So all sorts of things have been going on around here, and not all of them have been very good. I Had a great night with my girlfriend the night before Thanksgiving. We went out to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Some how, she had managed to never go there before that night. She really enjoyed it and we both enjoyed each other’s company immensely.
Thanksgiving Day was pretty good. I went to my brother’s house and he, my mom, one of my brother’s friends, and I went out to a restaurant to eat. Once again the dining and company were very much enjoyed and appreciated.
Enter issues:
Issue number 1 -
My girlfriend and I planned on going to visit an old friend of ours that we haven’t seen in a long time. They never got back to us so that feel through pretty quick. She was much more upset then I was. Not to say that it wasn’t a let down for me. I was really looking forward to seeing her (our friend), but it’s been so long that I can stand to wait longer. My girlfriend on the other hand, used to see her all the time and now hasn’t been down to visit in like 5 months. Prior to that, they used to hang out a lot, and were best friends.
Issue number 2 -
This stems from issue number 1. Since my mini-roadtrip was more or less canceled, I had the time to finish up my segment for the show. That in itself is a good thing, except for the fact that we managed to loose a very important piece of hardware that I needed, A FREAKING MOTHERBOARD! Now really, who on Earth can loose a damned motherboard with a freaking video card attached? The stupid thing just disappeared! Now, crisis averted, we realized that we had another spare that actually suited our needs better. The problem itself then stems to issue number 3.
Issue number 3 -
Due to the original lack of mobo, D and I searched high and low all over the apartment. We searched all day pretty much. This threw us into a pretty bad funk. With that and some other things that didn’t work out in our favor, it just seemed like nothing was going right. My girlfriend comes over in a pretty chipper and happy mood, and that falls off pretty quickly, because, like me, she feeds off the ambient emotional state. D and I find the replacement mobo, we get to work on the project and feel better, she doesn’t. That makes for a less than enjoyable evening, trying to cheer her up and still get some work done.
Issue number 4 – The Funk continues….
She never really gets out of her bad mood, and we end up having a long talk behind closed doors. She thinks that she’s being too demanding. I don’t think that’s the case at all. She might be a little demanding, but I don’t think it’s anything out of the ordinary. I certainly have to take some of the blame. I just don’t manage my time well. Granted, time is not something that I have a lot of anymore. We do this show for fun, but we promised quality content delivered and a regular interval.
Hak.5 promised to come out on the 5th of every month and always contain high quality content in an informative and entertaining manner. We don’t get paid for this (though we would like to!) and we do it now only for the sheer love of it. A promise is a promise though, so we work hard and use most of our ‘free’ time to work on the show and make sure that it is ready for delivery on the 5th. A commitment like that doesn’t really allow for a text book, regular type relationship. I have so much time vested in this that I like my significant other here just so that I can give her a hug and a kiss when I have a break. She does come over a lot when we are working, and that is at my request. Maybe I should stop that, because it is mostly selfish. I just enjoy her presence, even if it is just her sitting on the couch, reading a book while D and I are trying to figure out how to shoot something, and what to say.
Issue number 5 -
We have had a lack of internet at night here. The past few nights, our cable internet just likes to crap out anywhere between 6pm and 9pm. The repair man just came and went. Appearantly, the connection is good from the cable box to the modem, so it isn’t due to lack of connectivity. He actually said that there is too much signal going to the modem. It was explained to me that the modem has an optimum operating signal range from -5 to +9, above or below that, it will crap out the connection. We have a +19. He’s having maintenance come out and look for a bad amplifier or something. To me, that still doesn’t explain why our connection is good during the day, then dies when it gets cold.
Anyway, that should pretty much catch everyone up to speed, and I hope I don’t get flamed for getting ‘too personal’ in my personal blog…..boy if that doesn’t sound odd.
–Wess
