Okay so the sad thing is, my computer is basically shot. I have my redesigned stuff on it, but my floppy drive doesn't work and I can no longer access the internet, so I can't mail it to my hotmail or anyone else. So, there's the sad. I need to reformat the dang thing and start from scratch, but that's going to suck. What with losing all graphics, pictures, mp3's, journal entries, emails and everything else that I've saved for the past 6 years. *sigh* So yeah, delay on the redesign launch thingy. Though I will say, I have installed a forum and I'm going to be tweaking the display and all. I don't know if I'm going to let it be a public thing where just anyone can go post or not. I'm rather prone to being overly sensitive to criticism and message boards tend to be magnets for critics. I'm thinking about it. I dunno.
*doot doo doo doo dee doo doo doot* News Flash - Evan just informed me of the neat trick of removing my drive and putting it on Adm's so I can get my design stuff from there to here! *and the peasants celebrated in the streets*
says MarissaD at 4/30/2002 06:32:00 PM
April 27, 2002
Viruses! Deadlines! Family in town! Friends in town! No internet at home! It's all crazy!! AHhhhhhhhhh
says MarissaD at 4/27/2002 02:52:00 PM
April 26, 2002
Talk about The Man seriously bringing down your almost-weekend buzz. What a bad, bad day.
says MarissaD at 4/26/2002 01:46:00 PM
April 25, 2002
The Queen is coming tomorrow and we're going to stay at Martha's Vineyard. Hurray! Also, I might publish my site tonight. I'm pretty excited about it. It's cute! Hurray!
says MarissaD at 4/25/2002 10:38:00 AM
April 23, 2002
Yay for park fun! After a while of driving, entertainment by some medieval sword wielding dudes, an attack by a rabid dog, some frisbees and nerf footballs, slides, swings, and a bit of laughter, we all (Adam, Mykie, Richard and myself) decided to go home. Mykie, I hope the foaming at the mouth doesn't repel the wimmins at your dorm. I think we're all really sore from the running and jumping and climbing trees. Speaking of, I'd like to thank Mr. Eddie Izzard for being one of the funniest men alive. If I had an award, I would give it to you, Mr. Izzard. (Link to Izzard later.) Okay I must leave now.
says MarissaD at 4/23/2002 10:54:00 AM
April 22, 2002
Someone thinks I'm a "good" friend!! WOWEE YAY!!! I want to go to the park today. Richard, Adam, Mykie! Calling all friends who like playing frisbee! email me and lets go play at the park!
says MarissaD at 4/22/2002 01:52:00 PM
April 21, 2002
Oh yeah, new website soon! Probably this week. Bad things: it will not, in any shape, form or fashion, be supported by Netscape. If you are using Netscape, for some unGodly reason that wreaks havoc on the rest of the design world, please in the name of all that is good and right, use Internet Explorer. Please. Seriously. And also, if you're using a version of IE that is older than say5.0, please please update your program. They make new ones that support more coding and such. It is beneficial to you and to everyone else. One web, one browser. Pssssshhha. That'll happen.
says MarissaD at 4/21/2002 11:40:00 AM
Yay for days that make me feel pretty! I like my hair today.
I finished my team project and survived the presentation. I turned in the report and am expecting a very nice grade for it. Here's to hopin'! That stress is gone. Now we get stress of another team project that is due one week from today. I'm scared of that one.
We saw Changing Lanes last night. With Ben Affleck. Firstly, the timeline spans one day. Only. Ben gets a little banged up in a car accident and by the end of the day, his almost blackeye has miraculously almost healed. I want to be in a movie next time I get hurt. Seems to make you better faster. Overall I can't decide if it was a good movie. It jerked my emotions so many different ways, I was exhausted by the end. "I like guy A he's a good guy. Oh oops, he's not a good guy, but guy B is. Oh no, nevermind guy A is the good guy afterall and guy B is the bad guy. Wait just a second, they're both bad guys! NO! NO! They're both good guys! Wait..... waaaaaait........ hold it.... yes okay they are good guys. I'm tired. zzzzzzzzzzzz*snore*zz." That was my theatrical experience with Changing Lanes. I still dunno if I like it, but I'm super excited that I saw a new Spiderman teaser in the theater.
says MarissaD at 4/21/2002 11:07:00 AM
April 19, 2002
Now after that long schpill about priorities and being responsible, I've been wasting some time on my site. I'm getting a little excited about the ideas we're having. We as in me and my artist. Adam. He's drawring all my art. He rocks. If you like his stuff, I will pimp him out for a small fortune later. Woot!
