Okay. Sequence of events basically went as follows:

1. Windows Vista is a piece of freaking shit and was blue-screening left and right and I couldn't figure out why, so I put Ubuntu on my computer as a second OS. Was shiny. And fast. And easy to use, more or less. Win.
2. I kept Windows around, just in case, until a few weeks ago when it downloaded some ( Read more... )

So it's September 1st and I am NOT moving, thank GOD. This will be the first time I have ever lived in one place for more than a continuous year since I graduated from high school (I suppose I lived in one dorm room two years in a row, but I had to move out for the summer and then back in, so it doesn't count). Though I didn't live here over the ( Read more... )

Okay, well the only positive thing I can say about the past couple days is that I am HOME, thank GOD.

I have:

• Food poisoning, STILL--well, maybe not anymore because I went to the doctor pretty much the minute I got back yesterday and got antibiotics; but I am still weak and malnourished from basically not eating for the past 8 days. Everything I ( Read more... )

I have just spent the past 3+ days being sicker than I've ever been. I ate a sandwich from a street vendor my last night in Morocco, and either the sandwich was bad to begin with, or the leftovers went bad in the 12 hours they sat around before I ate them for lunch the next day, because holy shit, I have been sick. After initially (pardon the ( Read more... )

I have nothing to say to the internet anymore. We occasionally spend big chunks of time in internet cafes moving pictures off our cameras (we have nice cameras that make huge files, and we take tons of photos), and I get SO BORED sitting here... This is the longest I've gone without regular internet access since I first had it, and it's amazing how ( Read more... )

Morocco: Effing HOT. As in 115-123 degrees yesterday (depending on whose account you believe ( Read more... )

Everytime I get online everything about home feels so weird and far away ( Read more... )

...has weird keyboards that are a pain in the ass to type on. Hence, this will be short. So far it is really cool, though, and I like it a lot. Something about gritty third world cities makes me feel alive like nowhere else.

Anyway, have to go.

My mom is fine. I still haven't talked to her, as she is apparently super groggy and only awake for a few minutes at a time, but she came through just fine and the surgery appears to have worked, so. It's all good.

Thanks for the thoughts, everyone.

My mom is having surgery this morning... It's a pretty basic procedure, but not without risk. If you are of the sort who does such things, can you please send good vibes her way when you read this ( Read more... )