Every day is silent and gray

Working late tonight =\ This is my first crazy release...and I've been here since 8:30am

It's better because I was up til 3:30am today trying to get my stupid new computer up and running. I had a HELL of a time trying to get Windows to install. The thing kept rebooting in the middle...I realized I'd spent about 3 hours (with one spent going to buy a cheap keyboard/mouse) trying to install windows, to no avail, so I moved onto Fedora...there are some driver issues (sound and wireless) but at least I have some functionality...

This weekend is going to be bullshit. I'm driving to San Antonio to pick up my trumpets and guitar body from my brother (San Antonio is closer than Katy) but my mom's going to be there...so that's kinda dumb. I need to install my amp in my car (I won't have music until I do...and you know I don't like that), do an oil change, work more on my computer, and a few other small things. I'm not certain if I'm still playing that show with Kerstan next week, but if I am, it's going to be crazy...we'll need to practice during next week, just to ensure that it won't be a disaster.

My wood-working is just about done, now; I'm happy with the results. I hadn't used a chisel much, so making dovetail joints was kind of scary, but I jumped in and they went alright. I still have some issues (partly due to the fact that I don't have a skew chisel, I'm bad at measuring the depth of the cuts, so they aren't perfectly square (one side sticks out too far while the other is too short) but that will come with practice, I think.

I'm reading The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo right now. It's apparently not copyrighted in the US, so I downloaded it from the Gutenberg Project and have been reading it via my PSP. I was never really much of an eBook reader (the monitor hurts my eyes, plus it sucks to have to sit up while you read...I prefer to lay down) but this makes it almost as good as the real thing. I don't like that I have to page-down so frequently, but it beats having to hold the book open (without creasing the binding...which I HATE). I've been throwing the idea of the Kindle around for a while, but I don't know. It's still really expensive, and I think it's still too big for my needs...the PSP works fine for now.

I'm so sleepy.