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digitaldisciplineLot happened this week.
Hired a replacement. He's pleasant, and means well, but is about as sharp as a wet wooden spoon. "No, that's -today's- date, put the date from where the work was performed (pointing at a column in a table labeled DATE)." It took five minutes. *facepalm* [My first choice, the lovely young woman who lives in my apartment complex, was smart enough to move with her fiancee to another city - she was far more qualified, plus had the advantage of the second X chromosome for dealing with the boss.]
Hence, my disinclination and inability to fuck off at the office, since he's not competent enough to have downtime yet, but will be, eventually. Note to self: Get a Tampa mobile phone number ASAP, so that he can't pester me incessantly.
On the downside, the hardware upgrade to K's system was fraught, I say, FRAUGHT with hardware angst. Thought it was a video card voltage incompatibility, so swapped cards - no dice. Finally said "fuck it" [sucker will power up with a CPU and no RAM onboard but won't emit an error beep, and never once even sent a hint of video signal to the monitor] and sent it back for an RMA repair/replacement. Of course, NewEgg has my office address on file, so it may fall to K to swing by and pick it up if the replacement comes back after I head Tampaward.
Speaking of my impending Tampaxness. . .
Got pre-approved for a mortgage amount that looks like a really great annual salary, or the New York Yankees' October champagne bill, so that's a big mark in my/our favor as far as procuring a house, including the one Sil and I were so keen on, since it was a very short stagger from "The Onegalow." [name may need work].
Said house was checked out by the kickass real-estate woman [clever acronym omitted - we all saw what happened with GReB], who intends to go back tomorrow, hopefully not have computer problems so she can send me pictures, and she has threatened to ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angel_renewed along as a second opinion.
Sil, I can't believe you hired a non-drinker. Penalty shot! ;-)
So, yeah, Jedi Enclave / Gothopia Orbital HQ plans are proceeding apace.
Oh, and a shoutout to the freaks on CorpGoth - the heads-up on the menswear clearance sale netted me ten shirts and two pairs of slacks for a hundred and twenty bucks - I can actually pick clothes and dress like an adult all by myself now.
Hired a replacement. He's pleasant, and means well, but is about as sharp as a wet wooden spoon. "No, that's -today's- date, put the date from where the work was performed (pointing at a column in a table labeled DATE)." It took five minutes. *facepalm* [My first choice, the lovely young woman who lives in my apartment complex, was smart enough to move with her fiancee to another city - she was far more qualified, plus had the advantage of the second X chromosome for dealing with the boss.]
Hence, my disinclination and inability to fuck off at the office, since he's not competent enough to have downtime yet, but will be, eventually. Note to self: Get a Tampa mobile phone number ASAP, so that he can't pester me incessantly.
On the downside, the hardware upgrade to K's system was fraught, I say, FRAUGHT with hardware angst. Thought it was a video card voltage incompatibility, so swapped cards - no dice. Finally said "fuck it" [sucker will power up with a CPU and no RAM onboard but won't emit an error beep, and never once even sent a hint of video signal to the monitor] and sent it back for an RMA repair/replacement. Of course, NewEgg has my office address on file, so it may fall to K to swing by and pick it up if the replacement comes back after I head Tampaward.
Speaking of my impending Tampaxness. . .
Got pre-approved for a mortgage amount that looks like a really great annual salary, or the New York Yankees' October champagne bill, so that's a big mark in my/our favor as far as procuring a house, including the one Sil and I were so keen on, since it was a very short stagger from "The Onegalow." [name may need work].
Said house was checked out by the kickass real-estate woman [clever acronym omitted - we all saw what happened with GReB], who intends to go back tomorrow, hopefully not have computer problems so she can send me pictures, and she has threatened to ask
angel_renewed along as a second opinion.Sil, I can't believe you hired a non-drinker. Penalty shot! ;-)
So, yeah, Jedi Enclave / Gothopia Orbital HQ plans are proceeding apace.
Oh, and a shoutout to the freaks on CorpGoth - the heads-up on the menswear clearance sale netted me ten shirts and two pairs of slacks for a hundred and twenty bucks - I can actually pick clothes and dress like an adult all by myself now.
