I’m Hearing: Radiohead - 2 Plus 2 Equals 5

Yay! I finally made up my mind about the computer I’m getting. After waaaaaay too much hemming and hawing, I finally picked one out and got a pretty good deal.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe + Athlon XP 2600+ (motherboard and processor)
Black Super-Flower SF-201T aluminum computer tower case (I can’t stop drooling over this!)
KINGSTON KVR333X64C25/512 512MB 32×64 PC2700 DDR RAM (2 sticks of 512 for a good ol’ gig of ram)

The site I bought the mobo/cpu from called me and said the OEM version of the processor had some major overheating problems so they upgraded the order to the retail version for $20 (including a 3-year warranty.) Not too shabby. Sadly the case I want is backordered for 2 weeks, which I won’t get it for at least 3…suckage. But the RAM should be here on Thursday and the mobo/cpu sometime early next week. I can’t really justify getting a new video card at this point though I’m really tempted to at least start looking…

My roommate Brian (not to be confused with my friend Brian) is also building a new computer and I somehow convinced him to get nearly the same hardware as me so we can help each other configure stuff. That’ll be nice.

Also finally got Grandia Xtreme (PS2) in the mail today from an ebay auction I won in late May. Stupid thing had gotten lost in the mail somehow because it had a May 30 postmark. Weirdness.

Brian and I went rollerblading last night in Menominee Park (the largest park in the city, near Lake Winnebago, the largest lake in Wisconsin after the Great Lakes) There’s a spectacular paved trail that runs through the park…have no idea how long it is but I’d guess about 2 or 2.5 miles at least…we went around twice and it was a great workout. The air felt soooooooo good on my skin…mmm. My weak ankle ached a bit today (I fractured it about 10 years ago and it hasn’t been the same since) but it was well-worth it. Had a spectacular time, and I’ll prolly go again tonight. I’m gonna take a nap first though cos I’m exhausted.