Is there a real advantage to getting your friends to sign up for Netflix? Do you get free stuff? Or is it just a "pass on this idea to your friends cause you like it" sort of thing? Cause, if it's the latter, and someone signing up always gets free time, what's the point of the whole "tell your friend" thing?
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05:35:38 PM,Wednesday 15 September 2004
My CD wallet was in the car which was stolen. Mostly, it was full of mixed CDs and CDs full of folders of various albums. I know it also had some CDs that I'd spent actual money on, like Hard Candy, and Want One, and Paula Cole's CD. And now I'm all depressed about that. That and losing Nate's blogswap CD, which was also in there, and not on my computer.
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05:32:06 PM,Wednesday 15 September 2004
I'm having great internal debates about the presidential debates. The ones last time made me not want to vote for anyone at all. And we only get Fox, as far as we've been able to figure out, and I can't read things like that on the internet. So I'm probably not going to watch them, but I'll probably feel guilty about it. _
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10:55:17 PM,Tuesday 14 September 2004
Today I registered to vote in Philadelphia, because that way I don't have to figure out getting home on a Tuesday. Tuesday is the only day I have class, unless I audit classes. I'm thinking of auditing this class on Greek and Roman magic, which looks interesting. And I don't have to try to remember to mail in an absentee ballot. And it won't affect Pennsylvania, really, if I vote in Harrisburg of Philadelphia.
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06:51:51 PM,Tuesday 14 September 2004
I found a store today (well, I walked by a store today) that sells champagne filled chocolate covered strawberries.
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06:48:44 PM,Tuesday 14 September 2004
My first Latin class (not counting the dreadfully slow Intermediate Latin class I went to last week) was this unreal thing. It was like, let's push you in this river and see if you can swim. Or, let's just hand out Cicero and make you translate.
The Greek class was great, and I think I'll do fine. The Latin I'm a little worried about, but I think I'll wind up doing just fine.
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06:45:36 PM,Tuesday 14 September 2004
I did figure out how to make AIM work on Molly's computer, though. I should just tell it to allow whatever it is that I need to tell it to allow for this particular site to work, but I just disabled the popup blocker until it loaded, then turned it back on, and there it was.
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07:23:35 PM,Monday 13 September 2004
I think I'm still largely pissed off at the world because of the car. I didn't do anything you're not supposed to do with a car in a ctiy. I didn't park in a bad neighbourhood, I locked the door, the keys were in my purse, there was nothing valuable sticking out. And it wasn't even a nice car. It was an 89 station wagon, for crying out loud, with wood panelling. It was a stupid grandfather car. But it wasn't there anymore when I went to get it. We keep the door to our apartment locked pretty much all the time. I'm used to places like my house, back in Lewisberry, where we never lock the door, and it's okay to do things like leave a TV in the car while it's sitting outside your house, unlocked, for days. And nothing happens. Ever. I like safety and security. I wish my classes had started for real, cause the only class I took was boring and I'm going to transfer. Greek starts tomorrow, and so does the Latin class I want to transfer into. Rereading grammar books is boring, too, understand. I paid close attention to the Latin grammar book, cause I haven't taken Latin in ages, and I was paying close attention to the Greek, but I've taken Greek relatively recently, and so I remember it much better. Anyway. I'm in a dreadful mood. I want things to just get better, but I don't know how I'm going to make that happen right now, and so I'm probably going to go downstairs and make a salad and spaghetti and read Terry Pratchett. But first, I should go finish my Latin sentance.
