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lola_is_naughty!! mwah!!!
Am going out to Costco today and if things go well and the cyber-planets are all aligned, I may walk out with a new laptop, a small one but not a netbook. I've at least eliminated that option as i really think i would be happier with something with more zip. if the computer gods are really against me and my desktop dies, at least i'll have something suitable as a replacement, too. I won't set it up with everything the desktop has because at the moment i won't need it but i will put a few basic necessities on it. I won't bother with an email client as i can use gmail, which also picks up my home email account. I will be installing Firefox and Chrome because IE sucks. My preference is Firefox but G. likes Chrome and we will be sharing it when we're traveling. I've already got a spare small usb mouse that i will likely use for it when possible. Anyway, the one i saw on Costco online is an HP Pavillion and though i don't like the HP netbooks, the regular laptops are not bad. The specs on this one are good and it's got AMD under the hood which i always like better than Intel. Cross your bits....
A meme that's going around, nicked offgrammardog who gave me these questions.
Comment to this post, and I will list four things I want you to talk about. (Supposed to be seven but i know i couldn't think of that many questions) They might make sense or they might be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
1. What's a book that you think has changed you?
I read quite a lot, more since i got the ereader but i don't know if i could say a book has changed me. A really good one will take me into the story and into the location. I get absorbed in it and almost feel part of it. I can't imagine not reading. My whole family are readers, as different as we all are from each other, it's one of the things we most definitely have in common. Dad always had a book on the go and it would drive him nuts if he didn't have one. He and his brother were trading books all the time. Mom always took us to the library when we were kids and I can remember browsing the stacks. I don't go to the library much these days but now i have my ereader and an electronic library of my own, i'll always have something to read.
2. Dartmouth: discuss.
Though we lived in Halifax when i was born, i grew up mainly across the harbour in Dartmouth, a smaller "sister" city to Halifax though Halifax isn't exactly an urban jungle either. Dartmouth rents have historically been cheaper and if renting an apartment you could generally get a bigger one than you could in the peninsular Halifax area as well, for the same or less money. There as less traffic, too, even now. I'm talking the main older part of Dartmouth, not the surburban areas that have grown up since i was a kid. There are lots of lakes that we swam in summers and skated on in winters. We had MicMac Mall, which was bigger than the Halifax Shopping Centre. We now have Dartmouth Crossing, a big retail "park" which is less of a traffic bottle neck than the one in Halifax. We may not have a hot and trendy restaurant scene but there are some very nice places and a few good pubs that are generally never overcrowded. There's a nice mix of residential, apartments, older houses, newer neighbourhoods. We have several bus routes that will take you straight to downtown at back at rush hour. It's a little bit of peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle. We have parks, a green space Common, libraries, a hospital. I know people think of Dartmouth as "The dark side" or a cultural wasteland but you know, it's nice here. It's peaceful and easy to get around with far fewer one way streets or traffic tie ups.
3. Do you feel lonely with your beau across the pond, or do you like things as they are?
I don't know if i feel lonely because i'm used to living alone but i do miss him like crazy. It's hardest just after we've been together and it takes a few weeks or more to get used to not being together. I don't like the way things are but for now, it has to be this way. The advantages are that we can travel more when we do get together and it's like a little honeymoon each time.
4. What kind of people do you enjoy being around the most?
I like to be around people that make me laugh and that i can make laugh. I don't mean that we have to amuse each other all the time but a sense of humour is so important! Laughter filled our house when we were growing up. There was always a joke, a pun, a story that had a great punchline. We could usually always find a humour in things, or the irony, sarcasm, or a bad pun can always be made to raise a giggle (or a moan). My dad was not a man given to physical affection, at least not until the grandchildren came along, nor did he speak of his emotions easily. But we never doubted that he loved us and his way of showing affection was to make us laugh with a silly pun or a joke. Graham makes me laugh. All of my best friends can make me laugh. My nephews and niece were brought up with laughter in their lives. I can't imagine life without laughter.
