November 28, 2009
Tonight I did something I haven’t done in a long time and it felt great. Oh it was nothing major, just something stupid and silly. But there is just something freeing about dancing around the kitchen singing along to music without a care in the world. And I so need to do that more often because I really feel great. Besides that, I went and got my hair cut. Nothing major but it was starting to look a little shaggy. Now it doesn’t. 
I would like to say that the Christmas season is here. Between the music on the radio and the movies on TV, I am getting into the holiday spirit. It is my favorite time of the year after all.
And while I had plans to write more, my eyes are falling asleep on me. So I guess I should let them go to sleep. Darn. I guess that means I have to go to dream land. I wonder who what I’ll dream about tonight. My dreams have been so nice for the past week or so.
November 26, 2009
When my mom told us that she had gotten rid of all the channels above 100 and all the extras because she was pissed at Comcast, the first words out of anyone’s mouth was “what’s Jenn going to do without BBC America?”. Well, it’s been two weeks and I’ve survived nicely. Okay, so I had a bunch of the shows on DVD if I really want to watch them but I really haven’t felt the need too. Tuesday night, we watched a little History Channel and saw how the Alps were made. Last night it was NCIS night on USA and today we’ve watched a combination; The History Channel and how snack foods are made, Discovery Channel for some Mythbusters, FX for Home Alone and now SyFy is on with Casino Royal. And I didn’t even have to ask for this tonight. Roy just knows I like James Bond and especially this one…okay and I like the cars. Tomorrow is suppose to be all day James Bond too…but we’re going to my dad’s. Which means no James Bond. 
Maybe I should ask for the DVDs for Christmas. That and Star Trek 2009.
Tonight we had dinner at Roy’s dad’s house. He had to go down early because his dad had a flat tire; and Steve and I were watching Mythbuster’s. Mom was sick so she stayed home. It wasn’t bad; Steve read some of his Diablo book and I read some Tort law homework. We did have a minor debate; okay I had a minor debate with his step-mom because she was angry that they did not mention Jesus once during Philadelphia’s Thanksgiving Day parade and she does not think it’s right that they do not make any religious reference during a Thanksgiving parade. I was proud of myself; I did not go over the top and start any kind of major debate. And it ended when she said that she has the right to have a parade where they mention her God and I said “but you just said this country is based on the freedom of religion and not everyone has the same God.” To which is she said “she didn’t agree with that but she did not have an answer for that.” and his dad said “thank God”. All in all, it was not a bad night. I even ate turkey. Covered in a salad dressing I didn’t like but I ate it. Okay, so I had a very small piece and pushed the stuffing around the plate to make it look like I ate it. And then later, I stopped at WaWa and got a sandwich. LOL.
As I said, tomorrow we’re going up to our dad’s. I do not think that I am going to take my notebook. No, it can stay home. Steve installed Window’s 7 on it but since he also has it installed on his PC, it won’t activate. So I purchased it tonight and it should be here sometime next week. No, instead maybe I will take the James Bond book I have. I’ve always wanted to read it and maybe it’s time. Today I spent the say doing various Internet searches of my name to see what popped up. Very interesting but not as much as I really thought was out there on the Internet. It was nice actually. And you know, I do have season 1 of MI-5 to watch…maybe I will watch that. Keep up the Bond theme even if he is MI-6.
November 22, 2009
I finally finished installing The Sims 3 on the notebook again. This time around though, instead of just playing the game, I am going to try the Legacy Challenge. The challenge itself was around with The Sims 2 but I never got around to trying it. Okay, that might have been because I was more into the cheats and building these huge, awesome houses instead of actually trying to progress in a story with my sims. But now, with sims 3, I want to actually try this.
Right, so the game is installed but I am installing the additional content that I have from TheSims3.com and TheSimsResource. Nothing over the top since there isn’t a lot of custom content yet but enough that I don’t have boring and basic for my house. Once that is done, I am going to jump in and begin building my legacy.
At this point, the only thing that I know is the family name is going to be Devenport. To begin with, we have to create our “legacy” sim. While the sim can be male or female, we may only create one sim for the family. After we create the looks of the sim, we do get full control over their traits and favorites but only with this sim. After that, everything has to be random. I think that is what might be the hardest but I’ll make do. Just have to remember – no CHEATING. Blah. I think that was my favorite part of The Sims 2 – cheating so I could build bigger things.
…and my content has finished installing. Time to go start the challenge.
November 21, 2009
I finally got off my ass, backed up the computer and installed Windows 7. Finally! While I have not really had a chance to dive into it and have fun yet, from what I’ve seen, I do like it. This coming week will be spent exploring it and reacquainting myself with all the fun aspects. But that can be this week.
Right now, I’m just sitting here reading some online articles on PC Magazine and io9 and waiting for various things to update and install. What’s nice is CitiesXL finally installed and I can actually try and play it. No more cursing the game to kingdom come. I swear, if it didn’t work on the newly installed OS, I was going to figure out how to take an electronic download and shove it down their throat. But now I don’t have to. Because it works. Albeit a bit slowly.
