A Very Quick Life Update
Mar. 8th, 2005 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomI don't often get into personal stuff on my LJ. Dunno why; that's just how it shook out. But a few notes now:
First, best wishes to everyone on my Friend's List, but especially all of you going through personal crises. My God, it's scary how many people have become injured or desperately ill the past few days. Please please please take care, and, if nothing has happened to you, watch your ass.
Second, I've got a humdinger of a cold. Not made easier by the cold weather here in Ay-Squared. And I've gotta go do some laundry at some point.
Third, much easier to do laundry now. Much easier to do many, many things now. My ancient Ford Tempo, that sturdy little embarassment of a car that I let turn into a garbagemobile, has finally bit the dust. And so I had to replace her. And, thanks to a friend at a car dealership, I lucked into a sweet deal. You will not believe it when you see it. I can still barely believe it myself.
A very-good-condition Grand Caravan.
Upgrading from my little crackerbox of a car to a purple (official color, and now name of the vehicle, "Garnet") van that seats seven and holds approximately six craploads of con stuff. Very comfortable and fully loaded. Cruise control, V6, functioning heat and AC. Oh yeah. So, Con Season is gonna be a lot easier this year.
Fourth, apparently lots of people are getting "Return undeliverable" or somesuch message when they send stuff to tom at tomsmithonline dot com. I don't know what the problem is; it's only a forwarding address, and I am receiving things going there. But, if you need to get ahold of me, filkertom at yahoo dot com is the best way. I check that, like, thirty times a day.
And how are you doing?
First, best wishes to everyone on my Friend's List, but especially all of you going through personal crises. My God, it's scary how many people have become injured or desperately ill the past few days. Please please please take care, and, if nothing has happened to you, watch your ass.
Second, I've got a humdinger of a cold. Not made easier by the cold weather here in Ay-Squared. And I've gotta go do some laundry at some point.
Third, much easier to do laundry now. Much easier to do many, many things now. My ancient Ford Tempo, that sturdy little embarassment of a car that I let turn into a garbagemobile, has finally bit the dust. And so I had to replace her. And, thanks to a friend at a car dealership, I lucked into a sweet deal. You will not believe it when you see it. I can still barely believe it myself.
A very-good-condition Grand Caravan.
Upgrading from my little crackerbox of a car to a purple (official color, and now name of the vehicle, "Garnet") van that seats seven and holds approximately six craploads of con stuff. Very comfortable and fully loaded. Cruise control, V6, functioning heat and AC. Oh yeah. So, Con Season is gonna be a lot easier this year.
Fourth, apparently lots of people are getting "Return undeliverable" or somesuch message when they send stuff to tom at tomsmithonline dot com. I don't know what the problem is; it's only a forwarding address, and I am receiving things going there. But, if you need to get ahold of me, filkertom at yahoo dot com is the best way. I check that, like, thirty times a day.
And how are you doing?
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(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 02:18 pm (UTC)Looking forward to Penguicon. You *are* going to be there; right?
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Date: 2005-03-08 02:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 02:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 02:32 pm (UTC)As to new cars, in November, I got a nice bright shiny new Mazda3 and I'm still loving it.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 07:56 pm (UTC)your message was almost spooky
Date: 2005-03-08 02:46 pm (UTC)Re: your message was almost spooky
Date: 2005-03-08 02:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 02:49 pm (UTC)I'll be starting a contract tomorrow, and I'm still waiting to hear back about a permanent position that I hope to acquire.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 02:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 03:49 pm (UTC)I'm tempted to suggest a Bujoldian variation on the car name: Garnet Five.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:01 pm (UTC)I like the Garnet Five idea, but it didn't suggest itself -- and I just reread Diplomatic Immunity! I admit that it was more inspired by thoughts of Garnet Rogers.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:17 pm (UTC)Garlic = Korean Penicillin according to a close family friend. So burn the lil' germies out, that's the way.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:32 pm (UTC)Glad to hear about your new car. I can't believe you were still driving a Tempo. :)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:47 pm (UTC)All in all, we have been very happy with them.
