I have a new addition to my household. :) She's adorable, fuzzy and named Carmen. I apologize for links instead of embedded pictures, but I have to get ready for work, and time that would have been spent resizing the pictures for LJ friendly viewing was spent fixing upload paths in my gallery install because Dreamhost moved my server and I hadn't ( Read more... )

I am sitting at the dealership, and they're poking away at my car right now. The problem they thought that was leading to my cooling fan not coming on turned out to be not the issue, but luckily they had the part needed to replace what really was the issue. The good news is that they have wifi, so I've been able to entertain myself while waiting ( Read more... )

Last Thursday marked 26 years on this planet for me. I spent the day hiding from the world at my boyfriend's house. Birthdays seem to make me more anti-social than I normally am, so I've taken to disappearing on the day of my birthday if I can. drwho4 had to work, so I was left alone to hide until he got home around five, then we went out for dinner and ( Read more... )

I am in lust.

I remember the first version of Das Keyboard that was $80. Mechanical switches and no markings to eventually wear off, a computer geek's wet dream. I wanted that version of Das Keyboard, even though I knew $80 was more than one really should be paying for a keyboard. Now the price is $129, and they offer a pansy version with markings ( Read more... )

As I know I've mentioned in the past, dreams and I are infrequent bed fellows, and when I do tend to dream it gets weird and drifts away very quickly. Last night I actually remember some of my dreams. Most of it slipped away pretty quickly, but I do know it involved volcanoes. Not sure why this particular detail is actually choosing to stick around ( Read more... )

I have a fucking mid-shift tomorrow, I don't want to fix my dad's computer and I can't switch off so I can sleep.

From time to time, people comment on my frequent negativity. It gets a little frustrating when I seem to encounter so many things that hold me back for no good reason I can see, and sometimes I forget to focus on the good things instead. This especially slapped me across the face when at work, Paul mentioned it after I'd commented on the flatbed ( Read more... )

So, this morning has gone a little better than forecast. My mom called me first off to wish me a happy birthday, since she wasn't sure if I was going to disappear for the day or not. When I went upstairs, her boyfriend had bought me a new Bluetooth headset as a present, a Voyager 521, which is presently charging so I can pair it with my phone. Then ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to me. Plenty of presents already, and I suspect there are more to come. I really don't want any presents if what I've had so far is any indication of what the bulk of them will be.

Work's been pure chaos. Today we had one of my coworkers call out sick, leaving us short staffed. This time of year, that's pretty much along the lines ( Read more... )

I want to rant, I want to vent, but I can not find the words. I want to hide from the world, but I've got another few days before I'm next off work. My grandmother is sending me guilt tripping cards via US post, my father is calling me asking me to take me out to dinner for my birthday, and I really don't want anything to do with him. The people I ( Read more... )