Not sure what my problem is lately, I just don't seem to care.  I don't think I am depressed or anything really bad, I just don't care, nothing interests me, I can't seem to be creative (not like I really ever was really that creative but still. . .), I am not motivated, just really really bored.  Nothing good is on TV or the movies, I have read all my books at least twice, I don't have any friends, I already repainted every room in my house, I just don't know what to do with myself.  I was going to buy a new camera but decided to wait for the new D3000 to come out and check that out before I picked something.  

I have been so bored that I learned HTML just so I could make an active desktop element that displayed links to a few often used files on my desktop at work, then I learned CSS, just so I could make it pretty.   Not to say that I am an expert now but I got the job done and even started messing with CSS on my folders here on DA.   

I swear I am going to sell my house, pack up my shit and move to Europe, to which ever country will have me.  Hopefully one of the Nordic countries, I just feel like I belong there somehow.


On the odd chance that anyone gives a crap, here is the text from my folder changes:



body {background-color: #202020; }
div.folderview-top {   }
div.folderview-top h2 {font-family: vivaldi, arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; font-size: 45px;  }
div.folderview-top .description {font-family: arial; color: red;   }
div.folderview-art {font-family: arial; color: red;  }
div.folderview-art span {   }
div.folderview-art span .shadow {   }
div.folderview-art span a {font-family: century gothic, arial; color: red; font-weight: bold;  }




I am far from an expert but if anyone has questions about how to change their folders please feel free to ask.

I don't know how to work it yet but I signed up for Twitter so I could read about the unrest in Iran.   I am not sure how much I will use it, I don't really see the point, but please feel free to chat with me if I am on there.

Well, that sucked.   It's 100 fricken degrees and we  just had a 2 hour brown out followed by a 3 hour blackout.   I don't usually mind the heat but damn, it's still a very humid 87 in the house, there is no way I'll get to sleep.   At least I am back online, it's amazing how necessary it has become to me.

My house is just about done, finally! I will be putting my computers back together this weekend and upping some more stock pics soon after.

Also, after weeks of hellish shopping I finally got a new car, a Subaru.   I only drove it home but so far I really like it, although it will take a little getting used to since I have not driven a manual transmission in a few years.

On a related note, it is amazing how difficult it was to get a damn car.  The sales people would ignore me or not call me back and if I was actually able to get one to talk to me it was all I could do to beat a price out of them.  If I did manage to get a price, it was totally absurd, especially considering I already knew the prices from looking online.  You would think they would be a little more helpful considering the current economy, it got so bad that I decided to buy from the first person that was nice to me and it took more than 2 weeks!

On the odd chance anyone in the Detroit area is looking for a Subaru note me and I will send you the name of the lady that helped me.

I have been remodeling the house so all my computers are hidden under blankets, I should be back full time soon.   I got what I think will be some neat textures and stock, I cant wait to see them.



Also, I saw a bumper sticker that said:

WITCH PARKING
-All Others Will be Toad.


It just cracked me up, I think the people at the grocery thought I was crazy because I was laughing all by myself the whole time I was shopping.

What a crap week last week was.   My cable modem took a dump so I have been without internet, I never realized how much I use it until it was gone!  If that wasn't bad enough I got a cold.  I poked my head into DA a couple of times on my phone but I probably missed some messages or faves or something, if so, I am sorry, I really do appreciate comments and notes.

I went out and bought Photoshop CS4 today, holy crap is it different!  The last PS I used was 5.5 and for the past several years I have used the GIMP and this is nothing like I am used to.   WTF is all this other stuff?  Drive, Device Central, Script Toolkit, Bridge, 3D drawing, I have no idea what 90% of this stuff even does.   Even thought there is all that other crap that I will have to learn, I can already tell I am going to like it.   The few things I have done so far worked amazingly well, I can't wait to see what else it can do.   

When I get a few bucks ahead again I think my next big purchase will be a DSLR, I really like doing my crummy stock photos and with a better camera I might actually be able to take something decent.

In unrelated news, it was -12F this morning, it really sucked.