HI!

[cherry]

Hi! Hello! I'm back!

My new computer is very, very, shiny. It is fast and has a 13-inch screen and I have a new iPod and OMG, my iBook had a 800MHz processor and this one has a 2.0GHz intel duo. It's possible its name is Fred. Or Ignatius. Or Roxy. I can't decide.

So, what were you guys up to the last two weeks? Got married, got a new puppy, wrote a new story? Fill me in.

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[dragonelf-2002.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Whee!

[elvenjen4.livejournal.com]

YAY NEW COMPUTER!!!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

YAY! Here's to hoping I have better luck with this one.

[cyberducks.livejournal.com]

I have been reading all your Jack fic - I love the way you write him! And your recs on crack_van are terrific too.

Congrats on the new shiny toy!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I'm so glad you liked both. *G* I'm always a bit worried about posting fic, and I was even more worried about the recs thing, never having done it before.

*huggles her new computer lots*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Yay for new computer.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Computer! I have a computer again!

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Hi back! And also yay, yay, yay for the new computer! :)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hiiii!

(Now, I just need to figure out why it appears this came without a word processing program. WTF?)

Computer computer computer computer.

So, okay, it turns out the reason .avis were all choppy was because my processor was too slow. Yay for non-choppy television!

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Grr, I know--so stupid not to put a word processor on a computer marketed for education. I guess they want you to have to buy iWork, maybe? But you could just install NeoOffice instead, if you want. It's the OSX native version of OpenOffice, which is basically a freeware version of MS Office. The Mac version is still just in Alpha version, so it's not gauranteed to be stable yet, but...free! And it looks like they'll have the beta version out in a few weeks, too.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I was googling it, and people were like: Well, it comes with TextEdit, doesn't it?

TextEdit may be fine and dandy if you're making a grocery list, but not it falls down if you're doing things that require dictionaries, tables of contents, embedded images and tables with captions, and oh, I don't know, formatting.

Oh, btw? Remind that I have some music for you. It's possible I've found a bit more Beirut.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Don't get me started on TextEdit. If you can't footnote using it, it's bloody useless.

And, I'm afraid I haven't been able to find a copy Red Dwarf 1 on DVD to copy for you yet. I'll try a couple of other video shops this week, though.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I would fail SO HARD if I tried to hand in something I wrote in TextEdit. I'm just saying.

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! *tosses confetti*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I know what you mean - you can't, really, really can't footnote in it.

And thank you! *smooches*

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I actually like simpler programs for writing fic in, because they don't crash or hog my processor. But even for something as uninvolved as beta reading, text edit doesn't really cut it.

Woo, more music! Thank you! And especially woo to more Beirut--I only have a couple of his songs, and I've listened those to pieces already. *g*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Text Edit... is just not a word program, not really. It isn't. And something went wrong whilest they were transfering my HD, and now PS doesn't recognize I'm it's *cough* legal owner. *cough*

As for Beirut, I think I have most of Gulag Orkestar. It's kind of fabulous, isn't it? (PS: Was there anything else you'd like particularly? Type or artists or anything of the like?)

[sprat.livejournal.com]

and now PS doesn't recognize I'm it's *cough* legal owner. *cough*

Agh, that sucks. I know that can happen sometims if you transfer Adobe stuff from an image instead of reinstalling. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to fix it - we just refer back to Adobe. (Which, um, might not be such a great fix for you. *g*) Maybe uninstall and then reinstall from a disc, if that's how you got it?

Beirut is all kinds of fabulous, yes--thank you very much! As for other stuff, wow...hmm. Summertime always puts me in a folky sort of mood, but I tend to like whatever you rec me, so I'll leave it up to you. Yay new music! :)

Anything you want that I might have?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Passing me off to Adobe may not work too well, no. *cough* I shall have to attempt to reacquire it.

Hrm, music. I am rebuilding my music library, and now that I have a bigger iPod I can actually rip more of my CDs -- my music collection is massive, you have no idea -- so I'm on a bit of an alt/indie rock kick, and a lot of stuff from way back in the nineties. I'm afraid the folk section of my library is rather reduced at the moment. :( I have some, and I shall provide, but for reference -- where are you on rock/alt rock/indie/dance/classica/hip hop/country?

(As you can tell from the above, my folk collection could use a bit of a fleshing out at the moment. Was there anything you particularly liked or didn't like? I am having a hard time remembering what I put on there last time, so you may get some duplication.)

[sprat.livejournal.com]

I am good with rock, alt and idie; not so into dance; great with classical, especially if it's chamber orchestra, quartet or choral; okay with country, provided it's big on irony and has good melodies (I like some Dolly Parton, for instance, but not so much Shania Twain *g*); and I have a love/hate relationship with hip-hop, which seems to be entirely whim-based and hasn't got much to do with the goodness or not-goodness of the performer. I do seem to enjoy the bhangra-based stuff more reliably than other kinds, though.

Should I hook you up with some folk stuff? Wheee, okay. What do you like? Singer/songwriters? Bluegrass? Traditional celtic stuff? "World" music? *digs into the music collection*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hrm, I can definitely do alt/rock/indie -- a lot of what I'm thinking of throwing on their has a nineties-ish vibe, nothing too punk or hardcore. A lot of my classical is full symphony, I'll do a bit of sorting; I tend to pick my country on beats (not a Shania fan, but I'll avoid the Big and Rich and the Toby Keith).

If you wanted to hook me up with some folk and world music, that would be absolutely amazing. I absolutely adore Dar Williams and Sufjan Stevenson, have a fondness for Celtic, am on a little bit of a east Indian kick, and tend to be interested in fusion music, strong lyrics, and things with minor tonalities.

... Yeah, basically what I'm saying is that I'm easy.

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

OMG yay! I'm so glad you're back! And with shiny! I'm terribly jealous as I still have yet to get my computer back. I should call Futureshop tonight. :P

PS. I love my iPod. :)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

*waves madly*

iPods are win, aren't they?

(Also, yes, I'd keep a close eye on Future Shop. I know a couple of people who've had absolute chop jobs through them.)