He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I'm told I don't post enough.
I'm not sure people feel this way, but it seems to be an overarching theme in conversations lately. "Can we come in and have a gloat?" they say, and I say "Oh, you heartless gloater!" We're up to our ears in gloaters around here...
Anyhow...
What's been up? Well, I had my surgery on my hydrocele. Now my scrotum smiles at me. Apparently I had let it go too long and instead of being able to just drain off the excess fluid, they had to scrape the congealed gunk from around my poor testicle. For those of you reading this while eating lunch...you're welcome. Recovery time took about a week and a half longer than expected. The pain was magnificent, and barely held in check with the Vicodin the doctor prescribed. February was a fun month.
How about March though? It's been okay so far. I hit my year anniversary at my current job which is nice. I don't really get anything special for it but, since it has been a while since I had a job that didn't lay me off just before my year anniversary, the year is its own reward. There are also two opportunities for advancement that have opened up which would mean a very nice raise. I haven't heard anything back on them yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The Missus is also trying to get a job here at the medical center which would be nice. Being able to take the HOV lane and sharing driving duties would make things a bit more tolerable on the commute. She like her job with UPS but she has no opportunities for full time work unless she gets a job as a driver. they do that by seniority and the list in front of her is fairly long.
I got a new laptop about two weeks ago. It's the Dell XPS v2 with all the bells and whistles. One of my regular clients purchased it for me in thanks for the many years of great service. I call it...The Machine. It is easily one of the finest pieces of hardware I've ever owned. Some people may badmouth Dell, but the people I've spoken with, with some careful prodding, can usually trace their problems back to user error. These same people have the same problems with HP, Alienware, etc. I have very few problems with any vendors, and the problems I do have are usually self created. So nyaa.
In other news, I picked up Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves recently and have been enjoying it immensely. It's definately a change of pace. I'm only about halfway through so far, but I've already started looking at the walls and doors of my house a bit differently. I highly recommend it.
I'm not sure people feel this way, but it seems to be an overarching theme in conversations lately. "Can we come in and have a gloat?" they say, and I say "Oh, you heartless gloater!" We're up to our ears in gloaters around here...
Anyhow...
What's been up? Well, I had my surgery on my hydrocele. Now my scrotum smiles at me. Apparently I had let it go too long and instead of being able to just drain off the excess fluid, they had to scrape the congealed gunk from around my poor testicle. For those of you reading this while eating lunch...you're welcome. Recovery time took about a week and a half longer than expected. The pain was magnificent, and barely held in check with the Vicodin the doctor prescribed. February was a fun month.
How about March though? It's been okay so far. I hit my year anniversary at my current job which is nice. I don't really get anything special for it but, since it has been a while since I had a job that didn't lay me off just before my year anniversary, the year is its own reward. There are also two opportunities for advancement that have opened up which would mean a very nice raise. I haven't heard anything back on them yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The Missus is also trying to get a job here at the medical center which would be nice. Being able to take the HOV lane and sharing driving duties would make things a bit more tolerable on the commute. She like her job with UPS but she has no opportunities for full time work unless she gets a job as a driver. they do that by seniority and the list in front of her is fairly long.
I got a new laptop about two weeks ago. It's the Dell XPS v2 with all the bells and whistles. One of my regular clients purchased it for me in thanks for the many years of great service. I call it...The Machine. It is easily one of the finest pieces of hardware I've ever owned. Some people may badmouth Dell, but the people I've spoken with, with some careful prodding, can usually trace their problems back to user error. These same people have the same problems with HP, Alienware, etc. I have very few problems with any vendors, and the problems I do have are usually self created. So nyaa.
In other news, I picked up Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves recently and have been enjoying it immensely. It's definately a change of pace. I'm only about halfway through so far, but I've already started looking at the walls and doors of my house a bit differently. I highly recommend it.
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