Yep, changed it again. The resolution of the image I used for the old desktop was nowhere near high enough to be used as a proper desktop, and the blurriness was hurting my eyes. Besides which, I think this one is a bit easier on the eyes. ;-)

I might change it later, but I haven’t decided yet. We’ll see.

Here’s a little something that happened last Halloween that I thought was absolutely hilarious, and so I thought I would share it with all of you at home.

Anyway, Missy had told me the Saturday before Halloween that she was thinking of going to a haunted house with her niece and nephew. I wished her a fun time, and off she went. Fast forward to that evening, when I was sitting at my PC bored out of my skull. I remembered Missy was out, so I picked up my cell phone, and sent out a brief text message, and then went back to what I was working on.

… at that very moment, Missy was creeping along this haunted house with her niece and nephew, and out of nowhere the cell phone, on high vibrate, goes off in her pocket. Of course, she was on edge already and not expecting it, so she screams in fright. Her niece also screams, startled. Her nephew takes off running. She manages to calm herself down, get the phone out of her pocket, and check it. She then reads the text message I sent her.

“Boo!”

:-)

With the announcement of a new Dark Tower comic book/graphic novel series and the fact that I was straightening out my bookshelves and came across my Dark Tower books, I decided to go ahead and change the desktop on my Powerbook’s personal account as a result.

This probably won’t stay, but I figured it was worth keeping for a while.

Well, it’s official. We’ve decided to spend our Christmas in Las Vegas.

What we’ll do is leave Friday the 23rd, and come back on Monday the 26th. That way I don’t have to take any vacation time from work, seeing as I have the Friday and the Monday off.

Of course, this means we won’t be giving gifts to each other, but then, that’s all right. This will be our Christmas gift to ourselves.

So, the countdown begins… two months until our next Vegas vacation. :-)

Well, first off, traffic around here will be a little interesting next week, what with the World Series and all. Right now, the World Series is win-win for me; I was rooting for either the Astros and/or the White Sox (seeing as I’m originally from Chicago) to make it in. I’ll just have to remember not to watch the games themselves, as I know for a fact that I’m bad luck when watching. (The instant I tuned in on Monday, for example, it was the top of the 9th and the Astros took that opportunity to choke.) Still, like I said… no matter who wins, I’ll be happy.

I’m beginning to get a bit annoyed with the drive to work. When I drive to and from work, I listen to my iPod through my combination travel charger and FM transmitter. Usually I keep it on 89.1 FM, as that’s the one station on its range that’s the most empty. The past week, however, I’ve been getting an NPR station signal loud and clear, and it’s overpowering the iPod’s FM transmitter. What’s most insane about this is the fact that this particular NPR station is in San Antonio. I’m almost tempted to call them up and offer a donation if they’ll turn the power on their transmitters. Oh, well… it’s probably weather-related, but it’s still an annoyance.

Anyway, I need to get cracking on the interview for Jenn Dolari, and then do a bit more research on something for database backups, while continuing the whole support job thing… fun fun.

Like the subject is saying, it’s kind of a slow day right now.

Not that I’m really complaining, mind you. I’m at the point right now where I’m really not up to dealing with a huge crisis. Of course, it doesn’t help that I had a filling meal for lunch. (I went with a coworker to Olive Garden and had salad and fettucine alfredo.) It probably would be less of a hassle, too, if I was going straight home after work. Instead, I have to go to Fry’s to pick up a USB 2.0 hub for my main PC. Then again, depending on how I feel, I might just decide to go straight home and not deal with Fry’s until Wednesday.

Though, one highlight of the day so far has been the fact that the soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil’s Ka was finally released, and that my copy arrived this morning. I haven’t taken the time to listen to it yet; I’ll probably import it into iTunes when I get home, replicate it back over to the iPod and to the main PC, and give it a listen tonight. I REALLY liked the music from Ka when I saw it, and am looking forward to listening to this CD. Of course, this will also end up being another CD that’s waiting to be put up, until such time as I get my cabinet shelves up…

Anyway, that’s about everything that’s going on here… guess I should go check my mail up at the front mail room… fun fun…

Well, another desktop for you all to enjoy…

That is what I use on my Powerbook. I had used a PvP desktop for about a day, but ended up deciding I didn’t like it. I always liked this CTS wallpaper, so I figured I might as well give it a try on my laptop.

Right now it’s kind of a slow day at the office, other than wiping out a laptop, storing tapes, and doing some other miscellaneous things. I still have to go to Fry’s after work, which I can’t say I’m looking forward to. It’s just a bit of a hassle, as it’s a bit out of my way on the drive home. Still, I need to try and get my main PC back up and running. I did find out that I have to make a Corpus/Robstown run in the next week or so, so that’ll end up being fun. I’ll probably end up doing that Friday, unless something more pressing comes up.

Otherwise… meh. Just the same old same old around here. Not much to write home about, really.

Oh, well, back to the grind…