Search engine query strings, if you can get them, are indicative of the state of the art in personal unfulfilled interest.The strings that are available to me don't seem to have anything in common. If I'm reading this correctly, the most popular information in the world usually has something to do either with pokemon having sex, naked pokemons of various types, or naked men peeing.

That isn't all the public is interested in, though. Many people have a healthy interest in computer case badges. In fact, I get a lot of mail asking me about those case badges I was giving away way back when. The most common question is, of course, "can I have one?" The answer is no, I don't have anymore. I haven't sent out any "No, I don't have anymore" notifications, because for a while there I was thinking about printing up another batch to send to the late-replying folks. Eventually, though, it became apparent that I'd have to make a big huge batch in order to accommodate all requests, and I should just get out while I was ahead. The place I had them made at is called "Scottgold". The minimum batch is ten, so if you only have one computer, you have to think of other things to do with the other nine. Luckily, many common household items can benefit from an attractive case badge. Rebrand your refrigerator, toaster, or vehicle. Rebrand the vehicles, toasters, or fridge of other people. Or even items that don't haven't been through the entire retail system quite yet. Well anyway, it's easy, and they're fast. I encourage all my friends to go out and make their own custom case badge of "nude pokemon" or "men peeing" or "ricky martin porn". Or one of those other things that people seem to spend all their time looking for.

Next thing on the list is "brain dumps". I think that "Brain Dumps" are a sort of cliffs notes for those types who get goony non-academic certifications of their technical skills. I understand the necessity of proving your qualifications to those who would hire you, but I'd also like to note that I've never worked with someone with a MCSE or A+ or Novell certification who I would trust to unscrew a bottle of maple syrup. Anyway, it turns out that 5 years ago or whatever, I happened to use those words on this retarded web page I was making. So it keeps coming up. Ha ha. Hmm, what would I say to an aspiring MCSE who was trying to take the shortcut towards knowing what the hell he or she was doing? I would say, "you're too late! Now you have to have a REAL degree or tons of experience in order to get paid way too much in this field." I'd be lying.

The rest of the world seems to be interested in relatively benign things, like KMFDM wallpaper or croonchy stars. That's reassuring, I guess. Only 12 searched for "naked children" all year. Hunh, but far too many searches for "white guy afro" end on my doorstep. Look man, my hair's just real curly and I can't do anything with it. After I figured out braiding I didn't have to worry about it anymore, but back in Hawaii it would get pretty kinked out by the salty ocean air. I gotta say, it was a white guy afro. I wasn't trying to be hip or anything, honest. Just apathetic about hairstyle. Also, I don't care about who has the hiccups. Someone keeps searching for that, like once a month. Boom. "I have the hiccups".

Yeah, this is way more interesting than seeing how many people came in from the losers.place and what not. I can see when people are searching for information on me. There are records of how many times and in what order who searched for what. So. I saw that.