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Mythbusters.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-dimpled-car-minimyth.html

I don’t have a car, but if I did…..

It’s very cold here, but slowly warming. Up to 25 from 18 degrees fahrenheit earlier. I have been having more pain the past several days, so much so that yesterday I vegged on the couch instead of here at the desk. My homemaker came and the first thing she said upon walking in was, “Why are you there(on the couch)? Is everything okay?”, which tells me I spend waaaay too much time on the computer. LOL It was pretty funny.

I’ve also been sneezing and sneezing and sneezing since the super fixed the ceiling and caulked the window. Allergic to something, I am. Living on allergy pills. Not fun. but it is a beautiful sunny day, so I am enjoying that. The inspector came to check that the ceiling was fixed, and I had two deliveries from Amazon. Good thing I was up and dressed early (for me) today. I am trying the Amazon subscription service for the first time. I ordered a few things like baby wipes and I’ve forgotten what else that I use on a regular basis but can’t always get to the proper store to purchase. So we’ll see if it actually is cheaper and more convenient. Don’t know til I try. You schedule delivery for whatever time period you want, like twice a year for the wipes. They are great for cleaning up after a spill or just making the bathroom look neater. Whatever. Time for lunch.

>The super came today and caulked around my windows. No more freezing. I love my super. LOL

Having a very good spell lately. I’ve cooked here and there, kept things tidy, decluttered a bit more, and gone out shopping with a friend. It’s gotten really, really cold now, so I think I won’t be going out again for a bit. It’s 12 degrees right now. Twelve. Degrees. Fahrenheit. Oy.

I was just watching the vid in my December 8 post. God, I love being a geek. I love all the science stuff, I love Doctor Who, whose theme is in the vid around the seven minute mark. I love my computer, where I find all this cool geeky stuff.

Here’s something geeky now:

>Was a good day. Went out with a friend. It was beautiful…cold, sunny, a nice winter day. Got a new thumbdrive, since I lost my old one.

It was the second day IN A ROW that I woke up with no pain and in a great mood. So I was very happy all day. Two days in a row is unusual lately. I was very silly all day, because I like silly, and I don’t care if people think I’m crazy. Well, I am crazy, so what does it matter what they think?

My apartment failed the inspection because of a patch in the bedroom ceiling that hasn’t been painted since the air conditioner leaked there a few years ago. The inspector sees it every time he comes, so why did he fail it this time? That means I have to be cognizant and presentable for the super to come paint it, then I have to be cognizant and presentable for the inspector’s return visit. I hate HAVING to be cognizant and presentable, because if my brain isn’t working well, it’s very, very difficult to achieve both those things at the same time. Having a chronic, debilitating illness, while fun to say, is a pain in the butt sometimes.

Put in two new videos. Check them out. Does anyone remember those old John Cameron Swazey Timex ads?

I’ve been updating some things on the pc recently. I had done IE8 awhle ago. I hate IE8 and all the previous versions and only use it if whatever I want to do absolutely, positively refuses to work in Firefox, so it’s really not that important. I also just downloaded SP3 a few days ago, after waiting til they got the bugs out, she said in hopes that they did. I did notice an immediate upgrade in how fast things load, especially IE8, which was interminably slow to load before. Today I downloaded the latest Firefox version. I haven’t been happy with the recent ones, so was still using 3.0.10. I hope this version does what I want it to. I save my install files in a folder, so I can uninstall this and go back if I don’t like it. One thing I’ve been having a problem with is when I try to do ‘sort by name’ in my bookmarks, it freezes things up, so I have been doing the sorting manually. Good old drag and drop in the ‘All-in-One-Sidebar’ extension, which is one of my favorites. Oh, the reason I upgraded FF is because none of my Stylish styles are working. The Stylish icon in the status bar stays blank, but right-clicking shows that the styles are there and should be working. Haven’t downloaded them back yet, so we’ll see if it’s fixed. I’ll keep you posted, readers.

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I finally figured out where to change the width. Outer-wrapper in the ‘edit html’ window. Yay, me.

Finally up at a decent hour, 9am. It is snowing and everything is coated in white. Very pretty, but my weather update tells me it’s going to change to rain soon. It’s 33 degrees farenheit. Ice, anyone?

Feeling good today. Woke up in a good mood and not in pain. First time since a week and a half ago, when I had a really good Sunday. Was feeling kind of sad before yesterday, and I realized that the more people I actually know in real life read my blog, the more reluctant I am to get into my feelings. I think it’s because I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me, or think they need to ‘fix’ me, or do anything at all, actually, except maybe give me an encouraging word. So I am going to try to ignore that reluctance, because it kind of defeats the purpose of the blog.

So day before yesterday, after a week of feeling lousy and missing the Thanksgiving celebration, I was not in the best frame of mind anyway, and then suddenly I realized that the black hole was circling. Kind of scary, except that I can be aware of it now, and not just let it happen. Then yesterday I had a foggy but fun time when my homemaker was here. Set up an email address for her. I think she may be the last person left who didn’t have one. Talked and laughed while she worked. Helped. A lot. So today….good mood, feeling better. Life is good.

>It might snow tomorrow. It was 65 degrees yesterday. I love New England.

Didn’t feel that great today, and had to go back to bed and get some more sleep. Better now. Been trying to set up a router and make a home network, but every time I try I just lose my internet connection and the thing doesn’t link up anyway. Frustrating. Need to have a less brain-foggy day to do this. Or actually read up on how to do it. I followed the directions that came with the router, what more do they want? It’s only a cheapo from Walmart, so maybe expecting it to work is asking too much? LOL

I am getting some of the decluttering done, and being happier with my space. It’s actually pleasant to wake up in my bedroom, with the old I don’t know what it’s called. It’s a big bowl sort of thing I put flowers in. Not a vase, but I can’t think of the correct word. Anyway, I bought it in a junk shope (okay, so I can’t spell. SHOP) a long time ago for ten dollars, and it is really beautiful and I put fake flowers in it. It’s nice. Hey, I can take a picture? BRB

Okay, here’s my kitchen.

Here’s the flowers in the bedroom.

That’s Gertrude’s ‘cave’ showing under the table. I’m not a very good photographer, but you get the idea? I have half-curtains in the bedroom windows, because I like to see out. I close the bigger black-out drapes when it’s really cold out. Once I got up in the wee hours to go across the street to the park and watch a meteor shower. I live in a very safe town, so no problem there, except I got cold. Back in bed, looked up and saw meteors flying by from South to North, which it the way my windows all face. Now that was pretty darn cool.

Remembered the word: jardiniere. Bowl-shaped vase, sometimes with a stand.