OK, so at about 7:30pm on Friday, September 19, 2008, I went to Circuit City and bought myself a brand-spanking-new HP Pavilion TX2510US Tablet Laptop!!!



*excited* x 1,000,000,000! :D

It's sooo purrty! *drool*

OK, so here's the part all of you computer nerds out there (like me) have been waiting for (the specs):

- It has the latest version of Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1
- It sports an AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-80 (2.1GHz, 2MB Cache)
- It has a high-definition 12.1" touch screen (and stylus) from Wacom
- It has a really big 250GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
- It has 3GB DDR2 SDRAM (2 Dimm)
- It's great for the Internet with 802.11a/b/g/n (draft 802.11n) WLAN, Bluetooth, and a built-in webcam
- It burns LightScribe CDs and DVDs with the Super Multi 8x DVD±RW burner with Dual-Layer support
- It has a really long on-the-go life with the high-capacity 6-Cell Lithium-ion Battery
- It has incredible graphics with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Graphics card with 64MB DDR2 Display Cache
- It's really secure with a built-in biometric fingerprint reader
- All of these features and more fit into this ultra-portable 4.6lb laptop

There are so many others, but my fingers are about to fall off from typing! :D

Oooh, oooh, oooh! And, it accompanies my new 12/MBps Fiber Optic Internet connection*, too! :D

* I haven't gotten this set up yet, because I need to call Quest, but still!

*excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited*
Just thought I'd throw in a few extra of those! XD!

OK, so I'm done. :D

I'm so excited right now, I can barely stand it!! *excited*
I just set up an account with Quest to get Fiber Optic Internet!!!1!!1one!!1! *excited*
Our stuff should be here on Friday, and then, I'll be getting 12/MBps download speeds, which is about 220 times faster than dial-up and four times faster than our current connection through Comcast. O_o

*excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *excited* *dies*

That last one was from excitement overkill. lol!
Just kidding, I don't want to keel over yet. I have yet to try out my new connection! :D

Surprisingly, we're actually going to be paying less than what we were for Comcast, which was only 3/MBps.

Anyways, just thought I'd let you know. :D :D

I just got home and saw this on Gary's (my car) instrument panel:


When I got Gary, he had only 42 miles racked up from test drives. This is a sad day... *cries*

Well, I just discovered a website called TinEye Image Search - an image search engine that uses images to find other similar (or identical) images. The concept (and implementation) of the site is incredible and quite revolutionary.

The first thing I thought when I found out about TinEye was "Wow, this is great! It'll let me figure out if anyone else has used my artwork on the Internet." As much as I hoped that no one had stolen my artwork, it turned out to be just the opposite. I found out that one of my popular photo-manipulations, LOVE had been transformed into a black & white avatar for a series of sites that look as if they've been written in Arabic, and someone else took the image and are using it on Photobucket.

Unfortunately, the TinEye Image Search is still in it's infancy (it's a beta), and just under one billion images have been indexed. One billion may seem like a lot of images, but I would honestly be very surprised if there weren't several trillion images on the Internet.

I do have to say though, I'm going to be using TinEye Image Search a lot more in the future - especially since this is not the first time my artwork has been stolen...

I'm sure I'm probably the only one saying this, but the latest version of Mozilla Firefox - version 3.0 is more of a downgrade than an upgrade. As a web programmer for more than a decade, I have been an avid and faithful Firefox supporter since the beta version of Firefox 1.0. This release, however, was a huge disappointment.
Let me explain:
- The startup time takes quite a bit longer with version 3, as compared to version 2.
- The scaling of the pages is quite a bit different, and in some cases, actually degrading the layout of the webpage - even for 100% W3C standard-compliant sites.
- Frames act very strangely; when pages are supposed to load in a specific frame, they just open in a new tab.
- The "Clear private data" feature, which is best for public computers, does not work; in fact, it doesn't clear any information at all.
- The browser crashes much more often than version 2.
Maybe it's just me, a faulty edition, or the four different computers (with completely different specifications I might add) that I've tried this on, but for the time being, I'm sticking with the last release of Mozilla Firefox 2 - version 2.0.0.14.

