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A day in the life of... Electronic Diary Organiser

By Phoenix
7:00am: Alarm to wake up
[Jeeze woman! Wake up! =.=]
7:05am: Snooze on
[>.< Do you REALLY need to use this function?!]
7:10am: Snooze still on
[Oh my god!! WAKE UP!!]
7:15am: Snooze turned on again
[*Screams* WAKE UPPPPPPPPP!]
7:30am: Remind to call Doctor
[Yeah that patch on your hand is really freaking me out, please put gloves on before touching me...]
8:00am: Leave on time to be in for 9 o’clock lecture
[Yeah by the time you finish that mascara you're gonna be late...]
8:05am: Reminder to leave now.
[Erm...move your ass!]
8:10am: Check if there is enough petrol in car
[Yeah I know the prices are inflating but you need petrol woman!! Stop waiting till it's empty!]
8:15am: Remember to call Mike in the morning
[He misses you, you both haven't spoken in ages! need to gossip! Ahahahaha!]
9:00am – 10:00am: Visual Design Lecture
[Dun need to go to this, you need to finish off your assignment!]
10:00am – 11:00am: Visual Design Tutorial
[DO THE WEBSITE DESIGNS OR YOU'LL MISS YOUR DEADLINE!]
10:20am: Talk to Lizzie via text (school hours), ask her about problems
[Oh oh oh ask her if that boy is good looking too! Also arrange a meeting time! hehe]
11:00am – 12:00pm: Creating Dynamic Web Pages Lecture
[You can basically skip this. No one ever turns up to help. So stupid]
13:00pm – 14:00pm: Introduction to New Media Lecture
[BORING! I think I'm about to fall asleep here]
14:00pm – 15:00pm: Introduction to New Media Tutorial (Cancelled)
[If it's cancelled and never is on, what is the point of this lesson?]
15:00pm – 16:00pm: Human Computer Interaction Tutorial (Change to Mondays)
[HOME TIME! :D]
12:00pm: Do Dynamic Web Pages assignment
[You're too stupid to understand DHTML, give up woman.]
15:00pm: Find Sam to get help with assignment
[Oh wait you have a helper... Damn your flirtiatious side!]
17:00pm: Fill up petrol if required
20:00pm – 20:45pm: Finish Databases assignment
[QUICK QUICK! ALMOST THE DEADLINE!]
20:45pm – 22:00pm: Collect more research and start designing ideas for Visual Design project work
[ahaha last minute work hmm?]
21:00pm: Wait for Lizzie’s call and arrange time to meet up
21:20pm: Notify Sam if I can make it on Sunday
[Go and plaaaaaaaaay you haveb't seen them in ages!]
23:00pm: Go on Audition EU to earn some den and train
[Hehe missing your online family I see ^^]
00:00am: Sleep
[Nah, sleep is overrated!]
 

A day in the life of... my Trackball Mouse

Category: By Phoenix
This post is in the form of a video animation, please refresh the page if the animation does not work. Thank You.
Hope you enjoy the animation ^^
 

A day in the life of... Blogger

Category: , By Phoenix
Oh hello there! Nice to see you back here my darling. So good of you to care for me and visit me everyday! Please, please! Take a seat!

*Shows you to a sofa*

Would you like some tea? It's Fairtrade, best of the best, can't stand them disgusting supermarket branded ones. Eugh! I mean why drink the horrid cheap ones when you can taste the best quality during your short lifespan? Well I certainly cannot!
*Sips tea*
Mmmmm~ That's what I call good tea!

*places teacup back on saucer and chips a nail*

Oh my god! My nail! My precious nail! I had them done yesterday! This is so bad! I'll need to go back to my manicurist again! I wonder if she's fully booked though? It was so hard to get a place yesterday!

