put in its final resting place, the tomb.

Images from Travel Channel & Wikipedia

I’ve got a passion for cutting. Cutting paper specifically.

Strange that I can cut out better pictures than what I can draw, though these images are way beyond what I could dream of cutting.
I found the pictures below whilst stumbling, and thought them worth sharing.

Makes me miss the times when I felt that everything worthwhile could be cut from a piece of paper.

Source of images: Knuttz

Chat slang can be such a nuisance, but at the same time so convenient. I know in school there were cliques, but while type-chatting with someone on Skype (or whatever other IM program you use), one can easily tell if a person is part of the internet junky club, or someone who still refers to java when they talk about their favourite coffee, or mention the word blog with a weird expression on their face (like its some sort of conspiracy?)

Most people I know still think that there has to be something wrong with “bloggers“. They tend to steer clear of me if they hear that “blog“…. Note, each time they pronounce the word “blog” their eyes go a bit bigger, and they stretch out the “o” sound just a bit longer than necessary… If you’re one of THOSE people and you’re reading this, you might just as well join in and blog. If you’re here, reading this, and you know me, then you probably like the idea of someone spilling all their guts online, or maybe you’re just curious to find out more about my thoughts. Either way, you’ll feel much better if you start “sharing” - like an AA meeting, you know?

So here’s for starters some chat abbreviations or acronyms…by googling you will find loads more… (If you don’t know what the term ‘googling’ means, refer to this post)

IM - Instant message
IMing - Chatting with someone online (verb form of im)
PM - Private message (as opposed to public message in chat rooms)
404 - I haven’t a clue
<3 - Heart
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ASL? - Age - sex - location?
B4N - Bye for now
BAK - Back at the keyboard
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBL - Be back later
BEG - Big evil grin
BF - Boyfriend
GF - Girlfriend
BRB - Be right back (people confuse this for “burping”)
BTW - By the way
CU - See you
CUL8ER - See you later
DOM - Dream of me
F2F - Face to face
LOL - Laughing out loud
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
LMAO - Laughing my ass off
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
FOMCL - Falling off my chair laughing
G2GP - Gotta go pee
GMTA - Great minds think alike
H&K - Hug and kiss
LUL - Love you lots
LTNS - Long time no see
MorF - Male or female
NI - No Idea
NP - No problem
OIC - Oh, i see
PEBCAK - Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PITA - Pain in the ass
::POOF:: - Goodbye (leaving the room)
Sup - What’s up
SU - Shut up
TA - Thank you
TMI - Too much information
TLK2UL8R - Talk to you later
TTFN - Ta-ta for now
TTYL - Talk to you later
WTF - What the ****
WTG - Way to go
WTH - What the hell
YW - You’re welcome

TLK2UL8R….