Brainwaves of Sken

Verdict: nerve stuff, nothing they can do until they get the EMG back,
so she’s got percocet until then, and been sent home. The EMG test is
on the 11th, news on the 17th. Sounds pretty lame to me, to be told to
take painkillers for 3 weeks.

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They aren’t entirely sure if her leg problem is a clotting issue or a continuation of the neurological trouble she’s been having. The docs will know more after the cat scan comes back later this afternoon.

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If I find a place to stop (on my way to the land of Cleves) and pick up a mini-jack to mini-jack cable, I can listen to my new shuffle in the car! I’m geeked about it – I’ve downloaded a buncha This American Life and Radio Lab. I really wish I could download 107.1’s Sonic Bliss, but it looks like I’d have to do it the old-fashioned way – by hand.

On a more somber note, my friend Autumn is on her way to the ER due to some debilitating leg pain – I’ll be keeping folks up to date on that, as I hear more.

I love this icon – I need more excuses to use it. It’s a photo of an art project I did while at Madonna – I’m pretty proud of the work I did while I was still considering a double major in Graphic Design. That was a 3-D multi-layer foamcore project. With spraypaint. As with most of my projects, I just left them there, and if he likes them he’ll demonstrate with them for future classes.

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I’m disappointed. The neat widgets they advertised for their sidebar were exactly the ones I wanted. They don’t seem to be offered (specifically, a nice graphical battery life widget and a wi-fi signal widget). I found a reasonable substitute for the former, but not the latter.

Suck.

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A few days ago, jupiters_angel and I finally got a chance to hang out, and share some of the fantabulous dipping sauce of Alcamos. Between that and dropping her grandmother off in ye olde wyandotte, it really brought back the fun of old times. Then, of course, there was Howard the Duck and the Yule Log. My braiiin…

This evening, K.T. and I met up at the Magic Bag, and who should be there but Ann and Erik! It was nice to get me some Ann hugs, the transportation issues really cramp our hang-out style.

While paying my bill *grumbles about 15 dollar minimum*, I hear K.T. go “Eli?”, quietly. I start to turn and shout out “Elissa??” before I even see who it is, and BAM! There is mah sweetheart! She’s there with her boyfriend, and though we’re all tired, her JUMPING UP and DOWN and shouting and hugging inspire energy within us, so we hop down to The Post for a drink before heading home.

It’s worth the chronic lack of sleep, for sure. We shared some incredible stories from ten years ago – I never thought of myself as a wild child (perhaps because I could always compare myself to those who were far wilder), but I definitely had my share of crazy shenanigans. Some … less legal than others. We talked about how necessary it is for people to go through their wild period in order to move on in their life, in order to really understand why you can’t live like that all the time. Life is precious, and the partying becomes meaningless pretty damned fast.

Anyway, she wrapped herself around my neck and wouldn’t let go (even when I spun her about, hands-free) until I promised I’d go to Pizza House with her again so she could order the Pizza of Doom (seriously, there were like 9 toppings on this fucker).

So… sometime this coming up week, I will probably be doing that, before she heads back to MD.

Also, I’m considering having another birthday party this year, perhaps the weekend of the 28th. Last year’s experience at Leo’s was great fun. What say you? Perhaps initial hanging out at my apartment for those who’d like to see where I live, and then a trip down to Leo’s? I’ll be 29 this year, so there’s lots of opportunity for people to make fun of my impending Life Change. I’m kind of a spoil-sport, though; I don’t really go through any more crisis at the Age Markers than I do any other time. ;)

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Work was a free lunch at Mosiac around 1 and an early drive home, for me. Mmm filet mignon.

I’m almost certainly going to see Spike and Mike’s sick and twisted animation festival TONIGHT at the Magic Bag in Ferndale. So be there, or be there.

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So I’m looking to pick up an external enclosure for my internal hard drive so I can more conveniently use it on my laptop, right?

I find what I’m looking for, more or less, on cooldrives.com for about 56 bucks. They’re one of two companies to sell enclosures without a massive mark-up. Not too bad, but… I’m sorry, terrible spelling on a company website AND an insistence that no support be offered via phone AND that enclosures can’t be returned due to the “the volume of uninformed purchases” do not make me comfortable. I’ve seen a few complaints, particularly about their asshole service.

To make things worse, they’re on vacation until the 15th. WTF? 3 weeks with no one to run the place?

On the other hand, I found This lovely drive at wiebetech.com (which came recommended). Problems? No firewire (USB and eSATA) – which slows down Ben’s use of it, if ever. Also, it costs nearly twice as much ($99).

How much, though, for piece of mind? Am I willing to pay 50 bucks more for a good brand? Am I willing to pay 50 bucks less for something that might not work?

Interestingly, they also offer a laptop card for eSATA. It’s 50 bucks, which is twice as much (again) as the iSATA card I have now, but A) wouldn’t involve strange cable shenanigans and B) might not make my computer freeze up, as this one occasionally does. Of course I’d then have to return the (TOTALLY generic) one I got from compgeeks, and I doubt they’re too return-happy, either.

I know better than this, don’t I? generic purchases can work for food and (sometimes) clothing, but are never, ever good for computer hardware. Ever. The money you save will be wasted in aggravation and in the time you spend making obscure drivers work. Why am I even hesitating?

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Fun!

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I am not always a great person. Some of you might rolls your eyes at that and say, “Seriously. Hello.” and some of you might be surprised. Regardless, I try to not to bullshit myself.

I’ve talked about the way I try to live, and how I try to be aware of myself, my actions, and other people, but I’m fully capable of rationalization, pettiness, and lashing out. Two pages re: my new resolve. You’ve been warned.

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My big gift for the season was a shuffle, which is pretty fun (I’m listening to it now). The whole itunes thing definitely caused some consternation – I just do -not- like being forced into one software package for my music, no matter how good it is. There are a few alternatives out there, but they’re more or less janky, so… *sigh* swallow my pride and install.

I’m jamming to my music at work as we speak, and I can’t wait until I’m home where I can dock it and (I believe) change the EQ – by default, it needs some treble. I guess it makes me appreciate the ol’ laptop I’ve been lugging in to work every day – that was some seriously good quality for MP3. Eh, I should be able to solve the problem quickly, at home.

My friend eposia posted about a wedding she went to that I really like. I would be pretty cool with a similar event for myself. The way it worked:

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