As of midnight it’s officially May. In keeping with the usual “new theme every month” routine, there’s a new template up. I thought it felt very spring-like without being a total eyesore, to me at least. I’m happy with how it came out though. I haven’t really experimented with colors this way before so I was glad to do it.
Work Related…
I’ve been kind of busy lately. I’m happy to announce that I’ve landed a very, very big client and I’ll be working with him for the next couple of weeks. I’m getting about $1800 from this project and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m to a point now where I have a whopping $52.54 in my bank account and there are quite a few bills to pay. Fortunately I’ve got the servers on credit for the month, so I’m going to wind up having to pay them off when I get the remaining 80% from this client. That’s not too big of a deal though, I’m not overly concerned. Tony knows I’m good for the money and that’s all that matters.
I’m just going to be VERY, VERY busy for the next couple of weeks. I don’t mind though, I kind of need that right now. April 27th 2006 would have been Joe’s 25th birthday. Unfortunately, since his death, I haven’t really done any work. I’ve done a few odd and end jobs, but other then that I haven’t really done any corporate based accounts (that’s where the real money is). Thankfully this client will get me out of my rut. All summer plans should now be full speed ahead.
Laptop Related…
I jumped the gun a few weeks ago and already purchased my wireless router. It only cost me like $5 so it was definitely not a dent in any sort of spending budget. The router originally was $69.99, it was on sale for $49.99 and I had about $50 in gift certificates to Circuit City. I basically just paid tax on it. So, I’ve got my router. In a few weeks (when I get my final check from this client) I’ll be heading to HP.com and putting my order through on the dv800z laptop. After configuration and tax, and before the $50 mail-in rebate, it’s going to run me $1,423; which is fine considering that’s $77 under budget. I’m still getting $50 back on it so then it’s really $127 under budget. I’ll then be heading to NewEgg.com and ordering my mouse and flash drive. My printer is a piece of shit, so I’ll be unable to network it so that I can print from the Laptop. The flash drive is easier than hooking up a USB/ZIP drive and transferring everything over. So I’ll just spend $15 on a 1-gb flash stick and the rest is history.
School Related…
I’m still waiting to hear something from school. I was finally emailed back about my essays. I sent the essays out on April 3rd, apparently they didn’t get there until April 11th, which I find to be a bit weird considering they were only sent upstate. I don’t know how long it takes for them to actually GRADE the essays and I’ll tell you that it’s ticking me off to no end that they haven’t even been looked at yet. I worked really, really hard on them and it’s kind of annoying that they’re taking their sweet time. I’m thinking that’s based on the fact that I’m paying for school monthly though. If I would have just given them the $550 up front, I’m sure that it would have been graded already. But since I have another 10 months left before it’s fully paid off, then obviously they can take all the time they want.
This doesn’t mean I’m not going to keep pushing it though. I’d like to get my degree ASAP damn it.
Miscellaneous…
Tax season has come and gone. Dad’s getting back about $5,000 and I owe money, but hey – that’s life! He’s made it a point to say that he’s going to be getting new couches for the living room. Many of you may (or may not) know that a little over a year ago I bought a big double seater wicker chair off Ebay. It was in my room for the first six months or so and then we started moving things around for Christmas and realized we needed another couch in there. So now, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m couch-less. At the time of my purchase, we only had a loveseat and a chair in the living room. The love-seat we’ve had for about 10 years and it was falling apart when we got it. So now, we’re going to head over to some close-out furniture store and pick up a nice new set for about $500. I kind of thought it was going to be an uncomfortable set considering the price, but once I sat down I was in HEAVEN, my back didn’t bother me AT ALL and that’s a very, very rare thing these days. So thankfully in a few weeks I’ll be able to get my couch back in here, this way I’m not stuck in my bed whenever I’m reading. Usually it’s comfortable but now I’m going on six months without any kind of comfort what so ever. :hmph:
So if you haven’t already picked up on it, I’m rather excited about May. March and April turned out to be some very shitty months, I’ll be glad to start picking up and moving on. I’m still very upset about Joe’s passing, but for the most part I know that he’s still here with me, and that’s helping me to wake up in the morning. I guess that’s all that matters.
Site Related
I’ve gotten myself back into a few comment sites. Despair, Exentrique and of course Xposure. Sofar I’m content with them, I’ve already been yelled at by a member or two because I report users who don’t comment, sorry for ya but I follow the rules…unlike you. I’ve wanted to get Provance back up and running for quite some time but am unable to afford the script. I’m really, really ticked off that Russ bought it and let it fucking die the way it did. I’d beat him for it, if he wasn’t MIA for crying out loud.
