Post Thanksgiving Post
-Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I headed down to San Diego, planning to stuff myself on Thursday. Unfortunately for me and my plans for over-eating, before we left home on Wednesday, someone had to eat the leftover ham, chicken, and pork. So by the time Thursday dinner rolled around, I was all meat-ed out.
-As per my annual tradition, I finished up most of my Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Now keep in mind that I'm not a morning person. (I'm a writer for @#$#'s sake - mornings are for sleeping!) But a few years ago, I learned the big Friday shopping secret - go in the afternoon. Sure, you miss out on the 27" tv for $1 and the laptop computer for $20, but on Friday afternoon, the mall is manageable. All the hardcore shoppers have gone home, so there's plenty of parking - but all the employees who're working are still there, so everything's re-stocked and there're no checkout lines. I still need to pick up a few last things, but 90% of my shopping is DONE.
-But I can't be too happy, because by the time I'm done with all these Christmas cards, my arm's going to fall off.
-I finished Final Fantasy 12 before the weekend. Three weeks of my life - nearly 70 hours of gameplay - but it's finally done. I only did about 1/4 of the side quests, though, so I may go back and try to do a few more of those.
-Is there any more annoying errand than having to get your car smogged? I have to find some time in the next month to go take my car to some expert who's going to analyze my car and inform the state of California that yes, my car license should be renewed because my pollution machine of a vehicle is destroying the planet, but at an ACCEPTABLE level of planet destruction. I'm like Galactus behind the wheel of a Mazda Protege...
-Remember the digital photo frame that I was so excited about building? Well, it broke. I've ordered some replacement parts and hope to have it back up soon. I think the motherboard got fried from overheating, so digital picture frame 2.0 will have more air holes and maybe even a PC fan of some sort.
-If you use AOL or Yahoo IM, I've changed my IM username (my MSN one is unchanged). If you need the new one, email me and I'll send it to you.
-As per my annual tradition, I finished up most of my Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Now keep in mind that I'm not a morning person. (I'm a writer for @#$#'s sake - mornings are for sleeping!) But a few years ago, I learned the big Friday shopping secret - go in the afternoon. Sure, you miss out on the 27" tv for $1 and the laptop computer for $20, but on Friday afternoon, the mall is manageable. All the hardcore shoppers have gone home, so there's plenty of parking - but all the employees who're working are still there, so everything's re-stocked and there're no checkout lines. I still need to pick up a few last things, but 90% of my shopping is DONE.
-But I can't be too happy, because by the time I'm done with all these Christmas cards, my arm's going to fall off.
-I finished Final Fantasy 12 before the weekend. Three weeks of my life - nearly 70 hours of gameplay - but it's finally done. I only did about 1/4 of the side quests, though, so I may go back and try to do a few more of those.
-Is there any more annoying errand than having to get your car smogged? I have to find some time in the next month to go take my car to some expert who's going to analyze my car and inform the state of California that yes, my car license should be renewed because my pollution machine of a vehicle is destroying the planet, but at an ACCEPTABLE level of planet destruction. I'm like Galactus behind the wheel of a Mazda Protege...
-Remember the digital photo frame that I was so excited about building? Well, it broke. I've ordered some replacement parts and hope to have it back up soon. I think the motherboard got fried from overheating, so digital picture frame 2.0 will have more air holes and maybe even a PC fan of some sort.
-If you use AOL or Yahoo IM, I've changed my IM username (my MSN one is unchanged). If you need the new one, email me and I'll send it to you.
posted by Eugene at 1:39 AM
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