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Today’s Tweets
- 08:08 I should be brewing coffee. #
- 09:11 I may have to go to Target tonight and get a points card. The Fable expansion releases today. #
- 09:16 I finally figured out what I need to do to get an MKV (and ultimately an MP4) to stream to my Xbox! Woo! #
- 11:16 For those of you curious about the MP4-Windows-Xbox solution, here it is: tinyurl.com/8x4ybg #
- 11:18 “Harmonix is considering bundling music with their game levels.” That means an MP3 of your DLC. About damned time! #
- 12:11 WHEEE!!! New Castle Crashers DLC! #
- 12:28 The Guild. Watch it. (Xbox Live link: tinyurl.com/9mdh29 ) #
- 12:39 I have split pea soup for lunch, but now am in more of a sandwich mood… do I feel like going and buying lunch? #
- 15:34 Sometimes I “forget” to make updates to the web site because really, web site is better without the edit. #
- 16:43 Popsicle stand… consider yourself blown. Two-bit gin joint… you’re next. #
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Today’s Tweets
- 22:06 Ready to finish Too Human. #
- 08:20 I guess I should think about checking out the continental breakfast here, shortly. #
- 08:21 I should just start buying MS Points cards at cost and putting them on eBay. I’d make a fortune! #
- 08:59 I love how Flickr projects bring people together. #
- 10:01 This meeting started off good, slowed down, had a nice comedy break and is now back to dry and sluggish. #
- 10:22 Well, I’m done. #
- 10:25 New staff positions are nice and all, but how about bringing the old staff positions up to value. #
- 12:03 Looking up self-winding watches on eBay. #
- 12:19 My ear is still a little ouchy… but I guess I can’t expect it to feel better immediately. I did have a 14g needle shoved through it. 😉 #
- 12:30 Installers and downloaders have pretty much disabled my computer for the time being. If I was at all hungry, I’d eat lunch. #
- 13:02 well, those rewards are going to be used inappropriately, for sure! #
- 13:18 I should eat, but I’m so not hungry. #
- 14:23 Haha, I forgot today was meatball sub day. Tomorrow is split pea soup day. #
- 15:00 Finally, Windows 7 is downloading. Woo! #
- 15:40 Windows 7 is currently, successfully installing into Parallels. #
- 15:53 Yeah, Windows 7 is nice. It has Vista features and is faster than XP. #
- 16:14 Seriously, even in Parallels, Win7 is doing EVERYTHING faster than Vista or XP on any other system I’ve used. O.O #
- 18:22 Apparently I missed the (very narrow) window to get CrossOver for Mac, for free. #
- 21:06 yay! new Big Bang Theory! #
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Today’s Tweets
- 22:26 Tomorrow, 3pm (or whenever you’re free), Munchkin, our place. #
- 23:34 Mmm. Vodka helps anger, depression, and pain. Good vodka. #
- 09:17 Ankle is still killing me… Maybe it’s time for some ibuprofen. #
- 13:33 Really hoping someone comes over to play Munchkin (or RoboRally, or HeroScape, or Ticket to Ride, or anything at all really). #
- 20:44 Watching 24. It’s a slow starter, but all have been that way. Good twist already, though. #
- 22:06 Ready to finish Too Human. #
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Today’s Tweets
- 09:16 I’m kind of achy this morning. #
- 11:32 Now Heather has Ansel’s cold… I’m guessing I’ll be next in line. #
- 13:20 I told Ansel he can’t stand on his DoodlePro. Now he’s PISSED!!! #
- 19:25 okay, so maybe I’m not going to game night. #
- 20:42 Anyone want to get together and play Munchkin or something tomorrow? #
- 21:27 At least the throbbing in my ear is gone… #
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Today’s Tweets
- 10:35 Hmm, Propell sport water mix is a little too sweet for me… need to use half a pack next time. #
- 10:40 Late start in the morning makes the day blessedly shorter. #
- 12:01 I should have stayed home today, I’ve had a hard time even thinking about what I need to do, let alone doing it. #
- 12:36 My Windows system is worse now that I’ve taken my boss’s suggestion. 😐 #
- 12:41 and now, all of a sudden, I have a splitting headache. #