Wow, I cannot believe my luck!! I just got back home from a night of fun, amazing photography, and a car wreck in my brand-new 2007 Chevy Cobalt. Tonight was supposed to be (and was) a lot of fun, until this random dark-grey, 2005 Honda Accord (probably with a drunk driver) ran into the side of my car, tearing up the back side, breaking off my tire's hubcap, and making my car spin into a 180° turn. Oh, and did I mention they didn't have their lights on? Regardless, as soon as I stopped, they were on their way down the street, speeding away from the scene. That's when Dave (my passenger) yelled "follow them!" So, without thinking and still in shock, I went down the road, and caught up to get their license plate and description of the car. Dave was on my cell phone reporting the accident to the police. The person who was driving the other car took absolutely nothing into consideration because they were going down one-way streets, running red lights, stop signs, swerving to miss pedestrians, etc. It was really scary and it felt like I was on an episode of COPS, but after what seemed like forever, Dave told me to stop following them and go back to the scene of the accident. I was really shaken up, but we got back to the site where a police officer took a report on the hit and run. When we got back home, I called my car insurance company to report the claim and they told me that my agent would get back with me. Well, I only hope that I don't have to pay for the repairs to my baby, or I might have to declare bankruptcy... Wish me luck!

OK, I should probably update you all on my life as of late; Steve and I broke up on Sunday, November 11th. At first, I expected it to be just a separation, but I think today, I finally realized that it has actually happened. I am officially single, yet I am no where close to truly accepting the fact.
All I can think of right now is the lyrics to Shania Twain's song, "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing".

Hope life's been good to you
since you've been gone
I'm doin' fine now--I've finally moved on
It's not so bad--I'm not that sad

I'm not surprised just how well I survived
I'm over the worst, and I feel so alive
I can't complain--I'm free again

[Chorus:]
And it only hurts when I'm breathing
My heart only breaks when it's beating
My dreams only die when I'm dreaming
So, I hold my breath--to forget

Don't think I'm lyin' 'round cryin' at night
There's no need to worry, I'm really all right
I've never looked back--as a matter of fact

[Repeat Chorus]

It only hurts when I breathe

Mmm, no, I've never looked back--
as a matter fact

[Repeat Chorus]

Hurts when I'm breathing
Breaks when it's beating
Die when I'm dreaming
It only hurts when I breathe

Why must love be such a bitch!? *cries*

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OMG, I think I broke my car...
I was on my way home from work and all of a sudden, I heard a boom come from my car and then, there was a bunch of smoke coming from all around it. I looked into my rear-view mirror and saw some parts fall off. As to what they were or if they were important, I don't know, but I do know that I won't be driving my car again since I no longer feel safe in it. I need a new car quick, but I'm kind of broke at the moment - it's only $4,000 in the hole! Fortunately, there is a bright side to this mess: I don't work tomorrow, so I have one day to make four-thousand dollars and buy a new car... I am royally fucked!

