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My free gift of Paid LJ account ends this week, and now I face the important life-altering decision of whether or not to re-up my Paidliness. I always swore I'd never ever pay for LJ, but...I am so attached to my icons. I can't bear the thought of losing half of them. How terribly, terribly dreadful. $20 per year...that's not the worst thing ever, right? I dunno. It might be!
*gazes at army of Phoenix Wright icons*
They are so sweet. Hm. I use absolutely NONE of the paid member features. No friend-specific posts. No 20 voiceposts a month (I never managed the 5 per month I had on my Plus account). No mood things. Hmmmmm....
I am such indecisive. I will decide some time New Year's Eve whether to dump $20 on my ICONS or not. SIGH. I have until 1-1-09.
I did finally reach last year's New Year Resolution of 26 in-theater movies on the year. Two weeks ago, I saw Four Christmases, and yesterday I saw The Spirit. Twenty-six. Took me till the last weekend of the year, but I did manage to reach out. So....yay life goals!
My 2009 resolution is going to be writing-based. X-number of pages in Abiword per week or per two weeks or something. Haven't set anything in stone yet. You'll know as soon as I do; I just know it is going to be writing-centric. especially with my new lappy (which is currently at my Grammy's house...I should get pick it up sometime so I can set it up).
I have decided that once I get my lappy, I'm going to cancel my phone service and my AOL and get some kind of high-speed internet for it, but I'm not sure what to get. Cable? Wireless? I dunno. I don't want to pay out the wazoo, but I want something that will help my lappy run at its peak performance. Cable seems kind of...meh. Everyone I know with cable internet has no end of trouble with it, and it seems like it'd really force my lappy to remain stationary, but I'm not sure how much wireless internet would cost, even though having Wi-Fi will increase the awesomeness of my Nintendo DS a whole bunch. Then I can use ITS wi-fi features and...nifty. :)
I BELIEVE my lappy is said to come with a wireless card and wireless capability, but I could be wrong. Someone recently told me that AT&T wireless is $60/month, and you need to purchase a wireless card for something like $100. That's weak. But... don't know for certain. Are there any options besides AT&T?
I've been feeling really good lately; I've been in an awesome state of mind. I don't really know why, but for the last several months, I have honestly felt as good as I ever have in my life. Just an overall...contentedness; everything feels so comfortable and pleasant.
I actually feel bad, just because I seem to know so many people in a less contented place than I am. A really good friend is having problems with her family and drugs and arrests...the kind of things I used to be familiar with over my dad (when I was younger), and my mom (in more recent years). I know how terrible that can be, and it's hard because whereas I can relate, I can't seem to offer any advice that is helpful or...I don't know...specific for the person involved.
One of my co-workers is having a lot of trouble with her husband. He is perpetually sick; he's been on kidney dialysis for years now, and his arms are all shot to hell from it, but recently, he just keeps going in and out of the hospital. Blood pockets around his kidney, pneumonia, protein deficiency sickness. You name it. I know she has a few different insurances covering him, but it's been so much so often right around the holidays. Their car has needed to go into the shop a few times, too, and they are definitely not independently wealthy...
So many other people I know are going through basic holiday doldrums, and I feel almost guilty because for the first time in a long while, I've had just several months of basically feeling great.
I mean...I dunno...things aren't the best ever. I know that. I still don't have a career type job. I still haven't started applying to schools for my Master's. I'm not rich, I'm single, I don't have many people to hang out with or have fun with...
But my confidence levels have been outstanding. I'm just all smiles these days, and I am looking more toward the future than usual. Less worried about this problem or that problem; I don't know...problems are temporary. BFD.
I do still have my old flossing problem, though. Man, I just hate flossing, but I have been doing it more often lately (especially since I've started eating apples all the bloody time). Anyway, I was flossing apple away last night, and I swear to god I thought I had worked the floss in some spot where it was hooked onto my tooth and going to pull it straight out. My gums started bleeding all around that tooth, and I was just....ACK! I thought it was game over. No more tooth. Bye bye. My fear, lived. Floss catches on tooth, tooth goes a-bye.
