dianaschnuth

I’m really sick of some of these spam e-mails that Gmail doesn’t catch. I’ve been getting spam like this for years, but for some reason, it just struck me as funny today (spam addresses changed to protect… somebody):

From: Irving <nbpuwwmqv@spammer.it>
To: diana@schnuth.com
Date: Feb 28, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: probably you

Hire,
i am here sitting in the internet caffe. Found your email and
decided to write. I might be coming to your place in 14 days,
so I decided to email you. May be we can meet? I am 25 y.o.
girl. I have a picture if you want. No need to reply here as
this is not my email. Write me at id@morespam.info

Dear Italian spammer,

I am so glad that you might be vacationing in sunny Toledo, Ohio! Considering that you can’t seem to afford your own computer, and instead use someone else’s email address in the internet cafe, perhaps Toledo is the only American vacation destination you can afford.

Could you please send your picture along, too? I need to decide if you’re a hot enough chick for me to “switch sides” for. If not, maybe I can at least help you with your English enough to find other American lesbians your age.

Hope you enjoy your holiday in Toledo! Be sure to let me know how you enjoy your stay.

Yours truly,
Diana (the spammee)

So, Ellie tagged me for this meme some time ago, and I’m just now getting around to doing it. Sounds like a good meme for a Friday evening… so here I go.

Four Jobs I’ve Had In My Life:

• Restaurant Hostess
• Cafeteria Line Server
• Computer Lab Consultant
• Payment Processing Associate

Four movies I can watch over and over:

• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Robin Hood: Men In Tights
• Victor Victoria
• Spaceballs

Four places I have lived:

• Medina OH
• Riverview FL
• Parma OH
• Bowling Green OH

Four TV shows I love to watch:
(I don’t watch much TV at all, but here goes…)

• ABC Evening News
• PBS specials (especially the Monty Python ones)
• Dirty Jobs
• Taste of America

Four places I have been on vacation:

• Amish Country, Ohio
• Massachusetts
• Tampa FL
• West Virginia (although I was just a baby)

Four of my favorite dishes:

• Fettuccine Alfredo
• 10-minute Szechuan Chicken
• Prime Rib
• Chicken Paprikash

Four websites I visit daily:

• For Better Or For Worse
• LiveJournal
• Flickr
• CNN

Four places I would rather be right now:

• Grounds For Thought in Bowling Green with Amy
• Florida
• At an anime convention
• Making whoopee

Four bloggers I am tagging:

• Talcott
• Sheryl
• Erin
• Anyone who hasn’t done this yet

…I would totally pay the cover (or print out a free pass) to listen to Chris Rohn spin some tunes at Luna. I mean, just look at that playlist. Damn.

*looks at iPod*
*looks at Soulseek launch icon*

Playlist. Hmm.

Aaron told me that his podcast got a negative review on iTunes recently. Of course, I had to go read what this person had said, even though I knew it would probably cheese me off.

And, of course, it did.

I mean, I know you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but I don’t see what this guy’s problem was. Aaron’s podcast delivers everything he promises: anime reviews, convention reports, domestic and fansub releases, news, everything. The reviewer in question apparently disagrees, saying that “hopefully someone can learn from this guy’s mistakes and make something worthwhile.” The only positive thing he could say was that Aaron’s show notes were informative. I honestly wonder if he even listened to more than one or two episodes of the podcast.

Now — and this is *totally* self-centered of me — after all this bagging on my husband’s podcast, the guy’s last line was, “By the way, I really hate the album art.”

o.O

I was really proud of that fucking art, you bastard. I composed that shit myself (with Aaron’s artistic direction), and I thought it turned out really classy.

So, thanks a lot, asshole. Thanks for the fucking non-constructive criticism.

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This week, in an attempt to re-align my sleep schedule by about an hour, I’ve been assembling my meals at 10pm, then showering, then reading in bed, and turning off the light at 11:00pm, no matter what. I’ve been laying in bed awake for an hour, to be sure, but I’ve been successfully rising with my alarm clock two days in a row. (Yes, this is an accomplishment.)

Tonight, I got caught up in some genealogy research, so I haven’t gone upstairs to make my food yet — and now my body’s threatening to cart itself off to bed without my brain’s permission.

I’d better go make my food already, before I find myself all tucked into bed with no recollection of how I got there.