Maybe I’ve become a weepy little bitch in my old age of 35 (egads, just typing that makes me a weepy little bitch), but I swear, EVERY TIME I see this recent Folgers coffee commercial where hunky brother comes home and the parents stayed up all night to wait for his arrival but he shows up late and his sister opens the front door and when he gives her a gift she takes the bow and puts it on him and tells him, “you’re my present this year.” TEARS EVERYTIME. WHY????? It’s such a ridiculously cliched commercial and just like the one from the 80’s where 
“Peter” the (again) hunky son (at least if you consider it was the 1980s) comes home to the smell of Folgers. These commercials shamefully manipulate your basest emotions, whether that emotion is the arrival of nice hotness or just the whole long-separated family member comes home and everyone is happy. Also, that the coffee was the thing that made it happen. Specifically the Folgers. Obviously. Although I drink Maxwell House at home so maybe that is preventing random hot guys from coming over. That’s probably for the best then. 🙂
There is also that other commercial with the annoyingly cute “Jingle the Husky Pup” that makes me think I need to have that, just for the cute little stuffed husky pup you get and the fact that it barks when you say certain things. Maybe this just means that we need to get a dog. I keep leaning towards that conclusion and try to keep coming up with reasons why not. It would definitely be a humongous change of lifestyle for both Larry & I, but I think it would be basically awesome to have a dog. We will have to keep this in mind still.
Other News from this part of the world:
- Larry has been making our loft office even more cool. I have to upload the photos and post them here (later today when I get home) but he got these cool wall labels made that were clocks, and we have 4 of them, one for each time zone. They’re labeled with meaningful cities, so Pacific is Santa Monica, Mountain is Colorado Springs, Central is San Antonio, and Eastern is New York. It’s pretty much AWESOME. Can’t wait to show here. Jan 2013 Update – Here are the pics:
06-Dec-2011 16:04, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
06-Dec-2011 16:26, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 250
06-Dec-2011 16:27, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 400
06-Dec-2011 16:27, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
06-Dec-2011 16:28, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.5, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
06-Dec-2011 16:28, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.5, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
06-Dec-2011 17:02, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.2, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
06-Dec-2011 18:01, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 250
06-Dec-2011 20:21, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 3.5, 7.152mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 800
06-Dec-2011 20:22, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.5, 10.262mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 1250
06-Dec-2011 20:22, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 320
06-Dec-2011 20:22, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 320
06-Dec-2011 20:23, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 400
- Larry will be heading back to NYC this weekend and I follow him out there the following weekend, where I’ll be working at both 30 Rock and Englewood Cliffs while he will be visiting with his sister while she’s getting ready to have a baby. Exciting times! Can’t wait to go back to “The City” as well as see a lot of our friends and my coworkers there. Plus I get to finally wear my heavy coats again!!! I swear I miss wearing my awesome Michael Kors peacoat. That thing is timeless AND awesome.
- I rebuilt my PC again – I think another post is in order to fully document it but I did that during the Thanksgiving Weekend. My PC is insane now. Pics and Post to come. Jan 2013 Update – Here are the pics from that little adventure; I’m ready to do it again, to be honest!:
The obsolete-yet-unaware-of-that-status PC
25-Nov-2011 13:18, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 400
Getting a gander at the existing PC case
25-Nov-2011 13:18, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 400
All the new pieces! New MB, new graphics card, new memory (8 GB), and a new processor
25-Nov-2011 13:19, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 100
Intel inside, baby. i7-2600. Recommended at that point in time!
25-Nov-2011 13:19, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.2, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 125
My iPad served as the manual to follow while doing this upgrade. I'm no rookie, but it helps to have this.
25-Nov-2011 13:20, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.5, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 160
25-Nov-2011 13:22, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 200
Ah, the guts. Some would be afraid to venture here. I am not.
25-Nov-2011 13:23, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 200
Time to unplug and rip all this shit out. I mean, remove these components gently for Larry's use!
25-Nov-2011 13:31, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 250
I do love to rebuild a PC
25-Nov-2011 13:31, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 200
Clearing the way to get the old mobo and processor out
25-Nov-2011 13:36, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 125
It's all Larry's now - time for you guys to become a Hackintosh!
