I'm thinking about switching to Linux.
why? honestly, i dont really know. but im tired of Microsoft. my computer is running super slow, i dont feel like learning how to manipulate XP and would rather learn how to use an OS that wants me to play with it. Plus this computer came with an inordinate number of useless programs. So the plan is to learn Linux, maybe turn my comp into a dual boot so I can get some practice using Linux without abandoning XP then during the christmas break make the ultimate switch over. This means i need to get an external HD so i can transfer all of my shit back and forth. I just need to make sure my iPod will be compatible after the fact and that I dont lose photoshop. Although, i think CS3 is out, so i need to upgrade anyway.
I'm very excited about this prospect. My dimly lit companion has been aching for some practice. I think that line only makes sense if you've seen/read Dexter. Dex's Dark passenger is his name for the urge, desire, to kill. my dimly lit companion just wants to nerd out and roll dice all the time.
I have to pick a Linux build and start playing with it. I do think I'll have to dual boot for a while and partition. if i just wiped everything and started anew id never figure anything out. but ill have to configure my wireless and shit. thats my biggest concern. I have somewhere around four million programs that control my wireless card, so i dont know which one is necessary. I have a Toshiba program, ConfigFree, and the Windows Wireless Manager. Admittedly, the WWM should be the only one i need, but since Microsoft likes to rape you mercilessly, i could see my computer crashing if i tried to remove one of the others. hopefully, i wont run into this issue with linux.
This has been a move ive wanted to do for a while now, i wish i had done it when Scaduto told me he had made the switch since then i could have used his expertise, but now i must go it alone.
END TECHNO-NERD MOMENT
Ahh, that was nice. Well, today is going well. I've got half of my Torts readings done, I have another 30 pages to read, then its onto Civil procedure. Then i will be cleaning/packing and baking pumpkin bars. I need to call brooklyn and see if they want to come for Perishables Potluck tomorrow night. If they do, i need to go buy dishes. But i want to get rid of some pork and chicken before i go home and i have eggs and milk that need to be disposed of as well. If nothing else, I'll make Kyle dinner and we can sit and bitch for a while.
Going home in two days sounds pretty good, neh? I have to start outlining and studying for finals but there's no reason i cant have a little fun. (Read: This weekend is gonna be a shitshow.) Maggie and John are coming to thanksgiving dinner, so thats me, shano, mom, fred, tilly, maggie, john, maybe bill (yuk). Thats an 8 person dinner. THEN dessert with the fam. Maybe I'll bake some stuff. Yeah, ill get mom to let me do the dessert baking, that will be awesome. it will be lavish and decadent. Red velvet cake and gourmet cookies. Brendan is not gonna know what to do with me...
Dessert with the Fam is always interesting. Freddy and Irene and Lorraine will probably show up. Katie definitely is, and i hope Mark comes too, although after last year's embarassment i dont know if that shit is gonna work (for those of you out of the loop - mom got hella faced and said to Mark and Shano; "if you two weren't cousins, you'd be fuck buddies"). its doubtful that any of the other boys will come, but Colleenie beanie may come, which would be awesome. on top of all of this, I have the friend factor - bdan, jess, lauradora, and the dalpe boys, plus anyone else thrown into the mix. And, of course, LilSis and FaveSis. So there is a very large potential for a substantial gathering of people at 482.
there is moderate excitement brewing today. I also just finished my cafe au lait with a shot... is it bad i want to walk back down to the bean and get another one??
yes, amy, it is
...shit.
back to torts. see you kids in h2o soon.
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