lola_is_naughty!! mwah!!!Am going out to Costco today and if things go well and the cyber-planets are all aligned, I may walk out with a new laptop, a small one but not a netbook. I've at least eliminated that option as i really think i would be happier with something with more zip. if the computer gods are really against me and my desktop dies, at least i'll have something suitable as a replacement, too. I won't set it up with everything the desktop has because at the moment i won't need it but i will put a few basic necessities on it. I won't bother with an email client as i can use gmail, which also picks up my home email account. I will be installing Firefox and Chrome because IE sucks. My preference is Firefox but G. likes Chrome and we will be sharing it when we're traveling. I've already got a spare small usb mouse that i will likely use for it when possible. Anyway, the one i saw on Costco online is an HP Pavillion and though i don't like the HP netbooks, the regular laptops are not bad. The specs on this one are good and it's got AMD under the hood which i always like better than Intel. Cross your bits....
A meme that's going around, nicked off
grammardog who gave me these questions. Comment to this post, and I will list four things I want you to talk about. (Supposed to be seven but i know i couldn't think of that many questions) They might make sense or they might be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
1. What's a book that you think has changed you?
I read quite a lot, more since i got the ereader but i don't know if i could say a book has changed me. A really good one will take me into the story and into the location. I get absorbed in it and almost feel part of it. I can't imagine not reading. My whole family are readers, as different as we all are from each other, it's one of the things we most definitely have in common. Dad always had a book on the go and it would drive him nuts if he didn't have one. He and his brother were trading books all the time. Mom always took us to the library when we were kids and I can remember browsing the stacks. I don't go to the library much these days but now i have my ereader and an electronic library of my own, i'll always have something to read.
2. Dartmouth: discuss.
Though we lived in Halifax when i was born, i grew up mainly across the harbour in Dartmouth, a smaller "sister" city to Halifax though Halifax isn't exactly an urban jungle either. Dartmouth rents have historically been cheaper and if renting an apartment you could generally get a bigger one than you could in the peninsular Halifax area as well, for the same or less money. There as less traffic, too, even now. I'm talking the main older part of Dartmouth, not the surburban areas that have grown up since i was a kid. There are lots of lakes that we swam in summers and skated on in winters. We had MicMac Mall, which was bigger than the Halifax Shopping Centre. We now have Dartmouth Crossing, a big retail "park" which is less of a traffic bottle neck than the one in Halifax. We may not have a hot and trendy restaurant scene but there are some very nice places and a few good pubs that are generally never overcrowded. There's a nice mix of residential, apartments, older houses, newer neighbourhoods. We have several bus routes that will take you straight to downtown at back at rush hour. It's a little bit of peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle. We have parks, a green space Common, libraries, a hospital. I know people think of Dartmouth as "The dark side" or a cultural wasteland but you know, it's nice here. It's peaceful and easy to get around with far fewer one way streets or traffic tie ups.
3. Do you feel lonely with your beau across the pond, or do you like things as they are?
I don't know if i feel lonely because i'm used to living alone but i do miss him like crazy. It's hardest just after we've been together and it takes a few weeks or more to get used to not being together. I don't like the way things are but for now, it has to be this way. The advantages are that we can travel more when we do get together and it's like a little honeymoon each time.
4. What kind of people do you enjoy being around the most?
I like to be around people that make me laugh and that i can make laugh. I don't mean that we have to amuse each other all the time but a sense of humour is so important! Laughter filled our house when we were growing up. There was always a joke, a pun, a story that had a great punchline. We could usually always find a humour in things, or the irony, sarcasm, or a bad pun can always be made to raise a giggle (or a moan). My dad was not a man given to physical affection, at least not until the grandchildren came along, nor did he speak of his emotions easily. But we never doubted that he loved us and his way of showing affection was to make us laugh with a silly pun or a joke. Graham makes me laugh. All of my best friends can make me laugh. My nephews and niece were brought up with laughter in their lives. I can't imagine life without laughter.
