This has really been an uberly nice weekend of relaxation. It was definitely awesome, since I’ve been running around here and there and everywhere the last couple of weeks. The running around was definitely worth every moment, but it’s definitely quite nice to have had a weekend to recover 🙂

I watched Battlestar Galactica this afternoon after getting it from Wal-Mart last night. It was better watching it the second time 🙂 I only hope the series will do it justice. I have my fingers crossed. The storyline seems more coherent than the original 70s version, and the characters seem much more real to me. It’s definitely a good beginning. We’ll see.

Now.. On with the show!! Here are some kewl people, and why I think they’re uber spiffy..

• garibaldicu: 9 years definitely goes by quite fast. I’m definitely glad that I spent that time being your friend, whether from across town or across the country. I’m glad to have a fellow geek as such a good friend. You are kewl because you’ve been a constant companion in a good bit of my life, and I hope that you are there for years to come–and that we’ll argue about the newest processors and FSB speeds in the wheelchair races in the Old Folks Home. haha.
• pktaxwench: Getting introduced to you back in 1998 was the most awesome experience. Not only did I whoop you a bit in laser tag *snicker*, but I also eventually got a very good friend out of the deal. I hope you’re just as constant in my life as Joe and all my friends have been. What makes you most awesome is your ability to understand the male psyche. It’s something I’ve never known in a girl before, and it makes you a most powerful instrument of kewlness. You’ve made me understand a good bit about myself. And you’re as fun a person to be around as any geek 🙂
• altafass: I haven’t known you for very long, but you are most definitely the shiznit. You seem to be a very nice and sweet girl, and I hope that you will be a good friend for years to come, as well–in the Vortex and on Earth 🙂 What makes you very kewl is your ability to go where everyone has gone before–beating me at Literati. lol. I also agree with Joe in that you’re very funny. You’re definitely worthy to be a GiT 🙂
• catgurl24: I’ve known you a good little bit through that geekish place called IRC. It’s people like you that make me glad that I’m an IRC geek 🙂 I hope that we keep in touch for years to come, even if IRC goes the way of the do-do. What makes you kewl is that you’re a great bit of proof to me that being online can definitely bring people of great distance together, even without having ever met.
• laxducky: I only met you on New Year’s Eve, but I can already tell that you’re a pretty rocking person. You’re a sports chick, which is definitely a plus for any guy (geek or otherwise). What makes you really cool, though, is your inner strength. You’ve been through a lot within the past few months, and you seem to be taking it all relatively well–at least if your LJ really has anything to say about it. Plus you can put up with me full of Soju and still be sane 🙂

Well, anyhoo.. The week starts tomorrow *sigh* Maybe this week will go by as fast as the last. I can’t believe I’ll be twenty-frelling-six on Wednesday. How crazy is that? Maybe I could stop the clock right there or something. As if I could be that lucky 😉 Heck, I’m lucky enough that I can still see w/o glasses. hehe.

I bought my first MP3 today. It was $0.99 and I got it via Windows Media. I bought Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson, mainly because I saw a reference to it on garibaldicu‘s LJ and the song got in my head for the rest of the day. Argh. Anyhoo, the file was in WMA with copy protection. I burned it to CD, and then I ripped it from there to mp3 (a non copy-protected mp3) so I could put it on my mp3 player. It worked out great in the end. And thus closes my long bout against the music industry. I still think that individually MP3s (or WMAs or M4Ps or whatever) should be no more than $0.75 or so, but at least the music industry is doing a little better in terms of digital distribution of content. And I can still be my geeky self and put the music on my devices 🙂

The main reason I did this was because of what has been going on with bittorrent. I’ve used it, and downloaded a whole bunch of stuff. Then things really started going down for bittorrent and the favorite server of mine was shut down. I don’t know; maybe that was a bit of a wake-up call for me, in terms of things really starting to fly apart with wide-open free-for-all p2p. I haven’t been downloading much in the last couple of years, compared to what I used to. It’s awesome, though, that I can once again buy music without having to worry about buying an album with only 2-3 songs that I’m interested in.

Anyhoo, if this makes me less geek, then it’s totally worth it 😛

I’m definitely glad it’s Friday. I am so going to sleep in tomorrow. I am totally in need of a good slumber. This’ll be the first weekend in a while were I can just sleep-in and chill. w00t 🙂

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I found out yesterday that my great aunt died.

She lived Chicago, so we only got to see her about once a year or so–whenever we happened to make our way up that way. The last time that I saw her was around Thanksgiving. I’m definitely glad that I got to see her that one last time. She was like a third grandmother; I’ve known her since I can begin to remember things.

I’m not as sad as I think I’d be if it was someone immediate, like my parents or brother or anything–probably because of the great distance, and that I only saw her once a year or so. Still, she was such an awesome family member. I’m definitely going to miss her.

Sitting here in DIA, waiting for my flight back to the boonies of Bama. Cost me 10 frickin bucks to hook up to their wi-fi. That is just way too frelling much. People who stop into airports are usually there for a few hours at a time. AT&T is charging $10.00 per 24 hours is just insane. ARGH!! To top all of that off, I was told at the ticket counter that I am allowed only one carry-on from Denver. I took two on-board from Huntsville w/o problem. WTF?

