Cancelled

My fitting was cancelled because the seamstress wasn't ready yet, so I have a new appointment for next Saturday at 2:30, which is all good.

I went to Best Buy and Walgreen's after that, before coming home. I bought some new IDE cables in the hopes that would fix Merc X, they were open box so they were cheap, gotta love open box items. I also bought two new games, Halo for xBox and Sonic Mega Collection for Game Cube. I also bought some cadbury eggs and other non cool stuff at Walgreen's.

Time to figure out dinner, peace!

Erm

So this is dial up... not too bad, better than nothing. I'm too lazy to walk over to the stu ctr so I'm trying dial-up. I have to be somewhere at 2:30, a dress fitting for Susan's wedding, and tonight I'm going to a party thing for Susan. I hope it's fun.

I had to get online because I had the time for the fitting in my calendar, I thought it was at 2 so it's a good thing I looked. After that I think I'm going to stop at Office Depot or Best Buy.

Sad news, for me anyway, Merc X seems to be having major problems. (For those unaware, this is my desktop computer) It was having major issues booting up recently, taking about 5 mins just to get into windows, and the secondary harddrive no longer showed up. Now it cannot detect either the primary master or primary slave drive. I hope it's not a problem with the motherboard, I really don't want to have to replace that. I switched IDE cables and it still wouldn't work. Prior to this happening, I unplugged the primary slave drive to see if it was causing the boot problems, and even after plugging it back it, it won't boot at all. I am using Santos (the laptop) now, but I really want to get Merc X up and running again. *sigh* At least it's something to do since I can't watch TV.

Rage..

I need rage control or something.... stupid inventory making me mad.

I got free pizza though.

Good thing..

I woke up quickly this morning, otherwise it would have been painful. Mentally when I awoke, I was still at my old place and had I not realized it as soon as I did, I would have walked right into the wall, that would have sucked.

I'm not feeling so well at the moment, but I'm not getting sick because I refuse to be sick. I have too much stuff to do in the next couple weeks.

Changes at work again - I will be moving at work again, which should be interesting. I will be moving out to the Help Desk and taking it over as my own area. This will be a bit of a change, but change is good. Basically I will become the day time tier one support for the building. The student will then move back where I was and become a computer technician running around the building, etc. This will be good for me and the Help Desk. I usually end up working it anyway, and I'm getting tired of going from the back to the front, etc. It will work better to just already be in the front of the room. Not sure when I will be moving, but it will be as soon as we figure out what to do in the back. It would probably work best over spring break, I can probably come in and work on that, even though I have the week off. I will set my own time though, no way I'm coming in at 7:30.

GDS Update

So the Evil G was not home when I got home yesterday, then he came home for about 10 mins. Then he left to get grocieries and HyVee (I'm pretty sure) and then came back and I don't think he left the rest of the night. He either had the TV on or was playing video games last night, I'm not sure which. He still likes to bang around a lot, and somewhat randomly. He was quiet by the time I went to bed, so that's good.

I DID IT

I have been working on this problem with this lexmark optra s 1650 piece of junk printer, it was jamming trying to feed from the multipurpose tray. I don't have service manuals for lexmark printers because there is only one in the building and it didn't seem neccessary for the cost. I knew I had to get to the roller and replace it, and I knew where to buy the roller, problem was getting to the roller. Not having the manual made this an adventure, but I decided that printers are printers, I know HPs pretty well, this can't be that much different, and I went for it. It was suprisingly easy to open, take out a bunch of screws, pull some plastic cover parts off and bam.. there you are. It was awesome.

Geekdom

I made a comment last night to C-bob that I wanted to start "geeking-out" my blog more. I'm just not sure what I am going to do though, probably get geekier as I get closer to taking my A+ exam and the MCP exams. I really need to get studying for those, once I have internet access I will be able to start training again with the online courses we have through work. I should really crack open my book sometime.

GDS (Guy Downstairs) Update

So Evil G was gone when I got home around 7 and did not come home until about 6:45 this morning. This works well for me because I like to be noisy and having him not there keeps me from feeling bad about annoying him... (lol... yea.... that's what it is). Anyway, he came home and banged around for a few mins and then turned on the TV, he likes to go out to the car a lot too. I guess he probably does have a job at night, so I picture him doing something icky like gutting chickens or something. He probably just has some kind of security job (scary) or maybe janitorial? Who knows, but I still secretly hope he moves away.

cold..

It was really cold this morning, too cold if you ask me. And the windows were all frosted over, which totally sucked since I was almost late to work because I had to scrap it off.

I'm sitting here at work waiting for the professor that needs a classroom opened to show up, the class starts at 8, and he is still not here. Today is the day we don't have a student technician until around 9.

Hmm, apparently no class today... neat.

