September 26, 2001
I blog there for I am. weeee... I'm feeling pretty good today, although so many bad things have happened. well, not bad bad things but crappy things none the less...
Ok, Friday night I went to Beemer, saw my parents, I tried to fix my parents' computer. It's a HP pavilion 4455. There are system problems up the wazoo. I back up essential things, and I pop in the System Recovery CD that came with the machine... I do a format and reinstall thingy... well it dosn't work. it says something about the CD being damaged or the drive bein faulty.. UGH!! .. so.. the disk looks ok to me.. no serious scratches.. not really knowing what to do I swaped the CDRW drive that was in there with the CD drive that was factory insalled with the system.. diddn't solve the problem.. so... I think to myself.. if the HD was allready formated by the recovery program then all I need to di is a reinstall... I pick option #2. and well, that does reinstall windows, but, the hard drive hadn't been reformated. well, I reinstall the printer and the scanner, and set up the properties for dialup internet like they were. Not everything is gonna work exactly the way it did, but, the system should be useable. What I will have to do now, is boot with my win98 boot disk (from my computer) reformat the C drive. then do option #2 on the HP recovery disk... I hope that will do the trick. In the mean time I need to request new recovery disks from HP... blah.. I'll look into that this weekend. I have wat too little friggen time to play with this damn thing.
The other night my dad tried to get a hold of me. He IMed me on AIM 5 min before I got off work. *sigh* Obviously, the saved links in IE had been cleared., so it doesn't pop down and give you a bunch of possible URLs when you start typing one in,....My dad wasn't around for me to tell him that when I had to leave for Lincoln sunday afternoon. It's understandable that he'd have the problem.. considering he's become so used to it... I understand the frustration of a feature like taht not working after you become used to it.. no big deal.. but to complicate things the man does not know the difference between .COM and .GOV well, I got him to the site he needed, I'm just glad he was going to the FEMA site and not the whitehouse site. I wish they'd just get DSL. My dad says that it took forever for him to dialup well, I don't know what the problem with that is.. I called home to see if I could help them out last ngiht but my dad wasn't home... from talking to my mom I have a feeling my dad thinks that I don't know what the hell I'm doing and that I fugger everything up every time I use it. "Every time [FJ] comes home that computer.. blah blah blah" well it's not my damn fault Windows 98 is a pain in the a**.
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if you've read this far, good for you.. you get a gold star. if you skipped to here it's ok, you only missed a rant. Another bad thing that has happened is that I lost my calculator :( my TI-86 is missing. I clearly remember having it at my physics lab last night... I remember that I left there at about 6:20 PM. I remember having a headache the whole time and being completly out of it. I know I diddn't open my bag untill the next morning. Aparently I left my caculator there... in the class room.. so.. nothing in lost and found, and I told my TA.. (He's takeing the same chemestry class as me.. and he's in my lecture.. how weird is that?!) He said he'd look, I havn't seen him since this morning and I'm not really sure how to reach him.. I'll go to the resource room this evening before I go to work, hopefully I'll find something out.
Well, it's 4:10 PM, I'm supposed to meet a friend here in the union to work on my chemestry stuff... and she's no where to be seen. this sucks. I work in two hours, If I have a chance I shall blog about positive things that have occured lately.
Ok, Friday night I went to Beemer, saw my parents, I tried to fix my parents' computer. It's a HP pavilion 4455. There are system problems up the wazoo. I back up essential things, and I pop in the System Recovery CD that came with the machine... I do a format and reinstall thingy... well it dosn't work. it says something about the CD being damaged or the drive bein faulty.. UGH!! .. so.. the disk looks ok to me.. no serious scratches.. not really knowing what to do I swaped the CDRW drive that was in there with the CD drive that was factory insalled with the system.. diddn't solve the problem.. so... I think to myself.. if the HD was allready formated by the recovery program then all I need to di is a reinstall... I pick option #2. and well, that does reinstall windows, but, the hard drive hadn't been reformated. well, I reinstall the printer and the scanner, and set up the properties for dialup internet like they were. Not everything is gonna work exactly the way it did, but, the system should be useable. What I will have to do now, is boot with my win98 boot disk (from my computer) reformat the C drive. then do option #2 on the HP recovery disk... I hope that will do the trick. In the mean time I need to request new recovery disks from HP... blah.. I'll look into that this weekend. I have wat too little friggen time to play with this damn thing.
