Domestic Geek

So I went to the Apple store Friday night for the release of OS 10.3 (Panther). We were given these cute little dog tags as a "free gift". Marcus mentioned that they went up for sale right away on eBay and silly me thinks, "Who's going to spend money on eBay for something that was given away free?" I guess many people will, as noted in this eBay search. Some of them are already going for over $20. Weirdos! I swear, if they start going for over $50, I might be tempted to let mine go.

Current mood: irritated
Well, I just got my first spam comment. I am so sick of this spam crap. There are over 700 messages in my bulk mail box on my Lycos account that I've gotten in the last few days that I need to weed through and over 30 in my regular inbox. People, don't respond to spam in any way, shape or form. This stuff is never going to go away as long as it works for the people that send it out. I guess I'll have to start implementing some of the anti-spam measures that are posted over at ScriptyGoddess later this week. *sigh*

It has also come to my attention that one of the possible reasons that my hours have been cut at work is that the new assistant manager hates me and the head manager has a thing for her. Interesting. While that is mainly gossip and speculation, it sure would explain alot. I've really got to get off my ass this week and find another job.

OK, I'm going to go watch the rest of the Bronco game.

Current mood: excited
I got two ribbons at the Platt Art Show tonight!!! My Dalmation Stamps took first place in the Illustrator stamps category. A Kellogg's Special K box I drew took an Honorable Mention in some kind of drawing catagory (packaging, maybe?). Too cool!!!! I'll post pics tomorrow in my gallery.

Current mood: relieved
OK, another final done and another class checked off the list.

Today started off great again. Apparently the video card in my G4 is toast. Of course, I didn't turn the thing on yesterday at all when Marcus had time to help me fix it. I discover it this morning when I go to add things to my notes (that I was allowed to use on the test this morning). Figures that my Mac is the only one in the house with Microsoft Office installed on it (since we use it at school). I can't open them up on the pc because they're stored on my iPod (no firewire port on the pc box). Marcus let me "steal" the video card out of the G3 we have until I can come up with some cash to buy a new card. This soooo sucks. When I finally got video, the computer kept hanging at one spot while it was booting. I've been neglecting the poor thing. It needs some serious attention. I just ran first aid on it and that seemed to help alot. I also moved my ram sticks around. We'll see.

What is up with today? I know they said there were some weird sun spots or something happening that could affect electronic stuff. I just lost my wireless keyboard. The wireless mouse still works, I changed the batteries, but the keyboard still doesn't work. This is too weird. I'm going to work now and staying off computers the rest of the day.

So, Matrix Revolutions will be released in less than two weeks. I can't wait. I put a countdown over in the sidebar. I've been interested in the Matrix ARG that's been going on. I found out about it on the Matrix Essays site. It's pretty cool. One of the forums I've really been watching pertaining to this game can be found here. The people who come up with this are either waaaay gifted or have waaaay too much time on their hands (or both). I don't have time to try to solve any of the game, but it sure is interesting reading about what others have come up with.

Well, I'm off to bed. I have that final exam and the art show tomorrow. G'night.