Today's Track : The Cure - Pictures of You

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I almost believe that they're real...

Has anyone seen the new HP commercial with Pictures of You as the song in the background?...great commercial...the marketing guy who chose the song probably wears mascara and has big-poofy-out-of-control-hair...those crazy marketing guys are so eccentric...

So I'm back from the holidays...and what a great one it was. Spent time with family, friends, and Wanda. The first time in my life that I've had enough money to actually splurge on the people I care about. And splurge I did! I'll be paying off my visa for the next month...can I get a hallelujah for debts?! I also got a few great gifts for xmas. A few books, some dvds, hip-waders for fishing (now for my electronic fish-finder), and of course socks. Apparently sporting my holey socks at social events isn't very attractive so Wanda got me some more. I go through socks like Elizabeth Taylor goes through husbands. Maybe in the upcoming weekends I'll take some pictures with Wanda's new digital camera of me wearing nothing but my new black socks. Mmmmmm...Jolly Good!

Oh...check this out. I emailed my friend today at work and this out-of-office message came back...

-----Original Message-----
From: Ly, Danny [mailto:Danny.Ly@blahblahblah.com]
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:14 PM
To: Le, Khiem
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: poker

Hello,

Merry Christmas and Happy New year

I will be away from the office from Dec 29th to Jan 2nd, returning on the 5th. If you require immediate assistance, please contact Kingswood Poon at 416-302-1959.

I will reply to your email upon my return. Thank you and have a great day.

Regards,

Danny
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Kingswood Poon!! That's a porno name if I ever saw one!! Imagine being born with a porno name!!! "Hi, my name is Khiem Bearded-Clam." Oh my god, imagine this kid's childhood.

I wonder what ethnicity the last name "Poon" actually comes from. I'm guessing it's Asian of some sort. Asian people always have the most unintentionally-vulgar names -- Phuc Hue, Phat Dich, Arthur Wang, Tracy Ho, Sonia Dong. It's bad enough that they have these names but then to have assholes like me make fun of them all their lives, I'd imagine it's quite unbearable. Actually now that I think about it I really feel bad. This will be the last time I make fun of you guys...

For all you single and lonely guys this weekend -- Poon has a new number and it is 416-302-1959. Call this number for a good time.

Have a great weekend everyone!