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Jenn — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:58:41 +0000

Boo! Top Chef sent the darling Fabio home and left cry-baby Hosea there. Let’s see, out of the last few chefs: Jamie-fun and lots of personality (GONE), Leah-female Hosea, blech (GONE), Fabio-cute and personable (GONE…boo). Chefs remaining: Stefan-hate if you want, I love his snarky style, Carla-literally crazy and fun, Hosea-a panting puppy (love me, love my food, huhuhu).

Lost was, apparently on this week. Survivor is still in the early rounds, so we don’t really get to know anyone yet. I think my love for Ugly Betty is now tainted by the news that America is a diva and very demanding on set. I’m not as into it as I was. TAR was good, but I’m already over the “human triumph” angle. Lose it…now. The SG-1 reruns on Sci-Fi finished Season 8 this week–undoubtedly the best shows I watched all week.

I’m holding my latest episode of Legend of the Seeker until I finish housework, otherwise, I’d probably be loving it in this very post.

In other news, I bought a Red Zune 80GB from a student this week. I’ve named it HobStar Red, and I’m debating giving HobStar to my brother, who has expressed a shocking interest in it. HobStar Red already contains everything that was on HobStar as well as all of S4 of Doctor Who. Gotta love that!

Mood: Working

It’s a New Year’s Miracle!

Jenn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:29:20 +0000

Ok, maybe not a miracle, per se, but still!

HobStar is back!

Mood: Ecstatic

Happy Y2K9

Jenn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:29:10 +0000

This New Year’s Eve, I may actually stay up; not to watch the ball drop, not to see in the new year, and sadly, definitely not to have a midnight kiss.

I may stay up to see if HobStar comes out of its coma. If you saw the news today, you probably saw something about all first gen Zunes (in teh wurld) freezing simultaneously. Yes, HobStar was affected. It is thought that the internal workings of the device were not set to handle the extra day we received this year due to it being a leap year. The hope is that once the new day hits, they’ll all come out of their freeze and work again. We don’t know if they will make it, or if they’ll face memory loss, or anything, but I’m holding out hope. The official word is that we won’t know until noon GMT, but it won’t hurt to try sooner. Wish us luck!

Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mood: Cheerful

Stop Me, Now!

Jenn — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:19:42 +0000

I wish someone would block eBay from my computer (in a way). I’ve only used it three times, but each of those times I went nuts. In the span of three minutes tonight, I bid on the l.e.i. shoes that I had and ruined (new, black instead of my beloved brown ones), a Zune 120 (which I’m sure I’ll be outbid on, thank heaven), and flat out bought a 2005 LOTR Page-a-day calendar. I loved the 2005 version; all full of gloss and greatness (unlike the 2006 which was flat and dull).

Yes, I need help. I had to buy an outdated calendar because they don’t make them anymore. Except for the day of the week, I can use it with no problem. I use the old pages as hall passes for the students, so you can see that having the calendar was an absolute MUST. Mom bought me a Harry Potter version last year, and I just don’t get the same thrill each day when I see the new picture. The 2005 version is trilogy inclusive, which means lots of Boromir. Oh, god, just think if they made a Boromir Page-a-day calendar! I’d buy 100 of them to have on reserve. Oh! This is amazing–the company I bought the calendar from was Intergalactic Trading Company; the same place I bought all my SG-1 patches for Dragon*Con…and I didn’t even realize it until after I had bought it. FATE, dammit!

Mood: Busy

Lazy Posting

Jenn — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:37:57 +0000

I’ve let a lot go by without mentioning it on here. Now that I’ve closed ZeroMuch (well, archived it), I’ll try to write more. Rejoice.