I do want to watch October Sky some time this weekend. I haven’t watched it in a while but I am reading the book again. I love the story. It’s interesting and enlightening – and it’s a mix of history and science. It’s not that I don’t like science, I find it fascinating – I just suck at it. Sometimes I just pretend I don’t like it so I don’t look like an idiot. I hate looking like an idiot. But this movie…it combines history which I am good at (and find fascinating) science. Yay! At least it doesn’t involve spelling – which I hate and suck at.
Okay – Family Tree Maker just finished installing. Time to go make sure I didn’t screw up the files on that one like I did last time.
November 20, 2009
Okay, tonight I have to get geeky…oh who am I kidding, I live in geek world. But seriously, I need to back up my computer so I can install Windows 7. I know, I’ve been saying that for the past few weeks but this weekend, I am going to do it. And getting everything completely backed up and saved is the first step. The other step is to boot up the old notebook, extract my VeriSign certificate for school and make sure that it works. Once that is done, then all I need to do is make note of what extensions I use in Firefox and then I am all set for upgrading to Windows 7. And maybe then my game will work.
Once that is done, I do want to clean up the old notebook and use that for when I want to download things on the Internet. So that is on the list of things to do too. Besides that, I know I have an essay to write for school and another quiz to take for Torts. And I really, really want to play a) Colonization IV, b) Cities XL, c) TheSims 3 or d) Civilization IV; I really haven’t decided what I want to do. Just one of those nights. It took me almost twenty minutes to decide to listen to the Halestorm CD as I work on my computer…and instead of working I am writing here and thinking maybe I should switch to Creed’s new CD while I work. Ugh. Both are good. And I’m just in the mood for this kind of music tonight. I really need to find some new music. I should probably get OneRepublics new CD. And where did I put my flash drive…blah, I thought it was in the end table but its not there. So it’s in my black bag…now, I just have to figure out which black bag that would be.
My minds a little random tonight. But that’s okay, I do my best thinking at times when I am completely random. Okay…going to go backup all my music files and burn some backup disks and then I am going to get my ass into installing Windows 7. It’s only 7:15 which means I can do it tonight…even if I have to take my notebook to bed. And that just came out so wrong.
November 18, 2009
Trust a 45 minute session with my therapist to put me in a great mood. At first I thought it was nap time instead of therapy time because its the first session I’ve had since last winter that it was dark when I got there. But no such luck. Darn, and I was really looking forward to nap time. That couch is so comfortable. LOL. Anyways, besides thinking it was nap time, it was good. We have some really good humor in those sessions and I really wish he was the type of therapist who taped his sessions because I swear, we’d make a fortune on selling those tapes. But no such luck. Instead we had our normally humor-filled session in which we almost fell on the floor laughing. God I love those sessions.
We have touched on one of my biggest problems – trust. I have fun in the sessions and I do trust my therapist – which is a good thing! – and that is why we have fun. I don’t try and hold myself back. With most everyone else I do because almost every person I have been friends with has just stopped speaking to me. So for many years, I’ve just told myself that there is something wrong with me. But I’ve come to realize that perhaps I was wrong – and it’s just that I have a difference personality then the people I have met and somewhere out there, there is at least one person for me.
And enough about my therapy! I have been working on looking for ways to organize my new room when we move. I am not sure if I want to put stuff in bins or if I want to find other ways to store my things. Eventually I will figure it out. Perhaps I need to be in the actual room and start moving things in before I figure out what I want to do. My first challenge is to try and figure out what I want to do with my yarn. I have gotten many suggestions over at Ravelry on different ways to store stuff and I none of them have reached out to me. I actually like the ideas of cubby hole shelves that they sell at Ikea. But I do not know if they will fit in my bedroom. *le sigh*
Oh well, I just realized that it is 9:15. Time for me to go do some other things before bed. Darn! And I wanted to back up the stuff on my PC tonight so I could upgrade to Windows 7. Guess that’ll be tomorrow night.
November 17, 2009
Tuesday is almost over. Thank goodness. I cannot say what it was about today but I am just so glad that the day is almost over. As the day progressed, almost everything was just annoying. But I am home now and can sit here with my laptop, a book and headphones. I’m not sure if I want to watch Castle from last week and last night or if I want to watch The Commish. Not really sure.
I stopped by Panara Bread on the way home for some Baked Potato soup … and they didn’t have any. I have been wanting this soup since Sunday. I did not get it last night because I had had French Fries at lunch and did not want to have potatoes twice in one day. Now I’m thinking I should have stopped and seen if they had it. Oh well, I will get it.
I think I found a bedroom set at Ikea for my new bedroom. Well no, I know I found one, now I just have to go about getting it.
November 2, 2009
Every night I take a little white pill.
Without the pill, functioning as a normal human is difficult.
Oh, I get along alright.
But I retreat into myself and shy away from human contact.
Without the pill I am only half there.
With the pill I almost seem normal.
Going out doesn’t hurt so much.
And people aren’t so scary.
Happy is an every day occurrence.
It doesn’t stop the constant chatter.
But focusing is a bit easier.
There will never be a day I don’t need the little white pill.
Even though I wish there would.
