Monday, June 25, 2007

Thursday Thirteen



Thirteen Things about GREENTUNA

Thirteen Answers to
"Where the Hell Have You Been?"



1. New. Computer. Must. Download. Everything. Now.

2. I was dead at the time.

3. Having a 13-year old means never having to say you're sorry.

4. Being unselfish and reading everyone else's entries first.

5. ....So I can find something good to steal showcase.

6. Discovering it is impossible to type with 40 million itchy mosquito bites.

7. 100 monkeys typing Shakespeare and nobody will give up their seat.

8. Interviewing for The Price Is Right job

9. Sleeping through TeenTuna's latest video obsession, Pirates of the Caribbean for the 25th time.

10. One choir concert, one orchestra concert, one coach-pitch pee-wee baseball game, one dress rehearsal, two dance recitals, three costumes, two costume malfunctions, one 7th grade swim party, one all-school talent show, one sick kid on the last day of school and on the day of the all-school talent show (yeah, she sang anyway) one child having to be dropped off at 6:00 AM in order to enjoy a 12 hour bus trip to our Nation's Capitol, another choir concert at Kennedy Center, and an orchestra concert within the span of fourteen days. In other words, just another week in the Tuna household.

11. Reading a book. For enjoyment. Somewhere other than the bathroom and for longer than 10 minutes (or until your legs go numb)

12. Working on my teleportation device to whisk Scout here.

13. On vacation, baby.


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Thursday Thirteen



Thirteen Things about GREENTUNA

Thirteen Answers to
"Where the Hell Have You Been?"



1. New. Computer. Must. Download. Everything. Now.

2. I was dead at the time.

3. Having a 13-year old means never having to say you're sorry.

4. Being unselfish and reading everyone else's entries first.

5. ....So I can find something good to steal showcase.

6. Discovering it is impossible to type with 40 million itchy mosquito bites.

7. 100 monkeys typing Shakespeare and nobody will give up their seat.

8. Interviewing for The Price Is Right job

9. Sleeping through TeenTuna's latest video obsession, Pirates of the Caribbean for the 25th time.

10. One choir concert, one orchestra concert, one coach-pitch pee-wee baseball game, one dress rehearsal, two dance recitals, three costumes, two costume malfunctions, one 7th grade swim party, one all-school talent show, one sick kid on the last day of school and on the day of the all-school talent show (yeah, she sang anyway) one child having to be dropped off at 6:00 AM in order to enjoy a 12 hour bus trip to our Nation's Capitol, another choir concert at Kennedy Center, and an orchestra concert within the span of fourteen days. In other words, just another week in the Tuna household.

11. Reading a book. For enjoyment. Somewhere other than the bathroom and for longer than 10 minutes (or until your legs go numb)

12. Working on my teleportation device to whisk Scout here.

13. On vacation, baby.


Links to other Thursday Thirteens!


Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Oh. Mah. Gahd

One hard drive.
All iTunes present and accounted for.
Size of the hard drive? The number has THREE DIGITS.
RAM? Ends in GIGs (hundreds AND PLURAL) not MEG. Those two hamsters will be happy to hear that. They were getting tired.

I may never leave my office again.

Oh. Mah. Gahd

One hard drive.
All iTunes present and accounted for.
Size of the hard drive? The number has THREE DIGITS.
RAM? Ends in GIGs (hundreds AND PLURAL) not MEG. Those two hamsters will be happy to hear that. They were getting tired.

I may never leave my office again.

Hrmph

It's the same damn computer.

There's just no pleasing some people, huh?

Hrmph

It's the same damn computer.

There's just no pleasing some people, huh?

Monday, June 04, 2007

It's Been Lovely But I Have To Scream Now

I'm sitting here at work picking through random things waiting for the new computer fairy to come to town and leave me a present. It started early this afternoon with an entirely random email stating "It's time for a new computer" which was cool but at the same time....ugh.

Here begins the part where I actually DARE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING NEW.

At first the email throws me into a panic. New computer means take the old computer away. Take the old computer away means I better figure out what I need to remove from it first because you know, all that German Liederhosen pROn just isn't good for my image. So I start deleting things I either don't need or can easily download again later.

