: Only a Half-Fail
My laptop needs a new motherboard.
Fortunately, I extended my warranty on the computer, so Dell will replace it (and fix whatever else they might find) free of charge. That's really good, because if I remember correctly, motherboards aren't cheap. And considering how much money I've poured into my car in the past two weeks, not having to pay for my computer repair is a nice little bit of relief.
Yeah, it sucks I won't have my laptop for as much as two weeks, but I keep going back to the fact that it's being repaired free of charge. That takes care of a lot of ills and inconveniences right there.
My sunburn is finally starting to peel. Moral of the story, kids? Use sunscreen, even if you think something like pool water will protect you. It won't, because the sun is an evil little bastard.
The more I think about that CNU opportunity my newspaper colleague told me about over the weekend, the more I like it. If it pays roughly what the Assistant SID position at Hampton should have paid (and every indication so far is that it does), I would gladly jump at that. I already know how to do most of the work, and finally being able to afford health coverage would be really nice.
I wonder, though ... if CNU is a public school (and I can't for the life of me remember if it is), would that make me an employee of the state? If so, even better! I mean, working at ODU would be nice, don't get me wrong. But deep down in my gut, the CNU thing just seems like it would be a better fit.
I actually caught myself drawing last night ... something I haven't done extensively in a few years. I'm obviously rusty (which kinda sucks, cause I didn't think I was all that good to begin with), and I'm not really sure what prompted me to do it. Maybe it was the fact that I found myself with all this time on my hands without my laptop.
I've also felt a surge of creativity since plowing through my Dollhouse DVD set. Problem is ... what do I direct that energy toward? A novel? A screenplay? That fanfic series I never got off the ground? Another project entirely? I'd like to use this creative energy before it whilts away -- it's so fleeting anymore, I need to use it whenever it actually decides to grace me with its presence.
My laptop needs a new motherboard.
Fortunately, I extended my warranty on the computer, so Dell will replace it (and fix whatever else they might find) free of charge. That's really good, because if I remember correctly, motherboards aren't cheap. And considering how much money I've poured into my car in the past two weeks, not having to pay for my computer repair is a nice little bit of relief.
Yeah, it sucks I won't have my laptop for as much as two weeks, but I keep going back to the fact that it's being repaired free of charge. That takes care of a lot of ills and inconveniences right there.
My sunburn is finally starting to peel. Moral of the story, kids? Use sunscreen, even if you think something like pool water will protect you. It won't, because the sun is an evil little bastard.
The more I think about that CNU opportunity my newspaper colleague told me about over the weekend, the more I like it. If it pays roughly what the Assistant SID position at Hampton should have paid (and every indication so far is that it does), I would gladly jump at that. I already know how to do most of the work, and finally being able to afford health coverage would be really nice.
I wonder, though ... if CNU is a public school (and I can't for the life of me remember if it is), would that make me an employee of the state? If so, even better! I mean, working at ODU would be nice, don't get me wrong. But deep down in my gut, the CNU thing just seems like it would be a better fit.
I actually caught myself drawing last night ... something I haven't done extensively in a few years. I'm obviously rusty (which kinda sucks, cause I didn't think I was all that good to begin with), and I'm not really sure what prompted me to do it. Maybe it was the fact that I found myself with all this time on my hands without my laptop.
I've also felt a surge of creativity since plowing through my Dollhouse DVD set. Problem is ... what do I direct that energy toward? A novel? A screenplay? That fanfic series I never got off the ground? Another project entirely? I'd like to use this creative energy before it whilts away -- it's so fleeting anymore, I need to use it whenever it actually decides to grace me with its presence.