Thursday, July 29, 2004

Hmmm...

Well, seems that Blogger is giving me an error page when publishing, but the post still shows up. Go figure.

I am back online, but I'm still getting stuff set up. It's good to be back. However, I'll be going away for the weekend, so don't expect to hear from me until Tuesday. :)

What I Miss...
  • soothing words
  • a loving caress
  • conversation
  • everything
Gratitudes:
  1. the day is passing quickly
  2. going away for the weekend
  3. shopping!
  4. getting back online
  5. real and virtual hugs
 

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Well...

we got the computer yesterday. I spent three hours re-adding software and drivers &etc. Three hours... and I still have more to do. I think I got the majority of it done last night. As I was copying my lone backup directory from a floppy disk, I finally felt annoyed at losing all my old stuff. Live and learn, I guess.

Another life lesson I learned, since the computer has been in the shop, is that I was spending way too much time avoiding real life.


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I meant to post this earlier, but time flew away from me, and I had work to do!

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

I'm back! Didja miss me?

DH picked up the fixed computer today, so tonight, I get to re-load all the software and files. Fun fun. I hope for everything to be back to normal by tomorrow.

I'm looking at this data loss as a positive event--it gives me a chance to start over with a clean slate.

Monday, July 26, 2004

I lost everything...

The entire hard drive is completely unrecoverable.

*sigh*

What lesson did I learn? Back up files more often than once every three years.

$250 to have the computer guy set us up with a new HD, so I can't complain too much.

Friday, July 23, 2004

Reminder: Project-Blog

Don't forget that Project-Blog is tomorrow. Go sponsor a blogger and donate to some fine charities.

See you all on Monday!

Nothing New Under the Sun

Well, my dear readers, the computer guy will be charging $35 an hour to see if he can fix the hard drive. At this point, I hope that my documents are retrievable. I have approximately an entire novel plus other stuff I didn't back up to a floppy disk. As I might have mentioned, the last time I backed up my personal files was in 2001. *sigh*

No linky-links today. The news is dull.

No blogging over the weekend, since the computer is on vacation. I think we're going to go see "King Arthur" this Saturday. The MIL deigned to watch the kid for us, so I'm looking forward to the movie.

On Sunday, the in-laws are having a family get-together. I kind of dread it, but at least I know that we'll have to be home by 8pm so we can watch "The 4400" on the USA network.

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Busy at work, thankfully. The day is flying by. I started writing this entry at 9:22, and now it's 11:52. Guess I will post it now.

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Okay, I was wrong. This is sad to read about. Having a daughter myself, I cannot imagine. The little girl in the pic is a cutie. (It's sad that the kids are sold, but good that the traffickers were caught and punished.)

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Um, okay....

Do you think weblogs suck??? According to this categorization, I am a Reverse Voyeur and a Crossover Poster.

I'm ashamed to admit I went to the same university where that article is posted. Teehee. However, be sure to read all the way through; the person admits it was written tongue-in-cheek, and it was written way back in 2002.

Computer Problems

*sighs with twice the emphasis*

I had a brilliantly written post about my computer hard drive failing and about some collaging I did last night with sites and everything, and the STUPID browser froze!!!!!

*#$(#$*(#%&*($#%*(@!(*#@)


Okay. I will try to remember and write it down again. However, I need to get some more work done first.

...

I got home last night to find that my computer hard drive decided to go on vacation. It refused to boot up and claimed it was lost somewhere in cyberspace (translation: no hard drive detected). So, after about an hour of screwing around with it, trying various rebooting techniques, I gave up and decided to work on some craft projects.

Last week I purchased some blank postcards for collaging, and so I chose to work with those. I have a series in mind of seven cards; I worked on five of them last night, getting the backgrounds painted. Two are actually complete: "Me" has a violet background with a purple vellum butterfly and a pic of me glued on it. "Passion" is pink with lavender cutout hearts and heart stamps. The other three are: "Brilliant Hell" (red), "Psychosis" (green), and "Blues" (blue). I don't have any collage materials that are appropriate for those themes, but that gives me an excuse to be on the lookout for more stuff to hoard and collect! The two I have not created yet will be titled "No Regrets" and "Love." I don't know what color I will be painting those. Perhaps orange and teal.

I love collage, and I like to use found items, rather than the prepackaged doodads you can buy in craft stores. Sometimes the doodads are too neat to pass up, though.

A casual search on AltaVista reveals many collage websites. 

Collageart.org has links to other sites on collage, while this site has pictures of famous artists' collage works of art. Since I am somewhat art-ignorant, it is interesting to see that Picasso has some collage masterpieces.
 
Wow. More people need to do this! Check this out too.

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Today I feel...

somewhat better. The only reason I got out of bed was that I had to go to work, so I can afford to pay my bills.

I need a break.

35 years ago, humans walked on the moon for the first time. Dan Rather didn't even mention that last night on the news. I guess it's not important anymore.

What is important? What is the point of existence?

I am such a whiner.

News Items & Links

Check out the diaryhistoryproject. The site contains reflections on the early days of online journaling, which apparently "officially" started in 1995.

She must feel soooo good, knowing that her fashion choices helped improve a sector of a foreign country's economy.

Yummy? Krispy Kreme becomes a drink!

