More story ideas. These could be used for either a tabletop rpg, a mush, written stories, or a combination of things.

8/1: none 8/2: none 8/3: none 8/4: none 8/5: none 8/6: none 8/7: none 8/8: none 8/9: none 8/10: none 8/11: walking, 30 min 8/12: none 8/13: walking, 30 min 8/14: walking, 30 min 8/15: none 8/16: none 8/17: none 8/18: walking, 30 min 8/19: none 8/20: none 8/21: none 8/22: none 8/23: none 8/24: walking, 40 min 8/25: up and down stairs 6 times :) 8/26: none 8/27: walking, 30 min 8/28: none 8/29: none 8/30: walking, 30 min 8/31: walking, 30 min

Monday: Took air conditioner back to Fry’s. The guy wanted to give me a hard time and asked why I didn’t notice the damage until after I took it home. I just said I was in a hurry when I bought it, and waited to see what else he would say. I guess he expected the manager to give me a hard time too, but the other guy just came and entered his code, and he seemed to be more distracted by the new data entry screen than by my return. Anyway, I won’t be buying any more major appliances from Fry’s… what a hassle that was. ...

Friends (and you know who you are) - please, if you’re going to post quiz results, or anything with pictures in it, please put in an lj-cut tag! If I have you bookmarked on my friends page, it’s probably because I like reading what you write, and you’re cool enough to pay attention to. Take that as a compliment! But personally I don’t really care for quizzes, because they’re 1) they’re basically ads, 2) they contain large pictures, and 3) it’s something you didn’t write, and I much prefer to read about what you think, feel, and believe. ...

I am switching my user pic to the “pain” pic this week, to show sympathy and support for gaaneden. Hang in there!

Good thing: Finally got the old air conditioner installed in the window. Bad thing: It’s not quite powerful enough to cool the front room. Good thing: We installed some curtains to separate the front room from the dining room. Bad thing: Still not enough cooling power, or the curtains aren’t working well. Good: Bought a new air conditioner on July 20. Bad: New air conditioner is way too heavy to haul upstairs myself. Good: My friend John helped me haul it upstairs! yay! Bad: Haven’t been motivated to install it until this weekend. Good: Motivated. Saturday. Bad: AC unit has a corner caved in. Outside of case looks terrible. Good: Who cares about cosmetic damage? I sure don’t. Bend it back out. Bad: Whoah, there’s some copper pipes right inside there that look bent up too. Good: Well I should probably test this thing before I rip the old one out of the window. Bad: No cool air, fan just moves around air that’s the same temperature as the room. Good: This thing comes apart for easy installation, maybe I should take the outside case off Bad: Oh look, this copper pipe is bent all to hell in three places. Good: Well I guess I should give it one more try, I wonder if I could straighten this pipe here Bad: No good, the pump part heats up pretty good but doesn’t deliver heated liquid to the radiator. Bad: OK looks like I’m going to have to take it back. Where the hell is the receipt? Good: OK found the receipt. Bad: Now how am I going to get it back down the stairs? Good: Well I have been putting off buying a hand truck, might as well do that now. Bad: Now I need to figure out how to tie this box to the hand truck because it’s so huge ...

Various ideas that may or may not become part of a story.

I went to dinner at California Noodle House, and had noodle soup (#7) spring rolls, soda lemonade and cafe su da (sp?). Everything was excellent. I also poked at the to-do list a bit more. I am slowly cleaning up my desk. I guess I should put away some clothes from the pile on the bed so I will have a place to sleep. I was dismayed to find a flea yesterday, jumping about in the bathroom. I killed it, but there are probably more. Well, we have been saying how we would like to get hardwood floors, maybe now is the time. Anyway I need to get some boric acid and sprinkle it into the carpet.

Well, Michelle made it safely to her plane, though it was too late to check her bag, it was small enough to carry on, so everything seems to have worked out. She is going to visit her friend amcnh. I am not sure what I am going to do with myself for 10 days, but there are a few things on the to-do list I could do, I guess. (See previous entry) ...

This is the current to-do list. Both long-term and short-term items seem to be jumbled together. Hmm.