Whits end

by Matt | Oct 20, 2002 | Imported Entry

Well, almost another month has passed and Mellissa is still living on our couch. It’s gotten rather silly at this point. Everytime I think about it I keep thinking how we’re doing a “nice thing” and how she doesn’t have any place to go and blah, blah, blah. Then I here other things, or see other things that just piss me off to no end. For example, last weekend Mellissa and Brittney went to a movie. On the way to the movie Mellissa apparently cashed her entire pay-check and said something to the effect of “this is the last pay-check I’m going to spend frivelously.” Now, I don’t want to be anyone’s parent, or accountant for that matter, but hearing that made me think only one thing: that for the past 6 months, she hasn’t saved a damn penny. Ok, so now that we know that she’s broke, I’d like to mention something else. Yesterday in the mail she got her GA car registration. Think about that for a second. Don’t you have to be a GA resident to get GA plates? Yup, and guess what she put as an address. So, now she’s broke AND she thinks she’s living here. When Jason gets home I think I’m going to talk to him about it. I mentioned it last week and he assured me that she was both looking for an apartment and saving money. Somehow I don’t think either is happening. This is rediculous. How long would any other normal person leech off of friends. I mean, if I had absolutely no place to go and Chip offered to let me sleep on his couch, I’d make a point to be out of there after a week or so. Maybe it’s just my pride, but I just don’t think it’s right to live on someone’s couch to the point that you’re using their address on your official documents. Arg. I need to blow some shit up. I’ll be playing Counter-Strike if anyone needs me.

Randomness

by Matt | Oct 19, 2002 | Imported Entry

Let’s see…

My photo shoot went fantasticly. It did take a while longer than I planned but the results were well worth it.

On a similar note, I’ve decided that since I’m going to be splitting the photo section of the site off into it’s own entity, there’s really no sense in trying to update the current photo section until I get around to it. I’ve been wanting to scan a whole mess of negatives and prints but I just haven’t gotten around to it. That WILL happen soon.

Speaking of web-ish things, Sean has asked to use my work in a semi-fictional web design project. I’ll pass along a link when he gets it done. Now I feel kind of bad that I don’t have to much color/studio work up in my photo sections since that’s what he’d probably be wanting to use. Sean, if you need more commercially oriented stuff, email me, I do have some things scanned already.

Also, NeoWin has gone down, again. Something to do with ad revenue and trying to decide whether or not maintaining a site is worth while if it’s forced to resort to ads. Something like that. It’s really a shame since it was my one-stop-shop for techie news, game info and random forum browsing.

As for today, I’ve got a fairly interesting day. First and formost, I’m playing a few hours worth of The Thing. It’s not bad. Not good either, but it’s at least entertaining. I’ve also downloaded 30+ UT2k3 maps and I’ll be giving those a try in a little bit. I would like to get in some CS as well, so I might see if Chip is up for a game.

Lastly but not leastly, tonight Lauren is preparing a nice home-cooked dinner for a few friends and myself. I believe BBQ pork, green beans and apple pie are on the menu. Yum.

That’s about it. Classes are going ok, the car is running well and the computer is working for the most part (it seems a little sluggish). Later.

Debate

by Matt | Oct 16, 2002 | Imported Entry

I have a problem. I’m indecisive. If you know me then you probably already knew that. If not, then I’m just stating it for fact. I can’t decide on anything. What to wear, what to shoot in photo class, what movies to see on the weekends, what type of Hot Pocket to buy, nothing. This carries over into the computer world as well. I can’t decide if I want all sorts of Windows XP eye candy or not. Yes, I’m of course going to customize my desktop and my windows theme, but what about things like icons? Should I use “big” icons, those 64×64 ones (or bigger) or do I stay with 32×32 normal ones. Should I use only one themed icon set or should I mix and match? Should I match my icons to my desktop and/or theme or is that being silly? Personally I think this whole question is silly since no one is ever going to see my desktop besides myself or occasionally Lauren and Jason. I don’t know. Do you guys have large icons and themes and wallpaper and logons all customize, or are just running the default theme with the default icons at the normal size? Thoughts or suggestions?

Reboot

by Matt | Oct 15, 2002 | Imported Entry

Well, Windows has been reinstalled, my main programs have been installed, CS and UT2K3 have been installed, XP has been customized back to where I like it and all is good. The system is running smoother than before and doesn’t have any noticable issues. I backed up all my documents and random things on the other drive and so I didn’t lose much. All is well in computer land (knock on wood). I think a good reformat does some good every once in a while. I’ve “streamlined” everything and only reinstalled what I “need”. I’ve got no more than a few programs (including games) installed and I can’t think of anything else I need. Photoshop, Winamp, Counter-Strike, Nero, McAfee Anti-Virus, StyleXP, Microangelo, Dreamweaver and Office. That’s it. If I need something else anytime soon, I’ll install it, but for the time being I’m doing just fine.

That reminds me, I’ve got to go take an online quiz for my Buisness class.

But before I go… I thought I should share this. If you’re running Winamp 3, and you don’t have THIS, you’re not truely running WA3. It’s THE BEST skin available. If you disagree, you’re probably blind.

Matt out.