How not to get out of a faculty meeting
Jan. 10th, 2020 10:52 pmtrip and spend the morning in the ER. My right arm and knee are bruised. My cheek is swollen, my left arm isn't broken (they think, they're going to call back later but it took the brunt of it), slight dislocation of the wrist (I have a fun sling and the left knee is the size of a grapefruit. Wheee
I did go in for the second half of the meeting which wasn't much and then to the bar to bitch about how much this place sucks. If our new hire doesn't wonder what the fuck he's gotten into well then...
While I was in town I bought a new TV. It feels like I bought this three weeks ago that's how long this day has been. I regret my purchase. I was limited in what to get. It's another Samsung but way less big than my previous so I'm hating that. And I can't wall mount so I had to put it on the table which is actually my preference. BUT they had zero pedastel types so it has these stupid feet (which were a bitch to get on). It doesn't fit my ancient stand. It does fit on the rickety horrible metal stand I have but I can't trust that so now I have to get a new fucking table for it.
And then because everything is streaming, my dvd player can't be plugged in. Oh I can get RCA to usb converters which I'll have to do. In theory I now have this TV hooked up to my wireless so maybe I can stream BUT on the other hand I own dozens of DVDs. I like them. I'm not about to rebuy all this shit. so I need to get that working.
God I hate the rapidity with which tech gets 'old.'
Every part of me hurts. I'm cranky. I hate this new tv (but I don't want to return it for a bigger one since now ALL my info is programed into the damn thing and they'll end up throwing it out rather than restocking it. I guess I can learn to get use to it. I honestly thought my other one was a 43 inche too but it must have been a 50...

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Which I did. However if someone from the challenge is popping by I'm usually less curmudgeonly (though I'm often injured) and I love talking to people so feel free.
I did go in for the second half of the meeting which wasn't much and then to the bar to bitch about how much this place sucks. If our new hire doesn't wonder what the fuck he's gotten into well then...
While I was in town I bought a new TV. It feels like I bought this three weeks ago that's how long this day has been. I regret my purchase. I was limited in what to get. It's another Samsung but way less big than my previous so I'm hating that. And I can't wall mount so I had to put it on the table which is actually my preference. BUT they had zero pedastel types so it has these stupid feet (which were a bitch to get on). It doesn't fit my ancient stand. It does fit on the rickety horrible metal stand I have but I can't trust that so now I have to get a new fucking table for it.
And then because everything is streaming, my dvd player can't be plugged in. Oh I can get RCA to usb converters which I'll have to do. In theory I now have this TV hooked up to my wireless so maybe I can stream BUT on the other hand I own dozens of DVDs. I like them. I'm not about to rebuy all this shit. so I need to get that working.
God I hate the rapidity with which tech gets 'old.'
Every part of me hurts. I'm cranky. I hate this new tv (but I don't want to return it for a bigger one since now ALL my info is programed into the damn thing and they'll end up throwing it out rather than restocking it. I guess I can learn to get use to it. I honestly thought my other one was a 43 inche too but it must have been a 50...

Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've briefly interacted with and friend/follow them
Which I did. However if someone from the challenge is popping by I'm usually less curmudgeonly (though I'm often injured) and I love talking to people so feel free.
