back to school

well, i've been feeling like i'm back in the student apartments; i seem to be the only person concerned with things like dishes, laundry, basic levels of hygiene... interesting that some people can do without these things.

i walked to the balcony last night, sat wallowing with a beer for a while and had a quick chat with ta2, then walked back home. i sat and chatted with the kid for a while before formatting and beginning the windows re-install.

i woke up to complete it - it's looking good aside from the lack of a sound driver (i don't know which manufacturer my card's from) and micro$oft's wga bullshit that won't let me install things like directx. i'm using an original work copy of windows that i received a couple of years ago when i belonged to a microsoft partner, and because i didn't keep any of the original packaging i can't update.

assholes.

i had to get dressed to go and buy washing powder (whatever happened to "oh, look! we're running low. maybe we should buy some more?"?), and now that i've managed to get my pc basically useable i need to figure out what else is on the cards for today. aside from hanging out the laundry and being pissy.