- 12:42 …and now I realize I have far less money than I thought I did. #
- 13:25 I’m more than willing to try out the (official) Windows 7 beta, but Microsoft is less than able to give it to me. #
- 13:31 Well, we used to have a dish sponge in our office, but it seems to be on vacation. #
- 13:44 Wondering why our TechNet server doesn’t have the Windows 7 beta preview available. Sure would save me trying to find it myself. #
- 14:11 is it really a “slip n slide” if you have to crawl to keep moving forward? #
- 14:59 I don’t really physically feel like crap today, I feel emotionally like crap and have low morale. I need a motivational pick-me-up. #
- 15:50 Another weekend, another chance for Target to put their MS Points cards on sale… #
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Today’s Tweets
- 22:29 Just watched the first episode of Jekyll, far more compelling than some redneck mindreader. :p #
- 07:11 went to sleep at a decent hour last night, still couldn’t wake up this morning. #
- 08:31 Enough with the PMPs at CES, where are the smart phones? #
- 09:08 What’s up with both RB and GHWT releasing country packs? Lame! #
- 10:42 Just in case you haven’t seen our family portrait: www.flickr.com/photos/kacey3/3177969431 #
- 13:15 I need to gain some more Ticket To Ride achievements. #
- 13:18 Things not to say out loud at the gym: “Geez, that door is heavy!” ( www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=5261 ) #
- 13:24 My guess is Larry Flint and Joe Francis are trying to make a statement. #
- 14:38 Definitely torn between the Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro. Grr. #
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Today’s Tweets
- 07:10 It’s really tough to get back in to the groove after two weeks off. #
- 08:22 Eyes not focusing today… I wonder if I’m sleep deprived. #
- 08:23 …or drunk, #
- 08:28 I don’t know about everyone else, but my schedule said they were supposed to be done with the electrical work by now. #
- 08:32 Gmail filters and a middle click button in Firefox make MyPoints a lot faster and easier! #
- 08:40 This song is High School to me. #
- 08:57 A Roy Orbison pack on Rock Band? Seriously? Gonna go rock out to Oobie Doobie. 😐 #
- 09:12 Okay, not only does FIOS TV need a web interface for programming my DVR, it also needs a search feature to find series & season premieres. #
- 09:34 I lost a ton of addresses in my Gmail account. If you want me to have your email address, please DM me. #
- 09:50 Or alternatively, if you want me on your gtalk, send me a DM or message me at kacey3. #
- 09:56 Why don’t GMail contacts save First Name, Last Name… this whole “Name” think is annoying. #
- 10:03 Also, a “merge contacts” feature would be nice for when you have the same person listed 2 or 3 times in your gmail contacts. #
- 12:02 I have just not been in the mood for lunch lately. #
- 12:10 I played with the HTC Diamond Touch and Pro last night… they would be serviceable alternatives to the iPhone. #
- 12:56 #Blog: So Much Time, So Little Blogging… kclose3.com/blog/?p=188 #
- 13:50 This microwavable chicken pot pie is not the worst thing I’ve ever put in my mouth. #
- 14:54 Apparently CES is all about half-inch thick TV’s and projectors that will fit in your pocket, this year. #
- 15:01 I forgot how much I loved Kongar-ol Ondar’s “Back Tuva Future!” #
- 15:14 How is it not 4:00 yet? #
- 15:33 Hmm, wrong driver. #
- 16:58 A bunch of movies that had been removed from my streaming queue have returned. Woot! #
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So Much Time, So Little Blogging…
…in which I talk about the past three weeks in brief.
I feel really bad I haven’t blogged in a while, I meant to just write and write and write over break, but I think I enjoyed the break a little too much. I am still not back up to speed yet. I had two full weeks off for the holiday, and so far three days back at work hasn’t changed my mindset, yet.
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So Much Time, So Little Blogging…
…in which I talk about the past three weeks in brief.
