A Ceramic Fish Joint

So, I'm not sure if I've ever said it before…but you know the girl – Lynndie England – that was part of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal stuff? I totally went to high school with her.

Ubuntu installed. I rule. It's pretty sorta…and works kinda well. But, some things are weird. Like, root account? Disabled. To do anything as root you're expected to sudo. I'm guessing that root can be enabled but I've had the base system installed for like 10 minutes and was all confused by the not having a root password created and all. But, other stuff is nice. Like, having the Debian apt install thingy. And also having my video card…uh…work.

So, we'll see how I like it. I think this release is named Breezy Badger, which is damn funny. The previous version was Hoary Hedgehog.

It's that time again…wherein Heidi changes operating systems. You see, where we last left off, I had upgraded to Debian Etch, which was the most recent (unstable) release. And boy oh boy was it unstable. Most things don't work. I'm okay with a little buggy. It can be fun. I like a challenge…I get bored otherwise, you see. But, dude. Nothing fucking worked. So, while I'm trying my damnedest right now to get my cd burner to actually, you know, burn a bootable cd…(Wait, it just finished. We'll see if this actually worked. Gnomebaker wouldn't work because apparently cdrecord? The command line tool that always works? Broken. And Gnomebaker is just a pretty interface for it.) So, I've tried like 4 different programs tonight. Usually cdrecord always works but I couldn't get it to find my cd burner at all. Sigh. So, anyways, yeah…I was going to go back to the last release of Debian. But then Wes suggested Ubuntu which is like…all the rage right now. Linux for the people and all. So, I'm going to give it a go. We'll see. At least I'm keeping with my standard of playing new operating system at late at night. Sigh. Crazy, crazy times.

Wish me luck!

Oh Interweb…how I've missed you. How I've missed tabbed browsing (so, I could have technically used it on Wes' laptop…but dude…dialup..and slow laptop at the counter of sadness?) How I've missed Linux. How I've missed…uhm…stuff. Sigh. Stupid, stupid Brighthouse.

But yay for cheaper bill. And yay for new cable boxes with new remotes. And new cable modem with the front piece not peeling off. Yay. And nifty new dvr thingy that is all Guardian v4 and whatnot.

Must find food and go watch TV (since the plan to see Bob Saget at the Improv didn't work out – must kick Wes). Too much Buffy/Futurama/Simpsons is uhm…making me more crazy than I am already.

Fucking Brighthouse. Cancelled the connection of my cable today without telling me. All because the original equipment that Wes had was returned…and apparently that means that this address doesn't get cable now. Sigh. I'm furious. So fucking mad. Called and set up another appointment for Saturday…so sometime between 8a-8p they should come. Hopefully. I'm gonna confirm the fucking thing on Friday, though.

Sometimes I really hate my life.

Oh, had my whole pussy biospy today. Apparently it looked good…the doctor didn't see any clusters of badness…and my pap was like a uhm…not even level 1 of abnormal cells. It was the very earliest begining of abnormal or something. Still took a biopsy, and I should know in like 2 weeks or something. Then I get to have another pap in 3 months, right between Xmas and New Years. Yay! Holiday season cunt fun!

My toilet, that broke on Sunday, still has not been fucking fixed…and I hate my apartment complex. I've decided I am going to the motherfuckers tomorrow (I've been dealing with them via phone calls since I'm not usually home when the office is open) and bitching to get it fixed. I spoke to Andres today, who is an unusually hairless and smoothe incompetent fuck. I hate him. He's the one I screamed at last week. It was great fun. I hate him, hate him so very much. He put in another ticket to have it fixed…which apparently means nothing. So, tomorrow…I'll be in the office screaming again. And turning red…and stamping my feet. And, then checking in often as usually the first few times don't fix things. It should be jolly good fun. This complex sucks. Every damn month since we've moved in, something stupid has happened…and they're all a bunch of idiots. Sigh. And, they still haven't cashed my damn rent check…because they LOST it. But won't admit it…they just get all mean and send nastygrams wanting more dollars.

Stupid, stupid apartment.

No interweb at home, can't access Livejournal at work. Wait, only interweb at home is via Wes' work laptop and a dialup connection while standing at the counter behind the sink. Been without interweb for almost two weeks now. Wednesday we get cable back. It was shut off thanks to the new job fucking over Wes' paycheck. And his old job fucking over his last few. We also had a bit of a scare with rent. As in, holy fuck, did we get evicted this week?

On top of all this, tires were needed, more sucktacularness for that as he just didn't have money. I've been freaking the fuck out for about two weeks now…certainly a week straight at least with the never ceasing panic attacks. It's like I'll get huge motherfucking ones that only go away long enough so that I can have a break with the “little ones” where I just can't breathe/think/talk/drive/function/etc. But at least I'm not completely hyperventilating and crying and whatnot!

Hmmm, what more? Oh, on Wednesday, after cable is turned on again, I get to have a really fun cunt-cutting procedure. Back in late April I had a Pap smear…it was abnormal. I've not had insurance…then not really had time. So, Wednesday, I get to give up a little piece of my cervix in the name of science to see if I have cancer. What fun. All I'm saying is if I do have cancer, I best be getting some good fucking drugs out of it.

I'm also planning on finding a real regular not just pussy doctor because I need some pills to make me not panic. And make me sleep. And stuff. Cause this shit is getting old and stupid.

Sigh.

Oh, and work…work has been stupid broken recently. Today wasn't so bad, except for the low grade panic attack all day. Actually, had that not been there, it would have been pretty darn nice.

Sigh. Now I'm waiting on Wes to finish unfreezing the A/C unit thingy so I can go to bed. Stupid broken A/C. In Florida, it's dumb and you die without it. I'm fucking hot and I have a feeling it's been broken all day. Hopefully this fixes it and nothing else needs done. At least if something else does need done, he can call while I'm at work and the peeps can fix it.

Ok, I'm out…he's finished, so I'm going to asleep.