Ad Infinitum

The "Skype Hype" has been around for some time and before I even got the chance to try (read: take advantage of) it, the telcos recently imposed a strict ban on the use of this inexpensive VoIP service because it’s hurting their profits since phone calls have declined by great proportions over the past months.

Now that’s what I get from this chronic bad habit of always putting things off. I wonder what else I’ve missed (or am missing) by delaying that trip to the spa that’s in my calendar for months or that article about Shanghai that I’ve been planning to write for ages, among other things.

It doesn’t help either that I always have a convenient excuse for every little procrastination that I make and it can get as serious and convincing as "it rained torrent that day and I had no umbrella" to things as lame and ridiculous as " the horoscope warned that Sunday is not a good day to write." Old habits die hard - - so true!! 

There’s this site which allows you to send in your own designed postcard and on it, write any one of your deepest, darkest secrets that you want share - in anonymity of course. This week’s entries range from funny, romantic, sad, "ewwww-y" to disturbing and sometimes frightening. Here are some of my favorites:

• I used your toothbrush because I couldn’t find mine.
• I buy things at Ebay and then dispute them to get my money back
• I used to fake panic attacks so I knew he cared. Now that he’s gone, they’re real.
• They are my favorite because they were your favorite.
• I pretend that I pursued my dreams and failed. But really,I never even tried.
• I give decaf to customers who are RUDE to me.
• When I was a child, I was constantly terrified that my entire life was just a story being read by King Babar to his children, and that someday he would close the book and my life would end.
• The meds don’t work. But I say they do, And no one knows.

I don’t doubt the authenticity of some of the contributions but I also believe that a lot of them were made up hehe. Maybe one of these days I’ll also mail in my own secret.

What’s it about? SECRET!