snakemeister
Shared on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 05:22So, it's been a couple of slow days as far as my WoW time is considered. Blizzard have released Patch 2.1, which I have yet to get to grips with, due to almost all of my addons going belly-up on Wednesday, meaning I had to spend a couple of hours downloading, updating and configuring - serves me right for running mod-heavy. I'll try and get back into it tonight - no promises though. I'd like to, as it has plenty of groovy new stuff in there.
Last night I was hoping to get home early and get stuck right in to the game. Unfortunately, my father had other plans, He phoned me on Wednesday night to say he had a problem with his PC, after pending 15 minutes on the phone with him I diagnosed that he'd blown the PSU on one of his PCs. He's currently got two machines running, for no good reason, and I'd given him a KVM switch so he could toggle between them. This not being enough, he went out and grabbed a couple of USB hubs so he could use the two printers he has as well. Unfortunately, the hubs were either cheap crap or he just did something wrong, and the extra power load blew the PSU. So I was over there for about 4 hours last night, replacing his PSU and rewiring his set up.
While I was over there, I spent plenty of time my Tigger, my mum and dad's/my old cat. He is fantastic, and the two of us were inseparable while I was still living with my parents. He's the most laid back feline you will ever meet, despite being larger than a lot of small dogs. My mum and dad love him, but at the same time they neglect him a little bit. He's 12 or 3 now, and they still insist on putting him out every night, regardless of the weather. My dad's built some kind of box/house thing for him outside, but it's not really up to much.
As I say, my parents love him, but I'm certain that my girlfriend and I would love him more. Because he's so laid back, I don't think he'd have too much of a problem settling in with us, but it's not that simple - we already have a cat, Annie. We adopted Annie from the Cat Protection League here in Scotland. She's highly strung, temperamental, demanding and frequently vocal and had been through a few other foster families before we got her, and we are absolutely besotted with her. We've had her for just a little over a year, and she's been almost constantly hard work - it took about 6 months before she really seemed to settle in with us, but we've loved every second of it, and didn't once seriously consider giving her up, and we're still glad we didn't.
My girlfriend and I both want to bring Tigger over to us, so we'll have to proceed carefully. We'll need to take him to the vet a week before we bring him over to get all the necessary shots - which will be all of them, considering my parents haven't taken him to the vet in years. I'll need to speak to my parents this evening and see how receptive they are to the idea of me taking Tigger. If need be, I'll lie bare-faced to them and say the vet has recommended we try another cat with Annie to improve her social skills - whatever it takes.
I'll keep you posted.
Last night I was hoping to get home early and get stuck right in to the game. Unfortunately, my father had other plans, He phoned me on Wednesday night to say he had a problem with his PC, after pending 15 minutes on the phone with him I diagnosed that he'd blown the PSU on one of his PCs. He's currently got two machines running, for no good reason, and I'd given him a KVM switch so he could toggle between them. This not being enough, he went out and grabbed a couple of USB hubs so he could use the two printers he has as well. Unfortunately, the hubs were either cheap crap or he just did something wrong, and the extra power load blew the PSU. So I was over there for about 4 hours last night, replacing his PSU and rewiring his set up.
While I was over there, I spent plenty of time my Tigger, my mum and dad's/my old cat. He is fantastic, and the two of us were inseparable while I was still living with my parents. He's the most laid back feline you will ever meet, despite being larger than a lot of small dogs. My mum and dad love him, but at the same time they neglect him a little bit. He's 12 or 3 now, and they still insist on putting him out every night, regardless of the weather. My dad's built some kind of box/house thing for him outside, but it's not really up to much.
As I say, my parents love him, but I'm certain that my girlfriend and I would love him more. Because he's so laid back, I don't think he'd have too much of a problem settling in with us, but it's not that simple - we already have a cat, Annie. We adopted Annie from the Cat Protection League here in Scotland. She's highly strung, temperamental, demanding and frequently vocal and had been through a few other foster families before we got her, and we are absolutely besotted with her. We've had her for just a little over a year, and she's been almost constantly hard work - it took about 6 months before she really seemed to settle in with us, but we've loved every second of it, and didn't once seriously consider giving her up, and we're still glad we didn't.
My girlfriend and I both want to bring Tigger over to us, so we'll have to proceed carefully. We'll need to take him to the vet a week before we bring him over to get all the necessary shots - which will be all of them, considering my parents haven't taken him to the vet in years. I'll need to speak to my parents this evening and see how receptive they are to the idea of me taking Tigger. If need be, I'll lie bare-faced to them and say the vet has recommended we try another cat with Annie to improve her social skills - whatever it takes.
I'll keep you posted.
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