My Last Sunday...

Why the fuck does it take me 13 days to write up the second part of my story? Because I had another seizure. Are you happy, you jerks? ARE YOU?!?!?!

I actually did, but it wasn't a big deal. Had to go to the hospital, which cost me 200 smackers, but the EMSA paramedic was H-O-T! As for the reason? Well, some of us are not lazy nor stupid. Some of us are. I'm the latter. Ran out of meds, waited four days to get some more, guess where this is going...

Anyway, whatever. Let me see if I can remember any of that Sunday from several weeks ago, so I can tell you the story. I am sure it was interesting, otherwise I wouldn't have returned from my exile to tell it.

Ah yes... I see it clearly now. My reporter and I were tasked with doing our story from Saturday that didn't get done. Easy enough. Most of the day I wandered around the station, trying to make sure that if there was breaking news, I would not be the first photographer the Sunday producer found.

Eventually though I was trapped in the newsroom as it was time for me to edit the Okmulgee murder package. I put it together as slow as I possibly could, but unfortunately it was just some sots with some VO from a day old scene.

The story behind it was that a man was found dead in the trunk of a car behind his house. It was sad, and he had been there for a few days. Some of the people who lived nearby pointed out some of the blood that had leaked out of the trunk and dripped onto the concrete below. I was more upset by the darker spot in the grass that was covered by flies.

Twas my first (and hopefully my last) time I almost stepped into decomposed human being.

Anyway, I put the story together (sorry, like most stuff done on the weekend, it wasn't put online) and attempted to flee once again, but was cornered.

Producer: "There's been a stabbing at XX Apartments!"
Me: "So?"
Producer: "Get a live truck! You guys are going!"
Me: "Is someone dead?"
Producer: "Go find out!"
Me: "..."

Anyway, we load up in the live truck and head towards North Tulsa. Not the safest area of town, so a stabbing didn't suprise me. Plus, I could swear I remember the name of those apartments from somewhere... But where?

Then as we started to get close I knew.

"We did a story about this place." I said.
"Oh?" My reporter asked, not really caring.
"Yeah. This place sucks."

My reporter decided to call dispatch to find out if it was anything before we arrived. However the dispatcher who answered the phone said she couldn't help us as she wasn't at her computer.

She wearing a wireless headset? Where was she, the bathroom? And what if we had been someone needing the police?! Seemed like we should investigate it, but instead we continued to the apartment complex.

Arriving, I smiled happily. It was gated and there were two security guards out front. However, the security guards must not have been aware that they could keep us out of the complex because they opened up the gate and waved us through.

That NEVER happens when you want it to.

Anyway, we got there, got yelled at by residents, and couldn't find any police, so we quickly scrambled away and headed back to the station. The rest of the night passed by without incident, which was great because I don't think I could have handled another goose chase on my last night shooting.

I hope you have enjoyed this! Because when (if) I do any blogging about editing, it will all be very hostile. I think they put me in that position to see if I would off myself. *shudders*

Where Did I Screw Up?

How do I end up doing the same old mediocre crap like stolen air conditioners and shoplifting sprees, and people like Angie get to go into an airplane with Buzz 'Mother Fuckin'*' Aldrin and float around?

How the hell do you get out of GA and in to KA?

*Not to be confused with Mother Fucking John Glen. If you don't get this by now, time to log off!

RIP Friskey...

Sad news to report. Back in Illinois, my faithful old kitty, Friskey, passed away Wednesday morning. If my memory serves me right, he was 18 years old, give or take a year or two. Long time for a cat to live. But that can be attributed to my dad who treats his animals like they were kids. Kids he likes...

I found Friskey when I was nothing more than a wee lad. He was meowing at me out in the bushes. I brought him inside and from then on out, we had a grand old time together, even during the stage in my life when I played a little rough with him.

He was a good cat, and will be missed. I can't seem to find my picture of him, but when I do it will be posted.

Bye bye, Frisk. Hope they have tasty chipmunks for you up in kitty heaven!

She's Dead, Jim... REVISED!

Nothing can ever prepare you for this day... Waking up and walking into a room to find the one you love almost more than anything else, dead. Staring at you with a lifeless glare... Sure, they're making some sounds, but nothing like they did when they were alive and full of spunk.

I had to deal with that today...

My beloved Mai, I shared with you all her birth a mere two years ago. I awoke and came into my dining room to find that she had rebooted, and was stuck on a boot screen. I panicked and reset her, but she just stopped at pretty much the first step in the boot process. I worked feverishly for over an hour trying to fix her, but alas, it was futile.

Left with no other choice, I called it and shut down her power supply at 10:45 AM. An autopsy will be performed to determine what exactly happened to her. Hopefully the problem is something simple, so that her replacement will be able to make use of most of her parts. They way it's looking, it's her brain that failed. A total CPU failure. Surprising, considering that the CPU fan still works, but then again I do play a lot of CPU intense games.

At any rate, my trusty Sarah - my laptop - is my only connection to the outside world right now. Despite the sadness, some good will come from this. Till I can afford a new CPU, I will possible actually get some non-computer related productivity done. (HA!)

I now as for a moment of silence. Thank you.

UPDATE!

After deciding to go back and troubleshoot some more, I have determined that it was not my CPU, but an older 512MB stick of RAM that was the issue! This is both good and bad. It's good because it means I can get the computer to work, as all I needed to do was remove the faulty SIMM, but it's bad as RAM (especially RAM they don't make anymore) is actually more expensive than a CPU would be.

Will have to shop around, but will probably get 1GB from newegg.com.