says MarissaD at 4/19/2002 07:01:00 PM
Well, wowee. Not a one single person got mad or offended by my laying down of the law. In fact I got few more than a couple of emails supporting me and saying you understand. And I got a few blogs saying the same. Thanks. I was really worried that everyone would take it wrong and think I meant that I'm kicking people out of my life, and no one did that. Seriously, I'm somewhat emotional at how supportive you all are. I love yall.
says MarissaD at 4/19/2002 08:09:00 AM
April 18, 2002
Okay, truth time. I am exhausted. The reason I'm exhausted is because I've let my priorities shift. For the last few weeks I haven't been focusing on work and school. I've let my focus sway elsewhere. I can't do that. I am going to have to setup some rules for myself and I'm posting them here because if they apply to any people in my life, odds are, those people read this site. I really love everyone that is around me, but two months ago I chose to focus on my school and my professional life. I do not intend to fail at either. Sadly, I have spread myself too thin. I tried to fit in a social life and a few friends, but I didn't use any discretion as far as time constraints go. Now I'm exhausted and my body is tired and having a hard time getting over a simple sinus irritation. I was just writing all of this in my journal, but I feel like I need to be saying this to those that I love.
I do love you all and I'm scared to death of hurting your feelings or making you think I don't love you. But the truth is, I kind of need to be left alone for awhile. I am in my first session of school and even though I'm making A's, I feel like I'm slacking because really, I am. Anyway, I'm not saying I don't want anyone to talk to me, I guess I'm just saying if you hear less from me, this is why. And also I want to setup a rule. Please don't call my phone past 10pm. At least I'm not as bad as Manda's house. I think their rule is 9pm. I will always leave my phone on because I'm a paranoid freak and must have a line available for my mom to call me if there's something tragic going on, but unless it's an emergency, please don't call late. Boy do I feel like an adult. Weird.
P.S. Don't think I am talking directly to you, because I'm not. I'm talking to about 15 people.
please don't hate me. this is scary!
says MarissaD at 4/18/2002 11:25:00 AM
Mist, I set up your subdomain, but right now it's just doing a redirect to the blogspot page. I will finish it later tonight hopefully. My stupid DSL has been crapping out on me and is currently not working at all. Oh I also setup your email. mistileighg@bemoedee.com. I will have to call you and walk you through setting it up on your computer.
Richard, would it be possible for me to get that NIC that I gave you? I want to take out the Netgear and see if a new NIC changes anything. Also, I'd like to try to replace the cable that I have running from the NIC to the modem. If you have spare network cable, I could use some of that too. I think I'm going to be busy tonight, but I'm not sure.
Ben, if you read this, give me a call around 4:30. I should know by then what my plans are.
Adam, *sigh*. Sorry I haven't called. Tired+Busy = :(
Mr. President, I will have the Israeli|Palestinian resolution on your desk in the morning. Get off my back.
Thank you all. Good day.
says MarissaD at 4/18/2002 10:29:00 AM
April 17, 2002
Mist, the forwards haven't gotten out of hand, you've just matured in the internet world. Do you remember all those mean emails I sent out telling people to stop forwarding things to me? Well yeah, I was at that point way back then. So now you know how I felt. It's kind of like a cotillion for the net. You are coming of age, as I just explained to a friend.
says MarissaD at 4/17/2002 05:29:00 PM
Woohoo! Remember the loser Mykie who didn't have a website? Well, guess who set him up the blog? (bwaha, that humor will only find a few people.)
says MarissaD at 4/17/2002 01:28:00 PM
Linked from Uncle Bob, an interesting article about blogging. It's a different sort of spin on the blog. I didn't realize it was getting that serious, but it really does seem like a good idea.
says MarissaD at 4/17/2002 08:15:00 AM
April 16, 2002
OH AND ALSO BY THE WAY __________ I almost forgot even though someone reminded me not so long ago. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!!!!!!!!
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 08:43:00 PM
By the way, my phone still doesn't work. Sad.
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 08:41:00 PM
Hurray! I survived the evil! So far all relatives are safe as well. Haven't heard from Becky and Richard is just now taking the brunt of it. I spent about 30 minutes in my bed covered in pillows. "I'm covered in pilloooooooows!!!!" Anyway, yay for safety. Yay for blue skies. Big scary hail is bad. I hope no one died from the tornados. :( Okay I'm going to leave now. Bye!
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 07:47:00 PM
So, while I'm waiting for my windy death, I'm browsing and Tom linked me here. Seems like a legit thing. I don't know what good other people visiting the site will do, but whatever. It's a nice story.
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 06:54:00 PM
Scary weather. Tornados in the storm that is heading for my apartment. My cell phone doesn't work, but my net does. Odd. Any family peeps that are trying to get ahold of me try via email or AIM to PixieTinkerDee. Wooo scary stuff!
