BUZZ BUZZ Once There Was...

WE'RE GOING TO OTAKON 2009! This Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 17-19, Interrobang Studios will be in Baltimore!

We got table space in the artist alley after all! There was this huge waiting list and we had a snowball's chance--but then we got a BENEFACTORESS! 2x2x2 invited us to share her table space in the Otakon artist alley!

Swing by her webpages and check out her awesome stuff!

See y'all in the artist alley!


P.S.

My computer has succumbed suddenly and violently to a vicious virus. I have backed up my data. I am using Kevin's old ibook to stay linked to the interTr0n. It will probably be a good week or two before my machine gets untangled enough to use again. I'm already leaning towards firebombing the whole thing and reformatting.

But if my internet presence were to suddenly drop to zero... I've not started another one of those 'disappear for a year' things I do from time to time.

so i've been kicking this laptop whenever i get a chance, and i've gotten it down to where it SHOULD be a slick, fast, eel-like machine... and still it lags. And i've banged my head on walls, trying to come up with SOMETHING else to do to it, to help it quit limping like a paraplegic in a relay race.

I didn't DEFRAG IT!

oh god, if i didn't, i doubt anyone else has--prolly since 2003, when this thing was new.

dur. (elapsed time, 20 minutes: progress:3%. ACK!)



i'll feel better when this thing just RUNS.





...speaking of repairs. I HAVE to get my break pads replaced. I bought the pads more than 3weeks ago, and just haven't been able to coordinate with my cousin/mechanic to get them PUT ON.



To Do Today:

+ Note special order #s on special order list.

+ Transfer ~30 post-it notes worth of info into appropriate binders.

+ Sticker ~40 comics/freebies to give away at library seminar this evening.

+ Co-teach drawing seminar at local library.

+ Read 7 6 Chapters' worth of Entrepreneurial Text. (or as much as possible)

+ Complete 7 6 Chapters' worth of Entrepreneurial Text Exercises. (or as much as possible)

+ Do NOT get distracted by highly tempting Store Database project until Homework is complete.
(with the laptop formatting, i CAN'T work on the highly tempting Store Database project.)

+ Do NOT ignore Customers.
(putting up a sign that we're closing an hour early...to do good works with children at the public library. *turns on halo*)

+ Tend Cat boxes.

+ Get a LONG shower.

+ Get some good sleep.

+ Pack a Lunch for tomorrow.

+ Love on Kevin. (FAVORITE TASK OF THE DAY! :D )

::EDIT:: litter boxes and lunch packing will have to wait til tomorrow morning before class.




Drats. I was hoping that the list would make me feel more focused and awake. No dice. Guess I'll actually have to try DOING things on the list. ;)

I've seen the TMNT movie 3 times now. It appears I'll be seeing it again tonight. I'm NOT complaining. So many others have done exhaustive, fan-spangled reviews of the film. I'm inclined to just say, "I really liked it. My inner fan is sated. But April should not be able to take Karai in a straight fight. And Don should have had more/better lines. That is all. Now pardon me, while i go watch it AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN!"

That's pretty much as much as I wanna say about it.


The "ONOZ" icon is for my newest acquisition.

It's not even MINE. It's for the store. But i'm such a proprietary person... i get quite belligerent about things that i perceive myself to be the caretaker of. Especially when i know in my heart of hearts that the object/person/place is not mine and i DO have to share it/them with others who probably will NOT take care of it as well OR in the EXACT SAME WAY as i do. Talk about a self-discovered hang up. I'm sure folks who know me have known that about me for years. But this is my first time 'saying it outloud' so to speak...

having said all that...
I'm pissy that this new acquisition: a DELL LATITUDE LAPTOP COMPUTER... (i'm so excited!)... has been through so much rough treatment. It was previously owned by the friendly neighborhood dumbfuck: Crazy Chris. Then it was purchased by my boss. I DO love my boss, but computer-savy he is NOT. This poor machine was crawling in Trojan horses, spyware, and clutter. There were 3 different "users" set up on the machine (Win XP) with identical stuff in each. There were 5 shortcuts to Internet explorers on the desktop... scattered in with about 30 other miscellaneous files, shortcuts, and installer programs. The virus checker hadn't been run since 2005, and its last update was probably when it was installed in 2003.

HOW CAN YOU LET YOUR COMPUTER CHOKE LIKE THAT?!

I've saved important data, weeded out the extra crap, updated the security features, ran the security features, actually DELETED the viruses found in 'quarantine,' installed firefox, hunted down manual removal directions for the grayware infesting the machine, and generally freed up about 3 gigs of space. I'll be weeding through the 'my documents' and throwing out anything that belonged to Crazy Chris.

The machine's gonna need a new video card soon, and the now AUTOMATIC updates to the PC-cillin will expire in a handful of days, so that requires renewal.


but i'm starting to act like it's my baby. like i do with the store. it's NOT mine. I'm just the control freak that it's been LENT to. MUST REMEMBER!! NOT MINE!!


--->EDIT!<---
NO ONE"S CLEARED THE TEMP FILES ON THIS THING SINCE 2003!!!!!
*weeps* it nearly chokes the machine to open the folder... moving the whole folder to the recycling bin just took 2 minutes. this is a NICE laptop! an EXPENSIVE machine! WHHHHY?!