The other night my dad tried to get a hold of me. He IMed me on AIM 5 min before I got off work. *sigh* Obviously, the saved links in IE had been cleared., so it doesn't pop down and give you a bunch of possible URLs when you start typing one in,....My dad wasn't around for me to tell him that when I had to leave for Lincoln sunday afternoon. It's understandable that he'd have the problem.. considering he's become so used to it... I understand the frustration of a feature like taht not working after you become used to it.. no big deal.. but to complicate things the man does not know the difference between .COM and .GOV well, I got him to the site he needed, I'm just glad he was going to the FEMA site and not the whitehouse site. I wish they'd just get DSL. My dad says that it took forever for him to dialup well, I don't know what the problem with that is.. I called home to see if I could help them out last ngiht but my dad wasn't home... from talking to my mom I have a feeling my dad thinks that I don't know what the hell I'm doing and that I fugger everything up every time I use it. "Every time [FJ] comes home that computer.. blah blah blah" well it's not my damn fault Windows 98 is a pain in the a**.
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if you've read this far, good for you.. you get a gold star. if you skipped to here it's ok, you only missed a rant. Another bad thing that has happened is that I lost my calculator :( my TI-86 is missing. I clearly remember having it at my physics lab last night... I remember that I left there at about 6:20 PM. I remember having a headache the whole time and being completly out of it. I know I diddn't open my bag untill the next morning. Aparently I left my caculator there... in the class room.. so.. nothing in lost and found, and I told my TA.. (He's takeing the same chemestry class as me.. and he's in my lecture.. how weird is that?!) He said he'd look, I havn't seen him since this morning and I'm not really sure how to reach him.. I'll go to the resource room this evening before I go to work, hopefully I'll find something out.
Well, it's 4:10 PM, I'm supposed to meet a friend here in the union to work on my chemestry stuff... and she's no where to be seen. this sucks. I work in two hours, If I have a chance I shall blog about positive things that have occured lately.
September 19, 2001
I'm not sure how much time has pased since my last post. It seems like it's been an eternety. The lact couple of days could have been weeks. One of the nights, ... the night before last... if today is wedn'sday, then it must have been monday night, the power went out a couple of times. well, Other than the fact that I was over tired. stressed out, and about to go completly insane.. things were ok... I guess... in an attempt at self preservation my brain did not allow me to wake up early enough to go to work. I don't know how to get around that part of my brain that makes me sleep so I don't die. Anyway, I basicly miss work. That's bad. my braind feels fried right now. I know other bad things have happened but, some how they aren't coming to mind. oh yeah I got that nimda virus last night. it's a pain in the --- yes, down there. Now I really have reason to wipe out my hard drive and start over. *sigh* The only thing more pathetic than where I am right now would be to die on the spot.. then not only would I have not accomplished any thing but some one would have to drag my cold dead ass out the door. so, I guess I'll have to stay alive. weeee... look at me I'm respirating. well, I guess I can stop here. Who reads this thing anyway?!
September 17, 2001
I don't know why my blog page dosn't show my most recent post. ugh. maybe this one will push it through. who knows. Today is monday, it has been a long day. I'm at work right now. although I'm tired I can still say my job kicks ass. woo hoo.
I want to spend my money. I want to buy a CD MP3 player. they come in 3 price ranges, $60, $120 and $170. I can't decide what I want to get. I'll probly go with one that's about $120 .. it's instock at compgeeks.com
For a short while I wanted to get one of those voice enabler thingys, But, then I looked at the cost of using net2phone and bleah the cheapest package is $10 a month for 250 min. after that it's still somewhat cheap but kinda pointless, considering I don't make that many long distance calls (because of the cost those dimes add up.) I'm not sure it'd be worth it. hmm however, I could easily afford to talk on the phone more. I could call all my friends for under 3.5 cents a minute. The device does cost about $130, and I can use it anywhere there's broadband. hmmm . well, I'll have to mull it over.
I really want to take another trip,... where shall I go? CA? TX? Canada? NY? DC? OK? PA? I wouldn't mind taking another trip to california. If I go anywhere I'll be going durring the second week of january 2002. I dont know how well this will work for any of you. I mean if I go some where by myself I might as well meet some friends. so. help me decide where to go. The winner will recieve a post card, ha ha.
ok, I'm gonna post and update my blog hopefully the one from the 14th will go throught too,
I want to spend my money. I want to buy a CD MP3 player. they come in 3 price ranges, $60, $120 and $170. I can't decide what I want to get. I'll probly go with one that's about $120 .. it's instock at compgeeks.com
For a short while I wanted to get one of those voice enabler thingys, But, then I looked at the cost of using net2phone and bleah the cheapest package is $10 a month for 250 min. after that it's still somewhat cheap but kinda pointless, considering I don't make that many long distance calls (because of the cost those dimes add up.) I'm not sure it'd be worth it. hmm however, I could easily afford to talk on the phone more. I could call all my friends for under 3.5 cents a minute. The device does cost about $130, and I can use it anywhere there's broadband. hmmm . well, I'll have to mull it over.
