Middle October Already??
The rapid passage of time is causing me sheer vertigo. I therefore resign from some insightful musing and will explain about the past couple of weeks. The biggest news is that I bought a new computer for myself. I suppose I didn't really need one as much as I tried to convince myself, but I have it now and I am proud of it. I am having a lot of problems with it, however. Its a 64-bit system, so I've been hunting high and low for appropriate operating systems (it is possible to install a 32-bit operating system on a 64-bit architecture, but then you don't get any of the benefits a 64-bit system has to offer). Windows Vista is rubbish. You might as well install Windows 95: just a little of the contemporary Windows programs will work on 95 as will on Vista, but 95 is much less annoying and doesn't hog so many system resources. I now finally have OpenSUSE 10.3 up and running, although I also had some problems with it (which I largely caused myself, I have to admit). I am now copying over the last of the data from the old machine unto the new one. Like I said, I have little complaints over my old computer, so I'm going to keep it around as a backup system and want to use it as a gateway if the need for one ever arises.
The whole new computer endeavour has cost be between one and two weeks. With pending projects and assignments, that is a major loss. I am not thrilled about it and am acutely aware of the problems I am causing myself and am really starting to tense up about it. A burst of productivity on Monday gave me some hope, but Tuesday and Wednesday's slacking dashed it again.
I still have to hear about what the situation is going to be with the flat next year. I also need to find time to complete my final bursary application, go job hunting and price hunting for my family's trip to the UK next year (yes, its official, we are FINALLY going).
I also was sick last week, but am pretty chuffed that I shook off the illness without any antibiotics. I just OD'd on vitamins and the like and took a break from exercising.
So much to do. I can get exciting about each of it, but with them being compounded like they are now, I find little enjoyment in anything except switching off from the world and seeking reclusion.
Its a mad dash to the finishing line now, but I'm still in the pit stop. :-/
The whole new computer endeavour has cost be between one and two weeks. With pending projects and assignments, that is a major loss. I am not thrilled about it and am acutely aware of the problems I am causing myself and am really starting to tense up about it. A burst of productivity on Monday gave me some hope, but Tuesday and Wednesday's slacking dashed it again.
I still have to hear about what the situation is going to be with the flat next year. I also need to find time to complete my final bursary application, go job hunting and price hunting for my family's trip to the UK next year (yes, its official, we are FINALLY going).
I also was sick last week, but am pretty chuffed that I shook off the illness without any antibiotics. I just OD'd on vitamins and the like and took a break from exercising.
So much to do. I can get exciting about each of it, but with them being compounded like they are now, I find little enjoyment in anything except switching off from the world and seeking reclusion.
Its a mad dash to the finishing line now, but I'm still in the pit stop. :-/
posted by phantom-99w at 00:29
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