Great News From the Eye Doctor, as posted in more detail over at the foresthouseeyes auction community. WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

In other news, I *also* got my laptop's broken (but under warranty!) CD/DVD drive replaced today, and it works perfectly so far! YAY!

(And, ETA: My credit card company is doing a sale on items you can get with points, so I just ordered (for no ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to say that I have a consultation with an ophthalmologist who specializes in eye disorders, including keratoconus, this coming week at The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, which is ranked second in the country by U.S. News. We shall see what he says ( Read more... )

That's right, you guys - I'm out of computer exile! My Dell Studio XPS 16 arrived a few days ago, and it is AWESOME (so far). So shiny and sleek and fast and not from 2003. Hee. I'm uploading programs and figuring out its features as fast as I can. Oh, and did I mention, it is awesome? It even came with FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE. It signs me on ( Read more... )

OK, so a) I am up for a new phone on my new every two plan from Verizon, and have no idea what to get, and b) after seven faithful years, I think this laptop is really due for replacement. Or a solemn burial. And now, I need adviiiiiice! :) cleolinda gave me some really good tips gleaned from her experience during the Compocalypse '09* (which will hopefully ( Read more... )

I've got landline connectivity now, hurrah. And all it took me was the complete reformatting of my system, which caused me to *%@(! lose Microsoft Office. The one program I didn't think I needed to back up (not that I'm even sure I could have, but...I thought it was on my installation software CDs! GAAAH!) It came with the computer but I have no CD ( Read more... )

I revise my earlier opinion of "Thank goodness Norton got the virus off my system." Now I say, "Call Dell, call anybody else, DO NOT call Norton to help you with your virus removal. Just DON'T ( Read more... )

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Aw, yay! I just won nsfinch's poetry contest! She asked us a few days ago to write poems about Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day), and today announced that I will be getting the mystery prize for my submission. Hooray! I feel special, because all of the entries were completely awesome and funny. Go see them!

(Oh, and here's mine):

Syttende Mai- ( Read more... )