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[tarotgal]

Well, I'm back at my parents' place. Computer hooked up and bed made... but the rest of the room is in boxes on one side or downstairs filling up the living room. It was horrible and exciting but a little less painful now that I got the computer up and running again. I'm on dialup *grumble* so can't spend as much time sitting online as I used to... but at least it's a connection. I'm not complaining. I'd sleep in a cardboard box in an alley as long as I had a reliable internet connection *G*

Am OD-ing on hockey. Cup Crazy doesn't begin to define it *G* Go Bolts!!

Am hoping to write another fic tomorrow. I suppose we shall see. I need to unpack BIGTIME. And I dunno when I'm going to get to see the HP movie *grumble* I hate living in a big city where everything's sold out. I'd be there tonight if I had someone to go with! (I'm just not comfortable driving 40 minutes home at 3am alone) I might go with Sister and her friends (gods I'm a loser! LOL) but we shall see. I figure I'm going to go see it multiple times anyway, and I've read every word about what happens... so I've pretty much already see it and it doesn't matter when I see it the first time :-)

Anyhoo... I'm back :-) On and off. On evil dial-up *sigh*Gods, I miss ethernet already... okay! Back to hockey!

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[tarotgal]

HP3 is out tonight(Thursday night). It was just at 12:01 midnight :-) I sooooooo wanted to go see it now at the first showing *pout* But, no, see that thing about driving home alone at 3am. There's no way. Plus everything's been sold out for weeks. I probably won't get to see it for days and days at least.

[tarotgal]

Well... the public premiere of HP3 was indeed last night(Thursday night/Friday morning), not really later today, by definition. That's what I was trying to say.

But whatever. I'm not going to get to see it for a while, so all I get to do is talk. But it doesn't really matter. I think I've as good as seen it already. I could tell you anything about the movie ;-)

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Welcome back to the land of the internet-connected! I hope your move went smoothly. *crosses fingers for my own move in 2 weeks to go well*

I won't be seeing the new HP movie for several weeks at least, and probably not until the last full week of June. I promised to see it with my friend, and we can't get together again until then...so I'll have to try and avoid spoilers, or just resign myself to being spoiled. If I hadn't promised my friend I'd see it with her my first viewing, I'd be there tomorrow night. I'd have to go alone, like usual, but at least when you go alone, you almost always find a single seat, even at the last minute on opening night. I got a front row seat for the opening night of Troy that way!

I also have to apologize for the slowness in beta reading your SW fics. I've just felt so overwhelmed and tired from work and weekend travel, and shopping for a new bedroom set/mattress, and planning my move, that I haven't been able to enjoy much in the way of fandom things lately, including fics. I'll get to them as soon as I feel I can do them justice and concentrate on them adequately, I promise!

[tarotgal]

Thanks for the WB! I hate dial-up... but it's NICE to be back!!!

LOL I'm not sure the SW fics merrit that much attention and concentration. But there's absolutely no rush. Even if you got them back to me this minute I wouldn't have a chance to pick them up for a week or two at least. So, really, no worries at all. Especially since you accepted the task the first time many many months ago when situations were less stressful.

The move went all right. I'm only about 10% unpacked, though. There were a lot of snags and some scary moments... but I'm hanging in there and it's getting better. And Maxwell's right at home here already. (He follows me around like a puppy a lot of the time, but plays with parents' cats a lot already, so that's great)

Hope your own move goes well!!! And, ugh, I know I'm already quite spoiled for the HP movie. I could recite whole lines of dialogue and I haven't even seen it yet. LOL! But the wait is annoying... and I just haven't worked up that going-to-the-movies-alone courage thing yet... well, at least not when it means driving home at 3am alone in the dark on scary roads. But if I can't tag along with Sister I'm definitely going alone within the week. I hope. But I promise to cut spoilers just in case. heehee Just feels weird because I feel like I've already seen the movie already :-)

[ladymiriamele.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! And have fun unpacking.......I know it stinks. I JUST finished unpacking from moving to this house in January...

[tarotgal]

Ugh! Unpacking will definitely take me a long while. Plus half of my stuff is in storage so if I need something, it could be half an hour away instead of just in a box at the back of my closet. *grumble*

But thanks! It's nice to be back.

[girlwithtulips.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you back! *hugs*

Dial-up isn't great to start with, but dial-up after you've gotten used to ethernet? That sucks bigtime!

