I understand wanting to promote your site but.. come on! I do that too but i comment with a relevant name when i have something to say, i try to say more than “thanks for posting”.

Is this a new form of spam? ’cause if it is, it’s really annoying.
It’s flattering to have hundreds of comments and have the number growing constantly so i figured i could write a small guide to comment writing.

Tips for writing nice comments:

- First things first. Let people know you’re online
You have a website and want people to know about it.
By commenting on blogs, websites or writing in forums you let’s me know you exist too. I might have not known you exist so by deciding to be active online you can easily let me know about you or your website.

- Attract others to your website
Try to write something on the subject. Maybe you also have a point of view- share it.
Writing a comment related to the post makes me think you read it, liked or disliked it and you have something to say. That matters to me so I might also visit your website because you might have something interesting and worth visiting. Comments like “Great post” or “Nice info” makes me think you didn’t even bother to read anything so why should I bother to visit your website?

- Don’t manipulate anyone
Be discreet. Attract others to your site by being polite, not by force.
You are a person, you have a name. Use your name or nickname for posting. Using names like “my-entire-website-name” or “this-is-what-i-do-online” makes me delete your comment, it looks like spam. There is a box in which you put your nickname and a box for putting your website. Use them for what they are or I will surely mark you as spam.

Summing up, letting people know you are online by good on-the-subject comments, you might attract a few visitors. This is what commenting to promote your website is all about, writing quality comments so people would be attracted to you for your work.

So, to sum up, i work now! Finaly! I work at some tomato campaign and it’s really tireing, i work in shifts and don’t have much time to spend on the internet because i’m not the only one using it so… less online time for me.

Anyhow, moving was the best thing that could happen to me and my other half! We can “be free” now, no more ‘wash the floor everytime you pee’ because those… those.. things (i can’t call them people, i’d offend all human beings) demand it, no more ‘there’s no money in the house, you starve’ because the things kept food under their bed or something, no more gossips to hear at night because those two idiots talk to loud and we could actually hear them call us ‘jerks’, ‘trash’, ‘stupid’ and other wonderful appelatives, we can actually enjoy breathing from now on.

So, that’s all in all. I’ll come back with more news soon

Apparently though, the majority of teenagers these days are very keen when it comes to new fashion trends..

Here in Italy i noticed how cool it is for people to wear their pants as low as possible. I tried it once, just for curiosity (i was at work, in my uniform – a pair of green pants, pretty large ones) and i immediately pulled them back up (my butt looked like a train ran over it, it was that flat!). Others though… wore them as low as they possibly could, just so they won’t fall down completely.

I see people wear their pants like this every single day. I saw different undies, from boxers to pretty colored bikinis.

But fashion isn’t fit for everyone. Some look very ridiculous wearing the pants low like this. Like a boy i saw once in a bus. He was wearing a par of nice bluejeans but when he rised from his chair i actually saw his dorky underwear (those old, very old styled undies..). His pants were so low i don’t understand why he wore them anyway! It’s warm enough outside…

All in all… i prefer to look at myself in the mirror before going out and looking like crap. Maybe for some the new trends fit, but fashion is not for everyone.

Think again before showing yourself on the street looking ridiculous. Create your own style and try to make people admire your clothes, not laugh at you because you have no idea how to dress..

I’ve been adding my sites to link directories, a few per day not to harm myself with too much work and i noticed the pending list of sites. Now this is the reason i’m writing this…

There are a lot, and i mean a LOT of directories that have no less than.. a few thousands pending links. What’s the use of having a directory if you have thousands and thousands of pending links?! The biggest number i saw was 65.364 links pending… After i submited mine there were 65.366, so i’m hoping maybe in a few years i’ll get accepted or rejected..

I prefer directories that accept sites without reciprocal URL, if i was to add a link for every link directory i submit my site to, i’d need a whole sidebar just for the links. And besides, what’s the use of providing the link if i have to wait years for the directory to accept my site?

I changed my settings in my dashboard but nothing has changed within the sitemap. Still shows a long list of links…

I’m confused.

