December 21, 2003 :: 1:38 a.m.
back in action!
Hi! And so ends the longest hiatus that I can actually remember taking from this diary. It was involuntary, mind you - I've been computer-less - but I still feel rather like I've abandoned a little kid. Or maybe a kitten, because I have more sympathy for those. In any case, I'm back. My computer is fully functional again, after much stress and badness. Adam put in a new motherboard and now all is well. Except that it's still train wreck loud. And it still doesn't turn on properly once it's been off for a while. But the former will be fixed shortly, and the latter... well, as soon as I can afford to fix it. All I really care about at the moment is that I can use the damn thing for more than 3 minutes without it restarting and going all "serious error" on my ass. Because my ass is really tired of that.
Also on the computer front, we're having a cable connection installed on Monday. I'm looking forward to that like small, disillusioned children look forward to christmas, believe you me. I've been bogged-down in Dial-Up Land since coming home from LVC in May, and oh, the terrible molasses-in-January lack of speed. It's painful to witness. But no more! Soon I shall join the ranks of the Swiftly Connected, and large downloads will lose their power of me! Mwahaha.
Things are just transitioning all over the place lately: the semester ended for me on Friday, my job is (technically) winding down, 2004 is looming all fresh and full of opportunity for either happy things or horrible, traumatic things, depending. I say my job is technically winding down because the holiday season is coming to an end, so if they chose to let me go they could do so without pause. But it looks like Cindy wants to keep me around, which is fine by me. I don't like the job, really, but it's a job, and it'll be good to keep this one while I look for something more suited to my, er, unique personality. Something less customer service-oriented and more geared toward time alone with paperwork and/or a computer. Because I? Shouldn't be working with the public.
I need to wrap gifts. Hell, I need to finish buying gifts. I still need to get things for Mason, Brother Adam, my dad, my grandma, and Joe. Mason and Adam I can take care of in one visit to the mall (ugh), but I don't know what I'm going to get Joe. My dad wants a good, small magnifying glass that he can carry with him to auctions, which is good to know but apparently hard to find. I never would have imagined that trying to buy a freaking magnifying glass would be akin to searching for the holy grail.
Anyway, kids, I need to be off. Presents to wrap, like I said. And I'm tired. I may get to see Amanda tomorrow before I go to work, which would be fun times. I haven't seen her in like 4 months. Crazy.
'Night, all.
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