If my computer gets anymore evil it's staying in hell, I mean TX!
So my evil HP laptop decided hey why don't I pull that crap where I stop reading the powersource again. Since it's not under that lame 1 year limited warranty from HP anymore I can't send it in and have them do whatever they formerly did to fix it. So to try and find the solution I went to Best Buy in search of the geeks driving around in VW beetles. I first brought in my AC adapter thinking hey maybe if I just get a generic one that'll turn out to be the problem. Nope, the geek squad tested it and it's pumping out the correct voltage (booo!). So that means it's the laptop doing something stupid. The first 'geek' at best buy suggested it might be the power supply which could cost around 100 bucks but then the older one said no no it has a loose connector that might need to be resatured or even the motherboard. The first two I'm fairly confident Jer can fix but with limited tools Jer fixing the motherboard (the platform for the entire laptop) I'm genuinely afraid we might not be able to fix it for some time. *Sigh* So now I'm learning to play gunbound with my PC springy spacebar, going through photoshop withdrawl (it's only installed on my laptop and the disc is in a random box somewhere), and trying to update my address book minus most the addresses. I guess I'm just grateful I have a PC to fall back on or half our bills would be in big trouble.
When I was out shooting with my fancy new camera (Canon 20d w/ 17-85 IS USM lense) I ran into my neighbor lady friend. She's been kinda lonely since got out of the army and doesn't have any family around to cheer her up. So I talked to her for a good couple hours and came home with a sandwich, pickles, olives, an individual bag of popcorn, and some good old cockroach poison. I took a picture of her shitzu Murray a bit ago and I printed out an 8x10 for her. She loves her dog as much as I adore mine:)In fact, it's sounding like while she's going back to college for her teaching certificate I'm gonna have a job puppy sitting her pride in joy. I'm not sure how much it'll be worth but adding her goofy dog to my mix should be fun. Murray is quite a little ham, has a serious snorting issue, and walks on his hind legs to show off. I just hope my girls enjoy having a little boy around more than they enjoyed having the pitbull pups. I think clover should be much better with him since she'll only have to deal with one dog vs. 2 ganging up on her. Plus he's only a tad bigger than her. Yup, her boyfriend list is growing. My cute little heartbreaker, lol.
Man it's soo hot! It's 104 out right now with 70% humidity. My damn electric bill was 200 bucks which has to be the AC and lack of decent airflow throughout the house. I don't even turn on the lights until it's pitch black out and even then they're those fancy florescent ones that use a fraction of the wattage. I bet Jer's roasting in the nice dry heat in death valley though. His birthday's Thu and my grandma called last night asking what our address was to mail him a card. I sure miss him and these long lonely nights aren't getting better. I went to church with Jer's army buddy friend while his wife was out of town. I walked in this 800 room auditorium and we were the only two white people in the entire room! Not that it's a big deal but I think I finally felt what it must be like for those hours what it must be like for other minorities to be a part of the dominant white American culture all the time. The pastor, the songs, how they phrased and what they referred to all were foreign to me. It was a good lesson to be more sensitive. The cool thing was they had an ASL interpreter signing sign language to a deaf person down in the corner and I understood most of what she signed. I guess I was just thankful this wasn't like that scam church I went to when we first got here. Two for two have compared tything to an investment in the lottery though and the answer to getting out of debt. So still church shopping until I can find one where the message isn't mainly about money.
So I'm off to pet the monsters and put out some of that good old cockroach poison. The day before last I killed 3 large cockroaches and a baby, and yesterday I bricked a flying one. I swear if I end up with cockroaches in my new house in Oregon I'm gonna scream bloody murder. Take care of yourselves and kill some bad bugs for me;)
When I was out shooting with my fancy new camera (Canon 20d w/ 17-85 IS USM lense) I ran into my neighbor lady friend. She's been kinda lonely since got out of the army and doesn't have any family around to cheer her up. So I talked to her for a good couple hours and came home with a sandwich, pickles, olives, an individual bag of popcorn, and some good old cockroach poison. I took a picture of her shitzu Murray a bit ago and I printed out an 8x10 for her. She loves her dog as much as I adore mine:)In fact, it's sounding like while she's going back to college for her teaching certificate I'm gonna have a job puppy sitting her pride in joy. I'm not sure how much it'll be worth but adding her goofy dog to my mix should be fun. Murray is quite a little ham, has a serious snorting issue, and walks on his hind legs to show off. I just hope my girls enjoy having a little boy around more than they enjoyed having the pitbull pups. I think clover should be much better with him since she'll only have to deal with one dog vs. 2 ganging up on her. Plus he's only a tad bigger than her. Yup, her boyfriend list is growing. My cute little heartbreaker, lol.
Man it's soo hot! It's 104 out right now with 70% humidity. My damn electric bill was 200 bucks which has to be the AC and lack of decent airflow throughout the house. I don't even turn on the lights until it's pitch black out and even then they're those fancy florescent ones that use a fraction of the wattage. I bet Jer's roasting in the nice dry heat in death valley though. His birthday's Thu and my grandma called last night asking what our address was to mail him a card. I sure miss him and these long lonely nights aren't getting better. I went to church with Jer's army buddy friend while his wife was out of town. I walked in this 800 room auditorium and we were the only two white people in the entire room! Not that it's a big deal but I think I finally felt what it must be like for those hours what it must be like for other minorities to be a part of the dominant white American culture all the time. The pastor, the songs, how they phrased and what they referred to all were foreign to me. It was a good lesson to be more sensitive. The cool thing was they had an ASL interpreter signing sign language to a deaf person down in the corner and I understood most of what she signed. I guess I was just thankful this wasn't like that scam church I went to when we first got here. Two for two have compared tything to an investment in the lottery though and the answer to getting out of debt. So still church shopping until I can find one where the message isn't mainly about money.
So I'm off to pet the monsters and put out some of that good old cockroach poison. The day before last I killed 3 large cockroaches and a baby, and yesterday I bricked a flying one. I swear if I end up with cockroaches in my new house in Oregon I'm gonna scream bloody murder. Take care of yourselves and kill some bad bugs for me;)