Un dia cualquiera de un verano cualquiera, un pequeño camión de mudanzas con un padre y su hija aparece por una calle de casas bajas de un pueblo de Japón. La niña saca la cabeza sonrriente, con los ojos brillando, saludando a todo el mundo que se cruzan. Su pelo verde y sus cuatro coletas la hicieron merecer el nombre de Yotsuba, que significa "trebol de cuatro hojas". Su desparpajo y su inocencia la hacen perderse por el pueblo siguiendo a una mariposa mientras su padre, un traductor despreocupado y dormilón, y su mejor amigo Jambo, un japones excesivamente alto, descargan las cajas. Subida a un poste imitando a una cigarra, conoce a sus vecinos, que tienen tres hijas. Asagi, la mayor, Fuuka, la mediana y Ena, la pequeña. A Yotsuba, como nos cuenta el señor Koiwai, su padre, al final del primer tomo, la adoptó en un pais extranjero, y la describe como "invencible a la hora de disfrutar todo lo que hace". Y de eso va la historia. Sin mas pretensiones. Una niña con cuatro coletas y su visión del mundo. Dicho así, el manga puede parecer superfluo, vacio de contenido, pero nada mas alejado de la realidad.

El guión es posiblemente lo mas parecido al cine costumbrista japonés que tiene el manga. Su ritmo es tranquilo, con un tempo especialmente relajante, donde los personajes son gente simple que vive su vida. Lo que los ingleses llaman slice of life, o rebanada de la vida. Cada capitulo de Yotsuba&! es un momento en la vida de esta niña, donde en cada dia del verano, algo tan vanal como construir una estanteria o aprender a montar en bicicleta es toda una aventura. Los personajes tienen todos un saber estar perfecto, y las distintas situaciones en las que sus bien definidos caracteres confluyen consiguen cautivar hasta al mas exigente lector. El argumento además se desarolla en su mayoria en el pequeño pueblo, con las excepciones de la granja o las afueras. Pero si ir a comprar tallarines instantaneos al supermercado cuando tienes cinco años no es una odisea, entonces ya nada lo es.

El dibujo es la guinda a un manga sublime. La ventaja del señor Azuma sobre el resto de sus competidores es que la entrega de su trabajo, ademas de ser increiblemente irregular, es mensual y no semanal. Asi, los fondos son detallados rozando casi el realismo, cada rincon del dibujo tendra el detalle necesario y las divertidas expresiones consiguen transmitir al lector toda variedad de sentimientos. Esto es un punto donde Azuma difiere del resto de los mangakas actuales, donde el detalle del fondo va en relación a detalle de los personajes. En Yotsuba&! esto no es asi. Mientras que una viñeta puede ser hiperrealista, la cara del personaje puede no contar con mas de seis lineas, o la viñeta de al lado ser completamente blanca. Es un contraste muy interesante. Las viñetas son todas rectangulares, sin dinamismo innecesario, no se abusan de las lineas de enfasis y movimiento e incluso los personajes carecen de sombras sobre el cuerpo. Un dibujo limpio y bien definido.

Como curiosidad añadida, que no se puede apreciar en la versión española, Yotsuba habla solamente con caracteres silábicos en japonés. Foneticamente es igual, pero la ausencia de kanjis, o caracteres chinos, enfatiza mas su caracter infantil.

Azuma Kiyohiko es uno de los autores mas famosos de Japón. Cada vez que edita una obra, el publico se vuelca en ella, por sus entrañables personajes y su dibujo sin igual. Su anterior obra, quizas la mas famosa, sea Azumanga Daioh, donde a base de chistes de cuatro viñetas o yon koma manga, nos contaba la historia de seis, para nada normales, estudiantes de instituto. Y aunque la versión animada tuvo muchisimo exito, el autor se ha negado en rotundo a una version para televisión de Yotsuba&!. Y este critico coincide con el.