If I remember.
Which I won't.
Until I need the program.
And discover I don't have it
BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW COMPUTER AND NOW IT'S GONE.

Weighing the pros and cons of my upcoming arrival:

PRO

1. No more fragmented hard drive
A huge "pro" because when I got my last new computer I kept asking why my hard drive was smaller than my older computer. Come to find out the new one they gave me had already been split into two hard drives, which in turn has proven to be an enormous pain because my C drive is crammed while my "M" drive (and WHY did they call it M?) has space.

2. DVD player and CD burner
'Nuff said there. And I had actually gone to the trouble of spelling out why I needed a DVD player (work reasons only here, peeps).

3. New monitor
Mine is ok. New one is bigger. And has a USB port on the side. Of the monitor! I know! No more crawling around on the floor trying to line up plug and port when you can't see either one.

CON
1. Download, Download, Download
I'll have to do it all over again. How many times will I have to restart? My head hurts just thinking about it.

2. iTunes
When I got the original email I wrote the systems guy back and told him I had many "100% legally purchased songs" from iTunes. I'm hoping against all hope that my iPod doesn't lie and I can transfer the purchased music back onto the new computer. I worry, though. Apple and iTunes have a way of sticking it to the man. Or woman.

3. Making It Just Right
It seems so trivial but it takes forever. Not only do you have to go retrieve files, but then there is all the exterior computer decor. On my monitor alone I've removed 3 sticky-notes with various bits of work information, a number 2 TunaU pencil which was taped within an inch of its life to the top of the monitor and held my three origami Japanese peace cranes and my red button that says It's been lovely but I have to scream now. That may be my mantra for the next several days.

I wish I knew what was taking them so long, because I don't want to face this at 8am tomorrow morning. Sadly, though, I only have an hour to go.

This better be some new screaming machine.
Sure hope little dude can run fast.

It's Been Lovely But I Have To Scream Now

I'm sitting here at work picking through random things waiting for the new computer fairy to come to town and leave me a present. It started early this afternoon with an entirely random email stating "It's time for a new computer" which was cool but at the same time....ugh.

Here begins the part where I actually DARE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING NEW.

At first the email throws me into a panic. New computer means take the old computer away. Take the old computer away means I better figure out what I need to remove from it first because you know, all that German Liederhosen pROn just isn't good for my image. So I start deleting things I either don't need or can easily download again later.

If I remember.
Which I won't.
Until I need the program.
And discover I don't have it
BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW COMPUTER AND NOW IT'S GONE.

Weighing the pros and cons of my upcoming arrival:

PRO

1. No more fragmented hard drive
A huge "pro" because when I got my last new computer I kept asking why my hard drive was smaller than my older computer. Come to find out the new one they gave me had already been split into two hard drives, which in turn has proven to be an enormous pain because my C drive is crammed while my "M" drive (and WHY did they call it M?) has space.

2. DVD player and CD burner
'Nuff said there. And I had actually gone to the trouble of spelling out why I needed a DVD player (work reasons only here, peeps).

3. New monitor
Mine is ok. New one is bigger. And has a USB port on the side. Of the monitor! I know! No more crawling around on the floor trying to line up plug and port when you can't see either one.

CON
1. Download, Download, Download
I'll have to do it all over again. How many times will I have to restart? My head hurts just thinking about it.

2. iTunes
When I got the original email I wrote the systems guy back and told him I had many "100% legally purchased songs" from iTunes. I'm hoping against all hope that my iPod doesn't lie and I can transfer the purchased music back onto the new computer. I worry, though. Apple and iTunes have a way of sticking it to the man. Or woman.

3. Making It Just Right
It seems so trivial but it takes forever. Not only do you have to go retrieve files, but then there is all the exterior computer decor. On my monitor alone I've removed 3 sticky-notes with various bits of work information, a number 2 TunaU pencil which was taped within an inch of its life to the top of the monitor and held my three origami Japanese peace cranes and my red button that says It's been lovely but I have to scream now. That may be my mantra for the next several days.

I wish I knew what was taking them so long, because I don't want to face this at 8am tomorrow morning. Sadly, though, I only have an hour to go.