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Wow, what a day! I have to admit that I was having a very difficult time keeping that "Wal-Mart smile" on my face today! Every once in a while, I'll have to deal with an angry customer or two who come through my line. I try to make them as happy as possible (even though, that's probably not going to happen). Anyways, that doesn't usually happen, but today, it was like they let out an angry mob of customers who were out for vengeance!!
Let me explain: I was working at one of the two lanes where tobacco-products are allowed to be sold and a woman got in line to get about $70 of food and other items. She wanted to pay with her food stamps card, which as a cashier, we're supposed to treat that kind of tender as a debit transaction - it goes through pretty much the same, but it just takes another step. Anyways, she obviously couldn't tell her ass from her hand, because she kept pressing the wrong buttons on the payment & bank card console, and after four tries, I asked her if I could give it a try. Well, since I am trained in that sort of thing, it went right through, but there was a remainder of about $24 which she wanted to have put on the same card, but under the "cash" setting instead. Because this was "technically" two separate forms of payment, I had to get her to swipe her card again and she was obviously getting very angry because she had to reach into her purse to get out her card (after I told her that that would have to happen if she wanted to pay like she did). Well, she swiped her card (even though I strongly hinted that I should do it for her) and well, what-do-ya-know, she messed it up again! I got her to give the card to me so that I could enter it in, but for some reason the card was denied and I couldn't figure out why. The journal slip that printed out said that she didn't have the funds available, yet on the same slip, it said she had about $27 left over, which was more than the total amount due. Well, I had to get my CSM (Customer Service Manager) over to help me out while the woman went over to the Customer Service area to use a pay phone so she could call and figure out why it wasn't going through. Well, I had several other customers waiting in line (already getting very frustrated) and so I asked my CSM if she could suspend the transaction until that customer got back. For some reason, the transaction was unable to be suspended, so it had to be voided out completely, meaning that woman would have to go through the line again and have all of her items scanned once more.
Well, the guy who was next in line came up to get some cancer sticks (aka cigarettes). He told me that he wanted a regular carton of Winston cigarettes. Well, I don't smoke and quite honestly, I don't know that much about any kind of tobacco product (I'm still learning where they are, what they are, and everything else). I began looking for the Winston box (which at the moment, I wasn't thinking clearly because of the stress from the previous customer). The guy began raising his voice telling me "it's the fucking carton, not the box!" and then he said to the customer behind him "I'm just here for some god-damn cigarettes, can't I get some decent service anywhere!?" Well, I finally found the carton, but it was in "lights" and I told him that we must be out of the regular ones, so he said "just give me the damn lights, then!" Even though he looked as though he was 50 years old, I seriously considered asking him for his ID because I knew that he didn't have it with him. I decided against that because he did "look" over 27 years old and I could get in trouble for denying the sale of an item to a customer who can legally acquire it. Anyways, I sold him his cancer sticks and he left.
Just then, the first customer-lady came up to me and said it should go through now (she was under the impression that her order was still available, so she could just get it and go). Well, I told her that the order had to be voided out and that she was going to have to start over. I apologized to the woman for the inconvenience and told her that I would do everything I can to make it go through as quickly and as accurately as possible. OMG, by this time, I was really stressed out and it was very visibly so! I was actually beginning to convulse because of it.
Well, obviously she was pissed off, so she began telling everyone she saw that she was having to start over with her order. Well, thank you very much, you stupid bitch!! That didn't help at all, because then all of the customers seemed to act as if they thought I was incompetent and couldn't do my job worth crap. Well, I've only been there two-fucking weeks!!! Give me a break, already!!
Anyways, I managed to get a few other customers through without reaching over my register and strangling them or asking them "would you like a complimentary bitch-slap with your order today?"! Then, I got back to the woman who, apparently was a bologna sandwich short of a picnic. This time, however, I asked her if she would like these as two separate orders just to make sure that it could go through as smoothly as possible. She agreed. I managed to get all of her stuff rescanned and bagged (into the same bags per her request) without taking my pen and jabbing it into her eye. I totaled it up and asked her to swipe her card. This time, she wanted to do it all by herself (as was the time before when she kept messing it up) because according to her, "I must be doing something wrong!"
"Yeah, I'm doing something wrong, even though I've done those kinds of transactions like a million times now, whereas you have (admittedly) never done it. Whatever lady, just get your stuff and go!" I thought. For some reason or other, it actually went through for both transactions sans error! Now, why couldn't this have been the case the first time, I may never know...
Fortunately, another cashier was there to relieve me after she left, so that I could go on my wannabe break of 15 minutes and "relax" from my already hectic two hours there.
I am so glad that I have tomorrow off, because even though I only worked for 4 hours today, I already need a day off!

Last night, I had a dream where I decided to go to the mall. I hopped in my car and somehow, magically appeared there. I began looking around and found this mysterious restaurant that was hidden by some bushes. I was like ^_^, so I went up to the cashier troll-lady creature and suddenly, there were like a million people there standing in line. I was like "No!", so I got in second place behind some blond girl. No one seemed to care that I cut in front of everybody else, but I should have been like, "Move aside honey! This is my dream, not yours!"
So anyways, the cashier began speaking to the girl in French, and even though the girl didn't know French, she seemed to understand perfectly and responded in English. The cashier creature then began babbling about how she was at Harvard, majoring in 157 different fields. Suddenly, Enya came onto my alarm clock waking me up and the first thing I thought when I woke up was "Damnit, I didn't get my nachos! I couldn't afford them anyways..."

OK, that's all! :D

Awesomeness! Today is my sister's birthday and in one week from today on May 20th, I am going to celebrate my 22nd birthday on this wonderful rock called Earth!

^{*cough* Money is on my birthday wishlist this year. *cough*}

OK, that is all! :D

[Original: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 @ 6:25pm]
Mood: Eager
OMG, I just went to my local Wal-Mart store and filled out an application for employment! In the application process, there was a pre-employment assessment test that everyone had to pass before becoming eligible for employment. Well, I have good news: I passed, so in theory, I should be getting a phone call from Wal-Mart soon...
So anyways, I'm done!

[Edit #1: Friday, May 4, 2007 @ 3:02pm]
Mood: Excited
OMG, I just spoke to the Wal-Mart interviewer lady and we scheduled an interview for Monday, May 7th at 3:00pm!
That's all...

