Things that do and don't go beep

Yesterday, a Mysterious Package arrived in the post. "ThinkGeek" it said on the label, and I went, "eh?". For lo, I am a ThinkGeek shopper, but I was pretty sure everything I'd ordered had already come in. So, there was a rush to open the mysterious package, to find a Polarity game, from someone who I presume to be lexpendragon. Or, at least, I think so. The internet is really, really great (for porn!), but it sometimes leads to situations in which you only know people by their internet names. But thank you, Probably 'Lex, for a very excellent toy. I've not gotten to play with it yet, but J., our houseguest, was doing some quite impressive things with it last night.

Me, last night, I was running about getting the last pieces for triadruid's upgrade. At some point during the contemplation of this process, possibly when J. was mocking me about being excited about the fact that the case came with extra screws, I announced to the household, "I like things that go beep!", at which point kittenpants chimed in with "Beep! I go beep!", and there was much amusement.

The putting together of the new machine was met with the usual disasters. I bled on it, cursed at it, dropped a thumbscrew down the front of the case where it was a pain in the ass to retrieve, looked at some bits of it and went, "What even are you? I don't know what you are or where you go!", and so on and so forth. Finally got the thing together about midnight, then plugged it in, and *pfffft*, it won't turn on. Not like it won't POST, it just won't turn on. No power nowhere in the box itself. Don't know why. Got pissed off, went to bed. Probably, in my sleepy and addled state, I've forgotten to plug something in, or plugged it in backwards, or something. Or, triadruid might have been trying to tell me last night that he hadn't flipped the power switch on the back of the machine. Maybe. I knew he was saying something about the switch, but was too sleepy to tell if he was saying he had flipped it, or hadn't. *shrug* So, I'm going to look at it again tonight, and if I can't manage to make it work, I imagine I'll be crying for help. Can one of you technical creatures back me up here, if needed?

Things that do and don't go beep

Yesterday, a Mysterious Package arrived in the post. "ThinkGeek" it said on the label, and I went, "eh?". For lo, I am a ThinkGeek shopper, but I was pretty sure everything I'd ordered had already come in. So, there was a rush to open the mysterious package, to find a Polarity game, from someone who I presume to be lexpendragon. Or, at least, I think so. The internet is really, really great (for porn!), but it sometimes leads to situations in which you only know people by their internet names. But thank you, Probably 'Lex, for a very excellent toy. I've not gotten to play with it yet, but J., our houseguest, was doing some quite impressive things with it last night.

Me, last night, I was running about getting the last pieces for triadruid's upgrade. At some point during the contemplation of this process, possibly when J. was mocking me about being excited about the fact that the case came with extra screws, I announced to the household, "I like things that go beep!", at which point kittenpants chimed in with "Beep! I go beep!", and there was much amusement.

The putting together of the new machine was met with the usual disasters. I bled on it, cursed at it, dropped a thumbscrew down the front of the case where it was a pain in the ass to retrieve, looked at some bits of it and went, "What even are you? I don't know what you are or where you go!", and so on and so forth. Finally got the thing together about midnight, then plugged it in, and *pfffft*, it won't turn on. Not like it won't POST, it just won't turn on. No power nowhere in the box itself. Don't know why. Got pissed off, went to bed. Probably, in my sleepy and addled state, I've forgotten to plug something in, or plugged it in backwards, or something. Or, triadruid might have been trying to tell me last night that he hadn't flipped the power switch on the back of the machine. Maybe. I knew he was saying something about the switch, but was too sleepy to tell if he was saying he had flipped it, or hadn't. *shrug* So, I'm going to look at it again tonight, and if I can't manage to make it work, I imagine I'll be crying for help. Can one of you technical creatures back me up here, if needed?

Habits, and such

Because 8elements tagged me... I, of course, don't have any weird habits. (hee!)

The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "Five Weird Habits About Yourself" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their five queer/weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I set my alarm to go off 30 minutes to an hour before I actually have any intention of getting out of bed. This allows time for my brain to complete its boot process before I actually have to *do* anything, and keeps me from attempting to function solely with the processes that tend to boot first. This is important because the first functions to come online in the morning are usually (in no particular order) sex drive, sarcasm, anomie, nameless dread, and whimsy.

2. If you ask me to give you a word at random, 6 times out of 10, that word will be "monkey". Don't know why.

3. I find it very difficult to cook without dancing or singing, or both, while cooking. Those of you who know me in the three-dimensional world will immediately understand how ridiculous this is.

4. I don't like having my photograph taken, and seek to avoid it at all times. If I am in a picture, though, almost every time, my head is tilted. I have some sort of deep inability to look straight on at a camera.

