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August 05, 2005
Back in the Lou
I have to confess that not too much is going on since I’ve been back. Monday brought Nicole’s monthly pot-luck, which was fun, partly because it was so small. With Ben, Carol Ann, Patty, and Josiah all gone (the latter two for good), the only people there were me and Jon, Nicole and Paul of course, and Greg Wade. Both Jon and Nicole made pasta salad with canned fish, which seemed like a pretty strange coincidence. But they were both delicious, so no worries.
Tuesday I went to the Cards game, and it was truly satisfying. It was Cards-Marlins, Chris Carpenter vs. Dontrelle Willis, and the good guys won 3-1. Great pitching, especially from Carpenter, who appears headed towards his first Cy Young award and the first for the Cards since I don’t know when. With the regular lineup as battered by injuries as it has been (four starters are currently on the DL), the pitching has been a godsend.
I guess the biggest thing going on is I’m making a concerted effort to clean and organize my apartment, including throwing out the ton of crap that has accumulated. It’s going slowly, I admit, but it’s going. Today I cleared off my entire desk—by which I mean I threw everything onto the couch, but that means that I’ll be forced to address it.
With Greg having lent me his monitor, I decided to splurge a bit and purchase a new computer—a Mac Mini. It should arrive next week. This is nice for me because it means I’ll be able to leave one of my computers (right now I’m thinking the laptop, but that may change) at school so I won’t have to bring it back and forth. And that, in turn, means I’ll be more inclined to walk or bike to school; when I was sans car and I had to walk to work, carrying the bag was a major hassle.
Ok, I guess it’s back to cleaning… *sigh*. I couldn’t possibly be worse at this particular chore.
Posted by alex at August 5, 2005 04:28 PM
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i can’t believe you decided to a buy a new computer so you don’t have to transport your LAPTOP in your CAR. the catalyst was a loaned monitor? sheesh, what an extravagance…i hope someday i have that much money and spend it differently. i think you got mom’s spending genes and i got dad’s.
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at August 5, 2005 10:25 PM
No, no, you missed the point. Transporting the computer in the car is no problem, of course. I’m saying that not having to transport the computer at all will be an incentive to walk or bike to school more frequently.
Yeesh. I’m lazy, sure, but c’mon…
Posted by: alex at August 5, 2005 10:30 PM