the zeppelin of burning dreams

i haven’t used tabulas in a while. i’ve been getting a whole bunch of spam mail recently, that makes me think that rykorp’s spam filter isn’t as good as it’s supposed to be, but no matter. what i really miss about this blogging interface is probably the community.

in today’s social media-centric world, i can’t help but think back to the days of the early 2000’s, where we’d stalk each others’ blogs in tabulas because this girl was a hottie, because this dude wrote well, and because there was just a whole score of ideas that were just lying there, waiting for other folks to take them in and propagate the thought like mushrooms.

this was where i became this so-called writer who was cool. this was where i made friends with a bunch of folks who, to this day, remain to be close buddies of mine.

and i guess this was always the only place wherein i could blog in lowercase without thinking twice. i mean, yeah, there’s twitter. but that’s short format microblogging. this is long form, and if there’s anything my creative writing classes have taught me, it would be the practice of proper capitalization when writing long form.

of course, we all said “screw that” back when we were starting with tabulas.

so hello tabulas blog. and hello, future spammers. i look forward to matching wits with you guys again.

Congratulations on being the creator of a new

Evil Plan (tm)!

Your objective is simple: World Domination.

Your motive is a little bit more complex: To show them all

Stage One

To begin your plan, you must first traumatize a rich and powerful CEO. This will cause the world to sense a grave disturbance in the force, unsettled by your arrival. Who is this demented madman? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in a corporate suit?

Stage Two

Next, you must obliterate the Internet. This will all be done from a air fortress, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will lose their minds, as countless hordes of mean English teachers hasten to do your every bidding.

Stage Three

Finally, you must unleash your unholy weapon, bringing about an end to sanity. Your name shall become synonymous with fear, and no man will ever again dare fire you. Everyone will bow before your superhuman powers, and the world will have no choice but to whisper your name in fear.

So You've Decided to Be Evil