From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V2 #243 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Monday, August 23 1999 Volume 02 : Number 243 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * eda-thoughts-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY * the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: eda-thoughts-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: bored me again ["Brian H" ] ET: 25 Steps to Building a Succesful Website! ["Brian H" ] Re: ET: bored me again [JewelAng@aol.com] ET: The Forest of Sequoias [SirCoolMan@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:30:54 CDT From: "Brian H" Subject: ET: bored me again Well, it's not really boredom, as much as restlessness. I'm very very hot, and it's storming, and I cant get to sleep. Plus I have to wake up tomorrow at like 8 to pick up my dad at the airport. I know, that isn't early, but if I'm not going to get any sleep tonight, which it feels like, it wont be a lot of fun. ): Poor poor me. I can't read to well either because I already took my contacts out. So, this is kind of straining my eyes. Plus, my toe hurts because they had to do this operation on it because it was ingrown, and I'm just very happy. I'm sure things could be like ten times worse, but oh well. I'll coplain to you guys anyway. So... what else is there to say. Oh, I made a dumb thing for my signature. I decided to make it say like what i have updated on my website! How pathetic is that! That way, I can advertise to you guys without really bugging you! I will still make a seperate post if I make a major major update or addition or something. Of course I have to to, since I'm the annoying advertiser everyone can't help but get sick of. Don't say a word becky. Even though I'm sure you will now be able to say some smart alec (how the hell do you spell that?) remark like you always seem to. :) You know I lo... lo... like you. What to talk about... oh, my brother is going off to college this week, in ohio. I'm still trying to decide if this is a good or bad thing. I like him, but he can be such a jerk sometimes. He's not like the big brother that beats me up or anything, he's just soooooo perfect that it bothers me. He's like the straight a geek that you can't help but hate. Well, I don't hate him, but you get the idea. I actually caught my mom saying something like "Brian, it's ok if your not as good as your brother at the things you do." How mean is that! I mean, I think I'm a good student, or at least i try, and he still seems to be better then me at everything! I can't stand it!! And now with him leaving, I'm just like dirt, you just brush aside because there is something better out there. I have to struggle to be noticed. That's the way it is with my family. I can be really close with them all, but once they get together, I'm just not there. I never really fit in either. And then back to my brother, he is such a... I don't know how to say it, so here's a story. We were at this 50th anniversary for my grandparents, so all of my relatives were there. And I always feel like the outcast you know. Even the little 2 year old cousins and stuff don't really like me. And when my littlest cutest cousin Audrey would come like sit in my lap or something, my brother would feak out and try to get something to get her away from me! It pissed me off so much. He just has to be the best one! He isn't really like the popular type at school, he's just... I don't know.... just a yeah. :) Ok, sorry about blabbing on here, i have nothing to do at all. Tune in next time when Brian will waste your time complaining about some other junk that you could care less about on: Brian's EDA-Thoughts Late Night Post! [c: ߮I@N "The Jelly Doughnut of an Angel" halaasb@hotmail.com ICQ: 40694569 AIM: brianh5036 *************************************** NEW AT LIFE UNCOMMON I've added a couple more polls in the feature section, and updated the Acting page. http://come.to/lifeuncommon *************************************** _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:36:01 CDT From: "Brian H" Subject: ET: 25 Steps to Building a Succesful Website! Ok, well, I made my point before about how bored I am, so here is some helpful info!!!!!!! >1. Download a piece of totally confusing HTML editing software. Install >it...get totally confused...uninstall it. Download another >program...install it...get totally confused...uninstall it. Download a >third program...install it. Choose to keep it, but close it for now. - 90 >minutes > >2. Think about what you want to put on your Web page. Decide you're going >to build an online family tree. Plan your site. - 30 seconds > >3. Buy a $500 scanner to scan your images. Decide to scan the entire family >photo album. >Attempt to hook up the scanner. - 1 week. > >4. Re-download the HTML editing software since the new version has just >been released and the old one has expired. - 20 minutes. > >5. Decide to just steal some images and awards to put on your site since >you have no clue how to use your scanner - 1 minute. > >6. Visit sites to find images and awards, find 5 of them that you like. >Steal them. - 4 days. > >7. HTML software expired...download again. - 20 minutes > >8. Install and run the software, click all toolbar buttons to see what they >do. Decide you'll just wing it. - 4 hours. > >9. Give up on designing your own site and just view the source of others' >pages, steal some, change a few words here and there. - 4 hours. > >10. Preview your Web page using the HTML software - 1 minute. > >11. Try to horizontally line up two related images - 6 hours. > >12. Remove one of the images - 10 seconds. > >13. Set the text's font color to the same color as your background, then >spend hours wondering why all your text is gone - 4 hours. > >14. Download and install a Bravenet counter - 4 minutes. > >15. Try to figure out where your counter is on your site since you have no >idea where you pasted the code - 3 hours. > >16. Solve the counter problem. Look at it. Decide it looks like your site >is too new. Go into the Bravenet Members' Area and increase your count to >25,897 visitors. > >17. Prepare to load your Web page on your ISP. Accidentally delete your >complete web page - 1 second. > >18. Recreate your web page - 2 days. > >19. Try to figure out how to load your Web page onto your ISP's server - 3 >weeks. > >20. Contact your ISP for instructions on