| I make my return... by committing petty larceny |
[Dec. 6th, 2006|04:41 pm] |
Yoinked from Gillian and Sarah.
Put an x next to the items that apply to you.
[ ] Short, 5'2 and under
[ ] 5'3 -5'6"
[ ] 5'7" - 6'0
x Apparently, I can't exist, because I'm 6'1" and that's not an option.
[ ] Tall 6'2 and up
NATURALLY
[ ] Blonde
[ ] Redhead
[ ] Brunette
[ ] Dirty blonde
[ ] Dark brown
[ ] Light brown
[ ] Black
[ ] Orange
[x] Kind of both blond n red
[ ] Kind of both brown n red
[ ] Kind of both brunette and black
Eyes
[x] Blue-eyed
[ ] Brown-eyed
[ ] Green-eyed
[ ] Hazel eyed
[ ] Dark eyed (dark brown)
[ ] Gold/gray-eyed
[ ] Silver/gray- eyed
[ ] Blue/green-eyed
[ ] Blue/gray-eyed
[ ] They change colors
[ ] Other
[x] Glasses
[ ] Contacts
[ ] Neither
[ ] Both
Hair
[ ] Short hair
[x] Medium
[ ] Long hair
Your favorite color(s) are?
[ ] Red
[ ] Pink
[ ] Yellow
[x] Black
[x] Green
[ ] Neon green
[x] Blue
[ ] White
[ ] Turquoise
[ ] Silver
[ ] Purple
[ ] Brown
[ ] Orange
[x] Grey
[ ] Maroon
[ ] Gold
[ ] Deep purple
[ ] Blood red
Some things you've done or have attempted to do:
[ ] Ice skating
[x] Hiking
[ ] Kayaking
[ ] Rafting - well, canoeing, and I'll count it as close enough.
[x] Water skiing - sorta. on an innertube.
[x] Camping
[x] Horseback riding
[ ] Surfing and skim/wake boarding
[ ] Snowboarding
[ ] Skiing {when I was five}
[x] Skateboarding {attempted, fell off, ouch}
[ ] Cheerleading
[ ] Lacrosse
[ ] Street hockey
[ ] Ice hockey
[ ] Gymnastics
[x] Martial arts
[ ] BMX
[ ] Baton twirling
You CAN'T stand listening to?
[ ] Pop
[ ] Country
[x] Christian
[ ] Classical
[ ] Techno
[ ] Oldies
[x] Opera
[ ] Reggae
[ ] 80's
[ ] Disco
[x] Hip hop
[x] Punk
[x] Rap
[ ] Hardcore (real hardcore, not shitty scenester metal)
The pets you have/had?
[x] Cat
[x] Dog
[ ] Lizard
[x] Rat
[ ] Ferret
[x] Bunny
[x] Fish
[ ] Duck
[ ] Horse
[x] Bird
[x] Frog
[x] Hermit crab
[ ] Prairie dog
[x] Turtle
[x] Hamster
[ ] Snake
[x] Gerbil {i had 2 ... then 7 ... then almost 20}
[x] Guinea pig
[ ] Pig
[ ] Goat
[ ] Chinchilla
[ ] Tarantula
[ ] Squid
[ ] Geese
[ ] Chicken/rooster
[ ] Hedgehog
[ ] Mouse {watson & crick, the ill-fated bio lab mice}
[ ] Sasquatch
States I have been to:
[ ] Alabama
[ ] Alaska
[x] Arizona
[ ] Arkansas
[x] California
[x] Colorado
[x] Connecticut
[x] Delaware
[x] Florida
[ ] Georgia
[ ] Hawaii
[x] Idaho
[x] Illinois
[x] Indiana
[x] Iowa
[ ] Kansas
[ ] Kentucky
[ ] Louisiana
[x] Maine
[x] Maryland
[x] Massachusetts
[x] Michigan
[x] Minnesota
[ ] Mississippi
[x] Missouri
[x] Montana
[x] Nebraska
[x] Nevada
[x] New Hampshire
[x] New Jersey
[ ] New Mexico
[x] New York
[ ] North Carolina
[ ] North Dakota
[x] Ohio
[ ] Oklahoma
[x] Oregon
[x] Pennsylvania
[x] Rhode Island
[ ] South Carolina
[x] South Dakota
[ ] Tennessee
[ ] Texas
[x] Utah
[ ] Vermont
[x] Virginia
[x] Washington
[ ] West Virginia
[ ] Wisconsin
[x] Wyoming
Your confessions:
[ ] I'm afraid of quietness
[ ] I am really ticklish
[ ] I'm afraid of the dark when I'm by myself
[ ] I've collected comic books
[ ] I shut others out when I'm sad
[ ] I open up to others easily
[ ] I don't kill bugs
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name
[x] I bake horribly
[ ] I have worn pajamas to class
[ ] I love Martha Stewart
[x] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS, but only facetiously
[x] I love to laugh.
[ ] I drink alcohol on a regular basis
[ ] I have tried a cigarette
[ ] I can't swallow pills
[x] I bite my nails
[x] I play computer games
[x] Gotten lost in the city
[ ] Gone out in public in your pajamas
[ ] Been skydiving
[ ] Been bungee jumping
[x] Bitten someone
[ ] Dressed up like the opposite sex
[ ] Egged a house/car
[ ] Crashed into a car
[x] Been fired... well, more of a layoff.
Have you ever...