Yotsuba&! es posiblemente el mejor manga que hay ahora en las tiendas. Por su dibujo, su guion, las sonrisas que te arranca sin que puedas evitarlo, los recuerdos que te trae, lo adorable del pequeño personaje principal... Si algun fallo tiene quizas es ser demasiado costumbrista, y no por tanto recomendable a lectores que busquen acción, desenfreno y conflictos. Pero seas como seas, si tienes la mente abierta, quizas puedas ver el mundo a través de los ojos del filosofo que llamamos Yotsuba.

You can choose between sparkling three-bed rooms with shared shower and toilet in the corridor or the luxury suite in the converted cockpit with its panoramic view of the airport.

Don`t worry if all the rooms has been taken, everybody is welcome to come and enjoy the view and have a cup of coffee. There is even a a walkway where you can go out to explore the vertiginous feeling of standing on top of a jumbo jet’s wing.

Maybe if you are up to it, you can enjoy sleeping on the flightdeck of this big airplane. The aircraft’s cockpit has been converted into a de luxe suite with parts of the original interior saved as curiosities. From the suite’s panoramic windows you will have a magnificent view of the air traffic at Arlanda as well.

It is an intriguing project and I hope I can stay there for a night soon and bring you pictures and tell you how it was. Click this link to visit the Jumob Hostel.

1: Ce faci cand te plictisesti de usa ta?

N.S.(normal): Astepti primul salariu, pentru a iti putea schimba usa.

J.S.(JUMBO): Sari ca turbatu in usa (si cu gabaritul tau de jumbo) pana ce o distrugi apoi iti pui vecinii sa faca cheta sa iti cumpere usa pe ca lor nu le convin lucrurile care ies cin casa ta de jumbo.

2: Ce faci cand clubul tau de jumbo iti cere sa aduci membri noi?

N.S.: Wtf?jumbo? habar n-am:-??

J.S.:Pai mai iau doi jumbo cu mine si ma duc la prima sala de jumbo in devenire(culturism), le fac alora o demonstratie de real jumbo si pac-pac mai am in club vreo 3-4 jumbo. Dar logic ca eu raman jumbo sef:D

3:Ce faci cand te agati in trandafiri?(asta e cu dedicatie)

N.s.: Te ingrijesti, pui rivanol ceva

JS: Faci ca viteazu de domnu in cauza si lasi sa curga sange de lene sa te speli.

4.: Ce faci cand vezi un jumbo mai jumbo decat tine?

N.S.: Imi explica s mie cineva ce inseamna jumbo?....va rog?:-SS

j.s: Nu exista jumbo mai jumbo decat alt jumbo. In fratia noastra jumbo suntem toti egali. Dar in cazu cand dau de un jumbo mai putin jumbo se schimba placa.

5:Ce faci cand ramai fara alune?

N.S.: Lol? Dec e tocmai alune?

j.s.: Un jumbo adevarat nu poate trai fara alune deoarece zeul jumbo are forma de elefant(Jumbo) si Zeul jumbo nu ne lasa sa mai ramanem in clubul jumbo daca nu mai avem alune. Este fizic imposibil sa ramanem fara alune. E ca s icum am ramane fara steroizi.(LA NAIBA)

(jumbo=masiv, elefantzesc , in inchipuirea mea ceva gen culturisti

pentru jokker, ca sa isi dea seama despre ce e vorba, el e jumbo:

)

***

Deconectandu-ne de "jumbo" revenim la lumea reala. Mi-a povestit Alina ca la ea in clasa, cineva ,fiind pus sa construiasca un basm,  a realizat ceva de genul:" Era  o fata X care nu avea batz si a plecat in padure sa caute. " Fata respectiva este pusa sa treaca prin niste probe sa ajunga la batul de aur. Ea ramane captiva in tara spanilor si devine sluga lor. Dar ei nu ii parea rau deoarece ei aveau mult lemn." Totul se termina cu stralucita concluzie a profesoarei ei:"Cine n-are bat sa-si cumpere"

El súper incorporó cinco nuevas variedades de productos a la marca propia que comercializa dentro de sus locales. Jumbo incorporó variedades de cookies, conservas, arroces a la española o Primavera y postres strudel de manzana o frutos del bosque. Todos estos productos ya están disponibles en todos los hipermercados Jumbo del país y en los supermercados Disco de Capital y Gran Buenos Aires.