[tarotgal]

Thanks! Love your icon :-)

Yeah... it's taking some getting used to... but at least my modem is better than the one in my parents' computer. I think I'd die if I had to use it for long time periods(it's still running Windows 95) I know I'm going to miss the fast speeds for downloads and all though *sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

D'you think that you'll be getting dsl/ethernet soon? Or is it like, not available in your area. Because it took us forever, because they told us that the connection wasn't available to us, blah blah blah, even though we live in the middle of the city! Big city! lol. We finally got something besides dial up though. It's nice to have, but just having the internet is good nuff for me. Glad you're back, and don't worry, moving is stressful, so take your time and don't worry!
~A

[tarotgal]

No chance of getting a better connection in this house. It's not a priority of my parents'. They have a 9 year old computer and modem and Windows 95 still. They'd never spend the money on a faster internet connection- they just don't care about it or use it enough.
But it's totally available in our area. But just like cable and CD players, my family will probably be the last ever to get one :-)

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Hi there again!

Dial up isn't so bad. It's all I have...I bet live in the only house in Silicon Valley that still uses dial-up as it's only connection.

I haven't watched a single hockey game since the Sharks lost. But yeah, go Bolts. I can't stand the evil Flames!

Hopefully I'm going to see the new movie once this weekend. Friday, if my friend ever calls me back then again on Sat or Sun with another friend. I really should be studying for finals though...

Glad your move went well and safely!

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I don't remember the exact community I got it from, but it was one of these two: mandc_icons or quarter_deck

Yup, isn't it great?

[tarotgal]

Yay! Go Bolts! I'm *so* worried about tomorrow's game!!! *whimpers and bites nails*

Yeah... I'm getting used to the dial-up speeds- and you're right, it isn't that bad. I just worry about the 3 other people at home needing the use the phone or who might be calling, etc. And it takes sooo long to connect (like, 3 minutes!) I'm used to just sitting down and being online automatically, you know? :-)

Oohh hope the movie-viewing goes well! Good luck! :-)

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Wow, three minutes!? It doesn't take me that long. But yeah, I don't like to stay on either in case someone has to call or call us. That's why I usually go on so late at night, it's faster and no one will call.

[vatergrrl.livejournal.com]

tg -- Glad to see you made it to your folks' home (and your new/old home) safely. And I hear you about losing ethernet -- though I'm used to dial-up only after years of it, I got spoiled this year with my office connection. Ah, well, them's the breaks.

Funny story to relate re: HP3. I found a 10AM show, but when I got there, realized that the showing had been reserved for a group of second and third graders. It took me ten to fifteen minutes of standing in line with the little screamers to determine that the movie staff had their hands full, so no chance at getting a ticket for a later showing. I'll have to postpone until perhaps Tuesday, once all of the initial opening-weekend hoopteedoo has died down.

But, welcome back to the land of the 'net and LJ, slow as the dial-up may be.

And, dare I ask what is so evil about the Flames? I was kind of rooting for them, since the Red Wings lost out.
--VG

[tarotgal]

I never said they were evil... that was Meg ;-) I adore their captain(sexy-cute lad!!!). Their tough guy Chris Simon used to be a Capital, plus my family named our dog(Simon) after the guy!!! So I don't hate the Flames. I'm also pretty happy that Canada made it to the Cup finals after what, ten, eleven years? That's awesome in my book!
BUT... the Flames did hurt a lot of teams I liked on the way to the cup... and I'm rooting for Tampa because: 1-it's neat to see a Florida team that came out of nowhere win and 2-they're in my division and everyone in the NHL badmouths my division saying they're the worst and won't amount to anything. Ha ha! Well, they won the whole East now, didn't they?! Bwahaha! So, yeah, that's why I'm rooting for the Bolts. But I've nothing against the Flames(*snuggles Simon*)... I would just rather see the Bolts win.

Awwww! Sorry you didn't get to see HP3 today! Goodness... that's one heck of a field trip! We just went to the National History Museum when I was a kid. The movies were unheard of! :-)

I've been on Ethernet for 6 years now... it's painful to go back to dial-up... but it's far faster on my new computer. My parents' computer is slow as anything... and their modem is something like 9 years old. So it's not so bad yet. It's just a pain not to be online all the time and have to worry about people calling while I'm on the comp. I constantly feel guilty about signing on, worried that someone is going to call, etc.

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Hey, the Flames are only evil because they beat the Sharks!