Yowser

Serj makes a great (and quite sexy) evil ringleader.

*I'm sure it's a "Yes, We're Open" sign, but at first I thought I saw a "Yes We Can" sign at 3:40. Just thought that was interesting to note.

My Hands Felt Just Like Two Balloons

Really.

My hands and feet will upon occasion decide to swell up. I find that it's usually in conjunction with moving a lot of heavy objects or getting around a lot of different materials like cloth stores or clothing stores. It's pretty random and I never know when it will occur. I think that at least part of it is an allergy to certain fabric types/dyes that I inherited from my grandmother, as she discovered her own allergy while actually working in a fabric store and had to wear gloves most times while handling the materials. One time my own swelling occurred after sitting at a computer playing a game for a few hours (11th Hour, of all games, so yes, that was many moons ago), so I have never been able to determine an exact cause for the swelling, only partial patterns.

Last night one hand swelled up slightly and the other hand quite a bit while rummaging around at The Dump (which you really can't exactly rummage there, but one can dream). Today the swelling has receded, but both of my hands are still aching and tingling horribly.

Ow, ow, ow

O'RLY

Sharper Image just ... hm ... so not closing down the website, but not selling anything either. I guess we shall see.

Yeah, that MASSIVE SQUEEEE...

That was me.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

I'm sad that Rachel Weisz's character has been replaced by Maria Bello. However, I do love Maria's acting just as much, so hopefully I won't be disappointed in the long run by the change. We'll see.

Speaking of Maria Bello, I didn't realize there was a Payback - Director's Cut. Must own.

Because it's stuck in my brain

...and I believe in sharing the torture.

Come To Fraggle Rock

Also, The Muppet Show is finally out on dvd.

Countdown Has Passed

Shit. I'm skimming the vittles in laptops on Newegg looking for XP machines.

This has been the most absolutely gut wrenching decision I've actually made in a while. Had I looked more whole-heartedly before getting this close to the deadline I probably would have found exactly what I wanted. As it is, I'm absolutely and completely torn between two systems. Hopefully the links will work, as I'm sure the systems will be sold very soon indeed.

ASUS A8 Series A8SC-X3 NoteBook

PROS: lots of goodies

CONS:
not black
not ergonomic keyboard

( Specs )

versus
Acer TravelMate TM5720-6462 NoteBook

PROS: not too bad as well on it's crunchy bits, but a little short in a couple areas, but not so much I can't deal with it
also, black, and ergonomic and all around pretty in my eyes

CONS:
15.4" WXGA display (again, I prefer closer to 12-13")
Intel GMA X3100 (not dedicated)
6.6 lbs. (I also prefer under 5')

( Specs )

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Really, the crunchier isn't that much of a difference between the two systems for my needs and purposes. So it basically boils down to black/ergonomic versus smaller/lighter. Yes, I am that materialistic that the black/ergonomic really does hold THAT much sway over my decision. Damn it, I can't decide!

Also, I must note that this decision was made after taking a good hard look at the black MacBook and it's ability to run vitual Windows simultaneously with the OS X. However, I see a couple kinks that I would like Apple to work out, like my vain request for the power cables to come in black. I would also be interested in seeing if Parallels can work out it's little kinks as well. I may come back to the MacBook in time, but I'm not quite there yet. Besides, I'd hold my breath for something like this.

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EDIT:
And then I went with the XP downgrade after all.
Acer TravelMate TM4720-6218 NoteBook

( Specs )

Such is the Nikki.