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I'll get used to this
Apr. 7th, 2012 11:14 amWeird. Definitely weird. Yesterday you might've noticed me wallowing in my misery. I'm still upset about some things, naively hopeful about others, and getting used to others. Holy way to be vague, Batman!
Computer situation: Old computer might hold together long enough for me to make one last ditch effort to grab things off of it (not sure, truthfully) but it really would basically be a one-shot with an emphasis on luck. As such, Mums and I acquired a new hard drive. I'm still getting used to it. My previous computer was mine. Bought her with my money, everything about her was mine other than the niftier mouse I used, and as such I could revoke access at any time. This one? It's not mine, even if the money came out of my account and was part of my tax refund. (Complicated?) Maybe it's just the ego power trip or something, but... yeah. :/ Also, going from XP to Windows 7 is causing a bit of whiplash.
But mostly my issue with the new computer hinges on my old keyboard not being compatible with it. This new keyboard is too thin. I'm not used to the keys. I miss my keyboard! (I know, cry more.)
Plus side of new computer, and about the only thing that makes up for missing files and having to reinstall programs? His first official act was to basically ask, "So, how about we leech of someone's wifi, k?" This is why you do not name your computer after a super villain, people! :p
Books: If I weren't dead tired and the boy didn't have the car, I'd be going to the bookstore and loading up. I'm doubly sad that the store kitty will be leaving the area. :/ I love you, Louisa. I'll miss the store (and you) a lot, even if some of the people who worked there had no concept of 'indoor voices.'
Apparently e-readers did them in, future self. So many Book Exchange memories. (The Caitlin series! The cove of YA/juvenile books at the old location!) Sigh. I'm not handling change well at all.
Looked for Rochelle at Walmart. Really fucking hating this 'upgrade' to a Super Walmart status. Everything is all topsy-turvy, it's all halfassed (as it's probably maybe halfway through if that) and there's no cell reception in 90% of the store, so when you get lost, you have to find your own way out and pray you run back into the person you came with. No chance of utilizing the "show this to an employee to see if it's actually in stock" feature of the site. Rude!
Before I pass out, let's rant at a book, shall we? I put Die For Me (Amy Plum) on my goodreads list... ages ago. It ended up on my library pile the other day. I read it. I cannot figure out why I had it on my to read list aside from the paranormal aspect. People gush over the writing (...) but the characters never managed to gel for me. :/ Enough for their voices to sound off when they'd say certain things, but that's about it. Still, that's something, right? Sure.
No, my issue has to do with one little moment in the book. No spoiler warnings because this can be found on the dust jacket. Kate has fallen for Vincent (I object to the term zombie but undead is fine) who has a highlander thing going on with him even if that's never referenced. This means that while he can be killed, it's not permanent and he comes back to life, much as he was before. To properly kill him, you must take his head and burn ... both the head and the body? Not sure. Anyway, it's something most people are unlikely to do just for funsies. For all practical purposes, this is a boyfriend who will not stay dead. And she runs from him for this (not his admission of stalking) because after the death of her parents, she can't handle his temporary deaths.
I read that and damn near snapped my neck. Seriously? Are we serious? If we weren't playing this for the "but my parents died and now I'm afraid of everyone I love dying" angle, I might buy it. But we are and so I must call bullshit. At the point in the story this is revealed, she doesn't know there are people who want to keep him dead, so she's just basing her flight response on the thought of him getting hit by a car or something and dying and then coming back. THE. HELL.
THE HELL. I can't... I lack the words! Goddamit, is it too much to expect some freakin' logic from a heroine (or hero, for that matter) these days? Why, in my day... *rants and raves*
Anyway. To add to the Highlander feel, we're in Paris and there's sword fighting. I repeat: immortals sword fighting in France where beheadings are the intended outcome.
And that's the state of the union today. Silly keyboard. Silly new LJ client.
Computer situation: Old computer might hold together long enough for me to make one last ditch effort to grab things off of it (not sure, truthfully) but it really would basically be a one-shot with an emphasis on luck. As such, Mums and I acquired a new hard drive. I'm still getting used to it. My previous computer was mine. Bought her with my money, everything about her was mine other than the niftier mouse I used, and as such I could revoke access at any time. This one? It's not mine, even if the money came out of my account and was part of my tax refund. (Complicated?) Maybe it's just the ego power trip or something, but... yeah. :/ Also, going from XP to Windows 7 is causing a bit of whiplash.
But mostly my issue with the new computer hinges on my old keyboard not being compatible with it. This new keyboard is too thin. I'm not used to the keys. I miss my keyboard! (I know, cry more.)
Plus side of new computer, and about the only thing that makes up for missing files and having to reinstall programs? His first official act was to basically ask, "So, how about we leech of someone's wifi, k?" This is why you do not name your computer after a super villain, people! :p
Books: If I weren't dead tired and the boy didn't have the car, I'd be going to the bookstore and loading up. I'm doubly sad that the store kitty will be leaving the area. :/ I love you, Louisa. I'll miss the store (and you) a lot, even if some of the people who worked there had no concept of 'indoor voices.'
Apparently e-readers did them in, future self. So many Book Exchange memories. (The Caitlin series! The cove of YA/juvenile books at the old location!) Sigh. I'm not handling change well at all.
Looked for Rochelle at Walmart. Really fucking hating this 'upgrade' to a Super Walmart status. Everything is all topsy-turvy, it's all halfassed (as it's probably maybe halfway through if that) and there's no cell reception in 90% of the store, so when you get lost, you have to find your own way out and pray you run back into the person you came with. No chance of utilizing the "show this to an employee to see if it's actually in stock" feature of the site. Rude!
Before I pass out, let's rant at a book, shall we? I put Die For Me (Amy Plum) on my goodreads list... ages ago. It ended up on my library pile the other day. I read it. I cannot figure out why I had it on my to read list aside from the paranormal aspect. People gush over the writing (...) but the characters never managed to gel for me. :/ Enough for their voices to sound off when they'd say certain things, but that's about it. Still, that's something, right? Sure.
No, my issue has to do with one little moment in the book. No spoiler warnings because this can be found on the dust jacket. Kate has fallen for Vincent (I object to the term zombie but undead is fine) who has a highlander thing going on with him even if that's never referenced. This means that while he can be killed, it's not permanent and he comes back to life, much as he was before. To properly kill him, you must take his head and burn ... both the head and the body? Not sure. Anyway, it's something most people are unlikely to do just for funsies. For all practical purposes, this is a boyfriend who will not stay dead. And she runs from him for this (not his admission of stalking) because after the death of her parents, she can't handle his temporary deaths.
I read that and damn near snapped my neck. Seriously? Are we serious? If we weren't playing this for the "but my parents died and now I'm afraid of everyone I love dying" angle, I might buy it. But we are and so I must call bullshit. At the point in the story this is revealed, she doesn't know there are people who want to keep him dead, so she's just basing her flight response on the thought of him getting hit by a car or something and dying and then coming back. THE. HELL.
THE HELL. I can't... I lack the words! Goddamit, is it too much to expect some freakin' logic from a heroine (or hero, for that matter) these days? Why, in my day... *rants and raves*
Anyway. To add to the Highlander feel, we're in Paris and there's sword fighting. I repeat: immortals sword fighting in France where beheadings are the intended outcome.
And that's the state of the union today. Silly keyboard. Silly new LJ client.
