And yet, somehow, they're always still destroyed. I've gone through so many non-stick woks that i part harvest from them for future breaks. Im thinking of giving up on non-stick completely anyways. Im a fan of stainless.
Got me a box! Not "got" yet technically, but ordered. There was an offer and all... Yep, I'm building a pc from scratch and I'm gonna make it beautiful. As for the insides, I need some more time to observe the prices. It feels like watching the stock market, waiting for the right time to push that button... I hope by February the prices are gonna fall.
So much stuff for my new flat I can’t even recall, the sum of which I don’t even want to think about.
I hear you. Wife and I bought new everything when we moved in October. A couple of desks, chairs, and a soon to be deprecated couch where all that survived. I will not share the price tag for all that. Let's just say it's a good thing the cars are already paid for.
Went to the bookstore in search of books that have to do with cinematic screenplay writing and figured that greek bookstores in general are seriously lacking in that area. Although there where some classic theatrical scripts and some ancient greek tragedies, there were none cinematic screenplays and the only relevant books I found looked tacky at best. There were four books upon cinematic screenplay writing that tackled a vast area in screenplay writing in general, two of which were translated in greek ffs (english translated scripts read awful in greek, no matter how good of a translation) and another two in english, both written by different american screenplay writers (I don't remember their names) and both books claimed that they were written by the best screenplay writer in the world... Hm... Never heard of any of 'em. They didn't look so bad to be fair, but way too long-winded in areas that don't exactly concern me in this specific period. The screenplay references were minimal, with huge texts of analysis upon them. They were not technical and to the point like "how to" books either. More like breaking down the psychology of the scenes. They looked mundane tbh. Isn't there a simple anthology of sorts? I don't even need the analysis. Gonna have to look online. I hate looking for books online for some reason. Anyhow, lucky thing that happened last minute, as I was descending the staircase in order to exit the store empty handed, my glance fell upon a big, hardcover and somewhat crumpled book that was placed on the staircase shelves and it was exactly what I was looking for some months ago. "The Definitive Visual History of Imperial China". It looked so misplaced and battered, like a worn down, old traveller that happened to faint in fancy land and... it was fated. Lol. I got it of course. You've got no idea how many hours I've spent scanning diligently through never ending history themed bookshelves to find something like this. I also got a small discount since it wasn't in the best condition externally. Not so ugly, but yet the top edge of the spine is crumpled and the spine is a little bit torn. The inside though is magnificent and so is the binding. Nice quality of paper and beautiful, colorful photographs and optical references for each dynasty. Not empty handed after all.
(v.o.) ... and then I finished writing my script. I hibernated with lips preserved to a smug smile of certainty that the riddle had been solved. When I woke up, months later, the lockdowns, the curfews, the covid televangelists were all erased from the surface of the earth. Like they had never taken place. The hyperreality had finally spat me out... FADE OUT
Scrivener writing software. I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I'm having a hard time getting used to it. I know it's good, and I like the idea of it. But it's hard for my analog mind to get around it. I am at ease with a word processor, but this has so many bells and whistles that I don't quite get -- and, I must confess, I tend to lack patience with it and have trouble reading the manual or the interactive video or even the Dummies book (which I also bought). My struggles with it remind me of a story in James Thurber's My Life and Hard Times, in which in the early 2oth Century his grandfather, an experienced horseman and teamster, tried to master driving a little electric runabout. He couldn't get it out of his head that the machine was not like a horse, and whenever he got frustrated with it -- which was a lot -- he would pull back hard on the steering mechanism, which instead of giving him more control (as would reining in a horse) it simply made the runabout go in a circle and off the road. He'd then swear at it, "Damned thing flattened his ears at me." Likewise, I keep trying to make Scrivener do what I want by using word processor tools, and it simply flattens its ears at me. Good news is I am ever so slowly realizing what I am doing wrong.
I bought the Apple keyboard thing for my iPad and it's literally turned my iPad into a laptop. Scrivener is excellent on the iPad and it syncs between my iPad and laptop flawlessly, I have run out of excuses to not be writing because I can take this thing everywhere. If you're on the fence about the keyboard and you can afford it, get it - you won't regret it.
New to the writing game but just yesterday, at the suggestion of a member here, I purchased the Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and the Chicago Manual of Style.
A new cable modem/router combination with voice capability. I'm on my cell phone now with the Comcast rep, waiting while he tries to get my phone service reactivated. I hope to gracious there's nothing wrong with the device. It came very highly rated. UPDATE: It's fine, my landline phone is working. He just had to pass me to someone who knew more about it than he did. Now to rename my network back to what I called it before.
I got the vaccine today. Happy I got it, but feeling a bit sore and stiff*. *My whole body, not just one particular part.
I finally, FINALLY got Evidance by Art 2 Heart and Extasis by Sundial Aeon, two cds from psyshop.com. I ordered them in November, and they got here in February. Dealing with the german-speaking DHL was kinda fun, though it took a lot of translating to fill out their forms. Granted, it only took long for 2020 reasons, but hey, I'm just happy I finally got them. I had ordered Evidance because of the song Relatively Joy that Ishkur had put up as a sample on his electronic music guide, and ever since I first heard it, I had to have it. He sent me on a crazy journey...
I've been struggling with a very antiquated and unreliable reader/writer for my micro-SD cards (for our laptops, cameras, phones and single board computers). I've used it so much, the micro-SD slot doesn't work and I had to go via a full-size SD slot with an adapter. I would often set it up to copy something and go out for a coffee or to run an errand. When I eventually returned, it had either failed or was begrudging the trickle of data still passing through it. The not-so-subtle message it was sending me was clear: lay me to rest so I can go to the great electronic junk pile in the sky. Today, a large postage parcel (bigger than A4/US Letter size) arrived and when I first slit it open, I thought someone had pulled a fast one on me by sending me an empty envelope. Anyway, after turning it over and shaking it, a credit card sized card fell out after a few seconds. I then remembered I bought a microSD card reader/writer for about $10 on eBay. Embedded in the card was a tiny thumbnail-sized clear plastic bubble with something gadgety in it. What I rapidly came to realise was the card was tenacious in its prime function to never release its cargo, ever! A tug of war involving tearing, grunting, paper cuts and swearing ensued. I must confess it nearly beat me, but I did eventually manage to pry its prize from its now slack, ripped and ruined grip. I wasn't expecting much from it, given what I paid for it, so I was betting on it failing outright or spewing all kinds of weird and wonderful errors about missing drivers, etc. Mildly inquisitive as to how bad it would be, I inserted a micro-SD card into its minuscule body and plugged it into my computer. It immediately opened a files list on my desktop computer. Surprised, I set about copying a large file to the card and was about to leave the room to run an errand when it notified me it was done. I thought it must be faulty, so I ejected it and plugged it into my laptop to check the file. To my amazement, it had faithfully copied the data. In comparison to the earlier device, this happened in a mere blink of an eye. I must say I'm somewhat incensed by this new device. It's costing me my righteous coffee break and errand time. Perhaps I should hunt down a new or used version of the original so I don't have to finally admit that some of the things I did were merely time wasting. It's so small, maybe I can accidentally lose it in the rubbish bin beside my desk.
A friend of mine whom I'm rather concerned about recently suffered a bereavement. Another associate often jokes that said friend calls him Diglett with racial motives and I usually go along with it. Anyhow, we decided to make our depressed friend (that loves Pokemon) a Diglett mural. Still waiting on some of the more expensive, centerpiece cards...but this is potentially my proudest creation.
