The Icon Faerie

That's right. With a Gmail extension and LJ Login on Chrome, I see no reason to go back to that whore Firefox.

That's right, Firefox. I called you out. But you know what? You deserved it. Every time I turn around you're having s script error and running as a snail's pace, if you're moving at all, and if I want to watch a video, or work on something in Word at the same time? Heaven forbid. So here I am and good bye to you. I can't stay in this relationship.

/dramatics

Tomorrow I am going to go shopping with my sister and mother, because we're meeting my grandmother (and maybe aunt?) in Iowa City, and watching this showdown is going to be awesome. Because my grandmother is very matchy matchy, department store crap, in colors that can only be described as pastel. My sister... is not. My sister and I are both very much Separates people and then we tend to put them together in ways that don't really match but hope to carry off via our quirky personalities. So this is going to be fun.

I am also subjecting my mother to season three of Heroes, because she suffered through season two so she may as well.

Agh too much shit to do already.

I got an e-mail back from Microsoft about my failed updates -- two keep failing to install and until my computer is up to date I can't register on the school network, which is a pain in my rear. But it was a "we're working on it, don't panic" response rather than anything helpful, so thanks, Microsoft.

I stayed up until four in the morning reading Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. I love his Warlord Trilogy, which was a historical retelling of the Arthurian legend (and starts with the book The Winter King and you all should READ IT NOW) and I have his Holy Grail series to start on next. I love this man's historical fiction. It's gritty, and in Agincourt one of the things I loved about it is that while there was a romantic subplot, I would say that romantic was a very strong word for it. It was matter-of-fact and real, just a part of the life this character was leading. It wasn't soppy, it wasn't melodramatic, in places I would even argue that I wanted more, but I would venture to say that because I loved the characters.

I mean. The last time I stayed up curled in bed for hours to read a book was... okay it was Stephenie Meyer's The Host but while still not exactly great literature, I think that book is in many ways superior to her Twilight books, and just as addictive. The time before that, it was Storm of Swords. So yeah. it takes a lot to keep me up reading.

Grr this is not my week for technology.

1. Saturday my computer would not boot, and also the monitor flickered out a couple of times. Eventually I was able to reinstall Vista. Monitor did not give me any more trouble that night.
2. Sunday my monitor problem persisted and the longest it's stayed on is about an hour, although I've been trying to turn it on today to get some things off it and so far, no dice. I get thirty seconds at most. thinkatory thinks it might be the video card or the backlight (my money's on the backlight as the flickering is usually accompanied by a sizzling sound which I take to be a wire or some such somewhere).
3. I called Dell this afternoon and they were like, yeah, we can send you materials to send it to us and then charge you an arm and a leg for the privilege. I politely declined, so I have the names and locations of a place I am going to take it in the city when I'm there on Wednesday.
4. So in the meantime I'm on my mini machine (if I didn't tell you about my mini machine, it's because I have been effing busy. I haven't even named it yet) and I apparently have a piece of adware that not only opens random IE pop up windows when I'm in Firefox, but it redirects google search results to random, irrelevant websites and parked domains.

*facepalm*

http://twitter.com/landwarsinasia

That is me. Jim Beaver and Misha Collins made me do it, finally.

YAY thinkatory GOT FINISHED UP TODAY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

I wonder if I took the time to tally the number of users who hate the new LJ profile page (being one of them) as seen in news and lj_design, and found it to be something approaching a percentage of their users, they would listen.

I doubt it.

So I have these files that aren't letting me delete them, and I remembered a program that I used to have where I could choose to have the files deleted next time I restarted Windows. I can't remember the name of it, I'm not sure if it's still installed on Lolita, and my Google-fu skills aren't up to par today. Can anyone help?

ETA: NEVER MIND. I found something that works. Unlocker, if you're curious.

What the fuck is Firefox 3's problem with the internet?

Yay.

Whew.

If my brain weren't encased in my head, it would leak. ::plugs ears::

Today was long and suffice it to say I want my mommy. Or something.

When I first tried, my internet didn't work (argh) but then roseanna fixed it by methods yet unknown to me. She's just that good.

I don't have to do anything until noon tomorrow because I was exempt from the writing sample. ::dance:: Yay for sending in something for the writing scholarship and stuff. Hooray.

And. I brought a lot of crap. That is all.

DEAR LJ:

FUCK YOU. FUCK. YOU.

NOT SO MUCH LOVE,
ME

My church is going to be getting a new pastor sometime around the end of June or beginning of July. I'm going to miss Pastor John. He's been so important to me in my spiritual growth. We're very like minded (he didn't like the surprise death in Order of the Phoenix either), and despite being slightly under three times my age, is a good friend. His new church, however, is only about half an hour from where I will be going to college, so who knows? I might pop over and see him sometimes.

It's still very sad, though. :(

Also we found out why my computer won't connect to the internet. It's not my computer, it's the company. Apparently our agreement with GMTel says that we can't have file sharing programs, and I had Imesh on my computer, they found out about it (although don't ask me how), and shut off our internet. So I had to take it off and we have to call in on Monday to get our internet turned back on.

It sure would have been nice to know that beforehand. I wouldn't have put Imesh on my computer if I had known that I would have gotten the internet shut off. Jeez.