[Edit #2: Monday, May 7, 2007 @ 11:32pm]
Mood: Eager
Today at 3:00pm, I went to down to Wal-Mart for my job interview. I was as nervous as a porcupine in a balloon factory, but I tried to relax so that I wouldn't be so jittery. I went into the first [of three] interviews and I was drilled by an assistant manager. He was a really nice guy and he seemed to like me. The first one went much better than I expected, so I became really optimistic about getting a job there! Well, until I was told I had another interview...
I have to admit this made me even more nervous than I was for the first interview, but I went out to the waiting area and began to relax again. Shortly afterwards, I went into the second interview; this one didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but it did turn out well enough for me to be [officially] offered a position at Wal-Mart!
After that part was over, I spoke to the co-manager (who helps manage a team of like 450 employees). OMG, he was awesome! He seemed like such a fun person to work for! So anyways, he told me about Wal-Mart's policies, that it's a drug-free workplace, that it's an equal opportunity employer, etc.
I was told that my offer would be revoked if I didn't pass a background check and a drug test and I had to get those done before I could start. After all three interviews were finished, I left Wal-Mart and I went down to the local clinic place where got my drug test done. I know that passed because I've never done illegal drugs - only prescription and I haven't been on any of that since May 5, 2004. LOL! Anyways, the only thing that's left is my background information check and I'm sure that will pass too. I've never had any felonies or anything, so I'm sure it'll work out. :D
I know you're not supposed to "count your chicks before they hatch" and whatnot, but I'm very confident that I'll be the newest Wal-Mart cashier.
Thanks for reading and good night!

[Edit #3: Friday, May 11, 2007 @ 12:45am]
Mood: Excited
OK, this is the last update for this journal entry, I promise! :D
On Wednesday, I got a voicemail from a manager lady at Wal-Mart asking me to call her back. I called back and was informed that my background check, drug test, etc. came out fine and that I can come in on Tuesday, May 15th at 10:00am for a six-hour [paid] orientation, which will be qualified as my first day on the job! :)
Employee discount, here I come! LOL!

P.S. Earlier today, I went to get some clothes that will conform to the dress code and... well, what better place than Wal-Mart can I get my clothes for my job at Wal-Mart? XD!

OMG, I'm so excited right now I can barely stand it!!!
I went downtown earlier in my car (which is now in working condition) and I went to 16th Street Mall where I splurged and purchased a brand-new [black] Canon Digital Rebel XTi!
I got this camera because even though my old camera (Canon PowerShot G3) was a fantastic piece of equipment, I felt (along with several different professional photographers) that I've outgrown it and needed a better one to let my talent and creativity flourish.
Anyways, I also got a 4GB Lexar Professional CompactFlash card since I know my 1GB, 256MB, and two 32MB CompactFlash cards won't hold as many pictures as I'd like. So now, I have a total of ~5,440MB of storage (or about 584 pictures at RAW format).
It cost me like $1,300, but it is sooo worth it!!

Anyways, I just wanted to share my joy! :D

P.S. I will be adding a journal about my trip to Cancún, México when I finish writing it (it's going to be a really long one).

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Or not...
Apparently my freedom was short-lived.

