Anyways, life is going pretty darn great now. Had a very busy last few months, let's see if I can give a brief overview:
June: I can't remember anything special.
July: My 1 year anniversary with Jeremy, went to a Linkin Park concert, move in with Jeremy and lived in Kent.
August: PAX 07. That was probably one of the best conventions I've been to in a long time. Mind you, Sakura Con is fun, but PAX is just an experience of awesomeness. If you read PA and their posts about PAX, it was pretty much spot on. I look forward to attending PAX 08. And for a lil' something something to show how cool PAX was, this came in the goody bags:
September: Justin Timberlake Concert! *sigh* Yes, I am a girl. I love boy bands. Well probably "loved". I don't think I can get into any new boy bands, but Justin Timberlake = my #1 on my "Free 5". He maybe not much an actor, but imo, he's a great singer, dance, musician, entertainer. Went with my best friend and another friend. It was good times. Thank goodness I brought the earplugs to drown out the screaming fangirls.
Recent: Jeremy lost his job as the supervisor maintenance technician (09/27/07), which meant we had only a few days to find a new place according to the contract of being terminated. I cannot expresss how stressful that week was. We got extended to stay a week at our aparement in Kent, in hopes to look for a new place because it is almost impossible to find a new place towards the end of the month. Most available units are already taken and ready to be moved into. We were pretty much at the point where we were gonna move our stuff to my parents garage and live with my parents for a few weeks, however, Jeremy found a new job as a Lead Maintenance Tech for an apartment complex in Federal Way. So now, I live in Federal Way. The apartment is bigger, but we pretty much pay the same amount in rent. So far, I am enjoying the new place, the commute is shorter by 15 minutes to work. We are a lot closer to certain conveniences: grocery store, food, etc, except for movie theater. Only thing that kinda sucks, is that the cats have to stay inside because we live on a 2nd floor unit. I'm not a big fan of cat litter and the smell, but it's not too bad. Also either the celing/floors are thing or our upstairs neighbor steps like a fucking giant. And when he does walk, it's like between 12AM - 2AM in the morning. For now, I am enjoying the new place.
At the same time Jeremy lost his job, I was planning on buying a new computer. I've been researching it for a few months and have been listening to Geek Nights and their podcasts about "Buying a New Computer". It informed me about a lot of things I never knew about computers, and I feel a bit smarter from it. But it was past due for me to get a new computer. I've recently gotten back into playing WoW on a frequent basis. Jeremy made 2 toons on my account and man, oh mans, is he addicted. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. I needed a new computer because I planned on Jeremy getting his own WoW account and transferring his characters over. Also my computer is too slow for my preference. Also I like to download a crap ton of stuff. Having a 60 gig hard drive pretty much limits that. So after researching many prices and consulting with a friend, I went to a local store and had a computer built for around $1K. Oh man, how I love my new computer. Here are some of the specs:
Mobo: Asus M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra AMD (AM2)
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5200+ 2.6GHz (AM2)
RAM: 2 gigs
Video Card: EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GF GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI Express
Hard Drive: 2 SATA HDs (80 gig & 250 gig)
DVD/CD player
DVD/CD burner
Case: Antec Sonata III case w/ 500w power supply
I can really see the difference in performance my new computer. I am in love with it. I was happy when I realized how I can easily put my old & new computer on a network and transfer my files, settings, and especially my iTunes library to the new computer. Right now I'm running XP, but I keep hearing about Linux & Ubuntu. I am very curious to try out Linux, but at the same time leary, because I'm so used to XP, I use it at home and at work, and I'm also lazy. But I hear how much Linux doesn't mess up as much as XP, plus it uses less memory. I especially get Linux pushed by me at the Geek Nights forums. One day. We'll see. I also finally put Firefox on my new computer. Holy shit, what was I thinking using IE. Firefox = love. So now Jeremy & I play WoW together. I try not to play too much, but I'm slowly but surely getting my main toon to level 70 and might actually get some endgame going on. I mostly just quest with Jeremy and try to teach him a few things or two.
So yeah, that's pretty much my life right now. Still trying to finish unpacking the apartment, enjoying the new apartment, and what not. I've been living together with Jeremy for almost 3 months. It's been a bumpy ride, but overall I am loving it and very happy. Only thing I need now, is a dog, but that won't happen anytime soon.
