My computer decided to kill itself yesterday. I’ve been unsuccessfully battling a virus for a few months now and had just gotten to the point of ignoring it until it became a complete resource hog over the last week or so, and after several attempts to remove it even after 3 complete system restores yesterday the computer just won’t even boot up at this point. It just sits there perfectly content to be a paperweight next to my desk. It sucks because now I’ve lost all the images I’d had in the hard drive as well as a lot of software that I use a lot. Fortunately the music will be restored once I sync the iPod to whatever new machine I get, as well as probably half of the images.

Our neighbors have a puppy. I’m thinking of taking bets in the building about how long it will take before either they get a note on their door telling them to get rid of it (dogs are strictly forbidden according to the lease) or they’re evicted. From what I can tell they lock it in the bathroom when they’re not at home because I could hear it crying and barking and crying while I was in our bathroom this morning, and Eddie saw it tonight and says it’s a little brown thing.

After being in this neighborhood for almost 4 years now, I finally had an extended conversation with a neighbor - the guy across the street. A conversation during which I learned the following:

• he doesn’t like Comrade and thinks he and his wife are assholes
• when I sit at my desk wrapped in a towel after a shower, I look topless from his living room
• he’s seen Eddie walking around naked
• he’d much rather see me naked and see Eddie as often as he has

I’ve got to ask Mom if Wal*Mart employees can use their discount on prescriptions so I can get my BC refilled next week. I’m hoping it’s not going to cost some insane amount of money for it because I’m pretty happy with it and the complete lack of side-effects.

Today we pick up Mom and Brian at the airport. Eddie wants to eat lunch at the airport. We’ve got to bring both cars, and we’ll probably drop Ed’s off at Wal*Mart and just take one to the airport to avoid paying twice for parking.