Rift on my XPS Laptop

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Does it really look that terrible?

Splurge...

I ate a homewrecker from Moe's today for lunch.  Was it way too many calories? Yes. Do I care right now? No. It was tasty and I'm going to the gym later or at least tomorrow :)

new laptop...or not

I really really wanted to get a new laptop. Why? Because I'm spoiled and I like new stuff, or because i'm a gamer and to keep up with games you need a new PC about every 2 years or so. Since I have a Dell Account and they are offering no interest for 12 months I was looking into Alienware laptops.  I love my PC which is a an Alienware, so why not have a laptop too.  I also found out that my company gets a discount with Dell.

I called and specced out:

Alienware M15x, Lunar Shadow
Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache
6GB Memory (1x 2GB, 1x 4GB DDR3)
15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED
1.5GB GDDR5 65W NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M
250GB SATAII 7,200RPM
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
Internal Bluetooth 2.1 Mini-Card - 2.1 Enhanced Data Rate

Total w/ tax and dell epp discount - $1,745.93

Really not to shabby if you ask me, but I still can't bring myself to buy it. I am just going to stick it out w/ my pink XPS until Dell starts building laptops w/ the 2nd gen i7 processors.  Then that baby should run me like $1,300 and it will be mine.  Until then I will be checking the Dell Outlet store just in case there a "Scratch and Dent" special.

shitty payday

For that last few years I never noticed that I was still "married" on my paychecks.  Come tax time I ended up owing the IRS...especially now because I have no house.  I updated my forms expecting a hit on my paycheck, but they changed it from 1 to 0 and single not married.  My paycheck is almost $300 smaller!!!  It is fucking awful! I need to change back to 1.  I don't care if I ended up owing some, but seriously I need more money each paycheck. Also, who fucked up at my company or iPay but whoever it is:

1 != 0!!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

I had a great Valentines Day weekend.  Since the day is actually today which is a Monday; Eric and I celebrated this weekend.  My gift was perfect! Yay my bathroom set!

Spring Leaf

I love it!  He also got me Bamboo towels which are super super soft. They are awesome.  I got him a metrosexual tool kit.  Basically I took a loot at every product he uses and upgraded to a better version and put them in manly toolbox. :) I think he liked it. I hope he liked it and wasn't lying.

Before dinner

Sunday morning went to Ria's Bluebird for breakfast. It was super yummy. Then we went to Ruth's Chris for dinner.  Needless to say I am still stuffed from all the great food.

I ordered a new cell phone the Motorola Atrix problem is the order form automatically selected the address on my account; which was my old address. UGH..I tried to cancel the order yesterday, but it wasn't "in the system" yet. I think I may have to stalk my old house to get my new phone, but dammit I will find a way.

Tomorrow starts Rift's open beta which I'm not too sure I should play.  I don't want to get sick of the game before it starts, but I'm soooo done with WoW. I don't even enjoy raiding anymore. Also, Eric is actually going to play Rift with me. So yay for that! I don't really have the time to commit to gaming anymore. I need to be a bit more casual. I have found I am unable to be a casual WoW gamer, so, off to Rift I go!! Plus Rift is really pretty. The characters can use some work, but it's not nearly as bad as like Vanguard.

Damn...I have been here 30 minutes and haven't done any work yet. Time to get cracking on the 231 emails in my inbox.

customers suck...sometimes

UGH...sometimes I just hate my customers. HATE HATE HATE! Why do I have to do the same thing for them over and over and over again when I tell them what I do every time.

"Hey Jackie, we bought a new server can you please make it so we can SSH between the servers."
I reply, "I sure can! I did steps a, b, and c. (explaining exactly what I did)"

2 months later...

Same question...Same answer. I want to say, "Yup I'll do EXACTLY what I did the last 4x here are the step-by-step instructions AGAIN." I get really sick and tired of repeating myself.

I do love my job and I don't mind helping people. I actually kind of like it. The problem I have isn't that they are asking for help. I don't mind when people ask for help with an actual issue. I have a problem doing busy work for my clients because they are too fucking lazy or too stupid to google it.

Sleepy family

Today we took the dogs to the dog park and there was a semi-aggressive dog there. He kept growling at Stubbs so we left. He had the hair on his back stand up and tail straight up. He was showing all the signs of a dog that in my opinion should not be brought to a dog park. He was walking up to them and growling. My dogs didn't voluntarily go near him after the first growl. We were there alone for about 15 minutes so the dogs did get a nice walk in. They seem to fail to understand.."You are off the leash..GO RUN!"

I am really happy Stubbs and Kaylee have bonded. They are actively playing now and seem to get along great. Once in a while I stop the playing when it gets a bit rough for the house, but overall things are working out great.

Eric and I also went to get his haircut and grocery shopping. To be quite honest we are both beat and so are the dogs. I am thinking its the heat. It is like 95 degrees out today.

Oh and my car broke on Friday! I have a rental now and I am anxiously awaiting to drive a stick shift again. Automatics truly do suck.