I long to find the messenger.

[azurite]

I neglected to mention the severe creep-factor that was Wednesday en route to Carmel-by-the-Sea. We saw no less than 4 car accidents. One was a motorcycle accident, one of them happened within five minutes of our driving past the intersection where it happened, and the other 2 were on the freeway as we headed out.

Considering Ben died in a car accident, this didn't leave me with a very settled feeling.

I hate myself for not bothering to "try" harder, since that's something that bothers me-- people not TRYING, not making an EFFORT, being COWARDLY. I mean, I've TRIED fish before. I don't like it, so it doesn't make me a coward if I don't try it when someone offers it to be. I TRIED. You can expect to succeed at everything you do in life, or like everyone you meet, or enjoy every food served to you. But the trying of something counts for so much in your own head, if not to the people around you.

Turns out Ben was on MySpace and TheFaceBook all along, and I could have kept up with him, I could have... ARGH! I'm not trying to put myself down. I'm not. But I hate myself for not trying.

Anyway, WDKY18 with its 3-bites-out (that is, 3 scenes that need prose-ifying) is up at betasquad. Help me, please?

I beat Bakura... now Yugi is all that's left of "Duelists of the Roses." ;D SQUEE NESS!

I decided to get the Dell Inspiron 6000:        
Inspiron 6000:
* Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB)
* Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (I'm going to buy an XP Upgrade for $99 at the student bookstore)
* Dell Service & Support Plans: 90 Day Mail-In Parts and Labor, 90 Day Phone Technical Support
* Display: 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel (it's a bit big and lends to the heaviness, but :P Boo, at least I'll be able to type... and watch movies!)
* Memory: Free Upgrade! 512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms
* CD/DVD Drives: 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
* Hard Drive: 40GB Hard Drive
* Video Card: Integrated Intel® Media Accelerator 900 Graphics (Okay, so it's not an ATI Radeon, but those things are expensive! Besides, I don't plan to do any hardcore gaming, anyway!)
* Wireless Networking Cards: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps) (This means I'll be able to sit anywhere and get 'Net, right? Like in a Starbucks?)
* Dial-Up Internet Access: 6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included
* Battery: 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) (What the heck are WHrs?)
* Productivity Software: No productivity suite - Corel WordPerfect word processor only (I'm going to buy an Office 2003 Student Edition from the bookstore for $87!)
* Security Software: Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 15-months (I like Norton better than McAfee... I think)
* Adobe Software: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 (I can afford to buy the Adobe CS2 suite, which includes Acrobat 7. It's something like $289, I think)
* Financial Software Pre-Installed: No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
* Purchase Intent:Purchase is not intended for resale.
* Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
* Digital Music: Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
* Digital Imaging: Photo Album™ SE Basic

I also wanted to add a Mediterannean Blue snap-on cover for an additional $42.46, bringing the grand total to $1289.44. Pretty good, considering the Battalion I originally wanted would be $1,399 (without Office 2003/Student), the Averatec AV3270 in need of Office 2003 *AND* XP at $1268.98, and the CyberPowerSystems Xplorer X64-8000 would be #1,385 without Office 2003/Student.
Plus I like Dells, they have decent customer service (even if it is in India -_-).
But my check won't go through until tomorrow, so here's your last chance to tell me to stop, I'm being an idiot...

I wish I could look forward to school starting now, but as of this moment, I'm just seeing it as another distraction, a thing to get done. I need to do a lot of that these days-- clean my room, move my room once Scott gets all his stuff out, send my PS2 to Dave (I need a box!), travel somewhere this winter... maybe Japan again.

...Gaaah.

Comments

[winterwing3000.livejournal.com]

Whr= Watt hours.

=D

[azurite]

So it's like, the number of hours... per watt expended? Or the number of watts per hour? *confused... still... kinda*

Re: =D

[svelterose.livejournal.com]

53 Watt hours is telling you how much energy your battery can store. It doesn't tell you how long the battery lasts (standard at most is 2 hours) unless you make detailed assumptions as to how the laptop will be used.

Re: =D

[azurite]

Hm, so let's assume that the battery does only last 2 hours when I'm sitting without it plugged into the wall. Does that mean that when I first get the laptop, I don't need to charge the battery because it stores 53 watt hours, or that I DO need to charge it up? Is it after 53 watt hours (are they the same as normal hours?) that I need to get a new battery? ^^;; Sorry to be a pest here.

Re: =D

[svelterose.livejournal.com]

53 Watt hours has nothing to do with how long the battery takes to charge or how long it lasts. It's just the name given to the battery as to how much energy it can store.

And the battery always needs to be charged when you first get it. ^_^

[schmollieollie.livejournal.com]

lets go somewhere!!!

Eh?

[azurite]

Wha? When? Where? Who?