So the good computer is still on the fritz, the camera won't upload to the surviving computer, the internet seems to be dragging, my 'check engine' light is on in my car, and the good Xbox just red-ringed! The red-ring of death means the Xbox is officially dead and needs to be sent to the factory for them to gut it and send a new one. I think a piece of Simon's soul went with it....
Apparently we have offended the cyber gods so perhaps we should put a disclaimer before offering any kind of technical/electronics advice: "Warning - Although we do the research and the maintenance on all our stuff it still has a 90% fail rate so we make no promises for what we've recommended to you!" Cheers :)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Recap!!
So the computer is still dead, but we can update anyway!
The vet school threw a big Halloween Party, which was actually really lame because the bar we reserved for the party didn't give us any of the drink specials they promised. That part really sucked for the first-years because we had a very long, extensive anatomy test earlier that day and were ready for some good times! Either way, the creative flavor was a sight to see. We had Angelina Jolie attend (a girl with hand-drawn tattoos and a stroller with as many different baby dolls she could find in it), many seductive female insects (which I still don't understand), a walking home pregnancy test (complete with urine-stained hat and a spinner to see if you were pregnant), lots of classics, and one incedibly slutty Victoria's Secret Angel! I've never understood the 'dress-up-in-lingerie' idea but this was a whole new level; she literally wore a white bra, tiny white undies, and wings. That was all!! Needless to say I couldn't get any drinks while she was anywhere near the bar. Simon went as a redneck trucker and I went as "party cloudy with a chance of rain". I sewed clouds to my sky colored dress and squirted people when they asked me what my costume was! A little lacking on the creativity, but more fun to squirt people in the face!!
The vet school threw a big Halloween Party, which was actually really lame because the bar we reserved for the party didn't give us any of the drink specials they promised. That part really sucked for the first-years because we had a very long, extensive anatomy test earlier that day and were ready for some good times! Either way, the creative flavor was a sight to see. We had Angelina Jolie attend (a girl with hand-drawn tattoos and a stroller with as many different baby dolls she could find in it), many seductive female insects (which I still don't understand), a walking home pregnancy test (complete with urine-stained hat and a spinner to see if you were pregnant), lots of classics, and one incedibly slutty Victoria's Secret Angel! I've never understood the 'dress-up-in-lingerie' idea but this was a whole new level; she literally wore a white bra, tiny white undies, and wings. That was all!! Needless to say I couldn't get any drinks while she was anywhere near the bar. Simon went as a redneck trucker and I went as "party cloudy with a chance of rain". I sewed clouds to my sky colored dress and squirted people when they asked me what my costume was! A little lacking on the creativity, but more fun to squirt people in the face!!
Bogart was a pirate!! Moki did not care for costumes...
November 11th was my 23rd Birthday! It was Tuesday so I was a little bummed to be in class all day. But I have fantastic friends that made it all okay! They made me the best cake ever and brought it in, candles ablaze, and made the whole class sing Happy Birthday to me. Then Simon took me out to dinner and we had fabulous steak. He got me more presents than he was supposed to also. I got the first season of Futurama, the 4th season of The Office, biscuits, and fishy crackers!! He loves me :)
November 11th was my 23rd Birthday! It was Tuesday so I was a little bummed to be in class all day. But I have fantastic friends that made it all okay! They made me the best cake ever and brought it in, candles ablaze, and made the whole class sing Happy Birthday to me. Then Simon took me out to dinner and we had fabulous steak. He got me more presents than he was supposed to also. I got the first season of Futurama, the 4th season of The Office, biscuits, and fishy crackers!! He loves me :)
The semester is winding down faster than I'd like to admit. We have finals starting the Monday after Thanksgiving. Who's cruel idea was that?? I don't get to enjoy my days off, I'll be reading notes under the table as I stuff my face with turkey and other deliciousness. It feels like I just started school only a few weeks ago! Craziness. In January I'm going on a 'field trip' of sorts down to Corpus Christi with the ZEW (zoo, exotics, wildlife) club to get some hands on experience! We get to tour the Texas State Aquarium and the Sea Turtle Rescue with their vet and even get to do a dolphin and sea turtle necropsy. They're things that washed up or died in captivity, they don't kill any for us. It's a great opportunity to see the differences in anatomy among species. You would think that everything is built pretty similar...but you would be wrong.
Happy Turkey Day Everyone, stuff your craws!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Technical Difficulties
Technology is rebelling. Both of our computers decided to crash at the same time, as well as my camera. The fossilized laptop is back up and running, in a precarious state of overheating unless it is dangerously perched over a basket on the coffee table. But the big fancy computer is still down for the count. What started as a hard drive failure, catastrophic as that is already, advanced to motherboard, graphics card, and operating systems failure also. FAIL! Still not sure if all our documents, pictures, and graphics work is still recoverable. And the camera won't upload anything to laptop for some reason. Sooo I can't post about Halloween, or my birthday, or the reptile session I went to because it's just not the same without pictures! So pardon the hiatus, as soon as we have conquered our rebellioous technology we'll be back online!! :)
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