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Archive for February, 2004
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Everything is fucking gorgeous today.
It was near 60 today and sunshiny, and after sleeping in until almost noon, I went out and rode my bike for about three hours, running up and down the bike bath, exploring the distant rich people neighborhoods in town that I had never been to before.
Allie (y’know, my kid) was in her first Celtic dance production tonight, and she was hella cute. My ex and I went, and while Allie was only in one number and we were there for close to four hours, it was a thousand times worth it. So many little pointy, bony girls there kicking and strutting about garish Celtic dresses, kicking their feet, grinning like mad and with heads swinging around like broken Pez dispensers. There were a couple of times where I thought comically inappropriate thoughts, but I was reasonably well behaved.
I always get nervous whenever Allie has to do stuff for audiences and such, but she did a really good job, remembering most of her steps and such. It’s hard worrying about these things sometimes, but I’m trying to keep learning about autism/aspergers and keep a positive mindset. Her mother and I were talking in the car ride home that a lot of times in these types of cases, symptoms begin to drop off once the child gets older, so fingers crossed.
But she was cute and lovely and amazing and I was able to bring the digital camera from work, so I’ll even have pictures up here soon, even if a lot of them didn’t work because we couldn’t do flash photography during the show.
I’m enjoying having my computer back. It’s like reacquainting with an old friend, one that’s gotten smarter, sexier, faster and can hold way more stuff. It’s nice to not have to only have one game at a time on there, and right now I’ve got new games of Freedom Force, Ghost Recon and Neverwinter Nights, and I’m sure I’ll have more on there soon. Good times.
So I stole this thing from my friend Dawnie. Those of you with MP3 players on their computers and blogs/LJs can play along as well. Open up your player of choice, put *all* your music in there. Set it to random, and write down and share the first ten songs that come up, no matter what they are.
To witÖ
1.Lost in Space movie score – The Portal
2. The Knack – My Sharona
3. The Ataris – Giving up on Love
4. The Cramps – I was a Teenage Werewolf
5. They Might be Giants – Which Describes How Youíre Feeling All the Time
6. They Might be Giants – Absolutely Billís Mood
7. Einsturzende Neubauten – Schwarz (Mutieirt)
8. Moby – James Bond Theme
9. Ms. Dynamite – It Takes More
10. Linkin Park – Papercut
So there you go, ten songs out of the 950/59 hours worth.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, I remainÖ
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So I’m back, better than ever. My computer cost a little less than they said it would, which is nice, especially since I have less money than I thought I would. Funny how that always works out, huh?
I’ve been keeping myself busy lately doing drawrings (that spelling, consequently, now counting for a hefty portion of the google search results I’m in now…), and planning things like car insurance and getting DirecTV, which is now actually cheaper than cable out here, and they had a special where you can get three free months of HBO, just in time for Sopranos season. It’s nice how someone who has “no money” can get a new satellite system, huh? ;)
I just came back from talking with my neighbors, and after I told him about getting my system even though I’m broke, he mused about how, in third world countries, if someone manages to do something nice for themselves, people are always very congratulatory about it, like they have done this great thing. Here, however, when we do it, we come up with ways to make ourselves feel guilty for being “extravagant.” I guess I’ve just been poor too long.
And speaking of, it came out a couple weeks ago that my college is looking to outsource the store I work for, meaning I’ll probably be out of the job I’ve had for going on 8 years this summer. I had been planning to look for other work this year anyway, but it kind of sucks when you *have* to. I guess I’m just tired of working for a place that is in a constant state of financial emergency, where I haven’t gotten a raise in three years, where I’m taking home less money this year than last because we had to change our health care plan to one that costs more but has less coverage. Not to mention that fact that they aren’t just dismissing out of hand the outsourcing of our store to a corporation to save, maybe, a couple thousand dollars. I’m sure the official line is that they are just talking about it, but I don’t need to hang around someplace where they want to have a discussion about if I’m actually needed and wanted anymore. I can show myself out, thanks.
So yeah, it’s been a busy month. February always sucks, I think, but at least it’s short.
I’m also going to try to do more writing (I know, big surprise) and try to come up with some short story ideas to get out there, maybe find a way to comic together a comic ashcan (a half-sized, 12-page or so minicomic for selfpromotional purposes) somehow. Long shots, all, but who knows.
Back, and better than ever, I remain…
I hate not having my computer. I hate that I have to send personal email at work, stay late to read Blogs and Fark, that if I find something fun or interesting I can’t save it for my own use later, I hate that I have to worry about what I’m looking at, I hate that I can’t talk to my friends over AIM while watching SNL and drinking MGD (I don’t drink Miller Genuine Draft beer, but I wanted another three-letter acronym).
I hate that I can’t write where I’m the most comfortable. I hate that I can’t edit when the mood suddenly strikes me. I hate the feeling that even if my computer was right where it belongs I’d still be playing Playstation and watching TV and not doing any real work. I hate that I loose track of the blogs that I read because I can’t just instantly recall all of my bookmarks. I hate that I can’t listen to my MP3s and have to fight my crappy CD player.
Most of all, I hate the fact that my computer is such a big part of my life that there’s a lot of things to hate when it’s not there.
This too, shall pass. My new system is done, though. I just need to find my WinXPPro disc and serial number (easier said than done: I lent it to someone, twice, I think they gave it back to me, he says he gave it back to me, and yet it’s nowhere to be found) and the money to pay for it and I’ll be back in the game. With a 2.2GHz processor, 53GB Hard drive and 256 MB of Memory.
And you know, you KNOW, that one of the first things I’ll do will be to put all my games on it (as opposed to having them on one at a time with my tiny drive before), like Neverwinter Nights, Ghost Recon, Civ3, Quake3 (among others) and see how freaking cool they are now that my computer is 5000x better.
It’s a rough life, but I remain…
So this is the obligatory “I haven’t posted in a while” post. At first, I was just bored with everything and found it all to be so damn tiring that I had no words.
Then my computer broke.
It’s still broke, and I’m going to have to upgrade it with a new case/motherboard/processor/memory and I’m also going to be buying a larger hard drive, because my tiny little 13GB one is as old as the motherboard/processor that got fried (6 years…it was a P3 500) and I think given the HD failures I’ve had recently it’s a matter of time before that goes. All told, around $400 of my tax refund down the drain. Granted, this is the first time ever I’ve filed in February, so maybe it’ll be here soon.
Yeah, it’ll be nice to have a new machine (Athlon 2200 2.2GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive), and I’m getting off fairly cheap as I am putting all my cards and drives in this thing…but still. I wanted to buy a car. Now I have to buy less of a car.
Ah well.
Here’s hoping that I get my money and thus my new computer soon, because sadly, it feels like I’m working with only one arm. I haven’t gotten any editing done, which blows, nor have I been able to work on anything new (of which there are some small ideas I want to churn out).
Lost in limbo, I remain…