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I slept in too late. I have to be at work at 1:30, which leaves me very little time to be at home today. Fah.

Work last night was good, though. I felt kind of ucky, but my manager bought lunch for myself, the other manager on duty, and the other lead. Mmmm chili's. And I had a nice conversation with a couple of customers - fantasy fans, easy to talk to, and I got the guy hooked on A Song of Ice and Fire. Heh. I love spreading good books. I invited him to the fantasy discussion group in February... speaking of which...

There's a fantasy/sci-fi discussion group at Barnes & Noble now! It started out as just a Tolkien group, but has evolved a bit. The topic for February is: Urban Fantasy - Finding the Fey in the Everyday. Suggested reading is _Neverwhere_ by Neil Gaiman and/or _Dreams Underfoot_ by Charles deLint. The time is February 16th at 7ish, and the place is Barnes & Noble at Brier Creek. Come, have some treats from the café, meet fellow fantasy fans, and have a good conversation on a fairly interesting topic. There may be time for dinner and a movie afterwards, even!

I would say "come meet me and..." but I won't actually be there. The 16th is our anniversary. That's so weird... I can't believe we've been married for 3 years now. Time, it flies by.

Anyhow, we're also reading _The Phantom Tollbooth_ for the classics book group, and we'll be discussing that on February 19th at 7:30ish. So yeah, come see me. And read the book, you'll like it. :)

There's an open mic poetry night in February, too, but I can't remember the date for it - I'll have to check when I get to work. I've been meaning to bring a calendar home with me for the last two days. Ditzy me.

I'm hungry, I don't know where my hairbrush is, and the cat keeps trying to leap on the keyboard. I think I'd better stop writing now.

new goodies, OS dilemmas, and office mundanity

it's been a long weekend. i didn't even post about our little adventure yesterday - right after we had lunch todd asked me "do you want a new computer?" I said "well, of course, but..." and he said, "well, we've got a little time before you have to go to work. let's drive over to tiger direct." and so we did, and I got a new computer, and i had just enough time before work to help get it out of the trunk and into the office, and it's sitting in a box in the corner now. it's really nice. i'll post geeky stats on it later, once it's, uh, out of the box. so, happy anniversary to me from todd. now i've gotta get him something... i think a trip some place nice is in order.

and this morning was a productive morning, despite having slept in too late. i got the bookcase in the corner unloaded and dusted and moved into the dining room, where it fits just nicely. now it's got all kinds of books on and in it, and that's good. i think tonight i am going to continue my campaign of cleaning / reorganizing the office, though that box in the corner is tempting me most mightily. i have no place to put it. i have no place to put it. i have no... but, but, but, but... well, i'll resist tonight, i'm sure. tomorrow may be a different story.

this box is going to primarily be a gaming machine. it's already got winxp installed on it, but i don't actually know anything about xp... do you have to register it, for instance? i know you don't with win2000... i don't know whether i should switch to win2000 from xp. it would be a hassle, considering that the one is already installed, but on the other hand, i very much like setting things up my own damn self. ah happy dilemmas.

so, yeah, i'm going to get to work on cleaning / straightening / whatever. i'm a happy camper, though i am a little tired from work (for no real good reason - it was quite slow tonight. i did do a little work back in antiques, though, which is a tall wall shelf section, so it involved a lot of me standing on tiptoes on a stepstool and moving heavy books above my head). ok, to work with me.