Soon after I moved to Colorado, I purchased a car through my sister's husband, Danny (mid-January). I was told it was the best one they had and that I got a pretty good deal on it. Since I know like absolutely nothing about cars (except how to drive one), I believed them.
Unfortunately, I've had nothing but problems with it since I got it almost three months ago.
Let me explain:
A few days before I bought the car, my sister drove it to our mom's house and about half-way there, the front left tire blew out almost causing us to get into a wreck. Fortunately, we were only startled. Obviously, that tire had to be replaced before getting it back home, so I used my cell phone to call Danny. He was trying to figure out where we were, so he could come help. I don't know where anything is in Denver (because I haven't been able to get out much) and my sister doesn't know the area very well either because she doesn't live very close to our mom. All we knew was that we were on I-70 somewhere (I-70 is a big highway). Well, my cell phone began beeping telling me that the battery was about to die and my sister didn't have her phone with her, so I had to call our mom and ask her to talk to Danny for us. Fortunately, some random guy came over to help us change the tire and after a while, it was fixed and we drove the rest of the way home. Danny didn't have to come out after all. About two days after I bought the car, the replacement tire went flat. Due to circumstances beyond my control (such as this), up until about mid-March, it was sitting in my mother's driveway, just wasting away.
Well, my mother knows the manager of a local Sears Auto Center and so about three weeks ago, we brought in the original tire and he fixed it. He apparently used a tire that was too small, because after we got back home, we put it back on my car where it went flat again. About a week later, we decided to go to Discount Tire Company and get a brand-new tire, so we went back home and after almost killing ourselves, we got it on.
A few days later, I tried to start my car to get some more stuff done and what-do-you-know, the battery was dead! Now, we had to go to Wal-Mart to get a portable battery jumper so that I could start my car. After we got back home, we sucessfully jumped it, but by doing so, we realized that the gas tank was empty! Well, we went back out; this time to get two gallons of gasoline in my mom's portable gas bucket. We came back and filled it up some, but realized there was no gas cap. Now, it had some juice, but it would fail the emissions test if we didn't get another gas cap! My mom had to get some sleep because she works the early shift, so we had to wait. That night, I left with my boyfriend for the week and when I got back home, she had gotten one from the store. Thank you, Mom!
OK, so the other day, we had planned on going to the emissions place to get my car tested. We had to jump-start my car again, but before we got to the emissions place, we went to the gas station to fill up my gas tank some more (it was still under 1/4). Unfortunately, we realized that we couldn't turn off my engine because it probably wouldn't start again and we needed to get it filled up because the emissions place uses a lot of gasoline when they're testing your car. Well, we decided to risk life and limb by filling up my car while it was still on. Don't try this at home, kids! Fortunately, we got it full without blowing up the gas station or harming anyone. After we got it full of gas, we went over to the air-pump to fill up my other three tires (all of which are almost flat). We got to the pump and read a note that said "Out of order". Fan-flamin'-tastic! Fortunately, I noticed that there was a Grease Monkey around the corner, so we went over there and asked them to fill up our tires. They filled them up and in doing so, we were informed that Discount Tire Company gave us a tire that's way too big, so whenever I turn my car, the [new] tire will literally be getting cut by the car's frame. Now we have to go back to Discount Tire Company to get a different tire, but we're going to do that later.
Well, we [finally] made it to the emissions place, waited in line for like an hour and then we finally got some good news! Our first break of the year! My car actually passed the emissions test. Finally, some progress! I thought. After we got home, I got some dinner and went to bed.
I got up early the next morning so I could call the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) to ask about getting my license plates. I was told that the only four things I needed to bring in were my title, my driver's license, proof of insurance, and the emissions test results. When my mother got home from work, we went down to the DMV where I planned on getting my license plates (or at least the temporary tags). When we got there, the woman I talked to said that the title wasn't filled out "properly" and that we needed to have a VIN verification test done. She then told me that they could do the VIN verification test right there, so I asked her if we could do the test right then. She said they stopped doing it at 3:00pm. This really pissed me off, because it was two-f***ing minutes after 3:00pm and we began talking to the bitch like five minutes before 3:00pm.
Well, because of the damn Department of Motor Vehicles, I called my sister's husband [at about 3:30pm] and asked him if he could fill out the rest of the title (since he's the one who sold me the car) and possibly fix my rear window that won't roll back up. He said he gets off of work at 4:30pm and he would come over after that. Apparently that's not going to happen because it's now after 9:00pm. I can't do anything else with my car until I get the rest of the title filled out and the VIN verification test done.
Tomorrow, we might be going to the emissions place again to get this damn test done so we can wait another day to go get the license plates from the DMV.
I just hope my call for freedom comes soon! Wish me luck!

OK, I've been kinda watching a TV show called "Whacked Out Sports" on Spike TV. Actually, the TV is just on after I watched a movie with my mother.
Anyways in this show, there are cars that around literally bouncing up and down, a horse race where the jockey's horses are trampling over each other, and a thing called "twenty seconds of a hot chick" where a woman is putting away dishes in a string bikini. Now there's a clip of a guy who went skiing with a camera attached to his helmet or something. He just jumped off of a cliff and landed on the rocks below! Tsk, tsk, tsk...
Honestly, I don't understand how this can be entertaining. Can someone please explain this to me? I mean seriously, does this kind of thing really turn on straight guys or something? *confused*

OK, that is all. I just thought you'd all like to know that I don't understand men. :D

I require sleep, yet for some unknown reason, I am still awake. *yawns*
I shall now go forth and crawl into bed...

OMG, it's official! I'm going to Cancun, Mexico in April!!! I talked with my boyfriend a few hours ago and he told me that he made the reservations! :D

"But you just got back from Las Vegas!" you might be thinking. How? Why!? Don't worry young ones, traveling isn't just for the wealthy anymore! :D

This is going to be totally shweet!!! I suppose I need to work on my Spanish some...
Yo quiero Taco Bell.
and...
¿Dónde están mis pantalones? *giggle*
I shall take many photos and such!
Thank you so much, Steve!! I love you!! <3

Well then, take a nap and then fire the missiles! LMAO!

For some reason unknown to humankind, I am increasingly tired. I shall go to bed shortly...
Au revoir !

OMG! *tilts head*