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Yay, computer
Whee, great news on the computer front. Zach and Oren came over today after work, we went to Romio's pizza place for dinner, then they helped me with my computer. At first it seemed like things were kind of doomed, then Zach had the idea to go online and download a Linux boot disk ISO and burn a CD and try to see if I could mount my hard drive. And it worked! Wheeee! So they got an FTP client working on my old computer, with it running linux off a CD and mounting the hard drive. How cool! So I've been FTPing over all of my files from the mounted hard drive. Yay. Then I'll throw the computer off my balcony. No, not really. The computer will probably go to my dad, and I'm not sure what I'll do with the monitor. Oren suggested Goodwill, though I seem to recall having issues getting Goodwill to take my monitor in the past.
We did open up my new computer, and boy is it weird. Dell has a bizarre case and the fan is huge and in the middle of it. I guess it's a good thing we didn't try to hook up the old hard drive to the new computer after all.
Some of my friends out here are starting to play D&D Online. In theory, if I'm going to play at all, I should start now. Thing is, I'm not sure I can justify the cost nor the idea of giving myself even another reason to sit at home alone, especially with the summer and baseball season starting, when what I need to be doing is getting out and meeting new people, even if I suck at it.
I dunno what else to say. My throat is feeling a bit better, though I am still kind of hoarse.
Also, um, the World Baseball Classic is starting, doing the Asia games this weekend. Japan's going to go 3-0, Korea 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, and China 0-3. Arr. The Tokyo Dome looks about as full as it did when the Nippon Ham Fighters played there.
We did open up my new computer, and boy is it weird. Dell has a bizarre case and the fan is huge and in the middle of it. I guess it's a good thing we didn't try to hook up the old hard drive to the new computer after all.
Some of my friends out here are starting to play D&D Online. In theory, if I'm going to play at all, I should start now. Thing is, I'm not sure I can justify the cost nor the idea of giving myself even another reason to sit at home alone, especially with the summer and baseball season starting, when what I need to be doing is getting out and meeting new people, even if I suck at it.
I dunno what else to say. My throat is feeling a bit better, though I am still kind of hoarse.
Also, um, the World Baseball Classic is starting, doing the Asia games this weekend. Japan's going to go 3-0, Korea 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, and China 0-3. Arr. The Tokyo Dome looks about as full as it did when the Nippon Ham Fighters played there.
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But then, I have friends who I don't share hobbies with... so while the entire group seems really close-knit, and they do things together all the time like biking and rock climbing and snowshoeing and role-playing and MMO'ing and whatever, I'm not really part of it, which means not only do I not spend as much time with them, but also means I don't even have things to talk about, since everyone else seems to have common ground which I don't.
So the question is... should I be trying to find more friends who share my hobbies? Or should I be trying to get into the hobbies that my current friends have?
I really hate doing so much stuff alone, is all. What I really need is a local clone of you, I think... someone I'd feel totally comfortable just calling up like "hey, let's go get kaitensushi and watch some doramas or play board games" pretty much whenever.
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I don't know. Maybe you could just find cool people and alternate joining them and subverting them?