Recently, I’ve had a mini-vacation to TN, seen Ben and Jesse, had poison ivy all over my face (second doctor’s visit in a month…yay), and waited for my grandmother’s surgery to stop giving her problems. I found a really cool Zune clock to add to HobStar (my Zune), so I’m really happy about that. I don’t wear a watch and my sorry TracFone is just not something I’m willing to whip out everytime I want to check the time. Having a clock on my Zune will be perfect because now I can watch Shaun of the Dead AND time the AP exams properly. Heh.

Television-wise, we’re gearing up for a late Summer viewing schedule which includes old Star Trek: Voyager, SGA, Project Runway, Big Brother, and Shear Genius. I’m not overly enthused with the newer shows, especially SGA. I seriously think that unless they lose Dr. Keller, my viewing days are limited. I hate that a show that has meant so much to me has brought about so much disgust, but I can’t help it; she just grates.

Mood: Okay

What’s New?

Jenn — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:30:54 +0000

I’m addicted to podcasts. I’m extra-addicted to Ricky Gervais’ podcasts. I’ve looped all the ones available at the Zune Marketplace and now I’ve found there are literally hundreds more out there. Well, I found that out yesterday and today I’m syncing them to my Zune (which is now named HobStar). Even Scott likes to listen to them on the way home from work. Yay!!

Work is starting to kick up as it always does this time of year. I’m getting anxious again, what with scholarships, graduation, scheduling, etc. coming up.

Make Me A Supermodel is fun. I’m liking it. I think if I stay away from the LOST fanatics, I’ll give it another shot when it starts up in three weeks. Maybe I can find the love I had for it in Season 1 and pretend the last two seasons never really happened.

That’s it for us. Anything new out there?

Whoa, really?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:21:36 +0000

You know I love Pushing Daisies. How could you not? How could I not? I just found myself stopping this week’s episode to watch another Robin Hood. I think I love this show. I’ve added a new theme (not surprisingly) to the site and I’m one episode away from starting Series Two. I finally figured out who Will reminds me of, and it’s Burt. For anyone who knows him, check it and and you’ll see that it’s TRUE! It’s hard to tell in the new theme, but he’s the guy to the far left in the picture and now that I look again, it’s not hard to see. Yay! OK, I’m rambling.

Wrapping it up now: It snowed a bit today, which is always nice. I didn’t mention that I updated my Zune with nearly no problems because I’ve been busy playing with it! I had to hack the installer for the desktop, but it took no more than five minutes. I’m a technical genius. Yup.

That Voice!

Jenn — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:35:19 +0000

This is my life and there’s (still) no Mekhi Phifer. We had three days of bomb threats at work, and other than that, not much is happening there.

Anyway, dude, I figured out why I love Pushing Daisies so much! In my car, the only thing I’ve been listening to for months now is the Harry Potter series on my Zune. Who’s the narrator? None other than Jim Dale, who is also the narrator for Pushing Daisies. No wonder I love the show. His voice is the first one I hear every day! Although this show is absolutely fantastic, I think it’s contributing to my loneliness. I’m Olive. Totally.

Heroes will find it’s second season footing, but I’m not hating it as is, so I say, “Keep on!” Survivor gave me a moment of dread when it looked like James was doomed, only for him to come back with the Immunity Idol AND a win. Yay! Ugly Betty. Oh, Ugly Betty, you have completely redeemed yourself from the sadness of Santos with Cliff. LOVE Cliff! I want to be Mark. Seriously. SGA is still good, though I miss Elizabeth terribly.

Hobbit and Istar are doing great, and want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

Finally!

Jenn — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:46:32 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this day my whole life. Yes. This day. My Zune, which I so lovingly named “Zune” now works with my MCE 2004 desktop. Gone are the days of dragging out the laptop just to run a wireless network through the house. I can sync anything, whenever I want. I am veeeeery happy.

The funny thing is, I had almost created this hack on my own. I had managed to Orca the .msi file properly, but I had no idea how much work getting WMP 11 would be for this OS. I emailed the author of the hack and gave my sincerest thanks, but it’s times like this I wish I had money to contribute to all the hard work that was put into making the Zune hack work.

