Not lonely, necessarily, but alone. Not only is Kia gone for the weekend on a trip up to GA, but I will probably not hang out with any friends. I have too many hermity things I want to catch up on. My MP3s are an absolute mess, to the point that it’s impossible to put together a playlist, because I don’t know if I even have the file ripped. And if I do, did I transcode it to MP3 ? (I rip to FLAC.) Beyond that, a lot of the FLAC transcodes I did have problems with the ID3 tags, so I need to run them through MusicBrainz or re-transcode them. Some of them, I apparently did both, because I have like 3 copies of the songs laying around between 3 drives. It’s ridiculous.
Not to mention that I got a 2.5″ drive to bring Kia’s old MacBook back to life. I managed to install it (SO EASY in these things!!) but can’t get it to boot. It’s a slot-loading drive, and it won’t take the disc, so I can’t tell it to boot from the optical. The screen flashes once, and that’s it.
I just pulled a pineapple pizza out of the oven. It just occurred to me that it has no protein on it anywhere (but for the tiny bit in the cheese) so I’m thinking … it’s not a very square meal. Ah well. At least I’m using half the pineapple before it goes bad. Hopefully, I’ll find a use for the other half tomorrow morning (pineapple + coconut + ice + blender … + rum?)
You know, an orange pineapple smoothie isn’t a bad idea. I’m going to transplant the pineapple to the freezer.
The 2.5″ drive I got for Kia’s old MacBook? Yeah, I meant to order the 160GB Seagate for 109.99. I accidentally ordered the 160GB Hitachi for 119.99. The Seagate is significantly faster, according to Tom’s Hardware, but the Hitachi uses less energy. It was a tough call, but I thought I went for the cheaper, faster one. Besides, MacBooks come with Seagate drives, so it seemed a logical fit. Instead, I got the Hitachi. I thought they must’ve run out of the Seagates and sent me this one instead, but I looked back at my original confirmation email … yeah. My bad. Maybe I was leaning towards the Hitachi briefly? I dunno. Battery life seems a more significant point than access speeds in my experience, but whatever. Suffice to say, it was an easy swap, but I can’t get the computer to boot. Of course I’m not blaming the drive, because I’m supposed to be booting from the CD. So we’ll see. I need to do more internet searching to find out what’s up. Other things on my plate first, though.
Maybe the Pizza is cool enough to cut now. Not that I have any desk space where I could set down a plate while I’m eating… That’s another one of my goals that’s taking priority over figuring out the MacBook…. Cleaning up the damn living room. My desk is an absolute disaster. I took a picture, but I won’t post it because I have other pics to post before that. I know that’s ridiculous, but…
That’s another thing on my to-do list. I need to organize my pics across 4 or 5 drives, delete a TON of just absolute JUNK, and then upload the particularly good or .. point-having ones to Flickr. I mean, now that I have that pro account and whatnot, I oughtta be using it. (Oh, but I AM!)
Alright, that’s all for now. I’m back to moving file around and stuff. Hope you had a marvelous week (and a great, happy 4th to those in the states) as well as an absolutely magnificent weekend.
