{ there's a house across the river but alas I cannot swim. }

[delga]

Lately the very idea of going into the centre has filled me with immense reluctance. I don't know if that's because I'm waiting for the next thing now or just because I resent having to get up in the morning but it's more than a trifle silly and something that I totally need to get over. (Alternatively it's because Boss Lady has taken to coming in a little before class, setting everything up, and then leaving about 30mins into the session so I'm left to deal with various people/issues/etc. So. I'm volunteering, and that's my bag, but she's getting paid... and she's not there. I feel bad about feeling even slightly sore about this as she's a genuinely a nice person and has done a great deal for me, and also this is very much my fault for being all, yeah, of course I don't mind! Carry on! about the situation as a whole.)

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Aaand my lips are totally doing that annoying falling-off-my-face thing again. Whaaat. If it's not one thing then it's another.

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I am now thinking about buying more memory for my laptop because this is waaaaay more cheaper than buying a new one or, my other idea, a smartphone of some variety. This is a Great solution if the damaged memory is the one that I can access. If it's the internal one a new memory card probably isn't going to help me at all. Colour me frustrated, y'all.

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I spent time today writing emails to various people and reading poetry. I also finally started Donna Tartt's The Secret History which I'm enjoying so far. Shameful: I haven't read a novel in quite some. I started Saffron Froer's Everything is Illuminated but I had to stop with that because I was nervous about how that would work out. Um. Yeah, idek. I figure I'll finish this book, read The Little Friend and then go back to Everything is Illuminated. And then cry for a month. You know. As I do.

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I could have watched Big Love this evening but I totally forgot. On the plus side I found a way to download a trial version of PowerDVD 7 from the Cyberlink website. I still have the product key from my purchase a couple years back so I should be able to upgrade easily enough. That is, of course, if the laptop can take it.

Also: this means I have something to look forward to when I get back from the centre tomorrow. Huzzarms go... here.

Comments

[xanitia.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it helps, you should be able to get the stuff from your memory ... when our computer BLEW UP and wouldn't even turn on we got someone to get all of our files off it.
Hope you get it sorted...

Also, a little birdie tells me that you may be in the paper...(?)

xx

[belantana.livejournal.com]

re: subject, SEKRIT HIDDEN TRACK LOVE. Why is it at the end of my least favourite track on the album?

re: Safran Froer, I cried for a month. It was worth it.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

lols, I just read the entry back and it sounds tres glum, no? Didn't mean that: I was actually okay when I wrote it, heh.

*hugs*

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

No, no, I haven't lost any files. Memory and hard disk are two different things. The hard disk is fine - and there's nothing on it because I had to wipe it and re-install XP last week. All my files are on my external drive, so it's okay. The memory is the RAM; I need to work out what's broke etc.

Haha, yes, I WAS in the paper. Was this little birdie your mother? lols. Anyway. It's a tiny little piece on the community centre. I look dumb.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

AH! I was wondering why I couldn't find the track to buy! OK, that makes more sense now. (I found the song via The Black Cab Sessions. Link! (www.blackcabsessions.com/sessions.php?id=1196153776)) Freaking LOVE that song.

I'm sure. I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and that wrecked me, so. Need to shore up strength, lol.

edit: now with an actual link \o/

[belantana.livejournal.com]

Er, still no actual link, but I found it anyway. Black cabs! Music in black cabs! wtf but awesome!

On a completely different note, if you're interested, here is what your default userpic currently looks like for me:

[xanitia.livejournal.com]

Oh, fair doos.

Yeah, it was mum - and she's keeping the paper just for me to see your lovely face when I get back!

Also, is that HERBERT I see?! I miss Herbert ... :(

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Huh. The link works for me? Weirdness. But still. Hers is session #21 (the second half). Edit: okay, I know why it wasn't working: try this instead (http://www.blackcabsessions.com/sessions.php?id=1196153776&sort=chronological).

! Oddness, oddness, everywhere. That's very much not mine. But hey, at least it's attractive.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I don't *think* it's Herbert, but it probably is, actually.

Wait, yes, it's TOTALLY Herbert. *headdesk*