It's a Monday...

[greyias]

There is absolutely nothing fannish under these cuts. But there are macros, comics, and general babbling.





So I realized this morning that in fact I haven't made a non-private post in about ten days. Heh, whoops. What can I say? Things imploded on me last week, and it's taken me a little while to regain my mental equilibrium. To sum it up in short: remember when I mentioned I was going to make huge, sweeping, life-changing decisions? Well, those completely and totally fell through last Sunday, complete with obligatory emotional nuclear meltdowns. So, it's a new week, and I've finally convinced myself that I won't run away to Australia, Alaska, Africa, or any other place that begins with "A" for the time being -- but I reserve the right to change my mind at any point in the future.

Also, I finally broke about two weeks ago and bought myself a shiny new, ultraportable laptop. It turns out... I really don't like the Linux installation it came with (SUSE Enterprise 10). So I've been researching putting Ubuntu on it. I have yet to attempt to void my warranty try out this endeavor, but I have the sinking feeling it's going to turn out like this:


There is already a betting pool going around in my family to see how long it takes me to break and install Windows on it. However, I shall persevere! (Unless I can't figure out how to turn off the stupid SCIM hotkey that I keep activating [I don't need the ability to type in Mandarin, TYVM.]) I was hoping to have everything ironed out so I could use it at our International Seminar this week, because my Treo has all but self-destructed on me. Sadly, that's not the case. So I might bite the bullet and get the stupid, overpriced, overhyped iPhone with its stupid lack of a functional, greyias-approved keyboard like the G1 soon to be offered by my hated cell company nemesis T-Mobile. Unlocked ftw?. After all, I won't be paying rent in the near future, so I might as well spend my money on something. /bitter

Saw last week's SGA after wrangling with the internet all of Friday night, but I don't think I can sum up my feelings on it any better than tipper_green did here. It was a fun romp, some nice snark, I liked the dark edge, but had a few caveats. Next week, though... WOOLSEY! :D \o/ I'm sad, I know.

And... yeah, not much else happening. Right now I'm basically living vicariously through kymbie's African adventures. It's much more fun than thinking about other things.

Comments

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

*hugs* about the plans falling through, that's terrible. Glad you're feeling a little better. Though I have heard Australia is a lovely place, and Alaska too (might want to avoid Antarctica, though, top secret alien bases notwithstanding...)

Gah, those new mini-laptops, SO SHINY *_* Are the keyboards hard to use, or...?

[greyias.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the plans falling through... really suck. It took quite a bit of tequila, junk food, and all five episodes of the new Merlin to see a light at the end of the tunnel. (I'm not melodramatic at all.)

might want to avoid Antarctica, though, top secret alien bases notwithstanding...

Yeah, good plan. I considered Antarctica for a few minutes, but realized that other than the occasional Morgan Freeman voice over, the penguins and I wouldn't have much to talk about. Although the top secret alien bases would be cool. I've got a feeling they'd deny me access though. The jerks.

Are the keyboards hard to use, or...?

The HP Mini has the largest keyboard on the market (about 92%), and while there was a period of adjustment (about an hour for me), I finally got the hang of it. I actually wrote about 600 words on a new fic while in bed -- which is something I really can't do well with my big behemoth laptop. My main problem is that stupid SCIM hotkey (CTRL + spacebar) that I keep activating somehow (and have had real difficulty disabling). It's very disconcerting to be typing coherent English one second, and then suddenly be writing incoherent Mandarin the next.