Archive for June 20th, 2008
Firefox 3
Friday, June 20th, 2008 So I upgraded to Firefox 3, because, well, I wanted to see how it was, how it worked, all that stuff. I love my firefox and hate hate HATE when I ever have to open IE, though I keep it as the just in case browser. So far, I like, though it’s going to take some adjusting to. My only issue… some of the school sites aren’t compatible. I’m going to find this for awhile, aren’t I??Woo!
Friday, June 20th, 2008So I’m finally getting up with some of the awesome technology that’s out there! I installed the WordPress.com Stats, because while I have a stats site that keeps track of cool things for me (like incoming links, what city people who are reading are from, etc) I’d like a lot of that in the Dashboard/Admin area.
I also got the mobile interface WPhone for this site, so that I can use my phone to check cool things and write entries while not in front of a computer. The one on my phone isn’t nearly as pretty as the screenshots, but it works! And that makes me happy panda!
Days like this, when I’ve spent most of the day sitting on my ass bored out of my mind, I’m glad for small victories!
Reactions
Friday, June 20th, 2008When someone is feeling down, or even depressed, I’m never entirely sure how to react. Sometimes what they want is just someone to listen to them bitch. Other times (and these seem to crop up equally as often as the bitch-fest sessions) they want advice as though I’m a therapist.
I also don’t often get to see the boy for more than a day and a half at a time. It just so happens that the distance, gas prices and the ever poorness of a student keeps us from being able to go through the “spend every waking minute together” phase. Most of the time this is okay, but sometimes… sometimes this is very trying. So when the boy offered to drive up to come see me after I had spend the previous day with him, I was very excited. That’s nearly 2 days together (with a work “break” in between)! This was truly a momentous event!
But when he arrived, he was irritated. Angry even. Roommate issues that have been perpetuating over time, and only now does he realize that a lot of those irritations that he’s let slide, are really NOT okay… in anyone’s book. With the introduction of a 3rd person into the household, he’s suddenly starting to realize that roommate #1 takes an awful lot of liberties with other people’s things. Mainly, the boy had his expensive motorcycle riding glasses taken. This did not set the tone for the rest of the night.
I was excited to have him over, but once he had his opportunity to vent, he started getting restless. He wanted to go out. He wanted to go DO something. I was a willing participant, but in this hellhole, there’s not a whole lot available to do in the middle of the week. Instead he got up, made himself some dinner, while I fiddle around with correcting the Elton John songs I downloaded that were mislabeled.
He didn’t sleep well, so when I left this morning for work, I left him there to try to rest some more.
I wish I knew what to do. Or what to say, in situations like that. I guess the only thing I can do is not get upset by the fact that he wasn’t the doting boyfriend he can be, and know that there will often be days just like this. If he can forgive me for my moods (which are often angry ones), I should be able to forget his (which are more depressed).