Jen's Corner

• The squirrels running across the roof made the dog freak out. Granted, they sound like 20 pound squirrels… #
• I'm #reading Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven – http://bit.ly/dyNXpv #
• HOW have I missed reading a post-apocolyptic book by Niven & Pournelle?? Seriously, I should have read this years ago. #
• Oh man. #myscript for #livescribe *really* doesn't like my handwriting. #
• Went to Zach for The Flaming Idiots – hilariously awesome, as always. #
• http://twitpic.com/11iiu9 – #
• I need to find something worth "sharing" so that I can test out #shareaholic #
• "Microsoft Discontinues Online Play for Original Xbox | GameLife | Wired.com" ( http://bit.ly/bvXJ5c ) #
• OK, I like Seether. Listening to: Seether – Fallen http://tinyurl.com/yaor3nh #
• If you have a desperate need to know what I'm listening to on iTunes, follow @jen_itunes ! #
• hrm. I can't automate it? #
• GOT IT! http://bit.ly/c0qyqE @jen_itunes #

• Vote best webcomic: http://bit.ly/4wQRKQ – @jephjacques @dcorsetto @lartist @jenniebreeden – call out your minions! #
• I'm #reading The Baby Boon by Elinor Burkett – http://goodreads.com/review/show/86878381 #
• I'm #reading Dearest Friend by Lynne Withey – http://goodreads.com/review/show/86878531 #
• http://twitpic.com/107s6e – George watching a cat video! #
• Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver coming out 3/14; God of War 3 on 3/16. Gotta catch 'em all, then slaughter mercilessly! Gonna be a busy wkend! #
• Poor Wall-E, I mean, Spirit Rover! http://xkcd.com/695/ #
• I'm #reading Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer – http://goodreads.com/review/show/87408306 #
• Tell CBS: Don't air anti-abortion Super Bowl ad! http://bit.ly/4z22TF Please RT #
• On page 125 of 3… http://bit.ly/aF3LNg #
• On page 20 of 3… http://bit.ly/cKsmK8 #
• On page 493 of 565 of Black House by … http://bit.ly/cKTAKK #

• So not looking forward to Public Speaking. #ugh #college #
• Classes start tomorrow! Topics in US History – Women (yay!) and Public Speaking (boo!) #
• First impression using the #livescribe smart pen? Amazing. This could be incredibly helpful in my classes. #
• aw crap. I caught up to the last Flashforward episode. #
• Am I lucky or what? The husband made chicken cordon bleu tonight. <3 <3 #
• I'm #reading Black House by Stephen King – http://bit.ly/6uIthf #

• "SEO" and "Social Media" marketers make me want to puke. #
• (Cue twitter keyword scraper followings in five… four… three…) #
• and there they are! Twits. #
• http://twitpic.com/wstif – #
• There will be BACON! #
• I saw a purple sort-of-like-a-baseball-cap-but-not-exactly hat the other day. It was sparkly. I think I need it. #
• Win a new Nikon D300s (or 2000 photo scans) from @ScanCafe & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Details here: http://bit.ly/8SJuMT #
• I'm #reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood – http://bit.ly/6OCNrk #
• @anneheathen I read O&C when it first came out (autographed, whoo!), but after YotF I decided I needed to read it again! #atwood #
• Trying out #Clear – hoping to ditch #timewarner asap #
• @drhayes Oh no. Well, we'll see how it goes – I want to like it, but not if the connection is bad. in reply to drhayes #
• @drhayes did you try out the mobile clear? in reply to drhayes #
• Hm. #clear http://bit.ly/7SeLgW (speed) http://bit.ly/7GsSox (ping) withOUT router. Packet loss/high ping WITH router. Uh oh? #
• @real_live_troll Judy Blume? in reply to real_live_troll #
• Is sad and unimpressed with latency and packet loss #clear #
• @bookloveaffair Flowers for Algernon: one of my favorite books *ever* in reply to bookloveaffair #
• I thought it was awful quiet next door: RT @News8Austin: Alabama 37, Texas 21 #
• That was exciting. Dog got out of the yard this morning – only out about 5-10 minutes or so. Guess the fence moved up in priority! #
• Hey #amazon! If the book is too big for the box, GET A BIGGER BOX! Shoving it in so it's bent is not good. #
• I'm #reading Angel of Death by Jack Higgins – http://bit.ly/8Vfhjs #

