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[enthusiastick]

I have my Things back. The total damages to my car amounted to about $999.50 (oof), about $450 of which was parts... and I have reason to believe that figure is only as low as it is because my kindly old family mechanic endeavored to keep my total cost under a thousand dollars. But its running beautifully and it warms my heart to have it back. My adventures in computer repair did not go nearly so swimmingly... around $40 later I have a new processor fan and an assurance that everything in my computer works, except the wireless network adapter, which inexplicably does not. Given a little more messing around with the computer I probably could have figured that out myself. I will probably have to purchase and install a new one before I can resume my regularly scheduled full-time internet presence.

For those of you who haven't heard (and I'm assuming that's basically all of you because who've I told?) my temporary work for Zimmer got extended another week. So instead of last week being my last week, this week is my last week instead. I'm grateful for the money in the wake of my recent unexpected expenses, but I have to admit that I have absolutely zero enthusiasm to go to work every day. I'm just dragging my carcass around trying to muster the effort to not piss anyone off or get fired. Some part of me suspects they will once again offer to extend my employ at the end of the week, and I'm really dreading that... I shouldn't turn them down, but I'm not sure I have it in me to keep doing this any longer.

In other, happier news, the dates of my visit-slash-triumphant-return to Chicago are set at February 18th through March 4th. It would be earlier but I'm spending the week before babysitting for my younger sister while my parents vacation in Anguila. I haven't done nearly the amount of prep work with regards to job search as I had hoped to have completed by this stage, but then I was also expecting to have nothing else to do starting yesterday morning. I will get my act together about this if it kills me, because its my life, y'know? Its all that there is.

One final thought for the day. Jon S (or sleetfall, as he will likely henceforth be known in this journal) is officially my hero today for bringing this to my attention. I'm glad to see that the space nerd wing of the Tribe has not been totally handicapped by NASA's blind preference for planetary exploration, and also that there are people as excited about this whole anomaly thing as I am. Space... its big and full of stuff.

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

the dates of my visit-slash-triumphant-return to Chicago are set at February 18th through March 4th.

Yay! I hope I will be invited to the much-hanging-around that must follow. Also, I hope you're going to run your damn Kludge game, before I forget it existed.

In other news, didn't you do the "100 things about me" meme at one point? I was looking for that post the other day, and I couldn't seem to find it.

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

You will of course be invited, I can't wait to see you. And I may well run my Kludge game, I do really like it.

And yes, I did do that meme, and you commented on it. You're probably looking for a link, right? Here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/pooka_madness/42916.html).

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I wonder why I had such a hard time finding it.

[syganzychick.livejournal.com]

so is the return gonna be permanent this time, or will you be back? cause frankly, the boobs need to be followed...

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

The tits must be followed, Audrey, the tits. (Man does the preceding sentence have a startlingly high potential to be taken out of context.) The return is temporary barring my finding immediate employment, which is unlikely. It is however hopefully a stepping-stone move to a permanent return.

Happy Imbolc, by the way.

[devringalbrath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, some context would be nice, however less fun for others.

And about the whole Pioneer Anomaly thing... COOL!

[sleetfall.livejournal.com]

meh. you act like i wasn't already your hero

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but now you're my hero specifically for something.

Get a user icon, you hippie.

God DAMNIT!

[(Anonymous)]

Im missing the hippie phase?! I got screwed! All I got in HS was the applying oneself to better life and get into a great college phase. Now its the hippie phase?! I am so pissed right now. Dont get me wrong - not that I didnt enjoy the self-betterment and cultivation stage... I just didnt really relate to it at all ;)

Anyway - out of curiosity... are you going out of Bradley on the 17th? And at what time? Im also leaving that day to go to Chicago - perhaps we are flying together. Secondly - I am trying to hook Dom up with some people in the area who do some strategy/board game type gaming - can you assist? I think right now he is too busy with new job to do any weekly thing but it would be nice to introduce him to some people.

Let me know
- Kat

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

I'll drop you an IM or call you... your lack of an LJ makes it kind of pointless to respond in this format.

[sleetfall.livejournal.com]

For the record, no Kat... I am not a Hippie. As much as I still listen to the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead fairly religiously I am very very far from being even remotely hippie. Eben is just mad that I have been too lazy to find a picture to use... WHICH I WILL GET AROUND TO DOING. Fuck dude i mainly do this crap at work... the only reason I'm at home doing this now is because there isn't anything decent on TV.
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