snapdragon76: this is made of win and awesome (ES)
*taps microphone* Hello. My name is Snap and I have a shoe/book/manga addiction. I've been trying to curb it, but to no avail. Admittedly the first two are heredetary, but I really must learn self control. Thank You.

I tell you, I've got it bad. Today, I went and bought me a new pair of shoes. They're freakin' adorable. They're tan leather low-heel Mary Janes that can go with either a denim skirt of a pair of jeans. I will say this, I bought them for $30 when they were originally $40, so go me! I sometimes do little things to freshen up my spring wardrobe a bit. I also bought some light weight knee high socks to wear with boots.

And in regards to another addiction, I went to the bookstore yesterday and bought a new book. An actual book this time and not manga. It's called She Got Off The Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel. It's a continuation of her first book, A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana. My main interest in them is because the author writes about my hometown. Now, most people may not find it all that spectacular, but due to the size and relative anonymity of my hometown, it's quite a feat.

Don't forget to look into this book, A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. Good stuff.

I think my main purpose for getting a job is to feed my addiction. I confess, I'm not as bad as Yomiko Readman from 'Read Or Die, but I'm coming pretty close.

And I downloaded Knoppix yesterday. I don't know exactly what to do with it, so it's just sitting there, on my computer, twiddeling its thumbs (I know its an inanimate 'object' and has no thumbs, but work with me here). Which just shows the degree of my complete lack of any computing skills whatsosever. I also had to download Bit Torrent in order to download it. *sigh* Where's an in-house IT person when you need 'em.

Trivia of the day: In 1965, the minimum annual salary for a baseball player was $6,000, just a thousand dollars more than it had been in 1947.
Date/Time: 2006-01-04 18:17 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] umadoshi.livejournal.com
ext_3743: (Gir (break_my_dream))
. . . I need new shoes. :/ But I have no idea what kind. ^^

My suggestion with Knoppix is to put it on a cd/dvd (depeding on which version you used) and then boot your computer from it. From there, you play around with it until you're comfy, and then kick Windows' sorry ass off your machine (or possibly leave it on as a backup partition if you want to keep Photoshop/various games/whatever, but disconnect it from the 'net while you're running it).
Date/Time: 2006-01-04 20:01 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] snapdragon76.livejournal.com
Yeah, but I don't know what to burn onto CD. I mean, I tried yesterday, but apparently my CD storage capacity isn't big enough. *cries*

Date/Time: 2006-01-04 22:06 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] artillie.livejournal.com
There is a support group out there for people like us.

I just have to find it.
Date/Time: 2006-01-04 23:47 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] zelamenomiko.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm horrible when it comes to books and buying them. I'm a member of two online book clubs, and already have four more I'm wanting to order from them already. O_o And manga . . . I'm helpless when it comes to resisting the call of manga.
Date/Time: 2006-01-05 01:27 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] dracschick.livejournal.com
I am addicted to Hellsing, Dracula, Phantom and vampires.

I feel your pain and yes, it's one of the reasons I stay employed.

*hugs*

Chris
Date/Time: 2006-01-05 15:51 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] snapdragon76.livejournal.com
Really? I wonder what it's called...

And I'm not sure I want to be cured... exactly. Isn't that sad?
Date/Time: 2006-01-05 16:00 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] snapdragon76.livejournal.com
I feel ya. I mean, on hindsite, it was probably a good thing I didn't end up working for the bookstore, because I'd have spent more money as opposed to making it...
Date/Time: 2006-01-05 16:02 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] snapdragon76.livejournal.com
*in unison* Hi, Chris!

Like I was telling [livejournal.com profile] zelamenomiko, it was probably a good thing I didn't end up working at a bookstore because I might've just turned around and spent my paycheck just in there...
Date/Time: 2006-01-06 05:00 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] zelamenomiko.livejournal.com
*cackle* I did work in a bookstore for a year, and Al Smith (the owner) flat out told me that he only hired people who said one of their hobbies was reading, because it meant that they were likely to spend their paycheck in the store. *cackles*
Date/Time: 2006-01-06 15:11 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] snapdragon76.livejournal.com
*laughs* Yeah, that would definitely be me...