well, the time has come.

this will be my last entry.

as of late, i feel like i have outgrown this place.  i don't write in here as much as i used to, and i don't feel as if writing in here is a necessity as i once did.  while i do still enjoy writing about what i do and what i think, i don't feel this is the best outlet to do so anymore.  i've been here for six and a half years, and it's time for a change.

Xanga has almost felt like a giant community i've never really been a part of.  everyone seems to be vying for Featured status and True status, and aren't content unless they have both.  i've been content to sit on the outside, looking in on all of this.  and once i started attracting the attention of a few high profile Xanga blogs, it only highlighted this feeling all the more clearly.

i'm not going to stop writing, i'm going to move my writing to place more fitting to someone who prefers to sit out of the hustle and bustle of these attempts to climb the internet ladders.

you can follow my twitter, or you can subscribe to my wordpress blog, which as of this writing hasn't been installed.

http://twitter.com/AriaCompany - http://blog.i-am-boss.org

let's end this thing...with yuno.



it's been fun.  see you around.

god help us all

i've signed up for twitter

today was a rather productive and somewhat sad day!

i went out to Fry's to buy a new cooler for my graphics card.  i bought it, i brought it home, and i installed it.  turns out the directions could not have been more wrong for my card: the holes it told me to use were too spread out, and the screws i was told to use were too tall, so it wouldn't install correctly.

after fixing that and raging over the VRAM heatsinks continually falling off, i finally get everything set up and working.  my temps didn't fall as dramatically as they did with the cooler i installed on my old x1950 pro, but they dropped a fair amount when idle and dropped somewhat when in use.  my idle temps are around 43 C, and under max load (F@H) it sits at 74 C.  not TOO shabby, considering i used to idle at ~60 C and would hit 78 C under load, with the fan cranking away at more than 60% duty cycle.

i also am going to vacuum my car later and put in new floormats.

the sadness?  after booting up i heard a very rhythmic CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK.  i started unplugging things, and found out it was my anime drive.  i did some tests on it, and from what i can hear the motor is dying, along with the control circuitry. 

so my anime is all gone.  ;_;