• @statesman probably should vet your links. in reply to statesman #
• Mama Fu's is YUM! #
• 10 years ago @ midnight @sqlrob asked me to marry him. I said yes. #woulddoitagain #mushy #
• Oh yum. The husband just made me a drunk's chocolate orange! Creme de cacao, triple sec, & sprite. Happy New Year! #
• Watched the last movies of the decade on NYE: Avatar 3D @drafthouse; Wall-E and Monsters vs. Aliens at home. #
• OH NOES! My domain is up for renewal! There's an ALERT! with !!! Wait… 11/2010? Hyperventilate much, #godaddy ? #marketingbullshit #
• Updating mySQL *and* WordPress: will it end in disaster or joy & happiness? :::whimper::: #
• Huh. Well, *that* was remarkably painless… #
• Hope that's fireworks I keep hearing. Wish they'd knock it the fuck off. #
• I finally found some fingerless gloves! Of such things is happiness forged. #
• My Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Shoji Meguro – 5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – 4. 下村陽子 – 2. http://tweekly.fm #mm #
• Today's PvP is awesome: http://bit.ly/6yipsq #

• Thanks meth addicts and puritans! Had to go to three different pharmacies to find a bottle of *real* Nyquil. (Note: not sick, Just In Case) #
• OK TweetDeck, hope you're more stable than Socialite. #
• @jdarmendariz so far it looks pretty cool! Trying to figure out how it works now. in reply to jdarmendariz #
• What's wrong w/ me? Made 'sghetti sauce last night, prep'd crockpot stuff for Thurs. Teriyaki chicken for Friday, but that's @sqlrob 's job. #
• @jdarmendariz believe it or not, the kitchen is slightly cleaner than when I started. This is a Good Thing. in reply to jdarmendariz #
• @RedPenOfDoom Have a fabulous birthday! #
• Ridiculous. RT @ariedana: Crazy Days and Nights: Kim Kardashian Gets $10,000 Per Tweet http://post.ly/G7ov #
• Om nom nom – warm bread fresh from the breadmaker. I <3 my husband! #
• @snipeyhead Cats are sleep vortexes. Nod. in reply to snipeyhead #
• How to get your kids to bed tonight! http://bit.ly/7dYqgD #
• Comic foobar'd to 25th – Get kids to bed xmas eve bizarro 12/24 here: http://bit.ly/8oXEps #
• I'm #reading Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey – http://bit.ly/7bKlhc #
• I'm #reading Dragon's Kin by Anne McCaffrey – http://bit.ly/6OjeMb #
• I'm #reading Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber – http://bit.ly/6Mc8sd #
• http://twitpic.com/v7eoq – #
• I'd never seen it so I tried to watch A Christmas Story. I think I missed out on the appreciation window. #
• I'm #reading U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton – http://bit.ly/90uSLR #
• On page 234 of 403 of U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton http://bit.ly/65rEMU #
• I'm #reading Stalking the Dragon by Mike Resnick – http://bit.ly/6vjLQe #
• On page 32 of 290 of Stalking the Dragon by Mike Resnick http://bit.ly/8oYWs3 #
• I'm #reading The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch – http://bit.ly/6Fzhtl #
• I'm #reading The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood – http://bit.ly/4TTDzq #

• @davekellett So… "Sheldon" is a new term for the process of stabilizing polyethylene sulfide? in reply to davekellett #
• @davekellett Re: http://tinyurl.com/y9ndf4h – patent # 3,725,337 in reply to davekellett #
• http://twitpic.com/ttvvj – LOL game? #
• Now playing: Thurl Ravenscroft – You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch #
• One minute I'm watching a movie trailer and the next it's an hour later and I'm 10 links deep in wikipedia articles about British monarchy. #
• Thanks for wrecking #eventbox @socialiteapp – I'm done with you. #
• . @drhayes so how do you like tweetie? Guess I'm looking for a new osx client. #
• what twitter osx clients support lists? #twitterclients #osx #
• Are you kidding me?? *Carolers*?? #

• learning how to use a wacom tablet #
• this tweet is handwritten ! #
• Dragon's Lair – @drhayes madhouse, neh? I may try again tomorrow… sad not to see QC, S*P, and the rest. #
• Now playing: John Yelvington – Harley Got Devoured By The Undead http://bit.ly/8I7JFe #
• need 8 more seeds #lostodyssey #xbox360 #

• Drinking a 2700 year old beer. Not bad! http://bit.ly/90nQVh #
• Messing around with google wave #
• @jdarmendariz I'm kinda liking it. My husband and I are using it to share links when we're offline, as IM is failing us. in reply to jdarmendariz #
• For 3 weeks before xmas the Domain is pretty dead. #economy #

• Marry a man that cooks, girls! RT @sqlrob Time start work on the turkey #
• So. Full. Zzzzzzzz. #

• Hooooo! Hello from my Xbox! #
• iGoogle is really irritating now, and my workaround is broken. I need a new web portal – suggestions? #webportal #googlesucks #
• @sidetracht well, yah. me too. But I needs a new home page! Only I don't now. Stylish fixed it. in reply to sidetracht #
• Ahh. Fixed. I <3 Firefox and extensions! http://hicks-wright.net/blog/fixing-igoogle-with-user-styles/ #
• @jdarmendariz eeeeeenteresting!! I think I'll try that out. Thanks! in reply to jdarmendariz #
• COBRA payments went up just shy of $100/month; now paying just shy of $1K. #hcr #insurance #
• @MH_Bonham thank $DEITY I don't have kids… in reply to MH_Bonham #