Yummier?? Nacho cheese + nude man = drunk & arrested

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Migraine

I felt like crap today. I did not go to work. I had a terrible headache. I woke up with it at 4 a.m. and didn't start feeling better until just now.
 
Sometimes I think the pain of just existing is unbearable.

Monday, July 19, 2004

Monday, Monday

Well, after an exciting Saturday night of laundry, we visited the lovely local Wal-Mart yesterday.
 
I hate Wal-Mart.
 
I hate having to shop at Wal-Mart because its prices are the lowest of any retailer.
 
I hate the type of people that shop at Wal-Mart--because they remind me of my own rednecked-ness.
 
I suppose I aspire to the kind of life that I can never have: shopping in upscale retail stores where the workers bend over backwards to fulfill my every demand, and where I don't have to think twice about dropping $400 on a purse.
 
Good thing there is Coach outlet store in my town.
 
Yes, nothing is happening today at work. I wish I could just go home early, but I can't. I still have another hour and a half. 

News Items

I wouldn't want to be this guy. Ew! Note that the advertiser links will take you right to some portable toilet websites. Teehee.
 
As if living in NK was a picnic for this army deserter. I feel sorry for him on the one hand, but then again, he IS a deserter from the army. I hope that the government uses common sense and lets the guy live out the rest of his life. Maybe a dishonorable discharge would be the best choice of action.

So lame.  I should have known something was up; otherwise the channel would have gotten sued, most likely.

Sunday, July 18, 2004

Good Night

Adieu, mes amis. Ttyl.
 
Time to shut off this idiot box and get some sleep. I hope that I sleep better tonight than I have for the past few nights.
 
*sigh*

Saturday, July 17, 2004

11:46pm and...

I'm still online. The laundry is almost done; the last load of towels is in the dryer. Wonder how late I'll be staying up???
 
I should go read. I've been reading "Ariadne's Thread," by Shekinah Mountainwater. It's interesting.
 
Woo.

Argh!

Today would have been a good day... if the dog hadn't made a mess... if the kid would have listened to me before pinching her finger in the closet door... if I wasn't spending another Saturday night alone.
 
But who cares.
 
We went to a local state park this afternoon, and I really relaxed, watching the ripples roll across the lake as the wind blew gently. It was so quiet. I could have taken a nap. I wanted to get some pictures of it up in the blog, so maybe if I get the pics developed tomorrow, I'll post something here. We'll see. Yes, we don't have a digital camera--yet. I haven't seen the need to get one, as we would end up printing out photos anyway. Just let someone else do that.  

Journal Entry

I've been reading too many depressing journal entries lately from other people. I need to find some new writers. Teehee.
 
I slept sooooooooo poorly last night. I woke up as if I had never slept at all. I almost fell asleep on the couch earlier, in fact, but I have stuff to do--which reminds me, I need to run downstairs and put the laundry in the dryer, and another load in the washer. I'm even washing the sheets.
 
When I get depressed, I clean.
 
Sometimes, I do that, anyway. Sometimes, I'd rather just jump out the window. But that is neither here nor there.
 
Back from laundry detail. I hate washing sheets. However, I will be glad when they are clean. Nothing is better than slipping between freshly laundered sheets. Mmmmm.... sheety.....
 
For some damn reason, my two popup stoppers are not stopping some popups tonight. I hate popups. Why am I even online right now?
 
I was supposed to be working on a story I'm trying to write; however, it has been hell. So instead, I'm reinventing my blog this week instead, and I am going to post a journal entry later. See above link. :)
 
Go me. Some writing is better than no writing, I guess.


Friday, July 16, 2004

Fixing, Part 2

Gah, I added the titles and comments to several years' worth of back posts, but I didn't get through all of them. The early ones, who cares? I decided to make my profile section public, so enjoy. Maybe I'll find a photo to represent myself.
 
Teehee.
 
Now to go post my blog link on my journal...
 
Oh yeah, and get some work done in between, too.

Fixing Up the Template

Wow. Look at all these pretty little formatting thingies in the posting box. Where've you been all my life? And to think, I started out blogging without knowing any html; I had to learn fast, by trial and error. Now, new bloggers truly seem to have push-button capabilities.
 
*sigh*
 
Always a day late and a dollar short. C'est la vie.
 
I miss my old doggie template, but I like the soothing greens of this template. So what if it's generic? So was my old one, but I made it my own by adapting things. The coding in it was much simpler, though. As I adapted this one, it took me awhile to figure out that the whole first part of the document is the stylesheet.
 
And Times is a much more pleasant font to read than Arial.

Thursday, July 15, 2004

Truth vs. Fiction 2

Another truth is stranger than fiction article... what is up lately?

Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday: 10 Things I'm Grateful for this Week

1. caring friends
2. special memories that I cannot forget
3. feeling pain, because it means I'm not numb
4. starting my blog up again
5. had a couple surprise days off work
6. writing
7. reading
8. virtual hugs
9. my kid's smile every morning
10. getting up every day, even though I'd rather sleep


Um, yeah, it was hard to find ten things.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Truth vs. Fiction 1

I cannot make these things up (both titles are my own):

Temple Hair Offerings Become Wigs for Rich Westerners

Internet Guy Changes His Name

Truth really is stranger than fiction. :)