still coming

i'm slowly working on getting this thing finished. i think i've decided to go with 'gallery' for my pictures page. of course i'm going to have to integrate ajax and scriptaculous into it, which will be fun. i'm not sure how i'm going to put items into my projects and play pages yet, but that should take me a good 15 minutes to figure out. i'm also thinking about doing another style for the page. this one seems a bit too dark, but i'll figure that out later. next priority is pictures.

another travel weekend coming up. this time andrea and i are going up to brimley michigan to her cousin's wedding at the lighthouse there. i'm pumped because i only have to drive to lansing friday and she's doing the rest! :) i'll be there for support of course. hopefully i'll have my picture site operational by the time we get back next week so i can upload my photos from the trip. the UP is amazing in the summer time and i'm kinda pissed i haven't been able to spend any time up there yet. i might be able to convince the girl to go up there for the 4th next year.

i told myself that when i get money i will buy myself an lcd monitor. it's something that will help me finally start doing decent work at home, because i just don't like staring at a round monitor. i've got the huge ass 26" crt there right now, and i don't think i'll ever be able to do decent work on it just because i can't stand staring at it for more time than it takes to check my email. maybe i can sell it on craigs list or something.

so yeah today i bought a 22" acer from staples for $229 w/ free shipping. Taxes though were about $15! wtf illinois! i hate the fucking taxes here. like 9-10%. well if i can stay on the public transportation for a while it might be worth it to be paying for the super taxes. $93/month for travel to and from work is a bargin. love the trains. and yeah, finally a decent monitor(i hope)!