I managed to find a solution, you see, when you install Adobe Creative Suite 2 on WinXP 64 the directory it automatically tries to install to is c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe which is all fine and well except adobes installer doesn’t support the parenthesis. If you remove those though it installs perfectly, or so it seems, but the registration data never seemed to make it into any of the programs so they wouldn’t run. There’s a really easy work-around for that though, all you have to do is install it to C:\Progra~2\Adobe and it installed to the x86 directory like it’s supposed to and runs like a dream.

As for that layout … well … you see … this princess, she needed help, and me being the nice little elfman I am well, I just couldn’t leave her there… So I went to save her. But I couldn’t help my self!

Where to begin … Thanksgiving has come and gone and it was quite an interesting fiasco as always. I know I promised the new layout like a week or so ago, but the moment I had everything set up and working, I decided to format my pc and install Windows XP x64 edition. Not a decision I regret since my performace has definitely improved, but I sort of wish I had thought to do that whole layout thing first.

When “Turkey Day” came I was invited (forced) to go visit my family to eat, and to bring Brenda along wether or not she planned to eat. She really worried way too much about everything I think, but she did alright and my parents are satiated with content for her, which is good. My mother seems to think she can envelop Brenda into Catholocism and I hope that if Brenda is uncomfortable that she will take a stand and say “No” to my mom if she’s pushing too hard. Brenda left early since she had to work at JC Penny’s the day after in the morning, oh the good times I’m sure that brought about. Mayra, Ady, Chris, and I decided to watch the new “Ametyville Horror” movie, and oh what a big mistake that was. It reminded me of why I was so afraid of the first one and rejuvenated my fear of flies ten fold.

At this point you might be wondering, “What about that layout you told us about!”, well … instead of doing anything productive with the time at home I’ve been given I decided it would be a much better idea to replay The Legend of Zelda for NES. You can’t imagine how much easier this game seems to me now than back when I first played it. Modern games are really so much harder than these, and I’ve come to wonder whether or not that’s a good thing. I mean, yeah, I like a good challenge and it’s cool if some of these games provide that, but I can’t think of a single game out there that can really just be picked up and played like in the old days. First person shooters are pretty easy to learn and play … but I’m not too big a fan of the majority of what makes up that audience, and most FPS games don’t really appeal to me anyways. I think Nintendo is on the right track with the whole “Revolution” thing since it seems they are going to make gaming less complicated than what it has become.

Oh yeah … the layout … well I’m having trouble re-insalling adobe photoshop on my pc and I’m worried that there may be no solution for that. I’ll make sure to find out wether or not I can get it installed tonight, but chances are work won’t progress on the layout untill later this afternoon when I’ve woken up or monday morning before work, depending on how things go.

I’ve not had any luck on the new layout, primarilry because I couldn’t get a working copy of Creative Suite 2 for myself untill earlier today. That’s all installed and settled now so I can start work on the graphical part of the layout as soon as I have time.

I actually did have time today since I was “Flexed” from work, and I probably should have taken advantage of that, but I felt remarkably sick and I’ve been having nose bleeds on and off for days. I think I’m doing ok now but I’m still really paranoid about having another random watefall of blood spilling from my right nostril. I did manage to get an 8/10 on this online quiz where you try to guess which face belongs to a serial murderer and which one belongs to a programmer.

I started using Microsoft Money to start taking care of my finances and hopefully reduce my debt which is suffocating me slowly but surely. I’ll let all of you know how that’s working out. I’ve got so many people in my life helping me with that but I feel like I can never make progress anyways.

I’m wondering how alex would feel about a third room mate living downstairs. I havn’t really talked to him about it but I think it’d be a great idea. Something like 100-200 dollars and have that include his or her utilities since, they are giving up quite a bit of privacy by staying in the living room. I think it’d be a big help to both of us and I’m sure someone wouldn’t mind staying here.

I had a really nice dinner with Brenda tonight at Boston’s. I had some sphaghetti with meat balls that were absolutely delicious and chocolate milk, which I was adequately mocked for having in a public restaurant. For dessert Brenda and I shared the boston creme cake there which was every bit as good as you’d expect it to be too which was a surprise since I’ve been warned it was a bit of a dissapointment.

Work today was extremely quite, boring, and uneventfull. Which is, exactly the way I like it. I ran into no problems at all and besides the light music coming from my shuffle there was very little noise at all. My friend Cody took me out for lunch for taking care of him at the small shindig my co-workers and I had at my place thursday. I told him there was no need for it but I’m very thankfull none the less. We took our lunch over at Esatland and I had rice/chicken bowl that seemed oddly alive as it was served to me. I had the usual crab puffs and beef skewers there as well.

I enjoy making friends and I hope Cody gets sucked into our little circle. I bet he’d enjoy spending time with Alex, Brenda, and Kari. He’s all sort of nerdy like we are.

Anne is really great too and I bet she’d get along well with “The girls” in the group. She let me borrow a couple of CDs over the weekend and I listened to one of them, “Mind your pig, Latoya“, like thirteen times. It’s a really funny band and I totaly had to rip thier CD. I especially liked the songs “Sores” and “Broke Hoes”. I might share the songs later if I decide I can spare the bandwidth. We were employed at about the same time and she’s like my best friend at work it’s great. I really hope she gets sucked in the circle too.

Oh, as for the layout I promised would be here this morning. Work on that will commence when I get home in aproximately 30 minutes. I will have that theme set during the time I work on it if anyone is awake and cares to peak. But no, it doesn’t look like it will be done today. Updates went well though and I did some work on the server so hopefully it will be happier for a bit.

Broke as a joke right now. Pretty much the only exciting / not so exciting thing going on in my life. Oh yeah, and I updated WordPress, the new layout that comes with that should be up tommorow morning. I realise the other layout had alot of structural problems, and I’m sure that this one will be Opera friendly too. I love FireFox to death, but Opera has a built in IRC client, which is ultra-hot even though it’s not nearly as W3C compliant.

I’m feeling really tired, and I’m pretty sure it’s from the emotional roller coaster I’ve had this weekend. The funny part about that is, there is no reason for me to have had one. Really things have been quite uneventfull and I’m generally content. I could use some more private time with Brenda if you catch my drift, but that’s not really possible right now due to a number of problems like work and school is starting up again.

Actually, in retrospect, I think I know what’s making me tired. I’m a fuck up. I really can’t seem to do anything right. I constantly try to help people out and do what I can for others but I always manage to find the wrong method or motive for doing so and recently it’s been biting me in the ass so often that I really don’t have time to bandage it all. What’s worse is that the main people who I’ve been hurting with my “help” are the three people closest to me right now. I really hope I can find a way to mend things with them.