on wednesday i braved the bureaucratic maze that is the DMV. it seems my bank requires a new drivers' license in order to have my name changed on my account. apparently it has something to do with the new requirements related to the patriot act. when i work from home, i don't mind taking a slightly longer lunch, but when i'm faced with the ( Read more... )

as i mentioned before, i came down with the sickness last week. i spent all day wednesday, thursday and friday on the couch watching TV and sleeping. i did manage to make dinner for marshall and i on thursday, but otherwise i didn't do much of anything else. i finally made it out of the house saturday morning for our weekly breakfast. after ( Read more... )

this past weekend was a busy one, but it was also really good. after years and thinking and false-starts, marshall's dad, step-mom and sister came to visit. i don't think they've been up here to visit marshall since he graduated, which was BEFORE we started dating. they know we've moved in together, but they have not been to visit. so, they ( Read more... )

**i realize this post is kinda long and rambly, i apologize**

so, i went ahead and ordered a new graphics card, which i talked about here, and new stick of memory on tuesday. i went with the less expensive one with the giant fan. i really think that'll help things from getting too hot. depending on how things work out, i may go ahead and ( Read more... )

i performed a little experiment last night. norcalpaco expressed concern that the possible problem with my video card issues might stem from the card's own cooling fan. apparently, this happened to celtcub a while back. he was having the same problems i'm having and they found it that the fan stopped working and his card essentially burned out. i really don't ( Read more... )

so, i know i say it a lot, but it never ceases to be true: the weekend was not long enough. saturday was like a freakin work day, but not like work, because it was fun and i was outdoors. i've actually been considering what it would be like to work for a group like animal control: working with animals, being outdoors, driving around. sounds ( Read more... )

an update with regards to big blue. yesterday, marshall and i headed to fry's to buy another stick of memory. i made sure to get a piece should be completely compatible with my motherboard. there was a notice in the box that my mobo came in about the type of memory that is required. i brought that with me, just to make sure. i ended up going ( Read more... )

monday was shitty. i felt shitty and my day was just all-around shitty. nothing really was wrong, it just felt like it. i woke up extremely tired and sleepy. as per the new monday morning routine, i documented my measurements and weight. i was very disappointed. i felt that these measurements were the same as when i started this whole thing 3 ( Read more... )

random thought that came to my mind: about 4 months ago i was driving home from work and i was waiting at the light that i turn on to get to my house. i was spacing out and staring into nowhere when i noticed some movement coming from the car behind me. i look in my side mirror and see a business-type man in his mid-40s and he's...jacking off. ( Read more... )

"the big blue. what's it like!?" "umm...big and..blue?" "i knew it ( Read more... )