I got a new laptop:
Yes, I'm aware that my desktop wallpaper is awesome. (Ramiro and I recently got into watching Doctor Who -- 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors).
Super 3D GlassesMy laptop from Steff finally broke down last week. It was around 6 years old and held together with rubberbands...It wasn't exactly a surprise. It ("Kurt") served its purpose though and it was a gift that ended up changing my life (if she hadn't given me that laptop, I might still be working at Del Taco!).
Fortunately, my laptop broke on the day after I received my first WTR paycheck in the mail! Good timing.
Unfortunately, when we went to Best Buy to buy my new computer, my bank card kept getting declined. As it turned out, Bank of America refused to believe it was me! "Why," you may ask? Because I'm super cheap and never spend that much money at once! Anyway, I was on the phone with BofA for a little over 2 hours and they STILL wouldn't let me use my card. "Lauren Tharp never spends this much money." Arrrrgh!! I was like "Well, I am TODAY!" haha. It was terrible. Eventually I sat down and thought about it and came up with the solution of "Well, if the problem is me spending too big of an amount at once...what if I buy the laptop in small 'Lauren appropriate' increments?" So, in the end, the cashier had to run my card through a BUNCH of times with baby $50 payments.
So, in the end, it all worked out. (Obviously! Look at my new laptop!!)
This is the first NEW computer I've ever owed! All of my previous computers were hand-me-downs that were already old when I received them. I'm super excited.
Then, on the weekend, Ray came over for a visit. He and Ramiro spent most of the time playing video games. Including L.A. Noire.
We were all pleasantly surprised when my friend Dan Roebuck turned up in the game!
I won't give any spoilers, but suffice to say he's a bad guy and you're going to have to do a lot of running to catch him.
The boys were also very excited when they saw that this was posted on Netflix streaming:
They insisted that we watch it. I was very...confused.
"Let's get sticky!"I had never watched The Power Rangers before. I didn't watch much of any TV in the 1990s. It often makes it very hard for me to relate to my peers. So while the boys were having nostalgia flashbacks all over the floor, I was left going "huh?"
I'm told that scantily clad women didn't usually show up on the showAnd since I wasn't viewing the movie through magic nostalgia goggles, there was a lot of "Wait...why are they doing that...?" on my end.
I'm told that the television show was "much better!" than the movie. *shrugs*
The bulk of my weekend was spent writing. Either for clients or for myself. For myself, I wrote a few more posts for my Pro Blog (gotta get another buffer going!) and drew up the accompanying illustrations. Here's one of my drawings (before I coloured it in):
Sneak preview!That's all for now. It's almost time for me to "go" to work! :)
See you next Monday!
--Lauren*
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