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greyias ([personal profile] greyias) wrote2008-10-20 09:20 am
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It's a Monday...

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, [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] kymbie's African adventures. It's much more fun than thinking about other things.
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[personal profile] leesa_perrie 2008-10-20 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
So sorry your plans fell through. Hmm, you know, if you went to Alaska, you could find out where friendshipper lives and move in down the street - only, I'm not sure she'd want a stalker!! *g*

Shiny computer! Looked at a couple of similar types on Sat when we went to a shop for something else (very boring, a scart box for multiple scarts into a one-scart TV). Niiiceee, but atm not really necessary as I'm hardly ever not at home!!

As for Outsiders...am I shallow? Sure, there was at least one dark bit, but I was too busy squeeing over the geeks rescuing themselves (did you see Carson running through a hive ship stunning Wraith? I was shouting, "Go, Carson, go"...) to notice the dark bit too much!!

But then, having written a story where Carson and Rodney are on a Wraith ship and manage to take control of it, this was making me think "about time"!! Of course, TPTB went one better 'cos I had the Daedalus bail them out at the end, whereas in Outsiders they didn't need any help at all!! SQUEE!!!

Um, yeah, did I mention shallow?! *bg*

[identity profile] greyias.livejournal.com 2008-10-20 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Alaska was probably pushing it, seeing as how much of a pansy I was during the Dallas winters XD Besides, when I checked two weeks ago, they apparently had NO need for video editors according to Monster.com. *sad* No Jack London style adventures for me and the Pomeranian.

And you're not shallow! It was a fairly squee worthy episode, and made me laugh out loud several times (and I kind of liked the dark bit... but that's me. Most of my complaints were of the plot hole variety... and maybe Carson's sudden proficiency with a stunner.)

And the computer is very shiny. (Really, it's got an aluminum shell!) But no, not really a necessary household item. I'm sure it'll be my new best friend once it stops making me type in Mandarin.