This better be some new screaming machine.
Sure hope little dude can run fast.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Unconscious Mutterings

I say ... And You Think:

1. Savage :: Beast

2. Warrior :: Princess

3. Daisy :: Mae

4. Schedule :: Calendar

5. Rock, Paper, Scissors :: VOLCANO!

6. Medical :: Insurance

7. Jade :: Stone

8. Elevator :: Music

9. Drain :: Down the

10. Goldfish :: Crackers



A somewhat disjointed list (Daisy Mae, Warrior Princess, anyone?) but I'm a little distracted because Paula whats-her-name from the Food Channel just made a Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with a cream rum sauce. What amazed me was that she was so excited that the recipe for this particular bread pudding called for NO ADDITIONAL SUGAR.

Because I guess a couple-dozen donuts aren't sugar enough. Pass the Goldfish.

Mutter along HERE.

Unconscious Mutterings

I say ... And You Think:

1. Savage :: Beast

2. Warrior :: Princess

3. Daisy :: Mae

4. Schedule :: Calendar

5. Rock, Paper, Scissors :: VOLCANO!

6. Medical :: Insurance

7. Jade :: Stone

8. Elevator :: Music

9. Drain :: Down the

10. Goldfish :: Crackers



A somewhat disjointed list (Daisy Mae, Warrior Princess, anyone?) but I'm a little distracted because Paula whats-her-name from the Food Channel just made a Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with a cream rum sauce. What amazed me was that she was so excited that the recipe for this particular bread pudding called for NO ADDITIONAL SUGAR.

Because I guess a couple-dozen donuts aren't sugar enough. Pass the Goldfish.

Mutter along HERE.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Friday Feast


It's a Friday afternoon don't want to start anything new at work edition of Friday's Feast. How long can we make this last?

Appetizer: Name something you think is "the best"
I have this issue with superlatives. As soon as I pick a favorite or an "est" of anything, I have overwhelming guilt for all those left behind. It's like sending things to the Island of Misfit Toys. It's like watching Romper Room and having that lady look into the mirror and say the names of all the children she saw that day and NEVER saying your name. I think "the best" thing to do is not answer.

Soup: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 highest), how stressed are you today?
Well, that appetizer question just about put me over the edge, but personally I'm am hovering right around coma level. Combine the two, and I'd say partly sunny with low humidity.

Salad: What kind of cleanser do you use to clean your face?
These kind of questions only serve to increase both my coma level AND my stress level. Who cares? The soapy kind.

Main Course: Tonight is a blue moon! Name something you believe only happens "once in a blue moon".
Cheap gas
Distinct absence of telemarketers and junk mail
Quiet, patient cats
Pink moons
Matching socks

Dessert: When was the last time it rained where you live?
Six hours ago. Thanks Mother Nature! I didn't want to have to water tonight.

Sorry it was so lame. You can do better. Give it a shot HERE.

Friday Feast


It's a Friday afternoon don't want to start anything new at work edition of Friday's Feast. How long can we make this last?

Appetizer: Name something you think is "the best"
I have this issue with superlatives. As soon as I pick a favorite or an "est" of anything, I have overwhelming guilt for all those left behind. It's like sending things to the Island of Misfit Toys. It's like watching Romper Room and having that lady look into the mirror and say the names of all the children she saw that day and NEVER saying your name. I think "the best" thing to do is not answer.

Soup: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 highest), how stressed are you today?
Well, that appetizer question just about put me over the edge, but personally I'm am hovering right around coma level. Combine the two, and I'd say partly sunny with low humidity.

Salad: What kind of cleanser do you use to clean your face?
These kind of questions only serve to increase both my coma level AND my stress level. Who cares? The soapy kind.

Main Course: Tonight is a blue moon! Name something you believe only happens "once in a blue moon".
Cheap gas
Distinct absence of telemarketers and junk mail
Quiet, patient cats
Pink moons
Matching socks

Dessert: When was the last time it rained where you live?
Six hours ago. Thanks Mother Nature! I didn't want to have to water tonight.

Sorry it was so lame. You can do better. Give it a shot HERE.