I’m sorry for not posting. I just…am. There’s no other way to put it, and no point in giving you an excuse, because excuses? They suck.
But I’m going to give you one anyway.
There’s this little event coming up on April 24th called Microsoft Management Summit 2006 (we call it, "MMS 06" for short, because nobody here has time for actual words and everything, and I mean EVERYTHING gets reduced to a damn acronym. Here’s an example: “3-Dub”. That’s shorthand here for www. Ok, HOW is that shorter? Dude. You better believe I’m writing a story about THAT.) and it’s kinda kept me off-the-hook-holy-hell-I-didn’t-suck-this-much-at-eBay-I-swear-did-I-suddenly-become-stupid-or-did-eBay-make-me-that-way busy.
My manager frequently refers to MMS 06 as the department’s yearly "signature event", and as far as I can tell, it’s a lot like eBay Live! – but like, a hundred million times boringer. That may just be me.
You know, someday I’m going to have to sit down and write out a copy of "Jules’ Dictionary" so terms like "boringer" can get a little credibility and I will stop getting looks from people like I’m from outer space (or Roswell) because finally, the entire free world will finally catch up and we’ll all be on the same page.
As I’ve been so obsessed with The Biggest Fricking Super-Secret Project Ever, I thought I could at least leave you with a list of the best blog material I’ve been reading this week:
Dooce.com
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Cut & Colored – AWESOME photo sequence: she waits for a reaction…OH! he LIKEY… awww, snuggly-snuggle…
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Monthly Newsletter: Month Twenty-six – 3 year old goes on hunger strike…
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Even I can’t believe I’m allowed to have a dog – dog + ice cream container = HI-larity
The Redhead Papers
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Funny Mix06 Photos – features some guy who SAYS he’s from eBay, but I’VE never heard of him, so he may be faking. You know, like me.
Xbox stuff
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Red vs. Blue (awesome spoof videos)
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Video Interview: Two Microsoft Researchers who helped develop the Xbox Live rating system (two guys in Amsterdam who can actually play Halo AND have a semi-intelligent conversation AT THE SAME TIME)
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Oh, and breaking news: my husband just bought Bejeweled 2 for Xbox now we can feed our OCD from our computer, our phones AND the tv. We stayed up till 11:30 on a weeknight solving the puzzles, yelling “no, NO! Do the yellows…over there…no…up THERE…over….WAIT!” “Do the reds DO THE REDS OH MY GOD WHY DON’T YOU LISTEN TO ME!”
See you all when I get done with Bejewelled 3: Rehab.
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