Living Online

Well, I'm still messing with the new computer and Internet. For the past few days Internet connectivity between the network has been spotty. We reinstalled the program on the other end and strange messages came up that it wasn't compatible with Windows (these messages hadn't come up before -- go figure) insisting to call the hardware support line before you mess up your entire computer forever. The wording was pretty much that too. So I called. The first thing he said is disregard the instructions! There is some kind of passphrase with the WEP security. He said NEVER use it. Well, the instructions show how to use it. I'm thinking, why bother writing this silly little manual that came with the hardware if the you are NEVER supposed to follow those instructions. So I just get back online... and now I have to be across town in a half hour.

Last night I went to see a country music concert. Keith Urban . He's really into guitar solos and has a lot more rock influence in concert than on his albums. George Straight's "Murder on Music Row" kept coming to mind. But! I'm not complaining because I enjoy the newer country music too. He did sing my favorite song which is... "But For The Grace of God". The chipmunks sat behind me. They wouldn't stop talking. And, they were talking about things like phones, boys and school, so I figured they were young! Not to mention they were giggling, and the one sounded like a chipmunk. I'm not kidding. And they seem to have thought that purposely speaking in squeaky voice and chattering like a chipmunk was very cute, so this went with my theory that they were young -- very young. But when I turned around, they were drinking beer! They weren't kids. When they were screaming "I Love You Keith", I cheered them on. It was the talk in between tha

Yet! I plugged in my new computer. It works. So far anyway. But the real test will be if I can get the wireless router hooked up and working so the second computer in the house can have Internet. My old computer couldn't install any programs needed to do that. The good news is that this computer cost me very little money. Now that the temp. job is over, I'm worrying a little bit about money again. So much so that I went over to my favorite casino! LOL. Well, as it turned out I was lucky. Office Depot got their $$$, and I got this computer for about $50. Still need to find my PSP CD to install the graphics program I use most often. But for now, at least I can use my digital camera again! I haven't had that capability since August. Here's that blue Christmas tree I was talking about the other day.    

Hmm... now I can compare movies of yesteryear to what is on the silver screen today. I watched Aeon Flux on Saturday morning. Aeon is an assassin. If Lady Margaret was a hell-cat in The Black Swan , Aeon was twice that. In this new movie, it was the heroine that rendered the hero unconscious! Of course, Aeon Flux is a sci-fi/action with a romance element. Are there romance novels with heroines that are that kick-butt? I haven’t read one. As I type, I’m thinking that the romance genre hasn’t reversed gender roles quite to the same extent that Hollywood in the last 60 years. But, I could be wrong. I could have missed one. Have you ever read a romance where the heroine rendered a hero unconscious? By the way, Aeon Flux got three stars by my local newspaper’s film critic. I’d concur with that. I enjoyed the movie. I was interested in the plot, the dialogue, and the cinematography in general. I thought the special effects were great. Also, all the futuristic gadgetry was interesting withou