Bit of Ivory

I’m still fiddling around– WHY does Dell put so much JUNK on these things?– but I love her already. She’s small and she’s cute and she’s really QUIET. The first thing I did was install Firefox. The second thing I did was install Thunderbird. And then I changed it from the default Fisher Price theme. […]

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My computer shipped! Yes, friends, Ginvera (otherwise known as Ginny III) is on its way, and should be here tomorrow! Model: Dell 600m Processor: Intel Pentium M 725(1.6GHz) Display: 14.1-in. XGA, with 32MB Video RAM: 512MB,DDR,266MHz 2 Dimms Hard Drive: 60GB Ultra ATA OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 Networking: Internal 56K Modem […]

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Yesterday I was chatting with Melissa on Y!M when I smelled something– burning isn’t the right word. It smelled like my dad using his sottering iron. I investigated and discovered that Ginny’s power cord was overheating. *sigh* The plug shorted out. Again. And this time, it melted the connector on my computer. Dad managed to […]

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I need to be careful, or I could jinx myself. The wedding was wonderful. I spent Thursday night doing flowers with my aunt Carrie and Jen and working myself up into a state of nervous prostration that a) Amanda wouldn’t like the flowers and b) that they’d all wilt and/or fall out by the time […]

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Wedding over. Went really well. Am exhausted. homework assignment More later, when have had more sleep.

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So, I must resort to a bulleted list. School started Wednesday. My contemporary lit class and my Tolkien class and my Victorian lit class all seemed very interesting. Lots of work, but interesting. On Thursday I got an offer from my current employer that will make my job much more interesting and much more stressful. […]

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