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Open: Advertising, Cianopic Reviews
Closed (Temporarily): SOTM

Warning: Rant ahead.

Yea. I’m taking life by the balls and making it my own. I’ve been a pushover for 20 years now, oh but that’s about to change. I’ve had a revelation recently. I will no longer be dealing with bullshit that comes my way at any time from here on out. People suck! (Well, a lot of the time anyway.) I’ve been being stepped on, looked over, used and abused for too damn long! I mean, I’ve been dealing with:

• Amateur/n00b “Web Designers”
• Affies in it for hits! x0
• Starbucks Customers
• Starbucks Managers!
• My (Immediate) Family
• My “Ex-Lover”

And I’m still alive, right? There must be some balls in me! (No pun intended.. If that could even be a pun.)

So here’s how it goes. This new design was made for me, by me. If you don’t like it, go fuck a duck! x0 I’ll also be cussing all the hell I want in my own damn blog! Whether or not it makes any damn sense! And I plan to personally change the concept of Personal Web Design as we all know it, little by little, all on my own. You’ll all thank me in the long run.

(Random) My future will include all or at least one of the following:

• A Semester or Two of Schooling in a Foreign Country
• Some Sort of Certificate for “Excellent [Graphic/Web] Design”
• My Own Fashion Line (Spring 2012, bet on it.)
• Dinner with Denzel Washington.
• Lunch with Obama.
• Breakfast with Takeru Kobayashi.
• The list continues…

Also, I will be listing things ALL THE TIME, because that’s just how my brain works. So expect list-oriented designs at this domain. And speaking of domains, expect a name change in oh… about 6 months.

Congrats everyone!! Awards will be given out to all participants. To see how well your site did in the contest, click here. February ‘10 Voting will begin on January 13th! My apologies for the huge gap in updates for this contest. All current applicants will be accommodated for the shorter voting period, and current winners will be accommodated for the shorter advertising periods. If you feel you deserve another go, feel free to sign up for the March 2010 SOTM Contest!

Now to explain further: I didn’t have internet service on the 6th, and then I had work, hence the missing promised update. But now most thing’s are up-to-date and refreshed! Feel free to have a look around.

I’ve done my first thorough affie cleanout! To the left, you will see the links to sites that keep my site linked on every page. If you were on the sidebar before and don’t see your link there now, you might be on the Affiliation sub-page. If you see a star or two next to your link, please refer to the “A few things to note” section on the aforementioned page.

P.S. I’ll be going through affiliate applications throughout the rest of the month, so if you’ve filled out the form in the last month and haven’t gotten a response yet, don’t worry!

Okay, again I’ve been away from the site for while. I’ve been so busy with school and shaz. Matter of fact I’m doing pretty damn well in Information Systems and Business right now. Oh yea, and I finally snagged a job, people! I’ll be working at Starbucks soon. I’m so excited! >D And now I can buy myself my friends and family Christmas presents. *v*

I went ice skating for the first time in my life a few weeks ago. I must say, it was pretty scary getting on the ice at first. It was just so slippery! But after a while I got the hang of it. A few of my friends, however, spent most of the time flat on their faces (and/or arses). One of my friends actually ended up bleeding from a cut she got after falling in the rink. OUCH. And I actually never fell once, and I was so proud of myself! XD My best friend was so scared, though! She couldn’t even make it around the rink holding onto the railing. I felt horrible, so we spent most of the time outside of the rink dancing to the songs that were playing. Might sound like a bummer, but how many of you can say you danced the Macarena from beginning to end in ice skates? Yea. Thought so.

And gawd, I never talked about Halloween! I was a pirate in purple. :3 I thought my costume was purty neat. [pics go here] I’d say I did a pretty good job for a makeshift costume. XD The only thing I had to buy was striped stockings, which weren’t too bad. My friend Christina and I went to this party.. but it was like we were the after party of the party. Most people had left by the time we got there, which was around 11pm. But we made our own party!! And the people there were really laid-back and chill. The crazy folks had left before we got there, and had apparently stolen some of the “refreshments” that were there as well. :ugh: Really was a lot of fun though. And we made a few new pals too. ^^

In Sitely News:
- I’m still going through all the affiliation requests that I’ve been receiving. If you applied within the last month, you should see your name in the left-hand sidebar. If I missed you, let me know!
- Only 2 days left to vote in the SOTM Contest! Voting will close on the 28th. Get your votes in!

In Sitely Plans:
- I’m finally getting my portfolio up!
- I’m working new ideas into Advertising at Cianopi.
- I’m working on a new layout!
- I want to add more Challenges and Contests to the site.

