As if the internal clock of my computer told it that the warranty was no longer in effect(ended two months ago), my laptop's LCD screen is on the verge of dying any day now.
The first symptoms appeared over Thanksgiving break when I booted up my comp to load some pictures. I was greeted by my desktop in very retro(and psychedelic) colors. Upon further investigation of online documentation, I realized that my screen was dying, as some of the liquid crystals weren't allowing some light to pass through, thus giving off a very tinted look.
I woke up this morning to prepare a little more for my Aerothermodynamics test, and as you might expect, I opened my computer and the screen had gotten worse. It's even difficult to stare at the screen for extended periods of time now. I've adjusted the colors to where everything is pretty much blue; I had to choose this setting because it's the only one that would allow me to see text. This WOULD happen right before a test that required the use of my computer. Thankfully, it battled through, and I made it through the test just fine.
So now the quest is on to look for a new laptop. Just like they've always done, my brothers have my back. They're doing their best to find me the best deal out there. I'm also looking myself, hoping to spot a steal. I'll probably have to do monthly installments until next summer, at which point I'll just pay the rest of the balance because I will be working.
Yup, working. Except I hope to not be co-oping next summer; rather, I hope to be interning. And it will NOT be at NASA. Where I am aiming to land in summer of 2007? ................Ah, you'll just have to tune in next time to find out :)
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
A Slight Facelift
Welcome back everyone...err...welcome back myself.
Yeh, I've been gone way too long. Longer than any time before. So if you all but gave up on my blog, I don't blame you. Who should you blame? Mississippi State University. Yup, that's right. They've been working my ass to death the past 2 months, but finally, FINALLY, I have procured some time off from school.
It's the Thanksgiving holidays, so that means I'm at home. As of now, I am the active siblings leader in my family in the category of consecutive Thanksgivings attended(about to be #22), so very few things were going to tear me away from returning to the Ranch for a few days in late November.
You would think I'd have all kinds of free time over break, but that is sadly far frome the truth. Next week I have a Vibrations exam, a Aerothermodynamics exam, a Vibrations project due, an Orbital Mechanics project due, and some Aerothermo homework due. Then the week after that I have FINALS. Add that to the fact that I'll be working right around 8 hours a day here starting tomorrow, and you realize that I'll be working during the day and studying during the night. I'm not really complaining, though. I'm making money while getting a fresh venue in which to enrich my brain with subjects that really do interest me.
It will not be all work, of course. You know me better than that. Dad's good friend from St. Andrews(Class of '64, right Dad?), Tim Mucklow, just arrived this evening, and my brother John will be flying in tomorrow night. Four Hornes and a friend of Horne is usually a recipe for some fun times.
Well that's about it. Just thought I'd let everyone know I'm still alive. Oh yeh, how do you like the new style of my blog? Yay, nay, indifferent? I'd really like to know what ya think. So shoot me a comment if you want.
I really do have so much to talk about, so hopefully I'll be able to post about it this week and the next and the next and so on. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
-a recent list I have growing that lists the reasons I love baseball
-the Red Sox offseason dramas(Matsuzaka, Manny, bullpen help, right field, etc.)
-recent developments regarding my Summer 2007 work plans
-Nintendo's sexy new console, the Wii
-Michael Richards' idiocy
-New Year's plans
-my newest infatuation: bartending and drink making
-movie reviews and previews of films coming soon that have caught my eye
that's about it. Tune in later this week. I might even throw in a pic from the Ranch(which, by the way, looks absolutely beautiful this time of year).
Yeh, I've been gone way too long. Longer than any time before. So if you all but gave up on my blog, I don't blame you. Who should you blame? Mississippi State University. Yup, that's right. They've been working my ass to death the past 2 months, but finally, FINALLY, I have procured some time off from school.
It's the Thanksgiving holidays, so that means I'm at home. As of now, I am the active siblings leader in my family in the category of consecutive Thanksgivings attended(about to be #22), so very few things were going to tear me away from returning to the Ranch for a few days in late November.
You would think I'd have all kinds of free time over break, but that is sadly far frome the truth. Next week I have a Vibrations exam, a Aerothermodynamics exam, a Vibrations project due, an Orbital Mechanics project due, and some Aerothermo homework due. Then the week after that I have FINALS. Add that to the fact that I'll be working right around 8 hours a day here starting tomorrow, and you realize that I'll be working during the day and studying during the night. I'm not really complaining, though. I'm making money while getting a fresh venue in which to enrich my brain with subjects that really do interest me.
It will not be all work, of course. You know me better than that. Dad's good friend from St. Andrews(Class of '64, right Dad?), Tim Mucklow, just arrived this evening, and my brother John will be flying in tomorrow night. Four Hornes and a friend of Horne is usually a recipe for some fun times.
Well that's about it. Just thought I'd let everyone know I'm still alive. Oh yeh, how do you like the new style of my blog? Yay, nay, indifferent? I'd really like to know what ya think. So shoot me a comment if you want.
I really do have so much to talk about, so hopefully I'll be able to post about it this week and the next and the next and so on. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
-a recent list I have growing that lists the reasons I love baseball
-the Red Sox offseason dramas(Matsuzaka, Manny, bullpen help, right field, etc.)
-recent developments regarding my Summer 2007 work plans
-Nintendo's sexy new console, the Wii
-Michael Richards' idiocy
-New Year's plans
-my newest infatuation: bartending and drink making
-movie reviews and previews of films coming soon that have caught my eye
that's about it. Tune in later this week. I might even throw in a pic from the Ranch(which, by the way, looks absolutely beautiful this time of year).
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