Ho Hum - Typical Sunay Night

Not much going on today. I tried to clean up the house a bit, but anyone who's ever been over to my place knows what a futile thing that is. Other than that, our new roommate took us to Cici's Pizza. A free meal is always welcome, and I love their buffalo chicken pizza. This evening I didn't do much other than do some much-needed updates to Marble Stage's database. It's information I'm going to need for the party I am organizing.

I hate Sunday nights. I always say this, but it's always true. I'm just not willing to give up on my weekend. At least this week I have my birthday to look forward to. Which reminds me: A belated happy birthday to Nicki, and an early happy birthday to Crispy. I believe there are some other birthdays coming up, but I'm forgetting them at the moment. I'm sure it will come up sometime.

I've also got "True Blood" to look forward to this week. It's actually shown at this point, but I don't have that channel anymore, so I'll have to obtain a copy through alternative means. Thanks to my friend Anita, I've read the second book in the series, so I know a bit about what's going to go on, but they don't stick 100% to the books, so there will be plenty of surprises for me. I may pick up the third book in the series. I'm not sure yet. I'm actually in the mood for something "Dresden," but since I've read all of that, it would mean backtracking or getting the graphic novels, and I haven't priced those yet. I've got some "Farscape" comics to catch up on as well, and quite frankly, I've been in the mood for a good ol' HOMOSEXUAL novel. Now, if I could have the best of BOTH worlds - a GOOD sci fi novel with gay themes - I think I'd probably faint. GAY GEEKS UNITE!!!! (Okay, I'm done.)

I've also got a friend in Seattle who has mentioned having me come and visit, but there are many things to be arranged in something like that, and as you probably know, dear reader, I am not much of a traveler. Still, it could be nice.

Anyway, that's a brief update. Sort of.

Yeah.

Star Trek

It may very well be that I'm the last person on Earth to have seen the latest "Star Trek" movie.

So why didn't someone warn me it would SUCK?!?!?

What sucks most is that it would have been a good movie if it hadn't been a "Star Trek" movie. The effects and sets were true enough to the old series yet modern enough to be impressive. The characters were good, though I didn't think they were very true to the original characters. Spock was way too emotional, Uhura was way too slutty, and Kirk was never that cool. I've heard that McCoy was the worst, but of everyone, I enjoyed him the most. Chekov and Sulu were okay, but McCoy was definitely my favorite. I thought he was the one who stayed most true to the original series.

The major problem I had with the movie, though, was that they completely departed from the original series - ALL OF THEM. Spock's mother appears in "Next Generation," not to mention the whole planet of Vulcan. They've gone and nullified three series and every other movie that was made, and I think that's so disrespectful of all of the people who worked on those stories and series and movies.

When a series has been going on as long as "Star Trek" has, you just don't do stuff like that.

I'm not a big fan of the old series, but I really found this movie insulting to all of that.

There's my two cents.

Testing...

Testing a new program.

I GOT IT!!! I GOT IT!!!

This is my new computer. I have officially given Microsoft the finger and am very happy using eeebuntu, a version of Linux designed for these computers. It's much better than the operating system that came on the computer, and once I figured out how to boot from a flash drive, everything was incredibly easy. I have so much more space on this tiny hard drive (4 gig) and I have a real desktop!!

The pluses? I can do anything I could before! And now I can take it anywhere. This thing is so portable, it's scary!

The downsides? The keyboard is taking a LOT of getting used to, as is learning how Linux is organized. This is fine, though. I wanted to learn more about Linux, and this is just the kick I needed to do it.

It's definitely not for everyone, but I'm having myself a damn good time!!

This is going to be my next computer.

I'm really liking the idea of a nice, clean operating system without all the clutter. I don't need three media players I can't uninstall, and four instant messengers I have "just in case." Plus, it gives me the chance to DITCH MICROSOFT without putting up with Macs, which are just as bad.

I plan on installing Ubuntu-eee on it to free up some space on the tiny 4 gig hard drive. It sounds small as all hell, but my needs are simple.

I'll let you know how things go with it... as soon as I obtain it, of course.

I haven't forgotten about you, dear reader.

Things have not been easy lately. I lost my beloved golden retriever, Gabriel, and the only thing that gets me through that thought without popping a vein is the idea of giving another little puppy a good home. Maybe I'll post more about that later, but I'm drained right now. The holiday was low-key, but decent once I finally got done with my family. A bit of aggravation there, and I'm not sure if it's over or not. I'm also without a gall bladder now.

Meh. The short version, dear reader, is that things have been rough here, and I needed a break. I think I'm ready to post again, though, and I got a better camera for Christmas, so I should be able to post more and better videos for ya. I've already got some that I will probably put up soon.

So thanks for your patience, or else thanks for rediscovering me over here.