Monday, February 28, 2005

Brother Flash got his callback. All our computers are broken, there will be no updates for about two weeks, +/- until computing returns to our house. Am updating from Kinko's at the moment.
Love and kisses,
-Mr.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Oh, also, brother Tim visited over last weekend. Very nice to see him, and had pleasant visit. He seems to be doing well. He brought Courtney with him, which is always a pleasure, and they brought also a lovely lobster dip which went well with a big sandwich Adam and I made.
And my computer is still broken. I'll keep complaining until I find out what phase four feels like.
(grumble grumble grumble.)
Finished the run of the show. Nobody died. Next show coming up fast.
Computer still dead. Working on new. Coming slowly. This is what phase two still feels like.
Working. Working. Working. Had first day today, promoted already, which is always nice. tips is funny things.
'N stuff.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Ok, now don't panic.
Brother is alarmingly close to getting a callback for this. As I heard the story, he went and stood in a queue without knowing what it was, and ended up being the only singer that day whom the producer liked. Now, I have no illusions about him actually being picked as the new lead singer of INXS. He hates so much of everything, I'd be surprised if he made it through second round auditions, but he might get to fly out to LA, as I hear the story.
Happenings and stuff, right?
Cri
Ma
Nee.
What a week.
We're five performances down, two to go. Recording's done on prelims for the CD of the current show. Half the band is unavailable for next show, so we're gonna start rehearsing early. TechDir is talking about canning most SndFX, which is just a stone's throw away from canning all music, which is a bad, bad idea, at least in my mind. I'm pretty sure we'd lose what little audience we maintain though Feb. if we cut out the only thing that makes the show better than having somebody read to you. I mean, if you don't have live music and sound, then honestly, what's the point?
My compie finally died forever. The motherboard is burnt, at least sez DellCertifiedTypes, which means I can choose to a)pay them close to 1K for the same old one, or b)be kinda sad and get a new one. In about three weeks, the solution should arrive in a big nifty box. I'll keep looking for viable solutions for resurrecting my little Inspiron, but in the meantime I'll go ahead and watch the process as I get a new box.
It's been a good computer. I heartily recommend it. My Dell was a trooper, and I hear that isn't uncommon for the breed. Poor Ratchet will be missed, unless I can find him a less expensive brain, in which case Toshi will have a new Solitaire box. In the meantime, I'm using her Mac. It's... odd. Like wearing somebody else's pants. It isn't alien, exactly, because they're still pants, but it's not right.
Also, her computer is only portable in the way that, say, a small sofa is portable, and I wouldn't envy myself if I were to try to type with it in my lap.
Ahh, hah.
Off I go, then, tomorrow, to wish Kirk a happy Birthday, and to purchase that most important of items, an external USB hard drive for Backing Up Things(tm).

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Happy Birthday
Sher to tha Bie!

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Now, a Fish is an animal with dirt on his face
He can't write his name or read a book
Now you can be better off than you are,
Or would you rather be a star?