Just a thought

I thought that I should commit this to words so that people will know it was my idea.

I think that there should be Punctuation for denoting sarcasm. It would almost have to be along the lines of quotation marks, in that it would have to start and end. The problem is that when you talk you can make sarcasm obvious, using different inflections or gestures, but when you type anything you say can be taken that way, or worse sarcasm is missed. Everybody seems to use the internet know, which is still mostly text, so people have attempted to compensate using quotation marks or italics or tildes and some even use html tags: i.e. “ < $arcasm > you are so cool < / $arcasm > NOT!” I think it would be so much easier if there were a universal symbol to use when you want to be witty or sophisticated with your humor.

We also recomend:

HomeStarRunner.com (which has a quote of the week, fan stuff, and sketchbook that are update semi-weekly) inspired the last post. HomeStarRunner.com is a hilarious Internet cartoon site. Other Internet cartoons I like are Weebl and Bob and Foamy the Squirrel, and a great internet comic is penny-arcade.com

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waiting, just waiting...

I've sort of been waiting to post in hopes that I would have something to post about, but it looks as though that isn't going to happen. So, here is one of the things that hasn't happened:

On Friday, the 19th on November, I went to lunch with two people I work with, Tyler and Genevieve, and Gen’s sister Susan. During lunch I was apparently oblivious to the fact that Gen’s sister Susie was turning 20 shades of pink and red while we talked over lunch and I ate some of her food off of her plate, she wasn't eating it and I thought it would be funny. Anyway, apparently afterwards I was steadily the main topic of conversation between Gen and her sister, and later the whole office. The next Monday when I got to work everybody was giggling and shushing themselves as I went about my routine and headed to class. When I got back people were still talking in hushed voices and I was trying to ignore them at this point. Eventually Sue stopped by and we talked for a while. Though I did notice that her cheeks were rather pink/almost red, I assumed that it was just makeup or something. After she left I said that I thought that she was “funny, I like her,” to which I was answered with a bust of laughter from my sister Aimee and Gen as they proceeded to tell me that Sue was quite fond of me as well and had been asking about me.
Here’s the thing. I actually liked her too. I was somewhat interested in her since I had met her and had recently been trying to get to know her over the previous two or three weeks. On some Monday or Wednesday before the now infamous Friday lunch I had spent like and hour talking to her and her sister Gen about her classes and one of her professors she was having trouble with. In the weeks before and after that I had been going out of my way to talk to her and be nice to her whenever I got the chance (especially since her sister was out of town for some of that and I wanted to make sure she was doing alright).
Now here the sad part: Gen wasn’t supposed to tell anyone except aimee, and especially not me. When she told her sister that I would be interested in getting to know her better she got extremely embarrassed and equally upset with her sister for ratting her out. I haven’t seen her since and her sister has barely talked to her since.
So that’s where I stand, basically where I started but know I’m aware of it. All of this just really emphasizes the saying “Ignorance is bliss!” So I guess I’ll talk to all you crazy internet kids later, and hopefully get a girlfriend at some point. Signing off…

-Nate