It's MONDAY!!!

I jump out of bed and run over to the laptop. I eagerly type in the url to Overheard in New York.

Did I win did I win did I win did I win?!

(The week before, I had submitted an entry for the site's bi-weekly Headline Contest. Winners get a copy of the Overheard in New York book. I'd much rather have a PostSecret book, but I'm much too gracious a Winner to snub their gift, less-favoured though it may be. Because I am, you know, a Winner I mean.)

I scan the main page. Odd, the quote's not even up yet. Then I notice the date on the most recent entry - 2007-01-14. Curses! Belatedly, I remember that New York is 13 hours behind Kuala Lumpur. Slackers.

I potter about on the page a bit. New Yorkers might be sick of always being late and decide to make it Monday. I hit the refresh button. And...no. I potter about some more. Refresh. It's still Sunday there.

Bugger this. I'm not gonna hover in front of my laptop waiting for it to turn to Monday in bloody New York. I've got uberly important things to do (e.g. give the dog a bath and take her to the vet). I shut the laptop down and go off to grace some lives with my presence.

I return at 10pm. Surely it's Monday everywhere already! I enter the OiNY site again and scroll down to the quote.

Did I win did I win did I win did I win?!

I didn't win. Curses! I'm not even a runner-up. Curses!

This means that I was wrong. I am not a Winner after all. I am a Loser.

I crawl into the Corner of Loserdom. At least The Codes will be there to keep me company.

Categories: Ouch [t]

Huzzah! GMT+5 strikes again! When we invented the American continent, we purposely chose the timezone that would be most inconveinient for the largest number of people, just because... well, because we're New Yorkers.

Better luck next time though.
» ManOfDarkSunglasses on 2007-01-15 10:36:06

MoDS: Not even! You're GMT-5!! But even if you were GMT+5, you'd still be behind! Aarghh!
» theZEBRA on 2007-01-15 10:41:13

Welcome to Loserdom. :)
» JJ (65.91.120.126) on 2007-01-15 10:55:38

Right, GMT -5.... Now that I think about it, I probably should have known that... Seeing as I live here and all...

Damn! Mind if I join you in the corner?
» ManOfDarkSunglasses on 2007-01-15 11:29:57

JJ: Thanks for letting me sniffle on your sleeve.

MoDS: Come on over. We've even got a live rock band.
» theZEBRA on 2007-01-15 11:36:36

Haha, I'd imagine that time differences would be a bit important.
» ikimashokie on 2007-01-15 12:28:08

I cry for you. You are too good for all that headache. :(
» spunky on 2007-01-15 10:33:26

It's okay. Try again next time. The time zone is a big pain in the neck for me too sometimes. Don't go hiding in a corner, maybe it was just your luck that you didn't win, not your ability.
» Nuttz on 2007-01-16 09:55:18

haha! what a Loser! :D
» bUttsH4k3r (87.102.18.209) on 2007-01-16 02:11:04

Don't think of it as being a loser. Think of it as God's way of telling you that He made a lot of people who are far smarter, way more talented and consequently infinitely more successful than you could ever be. See? Don't you feel better? :-p
» Jay (82.69.108.126) on 2007-01-17 09:35:35

Haha, loser.
» Dilated on 2007-01-17 01:39:37

ikimashokie: More important than me?! 0_o

spunky: Thank you. Misery loves company.

Nuttz: There will not be a next time! I SHUN OiNY!!!

bUttsH4k3r: Right back at ya, pukeyface! ;)

Jay: Funnily enough, it doesn't. I'm now feeling the urge to gorge myself on CNY cookies and nasi lemak and bak kut teh and char kway teow...shall I go on? :D

Dilated: *Hides behind JJ*
» theZEBRA on 2007-01-17 08:33:51

i constantly browse that site as well! in fits on boredom...hmm..maybe u didn't win coz....u aren't in N.Y?? *food for thought *
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