I feel really bad I haven’t blogged in a while, I meant to just write and write and write over break, but I think I enjoyed the break a little too much. I am still not back up to speed yet. I had two full weeks off for the holiday, and so far three days back at work hasn’t changed my mindset, yet.
This was the first really long break since Heather quit her job and I realized how much I missed her and Ansel now that I’m the only one working. It was so nice to just be home, or even out, with Ansel and Heather during the break; to see them at will, rather than at regular prescribed hours.
These days, the best I can do is to glance up at the corner of my screen and see a smallish photo of Ansel and/or Heather to remind me why I’m here, why I’m working so hard. So, as you can imagine, it was really nice to just be home with them for 16 days in a row. I didn’t do much during that time, nothing really productive anyway. We didn’t complete any home projects, we didn’t do any real yard work, we didn’t break ground on any new accomplishments, but I thought it was important just to be, and to be relaxed, and to be a family.Things we did do:
- We went to Pampa for Christmas: I, like most other people who have only ever visited the panhandle of Texas, have no desire to return. There’s nothing out there, so when we go, I try to make it for as short a trip as possible. We go only to see Heather’s family, and while that may make the trip worth while, I still try to get up there, visit, and get back as quickly as possible. We stayed for three days and that, I felt, was perfect. We would have liked to have had some snow so Ansel could see it and experience it, but aside from a few flakes the morning we left, it was just cold and windy. We all had a good Christmas, but it was still just Pampa.
- We (I) played a lot of games: I love to play games, from board and card games to role playing and video games. I’d say that gaming of nearly all capacity is my obsessive hobby (I don’t play games of chance, and I don’t enjoy games of sport, sorry). Heather got me Fluxx v4.0 for Christmas (so did Angela, actually) which was great because I had forgotten to take Fluxx with me and I wanted to play with Heather’s niece and nephew over Christmas. I was so glad when I pulled it out of the stocking because I had been dying for a game. I also learned how to play (and subsequently bought) Phase 10 and Munchkin (specifically I bought The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin), and played an interesting game called Murder City. There was also a lot of Xbox (picking up at least two new games) and a bit of Wii in all of that, as well. I seriously indulged my gamer side this break.
- Movies, Movies, Movies: It was the holidays, so there was nothing on TV, so we watched a ton of movies. Between network TV, Netflix streaming & rentals, and newly acquired DVD’s, we pretty much watched a movie for each day we were off (though not one a day, some days we’d watch one or two, while other days we didn’t watch any at all).
- New Year’s Eve Party: I spent too much on a Second Hand suit jacket and a salmon tuxedo shirt just to go to a New Year’s Eve party with friends that I see on a weekly (if not nearly daily) basis. It was totally worth it, and for being a second hand, off the rack, jacket, it fit me better than almost any suit jacket I’ve ever worn. The Tux shirt didn’t fit too badly either, though it was a bit short in the sleeves.
Ansel’s been coming along quite well, too. He’s getting better at sleeping alone in his crib, his vocabulary is advancing pretty quick (though sometimes you have to be very observant to tell what he’s saying – cat and that are almost identical except that he sticks his tongue out when he says cat), he’s practically running around, and his stacking skills are getting really good. He spent an awful lot of time around Connor this break and I think that really gave him the courage to get up and move! He also lost his first shoe two days before we were to leave for Christmas. I know he’s going to lose a lot more shoes in the future, but it was just really bad timing for him to lose one right then.
(funny story, when I went to buy his new shoes, I also bought some milk and beer and had Ansel with me. when I was in the checkout line, the guy behind me asked Ansel if the beer was for him. I turned around and said “yeah, the milk is for me.” I explained that I was really there to get shoes because Ansel had just lost one and he said his fifteen year old kid still loses shoes and has no idea where they are or how they lost them, you’d think someday they’d learn to keep up with their own clothes)
But anyway, that kind of sums up the last three weeks. Now I’m back at work and having a hard time focusing on the task at hand. I have a hard time not just looking up at the photo of Ansel and wishing I was at home, playing with, or next to, him and just enjoying that other part of my life a little bit more often.
Originally posted at K. Close III
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