Jimmy is alive and beautiful and robust and dear god I am so late for class!
I uploaded my first animation assignment and posted a link in my LJ. Go see! Not too shabby for a first attempt.
One upside to being forced to live with 480×600 resolution is that now I can almost read the teeny-tiny text so popular on LJ icons nowadays.
Is it tremendously pathetic that I noticed and recognized the sound effect when I was watching the episode? I pointed it out to Cyth, whom I was IMing at the time.
I am too geeky to function.
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! Today, Dean announced his intentions to run for Chairman of the DNC! *grooves*
Woohoo! It’s time for the 5th Annual Harry Potter V-Day Project! So who wants to collaborate with a CGer with a broken video card and/or faulty monitor?
Mon? Alicey? Tanja? Glock? Jia-Ling? Rebecca? Beuller? Someone I didn’t mention because my brain is spazzing out under the stroboscopic effect of my poor screen?
Just 2-3 business days…
The first day of classes and I’m in the animation lab at 1AM. Oh yes, my teacher is truly mad.
Woohoo! I called Dell tech support, and as my computer is still under warranty (until April 26th! Phew!), they’re sending a guy over to replace the LCD screen, the motherboard, and the video card. Cheap as free, good as new! Mmm, gotta love it when insurance works for you! Jimmy should be back on his metaphorical feet in 2-3 business days! Boo to the yeah.
It makes being stuck on hold over 40 minutes worthwhile!
Good news! (She’s dead!)
It looks like all is not lost, Jimmy-wise. We believe that the problem lies with a video card driver, and though we haven’t gotten rid of the seizure-inducing noise, I’ve been able to start up the computer in normal mode (though at 480×600 res. Gah, the pain!), and I spent a lot of last night burning backups of my most precious files. I still haven’t met with the manager guy yet (I’ll have to poke Ari with a stick), but I’m feeling generally confident that we’ll be able to fix everything. I hope so, at least! Cross your digits for me, my dahlinks!
As to avoid eye strain, I’m currently typing in the animation lab, after my first 3D animation class. We’re starting with basic 2D animation in AfterEffects, and I’m quite enjoying myself! Tra-la!
WAAAAAAHHHHH. I’m currently typing from Deep’s computer, as my computer, Jimmy, is cautiously extending his tongue and sampling the dust, carefully weighing whether or not he intends to bite it. It was working fine on the plane when I was watching the second half of the RotK:EE actor commentary, but when I first turned it on, I was greeted with freaky Matrixlike green lines and white noise and other such horrors for one who has not backed up anything in forever. My friends Ari and Jing, computer geniuses, each tried fixing it for about an hour before throwing in the towel. I’m grateful that they lasted that long; the screen’s behavior is seizure inducing. Ari is going to contact the ITA manager to see if he can help.
ANGST. Come on, Jimmy! You’re the only one of the Lone Gunmen that didn’t snuff it! Be like your namesake and LIVE!