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Etat mental du lundi soir

Terve !

Voyons voir... Il est 22h30, je suis levé depuis 5h du mat avec une douzaine d'heures de sommeil sur tout le week-end, j'ai les yeux qui brûlent tellement je suis fatigué.
Je rentre de déplacement, j'ai commaté pendant les 6h de trajets (merci Séb!), et je ne trouve rien de mieux à faire que de bidouiller du xml et de rajouter une petite rubrique "actualités" en haut de la sidebar... un vrai geek en puissance!!

Bon, ça va surtout être des petits clins d'oeil vis-à-vis des délires de tous les jours...
J'inaugure avec "Chapiteau", qui rappellera de bons souvenirs de ce week-end à quelques personnes! Hihi!
C'est d'ailleurs à cause de ça que j'ai eu envie de le rajouter, ce petit encart.

^.^

Bon allez, je vais aller dodoter quand même, vu mon état.
Faut tenir toute la semaine!

Oyasumi!

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