[ ] Stolen a sign
[ ] Danced in the rain
[x] Seen a shooting star
[ ] Proposed to anyone
[x] Gotten stitches
[x] Eaten Sushi
[x] Gotten the chicken pox
[x] Ridden in a taxi
[x] Been on a boat
[x] Driven over 400 miles in one day
[x] Been on a Plane by yourself {Well, there were other passengers!}
[x] Had surgery
[x] Seen a movie more than 3 times in the theater
[x] Been on stage
[ ] Gotten a black eye
[ ] Memorized all the dialogue in a movie {Spaceballs}
[x] Watched an entire baseball game on TV
Do you like...
[x] Old movies (if they're good)
[ ] Musicals
[x] Music
[x] Foreign foods (woo! go chinese!)
[ ] Bukkake
[ ] Anime
[ ] Christmas time
[x] Donuts
[x] Animals
[ ] Coffee |
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| This is is just funny |
[May. 16th, 2006|06:21 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Sons of the Desert - Goodbye To Hello | ] |
I don't normally troll YouTube, but this was on the front page, and I just had to share: Geek-Week vs. Joss Whedon. |
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| How many degrees does it take to find an DVD+/-RW? |
[May. 4th, 2006|11:23 pm] |
I got my new computer for work today, and I was excited. It's a really kick ass machine. However, when I set it up, I immediately noticed that it only had one optical drive (a DVD-ROM), when it should have had two (the DVD-ROM and a DVD+/-RW). Ok, fine. So we call Dell, and they've already shipped me a new one. Great.
Now, the only problem is, the DVD-ROM drive that I DO have, doesn't work! I put a disk in, and it goes "What? You did something? I don't think so!". Fuck. Ok. Fine. I'll play with it later.
After spending like 5 hours setting up everything else, I decide to go back to testing the DVD drive. I realize that it's being detected incorrectly. Windows thinks it's a DVD+/-RW. Weird. I change it. Doesn't help. Uninstall, then reinstall. Doesn't help. Again, fuck.
Oh, I know! I haven't actually tried reading a DVD. I bet something is broken with the driver or whatever, and it can only read DVDs. In goes a Robin William's DVD, followed by precisely nothing. Ok, fine. Fucker, gimme my disk back. I right-click on the drive and tell it to eject the disk. Nothing. No, wait! I hear the drive going "clunk, clunk, clunk". For those of us in the know, it's almost never good when a computer makes a "clunk, clunk, clunk" sound. So I hurridly hit the manual eject button. The disk just pops right out, smooth as can be. Huh? I still hear the "clunk, clunk, clunk"!
What's that? Is the drive bay... moving? I put my hand on the grey bay cover right below the drive, and I feel a "bump, bump, bump", and the "clunk, clunk, clunk" is dampened. SON OF A BITCH! I whip out my Leatherman pop off the bay, and peer inside. Sure as shit, there's a DVD+/-RW drive, shifted about halfway back into the case.
Turns out, the computer had it right all along, and the drive it detected WAS a DVD+/-RW, and there WASN'T ever a disk in it. I haven't gotten to open the case yet (I'm in the middle of copying a whole ton of files from my other computer), but my theory is that after the machine was tested, the DVD+/-RW drive got pushed back while they were moving it. And then, right before they packaged it, someone goes "oh, look, that drive bay needs a cover", and, since it's hard to see the drive, he slaps a bay cover on, and packs it up. The reason that the second drive (the one I can see) isn't being detected, I think, is because when the other drive got pushed back, it popped the SATA cable out (but not the power cable), so it LOOKED like it was hooked up, but in reality, the computer could only see the second, hidden drive. That also explains why the bios was set up for two drives.
I just finished my copying, so I'm going to fix it real quick and see if I can make them both work. |
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| Monitor, Mark II |
[Mar. 17th, 2006|04:05 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  resigned | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Nada | ] |
So, I call NewEgg about my monitor (as, I believe, is my right). Some lady answers the phone and I say that my monitor was delivered, but not to me, and she's like "please hold while I look it up". She then comes back, and in the most amusing voice I could have ever have asked for, goes "they... left a 17" monitor... on the front door". I was thinking, THANK YOU! It's not just me who thinks that that was totally moronic of UPS. So, I was given two choices. If I wanted the monitor sooner rather than later, I could reoder it, and they would just refund the money for the first one in about a week, after their investigation was over. Or, I could just wait and they'd send me a new monitor when they finished the investigation. I wanted my monitor nower rather that laterer, so I reordered it. But this time, I had it sent FedEx, which cost me about $17 more than the previous order, but if I actually get this one, it'll totally be worth it. |
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| *Deep Breath* |
[Mar. 15th, 2006|09:51 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  pissed off | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Billy Ray Cyrus - It Could Have Been Me | ] |
My monitor was delivered today, less than 17 hours after I ordered it.
To someone who wasn't me.
It was "left at the front door", which basically means they left it either a) outside, or b) in the hallway. Either way, it grew legs and walked off. So, now I get to fight with UPS and NewEgg (I'm hoping NewEgg will take my side in this) in order to get my monitor. One thing is for certain: I'm not going to be paying for this. |
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| New Toy! |
[Mar. 14th, 2006|03:43 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Keith Anderson - Pickin' Wildflowers | ] |
I just bought a new 17" LCD monitor to replace my now-shitty CRT that I have at home. Hopefully it'll be much less stressful for me to look at my monitor now that I'm going to have a super crisp, super bright monitor. |
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