chipb0i

Sat, 16 May 2009 22:19:12 GMT

So I'm here at the office again on a Saturday. I'd really rather not be here, but since I am the network admin, I kinda have to be. At least when I'm here all alone I can do whatever I want - so I'm on my laptop doing this, listening to music & singing along, all while I wait for things to happen. And it's actually quiet - I won't get interrupted. Though sometimes it's too quiet, and if I'm in the warehouse area, it gets really spooky with the lights off and you hear these random noises.

Haven't done much lately, though we've been debating going downtown Chicago sometime on the weekend soon. I want to go when it is still cool, but probably need to wait a week longer. It can still get pretty chilly downtown with the wind once the sun goes down, and you do need a jacket then. One of the museums has a Harry Potter exhibit, and we might go see that. Otherwise I'd like to go to the Science & Industry museum, but Adam doesn't care for that one.

I think we might go see a movie tonight though. Other than that, I'll be at home.

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my week

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:51:36 GMT

So I imagine I should post in this thing. That was the idea; starting here at Dreamwidth and trying to actually post more than once a year. Plus, I'm friending all these new people, I should really post something for them to read.

So my week involved working mostly, with a screwed up schedule as I worked 9-6 Monday and then went back in at 1AM. I thought it was safe to do some updating and reboot the servers at the office. While the updates went well, something else broke, and took out the Exchange server. We live on email. People panic/have fits if they don't have email. So in I went. Many searches, cursing, and prayers later, by 6:30 AM it was fixed. At this point, I didn't bother going home. If I went to bed I would have slept through any alarm to come back in. I did leave early (with management blessing) at 11 after checking on things and handling some issues that came in, and slept till 6. Of course, I couldn't go back to sleep that night, and my sleep schedule has been messed up since then.

Other than work, I've been working on my house mostly. We recently finished the 2nd bedroom/office. We repainted the room, and made desks out of Elfa shelving, which works out pretty well, if we want to change it over later into a kids room or something else. We also just replaced the light in the kitchen with one that matches the light in the entry (the 1st floor is mainly open - no walls dividing anything. Other than that, I haven't done much lately - been too cold to do anything. At least now it's starting to warm up, although the rain this weekend isn't helping with that.

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Details on interests

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:40:13 GMT

hatman posted this meme in his journal, and I decided to play along.

Comment to this entry, and I will pick 7 interests from your profile, and then you give more details about them. Mine are below, under the cut.

( Here! )

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5 songs

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:26:42 GMT

phoebesmum posted this on her journal

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions

I got W.

1. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves: I suppose you can't get more 80's than this. Total pop, had a good beat, and who couldn't feel happy when listening to this? And all from a song about a woman who was waiting to hear from a guy who loved her. I would imagine anyone could understand this.

2. We Built This City by Starship: A song that I have read was chosen as the worst song of the 80's, having come from a band that evolved from Jefferson Airplane back in the 60's. Members Grace Slick and Paul Kantner were still around, although Paul jumped ship at this point, not liking the way music was going - originally, they wrote songs that made political and/or social statements. Personally, its a good song, and I like it.

3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps by George Harrison: I've only really listened to this song starting a few months ago. I don't really have too much to say about it, but I really like the version that Paul and Eric Clapton did for the Concert for George.

4. Woo Hoo by the 5.6.7.8's : Not much to the song, really. Became popular because of the movie Kill Bill, then Vonage used it for their commercials and drove it into the ground. It's just a fun song, period.

5. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane: Grace Slick said she wrote this song as a response to parents who were asking why children took drugs. Personally, I just like it.

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First new personal post

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:24:32 GMT

Well, I imported all of my entries last night. Everything came over fine, it looks like - and quickly! I've gone on a adding spree through the communities, and I need to look and see if any of the LJ people are over here as well that I have friended there. I even redid my profile and tried to organize my interests, but those just go alphabetically, no matter what you do.

So I see people are starting to add me (in one case, for a second time, because I did have my OpenID set up). So Hi, new people! :)

I'd write some more, but it's very nice outside finally - 73 and sunny/cloudy, and its been pretty chilly up until recently (I'm in the Chicago area) and I'm headed outside. If anyone wants to ask questions, go ahead!

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