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 06:26:00 PM
A martini?!? Are you crazy!? I don't eat olives! And Misti, I think you could be a very good chicken. Ha!
says MarissaD at 4/16/2002 05:14:00 PM
April 15, 2002
I think it's neat that Misti and Amanda blog. See, because I have been feeling bad because I haven't talked to Misti lately. I didn't know what was going on with her. Now I know. She blogged it. And it seems she's doing okay, sans a crappy A/C and a round of 88. (Which by the way she knows well and good that an 88 is a very good score when you haven't touched a club in so long. Little Miss I want it to be perfect everytime I play. Yes, I know. That's me too, but that's beside the point.) And then I go and read Manda's blog and it's like they're talking to each other that way. It's like a really delayed AIM conversation. Anyway, that is all. I'm glad they blog. I wish more of my friends did. Err wait. I don't have any other friends. Right then!
says MarissaD at 4/15/2002 08:52:00 PM
I really hate either my network card or my DSL. I can't decide which of the two is the lazy piece of garbage that is crapping out on me. Last night it cut out on me as I was posting that last post and I thought it wound up in the neverending trashcan of lost packets. Then I get on blogger today and there it is. Amazing.
So I had some fun yesterday. With the Adm and the Mykie who is not a "computer" person, therefore does not have a "web" page. Whatever. Anyway, we went and played at the Angelika. We just walked around and made jokes about eating pigeons and chocolate. Mmmm! "Tastes like burning! Ow." The other night we went to Highland Park to see the candyland house, one of these days I'll take a picture of it. We found some chalk while we were walking around so I wrote on their cement "I like your house." I hope they appreciate my vandalism because I really do fear authority and I would be entirely unhappy if I were to be arrested for drawring wif chock. Okay there isn't really anything else of interest to talk about. Not that any of this was of interest. I need a digital camera so I can take pictures of things like the candyland house. Did I already say that?
says MarissaD at 4/15/2002 12:26:00 PM
April 14, 2002
Well I got to go meet Scott Kurtz, author of the PvP comic strip. I had it linked from my old site, if you remember. I like the strip and Scott was really cool. He even signed my little copy of his latest issue and told Adam and I some strip secrets! Like, I don't have to read the strip all week because he told us what's going to happen! Of course I will. Thanks creature of habit! Now I am off to sleep. I am mostly well but not entirely. Sleep is nice.
says MarissaD at 4/14/2002 11:56:00 PM
April 13, 2002
Awwwww! I just opened my window and the tree is blooming!!!! Yay for Spring!
says MarissaD at 4/13/2002 10:48:00 AM
I called it. I am definitely hacking like an old lady. My little tummy is very sore. I did not, however, call the issues I'm having with my voice. I almost lost it a few times yesterday. I haven't talked yet today because I'm all alone and I refuse to talk to myself just to see if my voice is gone. I'll wait til I get out on the road and start yelling at people.
In other news, when I turn my water on to shower, the ceiling leaks! I've just discovered this. I'll be taking a shower because yo, I need one. I'll just let the leak collect in my empty trashcan. Then I'll stop by the office on my way out and let them know so they can fix it. Yay! I get a little bit more back on my taxes than previously thought! This is a good thing! Okay I almost went on and on about some money things here. But I erased it and decided those things are better left to talk about in private. Yessir. Now, Off I go to the room that spews water from every which way!
says MarissaD at 4/13/2002 10:42:00 AM
April 11, 2002
I have little baby coughs now and then, but they sound like huge cow blech burps. I hate those coughs. I'm not really *sick* so much. It's just one of those allergies make sinus's flare, which makes a lot of drainage, which causes a lot of coughing a week or so later. Well it is now almost the 'week or so later' part, so I'm betting that by Saturday I will be hacking like an old lady. Yuck. And gross.
says MarissaD at 4/11/2002 11:15:00 AM
Life is so much easier when I go to bed at 8:30.
says MarissaD at 4/11/2002 06:30:00 AM
April 09, 2002
So, an interesting night. I went out to eat with my uncle and cousin and when we were finished, my uncle invited us to the city council meeting. The lady I just made a site for was going to be there so I thought it would be nice to meet her. City council meeting. Neat. You might think I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not. It was very interesting. I would almost say impressive enough to pique my interests in politics. These aren't the government level politics. These are localized issues that matter to me directly. Well no, not me, because I live in Dallas and this council meeting was in Addison. Which is about a block away from me. ANYway, I liked it. It was interesting. And grown up. hehe..
says MarissaD at 4/09/2002 10:27:00 PM
Oh so ghey. I wait ONE single day to deposit my check and get two INSF charges. I hate, hate my bank. Don't bother giving advice, I know where I screwed up and I'm lucky they didn't add the charges until after they applied my deposit. That would have made more. Grar! Stupid Stupid! *slaps forehead*
says MarissaD at 4/09/2002 12:52:00 PM
April 08, 2002
Sick day. Ew. I've slept and done laundry and cleaned things and slept a little bit more. Done some tax stuff and some finance stuff. Somewhat productive for leaving work at 10:30. Nice.
