Well, it’s Friday, and I have the weekend to look forward to.
Actually, my plans for this weekend have changed slightly. I hadn’t planned on doing much of anything, as Dave and Louie were both going to go up to Austin for the weekend. However, I got a call from Dave last night while I was out having drinks with my coworker Brent, letting me know that the trip had been cancelled. I didn’t find out why until today: Louie had to leave town due to a death in the family. :-/ My heart goes out to him, and I hope the services go well. In the meantime, I’ve invited Dave to come up here tomorrow and hang out here for the day. I’m not sure what exactly we’ll be doing. Ah, well… we’ll see when the time comes.
This week has been relatively uneventful for the most part, other than meeting Brent for drinks yesterday and having dinner with the boss, Brent, and a couple of other coworkers on Wednesday. The only other notable thing that happened was that I needed to take my car in for service this morning. As I was driving to meet Brent yesterday, I noticed that the temperature gauge was rising as the car idled, and would lower when in motion. By the time I got to where Brent was (after driving through stop-and-go rush hour traffic), the car’s temperature was in the red zone. (Fortunately, driving home was almost nonstop once I got on 610 from Westheimer.) The issue turned out to be a combination of a short-circuiting cooling fan motor and a malfunctioning electronic coolant temperature sensor (which was reading at -22 degrees… heh). $400 later, the car was fixed and I was on my way to work. Not the most fun way to start my day, let me tell you…
As a final note, I have a new desktop wallpaper on my main PC…
I actually picked it up from this site; it’s a steampunk reimagining of Darth Vader. The artist also had steampunk reimaginings of Jabba the Hutt, Han Solo and Chewbacca, and the Death Star. I dunno… I think Star Wars would make a very good steampunk background. Then again, I fully admit I didn’t begin to appreciate the aesthetics of steampunk, so to speak, until I saw the way the TARDIS console room was designed in the Doctor Who TV-movie. One of these days I’ll pick up The Difference Engine and read it, as it’s supposed to be a very good steampunk book. Final Fantasy VI also has a definite steampunk feel to it. :-)
Anyway, for now, I’m just going to finish this drink and ponder going to bed. Fun fun…