connection woes and life

isp's modems connections - they all stink - hate em ~ yuck.
prodigy and yahoo ganged up to provide us "new and exciting content" [translates into: even more small, annoying programs] bleh .. 'trouble' all over again, my computers are raising hell with me.
i was happy with prodigy. i had prodigy working just fine.
now i'm back to working on getting my computers functioning the way i like - again. the h.p. has a touchy modem as it is and does this double dial .. even tho i've changed the string (dunno got me) according to customer service's advice. modem checks out clean .. shrug i'm just not informed enough.
i've added comments ability to the blog.

playing with this imood script cause it's cute. imood

around the house goings on

*jon - michael - jordan and eric played a gig last nite and strolled in around 3am a little happier than they should of been. so -- my guess is they hooked up with some girls. more power to em. gets to where i have to push em out the door just to get some peace and quiet. they are getting ready to do a big gig so this last couple weeks is the first time in years i've actually heard the ends of songs they are practicing. they do sound good tho i must say. now if they would just pick up a singer.

*bobby and jord back on "zelda" ... i can hear the music in my room and i'm reminded of jord and i, when he was 5 or 6 years old, working for weeks exploring that game. i'd get stuck and hand him the controller ..
off he'd go slashing, bashing, bombing ..
like he was born to game.

we were talking about one of our first computers - commodore 64 - and jordan told me he would get so angry at me for making him learn DOS.
poor kid.

reads

* nothing new here - a couple of Piers Anthony "Incarnations" series .. ran out of books .. again.

kids reading

:. 'The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction' 4th ed. one of my english college books.
:. H.P. Lovecraft 'Dreams of Terror and Death'
:. oh - and the 'Linux Bible'

with all of us avid bookworms there is never a shortage of books .. well, except me .. damn it, i wish i hadn't taken that speed reading course in hawaii.

movies

watched 'Donnie Darko' last nite with a few others than sat around discussing the ins and outs of 'god' - neverending.

school starts up next week and than peace and quiet for me woo-hoo. thank you - thank you.

music

crystal brought a cd of another local hip hop band over for us to listen to .. grrr throw it out i say .. i endured the boom bada boom for 30mins my chest protested, told em to 'get it off or i toss it' .. that worked.

art

marie got her poor belly button pierced and is now attempting to convince me that i should get one. umm ya - right. i swear, think they forget i'm supposed to be the mom around here.

kate update

texas news. kate sold two lots in order to get a water meter. still leaves her three lots. she has been invited to sing with the 'Chorus and Chamber Choir' at Navarro College. i know she is excited. she also received a $500.00 scholarship for that. congratulations kate. boys send their love as do i.

bout it - quiet day for once which is nice.