There's not much on the web that keeps me interested. I discovered that today. I guess it's good I don't have much time for it these days. But yay for ATG and my girly blogging friends. Yes. Yay for them.
says MarissaD at 4/08/2002 06:27:00 PM
April 07, 2002
Well that was fun. I think I'm going to like this webcam thing. :) If you've never listened to me in the past when I said Penny-Arcade rocks, here's your chance to listen to me. Be a genius.
says MarissaD at 4/07/2002 09:06:00 PM
Neat. The first night I have my cam up, there's a storm. I'm upping the update to every 10 seconds. It only auto refreshes on the pop-up window above. So if you want to watch the storm from my house, feel free. :)
says MarissaD at 4/07/2002 08:05:00 PM
Wow Neat Yay! Webcammy goodness. I, or rather my cousin Tom, is working on the whole automatic refresh thing. I'm feeling like crap and looking a lot like it too, so I won't be on the cam just yet. The refreshing may work already. Anywho, I'm sick! It feels gross and it's hard to breath! I'm also rather hungry. I think I'll make me something now. I made all A's on all the papers I got back from Psyc. I was walking out of class with one of the guys in my group and he said "Man I don't care what I get in this class, I just want to be done with it." To which I replied, "I care. I want an A. I'm going for Suma." He was impressed. You heard it here first folks. Follow closely as I take classes for the next two years and see if I actually graduate with a cum laude band. Woot!
says MarissaD at 4/07/2002 05:13:00 PM
April 05, 2002
So pretty much everyone knows that my dad is a NASCAR freak. Don't know why or where it came from, but he is. So mom aims me tonight to tell me that he's going to get to come to the big Motor Speedway up here in Dallas and drive a real NASCAR for 10 laps. The news from home is going to come with him and do a story about it. Wow. I'm torn. I'm halfway the most proud daughter in the world because that's just cool that he's going to get to do that, but on the other hand I'm really embarrassed because when people think white trash, they think NASCAR watching, mobile home owning, cars on the blocks type of people. And that's not at all my dad. Except for the NASCAR part. *shrug* I'm gonna go watch him and I'm gonna have fun and take pictures. It will be fun. Oh yes.
Other news, I'm watching this show by Dateline. They gave some murder investigating guys a few cameras and we're following them as they solve a murder. Considering my enormous fear of being murdered in my own apartment while I'm living alone, this probably isn't the best show to watch. I live alone. Hm... I'll let you know if I have problems sleeping.
says MarissaD at 4/05/2002 08:14:00 PM
April 03, 2002
Oh the busy-ness. It's almost too much for my wee little person to take on. I love the DSL except that I haven't really had a chance to take advantage of it. At this point the only thing it is doing is allowing me to show everyone on AIM that I'm really *not* able to talk much. Just like I've been saying for a few months.
So today as I was waiting on the street outside my apartment to turn into my entrance, I got to thinking. What is the benefit of all of this? I'm home now, but I have to leave in 10 minutes to go to my study group. I was up until almost 4 this morning trying to satisfy myself with a project. I sit at work everyday and stress the hell out over the well being of my customers and whether or not I'm satisfying them. I'm being the best half-assed student I have ever been. Making all A's, but that's really not saying a whole lot considering I haven't really done much homework. Not that I've ever done much homework. Anyway, I was just wondering. How long before I get burnt out? Right now, I'm loving it, but that's because mentally I would probably shutdown if I weren't keeping myself so busy. I know for sure I can't take on any other side projects. That's just too much. I can't dedicate the time I need to the project and to work and to school and to family and friends. It just doesn't work. I haven't really talked to any of my family or Misti in a week or two. I haven't re-read the 5 chapters that I have a test on. I haven't worked any overtime this week. (That's a bad thing. $20/hour overtime is good, no matter what. ever.) I need to prioritize. Well. ...... I don't know. I mean I want there to be time for all of those things, but I've really had fun doing other things and being busy. Yeah. You're right. It doesn't make any sense. Oh well. I would really like for the phrase "You'll understand when you're older" to apply to me right now. Yeah.
says MarissaD at 4/03/2002 06:05:00 PM
April 01, 2002
And despite the fact that I now have DSL, I still contend the following:
says MarissaD at 4/01/2002 09:10:00 PM
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT I AM BLOGGING FROM MY VERY OWN COMPUTER ON MY VERY OWN DSL.