But how much am I likely to pay in a CHANEL Boutique? The prices vary online all over - and theres never any prices in boutiques/online! I just want to make sure that when we go in to play with the bags and finally purchase my dream handbag, that I indeed have enough money in the joint bank account;o haha

I'm going classic for my first bag; I'm lusting for the 2.55 in Caviar leather... I'd like a jumbo one, so how much is this going to set us back?

-An image of beauty, perfection and what an investment!

Also, which is the best boutique to go to in London? I heard Bond St, but arent there 2 Bond Streets? New Bond Street and Old Bond Street?

Ms. Judy Pink

While I don't normally keep up with knives as they are being made, this one is one of my personal favorites and since we are "fair and balanced" here at CNJ (meaning we like all "things that go cut"- to borrow a phrase from our good friends at the Oregon Knife Collectors Association- regardless of whether they are old or new), I thought you would appreciate the beauty of this work of art.

Needless to say, if you know anything about me, you know elephant toenails are my all time favorite vintage pattern. I promise to keep 99% of my toenail writings limited to our sister site, but just couldn't resist sharing this one with you.

Basically chilli crab (and pepper crab) is steamed whole crab that has been cracked, sautéed, and then quickly simmered in a chilli sauce. (Pepper crab is simmered in a black pepper sauce instead.)

I must admit that I was slightly disappointed with how mild my chilli crab was.  I've heard horror stories of how spicy chilli crab is and it was actually quite tolerable.  Overall I was very happy with our meal at Jumbo and quite impressed with the chilli crab.  I think I'll start mastering my chilli sauce skills next.

Me: That is hilarious... and so fucked up

Betsy: I've always kind of joked that my neighbor is my soul mate because he watches more tv than me and is home more than me, but I've never actually seen him. But now, the potential love is tainted by jumbo dick.

Me: You need to write this shit down. You're like a poor man's Sloane Crosley.

Technically the third one was a fail too, since he still managed to PM me, but at least the program worked ^_^ He didn't say how much he spam he got this time. ;)

... on Yesterday's Post "My Experimental Spamming Fails + A New SC account on the Horizon?" ...

I wrote:

"After launching this new script, I’ve worked out why my old one didn’t work so well. When you send an awful lot of PMs, YoYo doesn’t send them in a batch, it sends each individually while you’re viewing the “your message has been sent successfully to [member]” page. Each time that notice turns green at the top, it’s sending a message or two. The longest it stays at it’s deepest green, the more messages it sends.

And now for some background on my new script it’s designed to send a single batch of 10,000 PMs, and it’s doing well so far by the looks of things. Taking a long time, so I might have to just stop it mid-spamming, but I think I’ve done enough. ^__^"

tigerdude1993 wrote:

"whoa…
you gotta lend me that script sometime "

... in my inbox ...

tig3rdude1993 wrote:

(PM titled "Re: IMMA BREAK YOUR INBOX AGAIN")

"but yet again you foolish mortal you cannot harm me the 20 messages didn't dent me >:D i am smart no you are the one who ivor big cannon needs to teach about enscription am i the only one who can do it correctly yes >:)

my mech is still powerful without comment spam but i shall make a new account and you are my first target the yoyocity will GO DOWN MWAHAHAHA"

[I think he's going to comment spam me again >.<]

LavaBall wrote:

(PM title "Yo the idiot sent me this message")

"i shall destroy yoyocity with a lucispam606060 combo thats right something you never seen before i shall destroy yoyocity and its gamers with my all powerful enscription and mech and you are the second to go akh is the first >:D all i need now is a new account and how easy is that it is very easy you go down lavaball MWAHAHAHA

In my inbox today from tig3rdude to [cut]destroy the world by the LHC[cut] make more of his ever-failing plans."

Trollsplatterer wrote:

(PM titled "Darn, O Darn")

"Hello AKH,

as I told you before, it took me quite some time to remove your 70 pages of spam. Imagine what it'll take me to remove 1000 pages of tigerdude-spam :)
We'll find another way of deleting the junk he's creating.
Until then, I hope you can forgive me not removing the spam...