I really want to take another trip,... where shall I go? CA? TX? Canada? NY? DC? OK? PA? I wouldn't mind taking another trip to california. If I go anywhere I'll be going durring the second week of january 2002. I dont know how well this will work for any of you. I mean if I go some where by myself I might as well meet some friends. so. help me decide where to go. The winner will recieve a post card, ha ha.
ok, I'm gonna post and update my blog hopefully the one from the 14th will go throught too,
September 14, 2001
My friend Deepak is the coolest. He just happens to be my TA for my Biology recitation, and he saved my butt, He's a cool guy.
September 11, 2001
I thought yesterday was a lousy day. This puts things in perspective. it's so surreal right now. I'll blog again later.
September 10, 2001
Today has been a lousy day. perhaps tomorrow will be better.
September 08, 2001
GO BIG RED, GO BIG RED,. 27 to 10 was the final score tonight. it was a good game the Huskers played well in the first half, but *sigh* offencivly we need a lot of work. it was the first game of the regular season, sure, but we're lucky and allready have two games under our belt. We've improved somewhat, but we need to pick it up to prove we deserve our rank at #4.
it rained. tonight . . diddn't seem to deter the 73918 people there. Nebraska's 3rd largest city, (the stadium) was sold out again for the 242nd concecutive time.
I thought it was interesting that Notre Dame is in 2nd for the number of academic all-americans at 134. Nebraska has 181, which is a NCAA record.
it rained. tonight . . diddn't seem to deter the 73918 people there. Nebraska's 3rd largest city, (the stadium) was sold out again for the 242nd concecutive time.
I thought it was interesting that Notre Dame is in 2nd for the number of academic all-americans at 134. Nebraska has 181, which is a NCAA record.
September 06, 2001
ATTENTION, ATTENTION, AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED PLEASE TAKE THE NEAREST EXIT TO THE MAIN FLOOR OR LOBBY, DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR.. wouldn't you like to wake up to this in the middle of the night!? After 2:00 but before 5:00 There was a power outage in my dorm. This was the emergency. The whole building was evacuated. and we were there for a good well, it was a long time.. over an hour. I was allready sleep deprived. I diddn't need this. It's not easy to sleep on grass, sure I've slept under the stars before, but it's not the same. That and it was lightly raining last night. When the power came back on they let us back into the building. it was 6:45 when I crashed on my bed. I passed out. I missed both my classes today. If I had known I would have just stayed in bed.. who would have known?
September 05, 2001
I'm well over due for a FJ update. oh so so many things to blog about. where do I begin? 2nd week of school is going... going ... going... Big game this weekend!! the UN-L Huskers vs. the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game of a life time. had I not been so busy being a student last fall and rememberd to get tickets before they sold out in record time, I could have easily resold it for over $300. A pair of tickets in a good location will not go for less than $500. Face value of a ticket? $40. I'd love to be there though. IF I had a ticket It would be hard for me to part with it. The game will be broadcast on ESPN this saturday. For such a big game I want to be sure I figure out where I'll go to watch it. It will deffinately be an exciting game. The Huskers have a long way to go after last saturdays game. Sure the score board says we wiped them out, but mistakes were made on the field. such mishaps will be unnaceptable this weekend. It is early in the season though, I have no idea how Notre Dame is doing this year.
