I’m Hearing: Stereomud - Breathing

Strange experience yesterday. I was sitting at work and suddenly my right ear got all plugged up and started ringing. It bugged me for awhile then went away so I didn’t think much of it. Later on that night, about 11 PM, I was sitting in my room and suddenly both ears plugged up and everything sounded like I was underwater. A bit of confusion ensued, and I ended up running out and getting ear drops. After cleaning them out I could hear again, but that was so odd…that’s never happened to me before. I think it was a blessing in disguise though, because when I went out to my car, I noticed that the seatbelt had gotten caught in the door and not only was the door still ajar, but the dome light was on. So if I hadn’t gone out last night to get the ear drops, I might have had a dead battery and missing stereo.

So anyhow, Brian and I went rollerblading again last night (w00t!) but only went around the track once because his ankles were sore. Was still quite fun even though my legs and hips are just aching now. May even go again tonight. :-D

I made another purchase last night that logically I prolly shouldn’t have, but I have a good way of rationalizing ridiculous ideas. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a smart move to get a new video card now rather than later since I’m going to be paying off this huge debt anyhow…what’s another $250 going to matter? Yes, I’ll be broke all summer because of this, but it’s worth it to me because not only am I going to have a kickass computer, I won’t have to get a new one for a long time. All in all it cost quite a bit less than the one I put together 2 years ago (the one that’s dying a slow painful death right now.) So yeah…Aussie Will convinced me to get a Radeon 9700…earlier in the evening I had my eye on the 9600 Pro, but ehhh…I really didn’t know what I wanted. I got an off-brand version of the card (Powercolor) because not only was it cheaper, but it came with an S-video to RCA adapter, a DV to VGA adapter, plus 7 games in the retail box. The ATI version didn’t come with any cables or extra software, plus cost like $50 more for the OEM version (minimum.)

I forgot if I mentioned that my case is backordered…but it is. So here’s a dilemma: do I take apart my current computer and build the new computer in that case temporarily and take it apart and rebuild it again once the new case comes –OR– just wait and build it once the case is here? It’s going to be irritating either way…just…which way is less irritating? :-D I’m anxious to get it going asap but dunno if I want to bother building it twice. I’m sure the guys (particularly hachi) will be anxious to get it up and running with "the sooner the better" their mantra…so we’ll see. Hachi comes home tomorrow night. The only thing that’s arrived so far is the RAM.