25-Nov-2011 13:39, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 400
I'm sure he'll figure it out
25-Nov-2011 13:39, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 400
The canvas is clean
25-Nov-2011 13:40, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 200
With a new mobo, you typically get a new plate for your connections. NEAT.
25-Nov-2011 13:41, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 125
The motherboard fits!
25-Nov-2011 13:53, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 200
The power....the POWER!
25-Nov-2011 13:54, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 160
Getting out the new heatsink and fan - these processors would immolate themselves without this.
25-Nov-2011 13:55, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 160
Yep - Moore's Law is amazing. So much power in such a tiny little chip.
25-Nov-2011 13:55, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400
Placing the chip on the mobo
25-Nov-2011 13:56, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 200
Easy peasy
25-Nov-2011 13:56, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.5, 10.262mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 800
Heatsink and Fan kit is attached and connected to the power plug on the mobo
25-Nov-2011 14:00, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.2, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 200
These red teeth are the two 4GB sticks of memory about to make me very happy.
25-Nov-2011 14:04, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 5.831mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 250
Make sure to push hard on these so they snap firmly into place. The anchor tabs MUST lock them in.
25-Nov-2011 14:05, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 3.2, 6.271mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 320
That's the video card. 1GB of bliss.
25-Nov-2011 14:08, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 5.174mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 200
Another thing that takes a bit of force to ensure proper seating and connection.
25-Nov-2011 14:10, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.5, 4.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 200
Look at those chrome pipes! We're talking power here, people.
25-Nov-2011 14:10, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.5, 9.147mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
Now you just have to plug in all the power cords you can
25-Nov-2011 14:10, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.0, 8.48mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 400
25-Nov-2011 14:21, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 5.831mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 200
25-Nov-2011 14:22, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.0, 16.824mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
25-Nov-2011 14:23, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.0, 16.824mm, 0.04 sec, ISO 800
And connect your drives.
25-Nov-2011 14:39, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 200
And this could be the most annoying part - the Case wires for lights, reset, etc.
25-Nov-2011 14:39, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.0, 12.732mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 800
Lose some weight, jerk!
25-Nov-2011 14:43, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.0, 4.3mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 400
Even when you think you've done it all perfectly, you can find you're quite wrong.
25-Nov-2011 14:46, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 400
Never let me be photographed from this angle EVER again.
25-Nov-2011 14:47, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 320
Always good that you can get into BIOS and see your hard drives and disk drives
25-Nov-2011 14:47, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.0, 8.036999mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 320
Even better when you can get into the Windows 7 OS installation screens!
25-Nov-2011 15:01, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 2.8, 4.3mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 200
- Video Game News (skip if you’re not a geek like me): I finished Grand Theft Auto 4 finally. Well worth it to finally get that done – now I just need to also finish the other Grand Theft Autos from the III series, like San Andreas, Vice City and the original. I’m also playing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and man, that thing is really cool. Plus, with my super-powered rig, it can do full on awesome graphics. I also just finished Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. I was so stoked to play this as it took place mostly in Constantinople (or Istanbul, as it’s called now and funny enough, it was called that back in the 1500s too by the locals, at least according to the game) which Larry & I had just visited on our cruise this year. I’ve been to pretty much all the primary locations from the Assassin’s Creed 2 series in real life, including Florence (AC2), Venice (AC2), Rome (AC2 & AC:B), and Istanbul (AC:R). I’ll miss Ezio. Now I want to get back into Batman: Arkham City and Uncharted 3. I LOVE VIDEO GAMES.
Alright, I think that’s enough for now. There will be some upcoming posts with either pictures or the PC upgrade post. I like to keep track of what I’ve been doing in that realm as well as what pieces I use. Awesomely enough, Larry was able to use my components that I replaced to build a “Hackintosh”, which is basically making a PC into a Mac, which is not something Apple really wants you to do. But doing that means you can build a much more powerful system that what Apple may give you, plus you’re not paying the Apple “premium” too. He seems to be very very happy with the performance he gets out of it as the components I replaced really weren’t that obsolete, as I had bought them just under 2 years ago and they were almost top-of-the-line then.
Okay, back to work, Hobie. Someone’s bound to notice you’re not being productive for NBCU…. sshh…..