Ok, enough about football for now, in national news HP is buying out Compaq I can't belive it. Well I can belive it ,, but it's just creepy some how that a company like HP is merging with a company like Compaq. HP does make good home systems. I don't care what other people say. For the money right now is not a bad time to buy a HP for the home. Their printers are excellent. (yet expencive). Compaq blows. Don't buy their computers, or printers (if you can find one) but from what I've seen they make a couple of nifty hand helds. If you really want a computer, and you don't go for a mac (unless you do some kind of video or graphic design or some stuff like that why would you? ) ... And you don't build one yourself, I'd say go with Dell, Gateway, or HP. what would I buy? none of the above. but if I were my parents... I'd send them to any one of those places. Gateway has some kick ass monitors right now, at not bad prices., ( I forget who manufactures them for gateway at the moment. ) and don't buy a HP scanner, they seem to be problematic. If you want a laptop go IBM the IBM PIII laptops kick ass! I work with them at work. I wouldnt mind owning one myself.
since this is supposed to be a FJ update, I guess I should comment on my state of being. I'm all messed up in the head. I don't know what my problem is. maybe I need more sleep. maybe it's poor nutrition. maybe it's insanity. I feel like I'm just going through the motions. I get up [oversleep], I go to class, slack, go to work, slack, go home, slack, sleep.... .wake up.. well you get the idea. I wonder if maybe I just need more human interaction... but then why these antisocial tendencies? maybe I need more TV. hmm maybe TV bad. I'm afraid to hook up my VCR (can't watch TV without it -- it's the only tuner I have, I purposely left my TV in Beemer.) oh crap, I just realized that I don't have my audio cable that I need to hear the TV. a lot of good that does me. no CC decoder and no sound. speaking of closed captions. Why the hell does a cable channel like TLC not ever have closed captioned programming?!? There are gov't programs ready to throw money out to caption educational stuff like that. The channels I'd watch the most because it'd rot my brain the least have no closed captioning. What kind of world do we live in?! For now I'll be fine.. I guess. The only show I can't watch without closed captioning is "The Weakest Link". Seriously, can any one understand a damn word that woman says?!?!?! It has nothing to do with her being brittish or having an accent. it's the way she talks.. well slurs. Speaking of Brittish things on TV. have any of you seen Junkyard Wars? another TLC program (which means it's not closed captioned >:( I don't have a problem understanding that show though. ) But anyway, that show kicks ass.
Well, it's quite late, and Wednsdays are a b*^@# !!! I guess this concludes the FJ update.. . o O ( Go Huskers!! )
Ok, enough about football for now, in national news HP is buying out Compaq I can't belive it. Well I can belive it ,, but it's just creepy some how that a company like HP is merging with a company like Compaq. HP does make good home systems. I don't care what other people say. For the money right now is not a bad time to buy a HP for the home. Their printers are excellent. (yet expencive). Compaq blows. Don't buy their computers, or printers (if you can find one) but from what I've seen they make a couple of nifty hand helds. If you really want a computer, and you don't go for a mac (unless you do some kind of video or graphic design or some stuff like that why would you? ) ... And you don't build one yourself, I'd say go with Dell, Gateway, or HP. what would I buy? none of the above. but if I were my parents... I'd send them to any one of those places. Gateway has some kick ass monitors right now, at not bad prices., ( I forget who manufactures them for gateway at the moment. ) and don't buy a HP scanner, they seem to be problematic. If you want a laptop go IBM the IBM PIII laptops kick ass! I work with them at work. I wouldnt mind owning one myself.
since this is supposed to be a FJ update, I guess I should comment on my state of being. I'm all messed up in the head. I don't know what my problem is. maybe I need more sleep. maybe it's poor nutrition. maybe it's insanity. I feel like I'm just going through the motions. I get up [oversleep], I go to class, slack, go to work, slack, go home, slack, sleep.... .wake up.. well you get the idea. I wonder if maybe I just need more human interaction... but then why these antisocial tendencies? maybe I need more TV. hmm maybe TV bad. I'm afraid to hook up my VCR (can't watch TV without it -- it's the only tuner I have, I purposely left my TV in Beemer.) oh crap, I just realized that I don't have my audio cable that I need to hear the TV. a lot of good that does me. no CC decoder and no sound. speaking of closed captions. Why the hell does a cable channel like TLC not ever have closed captioned programming?!? There are gov't programs ready to throw money out to caption educational stuff like that. The channels I'd watch the most because it'd rot my brain the least have no closed captioning. What kind of world do we live in?! For now I'll be fine.. I guess. The only show I can't watch without closed captioning is "The Weakest Link". Seriously, can any one understand a damn word that woman says?!?!?! It has nothing to do with her being brittish or having an accent. it's the way she talks.. well slurs. Speaking of Brittish things on TV. have any of you seen Junkyard Wars? another TLC program (which means it's not closed captioned >:( I don't have a problem understanding that show though. ) But anyway, that show kicks ass.
Well, it's quite late, and Wednsdays are a b*^@# !!! I guess this concludes the FJ update.. . o O ( Go Huskers!! )