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07:22:46 PM,Monday 13 September 2004
I'm just not in a good mood. I'm mad at my brother, because he said he'd give/sell me his cell phone, but now he's being stupid, and is telling me I need to get one on my own. Which is a pain in the ass, particularly as the rest of my family has been saying "you need a cell phone, why don't you have a cell phone? Did you know it sucks that you don't have a cell phone?" and he can't even use his, and I told him I'd type up his phone numbers for him. Anyway, the phone I was going to use is broken. I thought "maybe it's just the battery" but it's not, it's just broken. But I spent most of the afternoon trying to figure this out, and you can't buy a new phone from AT&T for not full price unless you're signing/renewing a contract, and AT&T sucks so we're going to switch to Verizon, and you can't use an AT&T phone with Verizon or vice versa. So, I might get Molly's old phone until our AT&T plan runs out, or else I might have to go eBay and see what they have. But, remember, I spent all afternoon on this. And Latin sucks. Turns out the word was a perfect particple. I've always been bad with participles. I should go get the Herodotus we're going to read in my Greek class and photocopy it and work on that, but I need to do the confidence building Latin. And my arm hurts. And I don't want to babysit anymore, but I'm also bad at confrontation, and I don't have another job. So I'm babysitting on Wednesday, and tomorrow between my Greek and Latin classes I'm going to look at restaurants around Penn, cause waitressing takes less responsibility than babysitting, and I'd get paid better. And work more, probably. Ick. I should probably go eat some food. I got spaghetti and salad food at Whole Foods this afternoon, cause I wanted to eat spaghetti. Maybe after I heat, I will be less pissed off at the world, but I doubt it.
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07:07:57 PM,Monday 13 September 2004
A second ago, I said "oh, I can do Latin. I remember how to do this." And now, here I am, trying to find Perseus, because I found a word that's not a fucking word.
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07:00:42 PM,Monday 13 September 2004
I hate AT&T.
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01:03:03 PM,Monday 13 September 2004
Last night, while I was babysitting, first I fell off a bike, then when I went to leave in my car, my car wasn't there anymore. It wasn't towed, the police woman I eventually talked to found out, so it must've been stolen. Which is crazy. A bit scary. And my left arm really hurts from falling off that bike. I'm not sure I want to babysit anymore.
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11:21:33 AM,Sunday 12 September 2004
When did Discworld go all dark?
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04:49:18 PM,Saturday 11 September 2004
I spent most of my time singing at St. John's thinking the c's and v's (and the occasional t) were all pronounced totally wrong. And now, I sit there with a Latin grammer book, and the c's come out like s's or ch's, depending on what they're followed by, and the v's come out like v's instead of like w's. It's ridiculouls.
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09:44:47 PM,Friday 10 September 2004
I am lonely. I wanted to dogsit Benny, but he got to go on the plane. I wanted to have dinner with Mari, but she went to New York. And Molly went home. And Moe practically doesn't live here, and I don't know if I wouldn't feel lonelier if she were here than with her not here. I don't want to download AIM onto Molly's computer, but I'm wanting to talk to people, and her popup blocker only succeeds in blocking AIMExpress and gmail's conacts.
And so I sit here, with my Latin which I should be reviewing, the Greek it couldn't possibly hurt to review, and Monstrous Regiment which I really shouldn't be taking the time to read, but I am. I should get a job, but I'm babysitting tomorrow night, and so everything will be a little better. I don't know how regular that job is going to be, though.
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05:57:01 PM,Friday 10 September 2004
On a more mundane note, Molly and I went to Whole Foods on our way home from her picking me up at the library (Chris was supposed to meet me, but his car broke down, and the woman standing behind me in line was very nice about letting me use her phone to get another ride home, and then as we were leaving, pointing out that if I walked "that way" I would eventually hit Penn, and that the neighbourhoods aren't that bad), and so we have food (and regular milk) in our house.
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10:56:44 PM,Wednesday 8 September 2004
I just saw Terry Pratchett. It was very cool. I feel all vaguely superior. I know stuff about the 2005 Discworld novel. I have signed books. I ordered Going Postal and have a bookplate signed by Mr. Pratchett to put inside the book when it's released. Hurray hurray hurray.
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10:55:11 PM,Wednesday 8 September 2004
Excellent. I have now found out where there is a post office. Yesterday I finally found a post box, which was actually right near where I take classes at Penn. So now I can mail my letter to Katherine, which I could really do without the post office, cause I frankly have no idea how much it costs to mail a letter to Benin.
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10:35:39 AM,Wednesday 8 September 2004
My air conditioner dripped all over my floor, leaving a huge puddle of water on my floor. I am disappointed. We need to figure out how to prop it up, and I don't want to use books. I didn't bring any books that I don't have emotional attachments too, and I frankly find it beneath the dignity of books to be used to prop up an air conditioner, so I don't really know what to do.
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10:32:09 AM,Wednesday 8 September 2004
I went out and bought a window air conditioner Molly found on craig's list this evening. It is now making my room nice and cool.
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10:37:31 PM,Tuesday 7 September 2004