Home again home again, jiggity jog.

[fangirl_says]

I'm home, whoot! Had a great time, but oh my GOD, I'm glad to be back. More about the work conference/vacation later. I missed you guys! I'm still pissed at the hotel for charging $10 a DAY for internet access, which basically meant no net for me for the past six days. I did sneak onto the guest computer in the lobby a couple of times to see if anything drastic showed up in email (and to sign into the internet class), but I have NO clue what's going on in the world beyond that.

Please, please, PLEASE, someone summarize anything important that happened while I was gone. LJ, news, fandom, entertainment, ANYTHING. I feel so out of the loop. *puppydog eyes*

I did hear this morning that Obama picked Joe Biden as his running mate. Obviously, I'm disappointed it's not Clinton, but to be honest, it's not surprising. There's some apalling (and undeserved) hatred for Hillary in this country, and from a strictly political point of view, she could've been a detriment to the Democratic ticket. Plus, Biden has the experience to balance out Obama's relative inexperience. On a purely personal note, Joe Biden lectured during a government class of mine back at USC about 20 years ago, and he impressed me a lot. So, I'm trying to move on from the disappointments of the Democratic race (Edwards dropping out, Hillary conceding defeat, Edwards' indescretions and the infuriating media frenzy over what should've been between Edwards and Elizabeth) and get excited about the Obama/Biden ticket.

Speaking of being excited, I can't even explain how happy I am to be taking classes again and working towards teacher licensure. That may change as the semester goes on, but for now, WHEEE, I'm a student again. :D Taking classes online is a whole new world, y'all; it's gonna take some getting used to. I've also gotta get my hands on a copy of Word, because assignments have to be Word docs. The copy on my laptop is the trial version, plus it's the 2007 version, which seems unnecessarily complicated. Anyone know where I can get a *cough*free*cough* copy of Word 2003?

I dunno what's going on with me; all of a sudden I'm wanting to spruce things up -- the house, my blogs, myself. I swear, it's like I'm nesting (first person who asks if I'm pregnant gets whacked over the head with a dead fish).

Anyway, I'm gonna dive into the flist and see how far back I can get. Later, classwork! Bwee!

Edit: Has anyone procured the SPN season 3 DVDs yet?

Edit II: What's this I hear about SGA getting cancelled?!

Edit III: Did I mention how grateful I am to my job for the mostly-free beach vacation? No? OMG SO GRATEFUL. What job pays for you and your family to go to the beach, and then only expects you to go to interesting workshops in return? THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME JOB.

Comments

[fangirlsays.livejournal.com]

Whee, another teaching student! I'm almost definitely going for middle school science. :D

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

Well, there's the SUPERNATURAL SEASON 3 GAG REEL ON YOUTUBE

[fangirlsays.livejournal.com]

Ooh, awesomesauce! Thankees. :D

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

Welcome! That's pretty much the only thing I'm flipping out about. =oP

[http://users.livejournal.com/desertelf_/]

since i am knocked up, would you mind passing along that nesting instinct to me? our house looks like a hurricane went through it and i haven't the energy to even try to clean it up...

[zillah975]

Season 3 is out??

And yes, SGA got canceled. After this season, they say they're gonna give us a movie, but no more weekly fix. *cries*

[sasha-davidovna.livejournal.com]

Have you tried OpenOffice? It's not Word, but you can save as .doc and I've never had any compatibility problems at all in over two years.

http://www.openoffice.org/

[un-conscience.livejournal.com]

Welcome home. We're glad you're back!

Internet news: go vote for your favorite design at [Unknown site tag]! I know you mentioned 3 you liked, but I don't know if you listed them order.

I like the choice of Joe Biden, but don't know if it's enough to overcome Obama's inexperience. Then again, I hear McCain's going to pick Mitt Romney. *shudders* The good news is *anything* is better than present. (Oh, that reminds me! There was a FABULOUS LOLCats a few weeks back. I'll have to try to find it for you.)

I don't know about free Word 2003, but check out http://openoffice.org. The guys who fixed my computer say it's COMPLETELY compatible with MS Office.

Spurred by the posting of the gag reel (which I am avoiding), I popped over to Amazon. Someone said there's NO commentary on the DVD set and I wanted to check it out. (Didn't find an answer, tho.) There were 51 reviews, 48 of which didn't know they're supposed to review the DVD set, NOT the tv show. Good grief! So let's do the math:

3/4 season * 100% price (- any possible sale special) + no commentary = 1 pissed off me!

[zanne68.livejournal.com]

I see no one has mentioned yet that The Christmas Cottage trailer is out. Cuddly Jared!