5. I sing to the dog, all the time. Mostly, I sing to him about what it means to be a dog. I also sing to inanimate objects, especially those that annoy me.

And who to tag...? I think these folks haven't done this yet:
matchgirl42
biscuitgod
niveus_tigris
opaljax
kittenpants

Habits, and such

Because 8elements tagged me... I, of course, don't have any weird habits. (hee!)

The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "Five Weird Habits About Yourself" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their five queer/weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I set my alarm to go off 30 minutes to an hour before I actually have any intention of getting out of bed. This allows time for my brain to complete its boot process before I actually have to *do* anything, and keeps me from attempting to function solely with the processes that tend to boot first. This is important because the first functions to come online in the morning are usually (in no particular order) sex drive, sarcasm, anomie, nameless dread, and whimsy.

2. If you ask me to give you a word at random, 6 times out of 10, that word will be "monkey". Don't know why.

3. I find it very difficult to cook without dancing or singing, or both, while cooking. Those of you who know me in the three-dimensional world will immediately understand how ridiculous this is.

4. I don't like having my photograph taken, and seek to avoid it at all times. If I am in a picture, though, almost every time, my head is tilted. I have some sort of deep inability to look straight on at a camera.

5. I sing to the dog, all the time. Mostly, I sing to him about what it means to be a dog. I also sing to inanimate objects, especially those that annoy me.

And who to tag...? I think these folks haven't done this yet:
matchgirl42
biscuitgod
niveus_tigris
opaljax
kittenpants

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Sometime, about this time last year, I was monstrously depressed. I'd lost my job and had no prospects of getting another one, and so on and so forth. And lo, here it is this time of year again, and I'm going to lose this job now, and have no prospects of getting another one, and so it goes, and so it goes. I'd really like to lose a job in the spring some year, or some other time when you can go to interviews without having to worry about snow and ice and such.

But anyway, that's not the point. The point is that in this entry, I wrote that the only things I felt like I was any good at were sex and pie, and while those were both fine things, they're hardly enough to justify one's existence on. This year, I'm finding myself able to admit that the sex and pie statement is not exactly true. I'm adding to my list of things I'm good at. I seem to also be good at making beaded jewelry and at buying good gifts for people. So, from where I'm sitting, that's a 100% increase in things I'm good at from last year to this year. And that's worth something.

So tell me, children, what are you good at? Have you become good at anything new this year?

(no subject)

Sometime, about this time last year, I was monstrously depressed. I'd lost my job and had no prospects of getting another one, and so on and so forth. And lo, here it is this time of year again, and I'm going to lose this job now, and have no prospects of getting another one, and so it goes, and so it goes. I'd really like to lose a job in the spring some year, or some other time when you can go to interviews without having to worry about snow and ice and such.

But anyway, that's not the point. The point is that in this entry, I wrote that the only things I felt like I was any good at were sex and pie, and while those were both fine things, they're hardly enough to justify one's existence on. This year, I'm finding myself able to admit that the sex and pie statement is not exactly true. I'm adding to my list of things I'm good at. I seem to also be good at making beaded jewelry and at buying good gifts for people. So, from where I'm sitting, that's a 100% increase in things I'm good at from last year to this year. And that's worth something.

So tell me, children, what are you good at? Have you become good at anything new this year?

And also, this!

Judge Says No to Intelligent Design in Dover Science Classes.

It's always nice to read snippets of judicial opinion which contain phrases like "breathtaking inanity". You should read it, it's pretty juicy.

And also, this!

Judge Says No to Intelligent Design in Dover Science Classes.

It's always nice to read snippets of judicial opinion which contain phrases like "breathtaking inanity". You should read it, it's pretty juicy.

A hole? A hole would be something. This was Nothing.

Further computer doom. The leads go to the right pins. There is power to the motherboard. Power switch does Nothing. No lights, no fans, no beeping, Nothing.

Research indicates that no one in the history of the world has ever had any power problems with this case or this motherboard.

No idea. orcjohn is gonna come by with actual tools tomorrow and see if he can figure it out. I'm sure it's something I'm just too stupid to see.

Grr.

A hole? A hole would be something. This was Nothing.

Further computer doom. The leads go to the right pins. There is power to the motherboard. Power switch does Nothing. No lights, no fans, no beeping, Nothing.

Research indicates that no one in the history of the world has ever had any power problems with this case or this motherboard.

No idea. orcjohn is gonna come by with actual tools tomorrow and see if he can figure it out. I'm sure it's something I'm just too stupid to see.

Grr.