The mind is a powerful thing. Things are always better when you’re in a good mood, always sour when you’re in a bad mood. And things are always dark and dreary when you’re down.

And I’m down right now.

The smallest things annoy me, and I find it hard to open up to people. I’m not me when I’m like this, but at the same time, this IS me.

To top it off, even my stats are commiserating with me — they’re down as well. Crap.

This is posting in reaction to the news bit about organizations who felt offended by the condom advertisements in the Philippines.

Do you know why they’re making condom commercials geared for young people? Because they engage in pre-marital sex. Some may be enticed to try out the product, but even before condom commercials and print ads came out, teenagers were already engaging in pre-marital sex.

These commercials are encouraging them to practice safe sex. Or would you rather they become teenage parents? Oh yeah, you’d like that.

Because you are also against the advertisements about condoms being used for family planning.

You can’t stop people from having sex. Just because you’ve probably haven’t done it for a gazillion years, doesn’t mean people will stop just because you told them to stop. And do you really think the Philippines need a bigger population? Wake up and smell the estero, darling.

Ugh. As much as I appreciate the program from keeping the trojans out, it’s really annoying how it overprotective that I can’t even authorize my flickr Uploadr. flickr Uploader!

*tears hair out* Does Norton expect me to upload through my browser?! Que horror!

I’ve just finished catching up on blog feed that I missed reading over the weekend due to a computer problem. The advice was sound, and though I was already implementing it on my blog, I wanted to make it better.

To cap my already stressful day, I ended up screwing the page over, and now I don’t have a 404 page. GADDAMIT. *pulls out hair*

See kids, this is why you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

You thought this was bad? It gets better (or worse).

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A 16-year-old schoolboy has cracked the federal government’s $84-million internet porn filter.

Tom Wood, a Year 10 student, told News Ltd newspapers it took him about 30 minutes to break through the government’s new filter, released on Tuesday.

Tom, who attends a Melbourne private school, can deactivate the filter after several clicks.

His method ensures the software’s toolbar icon is not deleted.

He can leave his parents believing the filter is still working.

“It’s a horrible waste of money,” he said. “They could get a much better filter for a few million dollars made here rather than paying overseas companies for an ineffective one.”

Source: The Age

It gets better:

“Unfortunately, no single measure can protect children from online harm and … traditional parenting skills have never been more important.”

Family First senator Steve Fielding, a cyber safety campaigner, said cracking the software highlighted the need for compulsory filtering by internet providers.

“You need both. You need it at the ISP and at the PC level,” Senator Fielding said. “The Government has not listened to common sense and it leaves kids exposed.”

What a flimsy excuse. Hee.