new laptop, and other news

[dancingyel]

i have a new laptop! weeee! i've never owned a laptop before, so this is hugely exciting. it's pretty great...small but not too tiny to read things, and pretty fast and has a good battery life, as far as i can tell. somewhat nfortunatley, it's running vista, but i couldn't find a laptop i wanted with just xp. ah, well. it's very happy nonetheless.

in a few weeks, i'm going to tucson with my parents to look at condos! yay! i can't wait to have my own place. that's gonna be pretty amazing. and i may possibly get a kitty or two.

i'm trying out the open beta of the new lord of the rings mmorpg. i've never played anything like this before, so i'm not sure how to meet other players or anything like that, but it seems pretty cool so far. my graphics card isn't the greatest, but it's handling most things ok. and my character is great! she's an elven hunter named ithilwen, which means moon as far as i can tell. it's pretty great.

i'm about due for a long, reflective post, but it's not this post (aragorn: but it is not this day! this day we fight!). maybe in a few days? i'm spending a lot more time on the computer, with the laptop and all. hee.

i've written down a list of things i want to do before i move, and one of them is to have a lord of the rings marathon. what do people think about that?

ok, enough randomness. time to make dinner.

Comments

LotR marathon

[stellae.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that sounds like fun! Can we get NZ wine and sheep cheese to go with it?

(also, i might be annoying to watch with b/c I'll have these moments of being all "dude! I was there!"... but then probably so will you. :-D)

Re: LotR marathon

[kryscat]

I like the concept of a LotR marathon, but my attendance is likely to be limited to shorter periods due to babyness....

Re: LotR marathon

[dancingyel.livejournal.com]

heh. yes, that's understandable. the baby probably won't like 12 hours of movie in a row...

Re: LotR marathon

[dancingyel.livejournal.com]

ooh, i like the wine and cheese idea! we have a bottle of nice red wine from nz, and some olive oil and olives, too. and yes, both david and i will probably have the same reactions, especially with hobbiton and mordor!