*starts dialling away on the latest mobile phone*

Hello yes? This Aamerican Nails.com? I want to book an appointment for Angel again, could she come round now? Yes Yes I know I was there yesterday and have booked her for every month till the next year, yes yes. Look, this is an emergency! I chipped my precious nail and I can't go to Google's ball tonight with a chipped nail! It damages my image! If you don't get Angel round here this instant I will surely report your attitude and sue you for giving me a bad quality nail manicure. Thank You, I shall see her in 5 then. Tell her to hurry because my spa treatment is soon!

*hangs up*

Oh I am so sorry, but the Google ball is like the most fantastic ball of the entire year! All the big companies are going to be there and I can't go like a tramp can I? Oh no no! Anyway, how can I help you my darling?

*you show him your blog and ask if he could post it up*

Actually my servers are having an upgrade yeah. *Does gay hand gesture* I also need to fit in my manicurist in my tight schedule too! So you're just gonna have to wait my darlings. Hoo hoo I'm sorry but my spa treatment is more important and your pesky little blogs. I know the truth hurts but that's life! Haha!

*Sticks up a sign saying:*

"Blogger is currently unavailable

Blogger is currently unavailable. We apologise for this interruption in service."

 

A day in the life of... my Tamagotchi

Category: , By Phoenix
I wake up in to yet again the empty room, walls enclosed with no way out. The place is without any habitat, no means of life or any form of nature. There's a small glimpse of light, it gradually getting bigger as I walk towards it. I soon hit the same invisible wall that never disappears. It stops me within my tracks, as I peer outside this wall I notice a totally different world compared to my cold and empty space. Outside is a place filled with warmth, light, life and freedom. I long to break free from this empty space and explore the world outside. Instead, I'm locked away in this virtual world unable to speak to anyone apart from the one I call "Owner".
She feeds me well, always checking up on me to see if I’m hungry or unhappy. However I still feel lonely, it's so surreal in here. Even though she takes me to Tamaland, a place where all Tamagotchis go to, where we go shopping and go play in the arcade it still doesn’t satisfy me. Although Tamaland is bright and colourful with many things to do and places to see, it doesn’t feel as good as the world where my owner is from. Everything feels so fake in here, as if they were man-made, and so controlled.
Even though the pixelated hearts tell my owner that I am happy, I am really depressed and lonely inside. They just fill up when I am played with or am fed with sugary snacks; that is the way my virtual system works. Nothing can explain my situation in this so called "egg". The world in here seems so laid out for you. The stages in life are so simple and aren't challenging at all. I have no goals and feel like I have a scheduled rota each day. It is always the same, I wake up, inform my owner that my mail has arrived so she can check it, be fed and possibly play games with my owner and then am left alone until I feel needed. My dumpings are left on the ground of the miniscule area I am allowed to roam around in; until my owner decides to help clean them up. I feel trapped like a pet within this cage, unable to decide my own life or have my own decisions. My owner is the “god” in my life, she chooses what I eat, what I play with, what I wear, what job I should have etc. I can’t do anything I want, nor do I have a voice in life.
I work as a waitress at a restaurant where we play 'Simon Says', it gets so tedious each day but I receive pay to purchase toys and food with - essential for my everyday life.
I am happy that my owner cares for me so much and buys presents and delicious delicacies each day to please me. Maybe I am the luckiest Tama around but I still feel unsatisfied; as if the world out there is for me, where I can achieve my lost freedom. I long to live life freely and find love in life whom I can have a kid with. Not a random stranger a matchmaker chooses for me. I always think, what if someone else is out there for me? What if this isn’t my Prince in shining armour? Am I supposed to just follow my owner’s orders and fall in love with this man and have kids without having any say? These are really hard to answer as on one side of the argument, I should be allowed to have freedom and decide for myself, but on the other she is the hand who has fed and nurtured me.
I have always appreciated her and what she has done for me but when I grow old enough, I will attempt to venture out of this virtual world and find new life. Freedom. My Freedom.
 

A day in the life of... the TV Remote

Category: By Phoenix
Dear Readers,
                       Before you start reading this entry, I would like to explain a few meanings of symbols used withing this entry.