Have a nice day,
-------------- Trollsplatterer"

[>_>]

... back on Yesterday's Post ...

I wrote:

"Dude, I suck at spamming D:
it seems the maximum batch I can get it to send is around 20, so I only sent SC 20 PMs. :\ From now on, I’m testing this stuff on myself before I use it on SC.

I have a newer and more traditional looping spam script on it’s way, I’ll PM it to you when I’m done tigerdude. ^_^

Oh, and it looks like SC has added a new word to his speaking style - enscription. it was in my PM and one he sent to LavaBall (thanks LavaBall for sending me that by the way ).

OK, done. I PMed you the script, I’ll be spamming SC later today. This is fast I sent my self over 800 PMs while I was testing it (on another account, of course). Sometimes it doesn’t send all too many PMs, sometimes it sends the maximum 21.

if anyone else wants it, PM me. ^__^"

... [aside from 21 being a lucky number of mine, 21 was the size of the batch I PMed to myself on the test account] ...

"mmmkay, 30 minutes of spamming done.
pwned."

tigerdude1993 wrote:

"thanks. sucks that the other one didn’t work i thought we were gonna have some new “ultimate secret doomsday spam enscription code”, as SC666 puts it "

... back in my inbox ...

tig3rdude1993 wrote:

(PM titled "Re: THIS TIME I WIN D:<")

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

you cheated you stool the enscription the sacred "running riot" i shall kill you bastard my new account will be the roxors >:D"

Next up today is a new account on DDNN that belongs to either a real-life friend of tigergal's (and tigerdude seems to recognise her a little) or SC. We probably won't find out which (for sure) until tigergal says something about it.

The account name is elisson and the introduction topic (which was moved to Announcements, I'm not completely sure why) can be found here. elisson posted using the same IP Address as the t1gergal account, so the chances of this not being SC actually look pretty slim.

tigerdude wrote a post about it, also including a little about the Large Hadron Collider's second test run yesterday, and thinking about that lead me to something that's actually a little scary :\ ...

... in tigerdude's post "Another Person I Know From Real Life?" ...

tigerdude1993 wrote:

"I really don’t know if I know her. If so I just remember the face. So anyways. Everyone started calling her SC666, but for good reasons. She had the same IP address (which of course was a proxy) as the “T1gergal1993″ account. I really couldn’t say, so I’m guessing she isn’t. But I’ve been wrong before. Remember Lumine**?

Alright, let’s move on to something big that went on today, something that made me think I was gonna DIE. Lol.

Remember, earlier this year when I talked about the particle smasher/ particle collider on the blog? It did its first test run today. But remember the rumors? That a micro black hole would form? The theory had a chance, a 23% chance. And trust me, my ENTIRE school was scared as hell."

[the first test run was actually on August 8th, this was the second]

...

jango0821 wrote:

"I was scared as fuck about that particle smasher too. The real thing happends in october. If it’s succesful it will give us a whole new understanding of everything about the universe, if it’s not we’re all gonna die 0.o"

AkmaYo wrote:

":O they were wrong about 2012 >_> also, when I was on the cb on DDNN last night (others were on as well, including ellison) so, ellison said she was best friends with tigergal in real life o_O"

[AkmaYo saying 2012 got me thinking, and I did a little research ...]

I wrote:

"if the particle collider does make an earth-eating black hole it won’t be instant death we’ll get like, 4 years or something. 

http://www.lhcfacts.org/?tag=50-month-accretion

Also, the LHC’s first real run (what it was designed to do) will take place on the 21st October 2008. The Mayan Calendar ends exactly 50 months later - to the day - on the 21st December 2012."

And now, after possibly spelling doom for humanity, I present you with the news that today is the 1 year anniversary of the AKHLog's move to WordPress.com ...

One year ago, the AKHLog (then going by a different name) had only one regular visitor and commenter, and today he is now known as VOR.

In those days SC was normal, mrsmes was percieved by all as a fool, not a severe autism sufferer, and tigerdude hadn't even joined YoYo Games.

When you look at the hit counter at the side, it's counting the hits from that day.

What the next year has in store for us, I don't know.