AcidGloss Related
After a very long down time AcidGlossNET is finally back up and running. My portfolio, as well as design site is all setup into one big site that I’m actually HAPPY with. I intend to add more to it over time, but it’s going to take a little while. I figure, in order to keep on top of things, I’ll just add sites as I create them. It makes things easier.
In any event, this post has gotten a little too long and I’m sure you’re growing bored of it, so I’m going to head off.
What do you guys think of the new theme? Is it colorful enough for you? haha
I think it’s the bomb, the new layout! It’s very…May…ish.
Shit, 1800 bucks? I would love to make that kind of dough. I didn’t make that kind of dough for my 7 months working at Target.
5 dollars for a wireless router? That is a steal! I paid 65 bucks for mine. Can you say ripoff?!
Ooh the site’s colours are awesome! hehe.. very springish.
I’m thinking of joining the comment sites again.. as that way you find more blog to read! So I shall sign up under your referrals 🙂
Oooh fun! Buying new furniture is awesome!
i love the new layout! it’s very clean and brightly coloured, always a good thing for the season.
may’s gonna be an awesome month, maybe because it’s my birthday but you know, may’s always awesome anyway. lol
I like it! Very colorful. Good choice of color though. Reminds me of Easter eggs!
Best advice I can give is…
Go MAC, you’ll never go back! I swear I will never ever buy a computer with Windows ever again. I will continue to use MAC as long as I live.
Hello ;-D I found your site from Tonnie’s, my host. I’m glad that life’s going really well for you at that moment and hope that project goes well! I need to get a job soon. I graduate at the end of this year. Okay well, i exaggerate. I have a about 8 months to go ;-D
😉 mookxi.
Layout looks great Krissy! Very cheerful 🙂 Glad to see acidgloss back up again, everything looks great.
very spring and cheerful and pastel. it fits the season, but when i think krissy, these are the last colors i’d expect 😉
congrats on finding such great prices on everything!
AGn looks great too. I like how it looks professional, but not boring or plain.
oooh i love this theme!! the colors are perfect!! anyways, wtg on finding bargans. a router for 5 bucks, nicce. im sorry u owe money. damn gov…. ooh yeah, thank u for stopping by my site and leaving a sweet comment. and i fixed my portfolio … well i changed the whole layout. please lemme know what you think. okay take care hun, xoxo
I love this theme. It’s so springy and it makes me feel happy lol Anyway, I’m glad that you’re looking forward to May and that things are getting better. You’ve been in my thoughts hun 🙂
As for new couches, that is very yayness. I wish I could stick a couch in my room, but I’ve absolutely no room for one in here. I have too much other junk.
As for provance, have you ever though about setting up a donation fund to see if people wanted a GOOD commenting site back? I would definitely donate some money to it and I’m sure other people would as well. It would totally be worth it. Just a thought.
You were so happy yesterday that you were getting the theme up and acidgloss back, it was good to see you like that.
wow.Joe’s birthday is on the April 27th?
My birthday happens to fall on that day,eep.
Well,I think Acidgloss.net looks fabulous!
Hope you get your degree soon ♥
Lovely theme 🙂 It gives me a real spring feeling! ♥
Yeah I wish Provance would get back online. I’m a member of those other commenting sites too, but Provance was just the best. Oh don’t get me even started about members yelling because of reporting them. I always get messages like: “Well if you had looked at my site you would see I didn’t updated there either”. Well… that’s not my problem. It’s there problem. Why even become a member if you don’t follow the rules?
Good luck with the project and I hope you’ll get your degree soon!
The theme is so simple, laidback and ‘soft’. Love the choice of colours too.
I know how annoying it is when it takes forever to get one’s papers graded – especially if it’s something one has put a lot of thought and effort into. You just get impatient to see the results! Ah, well, I hope you get your degree in time.
I always report people who don’t comment back on despair.nu (just joined Exentrique so no comments on that as yet) and it seems to be a recurring problem. I get annoyed to the point of not bothering but then I think such people clog the system and it’s important that they are chucked out for their laziness. I mean, why join such a site, when you aren’t bothered to do your bit?!
That’s great landing a project like that.
The new theme is very colourful and I love it! Sounds like you’ve been busy busy busy. I hope that they get to grading your essays soon, I’m sure you did wonderfully. Acidgloss looks beautiful by the way!
