time for more debauchery again
I still have plenty of work to do but classes are done until next Monday. I could use a strong drink right about now. I'll wait though, mainly because I am alone and have to do some driving very soon anyway. My brain is in a state which is not very productive right now. Resting. Recovering. Apathetic. Ready for basic human functions and for recreation but not much else.
I've got to make sure Holly and I get ready to leave early Thanksgiving morning for Byhalia, Mississippi. We WILL get to spend some time in Memphis no doubt. We'll see how it all plays out and keep our circle of friends and bloogophiles informed.
We want to come back to Athens on Saturday so we can have Sunday to ourselves, so to speak. I mean, I'm going to make some kind of token visit for "orientation" at the new part time job. More importantly, if we get back early enough we can see someone we miss named Rob play guitar in Chop Top at the 40 Watt Saturday night. That would be cool.
I looked to see if Chop Top had a website and they don't but a band by the same name in South Carolina has a myspace page. Hm.
Yeah, so Sunday night was my last shift at the institution. I'm sad I won't be interpreting on a steady basis anymore (though that is bound to change when Summer rolls around again), and there are some people there I will miss (and others I won't), but mostly I am happy to be free of that place. I put in a good four years there, three as an interpreter. That's plenty. I've accepted a shitty new part time job but one that will accomidate my scheduling needs. It's also one, some of you will be amused to know, that will draw on my extensive call center experience. (don't name names those lucky locals that read this, please. I'm all about anonymity and plausable deniability.)
Meanwhile, those of you who read Holly's blog know that this laptop is fucked up. Which vexes me like you can only imagine. I've got the power cable yanked just right so that it's getting power at the moment but it's only a matter of time before it stops again. More importantly it's only a matter of time before the internal connection gets fucked again... We need to get a port replicator. But will that work? What if we get one and it still doesn't get power.
Also, on this komputor there is some fucked up virus or spyware that pops up random IE advertisement windows (I'm using Firefox). Neither AVG free antivirus, nor Spybot Search and Destroy nor Lavasoft Adaware seem to do anything to detect or fix it. And I can't use Webroot Spysweeper again unless I pay for it which I am increasingly willing to do, if I had more spare money...
But enough bitching. Things are good when put in perspective.
I'm very much looking forward to the impending holiday and hope everyone reading this has an excellent Thanksgiving also.
I've got to make sure Holly and I get ready to leave early Thanksgiving morning for Byhalia, Mississippi. We WILL get to spend some time in Memphis no doubt. We'll see how it all plays out and keep our circle of friends and bloogophiles informed.
We want to come back to Athens on Saturday so we can have Sunday to ourselves, so to speak. I mean, I'm going to make some kind of token visit for "orientation" at the new part time job. More importantly, if we get back early enough we can see someone we miss named Rob play guitar in Chop Top at the 40 Watt Saturday night. That would be cool.
I looked to see if Chop Top had a website and they don't but a band by the same name in South Carolina has a myspace page. Hm.
Yeah, so Sunday night was my last shift at the institution. I'm sad I won't be interpreting on a steady basis anymore (though that is bound to change when Summer rolls around again), and there are some people there I will miss (and others I won't), but mostly I am happy to be free of that place. I put in a good four years there, three as an interpreter. That's plenty. I've accepted a shitty new part time job but one that will accomidate my scheduling needs. It's also one, some of you will be amused to know, that will draw on my extensive call center experience. (don't name names those lucky locals that read this, please. I'm all about anonymity and plausable deniability.)
Meanwhile, those of you who read Holly's blog know that this laptop is fucked up. Which vexes me like you can only imagine. I've got the power cable yanked just right so that it's getting power at the moment but it's only a matter of time before it stops again. More importantly it's only a matter of time before the internal connection gets fucked again... We need to get a port replicator. But will that work? What if we get one and it still doesn't get power.
Also, on this komputor there is some fucked up virus or spyware that pops up random IE advertisement windows (I'm using Firefox). Neither AVG free antivirus, nor Spybot Search and Destroy nor Lavasoft Adaware seem to do anything to detect or fix it. And I can't use Webroot Spysweeper again unless I pay for it which I am increasingly willing to do, if I had more spare money...
But enough bitching. Things are good when put in perspective.
I'm very much looking forward to the impending holiday and hope everyone reading this has an excellent Thanksgiving also.
posted by Model Consumer at 16:26
8 Comments:
And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! I hope you guys have a nice time in Mississippi (and Tennessee? since you said Memphis).
It was good talking to you this a.m., even if it was for only a bit. Good luck with the laptop.
It's always good to talk with the good people at the academy! I am wishing perhaps for a Mac. My mac laptop was always prone to the same power supply/cable issue but never quite got so bent out of shape as I've seen three of these compaq laptops do.
Drive safely. Eat good stuff. And so forth.
i am not exactly sure what you are talking about with your computer, but for a while i kept getting all these adds that popped up so i googled it and found this website.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_service_popups.htm
they were using messenger i guess, but i haven't got a pop up since. you're probably talking about something else though.
"adds", my bad, i means ads of course
I hope you have a lot of delicious turkey and gravy!
Maybe you will have have a peanutbutter and banana sandwich at Graceland.
Enjoy the warm weather. We have snow and are freezing here in Wiconsin.
Hey dude,
Wood here. Try TrendMicro HouseCall to help clear up your comp junk. I always use multiple virus apps. to get rid of the crap.
WOOD !
Good to hear from you. Thanks for the tip. I will give that a try next time we fire up the damn laptop. Still need a port replicator and ideally a new power cable too. And a new battery... Until then there's just no point in even trying to use the laptop...
A big shout out to all the people in Madison Wisconsin!
Also--
Gertie. Thank you for the well wishes. Our thanksgiving meal was not so good but the day after we ate at a casino which was different.
Which reminds me: Why does someone who otherwise makes some kind of effort to be thrifty throw his money away quite liberally on slot machines? (Not me, someone in my extended family...)
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