Tristyn’s Neighborhood

it still works

my name is monique
movable type is my crack
i am addicted

i should be in bed
i feel sleep summoning me
i evade its grasp

My mama's side of the family is the most ghetto family I could have ever asked for, and I appreciate having them be that ghetto, because it is priceless moments like these that make it all worth it.

I say ghetto because Shauna, my cousin Paulette's 14 year-old and oldest daughter remarked after looking at all the pictures and videos on my computer both past and present, "wow, our family is so ghetto."

Y'all know I love me some Tubby Taylor!

wow, today was a day of great gifts. my parents' new imac arrived at their house. their old one was seven years old now. and they just recently got their dsl finally figured out, so how could i not get them the imac. my father and i installed leopard (the mac came with tiger and leopard discs.)
in just a few hours my parents were looking at my apartment while sitting at home. i carried them around, showing them a live view of the surroundings. wireless, global, live transmission. so very 2007.
i was then able to fix some things on my father's screen, by just logging in via ichat. i have done this many times in the past using timbuktu in office environments, but this experience was very different. the screen was nicely scaled for me, and it was my dad's machine. oh, and we were able to still chat, i mean talk with each other while i was adjusting his energy savings control panel. awesome.

i just picked up my mail and a huge box of gingerbread arrived from germany. my parents do these things once a year. i have not dared to open the huge boxes yet. maybe later today.

but the cool package of the evening was definitely that rather small box from some electronics company, made in china... inside a little friend. a green computer. one of the $200 computers. such a sweet little buddy. the skin a little bubbly, the screen all rugged, with green ears. the keyboard a joke, but somehow cute.
i was able to connect to the network rather easily, and now i am typing this on the little $200 computer.
i am not using the green keyboard, just my old apple keyboard. i just stuck it into one of the usb ports. it just worked. i turned the screen around so the laptop looks like a nice little computer.
i do not have a mouse with a wire in the house...
but wow, i am writing on my vox blog with this little buddy.
so cool.
i even found an sd card slot on it. will now try to find the photos on that card.

such a fun little computer. so happy looking.

wow.

very impressed

yes, OH. 

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1. I came in the Rumor Mill and the only open table with a plug is directly under the air vent.  This would be the one instance when my junky car does not contain a spare jacket in it.
2. I never tire of tinkering with Movable Type.  I just completed my second installation of the month I suppose, and I still love messing with it.  People complain that it is so difficult to work with, but I swear to God 6A actually made it easier to install and much easier to control your templates.  You just have to play with it a little.
3. Today is Friday.  I suppose I should be living this Rockstar life right now, but I'm quite content to be sitting in the local coffeehouse at 7pm, listening to alternative music, smelling all the good food hey cook and enjoying my peace.
4. That said, it feels good to know I don't have a limited amount of days in the weekend to work with.  Having my life back rules big time.  I'd out the company I was working for in a very humorous way right now, but I'm sure there are some legalities involved in that.  Suffice it to say going from working all the time to living pretty leisurely was a needed change.  I need time to decompress. I need to get my groove on.
   
5. I went to the club last weekend.  I got hit on a lot.  This particular club is known in L.A. as a "big girl" club.  I flat out asked this guy who was hitting on me hardcore if he was a chubby chaser.  He stated he wants nothing to do with a thin girl.  He likes "ass and all dat".  Okay.
6. I'm still getting used to being back in California.
7. People drive stupidly on the freeway.
8. Stupidly is a lame adverb.
9. Oh yeah, I did have really good sex like three weeks ago that I forgot to write about I think. Since I'm so open with my sex life and everything.  So I guess that was kinda like getting my groove on, except the guy acted like a girl afterwards.  Remind me I want to write about that.  Why do y'all do that?
10. Speaking of writing, I plan on doing more of that too.
11. Also taking pictures
12. Which is what prompted the MT reinstall, I'm using two settings to test different things I like. 
    
13. Plus I wanted to go step by step and explain to some friends I'm trying to convert why I like Movable Type. And also how easy it should be for them to use the product like I do.
14. I say "plus" a lot, but at least I stopped saying "and plus".  I stopped after Warrick aka Husbandman made fun of me for doing it.
15. Speaking of Husbandman, I got the email reminder for Poet's Corner today, and it just reminded me that not only am I not in Vegas to go, but I haven't been to any poetry here in L.A. yet either.
16. I also still have not been to the beach.  Eep.
17. That of course can all be remedied now, since I have much more free time on my hands.
18. And a degree in the works.
19. So life is good right now.
20. It is also very, very random.