So much has happened since I last posted.¬ This will be a mish-mosh if you will, of thoughts, ideas and updates.
Personally this has been a trying week for me.¬ I had an interview at IU for a position, but due to the weird hours I currently work, I accidentally overslept and missed the interview.¬ It was a way out of this crazy lifestyle I am currently living.
We have a new problem with the house, flooding!¬ The last couple of weeks has been very rainy in Bloomington.¬ We knew the house had flooded when we purchased it, but thought it was a one time deal, we were wrong.¬ I called some “waterproofing” companies.¬¬That was¬a joke.¬ The first company said that they would rip all of our concrete block walls out and replace them, plus they would sell me some backfill rock that is “patented and revolutionary” for only $5995.¬ I can understand this in extreme situations, but this isn’t major flooding.
I had my dad get a hold of my step-uncle (long story) to take a look at it.¬ He did, and told me he thought it was leaking at the point where the water line comes into the house, which is directly under our front door.¬ I ripped out everything in the vicinity and did not find any significant signs of a place for water to come in, but cleaned the area and sprayed some “stuff” on it.¬ I guess after tonight we’ll see the results, as it’s been raining all day.
I have met a kind spirit at work, something that is lacking majorly here.¬ His name is C.J., he’s a very interesting man, who happens to be the same age as my father.¬ He is into the same things I am, and we always have something to talk about.¬ The other day he gave me a video monitor he no longer used (an upgrade I needed badly).¬ I will miss him when I leave.¬ I will make sure to give him all of my info when that happens though.
I received a new client for my video business.¬ He told me over the phone he has over 80 tapes he wants transferred to DVD.¬ I received his first shipment last Tuesday and have been working constantly on them.¬ I sent him a shipment of 8 DVD’s today.¬ I hope he enjoys the care and hard work I put into his family’s memories.
I have learned that I do have some limitations when it comes to transferring video now, so I am hoping to correct these issues as soon as the funds become available.¬ The current plan is to build another computer, using some of the available parts I have on hand, and moving some from my current computer.¬ I don’t need a power machine, just a decent one.¬ So I’m checking out my options.
Yesterday I shut off my computer and did some wiring work, installed a new surge protector and my computer wouldn’t come back on.¬ Turns out my power supply had went bad.¬ I was somewhat scared because this was one thing I hadn’t done on a computer yet.¬ $42 later, I have a bigger power supply installed (by me).
I must say something about Editor B’s speech.¬ I was not there, and only saw a snippet from Anderson Cooper 360, but I’m sure it was amazing.¬ After watching almost every episode of ROX, I have a good idea of how he spoke.¬ I hope XY got it on video?¬ It’s still hard for me to understand how it is taking so long to recover.¬ All I have to say is Andrew, how long did it take Florida to rebuild and recover?¬ I know I’m merely speculating, but come on, without New Orleans, this country wouldn’t be anything like it is today.¬ What do you think made westward expansion possible?¬ We the people need to remember that.