Anyhoo, had an extremely kewl and wonderful weekend. Got to see Joe, Christine & Pete again and I got to meet a couple of other kewl people. Joe’s significant other(?) is a very nice girl, and cute on top of that. Go Joe 😉

Christine & Pete’s house is quite uber spiffy. They have a pretty darn good view of the mountains, and especially Pike’s Peak–which is kind of hard to miss in Colorado Springs.

New Year’s Eve was quite awesome, although a whirlwind which I really don’t remember much of. I don’t even remember the ball drop, which Joe says I was most certainly conscious for. Soju is evil 😉 He has a nice place, and 6 of us spread out quite comfortably in various places to “sleep”. I need to come back out here again soon, especially when I have more time to chill for a while–like a week.

Anyhoo–my headphones were in my other bag, which was checked in. Going to go hunt down some cheap ones in the shops. Argh..

Well, well, well.. It’s been a while..

The rest of the trip to Disney World was totally awesome. Coronado Springs was a pretty decent hotel, about 10 minutes away from any given park.

The worst park by far, in terms of hoardes of people, was the Magic Kingdom. There were uber globs in every corner, but it was absolutely horrible in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. My bro and I did get to ride Space Mountain, but even the Fast Pass had us waiting 4 hours until we could get on–and then a 20 minute wait in line on top of that. Space Mountain was pretty good but, as far as roller coasters go, it wasn’t as uber exciting as most of the coasters at any Six Flags park.

My absolute favorite ride in all of Disney was Mission Space. It was a space sim that gave you the feel of a short little jaunt to Mars. Really, it was a glorified centrifuge with your typical cheesy theme park back plot–but, what’s a space mission ride without a cheesy plot? 🙂 The “mission commander” was Gary Sinise.

I’d say my second favorite ride out of the whole deal was Tower of Terror in MGM. It was a little bit like Space Shot here in Huntsville, only a good bit slower. At least the cheesy back plot for this ride was a Twilight Zone episode 🙂

Another good thing we tried was “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”. It wasn’t the real show, but you could play for points for prizes instead of cash. If you got a million points, you’d win a cruise (Disney cruise, of course). The set was pretty much identical–at least to what I’ve seen on TV. Unfortunately, my fingers weren’t fast enough for fastest finger. D’OH!!

I was a little disappointed in the “House of Innoventions”. It was supposed to be a “home of tomorrow” kind of showcase but it really only contained mostly gadgets we’d find in a number of homes today–internet-enabled refridgerators, HDTVs (although the HDTV in the tub was kind of kewl), voice recognition systems. I think the kewlist useful future gadget I did see in there was a biometric lock for the house in which you’d unlock the outer doors with your thumbprint.

The Candlelight Processional on Christmas Eve was very nice, although it was freakishly cold. Besides the first night and last day we were there, it was very very cold and cloudy; it stayed in the 40s and 50s. Anyhoo, all the Processional turned out to be was a Christmas story narration with musical interludes. Fortunately, it wasn’t a hokey Disney show.

I’ve been working yesterday and today. Today’s a little tough, since I’m the only one here.

Ahh, well.. Off to Colorado tomorrow to do the New Years thing with some friends. Should be a hoot 🙂 Haven’t seen a couple of them since DragonCon. w00t. Flying into Chicago, which is just awesome–even if I have to get right on another flight and leave right away.. Maybe I could find some Chicago pizza somewhere in the airport, if I’m lucky 🙂

Merry Christmas!

it’s 12 frickin 35 at nite. both of my parents have apnea and i have been a dumbass in forgetting to bring some ear plugs :'(

Chillin in Disney! w00t. They charge $10 frelling dollars per day for internet access, so I might do every other day on the net.. They really know how to charge out the arse, that’s for frelling sure. It’s not even wireless, either, as advertised.. But, I think I’d take 100Mbps over 11 or 54 any day..

The trip down was alright, I suppose.. I watched ROTK for much of the way. The extended version is totally a must get for those doofuses who haven’t gotten it yet 😛 Nothing plot-essential was really added, as always.. Just bonus stuff, really. Enough for any LOTR-head to drool over, for sure.

Tomorrow night, we get to see Gary Sinise tell the Christmas Story. I guess it’s a bit of a substitute for Midnight Mass–without the Communion, of course. I’m pretty sure it’s a story about the birth of Christ, and not some bubbly Mickey’s Christmas Carol thing–although that would still be fairly entertaining. Anyhoo, there’s a big fancy dinner to go along with it. It should be quite uber nice.

I’m not sure which park we’re going to do tomorrow–I guess it’ll be kind of a flip-a-coin kind of day. The past two times we’ve been here, we’ve started at the Magic Kingdom.. I wouldn’t mind that at all, as I have never been on the Tower of Terror, or in the new Haunted Mansion 🙂

Anyhoo, I guess I will write a little bit every day offline and post it all in one fell swoop on the last night. I can hopefully live without the hallowed Internet until then 🙂

Merry Christmas to everyone!