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I was working on the Habitat website early this morning, getting it ready for my usability tests today (don’t ask), and I realized I needed a fake testimonial (I’m planning on having a “testimonials” section on the final site) to see how the system would format them, etc, so on. So I logged in as a test user, went to the “create content” page, and just stared at the blank text box for a second.

See, this was about five minutes after I’d gotten out of bed, and I’d only gotten four hours sleep, and I hadn’t thought to get coffee just yet (proof of my debilitated state). Normally, when I need filler text, I just visit the Lorem Ipsum generator and get me some. Today, that thought didn’t even cross my mind. I needed text, so text I wrote. After my initial confusion as to what to do with a text box, I filled it up with a paragraph full of random words as they occurred to me. The result is the following, which I wittily (in my mind, at the time) titled “Test Imonial.”

Test Imonial

The blue cat waltzed downwards onto the blue-green stairs, lacksidasically. Three toed wonder, how the general missed your change that day I know not. Carbon sights with aching spires do pollute the evening air when carnivals come to town. Basement treasures, hidden twice and never found, haunt the time between hatred and forgiveness. Challenge everything, but nothing most of all.

I can’t decide if it’s the dumbest, or the deepest, thing I’ve ever written. I’m only positive it’s gotta be one of the two. :)

And now, I’m struggling to stay awake for a few more minutes as Dana’s on her way over to say goodnight. It’s only 10pm, I realize, but I’ve been struggling to keep my eyes open since 4pm, and I’m just about ready to give up. I guess I’ll just have to get up early and give this whole “day” thing another go.