And don't ask about why I did this on the same day as the 6th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from what I remember it's just an awkward coincidence. >_<

Next for today, mrsmes provided new detail in his description of Nasty Virus ...

... in the Forum Topic "viruses:(" ...

mrsmes wrote:

"yeah, yeah I heard of nasty virus, you open the file and then, it gets your
wallet from the real world and buys things you don't want, like strappy sandles,
if u r a boy, or also a teenager, and then it deletes anti-virus, and then it
prints out the MESSAGE " LOOK BEHIND YOU " with your printer and there is shifty
cartoon like character with a top hat, on your screen when you first open it,
and it says in red writing on a yellow patch of your screen just next to the guy
in the top hat, it says "YOU GOT VIRUS"
and when you r reading the message that says 'LOOK BEHIND YOU" it, then has the
same thing as on the screen except written on THIN AIR and instead of saying
"YOU GOT VIRUS" IT SAYS "YOU LOOSE" and whacks you with a hammer, it's like on a
2d image written on thin air, and it moves you into the computer and over to the
recycle bin, and clicks empty recycle bin.
that is after you undo the explosion and everything and yes, the monitor even
still works without the fan which comes flying out of the computer smoking, as
it ejects from the computer, after you put the bomb in it.
after that, it laughs, when you've undone everything with the computer and yes,
then it's laughing fades, and goes "He-He-He-he-he... " as it drones away
undoing the download but then before it leaves, yes it stays and does the whole
LOOK BEHIND YOU, process and then the "YOU LOOSE" process, and then after that
your computer is fine and the virus is gone and you r deleted.
BUT IT'S LIKE THE SCREEN IT'S ON WATCHES YOU, AND IT'S A SET OF A EYES, WITHIN
YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, LITERALLY WATCHING EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE AND TRYING TO MAKE
A FOOL OUT OF YOU AND EVENTUALLY GET AROUND TO DELETING YOU AND THEN EMPTYING
THE VIRTUAL TRASH CAN, in which you r in, and yes I do believe that was for the
mac, but for windows, I how ever yet, do not know."

He's also set up some massive SHOW DOWN COMPETITIONS ...

... on and tigerdude, you're a judge, just so you know. >_> tigergal too.

... on mrsmes' profile ...

mrsmes wrote:

"Were having 2 massive SHOW DOWN COMPETITIONS, sorry I had 2 catch attention to get competitors:
http://forums.yoyogames.com/forums/3/topics/16626 (V best of V best In Hits)
http://forums.yoyogames.com/forums/3/topics/16627 (V Biggest Search 4 V Ultimate Hit, & Were Going Universal, Not Just Global but Better Than That.)"

... in the Forum Topic "The Biggest Search 4 the Ultimat Hit, & Were Going Universal" ...

mrsmes wrote:

"I thought i'd compile both topics, and the whole lot, into one massive entry
section, for those two competitions, but still not completely in ' UPPER CASE '
I First start this topic by voting for, ' I want it all ' u only get one vote
out of the whole Competition & the Top Song in the end get's used for the newer
& Latest remix's. So give them big Votes. Link 2 the song on YouTube/Song must
be provided, in your post, so with out further to do I have started us off, &
here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkd75Als6bw&NR=1
remember we aren't talking anti virus programs here people.
Sorry @Nailog: is this better, any way if anyone of the mods want to compete I
don't have any problems with that.
any way, the deadline is on November the 31st.
U can add bonus hit's but that's all and nothing else that is a bonus hit gets
judged, so I'll give the words to the song I entered since it can't do any harm
by the way there is 15 judges, and I am a judge.
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, And I want it now, I want it all, I
want it all, I want it all, And I want it now.
well I won't spoil v rest.
but u competitors and judges and the audience get 2 view the entries, and how
good u think they r, and if we call in on a audience vote, for once every 3
rounds, then that, means the audience gets to act as judges but one vote for
each person in the audience.
Remix's and more.
Here Is My Remix, it's just like the music contest(here in this link here
http://forums.yoyogames.com/forums/3/topics/16624) where we find the best of v
best except with remix's, and Anti-Virus battles and desktop wars, and more.
here's my bonus video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOuhtc_2j4
The one I am Actually voting for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb1jR0COj1o
u c we don't 4bid, bonus videos so long as it's not the one u r voting for that
is the bonus video.
don't 4get to give the names next to the file, and what they r called.
u even get to make your own hits and compete with them but only one of them, and
the rest are bonus hits, for a second competition and you may get a chance of
your hit going on YouTube.
The judges:
1.mrsmes
2.aracnoX
3.tigerdude1993
4.tigergal1993
5.Bobserge
Try to make your way into the top 3, in either competition or compete in both of
them, and for the next competition I am entering a simpsons remix, with the
song, ' I WANT IT ALL ' & U kind of get the picture, the song I want it all, "I
want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I
want it all, I want it all, and I want it now"
and if u enter and win, u can have a link to another song remix, in your
signature called " I WIN IT ALL "
"I win it all, all I win it all, I win it all, and I win it now, I win it all, I
win it, all, I win it all and I won it now"
it really literally is bragging rights, and if one of our Judges so happens to
know java, or flash then You can have it embed, in to your signature, with some
code.
The Rules:
THE TOOL[S] U USE, DON'T MATTER.
You have Until November 21st to submit your entry.
when posting the entry do it in this T-o-o-o-p-i-c, or You could end up like
this, in this video Here on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU8WwZpI-i8&NR=1
that was a bonus video, & u can have as Many Bonus videos as u want if we get
Around 500 Bonus videos each member, we will have a final show down with a
Fin-ally, On The Semi Final stancial grounds, Where we Find The Top bonus video,
there will be about 30 Judges this time, so if u aren't one u can qualify 2
Become 1."

[the deadline changed during the course of him writing that awfully long post :\]

Killgore wrote:

"hhhmmm....

big post,"

mrsmes wrote:

"oh... please I have seen bigger posts."

[he's seen bigger]

As we approach the end of today's post, I'm going to quote part of a topic I found through mrsmes. it gives us a further insight into the minds and surprisingly existant lives of YoYo Games' resident nerds ;) ...

... in the Forum Topic "Nerds?" ...

DT-170x wrote:

"Marbman301 wrote:

"when i was ya'll age i was smokin weed and doin blow lol, go outside kids."

We do go out side to work. I am 19 year old. Not qualified as a KID (my parent still think and people say I am 15 year old) :)"

[that's not something to brag about >_>]

Marbman301 wrote:

"ok well your one of the few lol im 23 with 2 kids.... 2 differant moms too. work blows but most the ppl on here dont know about all that yet lol
stay in school and study!!! the more you know the more money you can make. unless you sell crack, then you just gotta have a couple guns and some crazy crackhead homies"

DT-170x wrote:

"Jumbo works and not fast food."

Marbman301 wrote:

".....im very happy for jumbo...."

Jumbo wrote:

"?"

DT-170x wrote:

"I put out 30 job application watch this.

I put a job application on Food lion waited and they hired 5 people and never called me and they didn't updated their site."

Jumbo wrote:

"some times they just look at you and they just don't like you.
sorry DT Man i try over 15 jobs and i find one PS not a fast food place.
most of my high school friends work in fast food."

[all this talk of fast food is making me hungry D:]

DT-170x wrote:

"But they are not nerds. I out Tomorrow I need to reprogram mom computer From a Windows ME to a XP professional edition."

Marbman301 wrote:

"lmfao wanna know what ido for a living.... i work at a place call genpak... i make foam trays lol. i make 17 an hour to opperate a few machines. Easy money but child support kills me lol. yea, i make foam for a living"

DT-170x wrote:

"It a job..."

Jumbo wrote:

"Crap that hurts.
But you make a foam for a living.
see you people later i need some sleeping to do
Bye."

DT-170x wrote:

"http://images.pixish.com/pictures/21023/nerd_medium.jpg"

[Read the whole topic for some more (and better) nerd pictures, courtesy mostly of DT. This is a good one.]

aracnoX wrote:

"Well if you ever fall just know that you will have something soft to fall on..."

[... not funny?]

