{"id":257,"date":"2003-09-23T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-24T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=257"},"modified":"2006-01-28T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2006-01-28T19:22:34","slug":"seek-and-you-shall-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Seek, and You Shall Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My computer was held hostage over the weekend. It spent 24 hours rendering, and at the end of those hellish hours, I was supposed to hand over a thousand words, 6000 pixels wide and 4800 pixels high, with absolutely no cops involved. If I didn&#8217;t, then I was never to see my computer again. What a harrowing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I got my computer back, but the kidnappers were never found. After I post this, I will search for them on Google.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, right after all the therapy I put my computer through, it rediscovered its hobby of digital fauxtography and managed to capture a candid shot of the alien rave I just attended. Broch was the DJ, and he was great! See if you can spot me.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-alienrave.jpg\" title=\"Broch's Alien Rave\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-alienravesmall.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"260\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Broch's Alien Rave\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But back to the topic of searching on Google&#8212;I&#8217;m a little bit dismayed about <a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030922-searchrequests.jpg\" title=\"These are the search requests from yesterday, and I'm actually the number one result for the highlighted search.\">the search requests people use to find me<\/a>. I&#8217;m only slightly more disturbed (and impressed) by the keyword searches people make within my log itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-nobonershere.jpg\">Exhibit A<\/a>: People look for terrorists and fake-boobed celebrities (neither of which can be found here); they also ask thought-provoking questions, which I answer correctly; but mostly, you will find lots of hair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-note.jpg\">Exhibit B<\/a>: People like to write long notes in the search field, not even addressed to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-wordoftheday.jpg\">Exhibit C<\/a>: My readers know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=pubococcygeus\">a great word<\/a> or two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/log\/images\/20030923-epilepsy.jpg\">Exhibit D<\/a>: Uh&#8230; this one you&#8217;d have to see. I can&#8217;t figure out if it&#8217;s an elaborate and subtle joke designed to make me giggle, or if the person looking for a certain word actually suffers from it, most especially while typing. Either way, the irony isn&#8217;t lost on me.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, have you spotted me yet? If not, you might want to participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrumph.com\">Heather<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrumph.com\/badgeswap\/\">Badge Swap<\/a>. 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It spent 24 hours rendering, and at the end of those hellish hours, I was supposed to hand over a thousand words, 6000 pixels wide and 4800 pixels high, with absolutely no cops involved. If I didn&#8217;t, then I was never to see my computer again. What a harrowing experience. Anyway, I got my computer back, but the kidnappers were never found. 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