When I put my new sweet machine together a few months ago, I was pretty surprised that I setup the RAID 1 configuration and Windows just installed flawlessly. Well, after getting sick, moving etc, I’m now finally getting things really setup on it. So I decided to wipe the drive(s) and start from scratch. Now Windows doesn’t want to recognize the RAID drives. I know I could probably make a floppy to load the drivers, but I currently don’t have a floppy drive in there. I’m going to have to mess with it more tonight. Since it’s a RAID 1 (mirroring) I’m going to try to install on one drive and then mirror the second. I know that wouldn’t work with stripping or some of the other RAID types. If it totally blows up in my face, I’ll at least have learned a lesson.
I’m running an Asus A8n32-SLI board with two 160gb WD SATA drives. I really like the BIOS, it’s just the Windows installation that’s being annoying. Any ideas?
I’ve been internet-less at home since Feb 26th. I like to refer to that time as ‘The Flood of ‘07′. That would be pronounced “aught 7″, not “oh 7″. Being the nerdy/geeky person I am, having a connection to the outside world is something I hold near and dear to my heart. It’s how I communicate with friends through emails, forums and instant messaging. It’s how I post on my blogs and work on projects. It’s my source for games and TV. It’s how I find out what’s happening around the world.
I’ve had DSL since 2004. I switched in June of that year as I was switching apartment buildings because they had some great deal if you were switching over from cable. Well, now I really want to switch back. Due to some mixups on “their” end, but DSL wasn’t turned off at the old place, they’ve come to work on the line several times, etc, etc. I was finally supposed to have my internet on Tuesday this week. Then it was yesterday. Now it’s Friday and still no internet.
I called up yet another 1-800 number today and talked to a more higher-up sort of tech support. I told them about the weeks of delay and that I’m just really frustrated. I told them if it wasn’t resolved today, I want to cancel my order and switch to cable. I guess we’ll see what happens after work today.
I like weekends. Weekends mean I don’t have to work. Tomorrow Chris and I are going to be hanging out with Nathan. He’s moving on up to the East side, getting married, and starting a new job. I’m excited for him.
Last night I had one of my crazy headaches. I hate them. Lights and sounds annoy me, my head hurts, I forget things, I say weird things, etc, etc. Then afterwards things are kind of a blur. Today though, I get to head out at 1:30 because I had to work extra earlier this week. That’ll be nice. Liz and I are going to be heading down to Indy to do something fun. Twas her birthday yesterday and I kinda missed out on the celebrations.
It’s also FREE FOOD FRIDAY. First friday of every month they have free food upstairs in the faculty lounge. Joe and I try to always take advantage of it, but sometimes we miss out. Last month it was double FREE FOOD FRIDAY and I missed out on it all because I went to a wedding. I’ll have to make up for it today.
I cut my hair today! Ok, so maybe that isn’t that big of a deal, but it was driving me nuts. It’s the longest my hair has been in 6yrs. A week and a half ago I got sunburned - really bad - like my mom said I got sun poisoning. This might be one of the worse times for me. Within 6hrs of getting burned my whole head was covered in blisters and it started peeling the very next day. I wish I had a picture of how red it was too. It was like a deep burgundy or the color of the seats in the Mitchell Theater. My head then proceeded to peel 3 times in the next 10 days. And this wasn’t just skin peeling. The first time it was thick and really really dark. Dark like the fake wood top on my desk. The second time it wasn’t too thick, but still at least 3 or 4 times thicker than most times. The third time it was just the worst areas and it was thick again like the first time. The hunks of skin would come off and they felt like when I rip the callouses off my hands that I get from lifting. We’re talking big pieces of skin here. Well I think my hair got to be about 3/8″ or 1/2″ - which is insane. So tonight I took the plunge and finally gave myself a haircut. Most of my head is peeling, but it’s that really thin, normal kind of peeling. I also have new freckles that I used to not have on top of my head. A couple of them are dark. That’s probably not a good thing.
So I guess the main question here is did I learn something. I would say yes and no. Has this sort of thing happened to me before? Yes, but not on my head. Will this happen to me again? Probably, but hopefully not in the near future. Did I learn anything? I’m gonna have to lean towards no on this one. At least I’m now armed with some new sunblock. Hopefully this’ll help for the immediate future.
Tomorrow I head down to KY and after a rendezvous at BenD’s house, we’re off to the far east of PA for Shorb’s wedding. It should be a rockin good time. Turns out he even has places for us to stay. Shorb’s such a great guy. Well, I should probably get some sleep.
Haven’t been on here in a bit. I apologize to all 5 of my readers. Let’s see….last weekend was graduation. I sat outside minus sunscreen and hat and am extremely sunburned. My mom said I got sun poisoning on my head. Let’s just say it’s not pretty. I was however able to see Mike and Sky, Isaiah, Deron, Liz, Lana, Lloyd, Skinny and Fat Mitch, Crack Timmy, Beebz, Norm, JRod, Toll, Crickit, Bendog, Epple, UPS, Ben, Mitch, and a bunch of other people whose names I’m forgetting cause it’s been a few days.
We’re doing mini-grants this week at work. My two people are kinda doing their own thing so I haven’t had too much to do. Next week I’m teaching the first PP class. I think the next one is end of June or so. I’ve been trying to juggle my schedule to fit in all these weddings and such. I need to get a calendar and just start writing everything down so I can better visualize it.
As far as anything intellectual, I’d have to say I’ve been thinking about how much I gossip without realizing it. There’s definitely times when I’m with certain people and we most definitely talk about other people. I really don’t know where to draw the line between just talking about friends and gossiping about them. I know there’s definitely times when it can go too far, but maybe that’s just something I need to work on. I don’t really see myself as a gossiper, maybe I just need to be less critical of others.
Movie night is starting up next week. If you wanna come and you haven’t been emailed by me let me know and I’ll get ya details.
Ever get headaches/migraines? I do and it sucks. I guess that’s what I get for *allowing* myself to be concussed. I’ve basically been hit really hard in the frontal (forehead) part of my head a few times and now I get random big pains in that area of my head sometimes. I get grouchy, it gets hard to focus my eyes, I sometimes walk around with a scowl, my short-term memory gets not so great, I forget things, and I sometimes bark at people. I also usually say weird things that don’t make sense. Fortunately that barking isn’t canine like. Well today I think I “barked” at a friend of mine so I should make sure they aren’t offended or something. So I left work around 4 today and ended up sleeping til like 12:30ish. The head still feels weird but it’s definitely getting better.
Well, the hermanita is online so I better talk to her.
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