Journal queenofthe1ring's Journal: Apr 1 12
So I didn't really realize that it was April Fools until I checked my gmail and saw the new Autopilot feature. Kind of wish that comcast had it because it would make emailing my parents a little easier.
I'll admit that I logged in just to see what all my achievements were once I saw that it was the joke for today. I have been meaning to do an update for a while now, so I suppose it is a good excuse. (Awesome, puppy just turned my speakers off for me by licking the power button.)
Survived the winter, only just barely. Had to resort to taping all windows with plastic to keep heating bill less than outrageous. Our pipes froze 4 times, but thanks be to God they did not burst.
Puppy is technically still a puppy I guess. She's 10.5 mos old now, and 60 lbs, but still insanely energetic. After one of husband's coworkers brought their dog over to play, I decided I'm glad I don't have a border collie. Although perhaps the shedding problem would have been worse.
Trick training got us through the long winter, especially that horrendous ice storm. It was so cold that even puppy didn't want to be outside, but still had tons of energy. Thank goodness bro gave us the 101 dog tricks book for Christmas.
Me? Health has been ok. Generally improved over last year. I did a couple of blender tutorials, and intend to start working on that more seriously again. I'm writing again, and it feels awesome. Since I'm apparently unemployable, I intend to finish my book and get it in finalized form by the end of the year. We'll see how that goes.
Not sure how many people are still around the dot anymore, but I have a request. Does anyone know where I can get DVD's of the ORIGINAL Star Wars that won't look like crap? I've been researching, but I'm not sure which set would be the best to get. And if I see the ghost of Hayden Christenson at the end of Jedi, I will be pissed.
oh right, the achievements (Score:2)
8 Achievements
Doesn't really seem as though it adds up properly, and I don't think the dates have any meaning.
Oh, and husbands, because he probably won't even notice.
15 Achievements
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I'm still around. Still trying to write. Got an Eeepc last weekend so i should be writing with it soon enough after I do some tweaks;-)
We have a Lab/Bordie Collie mix (Zack) and a Sharpei/Pitbull mix (Satia- pronounced SAY-shuh). I know its counter-intuitive, but some
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At least they did something decent for today. Better than last year anyways. Husband is srwalter. He's not as active as he used to be in the journal area, but he does keep up with the front page. He did however send me a note saying that he had noticed his achievements before he read my journal, so I guess he's still around.
Ooh, I love the little netbooks. I got a Dell mini 9 for Christmas from husband. I use it quite a bit for web browsing from the downstairs while I look after puppy. I had the i
pwnd (Score:2)
Added another achievement: Days Metamoderated in a Row 2009-04-02. Slowly I am catching up...
Long time no see :-) (Score:2)
I am glad you are still fiddlin' around with blender; I wish I had the time to play with it, because it is the program I really want to learn next.
Speaking of blender, if you get me your email address I can send you some blender links and tutorials; I can't recall, do you have a Multiply account? Or Facebook? If you do, let me know and I will send you a message through one of those.
I'm still doing the animation thing; hopefully I can get into the program here at the U (should find out in the next few weeks)
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If you want a good tutorial type book, I suggest "Essential Blender". I got it off Amazon a couple months ago for about $20. I think it might also be available on that google books thing without the images though. I'm looking forward to Blender v 2.5. The code name is "all your dreams come true" and it is supposed to fix a lot of the UI problems people complain about.
Not on multiply or anything like that, but still on deviantart.com occasionally. Should be able to note me through there if you're sti
Good to see you (Score:2)
In the virtual sense. :-)
Achievements are not exactly OMG! Ponies!, but there's an element of self-satire that appeals to me. I wonder if they will really stay around after AFD.
Things have, well, changed. I'm still struggling to come to terms with it. I know where I want to be, but it may take a while to get there.
On the tech front, I have a new MacBook that I like a *lot*, and I'm working on getting into iPhone development. Looks quite interesting. The iPhone is more of a pocket computer than a phone.
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I loved OMG! Ponies! I need to find that firefox extension and get it. Hilariousness. I do kind of hope they keep the Achievements around. It's kind of a cute little addition.
I think I saw what happened via your journal. I am sorry. I'm not really good at knowing what to say in these situations, but well, sorry.
I got a Dell mini 9 for Christmas, and I love it. Oh, and new (to me) speakers yesterday for my desktop. I'm trying to figure out if I can disable the bass line because it has bad colleg
Glad to see you again. (Score:2)
Glad to see you again - I haven't been around much, but it's nice to see a familiar name.
The first week in the house before this one, the house was cold. I went under the floor, and it turned out that one of the heating ducts had fallen off the vent. So the airflow out of the vents that were still connected was low - the house wouldn't really warm up. And the duct that was disconnected had great airflow trying to warm up the crawl space (the great outdoors). Talk about a ridiculous heating bill - the furnac
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Good to see you too. I never really know if anyone will be around when I sign in.
Wow, heating the great outdoors would be expensive. (un?)Fortunately we don't have any problems that obvious. Just the usual leaky windows/doors. I've discovered that about all of the caulking needs replacing. Not sure how to fix the door problem, because I replaced some of the weather stripping in the fall, and it didn't really do well enough. Doesn't help that all the doors are crooked...
Yes, the entirely grey imag
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As you probably know a bunch of us migrated over to Multiply a while back. Love to see you over there.
At the very least you should look into weatherstripping the house this summer. Consider storm windows or triple pane windows if you can afford them. Also check to see if you've got insulation in all four walls as well as the floor and celling.
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I keep looking at Multiply but it doesn't really seem to be my thing. I don't particularly like that they retain the rights to use my content. :-/
I started replacing the weather stripping on some of the doors just after we moved in. The old weather stripping allowed light to be seen around the door. In the summer the new stuff made it hard to close the door, but in the winter, you could see light. :-/ As for the windows, I can tell that most of the caulking is shot, so hopefully after I replace that