Yesterday I made some personal decisions for myself that set me up for success rather than the failure spiral I was starting to feel. One of them was that I’m just going to accept my own words that people come and go in your life. Another is to just be happy and not try to analyze everything into a bad situation. Another is to be nice if you want others to be nice to you (then if they aren’t nice you can tear them a newwwwww asshole . And one more: books aren’t my reality and other people’s situations aren’t my reality, just my reality is mine. It feels like I’ve come to all of these conclusions before but then I sheep out, letting others lead, and in the process I become a zombie computer, doing what others are doing just cuz, not making careful choices for myself when they need to be made, and being really confused and defensive when my brain checks back in and sees the mess I let in.

So, that’s that.

There’s a really interesting article on Macworld about the AppleTalk protocol finally being laid to rest in Snow Leopard/OS X 10.6 and how if your 10-year-old network printer can’t do IP printing you’re SOL. … First of all, that’s a mother fucking AWESOME printer to have lasted 10 years. Second of all, they’re still making ink for it?!!? Wow! Third of all, you got your money’s worth, now go buy a new printer for probably 1/2 to 1/4 what you paid for that one and let your niece and nephew tinker with and marvel at your ancient technology.

I’ve decided I probably won’t go back to VT until next year. Lack of vacation days plus coming to terms with being a New Yorker, plus it taking 7 hours just to get there if there’s any traffic at all allowed me to cut the ties. This means I will shop for EZA’s Aug 25 bday presents then send them to him in a box with a letter that apologizes for not being there to hand deliver it like I had hoped.

I’ve changed my mind about Karin Slaughter’s Triptych. You should read it.

Happy Friday, friends and family! >> I’m sitting on the patio. [Update] *giggle* <– easily amused.