I’ll start off by sharing my mini adventure and yet another example of why it’s good to be a geek:
Last night after I took a shower I thought I’d sit on my patio and watch the sun set. There was a little girl and boy playing soccer and it felt like a nice fairwell to summer. Granted they initially annoyed me as the ball kept hitting my furniture and I was on the verge of snarling at them, but they were laughing and it brought back memories of what it was like to be a kid.
As soon as I made my way outside, I heard the dreaded sounded of the metal security bar falling into place thus locking me out!
“Noooooooo!” All of a sudden the what ifs started to go through my head and I needed to explore my options. If I wasn’t able to break in, then no option would save me from humiliation of being in my pajama’s with wet hair and raccoon eyes.
The door opened just wide enough for me to reach my arm through, however the latch was two arm lengths away. WHY CAN’T I BE TALLER??? Or at least have freakishly long arms…
Jonathon was absorbed in a television show, and it didn’t matter anyway as his chair was currently charging so he wouldn’t have been able to make it over to help- not to mention there is furniture blocking access to the metal bar. And the funny thing is earlier in the evening I had decided to rearrange things again as I thought it’d look nice to have my end table in that particular spot. It did look nice. Nice and taunting!
Think think think. A couple of years ago, for extra security measures I took a tripod apart and made an adjustable bar to be placed as a wedge in the sliding glass door. This of course was also two arm lengths away, but at least it was on the floor. I had a towel wrapped around head (because as I mentioned, I was fresh out of the shower). I wondered if I could use that.
I took my towel and hoped I could some how nab the tripod leg and bring it to me. Unfortunately with my angle I was having no success.
While looking around for branches that would be long enough, I noticed my garden lights and an idea popped in my head! I quickly took the lights off the plastic stakes and created a pole long enough to reach the tripod leg. It worked! I took the tripod leg as it was of a heavier material and lifted the latch up FINALLY getting back into my apartment just in time for the season premieres to start.
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This weekend I’m going to try to do quite a bit of writing, maybe some Lara Adventures. I have a book to read for review (Lego Mindstorm), a video game to play/review and attempts at not being a worry wart for a friend who is going through a lot right now and needs a solid support system. Being as I still haven’t joined the league of cell phone users (well I did for a short while and tossed it) I need to remain close to home so I can be near the phone. Hence the need for massive mental activities.
SO- my readers can expect more videos (and don’t worry I have a long time British friend coming to visit next weekend who could probably assist with my accent), more pictures as I’ve just installed my software for my new digi cam… and more writing!
Real writing… not this lame tepid writing that I’m doing whilst doing a million other things and bouncing back and forth between screens as I haven’t had my necessary amount of coffee yet.
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My boss just sent a picture of her engagement ring (WOO HOO CONGRATS!) and OMG!! Aside from being happy for her as her fiance is a great guy, they get along wonderfully and it’s a continuous romance, partnership, friendship- the ring is freaking AWESOME! It’s so glittery and big and sparkles so much that she could land planes with it!
I spent a good five minutes trying to make an optical illusion by placing my own fingers in front of the screen some how making it look like I was wearing it- well that didn’t work. Finally I just bent my ring finger down and voila! It worked. Now to figure out how to make it jump from the computer and into my grasp. Where are those 3D printers when you need one???
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It’s 9:25am right now and my friend on EST should be at the place which will do the thing to find out the stuff and possibly do other stuff and not happy stuff but it could also show no stuff any more and that would be awesome but what if the stuff is there? And life changes after today if it is.
I’m breathing… sending positive energy, holding my good luck necklace which I should have mailed… trying not to worry… breathing… GAH!
YAY! Good news from my friend! The stuff turned out not to be the stuff and there’s no worries about the stuff and now everyone can breathe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I won’t have to eat my weight in chips any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You my friend, rock. Simple as that. No more stuff to worry about!
I have a 3D printer you can borrow. Good thinking on getting back into your apartment!! Way to go! My husband just called me and says now that he as some stuff to work through because the stuff were talking about earlier tonight might make the other stuff a little more complicated and we’ll just have to wait and see. Bleh…how did your stuff worries pass on to me? Anyway…I love you sis!
Sis! Great to hear from you! Call me or write what’s going on!! Everything okay or what are you guys looking at?
arsgeek- I’m still yaying!!!!!