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highly stylish curtains
Remember when I first got the Animal? He tore up my blinds in two rooms of my apartment. Now, he has ripped my curtain asunder. I have to find something to do with that. I was looking at some of the most stylish Curtains I have seen in a while. If I could trust the Animal, I could buy some nice curtains and not worry about it. The same goes for my blinds. I still don't have blinds on the front windows because he is forever jumping on my couch (bad dog) and trying to see out of the window! If he can't see, he freaks and starts tearing things apart.

The fact is, they are a bit pricey. I would see their price for one SET of curtains but not one PANEL. Looking at how much I have paid for curtains in the past, this is a fortune in comparison. Even their shades are pricey. I loved the honeycomb shades, but for the basic length/width it's $102. There are a number of upgrades which would make them even more unique, but they add to the price every time. If they dropped their prices, I might consider buying from them, but until then I will just have to "window shop".
 
 
   
 

Windows in Full Bloom & Close Encounters of the Awkward Kind
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...Uh, I just realized the coffee I spilled this morning has made my cleavage sticky.  Yeah, I spilled a bit of cold coffee (not hot, otherwise I'd be complaining more) this afternoon and I thought for sure it missed that area!  YES.  Hello!  My mind is dizzy full of exhausted creativity.  The above images are the latest window displays I did for Dala.  Worked so hard on 'em today that I forgot to eat!  So now all I can imagine is food.  For some reason I want the biggest, juiciest, fattest hamburger EVER. 

Today, I'm still feeling a bit self conscious (yes, once again, silly Val) from yesterday when my old pal Dale Newby and his girlfriend stopped in.  It was a slow day and I hadn't anyone to talk to until they arrived.  Last time I saw Dale he was just leaving a movie theatre and my cab had just arrived and so there was no time to play catch up.  That was several years ago.  Skip ahead four years later and my mouth can't stay closed.  I think I was trying to hug him with my words, but it felt more like I was strangling him!  My excitement must have been touching, but Dale and his girlfriend are much more quiet, subdued, thoughtful types who were much too polite to tell me to back off!  Otherwise perhaps there might have been an exchange of phone numbers and email addresses.  In fact, when I asked Dale if he were online at all, he gave me his best Acting 101 pose of "I'm not at liberty to discuss this matter however much I'd love to" -- basically the classic textbook pose of arms crossed tightly over his chest, head tilted to one side, legs straightened into a formal stand as opposed to the one he had moments earlier; "the average guy engaging in small talk" informal lean in towards me when I said things he was interested in. 

Am I just too aware of other people's silent signals or am I paranoid?  I had the distinct feeling I was suddenly invading their privacy and, as they left, I almost broke down in tears.  The sudden joy of seeing them and then the inevitable sink of their tightened posture departure made me feel a little bit like one of those dogs that, after being chained up in the backyard for too long is let out but gets so excited to be part of people's lives, it jumps and barks too much which only results in the dog getting put back into its kennel...  'cept I'm not a dog, just a lonely woman who felt like she talked too much, jumped up on my old friends a bit too hard, and despite good intentions, I think I sabotaged any chances to hang out with anyone in this town.

I have a lot of love to give, but it just seems like some people are too busy with their lives to count me as yet another pal to waste time with.  I feel guilty for being friendly.  Like I was too friendly.

But I have such wonderful things to share, dammitt!!!!!  Like these window displays.  Yet another way for me to reach out -- a sort of spider's web of color and gifts to attract the eye of the consumer -- hope my efforts reap great rewards.  And I hope you like them, too.

Right now I'm smiling like the Buddah in the last photo.  Just laughing away at nothing!
 
 
 

   
Firefox tip: User Agent
There are a few sites that disallow browsing unless you are using a specific browser, such as Internet Explorer. The User Agent Add-on will get around that in many cases. When you arrive at a site and see a message that says, in effect, that they only serve Internet Explorer, or some other browser, just bring down User Agent’s menu and select the appropriate browser. Re-load that site with F5.

You can get User Agent here.
 
 
   
 

Say HELLO to my little friend...
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Yes, his name is Tux!

I am typing this entry, in the bathroom, #2, on my laptop, which is currently:


My laptop is not that old.  I just bought it this past Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving Day).  After installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), I feel like I have a whole new toy all over again.

I still have my default OS in this thing.  But now, everytime I turn my laptop on, I have a choice (GRUB) whether I want to log into Ubuntu Linux or Microsoft Vista (default).

For a while there, I thought I was really good with computers. After having my first take at Ubuntu Linux, I feel like a n00b all over again. Any Linux users care to teach me how to walk all over again?

I'm on the terminal, like:
sudo /what/the/?
 
 
 

   
Oh boring Windows..
What a boring day. The whole day in front of the computer.. and what for? To complete fresh windows installs on my two laptops. I ran away from Computer Science.. but it keeps stalking me.. either in school projects.. or whenever my father buys a new laptop.

Yes I have a new laptop. And it came with Windows Vista. **sigh**

My 5 year old computer has 512MB of RAM and that was huge at the time.. so when computers started to come with 1024MB, I was like WOW! And when computers came with 2048MB I just said, These guys are nuts! What do they want all this for!

But now I understand. Let me draw a picture for you.



Windows Vista, without anything else running, just a clean boot to the desktop uses 800MB! Right there!

Windows XP uses 250MB..

Guess what I did to Windows Vista.. ERASED! And Windows XP?.. fast, clean, streamlined installs for both laptops!

**sigh** you gotta love HATE computers.
 
 
   
 

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