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Thursday, July 30th, 2009 11:43 am
Feeling better today, although my stomach is still giving me mixed signals. Last night after I went home, I cracked out a bottle of wine, discovered some good music through a chance facebook link that I then YouTubed lots (Rollins Band), and chilled out. Then Zig came home a little earlier than I was expecting, so I got some snuggling too. Plus I've cancelled a few things from my calendar of things to do, so it's not quite as stupidly packed full as it was.
I saved the hard drive with bad sectors from my computer, planning to pull it apart for curiosity's sake, however I discovered it did not have the typical screw types. So it's been sitting there for months waiting for me to think of bodgy ways to open it. Yesterday I discovered that Paul had some funky kind of screwdrivers called "torx", which he has for Xbox fixing, and the torx 8 screwdriver fits in the hard drive screws! I told Zig last night about my good news, and the rotter said that he had had torx screwdrivers for ages. *heh* I brought the hard drive into work today anyway, since Paul expressed an interest in the innards. I'll pull it apart later this afternoon.
I was shocked to discover yesterday that my mobile usuage for last month was double my usual steady monthly usuage. My mobile bill was also four times as much as it usually is. I spent ages on the phone to the bill people regarding the ridiculously high bill and hashed it out with them, and half of that bill has been wiped out as not my problem due to various factors, but the bill is still twice my normal amount due to my calling hours being double the normal amount. I suppose it's a good thing that the bill was so ridiculously huge, although at the time it just added stress, because it made me call them when I otherwise probably wouldn't have and I've now changed my phone plan to be just $10 extra a month for a whole lot more value. It means if my larger usuage continues (and I have a feeling it probably will) then it will be fine and won't cost me any extra like it did this time around.
October 31st is on a Saturday this year, which is kinda cool. Unfortunately that doesn't clarify anything with my annual Halloween party, as it is possible my band may choose to put on a performance that night somewhere. I'll probably know for sure a few weeks in advance one way or the other. But since most people expect my party around that time anyway, and most people operate on only a few weeks notice for parties, I guess that doesn't really affect anything either way. All good then. It's definitely getting to be time for another dress-up party, whether it's on the proper Halloween date or not. I guess I'll probably dress-up with something for the Balingup medieval fair, maybe that will temporarily sate my dress-up urge?
I have another appointment regarding contact lenses tonight. They feel weird - due to the optometrist discovering stigmatisms at my last eye check, the shape of the lens is now slight different to compensate. Usually when you look around, the eye moves, and then the lenses move a bit later to sit on the right spot again. That doesn't matter as much with normal lenses, but with stigmatism lenses the effect is a bit disconcerting. Really, all that means is I probably won't wear contact lenses at all during normal times. I'm mainly getting them for when I'm playing music, and that's all looking in one fairly small area, with less big movements of the eyes, so the contacts will still be good for that. I do prefer my glasses normally anyway, it just would have been good to have the option occasionally, like for dirt bike riding and stuff.
The wedding date is less than two years away now. According to my google homepage countdown, it's 681 days away. I guess I should make a move on decisions and think about starting to book some things, like a celebrant. Then again, June is an off-peak time for weddings, so wedding type people probably won't be as booked up this far it advance like they could be for peak dates. Plus I'm still flip-flopping on some decisions which have sort of been made but sort of not, like the location maybe being Bindoon or not. But should I get a local person to do the dress and other bridal party stuff (which I've researched and costed as being decently priced, not wedding priced), or use it as a flimsy excuse to take myself to an exoctic asian locale and get my dress made overseas, which would be fun and would only cost a few hundred more overall. Decisions decisions! They can wait for some un-scheduled future date. *heh*
I saved the hard drive with bad sectors from my computer, planning to pull it apart for curiosity's sake, however I discovered it did not have the typical screw types. So it's been sitting there for months waiting for me to think of bodgy ways to open it. Yesterday I discovered that Paul had some funky kind of screwdrivers called "torx", which he has for Xbox fixing, and the torx 8 screwdriver fits in the hard drive screws! I told Zig last night about my good news, and the rotter said that he had had torx screwdrivers for ages. *heh* I brought the hard drive into work today anyway, since Paul expressed an interest in the innards. I'll pull it apart later this afternoon.
I was shocked to discover yesterday that my mobile usuage for last month was double my usual steady monthly usuage. My mobile bill was also four times as much as it usually is. I spent ages on the phone to the bill people regarding the ridiculously high bill and hashed it out with them, and half of that bill has been wiped out as not my problem due to various factors, but the bill is still twice my normal amount due to my calling hours being double the normal amount. I suppose it's a good thing that the bill was so ridiculously huge, although at the time it just added stress, because it made me call them when I otherwise probably wouldn't have and I've now changed my phone plan to be just $10 extra a month for a whole lot more value. It means if my larger usuage continues (and I have a feeling it probably will) then it will be fine and won't cost me any extra like it did this time around.
October 31st is on a Saturday this year, which is kinda cool. Unfortunately that doesn't clarify anything with my annual Halloween party, as it is possible my band may choose to put on a performance that night somewhere. I'll probably know for sure a few weeks in advance one way or the other. But since most people expect my party around that time anyway, and most people operate on only a few weeks notice for parties, I guess that doesn't really affect anything either way. All good then. It's definitely getting to be time for another dress-up party, whether it's on the proper Halloween date or not. I guess I'll probably dress-up with something for the Balingup medieval fair, maybe that will temporarily sate my dress-up urge?
I have another appointment regarding contact lenses tonight. They feel weird - due to the optometrist discovering stigmatisms at my last eye check, the shape of the lens is now slight different to compensate. Usually when you look around, the eye moves, and then the lenses move a bit later to sit on the right spot again. That doesn't matter as much with normal lenses, but with stigmatism lenses the effect is a bit disconcerting. Really, all that means is I probably won't wear contact lenses at all during normal times. I'm mainly getting them for when I'm playing music, and that's all looking in one fairly small area, with less big movements of the eyes, so the contacts will still be good for that. I do prefer my glasses normally anyway, it just would have been good to have the option occasionally, like for dirt bike riding and stuff.
The wedding date is less than two years away now. According to my google homepage countdown, it's 681 days away. I guess I should make a move on decisions and think about starting to book some things, like a celebrant. Then again, June is an off-peak time for weddings, so wedding type people probably won't be as booked up this far it advance like they could be for peak dates. Plus I'm still flip-flopping on some decisions which have sort of been made but sort of not, like the location maybe being Bindoon or not. But should I get a local person to do the dress and other bridal party stuff (which I've researched and costed as being decently priced, not wedding priced), or use it as a flimsy excuse to take myself to an exoctic asian locale and get my dress made overseas, which would be fun and would only cost a few hundred more overall. Decisions decisions! They can wait for some un-scheduled future date. *heh*