Oooh I love the theme heh, the colors are just so spring like 😀
That was an awesome price for your router, for mine I think I paid around $70.00 and I can’t get my wireless to work half of the time.
I know what you mean about people getting after you for reporting them for not commenting on despair etc.. I’ve done that plenty of times and always gotten bitched at for it. Oh well though.
Hey!
Nice site you got here! Sorry I was late to comment, please forgive me I’m new to exentrique and I didn’t notice my email was putting it in my junk folder.
sorry to hear you’ll be VERY busy soon, sometimes life gets really stressfull, and that you owe money…. o.O This design looks so summer-ish!
the layout is pretty, the colors are indeed very spring-y =D
congrats on getting that project! and i’m really sorry about your friend joe… i’m actually relatively new to the despair system, but i had no idea that people who got reported knew who the reporters were…. i thought that it was totally confidential and anonymous…. guess not =/
~endless // despair
I love the color combo on this layout and it’s very nice for May.
I have a question for you… what offers does the digital camera freebie have? If there’s one I can do, I could do it if you still need the referral. Maybe we could trade refs? Let me know. I’m not too fond of Freepay and their crediting times.. but I’d hate for their new terms to get you too.
I love the new layout. You did a great job 😀 I’m glad your life is getting better, that’s always a great feeling. And that couch sounds wonderful. Yeah, I repost people who don’t comment too. Can they find out who reports them? That sucks haha. Oh well, if you’re not going to play by the rules then that’s what you get.
Congratulations on the new client, this comment box is way too pink! Well the text is!
Hey girl, this is a pretty fun layout! Thank you for your comments on my blog, they are going to be really helpful when I actually move it to my main domain 🙂 I really love your webpage designing skills, and you’re actually one of the designers that inspire me to keep working at them 😛 ♥ Just thought you should know that. It’s awesome that you joined Xposure.
Yeah, I’m jumping all over the place.
I hope you have a fantastic day! Thanks again for the helpful comments! ♥
Krissy, I really hope you don’t go through HP to get that laptop. After configuring it to bring it up to a decent “standard” you’re looking at already having spent over $1,300 (before shipping).
That’s having:
XP Media Center Edition
AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz)
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M (128MB dedicated)
1.0GB DDR SDRAM
100 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
LightScribe 8x DVD+/-RW&CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer
54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/125HSM/SpeedBooster
Everything else that was “included” in the price I left out, and I didn’t add on the price for their warranty–not sure if you are a person that is interested in them.
At work we’ve got an awesome HP laptop:
I’m not sure if you’ve got a link spam filter on here, so I’ll do it a different way:
these are just skus to HP laptops on best buy.com, just enter them in the search bar and i’ll bring it up for you
7651098
7727515
7768784
You’re still under $1100 for the most part, and if you want a Accidental Damage Performance Service Plan (basically it covers: screen cracking, dropping the laptop, spilling on it, normal wear and tear, manufacturer’s defects, one batter replacement per the 3 yrs, no lemon policy, heat humidity dust and power surge) For those laptops you’re looking at $299-359 for the “ADHPSP” or $199 for the basic (everything BUT accidental damage.)
Good luck with the search for a new laptop when you’re opporunity comes!
ps, http://whmcs.com — thought you might be interested in that.
haha apparently I suck at comments– I meant to put “krissy” in the comment, as if this wasn’t your site i was commenting to, haha.
For some reason I missed the part where you configured the laptop yourself -doh-
But I guess it’s because I don’t want to see you spend more money then you need to, and not get all of what you need. Granted, the laptops through us wouldn’t have everything you need.
But if you aren’t too picky with processors, see if you can get the latest HP:
Hewlett-Packard dv8235nr (7742945)
Intel?Ç¬Æ Core?¢‚Äû¬¢ Duo processor T2300; DL DVD?Ǭ±RW/CD-RW drive; 17″ widescreen; 200GB hard drive capacity; 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM; Windows XP Media Center 2005 with TV tuner; 6-in-1 media reader; LightScribe labeling
It’s on sale right now for $1450, normally $1650.
Price fluctuates every week though, so it may be lower/same price when you get it.
psst sorry for the mass commenting 😉
The laptop looks really good =D
Hopefully they hurry up marking your essays because I understand how annoying it is to have to wait for something!
I am one of the exposure people, who do not follow the rules lmao! I comment on peoples sites but I can never be bothered to check who comments on mine, personally I think it should be there choice, baring in mind I always return comments!
Congrats on the big work deal and the awesome laptop deal. I know that you’re looking forward to getting your hands on that new toy:)