7:16 PM 3/21/2018
When I got my computer home I was horrified that my internet connection still kept going bad, but then I updated my drivers and now it’s better than it has been since I installed Windows 10. Now that I’m reinstalling everything into a fresh drive I’m going to get very much into backups and web security. My job in IT has been pushing me in a detail-oriented direction for several months now. They’re making me into a manager and I have to think about abstract tasks all the time now.
I did watch a little video while my computer was down. I got about halfway through “Bound” by the Wachowskis. I played some video games. Another interesting synchronicity was that just a couple of days before my computer went down I bought Final Fantasy VII and the first five Tomb Raiders on Steam, and I sold my Playstation 2 and trashed the CRT telvision I’ve kept for years just to play them. Although I’ve worked in IT for years, 3D animation is really pushing my life to revolve around computers and I think this is some kind of shift in my sense of who I am.
Another weird thing that happened during this time was that my charger cables started going bad. I kept finding my phone dead at the worst times, especially last Friday when I was on my way to play Magic: The Gathering and I was late and almost had to not go because I couldn’t use my GPS. I had to stop at a Walgreens to pick up a new cable. I had similar problems when the cable for my tablet stopped sticking in the socket and I kept finding it run down. And the mini-jack cable I used to plug my phone into my car stereo stopped working altogether. So I had to order several new cables for different devices.
7:40 PM 3/21/2018 I’ve started visualizing grounding cords regularly, and I think it’s helping.
7:49 PM 3/22/2018 Now that I’ve gotten my computer back, I’ve taken another look at it and discovered something about it I hadn’t realized in the five or more years since I’ve owned it. It’s very embarrassing and shows what an idiot I am. However it does make my life a little easier.
8:05 PM 3/22/2018 So I’m kind of being torn apart by desires now, he said ironically. I’ve got Poser up and running again and I’ve got all the stuff I bought over the last two weeks to play with, but I have other things on my mind as well. I need to do my taxes, for instance.
9:14 PM 3/22/2018 So I did them, and I’m getting some money, which is nice. And I’m fooling around with Poser, actually needing to go to bed now even though I have a whole bunch of new stuff to install. I also reinstalled my iTunes library, smooth as glass, and I must say all this fooling around with money and computers this week has me thinking very seriously about my future. Great big changes have taken place and I’m looking forward to going over the last two weeks in depth – tomorrow when I am not so sleepy.