The good and the bad

[yendi]

The Bad: Although we've got DSL working, it's slow as molasses on the short bus. I'm at a bit over 100bps, maybe. Which is better than dial-up, but not much. Now we need to work on wiring the house to run ethernet down to shadesong's office.

The Good: I've got Jonatha Brooke cranked on the stereo.

The Bad: Dealing with work stuff (on a "holiday," although a quick glance at the comics section from today and yesterday reveals that only two or three strips acknowledge that). Sucks, but shit happens year round.

The Good: Am doing so while drinking coffee. Lots of coffee.

The Bad: It's raining.

The Good: It's a good birthday day, as both prodigaldax and metaphorge age another year in a day.

The Bad: The one book I want to find, The Midnight Tour, is the one Richard Laymon I can't find. Sucks, since I just finished re-reading the other two in the series, and want the conclusion (which I'd never read). Grr. Unpacking sucks.

The Good: I figured out how to work our Bizarre Garbage Disposal (it involves magnets. Seriously).

The Bad: The Mets are on a nasty losing streak (after breaking .500, even).

The Good: Freedom Force just gets more fun. I've finished the Nuclear Winter missions, and have played the first from the next set (the one with the annoying Rick Jones character and the bank robbers).

The Bad: It's still raining.

The Good: We're just about completely out of the old house now (minus two suitcases and a vacuum cleaner). freyaskat, glenn5, volta, and vidicon provided huge help on Saturday, and magenta_girl freed up time on her schedule to clean the house on Sunday (anyone looking for a great housecleaning service in Atlanta or SC, contact her -- her rates are great, as is the service).

The bad: No way I'll have anything in next month's Bookslut. Moving and being offline for so long just killed my writing. First time in over a year. Sucks.

The Good: I'll probably have a column and about five reviews in the July one. And two of those are the next books by Alexander Irvine and China Miéville (both due out this summer).

The End: The End.

Comments

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys got some help...had to spend recent days getting my own casa packed up and together...I assume you found what I left you and song from last Monday...apologies for not showing it to you before you went on to bed; know you needed sleep....

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

just popped over from 'song's LJ.... Don't wire anything. invest in a wireless system. then if you have houseguests with laptops or something, they can connect in, or if Elanya wants a computer, you wont have to re-wire anything.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

We've got wireless - just not sure if it'll extend from the basement office up to yendi's office. He's going to try today.

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

stick it in a middle floor if you can.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Vidicon helped out?

I must have missed the whole big reunion/forgivness speech in Shadesong's journal.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

If you missed it, then I missed it too... =:oO

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Still on Square Zero.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

OK, did he help with the move or not?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

yeah.

[experimentego.livejournal.com]

Freedom Force is the high-payload explosive. Go visit Dr. Man-Bot (http://members.shaw.ca/drmanbot/).

[katryel.livejournal.com]

Hello. I'm a complete stranger who happened to be browsing your journal. Actually, I was browsing my friendsfriends page and wandered into your journal from there...

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I found your book, The Midnight Tour, on Ebay (http://search.ebay.com/the-midnight-tour_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8). There're two copies for sale there right now, if you're interested.

Oh, and would you mind if I added you to my friends list?

[yendi]

Thanks -- I actually know the book's in one of the boxes. We just need to keep unpacking post-move so I can find it. :-)

And no, I never mind if folks add me!