Oh how surprised I was to receive an email from CSS-lounge.com to notify me that I was accepted into their beautiful web design gallery. I never thought that something like this would be possible, but I guess this just proves that anything is possible if one tries hard enough. Anyways, to end my gloating, here’s CSS lounge’s special page just for Rooeh.net!
Since the current site layout was such a success, I’ve added a new addition to the Rooeh shop, Switch it! v 1.0. This theme features a rotating image header and is now available for purchase.
And as for some updates, I am currently brewing up a batch of fresh, seriously…, Wordpress themes to be put up by next Monday. Also, the long awaited Wordpress templates, much like my current CSS templates, will be finally available.
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Posted on: Jul, 24
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Last week, I announced the start of a new Rooeh competition. The prize for said contest is an original vector illustration by yours truly. :love:
Now the rules of the contest are simple:
- Only one entry per site please, WP does track your IP, so don’t try something sneaky.
- Only participants with sites may participate. Freewebs, wordpress.com blogs, and other such free services do count!
- If you weren’t present for last week’s blog, simply create your sentence and include it in your comment.
I bet you’re now wondering what the actual contest is. Well, remember that funny little sentence I had everyone create about the little white rabbit, diamond ring, and bridge? Now your task is to think of what those three things might stand for, and write a few sentences about what it says about your future. The most creative response will win the grand prize, and I will have a few runner-up prizes for second and third place.
In case anyone out there is still a bit confused, here’s my example sentence again. I was on a bridge when a white rabbit took my diamond ring and jumped into the river. Now in my opinion, I think the bridge represents my life, the rabbit my bad luck, and the ring an item that I treasure. So in the future I will have a horrible stroke of bad luck which will cause me to lose something very dear to me that I can never reclaim again.
Well… I hope your conclusions won’t be as dark and pessimistic as mine. 
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Posted on: Jul, 19
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Can only make you stronger, right? I guess that is the lesson to be learned, if any at all, in summer school Team Sports I, second session. I didn’t know that a month back when I stood in the four hour long line to sign up for this class that I had doomed myself to a nightmare which includes a torturous daily one and a half mile 20 minute run. Which will be extended to two mile by next, next week. And if that isn’t horrible enough, I have the added burden to find that 25% of my grade relies on this “simple” task, according to the coaches. I guess it wouldn’t be too bad if it weren’t for the added bonus of a dusty track and an unforgiving Texas sun. Oh how I miss the crisp winters up north. Anyhow, besides the pain in my legs and joints, I am having my fair share of fun in summer school. At least I get to see some of my friends that I haven’t talked to in a while. :love:
Lately I’ve been thinking that I should hold a contest on the site for the prize of perhaps a custom vector? 
Although… I’m not sure if anyone would be terribly interested in that. But well, its worth a shot.
Oh right, one more thing. See if you can create one sentence using the following: a white rabbit, a diamond ring, and a bridge. It should refer to yourself, meaning you are the main subject. There is a point to this, which I will reveal in my next blog, I promise. 
My example sentence:
I was on a bridge when a white rabbit took my diamond ring and jumped into the river.
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Posted on: Jul, 8
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As most of you know very well, I was in the beautiful city of Atlanta for the past week or so. This was probably the first trip I’ve taken outside the state in nearly four years, so I enjoyed myself immensely. However, I did miss the fresh air that Texas has to offer. I will never complain again, or compare the air quality of home sweet home to the smokeless environment of say, Iowa. Honestly I can say without exaggeration that I feel as if my lifespan has been shorted at least a couple of years due to all the second hand smoke I was forced to inhale. But hey, that is the price one must be willing to pay if he wants to explore the capital of the peach filled state. Even though I did not see one peach tree during my stay… 
Well, that and the incredibly rude food service employees who will halt in the middle of your order to take a personal call in the alley… or wherever they go. I always thought that service at McDonald’s would be universally fast and easy. Oh ho! That is so not the case. I don’t feel the need to rant about my little misfortune, since I have other more interesting things to blog about. But I will say to the manager of the McD’s across the Westin Hotel, next to the Hooters establishment, that you, sir, can easily find better employees that can actually read orders and fill up an ice cream cone within 20 minutes.
The main planned event that occurred during my stay, besides the competition of course, was our trip to Stone Mountain Park. We left around 11:00 in the morning to be absolutely sure that we would not miss the delicious southern cooking that awaited us. Here I think, is where I got addicted to Georgia’s iced tea. What makes it so special? Well, just take a glass of regular iced tea, dump a cup or two of sugar in it, stir it up with love, and there you go. Ah ha ha… good times… good times. After several turkey legs, cucumber slaw, and the most amazing peach cobbler ever, we headed off to explore what Stone Mountain had to offer. 
The first thing that I did was to drag everyone I possibly could to go to the lovely souvenir shops that were equipped with ACs. My favorite one was probably the authentic candy confectioners store where I bought some peach taffy that looked oh so tempting at the time. Little did I think of how hot it was outside, let alone how I was going to keep my candy from melting for ten long, long hours. (more…)
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Posted on: Jul, 1
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