September 2003
September 21
The past week's gone pretty good. Busy but a good sort of busy.
I've got my two computers properly networked now though I'm still mostly
using my older slower one as my main computer. I probably will until I can
get another larger hard drive for the newer one. That will come.
The 6 Gb drive on the computer is letting me do some stuff more easily however.
It is much easier to work with large graphics for instance. Things run much
smoother with the faster system and more memory. I'm content for now until
I can get the hard drive. I hope not to have to pay too much because I'd
like to be able to use the left over money for a new keyboard and mouse.
I have some birthday and Christmas money which I've saved up for the hard
drive, but it's not a horribly large amount and I hope not to have to wait
until after next Christmas to upgrade.
Still there's an opportunity coming up that might bring me an increase in
my income that will let me put aside some money for computer upgrades as
well as necessities. In any case I'm looking for opportunities for earning
a bit of cash.
I've started taking some new medicine for mood swings after going a year
and a half on my own. It seems to be doing the job, but only time will tell.
A year and a half ago I had to stop taking a Lithium prescription which I
had a toxic reaction to. That was no picnic and for a time I was wondering
if I would survive it. That was one reason I went without that sort of medicine
for that length of time. I simply wanted a break from the negative effects
and side effects from the medicines.
The Internet can be a great way to keep in touch with friends and loved ones
who are at a distance one way or the other. But at the same time the distances
are still there. I've been getting to know someone nice from an area of South
Russia between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. It's great to be able to get
to know someone from so far away, but the distance can sure make it hard
to get together over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.
If you are reading this, feel free to
drop
me a line and let me know!
BTW the photograph at the top of the page is one I took on Canada Day 2003
at sunset from Port Moody's Public Pier. Amazing what you can do with a simple
digital camera that I figure would be next to impossible for me to do with
a simple 35mm view finder camera.
Well, that's it for this entry! Take Care!
Darrell
September 11
Oh man, where has the Summer Gone! My last entry here was from May!!
I only wish I could say this was because I was way too busy to keep up
with the journal over the Summer Months. Rather it was a number of things
that kept me from this journal. One of them was the bad depression I was
suffering over June, July, and August. Even for me it was a bad depression.
I struggled through it but did many things in a triage fashion. In other
words I did what must be done and let slide what should be done for the most
part. Of course among other projects this one ended up on the back burner
and forgotten. I did get through it though.
I had been taking some medicine through the Spring and all the way to just
about June which was also sapping my energy. I normally have low blood pressure
and the side effects of the medication included lowering the blood pressure.
Then in June I started taking some medicine to deal with sleep anxiety
and depression that made me waaaay too drowsy. A pity because I actually was
getting some benefit from the anti-depressant action of the medication. Perhaps
that contributes to my even greater than normal depression through the rest
of the Summer?
At the same time I also was wondering just who I was writing this journal
for. I haven't a clue if anyone is reading it. But perhaps it is enough
that I write it for myself. Or, perhaps some fine lady will read it out
of curiosity and fall madly in love with this complicated, yet very simple
person. LOL
Anyhow that's why the big gap in my journal writing from May until Now.
Some good things did happen through the Summer, it wasn't all Doom and
Gloom.
I guess the big thing was getting rid of my car. I had to park it 2 1/2
years previously and was feeling bad about it sitting in the parking lot slowly
rusting away. I wasn't ready to get rid of it 2 1/2 years ago when I took
the insurance off it and off the road. I'd hoped that it was only temporary.
But 3 months grew to a year and a year to 2 1/2. I started getting a few
offers for it. I had been concerned because in addition to "killing" a perfectly
good but old 73 Malibu (
) there was the issue of not being able to even afford theft and fire insurance
for it. I would be sunk if someone were to have started a fire in it. Still
it was under shelter with the parking being below our apartment building.
In the end I fundamentally exchanged it for a computer. The car was of little
use to me and the computer of little use to the person I got it from.
But the computer is highly useful for me having some features I was lacking.
In addition it is fast enough to reasonably do some of the stuff I'm doing
and hope to eventually earn some money doing.
Now I just have to get it talking with my older computer. I'm half ways
there. (BTW I named the new computer Malibu, the old one is called Isolade)
My older computer can see folders and drives on the newer computer but the
newer one can't see the older one. So I can read and write files on Malibu
from Isolade, but when I'm on Malibu I can't see Isolade. I'll figure it
out. I still want to put a larger hard drive into Malibu. But now I can write
CD's! There are many projects I want to do using that including training
software for people I'm showing how to use computers and for backing up my
data.
We've finally had some rain after a too dry Summer. I believe the driest
Summer on Record. Still I think they need more rain in the interior to make
much difference on the rampant forest fires folks have been dealing with.
The rain is welcome here for now. I imagine before too long people will
be complaining about it.
Hopefully I'll have some interesting news for my next Journal Entry. But
that is enough for this one.
Anyhow, take care! Bye for now!
Darrell
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