Name:M.A. Country:United States State:Wisconsin Gender:Female
Interests:Writing, drawing, watching cartoons, and staring off into space like a little kitty cat! Expertise:Erm... snark? OH! And getting people to make that "EH?! WTF?!" face! It's fun! Occupation:Other
Had a very excellent day. I finally got a new computer- all shiny and nice. This dude in town said my old laptop was more or less scrap metal (well, not in so many words, but he said I should just get a new one instead of fixing up the old one), and I got a used one for $150. It's a beautiful thing- so far the only thing that bugs me is that there's no headphone jack (although there are these neat controls for when I insert a CD- I can just press play, no WMP required ^^).
Of course, there are a few bugs... I have to reinstall most of my programs (including MSN, which will take FOREVER, and there was a minor crisis with getting the dial-up to work), and the music wouldn't copy because of stupid XP security features (which is actually rather good, considering I had literally a thousand music files- I checked on Monday). Also, I have to wait to get my pictures back, since that was, like, half the memory. XD So far the only thing that really annoys me is the lack of Microsoft Word- going back to Wordpad is going to be painful. Also, this one has a slower processing speed, so it's a little bit iffy with IE 7, but the hardware works! I am happy!
Now I must go do a dance. Because it's awesome.
RQE: "Every time you smirk like that, Nemo, I die a little inside because I can't afford to kill you."
Weirdest. Day. EVER. And I don't say that too often.
Today started out pretty normal... woke up really, really late, during a dream about pushing boxes (damn you Avatar game!). It's really not surprising that I was having dreams about it, though; I stayed up until about two in the morning last night playing it (...even though it's not really all that good ^^; it's like a bad fanfic) and waiting for Haru to show up (you don't actually get to play as him in the GBA version XP).
Anyhow.
Yesterday, on our expedition to Marshfield, my dad bought a new vacuum which is supposed to be all fanciful and special and stuff. And very good for picking up dog hair. So he made me pre-vacuum to get the big stuff off the floor.
My dogs are really, really weird around vacuums. Sarge (the bigger one, almost two) is terrified of them. Not as bad as when he was younger, but still enough to send him fleeing from the room. And Kally (younger, almost seven months)... apparently thinks they're some kind of chew toy. Seriously. When I was vacuuming, she tried to eat it. I'd push it forward and she'd snap at it, and then she'd whine when it didn't try to bite back or whatever she was expecting. WEIRD.
And then, just to add a touch of surreality, my dad put this stuff that looks and smells like crushed lemon Pez all over the floor. I'm not sure why. It's supposed to help with the new vacuum or something. And then... the new vacuum didn't work. I'm not sure why, it just didn't. So my dad had to use the regular vacuum to get rid of all the lemon Pez stuff.
So HA.
Our carpet is very, very clean now, though.
And then, of course, Saddam Hussein was hanged (hung...?) this morning.
Oh, wait, Dad just got the vacuum to work. He loves his toys.
RQE: "My fire chakra would like something else to eat besides onion-banana juice."
Today was a good day, but I'm still kind of freaking out because I lost my USB drive. It was a really sweet one, too- one gig and smaller and less clunky than most I've seen. We have another one (which is technically my mom's, but she doesn't use it- doesn't know how O_o).
Technically, it's been missing since Wednesday, and I've been trying to find it, but no cigar. And now I'm spazzing because since we're now on Christmas break, I probably won't ever find it.
Which really tanks, since that thing was useful as hell.
I haven't seen it since third hour of Wednesday, in which I used it to write fanfiction while I was supposed to be doing my history paper. When I couldn't locate it later, I assumed I had left it in the computer lab. Not surprising, since I'd forgotten it in the library once, and the USB drives on the ones in the lab are on the back, not the front. Easy mistake to make.
No such luck. It wasn't there.
Which means that either A) I took it, and it fell out of my backpack (which is altogether possible, since there is a huge hole in it; it's rather unlikely, though, since I am careful to keep it in the intact one in its own separate section), B) someone found it and decided it was cool enough to keep, or C) some teacher found it and confisticated it and I have not heard about it (although I have asked the teacher who was in there and Mr.Vornholt about it). I may put up posters when we get back, although it may be like flogging a dead horse. I'll probably have to put a picture of myself on it as well as one of the drive, though.
It's an expensive little bugger (although we got it on sale), and it was handy not having to email files to myself if I wanted to work on them at school or vice-versa.
…Also, I'll probably have to tell my mom (unless it magically appears in my backpack), and she will totally spaz, since it was still at least fifty bucks. Even though she doesn't really get how they work or how nice they are.
Besides that, though, it has been good lately. Nothing especially sucktacular has happened.
Happy holidays all.
RQE: "Bring me the heads of fifty emo boys! You will earn your keep by laying waste to hapless Saves the Day fans!" "To the mall, where I shall burn and pillage! And also try on shoes!"
Ultimate Goal: Figure out some way to get the money for the band trip to Florida (and possibly a new laptop; depends on how this all pans out).
Goals within the goal: Get a job (obviously to provide this money)
Strike deal with parents (probably reimburse them... except first I have to convince 'em I'm serious >.<)
Find out exactly how much the laptop I want would cost (Dell Inspiron Notebook; the basic package is $639, so I need to find out how much modifications would cost... my laptop is a POS, and this would have more than three times the memory)
Does anyone know of any pointless, menial jobs that don't require too much interaction with people? That's the kind of thing I enjoy doing... I've crossed off waitress and stuff at Marty's or IGA because that means dealing with unexpected stuff (...ok, people), and I don't handle that well... I like pointless, repetitive things that make it look like I accomplish stuff (i.e., things like Senior Survey- mind-numbing). Dishwashing, for example (although I'm going for that only if I get *really* desperate... I don't like it when my hands get all pruney >.>;). I like knowing that I can do the same thing the same way over and over again and get the right result (it's why I'm good at math).
Ashley! Get online, damn you!!! *prods*
RQE: "Bobby, could you type normally, please? I hate people who apparently try to get the reputation of having the typing skills of a dead monkey."
