2001.06.20 cursed and cursing:
i'm really beginning to think i'm cursed. i seem to have some type of effect on things around me that causes them to break or stop working. as i mentioned in my last post, i did a number on my new computer's BIOS chip so that it doesn't boot up at all now. i'm still waiting for that replacement chip… hopefully it'll come in today. well, yesterday, as my other computer (the smaller beastie that's serving up the internet connection for both my (defunct) and paul's machines) was processing the x:13 design web server logs to update our stats pages, something untoward happened and just completely spazzed out the system partition on the hard drive. it was still running and happily serving the internet connection when i got home, but as soon as i attempted a reboot, it wouldn't go through with it. after running scandisk and finding over 21MB of lost data and "fixing" an obscene amount of corrupted files, it still wouldn't boot… surprise, surprise. so, last night i… once again (7th time's a charm, maybe?) began reinstalling windows. i can't wait til the new Amiga motherboard and OS come out. as soon as i'm able, i'll buy two of the fuckers and forever rid myself of this windows CRAP.
to top the night off, brax and i went over to our friend jim's house for band practice (our first in several months… we're such slackers…) and, of course, my guitar has gotten to the point where you just can't tune it properly any more, and if you can, it won't hold it for longer than… oh… two seconds. so, practice was a bust. i guess i'll be going to the guitar shop sometime this week to price a new one and maybe slap some money down on one (assuming my BIOS chip comes in so i can balance my checkbook… aaarrrggghhhh…)
otherwise things are pretty status quo for me, though it sounds like brian had a bit of an adventure with the cat and bug person yesterday. and he asked if i'd like to go see radiohead in New York with him, and i'd love to, but can't really afford it… so it's good that Guy is excited about the possibility and will most likely go.
ah, paul found some pics of the actress who'll be playing the part of the Vulcan in the new Trek series. can anyone say "HOT!"? and actually, i think i'll go ahead and put up my breakdown of the hottie-star-trek-chicks that i laid out for paul the other day. it's interesting to see how, women in star trek, aside from becoming more powerful characters, are also getting better looking with each series. here's the breakdown of the progression: (oh, and this is frequently recurring or main characters only)
Original Series: Uhura, Yeoman Rand
Next Generation: Tasha Yar, Deanna Troi, Beverly Crusher
DS9: Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax, Ezri Dax
Voyager: B'Elanna Torres, Seven of Nine, Capt. Janeway (hey, she could be pretty hot at times…)
and it's also funny, as paul pointed out, especially since Next Gen anyway, there's always a tough one and a pretty one, though the lines do blur from time to time. Tasha – tough/pretty, Deanna – pretty. Kira – tough/pretty, Jadzia – pretty/tough, Ezri – pretty. B'Elanna – tough/pretty, Seven – pretty/tough.
anyway, that's enough on that topic.
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paul said:
man, you and your buddy are such big geeks. talkin' all star trek and stuff. don't you geeks got better things to do like drink beer. (and for the record, you left off nurse chapel)
Xian said:
Intead of windows / amiga.. you should get a copy of linux and install that.. I think mandrake 8.0 has an option on the install to set up the computer as a firewall, plus it's a much more secure web server than Windows could ever be.
matt said:
paul, your sly attempt to remove yourself from damaging allegations of geekness are amusing. of course, as you are well aware, beer drinking and star trek often go hand in hand… the best of both worlds. (and you've got a point about nurse chapel, though, for me anyway, she always kind of fell more into the Janeway hottie level — she can be hot at times, but usually she's just "attractive." and of course, this may just be a personal preference issue, i'm sure there are plenty of people out there who thought nurse chapel was 100% hottie.)
sharon, i've considered the possibility, but the most important thing was to just get the damn thing up and running. i know i'm supposed to be a computer geek and all, but installing and learning linux seems… a little more than i want to tackle right now. but, y'know, once i get the big beastie setup just right (and get all my old files from it's HD) i may very well use one of those extra partitions to do a little linux experimentation.
s h a r o n said:
so what do you think of the installment of the 5th ST series? with the whole history of the federation and how they're "straying" from it (to be kind in explaining my frustration with their setup of the new series)?
matt said:
keep in mind, the only info we've got (or that i've seen, anyway) is pretty much just rumor. some of the rumors i've heard make it sound like it's just gonna destroy current continuity. hopefully, they'll think better of it though, cause if they really do something outlandish, i imagine viewership will drop significantly.