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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
brigid
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9:03p
party fail (aka NYE here is cancelled)
due to stuff i don't feel like getting into, having a NYE party at my apartment will be a giant clusterfuck so it's not happening here. I need to get in touch with Christian to figure out re-housing it so updates will be posted later.
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brigid
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6:03p
wow
you know, i know apple tries really hard to brand itself as an all in one experience with their genius bars and their gorgeous stores but today i about wanted to...i don't know, be that asshole customer who rages at people or some nonsense.
ever since i updated to snow leopard my wireless drops. it drops at home, in hospitals, in coffee shops, in hotels, at other people's apartments, it drops everywhere. at first i was willing to suck it up in part because my last pc, which was a piece of junk that ran vista, was so terrible that this intermittent internet dropping wasn't so bad.
last week i went to the genius bar, had this super friendly guy and left merrily 45 minutes later. everything we did did nothing to fix the problems with my wireless.
went back today and had this really unhelpful nasty guy who was totally blaming my router. now while i'm not saying my router can't be held responsible for this, the fact that it's intermittent, the fact that it's happened at other places, the fact that no one else has problems with wireless in my apartment all sort of lead me to believe otherwise. after kind of being a dick to me for about 45 minutes (which included his being angry that i noted he was super busy) he finally said he'd reinstall snow leopard for me and it would take 3 hours. ooook.
so armed with the knowledge it would take an eternity to fix my laptop, i went off to buy a midi/usb connector for ethan's synthesizer, since I bought some dorky ilearning software that i figured would help kick me into gear with piano stuff, since i can use the synth as a piano (my piano does not have midi out because i'm stupid and decided midi wasn't necessary)
i go and ask some salesperson if they have midi/usb adapters and he says there is no such thing as a mini adapter. figuring perhaps i was drunk on apple rage and slurring, i repeated what i was looking for and why. he then told me that they did not have any of those adapters, but if i wanted to buy a new synthesizer that didn't require the adapter he could totally hook me up. even though i needed the considerably cheaper adapter for the synthesizer i already had.
i have to give credit to jared who let me play some othello type game on his iphone. also to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hethatishere for listening to me talk about ragequitting apple and giving me a hug while i bitched about his coworkers. it's amazing what a friendly face can do.
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(4 comments | comment on this) Sunday, December 20th, 2009
brigid
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3:02a
sleep no more
is just mind bogglingly amazing. i'm totally going to see it at least 2 more times before it closes. i'd totally write about it but in case anyone hasn't seen it, i don't want to give anything away. i've just never experienced something so unique and immersive before.
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(11 comments | comment on this) Thursday, December 17th, 2009
brigid
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4:39p
oh wow it is a repeat post
so this week has been a mix of some really positive and wonderful things and some really ridiculously annoying things...though the annoying things have been kept mostly ensconced in the xbl realm or my head, so that's good in the long run. Point being, I prefer not to dwell on the negative and would rather focus on the positive. So i want a little repeat of my exercise from earlier:
I want to tell you why I love you, or why I hope to love you, or remind you of one of my favorite memories of you. Leave a comment and I'll reply!
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(13 comments | comment on this) Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
brigid
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2:07a
how do you sleep
you know, i totally want to write out this elaborate and long winded post about how this year ended with my getting my mind completely fucked with in a very self aware manner by someone who i thought was a very good friend who was completely conscious about how badly it could turn out, and how in the aftermath they have done fuck-all to try to even reach out to me or remedy the situation in any manner that seems anything less than an afterthought, but i have to sit here and remind myself that i'm better than that. there's no good to come of completely slagging the fuck out of someone in a public or semi public forum, as momentarily cathartic as it might be. i just know that for all the bad things i've done in this life, i've at least cared about the messes i've left behind. i've at least tried. i guess people stay relevant in my life longer than they do in others.
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(8 comments | comment on this) Monday, December 14th, 2009
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brigid
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7:49p
stolen from thisisthenow
Time for the Yearly Meme Thinger!
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
started playing piano again and didn't give up when it didn't come effortlessly
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don't remember if i made any. probably involved quitting smoking and/or losing weight.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
babies everywhere!
4. Did anyone close to you die?
no
5. What countries did you visit?
canada
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
better health
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
no idea. i am terrible with dates
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
meeting new people. picking up hooping, picking up the uke,
9. What was your biggest failure?
not seeing things i should've seen, dropping bass for the time being
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
my kidney is still kind of busted.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
this is a 3 way tie between the piano, my mac, or my canon g11. to be fair i sold a farm and a ton of stuff on ebay which is how i ended up with neat stuff. these sorts of purchases are not typical.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
i like to try to celebrate everyone on some level, you know? so many people contributed so many good things.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
naming names in public forums is tacky. they know who they are. actually they might not considering they've fallen off the face of the fucking planet since apparently they find it incredibly easy to emotionally trainwreck someone and then fall off the face of the planet when it comes to trying to actually, you know, discuss the situation like adults. so fuck them. also the people who stole ethan's wallet and whoever ended up with my Droid and didn't try to return it.
14. Where did most of your money go?
doctors, videogames, the piano, piano lessons
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
hooping, reconnecting with some old people, getting more into the spinjam/burner scene, meeting new people, the piano
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
so vain, yomp, or staring out to see by thenewno2
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? i weigh more but my shape is...nicer
iii. richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Socializing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
videogames.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i believe i will go to ny
21. Where did question 21 go?
fuck if i know. same place as the people whose behavior appalled me maybe. some sort of vortex of suck.
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
This question always strikes me as so dumb. (stolen answer)
23. How many one-night stands?
i think it was something like 94 or something. i had to reset my counter after my phone got stolen over the summer
24. What was your favorite TV program?
um..i started watching robot chicken again
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i'm angry but hate is such a QQ drama nonsense thing.
26. What was the best book you read?
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Time
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
thenewno2 i guess. i have been listening to a ton of stuff but they just really resonated
28. What did you want and get?
i helped facilitate getting a PSP into the hands of someone pretty kickass. whether it goes anywhere or not remains to be seen.
29. What did you want and not get?
a cure for masto
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
raptor island
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
31, threw a cd swap party
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
knowing that my kidney wasn't still broken i guess
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
either lazy or nice. extremes i guess. i massively changed my hair
34. What kept you sane?
klonopin.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Patrick McGoohan because he was pretty badass and baffling
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
i was surprisingly apolitical this year. ah well
37. Who did you miss?
the same few people as always +1
38. Who was the best new person you met?
oh god i met so many absolutely fantastic people this year it was a banner year for forging new connections.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
embrace the things that frighten you and remember that this moment is the only one that matters as it stretches ahead and behind us
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva om
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brigid
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2:41p
Ok I killed the poll because I wrote it incorrectly.
so far no one has committed to a new years eve party...so I was thinking of maybe doing something...but i'd like people's feedback:
There are caveats (which is why I'm not jumping on this like years past)
1) we live in Boston, which seems to be like living in Guam to all you other-side-of-the-river folks. however there is ample on street parking and we're also next to the T
2) we have cats (who we will try to sequester away to another part of the loft if we do this)
so leave a comment so i can get an idea of whether or not to do this
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jenn1965
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12:16a
so busy
its been awhile,I have been so busy looking for a pet parrot and bidding on dept 56 christmas in the city houses.Hershy park hockey tornament is comming up,,hope to hit the casino out there.my tree and village are up,time to kick back and relax,,hope to get an african grey or cockatoo soon.
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