Don't respect the words you're speaking.
I have come to the conclusion that my parents are fully technologically illiterate. I'm really not sure how this can be considering that we've had a computer in our house since I was a small child and both of their jobs require being on a computer, but alas. See, when I moved out, they had this crappy HP. When Tom moved out, he took it with him, gutted it and rebuilt it; my parents bought a super-cheap emachine. Of course, my dad fucked up the emachine somehow and so when I moved back in, I spent every weekend trying to figure out what he did and fix it. Eventually, they gave up on it and bought a laptop. But did they consult any of their children who are experts in hardware/software and have built their own computers with their bare hands? Of course not. My dad bought some cheap Toshiba laptop with Vista Basic and nothing else on it. So there are constantly issues. Right now, I'm trying to update every single external component that is suddenly not compatible with Vista. I mean, my brother helped put Vista together, but I would not put it on my computer if you paid me. Anyway, it's seriously hard to fix a computer when it no longer recognizes any of the mouse drivers.
Since I had to go to the periodontist's, I took a sick day. It was a rather productive day too. My mom and I went to the health club and I was able to jog on the treadmill. This is like shock and amaze, seriously.
My one day of work this year (ha-ha) was kind of boring. My manager's boss sent me some weird email about some work I did last year and I couldn't quite figure out whether he was annoyed at me or the person who made me do extra work. Shrug.
Okay. 2007 reading list. I got to 62 books this year. Last review left off at #52, so here's #53-62:
#53: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
[Excellent. I was kind of torn between thinking the narrator was a normal guy and thinking he was completely off his rocker.]
#54: Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
[Great. Very strange and it was kind of hard to like the main characters, but that's Palahniuk for you.
#55: Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
[Good. Some of his other works are a lot better.]
#56: When You Don't See Me by Timothy James Beck
[Good. Okay, so I'm tired of these books where NYC is some kind of mythical place in the center of the universe. I've been there. It's not.]
#57: Knifeboy by Tod Harrison Williams
[Good. I bought it because of the cover. Most of the time, I was like, this guy is a complete pig!!]
#58: The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith
[Excellent. I wish he would've spent more time on the main character's gift and how it worked, etc. though.]
#59: The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
[Good. I bought this because of the author, obviously. It was written about 10 years ago but it's almost like he was seeing into the future. Although the excessive number of confusing characters kind of got to me after awhile.]
#60: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
[Good. Obviously, this was my year of Palahniuk. Although I seriously doubt that anyone could live off the charity of people who saved him from faux-choking in restaurants, it was pretty entertaining.]
#61: What We Do Is Secret by Thorn Kief Hillsbery
[Excellent. I must warn you, this book is kind of like one, long poem. The writing style can be very difficult to read and you may find yourself going back over paragraphs several times. Still, I loved it to pieces. Mmm, Darby.]
#62: JPod by Douglas Coupland
[Great. There are a lot of brain teasers inside so that's half the fun. Also, it's pretty much my life. Only I don't design games for a living. Sigh.]
2008 reading list is here.
So I'm really annoyed with my Albany friends. Like, seriously, no one on the planet is so busy that they can't take ten seconds to answer a very short email from their supposed best friend.
Also, Patrick Stump on Law & Order=AWESOME. Except he wasn't on for long. :(
Also also, excellent session with Dr. M. Don't have to see him for six weeks. :)
PS-skypeia, Umbrella came on while I was doing ab crunches. Hardcore, yo. :-*
Since I had to go to the periodontist's, I took a sick day. It was a rather productive day too. My mom and I went to the health club and I was able to jog on the treadmill. This is like shock and amaze, seriously.
My one day of work this year (ha-ha) was kind of boring. My manager's boss sent me some weird email about some work I did last year and I couldn't quite figure out whether he was annoyed at me or the person who made me do extra work. Shrug.
Okay. 2007 reading list. I got to 62 books this year. Last review left off at #52, so here's #53-62:
#53: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
[Excellent. I was kind of torn between thinking the narrator was a normal guy and thinking he was completely off his rocker.]
#54: Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
[Great. Very strange and it was kind of hard to like the main characters, but that's Palahniuk for you.
#55: Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
[Good. Some of his other works are a lot better.]
#56: When You Don't See Me by Timothy James Beck
[Good. Okay, so I'm tired of these books where NYC is some kind of mythical place in the center of the universe. I've been there. It's not.]
#57: Knifeboy by Tod Harrison Williams
[Good. I bought it because of the cover. Most of the time, I was like, this guy is a complete pig!!]
#58: The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith
[Excellent. I wish he would've spent more time on the main character's gift and how it worked, etc. though.]
#59: The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
[Good. I bought this because of the author, obviously. It was written about 10 years ago but it's almost like he was seeing into the future. Although the excessive number of confusing characters kind of got to me after awhile.]
#60: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
[Good. Obviously, this was my year of Palahniuk. Although I seriously doubt that anyone could live off the charity of people who saved him from faux-choking in restaurants, it was pretty entertaining.]
#61: What We Do Is Secret by Thorn Kief Hillsbery
[Excellent. I must warn you, this book is kind of like one, long poem. The writing style can be very difficult to read and you may find yourself going back over paragraphs several times. Still, I loved it to pieces. Mmm, Darby.]
#62: JPod by Douglas Coupland
[Great. There are a lot of brain teasers inside so that's half the fun. Also, it's pretty much my life. Only I don't design games for a living. Sigh.]
2008 reading list is here.
So I'm really annoyed with my Albany friends. Like, seriously, no one on the planet is so busy that they can't take ten seconds to answer a very short email from their supposed best friend.
Also, Patrick Stump on Law & Order=AWESOME. Except he wasn't on for long. :(
Also also, excellent session with Dr. M. Don't have to see him for six weeks. :)
PS-skypeia, Umbrella came on while I was doing ab crunches. Hardcore, yo. :-*