So much for that paycheque...

[lance_sibley]

Let me start off by saying - a propos of nothing - that seeing the name of someone one has had a one-night stand with in the newspaper is a bit jarring. Fortunately it was in the Lifestyle section, in an article talking about an office design called hotelling, but still. (I'm just glad I've never worked for a company that did this. Normally I keep far too much crap on my desk to be able to function in that kind of environment.)

Now that that's out of the way... I spent far too much money this weekend.

I've mentioned a few times that my PDA had been mysteriously crashing for no apparent reason lately. It stopped for a few weeks, then started again (I wonder if there's a correlation with the temperature, since I carry it everywhere in my backpack). Since it was about five years old (perhaps older), I decided it was time for a new one. I looked at a few that various friends have, and then went into Future Shop on Saturday... where I ended up deciding on another Palm. It has the advantage, at least, that I don't have to figure out how to convert all of my data from one format to another. Though a few of my games from the old one no longer seem to work on the new one.

It's a Palm TX, wi-fi and Bluetooth enabled, and came with a keyboard as well. Plus it has Word and Excel, and can synch with Outlook (which I never use, as I prefer webmail, but it's nice to have the option, I guess). With the taxes and extended warranty (probably a ripoff, but given the troubles I've had with the current one, if this one starts acting up in four years or less I don't have to worry about the expense), it was about $650. Yikes.

While I was in there, I saw that they were having a sale on laser printers as well. I'd been wanting one of those for a while, as I'm tired of the inkjet clogging up if I don't use it for a couple of weeks. (I don't print often, but when I do, I print a ton.) Again with the taxes and warranty, I got a Samsung laser printer/copier/scanner for about $400. (Before the taxes and warranty, it was about $250.) I just need to figure out how to get it home, now - the store may only be a five-minute walk from my apartment under normal circumstances, but carrying a printer, it would probably be more like half an hour. (And given the troubles I've been having with my bowling injury and subsequent pain in my other arm, probably from overcompensating a few weeks ago when I was taking all the crap from my solarium out to the dumpsters, I'd rather not risk further injury anyway.) I've arranged to borrow a dolly from the Penneys if I can't figure out some other way before next weekend.

So that was Saturday afternoon. In the evening, I went to see Cloverfield with kairi_kiss, Chris & Lee Knight, and a couple of other folks. (I'm blanking on their names right now. :( ) I'm seeing mixed opinions from people, but I enjoyed it. Yeah, I know it was basically The Blair Witch Meets Godzilla, but I was entertained - which is my primary motivation when it comes to watching movies, TV shows or plays. Though that didn't stop me from thinking that the protagonists were stupid. Mind you, the protagonists in any horror film are stupid... otherwise they wouldn't be in the predicament in the first place.

And the Trek trailer? Sweeeeeeeeeet. My little monitor doesn't do it justice. (Okay, that may also be because the version I saw on IESB.net was from a bootleg video.)

Today seemed like a long day. I managed to miss the bus at Finch thanks to some kind of delay on the subway (I couldn't hear the announcement - they were making it upstairs, and not on the platform, just as the southbound train rumbled in), and so I didn't get in until about half an hour later than usual. I still managed to fix a strange bug today, though our client is convinced that the solution is something different. (I can prove beyond a doubt that while his theorized cause may be a problem - I haven't checked yet - the one I found today definitely causes this problem.) It only took me six hours because Visual Studio (I almost typed "Visual Stupido", which is probably more accurate) kept crashing when I was in debug mode, executing the code line-by-line, just before I got to the problem code. Argh.)

I was going to go to Third Monday tonight, but figured it was moot because the Penneys weren't going to be there. (Had they been there, I would have been arranging to borrow their dolly, you see... it all hangs together.) So I came home and had dinner here... or rather, tried to. The damned phone kept ringing while I was eating. (All right, most people don't eat dinner at 10PM, I know...) And since it was my Denvention roommate calling to let me know that he'd booked our room in the Marriott (oh, yes, for those of you not on the SMOFS list who are interested, the hotel booking page became available today), I guess that's actually a good thing.

