why?: i just don't get it. if you take a look around blogger for like 5 minutes, you see in the directory at least 5 separate sites that use html and javascript in their descriptions. clearly, looking through the directory, they convert this as plain text, not as code. so you just have a bunch of gobbledy gook as your info line. i refuse to visit sites that do that, and i'm sure i'm not alonely. the thing is, tho: i get it if it's a simple mistake, blogger doesn't have the oh-too-obvious-yet-somehow-needed tag of "html not allowed" next to the description box. however, you must have looked through the directory once and seen this. why don't you fix the mistake? what's going on with this world? i don't get it.
by Kate Sloane at 3:30 PM | link

and i'm not supposed to do this...: but seeing as it's already on the blogger directory (motherfucker, it took me 3 weeks to get listed. she does it on monday and is on by friday morning. bitch), i'm going to announce my lover's site, bitchcakes! the name is her own made up word that she made up ages ago, akin to cute orgasms. it has nothing to do with my name and she wasn't going to use it, but she decided to use it anyhow. so, if you were in the 82% who voted yes for ally to get her own page, you got your wish.

oh, and she isn't actually my lover, i just thought it'd add intrigue.

new poll: what's the best talk show? yes, i'm starved for ideas. email me some new ones, okay?
by Kate Sloane at 1:49 PM | link

you think the houseguests liked the show?: think again. this is a fairly interesting (but long!) interview with jordan, the stripper girl from big brother. she's very intelligent and has quite a lot to say. she seems to pin point the problem: the producers didn't pick someone because they were interesting, they picked someone because they could give them an interesting label - stripper, black power guy, miss washington, punky virgin. good read, if you have a little time.
by Kate Sloane at 10:49 AM | link

i'm glad to see there are opportunities for survivors: colleen, the "cute" one (who was markedly less cute than at least two other survivors, and for all i know there were bunches of more cute girls, as i never watched it), has got a role as rob schneider's love interest in his follow up to the critically acclaimed deuce bigalow: male gigalo. it's about a man who gets animal parts implanted in his body and starts to act like the animals. i'm sure it'll do well.
by Kate Sloane at 11:52 AM | link

"let me be unfair for just a brief moment. maybe rocking HARD is just an american thing. maybe you sensitive brit-types with your anxiety and heartbreak and frail constitutions and sighing aren't meant for rock. perhaps that's why you continue to export bands like the aforementioned belle & sebastian and, how can we forget, the smiths, while we pump out at the drive-ins. perhaps you're just genetically predisposed to hate zeppelin."

so then this is the wrong time to point out that most of the hardest rocking bands of all time, including zep, were british.
by Kate Sloane at 12:05 PM | link

for the record: i suggest ability photopaint. i don't use much graphic programs, but when i did, i used that because i was too lazy/cheap to shell out for photoshop, and it worked pretty well for me. i know you can get it on cnet.
by Kate Sloane at 11:37 AM | link

Time to abuse my still-existant guest blogger privs and hope someone is willing to help a (busty, sexy, desperate for male attention) damsel in distress! Okay, does anyone use PaintShop Pro? I know what you're thinking, "Why don't you get a real art program, you tosser?" But I can't afford my beloved PhotoShop, and, besides, I don't even have a computer anymore - I'm abusing my work computer, which can't handle the rather sizable download which is the PhotoShop demo on CNet. I mean, it's loaded with programs that actually have something to do with my job, such as Excel, Word, and Timberline. So instead I grabbed PaintShop Pro after reading through the recommendations on CNet. Well! Either these people are idiots or they weren't trying to do much more than save photos into different formats because PaintShop Pro sucks. First off, every bit of text I try to put in is bitty and non-aliased, despite having on the option to smooth it out and make it nice. Secondly, it keeps doing this bizarro thing. I can draw a red line, OR I can have text, but I can't have both. Even though both will show up on my PaintShop Pro screen, they will not show up when I open the pictures in IE to make sure they look right. What the hell is going on here? Has anyone else had this problem and can help me, or am I just screwed? I can't find another (free or shareware) download that will let me edit things properly, just view or resave them, this is the only one that appeared to have the right stuff, but it's obviously the biggest bunch of wank that ever was. So if you can recommend some other freeware or shareware, or if you know how to fix this problem, please contact me and help me out, because this is very frustrating. God, how I miss my fucking Mac.

Oh, and how are you? Good? That's fantastic. I'm sick. I probably got it from Kate, somehow. I'm leaving work early today, isn't that fantastic? I'm glad you think so. It's nice to be able to chat with you like this. Have a lovely, wonderful day. And be sure to watch Big Brother tonight, and watch Jamie get punted.
by Ally at 9:58 AM | link

why is jenny such a bitch?: that takes the cake for wierdest search, even beating "aaron carter naked" and "sex with my mom". jenny who? maybe brad pitt was the one doing the search, looking for jennifer aniston hate pages. to brad (i like to imagine that it's brad, and not some pimply kid, ok?), i really don't know. possibly because that's in her nature, but possibly because you are nasty to her. try being kinder. say please and thank you, give her compliments. maybe her "bitchiness" is in response to yours, hmm? and for god's sake, stop bringing up your oscar nomination versus her failure in films, it's mean. and that's your lesson for the day.
by Kate Sloane at 9:45 AM | link

john lennon's killer blames father: sorry, but that's just the saddest thing i can possibly think of. no one wants to be responsible for themselves anymore! now it's his father that he wanted to kill. nevermind the years of stalking lennon that are well documented. it was all about dear daddy. how ridiculous.
by Kate Sloane at 2:25 PM | link

four words: josh. did. naked. trampoline.
by Kate Sloane at 12:04 PM | link

Posting this because Katie asked me to...

69 Love Songs, The Magnetic Fields: 69 fucking songs and only 2 that are listenable. Whole album would be much improved if sang entirely by famous pop stars. Sheryl Crow was obviously in mind when "Reno, Dakota" was written, and Madonna and Mirwais could combine for a killer "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits". I'm telling you, the Backstreet Boys were made for "Busby Berkely Dreams" - can't you just hear Nick belting out the last verse while the boys all go "ba, ba, ba" in harmony behind them, coming together to all harmonize on the word "dreams" in that funky fresh way to end the song? Fantastic, never mind if the people who'd buy that single have no idea what the title means. Obviously, "I'm Sorry I Love You" needs to be a Shania Twain / Mutt Lange production - I'm totally feeling #1 for that. And this doesn't even include all the tracks that were just tailor made for Robbie Williams! Stephin, if you're reading: you know I'm right.
by Ally at 9:47 AM | link

british big brother winner finds it hard to cope with real world: that's not interesting though. what is interesting is that the british prize was only 70,000 pounds - a bit less than $140,000. consider that american big brother has a top prize of $500,000 and you'll understand why this is so strange. every british game show i see offers significantly lower prizes, significantly higher humiliation, and significantly more people willing to do it! why?
by Kate Sloane at 9:35 AM | link

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