I hate teeth. I hate the human body; why do we require so much maintenance? Eyes, teeth, bones, joints. So much work. Why do we go bad so often? Whether you believe in creation or evolution, we really turned out wrong. Either God has really shitty craftsmanship, or we evolved incredibly poorly. Why do we get these problems? Stupid us!
*gazes at army of Phoenix Wright icons*
They are so sweet. Hm. I use absolutely NONE of the paid member features. No friend-specific posts. No 20 voiceposts a month (I never managed the 5 per month I had on my Plus account). No mood things. Hmmmmm....
I am such indecisive. I will decide some time New Year's Eve whether to dump $20 on my ICONS or not. SIGH. I have until 1-1-09.
I did finally reach last year's New Year Resolution of 26 in-theater movies on the year. Two weeks ago, I saw Four Christmases, and yesterday I saw The Spirit. Twenty-six. Took me till the last weekend of the year, but I did manage to reach out. So....yay life goals!
My 2009 resolution is going to be writing-based. X-number of pages in Abiword per week or per two weeks or something. Haven't set anything in stone yet. You'll know as soon as I do; I just know it is going to be writing-centric. especially with my new lappy (which is currently at my Grammy's house...I should get pick it up sometime so I can set it up).
I have decided that once I get my lappy, I'm going to cancel my phone service and my AOL and get some kind of high-speed internet for it, but I'm not sure what to get. Cable? Wireless? I dunno. I don't want to pay out the wazoo, but I want something that will help my lappy run at its peak performance. Cable seems kind of...meh. Everyone I know with cable internet has no end of trouble with it, and it seems like it'd really force my lappy to remain stationary, but I'm not sure how much wireless internet would cost, even though having Wi-Fi will increase the awesomeness of my Nintendo DS a whole bunch. Then I can use ITS wi-fi features and...nifty. :)
I BELIEVE my lappy is said to come with a wireless card and wireless capability, but I could be wrong. Someone recently told me that AT&T wireless is $60/month, and you need to purchase a wireless card for something like $100. That's weak. But... don't know for certain. Are there any options besides AT&T?
I've been feeling really good lately; I've been in an awesome state of mind. I don't really know why, but for the last several months, I have honestly felt as good as I ever have in my life. Just an overall...contentedness; everything feels so comfortable and pleasant.
I actually feel bad, just because I seem to know so many people in a less contented place than I am. A really good friend is having problems with her family and drugs and arrests...the kind of things I used to be familiar with over my dad (when I was younger), and my mom (in more recent years). I know how terrible that can be, and it's hard because whereas I can relate, I can't seem to offer any advice that is helpful or...I don't know...specific for the person involved.
One of my co-workers is having a lot of trouble with her husband. He is perpetually sick; he's been on kidney dialysis for years now, and his arms are all shot to hell from it, but recently, he just keeps going in and out of the hospital. Blood pockets around his kidney, pneumonia, protein deficiency sickness. You name it. I know she has a few different insurances covering him, but it's been so much so often right around the holidays. Their car has needed to go into the shop a few times, too, and they are definitely not independently wealthy...
So many other people I know are going through basic holiday doldrums, and I feel almost guilty because for the first time in a long while, I've had just several months of basically feeling great.
I mean...I dunno...things aren't the best ever. I know that. I still don't have a career type job. I still haven't started applying to schools for my Master's. I'm not rich, I'm single, I don't have many people to hang out with or have fun with...
But my confidence levels have been outstanding. I'm just all smiles these days, and I am looking more toward the future than usual. Less worried about this problem or that problem; I don't know...problems are temporary. BFD.
I do still have my old flossing problem, though. Man, I just hate flossing, but I have been doing it more often lately (especially since I've started eating apples all the bloody time). Anyway, I was flossing apple away last night, and I swear to god I thought I had worked the floss in some spot where it was hooked onto my tooth and going to pull it straight out. My gums started bleeding all around that tooth, and I was just....ACK! I thought it was game over. No more tooth. Bye bye. My fear, lived. Floss catches on tooth, tooth goes a-bye.
I hate teeth. I hate the human body; why do we require so much maintenance? Eyes, teeth, bones, joints. So much work. Why do we go bad so often? Whether you believe in creation or evolution, we really turned out wrong. Either God has really shitty craftsmanship, or we evolved incredibly poorly. Why do we get these problems? Stupid us!