So now it's 11:30 and I'm only just getting started on the stuff I wanted to get done tonight. Sigh.

Oh, and I got two emails today asking me to work on Programming for Anticipation, in two different areas. Guess they think that being head of Events isn't enough work...

Comments

[dlacey.livejournal.com]

Actually Lloyd was there tonight, Yvonne wasn't.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Shoot. Well, no matter - Yvonne would still have had to transport it in the car.

I did talk to both of them this evening, though, so everything is cool - I just have to call back if my alternate plan doesn't work out.

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

Funny, when I saw the name of a one-night-stand in the newspaper, I didn't find it a bit jarring. On the other hand, I completely disagreed with his stance (he felt same-sex marriage was unnecessary).

I did find it interesting that he was with the same partner he had been with when he and I had the one-night stand (at the time, I was single, and his partner knew that we two would be...doing what we did...in his absence).

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Funny, when I saw the name of a one-night-stand in the newspaper, I didn't find it a bit jarring. On the other hand, I completely disagreed with his stance (he felt same-sex marriage was unnecessary).

I just don't expect to see the names of people I've known in one of our two national newspapers. ;) (Well, with one exception, but he's the CEO of Four Seasons Resorts, so he turns up in the business section occasionally. That's different.)

At least he wasn't being charged with some horrific crime. :)

I did find it interesting that he was with the same partner he had been with when he and I had the one-night stand

I would think that that would just prove that for him and his partner, he was right - marriage wasn't necessary for them to remain committed to each other. (Of course, everyone's mileage varies. I've been married once, albeit not in a legally recognized fashion, and wouldn't mind getting married again some day.)

at the time, I was single

I wasn't judging. ;)

Besides, probably half of my one-night stands have been with guys who were in relationships. Some of their partners knew, some didn't... one, as I recall, didn't admit to it until he was kicking me out afterwards. I ran into him with his bf in a Toys R Us near where I live last year. He didn't acknowledge me (or perhaps he didn't even recognize/remember me, I'm not sure).

Myself, I wouldn't cheat on someone I was committed to, but if someone else chooses to, they have to live with their own conscience. If they're going to sleep with someone anyway, why shouldn't it be me? ;)

and his partner knew that we two would be...doing what we did...in his absence).

Then it's all good. :)

[mountebank.livejournal.com]

So what exactly is "Third Monday"?

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

It's the second of two local monthly pubnights for the fannish community - the other one is First Thursday. Both are named for the day of the month on which they're held.

[mountebank.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I should keep that in mind for when I come to visit you!

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

I haven't made it out to either in months, mostly because I'm not getting home from work until... well, about now... but when you do visit, I'll make a point of getting out of work in time to get there. :)

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

While I welcome you to the Palm TX World (Yep, same one that I have), I would have pointed you to Chris Bennett, since he could have gotten you the same thing for a fair amount less at infonec. And sadly, as I found out when I bought my TX, Future Shop will not pricematch Infonec...

Cu,
Andrew

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I completely failed to consider that... I remembered that smittyd works for Future Shop, but in Kitchener.

Did you have a previous Palm model? I ask because I'm wondering if you had any problems using some of your older software on the newer model. A couple of my games don't want to work properly any more - SolFree has a few hiccups, Hardball throws an error, and both Giraffe and MahJongg just cause it to reboot. I'll probably end up trying to find upgraded versions, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.)

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

This was actually my third palm-OS pda, but the first one that was actually a Palm brand (I had a Sony Clie before that, and a Handspring before that). And with every move, there's always problems with some applications. Some crash the new device, others run so insanely fast they're unusable! :)

Regarding SolFree: Is that a solitaire game? My TX came with a fairly good one. If you didn't get it, I can try to beam it to you tomorrow.

Cu,
Andrew

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

If your apartment is five minutes away from the store, you can bring the printer home in a taxi.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

That was plan C. ;) My intention was just to try to borrow Lloyd and Yvonne's dolly and wheel it home - I never expected Yvonne to say, "Oh, why don't I just come by and pick you up and take you there since I have to go downtown anyway?"