I’ve been returning comments, updating things around the site… I realize my Facebox script isn’t working anymore… so (for example) buttons for the SOTM are now hidden. It’s irking the hell out of me! @.@ So I thought I’d take this time to ask if anyone can help me out? Thanks in advanced!

Oh, and I have a bunch of Affie requests in my inbox (most I’ve ever had in the history of Cianopi xD). It’s awesome that so many want to affiliate with me! I’ll be getting to all of those soon enough.

The main point of this entry is that I’m alive and well! This site is NOT going down any time soon. However, any of my affies that are on hiatus right now are getting a HUGE break from me. lol I now understand the hectic life deal and not being able to update, etc, etc.

So yea um.. Things I’d like to cover!

Me
- My new haircut! (pics)
- Shopping (bought some new shirts.. pics)
- Teaching Myself Ajax!
- Getting More into Makeup & Cosmetic Art (pics!)
- What I like about me (@Kristine)

Activities
- Gym/Zumba
- School~
- Jobs…
- Halloween!
- Weekend Hangout + Ice Skating!
- Thanksgiving Plans

Site & Online
- Advertising Revamp
- New Tutorials (x)
- New Layout?
- FPA (x)
- SOTM > Go vote!
- Adding more Challenges and Contests

That said, join FPA! Refer Cianopi! <3

Oct. 25: Wanted to quickly say thanks for voting for my design for the VitaminWater FlavorCreator Contest! Wish me luck, they’ll be announcing winners on Nov. 11th. [link] Also, sign up for FPA!

I’ll write a decent entry as soon as I can. I’ve been SUPERBLY busy this past week, but I’ll put all the details in the entry. I’ll also return comments asap!!

Hey guys! Do any of you have a Facebook? I’ve already written this to most of the social networks I’m on, but Facebook and Vitamin Water are holding a contest called the FlavorCreator Contest. The new flavor has already been decided: Black Cherry – Lime. (Sounds really good. :drool:) But now, they want Facebook users to design the new label!

As you can see, I’ve designed mine, and I’d really love and appreciate it if you guys could vote for my design! Either that or you can join the contest yourself and have all your friends vote for your design! The Contest ends on the 20th of October. You can click this link for more information. ^^

Fundraising Pixel Ads is back up! It’s a great way to get traffic to your site. You can read more about the benefits on the site. Also, even though the signup page says “Buy Space”, the first 100 sign-ups get on the grid for free. If you choose to get advertised, please don’t forget to put “Cianopi” and “http://cianopi.org” where it says Referring Website and Reciprocal Link. Thanks in advanced! ♥

Sign Up to be Cianopi’s December 2009 Site Of The Month! There are still 12 slots left! If you want more exposure for your site, sign up! If you didn’t win last time and want another shot, sign up! Why not give it a shot? Your site could be on display for an entire month without rotation or having to link back! 2nd and 3rd Place Winners also get great prizes, as well as all participants in the contest. So hurry and sign up to be Cianopi’s December 09 SOTM!!

In follow-up news, I’ll be posting pics from Makinig II! Be on the lookout.

SOTM Contest is going on now!

Vote for your favorite site, or join in on the fun!

So like I said, my friend Christina and I went to Makinig II on Saturday. The show was AWESOME, we were like jumping out of our seats at some points. There was just a lot of good energy there. Not to mention a lot of hot guys! :drool: I sware one of the dudes sitting behind us was singing to me the whole show. (Or maybe he just knew all the words to everything and his lovely tenor vocals happened to make their way to my ears and hook me in like a fish in a bucket of water.) Sigh. I should have snagged a number or two. XD

It was awesome though, I’d go again in a heartbeat. There was this moment when Kat Badar was taking pics with people, and Christina and I thought there was a line. So there we are taking cell pics and Kat is sort of looking at us like “What are they doing? There’s no line..” So we walked over and awkwardly asked her to sign stuff. You’ve never seen cute until you’ve seen Kat Badar in person. She’s the epitome of adorable.

We also met JR Aquino. Christina created a fan outta me with this guy. He was fantastic in the show and when we went to see him afterwards, he tried to get Christina to buy a t-shirt. Later on she said to me, “I wish I could have, but it was $25.00!” I simply said, “I feel your pain.” X| And when he was signing my wristband thingy (we had to wear them to so they’d let us in after we paid), he was holding my hand so gently… I think I fell in love. XD No, but he’s Christina’s favorite, I wouldn’t steal him from her. She got me into him after all. (lol I’m talking like the man is available, he has a girlfriend, he said it a thousand times in the show. :ugh: But a girl can dream!) He’s still supremely attractive up close though. I will not deny that. |D

Other favorites of mine included Jay Legaspi, Melissa Polinar, Aj Rafael, Adam Deperio (who messed up but got back out there and did his thing, yea Adam! XD), and the amazing Passion. *o* Great show!! Bravo. The ONLY bad act was KPrime. Sigh. Just sigh. I feel bad for the dude, and I wish him luck. lol

In not so spiffy news, I got into a bit of a rift with one of my best friends this past week. But everything’s okay now. If you want the full story and more details, you can click here.

