Whitney vaccuums my monitor
So the final episode of America's Next Top Model is over and
they picked Whitney, which I am not unhappy about.
Out of the top four, her and Anya were the least offensive. I
didn't like the personalities of either Dominique or Fatima because
they were both so snooty, but in different ways. I would have been
equally as happy if either of them won. It's always a crapshoot
when you get down to the last two. Why they picked one girl over the
other was always a mystery to me. I think the Cover Girl people may
have some input in it. I've heard now that the only reason Whitney
was chosen was because she was a larger model and the show wanted some
extra publicity. To me, it's sad that people can't accept that
Whitney may be a good model, that she can take pictures even though
she's not a size two. I've watched the show from the beginning
and there wasn't a point where they got rid of a girl and I
didn't understand why. And maybe she can't take the modeling
world by storm, but at least she'll show that larger girls can be
beautiful too.
In other news concerning my life, I don't
know if you guys remember way back in December I had problems with the
vaccuum cleaner. It just wouldn't suck, and after a while, I
realized that the brush head wasn't spinning, so I opened it up and
took a look. The belt had been broken, so we bought a new belt, which
also disintegrated into nothing. The doohicky was spinning, but the
belt wasn't, so it just ate through the rubber. Well, people told
us to put it on our registry, but we were like, we can't wait until
September to vaccuum again. That would just be nuts. So we did some
research and got a nice cheap vaccuum, except that it weighs 50 pounds.
The upside of this is that I'll get a good workout vaccuuming.
And then, my laptop decided that it didn't want to live anymore
either. At first, there was only one vertical line, which I can handle.
Most of my programs run on a white background so I don't really
notice it that much. Then a second one appeared, which was also fine.
It was also a light color, so I didn't notice it much. But
yesterday, there was a third line, at which point, I thought that it
might bite the big one any day now. I've read that the lines will
only get fatter and more numerous and it would only be a matter of time
before it won't work altogether. The problem is that the laptop
itself seems to work just fine. It's just the monitor. To replace
it would be $400, which is ridiculous. I could buy an external for
$250, but then where would I put the laptop? I basically need the
screen open to start it and to get it out of hibernation. The
alternative is to get a new desktop altogether, but I don't want to
spend the money right now. I've got a wedding to pay for! So
I'm going to put off this purchase as long as I can. I just know
that a third thing will go terribly wrong and I'll have to spend another big bunch of money. Because horrible things always come in threes.
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