blog from the wireless sticks

no real point to this message, not sure there is a point to a lot of my messages :)

just sitting on my parents deck on an old 200MHz Pentium MMX with a wireless card connecting to the WEP i configured for my dad, then through their desktop pc acting as a proxy out to the internet over dialup.

but man... it's nice sitting on the porch on an overcast day, the birds are making their presence known, buds on trees peeking out too. there's a truck far off in the distance, maybe even headed this way - i can't see it, but from the cound of the tires that far off, it's probably a truck... anyway. someones using a chainsaw off in the far distance and every now and then a few dogs chime in from down the road just to let the world know they are still there.

tried to fix something on my dumb old audi today - the power locks aren't working, and it's not a fuse issue (i checked them all)... so it's probably a relay, and i'll have to wait until i get home to check out the manual and see if i can find a relay responsible for the task. (old '90 V8 Quattro was apparently not made to be worked on by the owners... oh well - i think i'm going to set it free this summer and fix my beat up rabbit with the proceeds - or find a slightly less beat up car... i'm starting to like this living cheap thing.)

yep. it was a truck (the noise in the distance) - it just drove by a few seconds ago.

the birds here are noisy enough that it almost sounds like one of those recordings in a parks nature center that seems to have more birds making different noises than you would think could exist within earshot.

(not that i'm letting them distract me)

funny how 'the sticks' (almost in brown county - between nashville, in and columbus, in) can be noisy in it's own way, but somehow a little nicer and a little slower than the noises in the thriving metropolis of pendleton, in :)

anyway, the sun is starting to burn through the ethereal blanket, and i should probably get back to spending time with my mom - it's her birthday today. (happy birthday mom!)

.jason

a dilemma for apartment dwellers

i've lived in apartments on and off for about twelve years now, and i have often found myself with the following dilemma when staying in an older place in a building that was not 'designed' to be an apartment.

when something is really not cool about the place you are living in, do you a) fix it, knowing that it is left behind when you leave or b) deal with it and be less happy. generally, this is an easy decision - do i paint this room, do i change this light, do i add a dimmer switch... unfortunately, i am currently challenged by what i describe as 'icky shower.'

'icky shower' is one of those vinyl 'glue on the wall' shower walls... the only problem is that it's old, they didn't do it right, and the seams appear to have developed some friendly microbes over time and to be honest, i'm tired of sharing my apartment with them. i went on a cleaning frenzy last night instead of working on work from my laptop - my normal method of giving entirely too much of my free time away to work, and procrastinating on doing the things to my apartment that need done... it was a nice change :)

after all the cleaning, i realized i need to get the walls painted in there and take care of other things, but the shower definitely bugs me more than anything, and i should do that before painting - or at least i think so.

i guess i'll do some research this weekend and see how what it's going to cost me if i decide to do this... vs. what it cost me if i dont :)

anyway, that's all from the blog for now. i thought i might start using this to put odd thoughts in, and you can feel free to tell me you don't want to get spammed with this... i won't feel bad... okay, maybe a little, but i'll get over it.

i'd better get back to work...