More spendings

Still looking for that one last thing for my Christmas present making.
It's hard to find, I've looked through most of the crafts store and still no luck.
But I'm sure I can find it eventually, hopefully before Christmas. XD

New laptop has gone through much torture from me.
I caught a few trojans the first day it's on my hands, prompting me to buy an anti-virus.
Good thing there is a sale for Scotiabank clients.
The stupid trojans were caught when I was looking for a keygen for my Finale 2007 file, needless to say I couldn't use it because it kept getting deleted by the system from recognizing it as a threat (it was).
So not only I had to buy an anti-virus program, I also have to buy an original Finale 2012.
Thankfully amazon.ca has the academic version and it's on sale.  Guess they knew I need to buy it and took that extra $50 off.  At least that helps with the tax.
Should be getting the program sometime next week.
Networking seems to not work very well on any Windows system.  I had to disable all my firewalls to get the two somewhat communicating.
However, I just couldn't get the optical drive onto the network.
One more thing to buy is an external optical drive so I can install programs.
Sigh... what a waste of money!

Workshop reopening

I think my brain has been secretly communicating to me regarding my basement workshop.
I was just thinking the other day that I've been abandoning my new hobby and it's such a waste after investing so much time and energy on it.
And then tonight I finally looked at some new (well, to me anyway) techniques and researching on adhesive materials.
Then I realized it's Christmas in about 2 months and it's time to start making presents for my peeps.
Love the rekindled love and excited to try some new techniques!
That also means I'll need to get some new materials as well...  sigh...  spend spend spend!

Possible early shipment??

Don't know if it's because of my last post, Lenovo actually changed my estimated ship date from Oct 14 to Oct 11.
But estimated receive date is still Oct 20.
I'm just happy to see any updates on my order status now.
Waiting for the machine to come is just painful.

However, that does give me a window of time to do some homework on which external drive to get.
I'm only getting 128G of SSD space, but that's good enough for any immediate important files like documents and Finale scores.
However, with hard drives that start from 500G for any standard computers, I still need an extra drive for my junk.
Looking into getting a 1T HDD.
Another spending spree accomplished.

Slow shipment

Ahhhhhh, stupid Lenovo!  Give me my laptop!!!!!!!!
I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another battle, another day

I think I got through the last bed bug attack with the same thinking: You can't always live in fear.
They are horrible bugs, but we are also a cautious bunch.  With the amount of care we've put into making sure we didn't bring any home, I'm pretty confident that the situation has been contained.
Worse comes to worst, we'll keep fighting the battle, and eventually none of us will be afraid of bugs anymore.

I grew up catching cockroaches and whatnot as a hobby when I was a kid in HK, and watching my dad catch all bugs with his bare hands kind of took out the gross factor.
Yes, they are juicy and all, but when they turn into juice that also means they're dead.
So really, there's nothing to be afraid of.
With the growing numbers of trucks/buses/cars killing pedestrians, I'd be more concerned about walking on streets on foot trying to keep alive.