updates from the dank pit

The past week was spent, I am sorry to report, on nothing but wallowing in a dank pit of misery and self loathing. I am more sorry to report that I didn't spend the time in the dank pit alone, in fact, I swear I felt somebody's boot in my mouth a couple of times (but still, thanks). Nevertheless, spending tme in the pit is about as enjoyable as getting your healthy teeth drilled into and then pulled out with a rusty pair of pliers without the mercy of anesthesia. So today, I managed to summon all my strength and pull myself out of the pit slightly to be a little productive.

Progress report:

• I've been reviewing my Jap for a few days and now I can write some kana (hiragana and katakana)! I'll write about what's been helping me next time.

• I made a new blog on Blogspot called In Suspension of Disbelief. Okay, so I made it primarily for Adsense but I think I'll enjoy the freedom of pure lunacy nonetheless - while practicing my writing as well. This will be my mantra: Good enough is not enough.

• I tinkered with Google stuff (AdSense, Analytics, Trends) earlier today and found the lot of them really interesting. Especially the part where they have a world map showing which parts of the world your website was accessed from. It reminded me of that wipe-everybody-off-the-face-of-the-Earth video game, Pandemic. This IS world domination after all, in a tamer, less nefarious (maybe), financially satisfying manner. (Note: We had a visitors from Slovakia and Latvia. I will not rest until we get somebody from Madagascar to check our site.)
  

• Writing had been blah last week so I never went about writing reviews, among other things. I'm hoping this week will be different.

• The Young Underpaid Professionals (and the old guy XD) have moved to brand new premises: YuppieUniverse.com. Also, HostYourSitePH is up and running. Willing victims can contact the Triumvirate of Evil via anything but telepathy and cryptic passive-aggressive messages. Or can go through the normal means of signing up at HostYourSitePH.com. Also, better-safe-than-sorry peeps may avail of our free hosting trial period, if you cannot risk parting with 450 pesos for a domain though, we really can't help you.

• Most of my time last week was spent trolling blogs and I noticed something: Some of them have really good content and they have decent activity on their blogs, but why haven't they thought of the brilliant idea that is getting their own domains and earning enough cash to maybe pay for the hosting, the domain for a couple of years and maybe even a large frap from Starbucks? Okay, most people earn way more than that, but those are the ones who actually do it for a living. Anyway, I'll put that question in the Pending Investigation pigeonhole in my head.