the trick is to keep breathing

i think if i'm going to be working from home and trying to make it happen sustainably, i may need a new laptop. this one is at least 5 years old and i hate that that's obsolete, but i can tell with the screen, the speed, watching movies, etc. i hate how fast technology gets old these days, but im old get off my goddamn lawn.

the thing is that i've been trying to get in the habit of working from my iPad Pro because i got the top of the line one for that very reason. and it's great for general writing; so much more convenient, i've learnt to work with the touch screen, and it lets me work in positions comfortable to my back (very important!).

but the clients im working with RN are sending me work that's either in excel (and spreadsheets SUCK on mobile and CONTINUE to suck on mobile) or it requires a good amount of hotlinking, both of which are so much easier with an actual mouse. yes sure i could get a mouse like device for the iPad but that doesn't change the spreadsheet interfacing which blows some chunks.

so this is Ye Old Speak To Me About Apple Vs PC post. normally i wouldn't ever consider apple for a laptop not because i dont like them but namely because i dont do anything special with a laptop so i may as well save money there to spend on my mobile / tablet devices or gaming systems. that being said, i'm thoroughly entrenched in the iPhone & iPad world right now (i do not need suggestions on why i need to change that) so the thought of being able to more easily synchronize devices is an intriguing one. although i dont know how easily mobile and laptop sync up in the Apple world? maybe it isnt that much of a difference?

i mean i also have money but not a lot of income at the moment so i need to balance conservative spending habits with making sure i have something that can keep up with that income as well as potentially better suit my writing habits as i start to branch into fiction.

so yeah yo talk to me bros

As of tomorrow evening I will be drunk at Ohayocon. My itinerary includes:

• Battleshots


• FF Roller Derby Rydia, part of the Zeromus Haters roller derby team


• being drunk


• (drunk) (gay stylist) (spaghetti making) Trowa, from Gundam Wing


• gluing sparkly shit on everyone who stands still long enough to let me


• getting to curl Becky's hair :D


• possibly seducing Quatre's voice actor with Katy


• drinking an entire beer penis


• a round of Snirvines (this year's shot)


• Mongolian Fucking Barbecue


• cuddling


• lots of compromising photos posted to our live photo feed


• creepersharking


• HOPEFULLY partying with Hot Leia and Hot Tifa and Hot Cloud and Hard Gay

I'll have my phone for email and texts, but I will very likely be drunk or sleeping, so. Contact at your own risk, fools. Otherwise, I will get back to all of you on Monday when I am hung the fuck over sober and back at work.

CHEERS :D

( A summary of our trip into the wilds of Mansfield, OH, as chronicled via email to a friend of mine who is currently overseas and probably really regretted ever giving me his email address on Sunday Morning. )


And that was how we spent Saturday. >.>

Friday: Late-night drive to Columbus (seriously... I'm talking 1am)

Friday night: Up all night in a terrified curled-up ball in the corner of the couch because I am afraid of Drakon's vicious baby-eating wolf hybrids (read: dogs fall over on floor to be petted when you look at them)

Saturday morning: Leave house with thermos full of two pots of coffee, which is promptly stored between my legs for the drive to B-Town. Meet greatest Wendy's employee ever and discuss fandom, drama, fanfiction, and being forever students. Definitely drink two pots of coffee. Pee every ten minutes. Meticulously tag everything we discuss. There is a zombie on your lawn.

Saturday afternoon: Arrival in Cendriville. Cendri dances for us in dress and ladybug slippers. Take video. Attend wedding at which Harry Potter is a groomsman. Head off to reception and meet awesome old people for dinner. Wait expectantly for groom's family to provide liquor license.

Saturday evening: Sev is the goddamned Batman (of makeup). Pa Cendri offers to be DD. He is awesome and I am proud to be his m-preg spawn. Score excellent Greek food. Have tasty local brew. Follow the sound of techno to a club at which we dance like we are not as old as we are. Are supplied with delicious candy-tasting Long Islands, which we then transfer to Taco Bell cups and take home. Sleepy cuddle-times passing out in awesome waterbed. Next morning transfer to Squishy Bed, which eats me. There is still a zombie on your lawn.

Sunday morning: Ma Cendri feeds us deliciousness; it is awesome. Wander B-Town. Pet three cats (yay!). Purchase copious amounts of music. Eat more delicious food.

Sunday afternoon: Listen to world's greatest CD ever in the car while writing ~5,000 words of plot outline for the most epic FF8 fic possible. Eat burgers.

Sunday night: Finally arrive home and pass the fuck out.

My penis is a divining rod, and you are the water.