101

Hey, you're not naked!
This is an FAQ about my blog, so there'll be no naked pics of anyone around. Feeling cheated? Tough nuts. :)

On a sidenote: That pic is my avatar in BlizzForums, which I suspect is the reason why people there now know that if you click on the avy it takes you to the profile page. I giggle every time I receive a PM about it, heheh. Can't believe I'm actually 22, can you? It's no biggie, just a little sensationalism. :) If you're from BF, Saffron porn does not exist, so you can stop dreaming.


Why do I write?
In my spare time, I like to pretend I'm a columnist, so I have stuff lying all over my folders. Some of the posts here are old, between a few months to a few years. I'd like to be cool and say I don't write for other people, only for myself, but I get a kick if I get more than 3 comments per post, so that shows what a shameless attention-whore I am.

At first I was kind of uncomfortable with the idea of exposing myself to people I don't know, because, well, it just makes me uncomfortable to know that someone I don't even know exists knows about my alcoholicness and that I am a scaredy-cat. This is the reason why it took me a few months to finally decide to advertise on PPS.

After reconciling myself to the fact that I am vain and crave attention, advertising on PPS was probably the smartest thing I ever did. :)


When did the blogging bug bite you?

In 2002, when Johann and Bryan asked me to be a staff writer at Healthy Frowns, a now-dead blog. They're both Yankees, and being that the Land of the Free is notoriously immoral, I suspect they were both drunk and high when they popped the question, but lets not get into that now.

After HF closed, I was only a forummer, not a forummer/blogger, and I never realised there was a Malaysian blogosphere thing around. I also never went searching for one, cos frankly the idea just never occured to me. I'm like those cartoon characters that go "Eh?" and scratch their heads when they see the shadow of a giant boulder growing bigger and bigger on the ground where they're standing on.


What's this blog about?
My life. One thing you will NOT see here is the fiery debates I used to get into in BlizzForums, because I don't feel like spending 3 hours to do research anymore. Also, there's no Raptor here saying stupid things to piss me off, so I'm nice and zen-like most of the time.

Mostly the topics are about stuff that I find interesting, though Nub once commented about the amazingness of my ability to stretch what can be said in one sentence into three paragraphs. That's what they teach you in college, dearie, only they call it academic writing. And it may be three paras, but they're three entertaining paras.

Topics will range depending on my mood, but I suppose you should be told that I have strong opinions about abortion, gay rights, and treating people with respect. I have a problem with people who refuse to even acknowledge that other people's opinions may be as valid as their own, and hypocritical religious bastards. I am also pretty judgemental and stubborn, though that doesn't mean I won't hear you out. It just means I've already made up my mind and am probably not going to change it. Other than that, I'm a pretty nice girl. :)

Rest assured that if I ever blog about something controversial (which would probably never happen), the comment section will be left open. It won't be fair if I'm the only one who gets to say things, even if I'm the owner of this blog. I don't believe in censorship, since if you're old enough to understand me then you're old enough to think like an adult. Missives will be replied in the spirit which they are lobbed at me, so don't cry when I completely own your ass. :)


What's with all the numbers?
27th and 6th are important dates. 27th is my birthday, and now that you know I expect at least a greeting from you, heheh. 6th is The Oaf's birthday, and he's sorta important, being that he's the one who drives me to school, so he gets the honour of being on the top of this site.

The bitter irony is I absolutely hate numbers. That's why I'm in Mass Comm, no math here. :) The bitterer irony is that I actually spent 2 and a half years doing finance, quantitative analysis, management accounting and other numbery stuff like that.


Why is there no sitemeter thing on your blog?
The last time I put one in, I didn't like the idea of knowing how many people I don't know were reading stuff about my personal life, so I took it out again. Now I don't have to worry about whether the stuff I write is too personal or too weird, cos I don't know if anyone's actually reading it.

Cypher got it right when he said "Ignorance is bliss," but only if you're sorta-anal like me. :)

If you've linked to me and don't see a link back on my sidebar, I'm probably not aware of it. Refer to the part about clueless cartoon characters getting crushed by giant rocks, thx. Drop me a note somewhere so I know. Contact info is on sidebar.


Why is there no picture of you anywhere?
Because I'm afraid my face would scare off my reader base. :)

I'd entertained thoughts of putting my mugshot here, but then that would mean I cannot write about embarassing personal stuff anymore, cos if someone saw my pic and read my blog and saw me in walking in a pasar malam, they'd snicker, and I hate to have people snickering behind my back. It's so insensitive.


Your site looks weird
That's because I'm using Opera, and if I publish my post and it looks fine, I'm going to assume it looks fine for everyone. What're you doing with IE anyway? Get Firefox or Opera, they're much more secure.


This blog exists because of:
Lance, who made the sidebar pretty.
Elcap, who taught me some html stuff and was very, very patient.
Nub, who fiddled with my html and made my text nice and readable. Also helped me with the Support Jeff Ooi banner before switching templates removed it.
Arion, for checking stuff for me and giving me suggestions with the blog topics.
Seanna, for banner help as well.

Everyone here has my password to this blog, so if anything happens to it I know who to blame. :)

Finally...
This little FAQ has made me happy, cos I can indulge in my fantasy of being famous and important enough that people would want to know the story behind this blog. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon, I say.