* : Phrases written between asterisks represent the sounds, movement and action of the remote control.
- : Phrases and Sentences written between this notation shows the interaction of the television with the remote.
Lastly, all the rest of the text is the opinion and thoughts of the remote control.

Thank you. Enjoy the entry!
~Phoenix

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*Poof!*

-Static from the television comes on-

Morning Bruv! Fo' shizzle my nizzle man! What's up my homie?

Woha mamma! Mm-mmm! She's delicious yeah! I'd like to have her for tonight yeah. Natasha Kaplinsky is so sexy!

*Beep!*

-Channel gets changed-

Oi! Hey man! I was checking her out listening to that! If I ever get my hands on you, you'd be so sorry!
...
Hey! What the?! Oh my god stop feeling my buttons man! You gay or something? Ewww~

*Is chucked to the side*

OW! @$%£&* you man! Need you be so aggressive?! Just because I was reluctant to change channel to your stupid auction shows, or your kiddy program doesn't mean you have to chuck me away yeah?! Bo!

Oooo look here comes darling! Darling change the channel back to 1 yeah?

*is picked up and channel 1 is pressed*

-zaps channel straight away-

Woot! I love you baby! Boy do I love you! *drools at the sight of Natasha*

-channel 2 is put on TV-

HEY MAN! YOU GOT A PROBLEM HUH?! DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS OUTSIDE YEAH?!

*messes with buttons and manages to get channel 1 back on*

-Television switches between channels from time to time, whilst children argue-

Jeeze would you just- Look it's- FOR CHRISTS SAKES!

*implodes and starts smoking* ...

 

A day in the life of... a Skype Phone

Category: By Phoenix
*Yawn*
Was woken up at 9.30am this morning by a bloody Skype message! Jeeze doesn't this geezer know that I need my beauty sleep?!

Anyway so I had to get up and put on my lovely message tone.
*beep beep*
Got no reply because my stupid owner is still in bed because she's too lazy to move her ass and wake up. Well I don't blame her since she only needs to be in at 2pm. So says the message written on my calendar. I don't understand how one person can be so forgetful! Luckily she has me to help her remember her chores and notes. Sometimes I think my calendar and reminder function is too good and I always remember to signal my alarm on the dot. I wonder what my owner would do if I weren't there to remind her? I have a feeling her life would be hectic once more and she'd have a hard time remembering what she had to do...

Oh she finally got out of bed at noon and is replying to the message this geezer sent her. I wonder who it is... maybe her boyfriend? Says something like fruit salad for breakfast and he's giggling about it... Inside joke perhaps? This is rather bafflling!
*sends skype chat*
It's interesting to read people's conversations, they can range from normal down to earth chats like a "hello, how are you?"
"Very well thanks."
to other diverse or random conversations about fruits for bra sizes and getting accused of being gay in university. Very interesting I must say!

I think she likes the skype chat service since she's constantly on it with her friends. I guess it's a cheap form of communication and she can chat to people when she's bored in lectures. Tut tut!
*briing!*
Ooo a message! Hehe such a rebel for sending messages in a lecture! Shouldn't really! Amazing how I still have good signal in this building. I remember her saying on her old phone, she got no signal in this lecture theatre. HA! I'm way better than her old phone! Go network 3 me!

Not only can I be used for Skype chatting, but I can phone other Skype users too! The other day I phoned a computer all the way in Taiwan and allowed my owner to talk to her friend she hasn't seen for a whole year for free! Isn't that great? She must love me for helping cut down her phone bill. I feel so pleased with myself.

Wow they're still skype chatting this late at 10pm! They must have a lot to say... Does he HAVE to tell her what he's doing at this very moment and whether or not he is ready for bed!? Okay that just sounds wrong...

I think I should go to bed now and sleep. However, even though I transferred so many music files from the PC to my memory, I still feel so enegetic and awake since I was recharged via the USB cable attached to her PC. Now I know that she can listen to her favourite music everyday on my music player and wouldn't need to bring her mp3 player into uni. Hehe bye bye Mr. mp3 player! *Throws a blueberry*