DT-170x wrote:

"if you can understand this you are a nerd
http://www.geekstir.com/img/trekmap2.jpg"

smp wrote:

"i didn't understand this.
also i'm not really a nerd. i just am a bit interested by electronics and whatnot, and i come here to mostly chat, and to improve my graphics skills."

mrsmes wrote:

"simply put I am a geek. A computer geek. not, your average geek, which people think of, as ' oh... it's that geek again, he's such a dork ' kind of geek."

[... smarter than the average geek?]

smp wrote:

"...k..."

Ivor Biggun wrote:

"A geek or nerd can apply to any hobby or skill. You will find that a "geek" or "nerd" will have dedication to an interest that will bring them rewards later in life. Being a geek or nerd is a good thing.

Sure, the people who consider themselves "cool" are great at the moment, but later in life it will be them working at Burger King serving the "nerds" burgers.

I would consider myself both (Geek and Nerd), and Im very proud. Its why I can verbally get the better of most people I speak with, and why I can be so arrogant. Its also why I can afford the latest rigs, my house is paid for and my car is the type of one a "cool" person dreams about.

By the way a dork is called so because he/she has a love of a topic that others dont understand.

People will call others dorks because they are too embarrassed to admit, that they dont understand the subject that person has an interest in."

mrsmes wrote:

"I ain't stupid I think I know that, but it also has the same defenition as gay, also known as uncool, like ' L0L u r such a retarted ' or something like that."

pilotteaml wrote:

"Geek."

tecno40 wrote:

"@Marbman301
Wow it seems like you have a sad life.

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I guess I'm a geek. :)"

Ivor Biggun wrote:

"Mrsmes, I think you need to rethink some of your "ideas"

There is nothing wrong with being gay. I have many good friends who are and they are far cooler than I could ever be. In addition the word "retarded" is a very offensive one.

For me, following what everyone else does is "uncool" I have far more respect for people who do not follow the "mainstream" and be their own person.

The world is full of different people and thats why its so diverse, the only "uncool" people on this planet are the ignorant bigots."

mrsmes wrote:

"yeah, but try saying that to my brother Robbie White, aged 13, and man he'll beat u so hard u can't breathe another breathe."

luke_escude wrote:

"This sounds like an argument I should be in :)

Mrs. Mes, he could probably beat YOU up like that. Most of us on these forums probably wouldn't be affected by your 13 year old brother."

[are these insults deliberate now or is luke confused about more than just his sexuality? >_>]

On a related note, I'd like to show you NakedPaulToast's latest post, complete with smes-ish mistake ...

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OK, this required an explanation, even for me. The phrase "it's not a bug, it's a feature". And the car has a yellow boot labelled "feature" thanks to it's owner.

... right? o.O

And lastly for today ... This is Chuck Storm.

OH GOD

yang datang ke starbucks semanggi 7 september 2008 lalu, sudah tahu persis siapa si mungil nan montok ini. yaps, dia jumbo junior.

namanya sih Elisha Joyce Riama Gultom. sembari mencubit pipinya, jangan lupa bilang, "joyce ..." soalnya, kalau enggak begitu, doi bakal langsung nabokin, nendangin dan nggajulin *halah*

joyce lahir di bekasi, 1 april 2008. dus, kalo itung-itungan sekarang, umurnya masih 5 bulan. umur segini, joyce bisa tengkurap. kalau sedang meringkuk tidur, weits ... bobonya muter-muter. 

ah, nggak ngebayangin kalo si emak bobonya juga muter-muter. :p

untuk itulah, diluar acara temu kangen 2009, tim kecil di jakarta memutuskan untuk memungut Rp 250.000 per orang untuk acara di stama.

tellernya adalah ratna jumbo. untuk nomer rekening, bisa di intip di milis stamaclassof99 di message #83. sekadar mengingatkan,  usai menyetorkan pada bu teller, harap mengabarkan siapa yang mengirim plus besarnya jumlah kiriman. jadi, saat rekening koran di cetak, ketahuan si pengirimnya siapa.

ayo atuh, boleh kok jika mendonasi lebih dari Rp 250.000.