Posted 11:00 AM by Blah blah

Do you use Yahoo Messenger? Here are some really weird and secret smileys I have never seen!

Hmmm... Annie, this Taiwanese girl I met at her party two weeks ago, was asking if I knew anyone who wanted to model for a fashion show in April. She and my dormmate from college, Huang, are starting this big, primarily Asian social group in SF called Serendipity. This Sunday she will be having modelling tryouts in SF. She has a relationship with the restaurant/club sponsoring the events, Venture Frogs. She has the clothing designers lined up already but needs to find people to put into those clothes! So if you are interested, please let her know or email your picture to her.

Sam sent me the link to pictures of some of the kids in his youth group in Toronto. He's one of the adult leaders. Snow camp!

Talking More but Enjoying It Less (NY Times): "The number of wireless subscribers in the United States has more than doubled since 1998, to some 130 million today, as new customers are lured by offers of free long-distance service and inexpensive phones. Cellphone subscribers are also talking more than ever before, thanks to so-called bucket plans that include thousands of free minutes of use every month. Subscribers use their cellphones an average of 422 minutes a month, an increase of 75 percent from 242 two years ago.

All that talking is taxing the capacity of the country's wireless system. Cellphone companies have been unable to build enough new cell towers or squeeze the capacity they need out of existing ones. As a result, subscribers complain of disconnected calls or busy signals caused by overloading of the networks. Others are frustrated when roaming charges appear on their bills because the signal proved weak in their local service areas or for calls within areas included on those colorful coverage maps. Some customers say they are tired of waiting so long for voice-mail messages from missed calls.

No wireless provider in the country is free of complaints about service. For every satisfied customer, it seems, there is a horror story. About 15 percent of wireless customers have switched providers in the last 12 months, nearly double the level of four years ago, J. D. Power said. Many subscribers have given up trying to resolve problems with the cellphone companies and have taken their grievances to the F.C.C. or a state attorney general's office. A few have filed lawsuits seeking refunds."