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minutes are dragging (figuratively speaking)
Okay... so I was sitting at home, writing Nick my daily email of emails, and then it hit me -- this thing has a modem on it. Mind you, it's a 56K modem, but you know what they say about beggars being choosy and all. I found the NoCharge.com information on my external, and all of a sudden the computer was making the once-familiar whoops and trills that once was a staple of my existence.
The post says that it's 4:59 in the morning, but that's because I never bothered to set it back to Pacific Standard. I figured that since the laptop came from the East Coast, it's center should stay there, too.
I started knitting again last night, thanks to a surprise care package from Nick's mom. Inside it were about eight skeins of imported yarn (in plum and charcoal), three pairs of bamboo needles (so I can take them on the plane without incident), and a zebra purse to complement Lor's tiger purse from me and Nick. Nick says that his purse will eat his mom's purse, which cracks me up to no end.
As I was casting on, I thought I had forgotten how to knit, so I had my handy-dandy guidebook alongside just in case... but sure enough, I had found my rhythm and was knitting and purling to my heart's content. It took a while to get used to the new needles, but I'm quickly growing fond of them. I asked my mom if she would make a needle caddy for me and she agreed, so I bought the outer fabric (a fine-wale corduroy in black) and drudged up some fabric I got a while back for the lining (a orange and gold pattern -- it'll look spectacular together).
I think I'm going back to the mall tomorrow. I mean, I need to do some returns and all, but really, it's just for the boba smoothies. I noticed a kiwi-pineapple combination... mmm! One thing I'd really like to do with Nick in NYC is find a real-deal boba tea place (you know, the one that does the nifty sealing thing atop the cup), because I have the feeling that he'd like it. The thing that he said he wasn't keen on was the boba (large tapioca pearls), but I never get that in mine. It's all about the lychee for me.
It's been about fifteen minutes and I've got four megs of the updates downloaded. Man, this'll take some time. I'm so not used to dial-up anymore.
... slowly, I'm starting to realize that when Lorelei's not around and I've got all this "me time", the time is basically spent with me in a quiet house, just sitting around. No TV on, no music most of the time... nothing. It's really weird to realize that much of your social life comes from work and the internet. <_<
The post says that it's 4:59 in the morning, but that's because I never bothered to set it back to Pacific Standard. I figured that since the laptop came from the East Coast, it's center should stay there, too.
I started knitting again last night, thanks to a surprise care package from Nick's mom. Inside it were about eight skeins of imported yarn (in plum and charcoal), three pairs of bamboo needles (so I can take them on the plane without incident), and a zebra purse to complement Lor's tiger purse from me and Nick. Nick says that his purse will eat his mom's purse, which cracks me up to no end.
As I was casting on, I thought I had forgotten how to knit, so I had my handy-dandy guidebook alongside just in case... but sure enough, I had found my rhythm and was knitting and purling to my heart's content. It took a while to get used to the new needles, but I'm quickly growing fond of them. I asked my mom if she would make a needle caddy for me and she agreed, so I bought the outer fabric (a fine-wale corduroy in black) and drudged up some fabric I got a while back for the lining (a orange and gold pattern -- it'll look spectacular together).
I think I'm going back to the mall tomorrow. I mean, I need to do some returns and all, but really, it's just for the boba smoothies. I noticed a kiwi-pineapple combination... mmm! One thing I'd really like to do with Nick in NYC is find a real-deal boba tea place (you know, the one that does the nifty sealing thing atop the cup), because I have the feeling that he'd like it. The thing that he said he wasn't keen on was the boba (large tapioca pearls), but I never get that in mine. It's all about the lychee for me.
It's been about fifteen minutes and I've got four megs of the updates downloaded. Man, this'll take some time. I'm so not used to dial-up anymore.
... slowly, I'm starting to realize that when Lorelei's not around and I've got all this "me time", the time is basically spent with me in a quiet house, just sitting around. No TV on, no music most of the time... nothing. It's really weird to realize that much of your social life comes from work and the internet. <_<
