I’d say that not much has been happening. But that would be a lie.
I ended up finally telling Dad about the computer and I wasn’t met with all that much hostility. Actually, he started helping me figure out what things I should look for and what things I didn’t need, etc. At the end, he asked why I wanted to get this now. Which was what I was afraid of. I explained myself and he did the same thing as mom- why not wait until later for sales and stuff, etc. Anyway, I had decided on the Futureshop PC that I linked in this post. However, I mentioned what I was getting to Gary and he was vehemently against me buying it from Futureshop and said that I should keep shopping around, suggesting a place called Price is Right Computers. So, being the awesome kid he is, he acted as a middleman for me and emailed Brad (one of the guys who runs the place) with information on what I wanted and stuff. Long story short, PIRC was able to build me an excellent computer for the same price as Futureshop. I told Dad about it in passing before he left town for Edmonton and he seemed kind of agitated about it. I don’t know why. I think he was secretly annoyed that I wasn’t doing things the way that he wanted me to do them, but he’s just going to have to deal with it. I ended up getting a computer from PIRC (specs can be found here if you’re interested). I picked it up yesterday and Tyler and Sarika came with me. Tyler helped me set it up (because he’s a super trooper) and did all the heavy lifting and stuff (:P) and we got it up and running. Hilariously, we thought we had everything plugged in and ready to go and Tyler wanted me to hit the power button and was super giddy about it. So I hit the button… and nothing happened. Apparently he forgot to hit the power switch at the back. :P We booted ‘er up and she is beautiful. Her name is Iona, or “Nana”, since every computer has to have an endearing pet name. I haven’t done much with it so far, just put all my files and junk onto it. Oh, I also got a 23″ Samsung 2ms SyncMaster monitor. It, too, is beautiful. I love love love that the screen is matte and not that shiny crap that my laptop and some other monitors are made of (I think my dad’s is that super shiny stuff). I am most certainly not used to how large it is yet. I feel like maximizing a window is just overkill. Well, except Firefox. Which is probably why this paragraph seems way smaller than it will when I post it. WOOPS. SORRY FOR THE WALL OF TEXT.
Anyway. Things are awesome on the computer front. Unfortunately, I am now very, very poor.
I completely reformatted Iser (my laptop). Through a series of unfortunate events, my Microsoft Office stopped working halfway through this week and in an attempt to fix it, I made it permanently unfixable :P so it was just easier to reformat it. It needed a reformat anyway. From now on, it will have only Firefox, MSN, and Office on it. It’s now totally a school/friend’s house computer. Hopefully this will help it run a little faster, too.
I’ve finished all my books for Canadian Lit except for De Niro’s Game. I’m about halfway through that one. I like it so far and I hope to finish it sometime soon… I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to, but I definitely want it finished by the end of reading break. I also want to finish the scene analysis and annotation assignment for Restoration Comedy and the Precis assignment for Canadian Lit. It would be nice if I could finish my annotated bibliography for Verbal Arts this week, but between other assignments, work, appointments, and down time with friends, I don’t think there’s going to be time. but if I can get those first three assignments done, that would be most excellent. Then I’ll have two weeks to finish the annotated bibliography when I get back from reading break, which is way more than enough time. :] Unfortunately, none of this relieves all the pressure… term papers and my project for Dods’ class are still looming over me and making me really nervous. I just hope I can manage my time better than last term. Phew. School.
I’m loving having Sundays off this term. It is most certainly making things easier. I’m hoping it will pay off in March.
I need to figure out what to do with my 19″ LG that I had before. I want to keep it, of course. I would be dual screening with it right now, except that I can’t find enough room on the table for both monitors. Also, the power cord that came with my computer is really short. So we gave the Samsung power cord to the PC and gave the LG’s power cord to the Samsung so they could be plugged in… so now the LG is stuck with a really short power cord that can’t reach the outlet as it stands right now. So maybe when I move out, I can put it to better use. I’m hoping Dad doesn’t freak out over the new monitor :/ I’m most worried about that. I can see it all now; “you already had a monitor, why did you need a new one? Blah blah blah?”
Ah well. Who cares. I’m still happy about it. :3
Going to Wolfman with Sarika, Mom and Lee tonight and Mom, Lee and I are gonna try, once again, to go to Avatar 3D tomorrow. Then, right after (assuming we get in), I’m going to Caleb’s house for a games night. Because we’re all super awesome and like to play games on Valentine’s Day. Even though everyone there isn’t actually single. It’s too bad I won’t be able to really play games very well ’cause of my thumb.
Speaking of my ailments, my thumb is getting better. Slowly, but it is. I don’t wear my brace when I’m at home ’cause I’m not really doing anything strenuous. Mostly just for work and school ’cause I don’t want to accidentally stretch out the ligament again. My elbow is almost 100% again. I can fully straighten it, it just feels a little uncomfortable when I do. Never thought that would take a week to heal. My toe is still acting strange, but again, it still doesn’t bother me unless I try to crack/curl it. That itchy rash thing that I thought was shingles seems to have died down. It’s no longer itchy and it’s slowly fading. It’s no longer bright red, but that dark reddish-brown that injuries turn when they’re healing. That tendon thing in my ankle has stopped flaring up, so I think whatever I did to it has healed. I’m slowly bouncing back to being human again. :)
My dad is in Edmonton for an RV show and it would appear that someone has stolen his laptop :( It was before the show started, so it was either another vendor that stole it (bastards!), or someone snuck by security and nabbed it (probably what happened). Apparently security has always been a little bit of an issue, even though there’s lots of it. Anyway, that really sucks, because he just bought that laptop in December. =[
Well, I think it’s about time I end this freakishly monstrous update. Sorry! (except not ’cause if you made it this far, it’s your own fault)