Devoid of Anything Useful

I still don't get it.

It's being this massively commercialized day of the year. The only day other than your birthday you would expect to recieve presents from relatives or friends.

Of course I'm not trying to be a wet blanket and trying to ruin the spirit of which does not really exist in me, but I don't know why there is this wall between me and this so called festive occasion. Other than the songs of course.

Also, Santa is not a very well recieved image I've heard. Or maybe I've been hearing from the wrong people. The only way I see the day being spent is like how it is in A Christmas Carol, and usually my day would be spent watching all the different versions of that, including Disney and Looney Tunes.

However, any excuse to wish someone a good day is a good excuse.

Happy 25/12 (and it's still the eve, as of posting time).

from the random folks on #miko @ irc.rizon.net

Details and proceedings:
- Prices are in SGD, Singaporean buyers preferred.
- Official communication (for queries/collection etc) would be done via IRC. (#miko @ irc.rizon.net)
- Bidding will be done via comments on this blogpost. No Cbox!
- Please state your name/nick/unique identifier, item/group as clearly as possible, with bid amount (in SGD).
- Bidding closes on 31st December 2009, 2359h. Any bid placed after that would only be valid if it is the only bid for that item.
- Minimum bid increase is SGD 1.00, unless otherwise stated.
- Additional Details in Catalogue available here -> http://www.mediafire.com/?ywvygmzwrt2
- There will be a part 2 soon-ish, with another closing date. Do check back!

For the people in this thread who do not understand what the above means:






What he said.

I personally do not like this system of classification, as you either become too generic or you have too many tags to keep up with.

My many encounters with tagging systems have only served to reinforce that, like Delicious (formerly Del.icio.us) bookmarks and Blogger posts (I only use 11 tags, of which 2 are 'dead').

The tags of danbooru style imageboards (e.g Konachan.com, moe.imouto.org) are less irritating, only because I don't have to manage them myself. But as you would be able to see, it is a jumble of screwed up data, not much better than a brute force word search.

This is also why I don't like MAL's tagging system. Of which I don't use anyway. I have a problem (of which you don't need to solve for me, tyvm) putting some shows into the same genre/tag, and if I make enough to split them out, it sorts of defeats the purpose already.