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geekchick ([personal profile] geekchick) wrote2002-11-18 01:09 am

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Good things today: I had a very good conversation with my sweeties where I got to tell them how wonderful they are. =) C. and I went to the computer show in beautiful, scenic Gaithersburg and got me a new motherboard/1.2Ghz Athlon/fan/integrated video/audio cards (not that I need them)/modem (really not that I need this, but it wasn't an option to not get it)/a bit of memory for $100. Go us. (That more than doubles my current processor speed, which I'm not actually unhappy with, so I guess now I'll be twice as not-unhappy. Not much need for blazing processor speed when your Windows box is used mostly to ssh to your shell account.) I also got a wireless access point and a card for my laptop so now I can IRC from my sofa, yay! I came home to find a brain-warping conversation in LJ comments in my mailbox. I just saw a link to a photo named "flaming cheese" - I have no idea yet what it is, but it sounds like something I'd find amusing. Yep, I found it amusing. =) By the way, [livejournal.com profile] mouseman, the answer to the burning question from last night is...Voodoo4.

Unfortunately a lot of that was cancelled out by coming home to find that our guinea pig, Emma, was suddenly quite sick. She went downhill very fast this afternoon and died this evening. =( This is the only part of having pets that I hate. At least she was a geriatric pig (at least five years old) and spent her life fat and lazy and happy.

[identity profile] hopeforyou.livejournal.com 2002-11-17 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry about your loss. *hugs*

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
((hug)) I'm very sorry to hear about Emma, dear.

[identity profile] anotheranon.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
I am so sorry to hear about Emma. She was a cute little thing.
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[identity profile] therealjae.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to hear about Emma. Glad, though, to hear that you liked our flaming cheese. :-)

Next time you're out that way, you should peek in on my Christie! She's in Bethesda now, and will be moving to Gaithersburg as soon as she gets a social security number.

-J

[identity profile] quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
My condolences about Emma. I'm very sorry for your loss.

wireless access point and a card for my laptop so now I can IRC from my sofa

Go you! We don't have wireless, yet, but we're still set up to use the laptops from the sofa.
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[personal profile] gsh 2002-11-18 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry about Emma. :(

[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's sad. Poor Emma. Poor [livejournal.com profile] geekchick.

[identity profile] patgreene.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry about Emma. **hugs**

[identity profile] moominmuppet.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry about the loss of Emma; it sounds like she had a wonderful life. *hugs* if you'd like 'em...

[identity profile] griffen.livejournal.com 2002-11-18 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to hear about your guinea pig. :( It sucks big rocks through bendy straws when a pet dies.