“oh, my”, i thought, “i’m gonna have lunch in a real restaurant”. Expensive food, weiters dressed sharp and everything, just like in the movies Too bad i left dissapointed.

The food was… less than nothing. There were 3 dishes and dessert.

The first dish was a big plate with 3 pieces of transparent meat, coverred with 3 pieces of salad and 3 pieces of a tomato… “great”, i thought, “i will only eat the vegetables but maybe they have something else coming, something more consistent”.
Wrong…

The weiters noticed i don’t eat meat and offered to prepare me something based on cheese instead of meat.

The second dish was a small (and i mean SMALL) piece of lasagna… “ok, this must have been the apetizer. I’m really hungry, when does the real food come?”

It didn’t… For the last dish i got a plate with cheese. 3-4 pieces of cheese, 2-3 salad leaves and a small piece of mozzarella. “oh my god, we’re gonna starve until we get home..”

I always thought that going to a restaurant was something luxurious. For a high price i expected something to ease my hunger but instead i left more hungry than i arrived. Not to talk about my other half, he’s a man, he clearly eats more than me.

Of course the day ended in a fantastic wish to eat a kebab. We felt like 2 people in the dessert and the kebab was our oasis! But we were to tired from all that hunger and went straight to bed when we arrived home

From now on if i really have to go to a restaurant, i promise to eat at home before

Italians celebrated Easter last Sunday. They’re catholic, like the Pope All in all i find them pretty boring. They go to their families to have lunch, the streets are empty as my wallet and the only Easter-related products were some chocolate eggs with toys inside.

Easter for me was yesterday. My other half and i were supposed to go on a visit out of town but we didn’t quite sleep and didn’t feel like waking up early. Plus it was raining since saturday.
And this was my first Easter without red eggs.

In Romania we have the habit of saying “Christ came back to life”, but since the holiday already passed i hope everyone had a good time and relaxed

I went home in Romania these past 3 weeks. I wanted to be there for my sister’s birthday, on the 25th of December (yes, Santa gave our parents a cute baby-gift ). So i was home for half of the holidays.

I had fun, a lot of fun. I spent some wonderful time with my best friends, my mom and dad were happy to see me (and happy to see i’m ok), my grandma was crying her brains out when she found out i’m home and we had a nice quiet Christmas (except for my sister’s birthday party.. that wasn’t really quiet it was a blast!).

I said half of the holidays because i really really missed my other half. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat, couldn’t smile at my full-capacity .. so i decided one evening “i should return the heck back!”
And so i did. Packed my bags on Christmas day and left on the 26th.

It was the most annoying trip ever.. Felt like the drivers were sleeping, they seemed to move to slow! But i arrived safe and sound and got the best birthday gift: i got to spend my birthday with my loved one

I wish everyone happy happy holidays and a happy happy new year!

So.. i wake up, put the alarm on snooze, wake up 5 minutes later to realize.. i have to hurry the damn up!

I jump of my bed (if i don’t fall from it in the first place..), throw my uniform on and jump down the stairs while putting on my socks. I see my roommates still sleeping, my eyes become as big as 2 onions ’cause i hope i didn’t wake them up with my morning clumsiness and i run to the bathroom… i mind my own business then i realize i still have to drink my coffee!

It’s 4:48, just enough time to pour it in a cup (thank god my friend makes coffee in the evening.. hehe). I take it with me on the balcony and look at the clock every 2 minutes.. take a sip, look at the time, take another sip, take 2-3 photos, take another sip.. and so on untill i see it’s 4:56.

I take the cup and quietly place it in the sink, thinking i’ll wash it when i get home… wrong! i – again – accidentally drank from my roomates cup so i have to wash it..

I remember i have 2 sandviches in the fridge, i throw them in my blouse bigpockets and quietly leave home. Now i can finally wake up – plugging my earphones in and listening to some music on my way to the bus

I also have a lot to learn, by friday .. i have 2 exams, one on friday, one on saturday.. another one next week.. i hope i can make it, at least one i could pass

I’m also really tired, i haven’t slept for a week … only 2-3 hours a night. thank God for coffee

In the meantime, i’m also trying to decide what the heck should i do with my life.. Shish.. it’s hard..