Haha, yes I do live. Wanna know where I've been? The usual, doing homework and goofing off on the computer. I don't have any fancy schmancy excuse so feel free to growl at me for my inactivity as you'd like.

Now for some news. First of all, my 3+ year old gaming compy is finally showing its age. Games today are getting to be too much for it, and it has all sorts of little problems, like video playback on avis fucking up when I use newer drivers for my vid cards (GeForce 7900GT), the front audio port doesn't work, it makes terrifying groans and screeches when it starts up, etc. But now it has started dying whenever I try to do demanding tasks like play games, record with fraps, or render fractals. So, it's time for a new compy! Here's the specs on this mofo that's on its way to mah house:


Case ( CoolerMaster HAF 932 Full-Tower Gaming Case )
Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Red )
Power Supply ( 750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TX Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology AM3 & AM2+ support )
Processor Cooling ( iBUYPOWER AMD Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit )
Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus M3N72-D NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E/HDMI MB )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode )
Hard Drive ( 160 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio )
Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Operating System ( None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only )

Notice the only really sucky thing in here is the hard drive. I chose the site's smallest possible one since I'm going to port my current compy's 500GB drive with all my files over into the new compy. And since I have an unlimited install XP Professional disk from my old job, I can put my own OS on there and save some cash. Shit's gonna be sweet as hell. Now I should be able to record myself playing Audiosurf lag free, bitches.

In other news, My grades weren't bad this semester. A's and B's with a C thrown in. Definitely better than my first year. I'm still gonna take some classes over the summer though, wanna compensate for my earlier fuckups to cancel out some of the time I lost. Still can't find a decent on campus job, but a decent tax refund from last year before my layoff made the new compy and tuition all possible. Who knew there'd be perks to making less than $10K a year, ne?

I've been suffering more of those nasty writer's blocks on the fanfics, but I'm grinding this one through slowly but surely. Should be a new chunk ready in a week or two. As for art, well, I should be able to render fractals and photoshops again once the shipping guys get off their butts and bring me the new compy that won't die 5 minutes into a job.

And now, I shall close this journal with a random funny picture from the internets, in hopes of eliciting a chuckle or two.




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