IxnayOnTheTimmay (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ixnayonthetimma) wrote,@ 2008-05-01 18:40:00 |
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| Entry tags: | cat, computer, story |
Hello all who are brave enough to read this living journal. I didn't get a lot of responses to the puzzle/challenge/crappy story I posted. I am disappointed. I was hoping for at least some comments along the lines of "I don't get it" and "This is retarded." But no. So just for the sake of burying it forever, I will post here the solution to the riddle I posted in the last entry. Now that I think about it, it was kind of retarded, which is probably why I didn't get more of a response.
I was already late. I knew that in less than thirty minutes, I had to meet up with Louis. I analyzed the situation, and decided to call him to postpone. Of course I couldn't have come earlier, it says right on the sign above the main entrance that they open at 11 am.
"Hey Louis..what's up?" The typical greeting I give when I am about to lay bad news.
He replied with "Dude, where you been all day, man?"
"The laundromat. I've been washing tons of laundry all day, and on the third load, the dryer went kaput."
"Ah..." he said, in almost a state of disbelief. "Check for a used condom in the lint trap. Latex, as far as I know, can clog the system..plus you don't need semen stains on your clean clothes; a creamy-white color adorning your black slacks doesn't look very professional."
"Thanks" I said with a deadpan face, making sure to say the word such that he knew I was making a deadpan face, even over the phone.
"Look," he said, "I'm just trying to help you out. Make sure the plastic tab thing on the door...make sure it will still connect. I cut it off with a zipper one time, though I don't know how. The dryer refused to work even though I already put in my money and I was so pissed."
"Oh." I opened the door to make sure it would make contact with the sensor. I continued, "In case you didn't know, I was going to be late getting over there."
"It's fine. Get the clothes washed. I don't want to spend the whole drive to Florida holding my nose shut because you're wearing stinky clothes. "
"Okay..I'll see you when I get there then."
Louis is a nice guy. But I don't know what he was telling me that for; it's HIS farts that smell real bad. But I just continued on, pulled out some more quarters and rushed to get the laundry done.
The hidden category was state names, hidden in the story as follows:
Louisiana
Maine
Washington
Utah
Texas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Idaho
Yep...there it is. State names. I thought it was creative! I was trying to find a way to hide "Minnesota" in there, but that was next to impossible. Oh wells...
In other news, I am reformatting my computer. I am about due...there is so much crap that has built up that I almost have to to boost the performance of this hardware. Speaking of which, I have decided against dropping a stimulus check and a half into a new computer this year. I know that means I will be behind the times technology-wise, and won't be able to run Crysis on the high settings (or even the low settings for that matter), but it has gotten to a point with me that I just don't care anymore. When I was learning all about building computers in 2002, I would have spent all the money in the world if I had it just for the sake of being able to plug in the latest video card or find out what that bizarre six-pronged plug coming from the power supply is for. But I have come to realize that it just isn't worth it; at least not anymore. With the way that pretty much all PC games are now being ported to the XBOX 360, there is not any reason to keep pouring money into a rig that will need upgrading in another year anyways. I don't make that much money and I simply can't justify it. With the money I would spend in new hardware, I could buy the high-end model of the XBOX, accessories and a few games to boot; and that would be if I bought the second-string, used-to-be-top-of-the-line-six-months-ag
Having rambled all that, I must know. Am I the only one that feels this way?
Also having rambled all that, I do have to confess; I did buy a 500 gigabyte SATA hard drive yesterday, which is why I have chosen now to do my reformat. I fear for the life of the 250 GB hard drive I have in there now which, I feel, is due to crap out any day now. I'm surprised it's lasted this long, with how much I copy, move and delete files from it.
Okay, I am definitely rambling, so I end this entry now. Take care everybodies!
P.S., check out my new icon I made!