• http://twitpic.com/p1erw – #
• http://twitpic.com/p2dxe – This is the real thing! #
• *FINALLY* figured out how to post text with a twit pic. Gods I'm slow. #
• @Brinstar I choose the one that doesn't make me gag – no frills colgate. in reply to Brinstar #
• http://twitpic.com/p2y37 – Dr Horrible calendar! #
• Firefox is like the abusive spouse you just can't leave. #
• ahhh, #socialite – why'd you have to break a perfectly good app? #
• Trying out Yoono… #yoono #
• @snipeyhead how about a number only captcha that WON'T WORK if you use the number pad? Yeah. Took me 4 tries to figure that out. o_O in reply to snipeyhead #
• Trying to do homework, yay. Focus! #
• @jdarmendariz homework is definitely not shiny. :/ Have you seen my motivation? in reply to jdarmendariz #
• I wanted to like #yoono but it's not working out for me. #
• I'm a happy girl. *the* NPH is on twitter: @ActuallyNPH #

• My TX govt prof called the "tea party express" a grassroots movement. #
• @sidetracht my eyes rolled so hard they crossed. in reply to sidetracht #
• If I'm reading the SoS site correctly, with the votes 68.5% in, statewide voter turnout is 5.9% – that's *disgusting*. #
• @hillarygayle since people get fired for blogging, or not hired for same, I'd say more than weird. in reply to hillarygayle #
• @sidetracht you should be!! One thing about the tx govt class – it highlights the futility of it all. Still, must be done. in reply to sidetracht #
• eventbox is acting weird – can't seem to reply from it, and the type box appears empty when I type, though the char count changes. Weird. #
• Oh good – up to 6.5%. Lovely. http://bit.ly/1CKQ6W (tx sec state site) #
• Laughing SO hard right now: http://bit.ly/44bxoT #
• @mikeneumann **glee** in reply to mikeneumann #
• wow – socialite just broke the *hell* out of my computer. Finally managed to get around it. Uninstalled for now. #

• @sqlrob But… but… wha'd I do?? o_O in reply to sqlrob #
• Going to bookstore for Gathering Storm! #wheeloftime #
• On page 31 of 783 of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan #
• @drafthouse I <3 you guys SO MUCH! (re movie talker) in reply to drafthouse #
• THIS is why I love alamo drafthouse: rt @timalamo My adventure with a movie-talker tonight at the Village http://bit.ly/10cOPw #
• Note to self: Don't read #wheeloftime feed! o_O Eep. #
• Blood and bloody ashes – what a *rush*! Fantastic work @BrandonSandrson !! #wheeloftime in reply to BrandonSandrson #
• @hillarygayle Hey nurse person! Any patients like this yet? http://bit.ly/1D4QD0 in reply to hillarygayle #
• I reflex block people who natter on about "social media" and "blog positioning". Fucking marketers. #
• Heh – the dog and cats don't "get" the whole "spring forward, fall back" bit. They think dinner is late. #

I finished The Gathering Storm this weekend. It was absolutely fantastic. I was drawn completely in, down to gasping and whimpering as events unfolded. It was a major rush, and I can’t wait for the last two (for reals, yo) books to come out. Pure bliss.

Major kudos to Brandon Sanderson – he pulled it off beautifully.

In other news, I tried to electrocute myself last Wednesday. Took out half a wall and 3 computers in the lab at school – talk about embarrassing.

So, I was going to work on my project write up, using Pages, which means using my powerbook. The battery on the aging laptop doesn’t seem to hold a charge for more than an hour and a half, if that long, which means I needed to plug it in. There was an empty outlet, no problem. However, the desks and computers were wired such that the locking cable (twisted metal) to one of the computers was lying across the outlet. I pushed it aside, definitely out of the way, but there must have been more pressure on it than I figured and it popped back in the way as I was about to plug the cable in.

Pow.

Holeeecrap but that was some spark! There were a couple sparks that I just watched fall all the way to the floor before they went out.

Embarrassing.

Luckily, once the campus electrician dude found and threw the breaker, all was well. Outlet still worked, as did the computers. My power supply, however, is probably toast. I’m sure the cable is, at least, I’m not going to try it, but I’m not sure about the actual power supply. Maybe the Apple store has a way to test them, I don’t know. Still, at least my powerbook wasn’t plugged in yet, and, thankfully, neither was I. Eeesh.

Electricity is not necessarily your friend.

Next time, I’m just gonna suck it up and use notepad.

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