Now that the worst of the cold weather seems to be over for now, and my dad's computer is back up and running with its shiny new power supply, I have returned my computer to its place in the alcove, and removed the guest account ( Read more... )

I finished watching Wolf's Rain yesterday. It actually made me cry four times. That's twice as many times as Air, which held the previous record. Wolf's Rain is one seriously sad anime. Good, ironic, and very sad. In general, it isn't particularly easy to make me cry. Titanic? Didn't cry at all. The Passion of the Christ? Not even once (winced ( Read more... )

I pre-ordered Jade Empire and the Titan Quest expansion yesterday, but I'm uncertain as to why I did that, since the practical part of my brain decided to kick in mid-order, and force me to opt for the cheapest shipping option. Jade Empire, which will be out next week, should reach my doorstep at some point in early March. The Titan Quest ( Read more... )

My family visited mom's grave yesterday, in honor of her birthday. We admired the flowers and the shiny new granite headstone. Then we went out to eat. Not the most fun birthday party I ever attended, but considering the birthday girl wasn't able to attend, it was the best that could be expected. She would have been 58 ( Read more... )

I've been reading the Death Note manga lately. I've only got a few more volumes to go before the end, but it's been pretty interesting. It's one of those stories where I despise the main character and end up rooting for his nemesis. It seems like the nemesis has been killed off already, but I keep hoping that he's not really dead, and that he'll ( Read more... )

I just did my own taxes, for the first time since I entered the world of work 9 years ago.  Mom always did them for me until now.  This time I E-filed.  All that remains for me to do is mail a piece of paper to the feds, and I'm finished until next year.   I hope that buying a mobile home doesn't make them too much more complicated next year.

I am strangely glad that I currently dwell in a tiny, freezing cold alcove.  Until I lived here, I never felt this keenly motivated to really work towards an important personal goal.  When I used to live in comfortable rooms in climate-controlled buildings with relatively sane people, I was never this motivated to move out and get my own place.  ( Read more... )

After the fairy girls from Bottle Fairy kicked much ass in Eye of the Beholder as my D&D party, I decided to use them in another game, too.  In the Sims 2:  University expansion, the Bottle Fairies are now university students.  The Yosei family, consisting of Kururu, Chiriri, Sarara, and Hororo, is now renting an apartment on campus.  Since the ( Read more... )

I spent New Year's Eve like I spend any other Sunday.  I slept in, went to church, ate at a restaurant with my best friend, and went home.  Then I spent the rest of 2006 playing Titan Quest ( Read more... )

It has been raining nonstop since yesterday afternoon.   Last night and most of this morning, there was lots of lightning and thunder, so I shut my computer off and unplugged it.  As long as I live in this alcove (with its one non-grounded outlet), that is how it must be.  The rain continues, but the lightning seems to have stopped for now.  I had ( Read more... )