i did manage to get all of my important files off the disk, though it took two trips to fry's (accidently bought an IDE enclosure)

though i am not a happy camper.

i got my drive repartitioned, spent several hours installing arch.  it's a small distro, but it uses wget's passive-ftp mode so it takes forever to download everything.  spent some time installing xorg and kdemod.  kdemod didn't work, so i installed kdebase instead.  everything is going swimmingly.  i get knetwork manager up and running.  after installing my network drivers and watching knetwork manager crash all of one time, wireless works fine.  so i start doing some stress tests.  i'm not getting the best battery life, so i install laptop-mode-tools and configure it.  restart.

sound broken.

not just alsa.  arts, oss, esd, and toss are broken too.  i can get system sound out of oss by chmod 777 /dev/dsp, but it breaks again on restart and i don't get sound out of amarok or firefox.  i spend at least four hours trying to fix it.  i recompile alsa, nothing.  install new drivers, nothing.  disable acpi, nothing.  disable laptop-mode, nothing.  make alsa load first, nothing.  so i boot into arch again to shut down for the night.

wireless = broken.

at that point i stare dumbfounded at my screen.  then i snap the arch disc in half and delete the partitions from my computer.

mangled my windows XP partition during an install of archlinux.

might possibly have made my homework and class notes irrecoverable.

not a good day in that respect.

also my hair is long enough that i have that annoying corkscrew thing in the front that constantly hits the same spot above my nose.

my saber figurine keeps slowly tilting forward.  i've taken her apart and laid her down so she won't keep bending.

i'm not sure what else i can do, i can try super gluing her foot again, but with such a small area i don't know if it can hold the amount of force needed.  if i want saber to be upright again, i have to bend her right leg so much it dimples the stand where her foot is screwed in, and has discolored the plastic where i bent it.  i don't even know if i can glue it into any usable position anymore.  i absolutely love that figurine, i really don't want to put it into my closet for fear of it completely falling apart one day.

i wish i had taken some pictures of the entire figurine and its parts for reference after i bought it, then i could know exactly where it's bending.  there is a screw in her right foot which is supporting the weight well, as the ankle isn't bent at all, but looking at it from the side with her skirt off i can see a rather obvious bend in her right leg just above the calf.  her right leg can probably bend pretty far without moving her left leg, and since like i said her left foot only comes into contact with the base for a few measly square centimeters (if even that) gravity would be more than able to rip the super glue right off.  if i put in another screw i'd have to drill through her shoe and it'd be plainly visible and look awful.  i can't think of a way to splint her leg that gravity couldn't work around given enough time or that wouldn't just divert gravity to bend something else.

i don't want to give up just yet.  i think i'll just glue her foot down again and hope for the best.  i spent a lot of money on that, i don't want to just put it in a box and forget about it.  also i don't think i'm going to buy any more one-legged figurines, they just seem to stir up nothing but trouble

been on a huge nostalgia trip all day long.

started watching the Tenchi Muyo series again.  it's been...at least six years since i've seen any of it.  last i saw it was after i moved up here.  almost all my tapes were lost in the move.  i popped up on toonami around 2001, and that was the last i saw of it.  that was just the OVAs and the TV series though, it's been even longer since i've seen the movies.  i watched portions of the first two movies and i'm partway through the second episode of the TV series.

so many things i've forgotten about, so many good memories.

6 days!

...

;_;

i love days like this.  i barely left my room, i never changed out of my sleep clothes.  i went from my desk chair to my recliner back to my desk chair.  watched a little claymore, a little nagatou, and a little potemayo.  played a TON of Prime 3.  ate, surfed 4chan, did absolutely nothing of consequence all day long.  and the best thing is tomorrow is a holiday, so i can do it again.

oh and speaking of chairs i bought a really nice new one.  it's a midback tufted vinyl executive chair.  besides looking fantastic, it has to be the most comfortable chair i have ever put in front of my desk.  it feels like the chair is hugging me as i sit in it.  i couldn't be happier with it.

dear Game Crazy,

thanks for the extra 10% off the strategy guide.  you rock.

<3,
chris

dear Nintendo and/or whichever courier is responsible for shipping things to the Game Crazy by my house,

fuck you.

<3,
chris

not really a whole hell of a lot to talk about, only had one day of class so far.

bioshock is awesome.

tuesday is going to ROCK.

that is all.

can't believe i have to go to sleep in about six hours