TV... erm...

So I walked over to the student center in order to use their Internet and possibly watch TV, and I get over here and this dude has hijacked the TV and is watching.. CMT!! MY GAWD!... *shudder* I want him to leave... if he doesn't leave soon I'm just going home to play tetris or something... Maybe I can watch the end of Pirates of Silicon Valley that I started watching last night. Man, this show that's on is about making steel guitars... at least it's not country music.. but still... yuck...

So I went to my rents to get some stuff, which was cool because my mom was all.. "Do you want to stay for dinner?" and I'm thinking... "duuuuhhh", but I said... "well, what are you having?".... we had grilled turkey sandwiches and peaches.. it was yummy... I have more stuff to put away at home now, I think it will take forever to actually get moved in... and I can't find the software to my mp3 player and I have some CDs I really want to rip.... on well...

There are a couple students walking around, I think they wanted to do something on the computer but couldn't figure out how to log in to the iMac... I don't even know how all that would work, Macs are kinda dumb when you are running a winnt based network, which I assume they are... they probably already use active directory and all that fun stuff... We are starting to use that at work, it is going to be a headache... plus this place has a only about 1500 students... unlike UNL, which has too many students, imo... :)

Guy Downstairs Update...

So "gwen" was gone all night again, this time he didn't leave until about 9:30ish and he was back this morning around 6ish. He was being kind of noisy, banging around and stuff. I have no idea what he is doing, I mean it was like he was picking up bricks and dropping them randomly around his place. (He was probably doing dishes or something, but still). After that I'm pretty sure he went to do laundry, someone was doing laundry this morning when I left and I think it was him.

I think that once I get Internet, etc, this will become less interesting as I will have found other things to do. Just so long as I don't take that turn that goes from passive curiosity to full fledged stalking.

Snow

It snowed yesterday and it was really cold. Driving was fun, only slid a few times so it wasn't bad.

I'm supposed to get my phone today, which is going to be nice, I guess. Acutally I am going to try dialup if I can get the software for it, something I need to do before I leave work today. I am going to "borrow" my dad's dial-up that he never uses so that's all good. It has a very limited 10 hrs a month though, so I have to watch that.

Going to get my phone, answering machine and caller id box today after work, it's still hooked into my old phone line. And pick up my mail, it would be nice to get mail, except junk mail.

Funny thing....

So last night I was brushing my teeth and I heard this bass kicking in.. and I was like... wtf? who would have bass up that loud at this time of night?? Then I was like... oooo.... it's mine!... lol... The mp3 changed to one with a lot of bass and the subwoofer was turned up a lot higher than I thought it was... silly me...

So Glenn didn't come back this morning by the time I left... I have some theories, he either.. 1. Has a job at night, 2. Has a girlfriend, 3. Gets lost a lot, 4. Is moving out 5. Is just strange... It may be a combo of those things. I don't know why, but I hope he moves out.. lol.. I don't even know the guy and I've only seen him like, twice.. but apperently I just want him to go away... *shrug* who knows...

Leaching...

So C-Bob and I wandered over the the Wesleyan Student Center.. they have a wireless network and I'm so hooked up... plllusss they have a huge TV with cable and we are the only ones here.... YAY! Free stuff rocks!! The couches are comfy too and accross the room are like some imacs.

We are watching "Married by America".. it seems really dumb...

I went to Target and Super Saver today and totally loaded up on food, I had a salad for dinner. It was good but I may have something else later. I need to do some more dishes, cuz I bought some zip lock containers.

Time to find something cool to do online.

9 days...

that's how long it will be until I have internet and cable.... I guess that gives me more time to unpack and stuff.... *twirl finger*

Yay!

I made it to work not only on time, but early! So I can probably make some adjustments to my morning schedule, or not. Maybe just leave later.

I have most of the important stuff moved now, you know, the TV, the microwave, the computer... :)

I'm not sure about my neighbor downstairs, maybe he works at night. He came home for like 20 mins, made noise, kept going from his car to the apt, then left again. He came back this morning around 6. I think he may have been playing video games, video games are cool..

I need to get the vcr and etc hooked up this evening, plus put away a bunch of stuff. I have to get back to the old place and get more stuff and some point, and clean. I also have hardly any food, so I need to go shopping, yay!

It's weird to not have Internet access, I can't even do dial-up because the phone won't be active until Wednesday. I still have to call Time-Warner, I am going to go with cable, even though I will have to drag wiring from the living room to the bedroom, but if I get a rug, it should be alright.

Internet...

mmm... internet sweet internet... lol

Moving is progressing well, should get the bulk rest of it done today. Going to move the computers and desk, etc. Have to pick up a few things at the store, then it's all good.

One fun thing, the shower curtain likes to fall down, which is really nice.