Essay Writing Sydrome (EWS)

Includes, but not limited to, the following:

1. Typing numbers on MSN that would make no sense to someone who didn't know you were writing an essay. Numbers that increase quickly at first, then go up more slowly, and more...slowly, and more.....more.....mo..re......slowly.

2. Music blasting in a last-ditch attempt to keep the brain alive


3. Self-expression! Blasting music to your MSN contacts in the only possible way on MSN...typing it in CAPITALS. Accompanied by violent head shakes.

Guess The Acronym!

Let's play Guess the Acronym!

*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
YLDBWDX
*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
(guess)
*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
hint: chinese song
- says:
MOON!
- says:
hahaha!
*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
yes
*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
bzzzz
*ning -IT'S MY LIFE- says:
u win


Should add 'DING! DING DING!' and draw back the curtain/screen/whatever to reveal a shiny new car worth TWENTY FIVE THOUUUUUUUUSAND DOLLARS (to quote from Wheel of Fortune)!

Why Condo Ads Work

*ning says:
OTS
*ning says:
something tells me im into something good...
* says:
hahaha that's such a typical condo ad song
*ning says:
is it???
* says:
yeah
* says:
they'll show a boy and girl running beside the swimming pool
* says:
with Big Fake Smiles on their faces
*ning says:
got meh??
* says:
many years ago haha
* says:
but condo ads always look like that
* says:
mother sitting in the living room reading book with father
* says:
children running around the pool
* says:
then the artists' impression of the buildings
* says:
so typical
* says:
and a happy song like this one
* says:
or 'I'm walking on sunshine, woah!'
*ning says:
hahah
*ning says:
tt cracked me up
* says:
haha I'm being random again
*ning says:
(can tell)
* says:
then if the condo is near an MRT
* says:
they'll draw the MRT line
*ning says:
omg you
* says:
hahaha
*ning writes:

* says:
LOL!!!!
* says:
omg
* says:
hahahaha
* says:
that does NOT look like an MRT
* says:
hahaha
*ning writes:

ning says:
it says Angel
* says:
LOL!!!!!!
* says:
hahahahahaha
* says:
omg
* says:
man
* says:
ok this MBB
*ning says:
mbb
*ning says:
?
*ning says:
OH


Ok. I was exaggerating when I said condo ads work. I don't remember the names of any of the condos that were being advertised!

T.A. (The Acronyms)

The acronyms are getting worse. Or should I say TAAGW?

BNB = Bonobo (the Creature's nymphomaniac neighbour)

Who ever heard of acronym-ising one word?

TTX = tan tian xing (Chinese translation of the very very Cheesy conversation hearts)

MBB = Must be Blogged.


*ning - says:
they're STILL doing it?
Zonocerus elegans says:
who?
Zonocerus elegans says:
I said that a long time ago
*ning - says:
oh
*ning - says:
sorry didnt flash
Zonocerus elegans says:
no I meant I said that before I said a lot of other stuff
Zonocerus elegans says:
MSN must be mixing up the thing again
*ning - says:
msn is WERID
Zonocerus elegans says:
(and yes the locusts are still at it)
Zonocerus elegans says:
(been about 1.5h)
*ning - says:
OH the locusts
*ning - says:
NOT BNB
Zonocerus elegans says:
LOL!!!!!!!!
Zonocerus elegans says:
ok you made me laugh very hysterically
*ning - says:
BNB and the GF
Zonocerus elegans says:
and I noticed his name has been acronym-ised
*ning - says:
hahaha
*ning - says:
yeap
*ning - says:
look at my personal msg (the personal message is: wants cheese)
Zonocerus elegans says:
HAHAHAHA
*ning - says:
there REALLY ought to be someone
*ning - says:
with BOTH of us on their contact list(the Creature's personal message is: Cheesy cheesy cheesy, in response to the stupid conversation hearts)
Zonocerus elegans says:
who shares both of us on their list
Zonocerus elegans says:
yeah precisely
*ning - says:
siiigh
Zonocerus elegans says:
this positive feedback is also getting worse
Zonocerus elegans says:
cos I didn't actually refer to the Real Cheese
*ning - says:
yeah i know
*ning - says:
it was the
*ning - says:
tan tian xing
Zonocerus elegans says:
the TTX!
*ning - says:
OH MAN
*ning - says:
*Slaps forehead*
Zonocerus elegans says:
this must be Blogged
Zonocerus elegans says:
hahaha
*ning - says:
man
*ning - says:
yes
*ning - says:
MBB


If you see a whole load of random letters here next year (or who knows, maybe even this year), you'll know the time has come when acronym-isation has completely consumed the Thes. Writing a blog post all in acronyms...hmm. What a good idea.

QOTD (06/02/2009)

Here's the whole window for effect:

Quote of the Day (04/02/2009)

DING DING DING and the Evolution of Song Names

Ding and Ning. Ning the Ding. Ding not Ning. I am very sorry for the repeated alteration of display names which all sound the same. I got confused too while colouring the conversation, but I hope the colours help.

It all started when The Creature got sent a song (Moon, aka Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xing) by The Object. The song brought back a lot of memories that The Creature couldn't precisely place, so it dug in the back of its head and came up with a fossilised zi that looked like this and started off all the randomness:Schistocerca gregaria says:
I wrote the word 'ding'
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
what ding?
Schistocerca gregaria says:
like cauldron
Schistocerca gregaria says:
ding (di san sheng)
Schistocerca gregaria says:
carbon dating indicates it dates back to 2001
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
huh?
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
what ding?
Schistocerca gregaria says:
it's a word
Schistocerca gregaria says:
it means cauldron
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
what does it mean?
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
cauldron?????!
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
wth
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
what use does ding have in everyday life?
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
hahaha
Schistocerca gregaria says:
erm...
Schistocerca gregaria says:
wah look at the ding in the museum?
Schistocerca gregaria says:
went to british museum and saw dings and got very excited
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
sheesh tt made me LOL
Schistocerca gregaria says:
because never once when they taught us about dings did they actually show us what they looked like
Schistocerca gregaria says:
so ironic I had to come here to see that dings actually really have 3 legs
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
DING
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
DING
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
DING
*ning wants yong tau fu. now. (amongst other things) says:
(sorry i HAD to do that)
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
is ur Moon sitll on repeat?
DING says:
yeah it is
DING says:
MY MOON!
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
HAHAHA
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
ure DING
DING says:
hahahahaha
DING says:
see my display pic
DING says:
hahahaha
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
now we rhyme
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
im ning
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
and ure ding
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
HAHAH
DING says:
Ning and Ding!
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
ur dp
DING says:
Ding and Ning!
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
why are u PESS-ifying?
*ding says:
dunno
*ning -ding ding DING- says:
hahah
*ding says:
LOL ning the ding
*ding says:
*bangs head on table
*ding says:
*doesn't have a head to bang
*ning the ding says:
this makes NO SENSE
*ning the ding says:
hahah
*ning the ding says:
HAAHAH
*ning the ding says:
i just saw ur new nick
*ding not ning says:
(I wish someone were on both our contact lists)
*ning the ding says:
yeah man

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Regarding the Evolution of Song Names:

Qing Tian (Nice decent original name) ---> gu shi de xiao huang hua (first line of song, still a decent name) -----> Flower (English translation of part of first line of song) -----> Hua (Chinese translation of English translation of part of first line of song, which bears no resemblance to the original title whatsoever).

I should add that Hua thinks itself much superior to the ancestral Qing Tian. Sufficiently superior, in fact, to require divine creation rather than random mutation and selection in the minds of bored undergrads.