Aw, BUGGER!
Apr. 27th, 2005 09:47 am-0: Cruel, cruel irony that lets me find out about the sneak preview of Serenity in the last half hour or so, a sneak preview which includes a screening in Seattle, only to then discover that it's ALREADY SOLD OUT. Sniffle. No Captain Tightpants for me until September. Foo!
+/-1: My second replacement iPod battery arrived yesterday from Laptops for Less--the replacement I ordered for the first replacement, since the first replacement rather sucked. Installation went easy; it was very promising that the connector on the new battery was not in fact broken and I was able to snap it into place without any of the wires popping loose. I'm test-playing the new battery as we speak, though I am dubious that I'll make it to the full eight hours of promised playtime. I'm closing in on 2.5 hours right now and the meter's showing only about a quarter power left. This vexes me, as the whole point of ordering a new battery in the first place was to get a battery that actually performs as close to new as possible. I'm waffling now as to whether I feel like going to the trouble to make them send me a third one, or whether I should just live with it as long as this battery performs better than the original--and to go look for a different site that sells batteries for iPods, in the hopes of finding a better source for them.
+2: I did indeed finish Dragon and Phoenix on the way home from work last night, finally. I was a bit surprised that the character I most wanted to hit upside the head did not in fact do the Stupid Thing I thought he was inevitably going to do--but on the other hand, I'm not sure if I approve of him being relegated to a bystander in the final action anyway, especially since his whole driving force of angst was never actually resolved.
+/-3: Microsoft is coming under heavy, heavy fire for backing out of supporting the Washington State gay rights bill that just got shot down in our legislature. Jon Stewart let 'em have it with both barrels on The Daily Show last night in his usual inimitable fashion--and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solarbird, risu, and I all died laughing. Boy, am I glad Mr. Stewart's on our team. THANK YOU, JON!
Tuesday miles: 1.0
Miles out of Hobbiton: 90.21
Miles to Rivendell: 367.79
+/-1: My second replacement iPod battery arrived yesterday from Laptops for Less--the replacement I ordered for the first replacement, since the first replacement rather sucked. Installation went easy; it was very promising that the connector on the new battery was not in fact broken and I was able to snap it into place without any of the wires popping loose. I'm test-playing the new battery as we speak, though I am dubious that I'll make it to the full eight hours of promised playtime. I'm closing in on 2.5 hours right now and the meter's showing only about a quarter power left. This vexes me, as the whole point of ordering a new battery in the first place was to get a battery that actually performs as close to new as possible. I'm waffling now as to whether I feel like going to the trouble to make them send me a third one, or whether I should just live with it as long as this battery performs better than the original--and to go look for a different site that sells batteries for iPods, in the hopes of finding a better source for them.
+2: I did indeed finish Dragon and Phoenix on the way home from work last night, finally. I was a bit surprised that the character I most wanted to hit upside the head did not in fact do the Stupid Thing I thought he was inevitably going to do--but on the other hand, I'm not sure if I approve of him being relegated to a bystander in the final action anyway, especially since his whole driving force of angst was never actually resolved.
+/-3: Microsoft is coming under heavy, heavy fire for backing out of supporting the Washington State gay rights bill that just got shot down in our legislature. Jon Stewart let 'em have it with both barrels on The Daily Show last night in his usual inimitable fashion--and
solarbird, risu, and I all died laughing. Boy, am I glad Mr. Stewart's on our team. THANK YOU, JON!Tuesday miles: 1.0
Miles out of Hobbiton: 90.21
Miles to Rivendell: 367.79
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