Hiatus.

So, frankly I forgot about this little effort. Not that life has been too terribly busy, my memory is just a cheese grater. I'm on Winter Break right now, which is nice, but I've already registered for winter term, so I'm a bit impatient. I've decided to go for Renewable Energy technology, so we'll see how long that lasts. To even qualify, I'm working my way up the math ladder.
Snow Leopard has been installed on the Macbook, and seems to be OK through two point releases, although it likes to throw...things at me. I've been through a few reinstalls from backup, mostly because I muck about too much, except for the time the Hard Drive decided it was in FAT32 and couldn't do anthing to itself. I'm not sure how that happened.
Recently, I've gotten myself into all sorts of fun things. Currently, I'm attempting to learn Objective-C, which is the language that native OS X programs are more or less written in. I bought a couple books, so it's mostly a matter of working my way through and understanding it.
Much Fall of Blood is coming out in May. This latest book in one my favorite series has been a long time coming, and I'm already reading the snippets as they come out. It looks pretty awesome, so I don't begrudge the authors too much. Also Crucible of Empire, the sequel to a book that I was afraid mught be standalone, is coming out soon as well. Life is good on the book front.
I hope to not leave such a gap between posts again, really, I do.

How many computers?

So. I have a netbook. I got it yesterday and it's an Acer Aspire One 150. It has a 120 GB Hard Drive and now boasts 1.5 GB of RAM. Yes, I cracked it open within hours of receiving it. This explains why the trackpad temporarily doesn't work. There's a screw loose as well, I can hear it. Otherwise it works fine. I'm typing on it right now. The keyboard takes getting used to, but my only other beef with it is XP. I must figure out how to get Leopard or get a Just Works Linux onto this machine. I've already found this machine to be vastly more portable than the Macbook. The software I have installed is a mix of open and closed source software. Also, tis a smudge machine. 

On Death, etc.

This morning I woke up after having a dream about making a journey with other people on sleds that used dog teams and reindeer teams. I went out to tle living room and saw Erin eating breakfast. I had my usual thought about Erin not being in school and passed her on my way to say good morning to Mom, a ritual. Erin said, "Katie's dead." It didn't sink in. I went to say good morning to mom, who had just emailed the same message to Dad. It's a bit of a shock and I just had a bit of a cry. I would have more of one, but my eyes are still gummy. Katie had gone to the vet because she was acting weird. They diagnosed dehydration which caused kidney malfunctions. The vet says this may have been caused by an infection that we didn't know about.This sort of thing is apparently common in older cats. Katie was certainly that. She's been with us a long time, and she came a long way from the traumatized cat she was so many years ago. I'm having another cry after writing that, a rather big one. She was never really my cat, but I loved her anyway. She'll always have a place in my heard. I hope she has true peace, a warm vent, lots of sunlight, food and water, and a caring hand to brush you. She will always have love. Always. Rest In Peace, Katie. We will miss you.

Epirus

Has nothing to do with this post, but tis a nice place, I'm sure, and I do like to play as it in Knights of Honor. Classes are going well, I suppose. I have my first homework load. Im fairly confident in not ever having real homework in Art History, but Math seems fairly heavy, and I've developed a distaste for it in the first place... I have a short Essay in Writing 122, a definition essay. I've never written one before but I'm not too worried. I really should be keeping a journal in Theater, so I'll have to remember to study lines and write that up as well. I'm actually bonding with people, may be on the cusp of employment and am currently procrastinating like mad. On that subject, a few books could come out now, that would be nice.

Blearg

So I'm down with a bit of a cough/congestion now, which is better than last week. Last week, particularly Wednesday and Thursday were Hell on Earth. I was coughing, sneezing, hacking up lungs...I even took a nap! Worst I've been in years. Everyman is approaching as well, and I'm getting on top of that finally, Thank God! Today, (Tuesday) I managed to walk into a math exam I'd forgotten about due to missing Thursday's class. I thought I did pretty well at that. I also took a Geoscience exam online, which timed out initially. Lucky I remembered my answers.

In family news, mom totaled her car, thanks to black ice and an indestructable ODOT truck. She walked away nearly unscathed, but we are on the hunt for a new car, and Mom is renting a Chevy Cobalt, which manages to be blue, so my aesthetic isn't too offended. Anyway, thems the news.

Long time, no post!

I wasn't busy or anything. I'm just a horrible journal keeper. On the other hand, I'm taking Geoscience and we went on a field trip today. I picked up lots of rocks. I also had a blast of a time and discovered that rolling down the right rear window of Lucas Ott's car opens the door. Tis useful to know, especially on the freeway. Oh, and Everyman is an awesome play and as Everyman, I should be studying my lines. Tarah For Now!

Series of Tubes

I'm back into Last.fm these days. Using it as an actual radio is cool, though I get the oddest mix of metal, folk, and folk metal. My phone is sliding ever faster down the slope of physical disintegration. I'm hard on my stuff and I feel bad about it. People have tweaked Fedora 10 to work on the XO, and are selling for the price of the SD card. I'm looking really hard at that. I've bought the card for cheaper, so as usual, I'm waiting for things to arrive in the mail. I've started my Christmas shopping, though not for anyone out of the immediate family so far. Also, I'm back on my MacOS partition and am back to playing those games. Otherwise I spend my time net cruising, which is probably unhealthy. Oi.