Archive for 'basic goodness'
Well trying to decide what to do about the iPod, currently it is slated to get a iHeadStone and a nice plot in the back yard… there will be a small ceremony, and cake - lol - but honestly I am looking at the 80gb replacement, just means I need to save up a bit, trying to not use cards as much for a while, let the budget catch-up.
I did find a replacement headset, the Plantronics Discovery 665 - looks nice, fair reviews, and the form factor is similar to what I like, plus the kit comes with a car charger, so even better - but time will tell, just want to get it sorted out and purchased here soon, hate not having a headset while in the car, the wired one that came with it really is “Bleh” it was meant to be a hybrid headphones + headset, fit was wrong though, they made one side of the headphones short, and I have a big head. 
Anywhoo, so a good start to the week, Monday was good, lot of people who had a rough weekend, some had a rough monday due to the events on the weekend, got to talk with a lot of folks and hear about things, give advice, etc. and thus here I am, 4:30 in the morning, getting ready to pass out. Man I love this time of the day, quiet, simple, easy.
The plan for Tuesday is one of working around the house for real, try to clear off the couch some more, and get some things thrown out, some things sorted and filed, and trash somethings which are broken (old chairs) etc. and make some more livable space in this room.
So anywhoo - sorry to scare anyone who thought my last post was about me ending it all, just was a sad blip yesterday loosing two devices… who knows maybe you are all secretly plotting to get me an 80gb iPod for sysadmin day 
One can dream… ah how I can dream. Take care all.
So today has been the first “real” non-work, non-all-sleep, saturday, and it has been delightful, just got done watching Bridge to Terabithia - I think I may go get the book, a wonderful movie, and heck, I’ll admit it, I even cried - just a good story.
What else today, well I got asked if I wanted a house, namely the one I am in, my parents are looking to find someplace new, and thus have asked if I want to keep this place - I am honestly not sure, I have grown up in this house, but lately, I am not even sure if Bakersfield is where I will stay, I know there is a world of opportunities even just a few miles away, and while comfort and familiarity are a plus, sometimes I think throwing myself into some place new, even if it is only an apartment, might be something I need in life, but something to pray about for sure.
The rest of today’s plan is well, relax, clean a bit and see if I can get my sofa cleared off of all the boxes it has stacked on it, and to maybe do some laundry as well - have a good weekend folks.
Well - the quick version - there isn’t one! Today was a weird one, got to bed late, don’t remember the time, but woke up early, and got some of the pending tickets & emails dealt with, went pretty quick, then a few hours later after working on some research on new servers, new network configuration, and a new personal server - I decided my head was hot, and I needed a haircut, thus I buzzed my head.
Car insurance is coming up, for a year I am looking at nearly $1,500 with my current company, however in doing some online shopping found it for $1,300 a year - the big issue, I didn’t start driving till i was 20, rode my bike most of the time before that, and my job wasn’t too far away, or worked with friends/family and carpooled - so between the amount of time driving, new car needing full coverage - no matter what, it’s expensive - but Progressive’s quote looks good, but I am going to call my current see if they can match/beat if not, then I’ll probably cancel and sign-up on 6 months with Progressive.
Couple busy days are past, probably some more on the way, hopefully some of these payments come in sooner or later - but one of the big purchases is the new friends server, moving it out of Bako and probably down in San Diego, just need to get some things sorted with finances and get it all setup nice and fancy, and for real this time, migrate folks off ol homestar -> friends, while friends has been active, its on a slow line (6mbps down/768kbps up) - so a nice 10mb unmetered connection will do it nicely
But anymore, its 2:30am, I am watching a evening with Kevin Smith, funny stuff, so I am going to loaf, watch, enjoy - and say “Happy Friday!” take care all.
Today was a wonderful day. The mix of ups, downs, lefts, rights, and finished off with hunger and a desire for a movie. thus ending Monday, and now leading into Tuesday - where more work beckons, have a customer to patch up if I can, it’s off the “normal” beaten path of support, but another who has volunteered to be a test subject in an adjustment to his account, I am hoping it goes smoothly.
Part of me wants to just crash out and goto sleep, and I may, crash early (well early for me) and start fresh and early in the morning on getting things done, but time shall tell.
Anywhoo - have a good week folks, may be off the blog for a lil bit here, going to try and get billing caught up, and get out a bit this week away from the desk, been sitting couped up for too many weeks in a row, some wandering about will do me good.
To milk duds. My local Blockbuster has a deal 2 boxes for $2 (plus tax) and every other time I goto exchange my onlines for in-stores I snag two boxes, and now only a few hours after, both boxes are gone.
Today was one of those days which hit the middle row - a good balance of high and lows, I enjoyed it, well minus throwing up lol - woke up about 2 hrs after going to bed and just had to rush off to the bathroom, however after that as the ol Mark Lowry bit goes “Don’t you feel better?” honestly I did, passed out and was asleep till 11:45am.
Did some running around, checked mail, stretched my legs, and I swung by the the ol office, and hung out for a while, looked at a few project issues they were having, got the flash one fixed up, another customer had server issues which I think I remedied, but they said their customer was having issues still - oddness indeed.
But anywhoo - just got a call to go hang out at Denny’s, so I am going pack up and move some cars around and head out. Have a Good Friday folks, think happy thoughts for me
Well tonight I am heading off to the mall to catch the magical world of Harry Potter - convinced Jake to come with so I didn’t venture out alone (apparently everyone does this thing called “sleeping” each night - apparently its common so you can wake up and goto this other thing “a job” the following day - I am not down with that
So Jake is off to take a powernap now, I am heading to his place @ 10:30pm to wake him up and drag him to first get twizlers and then to the show, I need to find more crazy movie friends, or just stop going to mid-week premieres and go with everyone else on the weekend, but the last couple of days, I needed a nice fun thing to do - so this is it, even got $300 today, as well as turned in a invoice for $85, and have another $300 coming for the server gig I did this weekend, budget is recuperating! So that’s definately good.
Anywhoo I am going to go find a lite bite to eat, and relax for a bit, then its load-up, load-out and off to a magical world of hogwarts
Well, its 83F outside, overcast a bit, but still a pleasant day - got a project last night, finished it last night, a nice $300 payday in my pocket, should help the budget level out a bit more, I do have a invoice to drop off at my job from last week, $85 for an hour of time, not too shabby.
Tonight is the midnight premiere of Harry Potter - however so far, no one wants to go 
I am thinking of going my myself, but that’s never any fun, plus I can’t finish an entire tub of popcorn on my own! but we shall see how tired I am, and if I don’t have other plans popup in the day.
Anywhoo - have a good Tuesday folks.