Good luck and Long life to Garnet!
GHR
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 04:52 pm (UTC)That said, Talk Like A Pirate went wonderfully both times in the weekend. I think that Luke got a recording at opening ceremonies, but the version with The Nick Atoms and everyone else at the Dementia Smackdown was brilliant. I hope that the recording went well. It was direct off the board and the NAs weren't miked, but they were loud so it should be ok.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:02 pm (UTC)Me, I'm working hard by day and relaxing hard by night, ang generally enjoying one of the earliest Western Oregon springs in memory, even while worrying a bit about the drought it might portend.
* A book about pirates published by Penguin, not a book about Penguine pirates. Just to be clear.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:44 pm (UTC)How about if I add another link to your freestuff page rather than putting the actual .mp3 on our site?
That way you get a few more visitors who might want to hear (and buy!) some of your other stuff, too... (lord knows we're getting enough exposure that we can afford to share!)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:56 pm (UTC)I like the new look of the site, by the way!
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:07 pm (UTC)As for me, I'm doing well. Found an interesting place to hang out in. Most entertaining.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:17 pm (UTC)Now, is that a metric crapload or an imperial crapload?
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 05:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 10:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-08 11:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-09 12:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-09 01:26 am (UTC)(And the Pop-Tarts are for my assistants/roadies, but still. :)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-09 01:36 am (UTC)After seeing some of the stuff at The Smoking Gun, I've made up tour riders should I wake up to find that I'm Bono. I think an autographed edition of A Confederacy of Dunces is on there next to bunny slippers and a Viking helmet.
Life
Date: 2005-03-09 04:29 am (UTC)To quote Marvin: life, don't talk to me about life.
I am jealous of the new car. My trusty Focus is getting killed by this year's winter, it won't survive another one. I get to replace it just as the car payments for it are done. Figures on the time.
I finally figured out that you changed all the TSO webpages so my saved urls no longer work. I thought the site was down for extended maintanence. Please remember: not everyone is willing to enable Flash due to all the spammer flash ads that a lot of websites now contain. The old site had good navigation if you skipped the front page, not so with the new site. I was going through TSO withdrawal until a friend pointed out the change to me.
Now, aren't you sorry you asked?
WildCard
Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-09 07:18 am (UTC)Second, I said this the last time I updated the site: I like Flash. Many sites use Flash. I try to be polite about it, and it makes several things much, much easier.
That's why I also put the text links at the bottom (including at the bottom of the main page, main1.htm), for those who don't like Flash. I have worked hard to make it work for everybody.
I can certainly do the site without Flash. I choose not to.
Thank you.
Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-09 01:15 pm (UTC)Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-09 02:44 pm (UTC)Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-11 06:12 am (UTC)Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-11 06:14 am (UTC)Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-09 09:26 pm (UTC)And I also like Flash, I just hate all the spam ads that some websites are now inserting into their content that can not be disabled without disabling flash itself. It's worse than spam email sometimes, at least that you can recognize and delete without reading it. Those flash ads are more percistant and harder to avoid without crippling sites that make good use of flash like yours does.
But I am still jealous over the new car :-)
WildCard
Re: Life
Date: 2005-03-09 09:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-09 05:01 am (UTC)as for me, i'm stressed but doing my best to hide it. four classes this semester means four midterms this week. ish. add to that waiting to find out if bloomington accepted my fiction as worthy for their grad program, trying to graduate in may, and trying to survive the rest of the semester without catching the plague that's been sweeping campus, and i'm a wonderful little ball of stress. after may 14th, tho, that'll all be out of the way in some fashion or another and i can build myself back up to hyper fangirl mode for marcon. :-D
you take care of yourself and feel better. *hugs*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-09 05:08 am (UTC)