The Last Day….

Got up way too early this afternoon. Got my order from Wally World put away (my Spamazon arrived yesterday). Got an email from GOG about a free variant of Fallout 4. Though it turns out that it was an add-on to Fallout 4. Looking at Steam, and I see that GOG has it on sale. So I pulled the trigger. I also placed an order from Newegg, and that should arrive Saturday.

The other thing I also did on my vacation was a complete system wipe. I really didn’t need to do it. I just decided to do it. And I just finished it tonight.

So this vacation will mainly be know for socks, boxers, and Fallout 4 GOTY….

Day 4 Vacation Report…

Forgot to turn my alarm off, so I woke up like I was going to work. No problem. That’s what naps are for. But if the alarm hadn’t woken me up, what Phil was cooking would’ve. And it was so good that I did the dishes myself (it was also because I needed a cup of coffee, and I needed to clear the counter to the coffeemaker…. Anyway, once again, nothing was done, Ass-sitting achieved.

Goodnight.

Vacation Day 3: Report. Nothing has been achieved!

Did nothing at all. No errands. No adulting. No Laundry. And it actually takes effort to do nothing at all…

Update: as I was writing this, I got a text from the apartment manager regarding a leak from my toilet. Rather than play text tag, I just walked down to the office wherein she told me that she had a really old note from maintenance from when she had just started. I explained that her predecessor’s last act of office was to have our toilet replaced. Back in December.

And it hasn’t leaked since then,,,,

Adulting update (also Vacation Day 2: Report)…

While I’m on vacation, I try to keep the adulting to a minimum. It is necessary, yes. But I try to keep the  disruption to my ass sitting to a minimum.

So, I went to Target this morning (never mind the previous spelling. I was on my phone, and that’s how my smart keyboard renders Target). And what I was looking for was under lock and key. And there were no Team Members (it’s been over 25 years since I worked for Target, and that’s what the employees were called back then) around to unlock the case, so I just got a couple of 2 liters of The Nectar Of The Gods and left. Though it did get me out of the house. And because I showed up to the bus stop right as the downtown Tacoma express showed up, and I subsequently connected to the Route 574  right away. Sometimes it’s quicker to go from Parkland to Federal Way than to Lakewood or Puyallup.

Long story short, I didn’t find what I was looking for at Target. I get home, and promptly find and order what I was looking for from Wally World. And I also ordered some socks from Spamazon.

There was also that Executive Email Carpet Bomb I tried with Comcast last night. Got a voicemail from them an hour ago (phone’s on silent for reasons). Maybe I should call them back. Then again I prefer written correspondence for a reason…..

Adulting:Round 2.5...

Cable went out last night for a planned 'network upgrade' that they ship conveniently didn't tell us about. Got me pissed off enough that I sent an email to Brian Robert's, the CEO asking why the service is so piss-poor. I hunt think I'll get a response, but at least my complaint has been made. In writing.

And for my session of vacation adulting, I'm on my way to Targèt now. Though Targèt runs have always been day-off adulting in the past.... 

Vacation Day 1 Report....

Normally on vacation, I try to spend as much time as I can sitting on my ass doing nothing. But adulting must happen. Still today I did laundry and paid the two bills that were coming due. Also on the agenda is a trip to Targèt and Wally World, but those can wait. After all I'm on vacation, and I can put it off if I want to... 

Vacation:Commence!

I'm off for the next 5 days. Almost missed the bus, but I still was able to catch it. Now to go home and do as little as possible.... 

So much has happened….

First off, don’t try to assassinate Cheetos-Face. We need to defeat him at the ballot box, not with a bullet. Political violence is wrong. If you don’t know why I’m writing this, then brush up on your Google-Fu.

While we’re still on the presidential election: yes, Biden tanked the first debate. He’s getting up there in years, but Trump is no spring chicken either. Anyway, when I cast my vote, I will vote for the most qualified candidate. And Donald Trump is unfit to lead, as per the New York Times. But we’ll see when the conventions this summer….

In the past week, we’ve lost Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, Shannen Doherty, and Shelly Duvall. May they spend all eternity frolicking in the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory. Ramen….

World Cup Time

So, USA as a host nation qualified for this year’s T20 World Cup. And after beating Pakistan (kind of like a high school JV team beating the Harlem Globetrotters), they qualified for the second round. Which also automatically qualifies them for the next T20 World Cup. Right now, as of the writing of this post, we’re getting our asses handed to us by South Africa. But I can’t be disappointed as a couple of the South African stars are also Seattle Orcas. It is what it is. But we’re the only Associate nation to make it to the second round, and we knocked off one the traditional powerhouses of cricket.

Willie Mays died yesterday. May he spend all of eternity frolicking in the Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory.

And one step back…

When we left our hero in October of last year, I  had to replace my computer chair. I initially replaced it with a no-frills office chair, but that meant no day off nap attacks. If I had the urge to take a nap, I actually had to go to bed and lie down. So, last week, I was looking through Newegg, and I found a gaming chair that I could afford. So, I pulled the trigger and the Fedex man delivered on Monday.Nice high-back chair that I can lean back in. It reclines. And it has a footrest. In a pinch it could work in the living room. Yes, I don’t have as much space in my room as before, but it’s a fair trade considering how most of the activities in my room are either sitting, dressing, or sleeping….