Oh yes, I also saw Paranormal Activity this weekend. All I can say is, don’t go see it alone, and don’t go see it at night. I saw it in broad daylight with a friend, and I’m still freaking out days later. The thing about this movie is that it doesn’t seem that scary, I certainly didn’t think it would affect me this way. But it’s the after-effect… Yea. I’m done talking about it now. I’m going to go grab something to eat. lol

I hate apologizing for (finally) having a life (lol), but sorry for not responding to comments guys. No worries, I will be returning comments later today. And don’t think I’m ignoring any of you, I’ve responded to a few already. I’ve just somehow been ridiculously busy/preoccupied with things. Regardless, I’ve deemed today Return Comment Day at Cianopi! XD

Anyone else having a hard time getting a job these days? (lol duh) XD The thing is, I’ve been handing in job applications left and right and still haven’t been getting any calls! It’s so frustrating.. Speaking of which, my friend and I applied at a restaurant called Unos. The day we picked up the applications, there was a very nice girl who worked there. She gave us her name as a reference, so we thought for sure we’d get the job.

However, on the day we gave the finished applications back to the restaurant, it had just been opening. So it’s understandable that the employees were a bit busy trying to set up for the day. We walked in and told them that we had applications to hand in, and one of the workers (they were all women) said, “Okay, I’ll get the manager.” But a minute later, another girl told us to give her the applications.

At first we thought she was the manager and that she might interview us right there or something. But then she and the other workers just went about their business getting things ready for the day. My friend and I stood there for a good few minutes not knowing whether to leave or not. Then the girl who took the applications looked at us and said, “We’ll call.” and gave us a gesture to leave. We were just like “Oh… okay…” Once we left we we both looked at each other and said “What a bitch…” lol

Yes, so that’s just one of the many experiences I’ve had trying to get a job. I must say this recession is utterly ridiculous. >.<

The aforementioned friend and I plan to go to Makinig II this weekend. It’s a show that features Filipino-American and Asian-American singers, songwriters, dancers, and the works. Not among the listed on the above page is Leejay Beats, who I really wanted to see! Those dudes are awesome, and they were in the last show but my friend and I couldn’t make it!! T.T D: D= We plan to go this time though, for sure.

I finally bought my .org domain, so I’m slowly switching things over there. You can look at it now to let me know what’s out of place. (Note: it should look exactly like this site, minus this entry. XD) I also finally bought a laptop cooler! I’m so glad I don’t have to stop working on projects anymore just to let my laptop cool down so that it doesn’t crash. ^^

I have a new twitter! @Lianopi. I’ve also been trying to tweet more, ya know, to get into the loop just to see what it’s like and then form a better opinion about it.

Winners of the October 2009 SOTM:

1st Place – Chloe @ Berry Kenkou
2nd Place – Shlesha @ Toxic
3rd Place – Cortney @ Jenviousity

Congrats everyone!! Awards have been given out to all participants. November 09 Voting has commenced! Go vote for which site you think should be Site Of The Month. Also, why not sign up for the December SOTM?

Oct 09 Voting has Ended Today!!


Winners will be announced on the 30th of September.

If you haven’t already, enter your site in the contest for the November Spot before voting begins!

In other news, I will be hosting a Free Layout Raffle here at Cianopi. More details will be known to the public as the days follow.

Yesss, I’ve returned to the internet. I think we had it off for a week? I don’t really remember because I was busy with life anyways! XD My best friend Christina and I were hanging out all week. She took me to her Zumba class on Tuesday– tons of fun, I’m thinking of getting a membership for that class. And on Wednesday we walked from her house to our old High School.

WHAT A WALK THAT WAS. D: It was hot as hell that day, and we kinda made a wrong turn at one point so that added a good 15 minutes to the trip. We wanted to see people that I know, most of whom are graduating in 2010, but the one guy we relied on to tell everyone else we were going to be there bailed on us. We wanted to kill him!! We walked there on FOOT. Of course, it was partly our fault for setting out kind of late, and also making that 15-minute wrong turn. Ah well, we had fun and it was a good walk. Burned a lot of calories. XD

We saw Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs yesterday. It was really good over all. Made us hungry. X| They really did a good job on the graphics in that movie… Then we went to dinner with a bunch of folks. One of my good friends is moving away! T.T So she had this get-together yesterday– tons of fun. I had to take the bus route to get there though, and that was 2 hours altogether. =o Exhausting, but worth it!! Everything turned out really well.