Daydreams and Wishes

Occasionally, my computer's speakers do this thing where they pick up the classic rock station in my area (it's not even a local radio station, either). It's a bit annoying, but it generally only lasts for a day and my speakers act normally the next day when I turn my computer on again.

Not so this time. It's been going on for several weeks. The odd part is that if I have my speakers turned all the way down the station comes in the loudest--turning my speaker volume up makes the radio station a bit quieter (but I can still hear it). So at the moment, my speakers are turned rather high, my computer volume is at it's lowest and I can still hear the radio station clearly. And if I try to drown out the station, my music is too loud. Arg. I've tried twiddling with my speaker cables, but that doesn't really seem to work either (apparently I'm not good at jiggery-pokery). The only thing that really works is using my headphones--if they're plugged into the tower and not the speakers themselves. ::shakes fist at speakers::

On a happier, non-speaker-ranting note, I spent the afternoon with a pot of darjeeling and The Thirteenth Tale. ^_^ Also, my circulars from Jo-Ann.com arrived on Monday (even though the tracking information had said they'd be here by today at the earliest!) so I was able to start my knit Dalek. I've only got about four rows done so far--I'll post pictures when it starts vaguely looking like a Dalek (perhaps after the second set of bobbles).

~Michelle

I think I'm going to use this as my default "I-haven't-updated-in-forever" icon. Or something of the sort. Because I have to get up earlyish to go to work tomorrow and am going to bed very soon (i.e. probably reading for a little in bed), I'm just going to do a quick post and will quite possibly write more tomorrow.

Things going on at the moment:
* I'm quite enjoying working at the bookstore.
* lowc came home for her summer break and there was much watching of British shows, knitting, and bookshopping. ^_^
* I finally got my Ravelry invite today! =D Knitters/crocheters: the invites are coming much quicker now that they have the new servers, so check the site out.
* My computer is being taken to the IT people at my mom's work--hopefully they'll be able to devirus/fix it. ::crosses fingers:: (As such, I'm presently on my parents' computer)
* I'm retaking the GRE next month.
* I went to my first book club meeting ever yesterday. One of the bookstore's co-owners is organising it and she's making things pretty laid-back. At least one other member has not been in a book club either, so I'm not the only one (which is always good).

And I think it's bedtime now.

~Michelle

My VCR is now officially evil--Not only has it eaten one of my PBS tapes and the Josh tape that had the two Ally episodes (tux Josh! *sobs*), but now it has eaten my copy of The Princess Bride :( I guess this means I'll have to ask my parents if they can tape the AMAs tomorrow (but I'll still watch it of course . . . and I hope Josh wins!!)

( my not-so-very-exciting weekend )

For all of you who are skilled in the ways of icons and such, how does one do screencaps of videos you play on a media player type thing? I know you ues the "print screen" thing, but once I have the picture, I can't do anything to it--when I try to resize it, Paint moves the stuff the extra stuff I "print screened" and the part of the picture I actually want (like the part that was in the video screen) gets covered up . . . do you know what I mean?

Sadness--around 2ish, I got a call from IT saying I have a virus on my computer and to take it over to them as soon as possible, and they'd have it ready for me in a couple of days . . . I lug it to the campus center from Seibert (in the hot weather, nonetheless) and find out I probably won't have it back until next week . . . *cries* . . . I'm going to be so out of the loop--not just w/ LJ, but with IM especially . . . I'll probably have to bug Dana to tell me where people are--hehe . . . right now I'm using the Seibert lab to type this, but I probably won't be able to update much more until I get my computer back :'( . . . at least I can still listen to my CDs, because I was smart enough to bring my CD player, even though I have most of my albums saved onto Windows Media Player (which I of course can't use now) . . . Homecoming's this weekend, and the movie at Charlie's this Fri. is PoA! We're all going to go see it too--Yay :D

Until I update again (which probably won't be for awhile),
~Mythy/Lily/Michelle