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Yay for finally getting Xen working. Now with networking :) Had strongbow take a look at some network foo, that I was just not getting, and he pointed out some of the normal (non-xen) stuff was 'weird'. So I copied from a non-weird setup, restarted network and boom...I can had virtual machines with networking. *happy dance* Already installed Apache on a VM just for yucks and grins. *grin* This rocks.

Been sneezing like crazy, yay for living in Texas. Other than that, it's been a good evening/day so far. Was a slacker, didn't do laundry like I planned last night. Just didn't feel like doing it. So instead I watched CSI episodes and played with ferrets. Figuring out ways to wear out Whiskey, so he doesn't drive the other two ferrets (especially Arwen) nuts. Went to bed with a copy of More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft. Yes, I'm such a geek I like reading the annotations. Went to sleep around 12:30, brain wouldn't spin down. It does that, so I had some ice cream, read another story (Yay Haunter of the Dark) and went to bed.

Woke up late, and had the mother of all sneezing fits. Staggered out the door late, into traffic. Eww. Get to work, answer the usual ticket foo, deal with a customer who has my direct email (boy, that was a mistake), and now I'm eyeing Xen on Hydra. Trying to decide if I want to try more, or if I want to put it off til I can think straight. Probably the later.

That's about it. Should be another quiet day, I like those. Mood is good, little to no twitchyness or anxiety. Lets hope it stays that way :)

Ok, Hydra's been rebuilt, updated and got Xen installed. Can even create VM's now, after much arguing and gnashing of teeth...but I've yet to get the networking working. So I'll save that hurdle for tomorrow.

Blowing away and recreating my Ubuntu install on Hydra. Seems Xen has issues with Ubuntu 8.04. So I'm dropping back a version, see what that does. Oh well, gives me something to do on a fairly slow day.

Well, it's the Day of the Weird. But so far, only mild weirdness. And a very strong desire to stay in bed. Clean sheets, cool air, and dreams that weren't too bizarre made for a morning just made for napping. So I was less than motivated to go to work. But I did. Almost tried to medicate Arwen, forgot he was done. Instead he got breakfast and I got some ferret cuddle time before playing 'Speed Racer' to get to work on time.

Had a decent, if kinda slow night last night. Gave in to the hedonistic desires and got a cheesesteak on the way home. Tres yum. Watched X-Files and CSI, played with ferrets, tried to get pictures of Whiskey and Nyx with the cell phone, failed. Went to bed after seeing cute pics of a cute friend and reading some Robert E. Howard stuff. Nice night.

Now to get though today in more or less one piece. So I guess I should get back to the Shoggoth Pit. *wave*

Finally got around to updating the LJ bio, with Nyx and Whiskey. You'd think I'd have updated faster, since it's been almost 2 months since they moved in. Oh well, I'm a slacker.

When faced with this situation, what course of action would you take?

In the vein of "Well for a Squid, she has a nice ass.", I present "nubile cthulhu cultist" and "Cthulhu Ctheesecake". Maybe I should have taken that day off...*giggles insanely*

Well, at work today. Had vague thoughts about taking a mental health day today, decided not too, my mental health is mostly ok. Arwen got his last dose of antibiotic today, yay. Really, not much else of merit to discuss. 6 hours to go. Finances are kinda loopy, overspent this weekend. Hurrah for savings accounts and slush funds though, so it shouldn't be a 'problem'. Just have to be good this week. Stay good Vulpine ;)

In book news, I really REALLY need to get more shelves at home. I also need to bite the bullet and do another cull of the shelves, get rid of things I'll never read. I also should start organzing a bit...I've got history books in 3 different shelves, and I really should merge them. One of these lifetimes... Speaking of lifetimes, is it bad to ponder getting a new apartment just so I have room for the books ? Oh well, the life of a book addict is never easy.

Ok, enough babbling, the shoggoths are calling my name. Ciao.

I haven't rambled on massively about my cute feezley roomies. Arwen is doing tons better than 2 weeks ago. Tomorrow morning is the last dose of the last antibiotics. He's been playing like the old weasel, which makes me beyond happy. He's dealing good with the other two, playing and poinging and snuggling and whatnot. Speaking of the other two, Whiskey is looking more like Arwen every day. And acting like him, they're constantly wrestling and chasing each other around. Both also have a weird desire to bite my feet. Whiskey has mostly grown out of his desire to chew on everything, just a few things like me. ;) Nyx is still small, and cute and wildly curious. She wants under the doors in the worse way. She also is more affectionate than either boy, she'll put up with me holding her longer than the others. She also likes climbing up me to look me in the eyes. She doesn't wrestle as much, but she cheerfully joins in the ferret rumbles and chases both boys around. But she rather explore than wrestle. I do expect one of these days for her to show up with a shirt with a 'Mythferret' logo on it.

I'm so so glad Amythest talked me into getting the kits. They keep Arwen happy, and boy do they keep me on my toes. *happy ferret smile*

It's been a pretty good weekend. Friday started off with me getting out of work early, medicating the ferret, then meeting up with Amythest. We, plus some friends were originallyh going to go to an outdoor concert, but due to the heat and humidity, we decided that a movie night would be better. So we hung out at her place and watched Back to School. Fun, definitely 80's movie. Came home, played with ferrets and went to bed early. I was a tired fox, and I knew I'd be getting up early for Scarby the next day.

Got up on time, got snagged by techie_ and headed out. Got to Scarby, met up with mustangkitty04, luckycjljw and lifeblender. Always good to see them. Wandered around a bit, ran into dartpoly and some other people. A while later Amythest and Nymaz made it out there as well, but the heat and humidity was not making things easy for Amythest, so they bailed early. But, plans were made to go see Speed Racer in the evening. Wandered around some more, ended up buying myself a nifty fox pin. Finally we headed out, giving luckycjljw and lifeblender a ride home. Then me and techie_ headed off to see Speed Racer. I was pleasantly suprised, it's corny, it's cheesy, but it's fun. Check reality and any sense of physics at the door. But it's fun and funny, and not as bad as the critics are saying. Go see it.

After the movie I headed home, played with ferrets and cleaned up their cage. Went to bed around midnight and slept solid. Woke up this morning, did the usual routine, grabbed Mom for lunch at a local Mexican place, which was good. Then we hit Half Price books, then over to Walmart to do her monthly grocery run. Came back to her place, unloaded things and I came home. Now i'm just vegging out and not doing much of anything. *yawn* Quiet end to the day, quiet is good.

Happy Mother's day to all the mothers out there.

Cutting out of work a little early, it's been a dead slow day. Got Hydra all nice and configured, with the exception of Xen. Not sure why it doesn't want to boot, I think it's something conflicting in the latest version of Ubuntu, since Shub-Internet seemed to go fine (minus Xen's strange desire to reconfigure X for me). So I'm going to bring a different version of Ubuntu on Monday, see how that goes for me. Yay for fleeing early, and yay for the weekend.

Well, it's Friday. I'm spending said Friday working on a new computer at work. Part new build to replace my old box, part test box to try some new things that it's been hinted at here that I should learn. So now I have yet another 19" monitor pouring radiation into my geek bod. Wee. New box is named Hydra, one of the gods/leaders of the Deep Ones, along with Dagon. Makes sense when the main box is named Cthulhu ;)

Not alot else, it's Friday. I slept decently last night, in a fairly good mood all in all. Of course, new toy to play with always helps. Ok, enough babbling, time to finish updating Hydra.