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A Little Bit of This and That

Published
by
Randi
on March 6, 2007
in Computers, Family, Friends, Gaming, Internet, Life, Money, Shopping and Technology
. 3 Comments

I had a first meeting with two of Victor’s friends, Tania and Riaan at Monte Casino on Saturday. They both seem to have a great personality, Riaan is hilariously funny… At first I felt really shy and uncomfortable about meeting Tania and Riaan. Thinking that they would not like me and that I will seem too introverted; just that they would not like me at all… But apparently they do like me and that is a good thing…

I ordered some stuff off of Kalahari.net on Friday and I should be receiving my package by next Monday the latest. I ordered a book, a few DVDs and a webcam… I have spent too much money lately…

Recently I had bought the wired version of my cordless desktop… Just because I thought that I could use them when the batteries in my cordless desktop need to be recharged and I could not wait… I think that it is a lame reason; I have thought so since a couple days after I had purchased them and I have yet to use any of the hardware that I have bought. I am trying to get a way to have the telephone line for the Internet in my room. I also need to setup the network from there somehow as my father’s PC accesses the Internet through my PC…

My younger sisters have been nagging my father to purchase a graphics card for his PC so that we are able to play The Sims 2. Last night my father asked me to call a computer store to find out the pricing and availability of a compatible graphics card for his PC… I did so this morning and a while after when I was at my father’s place of work, he asked me how much the hardware was. I told him about a 256MB card and he then asked how much the 512MB card was… After I had told him, he gave me the amount of money for the 512MB card… I was surprised that he wanted to go for it as money is not of abundance lately…

Oh well, his money I guess… Anyway, I have setup The Sims 2 along with our expansion packs; NightLife, Pets and the Glamour Life Stuff pack. My younger will be lending her friend’s Open for Business expansion pack this week and after I have installed that, I will install our University expansion pack… I wish that my PC was able to run The Sims 2…

I have not had a chance to play yet because my sisters have been busy playing it but the graphics look really good compared to how it looked on my father’s previous PC…

Bad and Good

Published
by
Randi
on February 21, 2007
in Crime, Family, Life and Money
. 2 Comments

Home has become a place filled with lots of fighting and stress lately… Actually fighting and stress are quite the norm here but lately things have been getting worse…

The tenants that had been renting a part of my father’s building decided that they would pack up and leave without notice this past Saturday… Not to mention running off with thousands of rands owed to my father for rent after destroying the counter (which belongs to my father) on their way out. There were a lot of things happening that day involving threats made to my father, fighting and the police…

This is not the first time that someone has run off owing my father money… This time my father is going to sue these people. The previous tenants that owe my father money for rent had disappeared could not be found my father’s lawyer and whatnot so my father could not sue them…

My father and I went to his property on Monday morning to take photos of how the tenants had left the place… I felt sick the moment I had walked into that place, it smelled horrible. The counter was in pieces on the floor and the place was filthy, not only inside but outside the side door, there were stinking garbage bags piled against the wall and cigarette buds all over… Inside one of the kitchen sinks were rotting potato fries, I do not even want to know how long they had been there for but the smell was vile. There were garbage bags inside the place too and the floors stained and grimy as if they had never washed the floors. It was all disgusting!

So my father has lost more money and with less money coming in at his shop, money is going to be an issue because he has to pay his lawyer to take these fuckers to court and sue them…

And I thought that this year was starting off better than last year… In regards to family, that is…

Oh but there was some good that came out of Saturday… Besides spending the day with Victor (which is always good) and some family at my younger cousin’s birthday, a very special kind of good has come for my whole family… My aunt gave birth to her daughter on Saturday! I have a new cousin and I can not wait to meet her…

Date With A Vampire

Published
by
Randi
on January 15, 2007
in Animals, Computers, Family, Friends, Health, Internet, Life, Love, Money, Opinions, Shopping and Technology
. 3 Comments

Yesterday afternoon I went out to the mall to meet up with Victor, an online friend. As usual I was at home with nothing to do and Victor said that he wanted to meet me and would not mind coming over to this side to do so. We met up at Key West and spent our time conversing and got to know each other a little…

He is a Goth… Whom I find very intriguing, it really is not something that bothers me and I find it quite enticing for some reason unknown to me, yet… He has such gorgeous eyes, from a blood brown center flowering into a hazel green. He is nothing as I thought he would be. He is comfortable to be around and he has a great personality.

Not all Goths are what society makes them out to be. Not all Goths are Satanist, Goths do not “worship” Marilyn Manson and Goths are not “evil”… There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the Gothic subculture. Goths are frowned upon by those who are close-minded and uneducated about the subculture. Many people just go with what they have been told and think without really knowing the facts which is a shame, I think…

My desktop set had been delivered last Monday. I have not used it yet as I am saving it for when I have my computer setup in my room. I opened it though and had a look at it. I love it; it is dark, sleek and is of good quality… I had stained my wooden desk just like I had done with my bedside cabinets; it turned out lovely and suits my room very well… Now I am waiting on the delivery of the monitor and speakers that I had purchased…

This morning my aunt and I went to Pretoria to visit my uncle in hospital that is still recovering from the incident. We took him some lunch, chocolates, juices and bottled water. He really hates the food at the hospital and from the smell of it I assume that it really must not taste good at all. He is out of the wheelchair and now using crutches to walk and under going physiotherapy. He is in a lot of pain and walking makes him wince at the pain. He complains, he wants to get out of the hospital and get back to work, but in his condition he can not. His one leg is a bit shorter or something, I am not sure why but he complains about that too, I told him to just be happy that he is able to walk…

My aunt and I collected my cousins from school after visiting my uncle and then we were off to my aunt’s sister’s place for lunch. I was asked if I could install her new printer and modem for her… When we arrived, I got out the car and opened the back car door for my cousins to get out. While I was talking to my cousins as they were getting out, I heard their aunt’s dog growl and before I knew it, he bit my hand. I pulled my hand away and I was left with light red marks and gob all over my hand from his teeth…

My aunt was just getting out of the car when this happened and she asked if I was ok and to get back into the car, my young cousins were so scared but so was I… Usually when visitors come over the dog is locked in the back yard but he was not in sight when we arrived so we assumed he was in the back yard. My hand is fine though, the marks have faded away and I am just glad that I did not get hurt. I mean very glad…

I have a date with Victor tomorrow afternoon. I am eagerly waiting…