Busy weekend.
Nov. 7th, 2011 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaIt's actually been pretty hectic this weekend.
Did the cocktail party. This involved doing the essential stuff like stage 1 of laundry, and expenses and stuff before leaving. Had to leave fairly early. Also had to pick up a bottle of Creme De Menthe. aside from the detour this also meant i had to actually struggle through the horror that is Sainsbury's on a Saturday. And was delayed further by the security device malfunctioning.
Kept forgetting odds and sods so kept wanting to return. Driving back home took up rather more of the day than I would have liked.
Also had to squeeze in a visit to my parents' place because I'd bought a printer and had it delivered there. They weren't answering their phones! Old people and technology, honestly...
I was somewhat annoyed to find that it had a symbol saying it had no USB cable in the box. Then slightly annoyed to find that it actually did have after I bought one (although the 5 metre cable I have is a lot more useful than the 1,8M one it came with). Had to get that working... Actually a lot less stress than the most recent HP printer I tried to install but why must *everything* run something in the system tray!? Will have to sort something out there.
Needed to do another pile of computer stuff. Conversion of some files, transferring from Angelus (desktop) to Chianna (netbook). muych easier since I learned abut sync tools.
Then there was the Geekest Link at the Caroline of Brunswick. Shame I know nothing about John Carpenter films, horror movie soundtracks, or horror video games. And couldn't remember my Bufffy lore well enough... We did abysmally. Wish some other people could come to Brighton on a First Sunday Of The Month evening for a sci-fi themed pub quiz. I know nothing of modern video games!
Did the cocktail party. This involved doing the essential stuff like stage 1 of laundry, and expenses and stuff before leaving. Had to leave fairly early. Also had to pick up a bottle of Creme De Menthe. aside from the detour this also meant i had to actually struggle through the horror that is Sainsbury's on a Saturday. And was delayed further by the security device malfunctioning.
Kept forgetting odds and sods so kept wanting to return. Driving back home took up rather more of the day than I would have liked.
Also had to squeeze in a visit to my parents' place because I'd bought a printer and had it delivered there. They weren't answering their phones! Old people and technology, honestly...
I was somewhat annoyed to find that it had a symbol saying it had no USB cable in the box. Then slightly annoyed to find that it actually did have after I bought one (although the 5 metre cable I have is a lot more useful than the 1,8M one it came with). Had to get that working... Actually a lot less stress than the most recent HP printer I tried to install but why must *everything* run something in the system tray!? Will have to sort something out there.
Needed to do another pile of computer stuff. Conversion of some files, transferring from Angelus (desktop) to Chianna (netbook). muych easier since I learned abut sync tools.
Then there was the Geekest Link at the Caroline of Brunswick. Shame I know nothing about John Carpenter films, horror movie soundtracks, or horror video games. And couldn't remember my Bufffy lore well enough... We did abysmally. Wish some other people could come to Brighton on a First Sunday Of The Month evening for a sci-fi themed pub quiz. I know nothing of modern video games!
