Computers, tacos, and serendipity
Okay, first off I just took a good look at the picture I randomly posted in my last blog...if you look really close at the sign the guy is holding it says 'pay tomato pickers'. I didn't realize that picketing Taco Bell would really be an effective forum to raise public awareness about the financial compensation of aforementioned tomato pickers, I mean c'mon when you and I go to Taco Bell we want some tacos or chalupas or enchiritos RIGHT NOW and I will mow over any fool with a sign that stands between me and sloppy taco goodness.
Anyway I digress (again...I seem to be Captain Random lately). Speaking of random, I have 83 days left in the Air Force! I'm stoked. And 39 of that is vacation time. And that's including weekends. SO I probably have about 28ish actual days of work left, although I will get paid for 83. Ahh, if it only worked like that all of the time.
Crap, I randomed off again. My computer, which I have had since early '04 and has been a trusty steed, is being kind of fruity. Besides the fact that I could read a fair-sized book in the time it takes to boot up, it's just doing odd stuff. Like my printer mysteriously not printing random documents, or it freezing on simple applications, or it just refusing to run iTunes right. I've alternated between talking to it in a calm, soothing, encouraging voice ("c'mon baby, you know that laptop ain't got nothin' on you and your motherboard") to vaguely threatening it ("I'm gonna reprogram you with a large hatchet"). So the evil thought that I may have to replace the CPU someday crept into my mind. Which I hate, because it's a pain in the ass to transfer over all of your files and songs and stuff, not to mention that when you buy a computer for say $1200, approximately 6.3 days later the same computer is on sale for $700. Then when you go to the store to say 'hey I want my $500 because you just put this on sale" they pull out same paper with a clause on it that says "Dear computer buyer, we have you bent over the barrel, so get used to it ahhahaha, I mean, we sincerely regret being unable to pricematch or return any money due to the competitive nature of the computer industry".
And on a final note....a minor miracle occurred this week, for lack of a better term. A terrific person and friend I had lost touch with got a hold of me out of the blue, one I hadn't talked to in years (unfortunately). So here's to you, you know who you are. Thanks for finding me.
Anyway I digress (again...I seem to be Captain Random lately). Speaking of random, I have 83 days left in the Air Force! I'm stoked. And 39 of that is vacation time. And that's including weekends. SO I probably have about 28ish actual days of work left, although I will get paid for 83. Ahh, if it only worked like that all of the time.
Crap, I randomed off again. My computer, which I have had since early '04 and has been a trusty steed, is being kind of fruity. Besides the fact that I could read a fair-sized book in the time it takes to boot up, it's just doing odd stuff. Like my printer mysteriously not printing random documents, or it freezing on simple applications, or it just refusing to run iTunes right. I've alternated between talking to it in a calm, soothing, encouraging voice ("c'mon baby, you know that laptop ain't got nothin' on you and your motherboard") to vaguely threatening it ("I'm gonna reprogram you with a large hatchet"). So the evil thought that I may have to replace the CPU someday crept into my mind. Which I hate, because it's a pain in the ass to transfer over all of your files and songs and stuff, not to mention that when you buy a computer for say $1200, approximately 6.3 days later the same computer is on sale for $700. Then when you go to the store to say 'hey I want my $500 because you just put this on sale" they pull out same paper with a clause on it that says "Dear computer buyer, we have you bent over the barrel, so get used to it ahhahaha, I mean, we sincerely regret being unable to pricematch or return any money due to the competitive nature of the computer industry".
And on a final note....a minor miracle occurred this week, for lack of a better term. A terrific person and friend I had lost touch with got a hold of me out of the blue, one I hadn't talked to in years (unfortunately). So here's to you, you know who you are. Thanks for finding me.
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