how to upload your page - 3 more >weeks. > >21. Download FTP software - 15 minutes. > >22. Figure out how to use your FTP software - 2 weeks. > >23. Upload your web page to your ISP's server - 10 minutes. > >24. Connect to your web page after spending hours trying to figure out what >your URL is. - 2 hours > >25. Put a link on your site offering your services as a web page designer. >- 1 minute I hope you enjoyed it! I'd better go before I get electricuted!!! [c: ߮I@N "The Jelly Doughnut of an Angel" halaasb@hotmail.com ICQ: 40694569 AIM: brianh5036 *************************************** NEW AT LIFE UNCOMMON I've added a couple more polls in the feature section, and updated the Acting page. http://come.to/lifeuncommon *************************************** _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 01:35:07 -0800 From: An Everyday Angel Subject: ET: Questions & a Poem... Hello Y'all! I've only posted twice before, although I've been on the list for over a year, but - for the record - my name's Nik. I have a couple of questions I was hoping could be answered by someone... First of all, I've been writing a lot of poetry this summer and I'm told that the more you write the better you get, but I can't really see that I'm improving much, so I was wondering if any of you can give me your experience. Do you get better or is it just a gift you have right from the start? Ok, there's numero one... And second of all, can anyone tell me that has seen "The Blair Witch Project" (which I LOVED, btw) what it was Heather found when she was by herself and looking through the rocks and the thingy...you know - the thingy:) Sorry, I don't want to be too specific 'cause I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Alright, enough of that, onto the poem-ish thing of mine: UNTITLED, I guess - by me, Nik Perez My dog has blue tears on the crook where her nose and eyes meet. It seems unfair to me. A creature that cannot experience the pure splendor of life's hues must still feel in color... even though they're the source of so many of ours' seeing the day brighter than others. Yeah, short and iffy, but... Anywho, thanks for the time... Y'alls Peep, Everything Is Gonna Be Alright, Nik - an Aspiring Angel P.S. When I wrote a looong time ago, I asked for CD recommendations, and I got a lot of people telling me to get "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" by Sarah and a Tori Amos CD...I did both, and I love them both. I ended up getting Amos' "Little Earthquakes" and it's wonderful, along with "Fumbling...", so thank you to everyone that helped me out. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 17:01:25 EDT From: JewelAng@aol.com Subject: Re: ET: bored me again In a message dated 8/22/99 1:35:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, edajellydoughnut@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << Oh, I made a dumb thing for my signature. I decided to make it say like what i have updated on my website! How pathetic is that! That way, I can advertise to you guys without really bugging you! I will still make a seperate post if I make a major major update or addition or something. Of course I have to to, since I'm the annoying advertiser everyone can't help but get sick of. Don't say a word becky. Even though I'm sure you will now be able to say some smart alec (how the hell do you spell that?) remark like you always seem to. :) You know I lo... lo... like you. >> Hmmmm........LOL. Yes your right Brian it was a stupid little thingy. :) I have to say that you are the bigest advertiser in the world Brian!!! And I'm not smart alac. I'm a wench. Miss Wench to you, lol!! Anyways, just keep your little addvertising up, it's cute in a I want to barf kinda way. And you know Brian.. I lo..lo...like you. :) Ooooo Oooooo When!! When!!! I love listening to you rambling about nothing!! It puts one more peice of mail in my mail box. Next time, talk about how wonderful I am.....LOL Later all. :) and Brian I lo... lo... like you. Rebecca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:13:52 EDT From: SirCoolMan@aol.com Subject: ET: The Forest of Sequoias Hey poets and jewel lovers! This is the first poem i am sending you guys, consider it my introduction. My name's Matt, but call me the Newborn angel! :) Please tell me what you think of this, I really want the truth though! Be honest and I won't mind if you don't like it, (I will probably cry though). LOL :P But mail me a response, and I'm glad to be a part of this wonderful thing. The Forest of Sequoias: The full forest of sequoias knowing of past times from their childhood. They have spent their lives, standing tall, through the wind of a foreign evil. The trunks, strong, full of life, support the body. A deep reddish hue dances on the bark, the skin of the heart, its huge, fragile heart, of an old leader, among other leaders, living naturually, surpassing any synthetic based life. They live gracefully, with the bottoms of fluffy cotton clouds. Piercing the ears of the blue sky, speaking to God louder than words, can ever express. Bloodwater pulsates through the trees spongy arteries, outward to the recievers. Roots, for a reason unknown, need to grasp an unfair earth. Growing deeper deadening its heavenly goals, yet blessing the grains of a living spirit. Peering over all other things, only birds are higher. Yet lower things, with bigger minds, possess a borrowed power, to see even farther than the bird. Whose presence in the sky carresses a hopeful belief, a faith with white wings. Gliding somehow in an upward spiral closer to freedom. Closer to His kingdom. He leads us there, above the leader trees to watch them, with their unfortunate roots, burn to dust, as if it were nothing at all. Yet we cover our eyes with our hands, not looking for the burning flesh of the earthly, but more importantly, not looking for help from the highest being, who lends His beautiful hand to bring us up to His home, His kingdom at the sumit, cliffs surrounding. We climb hopelessly, trying to make it on our own. Stopping for a drink, not knowing the quenching power of His love, the only thing that can get us closer to our goal. Among the amazing sequoias, we stand in splender, in awe of their power, yet ignoring their creator even higher. - -Matt (New-born angel) P.S. Did ya like it? ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V2 #243 **********************************