Sunday, August 30, 2009
 

wading through the existential crises

a pretty washer-drierHey, all. I've been visiting long-lost relatives, working on the yard, filling my life with croutons, nurturing carnivorous plants (if the needs of Drosera binata are that much different than of Venus flytrap and pitcher plants, why do they put them together in pots?), noodling to the point of going limp, and ever-so-slowly still trying to find something suitable to do with my life. Some of those things are going well, not all, especially the last one or two. But at least I've got some swell new bubblelights and a set of dishes! And I saw Depeche Mode live on the 10th, with a slight seat upgrade and everything. (I'm still wearing the earplugs.)

I'm at a loss for what to point out as an everyday stupidity, since the world is full of them. The most recent low-octane one was looking at a sign about some dishes at IKEA and seeing that they were patterned after "flower pedals." Flowers go biking? No one in proofreading caught this? But I suppose this is overshadowed by the hack of the Sears website where descriptions of barbecues were edited to say they were baby-roasting devices. (Why hasn't that been a bigger headline? Oh yeah, because it was overshadowed by Microsoft's editing a white guy's head onto a black guy's body on their Polish webpage. Way more relevant than grilled squab.) Plenty of stupidities between my ears but I'm trying to grow past them, which is an ongoing process. And you should be happy -- especially you, Jamie -- that I'm keeping the tales of wiping my main computer clean and rebuilding -- always a good excuse to upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP -- due to a worm that I couldn't kill (you know something is wrong when a voice comes through your computer's speakers telling you about setting up a home business when you do not have any programs running!!) and of battling Winders Genuine Disadvantage popping up on my notebook to tell me I'm a dirty p1r4t3 without me having a more recent backup of the drive to fall back on. (You have to love a message that comes up saying "You may be the victim of piracy!" when what it really means is, "In 30 days, you will be the victim of draconian copyright protection disabling your ability to use your computer!" Linux to the rescue!) All is well in computer land now. The neighbors across the street in the hovel are having a yardsale, which seems 90% comprised of little kid toys, and it begs the question: Where the heck have they been storing it, if this is taking up the entire front yard and the kids' bedroom (they have a 5 year old girl and 7 year old boy, plus "others" including a 7 year old girl are always over) is 8'x10'?

Giggle from a minute ago: While writing the above, my mother-in-law's heterosexual life partner called (I shoulda left the earplugs in) asking whether I could fix her computer when next they're in town; I quote her, "I need you to get the viruses that are supposed to be on this machine off."

Comments:
Your MIL sounds like she knows about as much about computers as I do... or don't. Thanks for sparing me all the details about your computer whatever wipe down thingie that you mentioned in your post. See... I've already forgotten what the heck you were talking about.
I've been wading through shite the past few weeks... not literally, but it felt like it. We came through our lawsuit the victors, and the bad guys got a major smack down. I'm not made for this kind of thing, so it wore me the heck out. I hope to never ever sue anyone ever again, unless of course they deserve it.
:-)
Flower pedals, huh? Very cute mistake, I think.
Take care and wade through the existential crises with caution.
Have fun fixing your MIL's computer, if you haven't done it already. Happy Happy, Joy Joy!!!!
 
It's my MIL's roomie, the one who installs two copies of WeatherBug in case she wants to know the temperature somewhere she isn't. I haven't done the work because they're supposed to bring the computer to me the next time they're in town -- they live on the other side of the state.

Good that you have waded through the shite. Keep yer chin up...
 
I see you are posting about as regularly as I am.
Time just has not been in abundance for blogging.
Oh well...
I hope you are having a good week.

:-)
 
I've been investing my time and random thoughts on another system... I'm cheating on Blogspot! It's definitely not a lack of time or things to say. Guilty.
 
I've been popping on FB often and blogging less. I plan to post once or twice a month still since I do enjoy blogging too. FB has been terrific though, and I've reconnected with many of my family and friends whom I've not seen in years. I've got family living in Dallas now (just four hours drive from me) that I didn't even know had moved there. Also an uncle of mine came for a visit a few weeks ago since he drives through AR regularly with his work, and we'd never have known that visit was possible without FB.
Hooray for FB!
Brace yourself for some rain and snow. I heard it's coming your way now. Maybe the snow is only in high elevations though.
Okay.... enough of my commenting blather...
 
I haven't been blogging anywhere, really. I've dashed off random thoughts and occasional intregues on Tumblr but it's not the same because I'm not 16, unoriginal, and clueless about the world we live in. *snark*

It's cold now. I blame you. Must... Blog... Soon.
 
It's getting colder here now, and I blame you. I don't know why, but since you blamed me for your cold weather, I guess I'll do the same.
The fall colors are gorgeous though, and I wish they'd last. Winter simply sucks, except for Christmas Eve and Day. Other than that, me no likey cold weather.
I didn't put up a new blog post yet. I'm just popping by to visit blog buddies. I'll post something this weekend.
Have some candy.
Happy Halloween Weekend!!!!
 
Hey stranger-- just a fun update on my life here -- buying a house in a few days.

sorry I've been off blogger of late. been filling my web-socializing needs with facebook.
 
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