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Stardate: Monday, January 20, 2003
Murphy's Law in Effect:(0) comments
Well, not quite, but it did sound good.
For those who don't remember my post from a few months ago, I had purchased (over a year ago - waiting for it to arrive) an 33" Clone of the Original Star Trek - U.S.S. Enterprise filming model, complete with working lights from Unobtainium Ltd.
Here is a picture of said model:
Now, I am faced with the following from Playing Mantis' model division, Polar Lights:
2002 International Model & Hobby Expo: Playing Mantis
Now granted, these versions don't have really great lights and they are not 33" long (which may actually be a good thing) but they do feed into my inner model-maker that wanted desperately to build this model. Years ago when AMT ERTL (the long-time copyright holder for Star Trek models) released their U.S.S. Enterprise model, I had to buy the Enterprise Model Rocket (which was the only one to have exacting decals and a few extra pieces) as well as do some SERIOUS sanding to make my model as exacting as possible. Now, after all these years, Playing Mantis is serving this up on a silver platter in THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS!!!
Now, to make matters worse, AMT ERTL had also released a passable version of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the STAR TREK film series. I took great pains (especially in my hands) to hand draw and paint that model to the exacting specifications seen in the film.
Living with that mildly inferior version for many years, and eagerly praying that
Unobtainium Ltd. would produce a version of my favorite ship, I now am confronted with this:
Bandai Licenses Star Trek!
Now, I know what you are thinking. This should all be good news right? I suppose so, and you do know who will be first in line to purchase them both. I just feel a little dejected by the fact that after all the hard work I have put into these models, someone snaps their fingers and something better comes along. KUDOS! to both Playing Mantis and Bandai, for making my little wishes come true. Now, I just have to work through my issues.
:: J 10:38 AM [+] ::
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Stardate: Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Drool, Drool(0) comments
OK, I've known about this place for a long time, but it still manages to take my breath away. This is one of the biggest reasons I have for wishing I had mucho money to burn (aside from "lap of luxury," "not having to work," yadda, yadda, yadda.)
Marks Custom Kits
*SIGH*
:: J 3:06 PM [+] ::
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Details of my New Computer (when it comes):(0) comments
Pentium(r) 4 Processor at 2.80GHz w/533MHz front side bus/ 512K L2 Cache
Floppy Drive: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Secondary CD or DVD Drive: 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card
Detto IntelliMover with USB Cable
Canon ZR50MC Digital Video Camcorder
Microsoft(r) Office Small Business w/ Money 2002 and EducateU
Operating System: Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP Home Edition
Memory: 1GB PC1066 RDRAM
Monitors: New 15 in 1504FP Dell UltrasharpTM Digital Flat Panel Display
Keyboard: Logitech(r) Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Desktop Solution
Speakers: FREE Upgrade! Altec Lansing ADA745 Surround Sound Speakers w/ Subwoofer
Hard Drives: 200GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
Network Interface: Integrated Intel(r) PRO 10/100 Ethernet
CD or DVD Drive: 48x Max Variable CD-ROM
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio,Image Expert
56K Telephony Modem for Windows
Video Cards: New 128mb DDR ATI RadeonTM 9700 TX Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
I/O Ports
Externally accessible
1 front headphone jack
8 USB 2.0 ports - 2 front/6 back
1 serial port
1 parallel port with ECP
1 PS/2-style keyboard: 6-pin mini-DIN
1 PS/2-compatible mouse: 6-pin mini-DIN
Slots
4 PCI slots
1 4X-AGP slot
:: J 11:04 AM [+] ::
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Stardate: Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Happy Belated New Year(0) comments
I realize that I am running a bit behind on this, but for some reason the new year has been kicking my butt rather hard. Yesterday, for the first time in the new year, I was able to post a bit of feelings to that other blog JOSSOLALIA. Today, I figured it was time to fill everyone in on what has been happening with me this year.
Well, I've been working like a dog, which goes without saying. Also, for the first time in about 2 years, I was sick for the first time last week. Had a nasty case of the stomach flu. I was reminded just how bad it is to be sick. To be honest, of all the illnesses I could have, the stomach flu is usually the worst because it is the one illness when I can't eat (which is one of my all time favorite pasttimes.) The severity of the illness (in this regard) is evidenced by the fact that I did not eat for 48 straight hours. When I did resume eating, it was mostly Jell-O (which I do like) and soup. I needed solids in the worst way, but was in no mood to have any.
Getting back to new years, I spend the actual night at home, with my brother, watching the ball drop. This was terribly anti-climactic since, as that I work for a News Channel, I would see the ball drop ad nauseum the following day.
On the plus side of the New Year, I went out on a limb and bought a new computer. This is another in a long line of things that is working against my ultimate goal of moving out of my parents house, but I've come to the conclusion that that is not going to happen until I get at least another raise. THAT is not going to happen for at least another four months, and so I'm content to wait for now. Although, I do have to admit that that is going to get harder as time progresses because I am simply running out of space in my room. The fact that my new computer will be the first DESKTOP computer I have had in over 10 years doesn't help either.
I am hoping that with the included digital camcorder, 1 GB of RAM and 200 GB hard drive with DVD-R, I might be able to get some video editing done (which I have wanted to do for a long time.) The system is actually pretty sweet. Too much for me to get into right now, although I may post the stats at a later time.
I finally finished my HAL 9000 model, thanks to the help of my brother and my uncle (for completing work on the LCD and power supply.) It's a cool model of the HAL 9000 faceplate. When hung properly, it looks like HAL is in control of my room. Ah, the geekiness continues.
Past that, I've had sporadic contact with my suicidally on-again/off-again ex-girlfriend (the suicide is on-again/off-again.) She's settled down a bit, which is good, and has calmed down regarding her boundlessly low self esteem. *sigh* Ain't she justwonderful?
As for the rest of my life, I have been absolutely exhausted and am ready to relax as much as possible. If possible. We'll see how that works. I'll keep everyone appraised and just try to catch up with my friends and pray they don't hate me for not being as communicative as I should be.
Here's a hopin'
:: J 8:36 AM [+] ::
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