An attempted step up…

So, an important part of my computer setup has been my virtual machines. I’ve had two (one Windows ME and Windows XP) since 2013. Mainly for my really old programs (mainly games) that wouldn’t run even on Windows 7. Early on , I discovered VMWare Player. It supports 3D graphics, USB and drag-and-drop, even for Windows ME. So it was perfecto for installing games that I couldn’t really let go of, but never really played.

Fast forward through the years, and I decided to ‘refresh’ my virtual machines. A lot of the games that were on my VM’s I discovered how to get them to run on Windows 10/11 (mainly downloaded them from GOG and/or Steam. So, I tried Oracle Virtualbox. Got both OS’s to install, and I even got WinME fully setup. But the straw that broke the camel’s back was the lack of 3D acceleration in WinXP. So, deleted the new VM’s and went back to VMWare Workstation Pro, now free for personal use.

Of course the real bright side to all this was that I was too busy to fuck up my entire system while I was trying this….

So, what all happened last week….

This happened last week, but it was during my work week, and quite frankly I was too busy trying to mimic productive behavior to write about it….

So, Cheetos-Face has found guilty in New York. All 34 charges (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, then use your Google-Fu. my friend). And if he’s (God forbid) elected this fall, this is a conviction that he won’t be able to pardon himself over as it’s a state conviction. It’s on his record. And now, there are cases against his still for the classified documents a Mar A Lago. And then there’s also the Georgia case (another state case).

But for now, he’s had his due process, and a jury found him guilty.

He did it….

All Good Things Must End….

So, may vacation now draws to a close. But in a couple months’ time, it’ll be time for another one (employer allows us to use it as we accrue it, and I take it as soon as I accrue 24 hours’ worth).

But as frequent as I may try to make them, all vacations must come to an end. Now to go to bed and go to work….

This is why I don’t throw out hard drives….

So, back in 2007 (if I did blog it then, I’ve deleted the entry), I bought a 160gb hard drive. Pulled out one of the 30gb drives I was using (and gave it away, IIRC). Served on my Gateway tower for almost 2 years before the Tower gave up the ghost. Bought a new tower, which came with a SATA hard drive, but still had a IDE ribbon cable slot, so I used as an archive/backup for a couple of years. Then my economic situation progressed, and I was able to go completely SATA. The hard drive got set aside. And forgotten. A few years later, and this ‘new’ tower gives up the ghost, and I replace it with an HP Pavilion. No IDE slots whatsoever. By this time, I had forgotten about the drive completely. Built my tower in 2019 (and completely rebuilt it in 2021). Again no IDE slots. During my misadventures on the internet I saw an ad (from Wally World even for an IDE/usb interface), and I remembered that I sill had the drive. So I pulled the trigger. And there have so far been at least 2 occasions where I’ve had to pull files off of that drive that none of my other hard drives had.

BTW, I also have a USB external hard drive mount, so I can still access all of my old SATA drives…

Sometimes being a digital pack rat does pay off…

The Last Day….

So today is the last day of my vacation. Woke up at the time I usually wake up for going to work (I actually left my alarm on). Thought about ordering pizza tonight, but Phil got into the kitchen, and his pasta was pretty good.

So, tonight’s agenda is to do as little as possible. A nap will definitely be in order later on tonight. Oh and to finish downloading my Steam library….

Vacation Day 4: Report

Stayed home, as I should’ve. Payday is today, so yes I had to Adult and pay a couple of bills. Computer rebuild is almost complete (just have to finish downloading my Steam library).

I suppose I should try to reset my circadian clock back to my normal ‘work’ schedule….

Vacation Day 3: Report….

Did as little as possible last night. Slept in. Ate some onion rings and realized we were dangerously low on ketchup. Took a nap. Got back up to watch some Cricket and saw enough of the match to know that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have choked it, though they did have a good run.

Then to address the previously noted ketchup shortage, I took a trip to Wally World.

Also while on vacation, I decided to give in to the inevitable, and put Windows 11 back on my system with a clean install. Most of it has been just redownloading all of my games from their respective online stores. That’s good thing so I can honestly say that I’m working on my computer. When I’m actually sleeping….

OK, I”m done adulting today…

Finally got my laundry done. Apartment complex has two laundry rooms, but one was down for repairs. And everyone had to do their laundry this morning. Finally at about noon they fixed the other laundry room, and I was able to get my clothes washed. That and my Target delivery this morning concludes all of my adulting today. And thus Day 2 of my vacation concludes very late….

So I’m a Coke drinker…..

So I’m normally a Coke drinker. When the MD said the ‘D’ word, I switched from regular to diet coke. Yes, there is a taste difference, but I got used to it. And a few years later, Coke Zero came out, which tastes just like the regular stuff. I drink both (diet and zero) now. Initially, I couldn’t get used to the taste of diet pepsi. Every once in a while, I’d have one just for the difference.

And today, when I did my Target run delivered, they had a deal on 12 packs of soda. And I got one of diet pepsi.

Note on Dr. Pepper: Diet Dr. Pepper tastes exactly like the regular stuff. But still, it is mislabeled, and the FTC should pull it from shelves until it is labeled what it truly is: The Nectar Of The Gods….

Vacation Day 2: Report

Did as little as possible today. I am doing a little but of ‘adulting’ today (my laundry won’t do itself). And I’m making a Target run (actually having it delivered).

Slurm: It’s highly addictive….