&RAMBLINGS1=<b>Ramble On the Bastardisation of the English Language</b>
omg hi k. u b mi frnd plz ? fav! omg kawaii!
Now am I the only one who seems to think that people who speak like that are severly lacking in the social skills that alot of that have doveloped over the last few years ?  I used to defend the internet when people used to say 'man, it's so unsocial'.  I'm now starting to agree.  In the good old days there were no emoticons.  There were no stupid little abbreviations.  And there were alot less people that annoyed me.  Maybe because they didn't make thier level of intellgence apparent the second they come up to me and say 'who r u?'.  I mean, let me ask you all a question, you can all type FAIRLY quickly right ? I've been told that typing 'u' instead of 'you' is a lazyness thing. However surely it only takes another 2 seconds to type two more letters.  I bet I could out-type anyone who was using short hand, while I type out full sentence with near perfect punctionation and grammar.  Now I'm no English Genius, I'm not trying to make out that I am, I'm just saying that can't people put foward an air of SLIGHT intelligence ? instead of sounding like immature children.
What's language going to be like in a few years time!?
Take a sentence like 
<i>Hi there, How are you? I'm off to the beach today, Do you want to come? okay, see you later!</i>
Slowely turned into
"hi. how r u? im @ the beach today.  Wanna come? k, see u l8er"
What's it going to be like in 5 years time ?
"hhru? i@bt.  wcm ? sul8"
Wow...
Profound.
&RAMBLINGS2=<b>Sushi Love and Pain</b>
The world is a noisy place.  Conversations about intellectual capacity, and sushi, and love, and pain.
Life is just that.
Sushi, Love, and Pain.
Meaninglessness mingles with true factual occurrences in a typical Godot-ish style the system caves from the inside, and people wait for life to 'happen'.  I wonder how it goes for them.  Isn't it funny how you can always make a lesson based on a crappy analogy ?  We used to have a pencil.  No matter how much we used it, the lead never ran out! I just hope that pencil doesn't symbolise me...Or the way I'm feeling.
...We eventually lost that pencil.
I am forced once again to refer to the old saying - "Always look on the bright side of life".
And I guess in some ways, that twisted philosophy has worked.  I wish my hayfever would go though - I hate sniffling, and I hate running noses.  If I'm to look on the lighter side of life, I've first got to put out my flame, and stumble around through a dark cave - through which lies...well...life I guess.  But I'm afraid that once I've put out my torch...
I might not be able to re-light it again. Leaving me trapped in the darkness - forever.
So it is with this idea in hand, that I stumble through life - like one drone to the next.  Passing the occasional glance, shaking the occasional hand, engaging in the occasional ceremonial coffee break.  There are only so many cups of coffee that can be drunk before someone gets sick of someone else.  Wether it be you of me, or the lovely red haired staff members from the local merlo coffee store discussing you and your friends behind a pane of glass.  Wondering what they're saying.  Good or bad.  Ugly or quite the opposite.  Get out, or come talk to me.
Analysing people always provides a source of entertainment.  And you never know, the man across the street with the red sports car, and the attractive blond might really be having an affair with his secretary and leaving to the airport that very afternoon.  I wouldn't know anything about that though - but its nice to dream.
All I want to do is get off.
SLP.

&CHICKEN=chicken