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I don't like to think that I've been lied to, or used. I hope I'm wrong.

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Friday Haiku

First thing I did this
Morning was worry. I am
Still worrying now.

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Just... Stuff

Not a lot going on with me just now.

A bit of investigation has revealed the annoying high pitched whistle my router makes is Not Normal. If I'd known this sooner I would have got it replaced... it might be too late now. I should've done it before now, but it hasn't really bothered me until recently, as I just turn it off every night when I'm actually at home. I know some people who have the same router and don't keep it in their bedroom... maybe they'll do a swap?

I'm trying to get something for someone's birthday, but the site I'm buying it from won't accept my credit card; apparently, it doesn't like the address I've been typing in. Unfortunately, to ensure I'm entering it correctly, I need to check my latest credit card statement... which is about a hundred and seventy miles away and I won't get to look at it till tomorrow night. As the item in question has to come from the US, and the birthday is in less than three weeks, it's slightly vexing. I want it ordered now, dammit.

Perhaps most importantly, I'm very concerned about someone just now. They've been feeling very down of late, constantly struggling to keep their head above the monetary waters, working very long hours for pitiful pay and not having enough to cover all the household bills. They are only one in the house working, for various good and bad reasons (one unable to for sort-of-good reasons, one not working because... we don't really know why), and all the money that comes in goes right back out again, and there's not enough of it. Then there's the awful luck, the constant disasters, and the debt collectors. When last I spoke to this person, they were tired, stressed, and at the end of their tether.

I worry.

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." - Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

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Friday Haiku

Knackered yesterday.
Got up late, got to work late,
Had no energy.


Router problems; tried
To fix with firmware update
But it caused headaches.


These are far from the
Most thrilling topics, but we
Know not much happens.

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Problematic

Like most people, I have problems. And sometimes, my problems can seem to be bigger or worse than they normally are. This does not make me happy.

But then, of course, I get reminded that I know people with bigger problems. Real problems. It makes me feel petty, and stupid. It reminds me that things could be so much worse. This doesn't make me any happier, though, as then I just feel bad for them and wish I could help more, or at all.

Feeling unable to significantly help someone you care about is the worst feeling.

"Complain to one who can help you." - Yugoslav Proverb

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Friday Haiku

Dull, as I have said.
A bit of worry about
Someone, but they're fine.


Other than that, it's
The same as always. Maybe
I should not complain.

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Not A Very Interesting Week...

...hence the lack of posts. This is only to be expected.

Although... I started playing EVE Online last weekend. Okay, so it cost me to sign up, but that only happened because I downloaded it from their website. If I'd bought it in a shop I'd still have paid for it, just in a different way. Of course, there's also the monthly subscription too.

(Okay, for those who don't know...

EVE Online is the forerunner of next generation massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) set in a world of galactic magnitude and governed by a hyper capitalistic economy. In a universe of this scope, you are free to discover your own place, be it in the form of a humble trader ferrying goods from system to system, a despicable pirate preying on anyone foolish enough to cross your path, a heroic combat pilot lancing through the fray as you battle for your faction, or a mighty business icon leading a corporation with hundreds of employees. To accomplish any or all of this, your main tools will include a diverse array of sophisticated equipment, spaceships, and social interfaces, but you’ll also need a strong business acumen, cunning combat strategies, and often pure Machiavellian thinking.

So, you may own many ships but only use one at a time, and you can do whatever takes your fancy.)

It is very pretty. The options seem practically endless, and more are going to be added in a major update in November. I know someone who plays it, and I've been invited to join their corporation, which basically means I'll have a bunch of people I can ask for help or advice.

But here's a strange thing. I've got it installed on both my PC and my laptop, so I can play it when I'm in Andover. It's all fine and super smooth on the PC, but there are two issues when I play it on the laptop.

1. It's a little slower, as the video card is a little old.

2. Also because the video card is a little old... no character has any hair.

I'll just explain. When you create your character, you can set the shape of their face, the hair, their clothing and the background behind them. Like here. Then it seems there is some kind of file that stores the settings that define your unique image, that then recreates the image whenever anyone looks at your character info.

On older video cards, the hair does not get drawn. It just doesn't. Everyone else sees my character as he should be, but I don't. To me, him and everyone else is completely bald.

Weird.

And dull.

I said there was a good reason I hadn't posted anything, hadn't I?

"It has all been very interesting." - last words of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)

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Friday Haiku

Quiet week, once again.
Router stopped working, but I
Fixed it. Wasn't hard.


That really is it.
Nothing else. Nowt. Nicht. Zero.
Exciting, aren't I?

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Change Of The Beast

This morning, I went and bought some coffee for the office and a sausage roll because I was hungry. It cost £3.34.

The change was £6.66.

Just thought I'd mention it.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." - Revelations 13:18

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Weekend Stuff

So I managed to get broadband sorted out, but when I plugged my wireless access point back in yesterday it all went to hell and no longer works. No idea why; hopefully my tech support friend will be able to figure it out while I'm away. My mother can always 'blackmail' him into doing it by saying she needs it; that usually seems to work better than me just asking.

Nice to have a decent laptop too. I suffered with the antiquated lump I was using for too long.

And good fun on Sunday too, meeting up with some friends and meeting a few famous sci-fi/cult celeb types.

I also have Anduril to hang on my wall... once my room is properly fully furnished and sorted out, anyway. It's large, it's heavy, it's shiny - niiiice.

"He who lives by the sword, will eventually be wiped out by some bastard with a sawn-off shotgun." - Steady Eddy

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Friday Haiku

Broadband tomorrow!
Router and wireless access
Point - wired for the net!


Thoughts turn to the same
Thing, and I can not stop them.
Don't want to stop them.

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Title Addition

Yup, I am now Officially Discombobulated©. It says so at the top of the blog.

And, as a reminder...

"Discombobulated (adj) : having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion."

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