Let’s sync!

My Social

Jenn — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:42:27 +0000

Welcome to my social. I’ve been wanting a new layout for a long time, but it seems my graphic making skills have actually gotten worse, if that’s even possible. After a daylong modifying session, I’ve decided to use Zune as the default for awhile.

If you aren’t using the most current version of Firefox, IE, or Opera, it may not display properly for you. In which case, choose one of the older layouts.

Aw, Luck It

Jenn — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:57:29 +0000

So yesterday (07/07/07) was supposed to be the luckiest day of the century. Uh, I didn’t get lucky. Nope. Not at all. It was just a regular day. If anything, it was a boring day. I ended up organizing the pics on my Zune and adding a few more Doctor Who eps. Fascinating.

I did discover a torrent (not well seeded) of the first 26 years of The Doctor, and within the next week, I should have the first two seasons. See? Unlucky seeding. Also? The complete torrent is 201GB. I don’t know a lot about techno stuff, but I’m pretty damned sure I can’t get 201GB on my 120GB hard drive, especially when I have something like 13GB available. See? Unlucky hard drive space. I’m going to have to go a couple of seasons at a time, burn them, seed them, and move on.

I got all my hair cut off Friday. I don’t think it to be an unlucky situation, as it’s very cute, but if I had waited until yesterday…

I have a sneaking suspicion that this morning’s coffee is the only thing keeping me awake right now and I’m seriously considering taking a nap–yes, at 9:00am.

No Lipgloss

Jenn — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:58:52 +0000

I’m adding a bunch of music to my Zune today. I have all my favorite fanvids on there (well over 150), a few movies (Hello, Hot Fuzz), favorite episodes of SG-1 (It’s Good To Be King, Unending), and a few Doctor Who eps, as well as all my old, tired music. Today, however, I’m adding shiny new music. Yay!! I have Rufus Wainwright, Lifehouse, and Busta Rhymes. With the recent addition of Linkin Park, Loreena McKinnett, and Bone (for my brother), I’d say I have a pretty diverse musical lineup on there.

If only I could get the video for “Lipgloss” encoded in time… *snerk*

Now all I have to do is actually go somewhere so I can enjoy my Zune.

Merry Christmas

Jenn — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:05:20 +0000

Once again, I’ve received more than I deserved. I am currently enjoying di_br‘s Narnia vid “Brother, Let Go” on my incredibly cool Zune, color black. Heh.

As usual, my mom and dad went all out on the gifts and bought not only the Zune, but several accessories to go with it. In about 20 minutes, I had nearly all of my favorite vids loaded. The quality is actually much better than I had heard it would be. I have noticed that my vids made larger than standard look better, but it’s because the screen is actually a little bigger than 320×240. All the fanvids I’ve put on it (about 50 so far) look and sound terrific. I’ve even decided to carry a purse so I can tote my Zune around with me at all times. I’m love it.

( The rest of the undeserved haul )

Merry Christmas, everyone, and thanks for being the great friends you are!

Wishlist!

Jenn — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:42:09 +0000

I don’t care what the haters say. I’m getting me one of them thar Zunes. It’s the ultimate in narcissistic fun. I can load nearly all of my vids on it and watch them ALL.THE.TIME. Somehow, I think vids by bigbenalpha, di_br, ana_br, and martoufmarty will find themselves on there as well, and enjoy more time on the playlist than my own! Hee!

Here was my conversation with Mom last night:

Me: Hey, did you hear about Zune?

Mom: Um, yes. How could I not?

Me: Yeah, I’m going to get one soon, but not just yet. I’m going to get a Zune, color, black, pretty soon though.

Mom: That sounds good.

Me: Yeah, those Zune, color, black, players seem really nice. I’d like to have one someday.

Mom: something about work

Me: Yeah, those Zune, color, black, players are cool.

Mom: Shut up, already. I get it.

HEE!