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Shrouded in Mystery

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I’ve received some odd emails since Sept. 03 from a guy named ‘Curtis’. I don’t really want to write about this because I know they want me to and I don’t want to become a source of free advertising. The emails are personal, they mentioned my name and the name of one of my blog friends. It seems that I’m not the only one receiving these emails although all seem somewhat different. Meaning that someone is reading certain blogs out there on certain topics and putting a lot of effort in contacting each and every person linked to that blog.

Of course I did what was obvious: google search, IP and domain check, but they’re clever! I found out that most people who had received something similar are somehow related to design, London and the internet. The emails are cryptic and ask you to do certain things in order to get clues. I ignored them until I got fed up after the fourth and so I sent a reply to tell the person that I was not interested in playing games. To my surprise I received another [ignoring my reply] with a password and login to their website and I’m now officially ‘their secret agent’.

One email told me to check the classifieds on page 4o of a certain London newspaper. It’s an add about Buckm1nster/Dy m ax ion, a B1-Lanc3r and a telephone number, people rang the number but all you hear are hisses and someone screaming. From there you have to use the info found on websites to get more clues. There are some theories to be found online about the mystery of these emails. Some say it’s some kind of promotional thing that will take place next week, according to an email I should be ready for action: 18:45, 24/09/08…

Typos in this post are made on purpose because some of these words are used as keywords by this mysterious organisation to find those involved through Google and I’m sorry but I don’t do free SEO hence my changes in names etc. I know you guys are out there reading this, so to Mr. Curtis or the syndicate: if you would offer me a design job then yes; that might draw my undivided attention. Although intrigued, I’m kind of busy and if you would genuinely be interested you could’ve read about my activities on here and my reasons why I am this busy…

The image below is all the free advertising you’ll get for now…

:P

The next clue… Mission accomplished and aborted (?)

Procrastinating Goat

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I really really need to stop being stubborn and I need to stop procrastinating. I know it’s a Goat’s thing but at times I really don’t do myself a favour by feeding this Goat trait of mine nice juicy green leaves just to keep it alive. I need to set priorities right but I’m weak and so easily distracted so I end up doing things that I shouldn’t be doing. I end up writing that email to a friend instead of staying focused and concentrate on work to be done as in building loads of websites…

Yesterday was a weird day, lucky me I had some moments with Leo in between appointments before he will be off to another unknown destination this morning. I had to see my GP about something that has been bugging me for five weeks already [five weeks seems to be the magic procrastination number somehow]. Leo made me call for an appointment last week, I’ve waited this long because my GP moved surgery and is now situated in the ‘badlands’, too far away.

So yes, once again Doc was upset with me for leaving it too long, so here I am having to take two different antibiotics twice a day for the next week, some other pills to suppress the symptoms and some other ugly looking drink mixture with morphine. No idea why I’m getting morphine [something you won’t easily get in the Lowlands but it seems to be quite normal here and in France as well btw] probably to take care of the pain I guess. Would make sense but still: I need a clear head…

And on top of that I’m supposed to go to the hospital again to have tests done. When do I have time to do this? See, that’s exactly where stubbornness creeps in… I’m in the middle of a serious deadline and I simply don’t have time. I also had to see my accountant yesterday which turned out to be quite fruitful, resulting in a two hour chat instead of half an hour that I’d asked him for, resulting in more work as in assignments and a discount. It seems things are slowly starting to pick up.

But boy… I need time… more time… and a lot of people seem to claim mine somehow, it’s not just one email a day, I receive about five a day and people are waiting for replies, both business and personal. So I’m gonna stop procrastinating today and crack on with it. No more replies to personal emails for a while, friends should understand that getting my life back on track is my number one priority. I’m gonna be stubborn but in a good sense… It’s called time management baby!

So instead of sending me an email it would be so much easier to post a comment for me here!

:P