Getting the paycheck, getting in touch with the owner of the car I'm buying, and then having the vehicle upon which I was going to go pick up said car and get to work in crap out. Now I've been rescued so I can cash check and land car between 8:00 and 11:00 in the AM, insure it, register it, and call it a happiness ( Read more... )

When in doubt, go directly to the city wherein the property you’re interested in is located. Sometimes this works out better than others, but the bottom line is: Never, ever trust what you hear from a real-estate person. In short, 76 Pier Street may be looking really great - but may also be an utter pain in the ass to deal with ( Read more... )

Oh yeah, flammetirar is in so much trouble for pointing me at http://mrshamill.livejournal.com/117758.html?nc=6 where a badfic context is taking place. I can write truly awful material when I set my mind to it, and better yet, I can do in time for publication and horror. Go forth ( Read more... )

So in the clothing world, there’s very little I’m willing to spend money on; reason being that most of it’s crap. Exceptions to this are proper boots and hat - I have me my stomp shoes since my boots have given up the ghost since 1996. My hat? Standard wide brim cheap black military. When I’ve got hair, it keeps my hair down. When I’ve got no hair ( Read more... )

I blame rhwainwright for this: I’m reading Shelley. I remember putting up with romantic poets in college, and the infatuation at least one room mate - the good one - had for Blake, Shelly, and others. I spent much of that time much annoyed, because he’d occasionally try to convert me to this or that fantastic dead dude, when the dead dudes I had an interest in ( Read more... )

Y’all vac downtime y’all, no lo contenrdre. Lack-a-day, I put in PinkPop from 2004, spun up Goldfrapp’s thirty-three and a third set, let slide 1820 seconds. Paid attention to the bits where I’d been initially blinded by stage lighting, strange Latin motion, paid attention to the band as a whole interacting. Initially thought Goldfrapp was a synth/ ( Read more... )

Delta on two-double-zero-six changing up, line now at twenty-ninth December, late evening. Querying deposition of supplies, positive input on itemization ( Read more... )

Looks like I'll be home for Christmas, not in Ohio. Was pretty sure that would be the case, but what with the drive to Ohio taking place on the 19th and me with an interview on the coming Thursday, I'll be pretty much pinned down. Best guess is that I'll be out in Augusta for the duration with my cats and the cat of the folks I'm working for ( Read more... )

1) Rack up an old fried motherboard with Athlon CPU and graphics card, hook up power, see if there’s a ground fault between the metal of the case and the board. Long posts on the board, so there could be some problems if the posts contacted the case and scratched through the resistant paint. Naff design, damnit ( Read more... )

Dunno if any of you lot have seen Absolutely Fabulous, but I just re-watched the first episode after... I dunno. Ages. Or was it last Tuesday? I'm not sure. Regardless, it's one of the very best paced shows I've seen in ages, even if a lot of the humor makes me terribly uncomfortable. Forgot that folks could be so bloody awful to each other and ( Read more... )