Apr. 20, 2005
SkyeDS: on Sineater's advice we run ad-aware AND spybot, AND AVG (virus)
SkyeDS: the new boxes came with McAfee but I'm installing avg anyway
evile: which all require me to download something and I am not
allowed to download (on purpose) to the work machine.
SkyeDS: I have his box up and running, a nd everything transferred
over, but he's going to have to reinstall software, and put the
printer on it
evile: and apparently their anti virus is the usual pos 'truck with
square wheels' type crap that we always use around here.
SkyeDS: and remove his current puter from the puter stand and move
this one up there when he's satisfied that it's ready
evile: Sounds like a busy afternoon for you :)
SkyeDS: work machine = someone else's problem besides yours
SkyeDS: they won't let you download protection, not your problem
evile: yes, but if the shit bolluxes up my machine enough, they 'fix
it' by take away email, yahoo, launchcast, lj, and everything else
that keeps me from killing my fuckingself here.
SkyeDS: nodnod :(
SkyeDS: are you able to bring stuff in on floppies or cds?
evile: no, it's unauthorized software. no downloading from the
internet, no downloading from disks, no downloading, anything, ever.
SkyeDS: I sorry, don't know what to tell you then
SkyeDS: only two ways I know of to keep spyware/viruses off. No
internet whatsoever, or run adaware/spybot/virus protection
SkyeDS: and/or firewall
evile: yup
evile: Other coworkers download, have screen savers of personal
photos, etc, but I am sure that if I downloaded something
protective/beneficial, I'd be the one to get bent over and fucked.
SkyeDS: they don't have you blocked so you can't download if you
tried? that's weird.
evile: there is stuff we download from the intranet to update our in-
house programs, so maybe there isn't a way to enable that and disable
other stuff.
evile: or maybe our IT people are idiots.
SkyeDS: they made Mike temp for a year before they made him perm
again at Dell. They're making Sineater and his team perm immediately and
on top of that are paying him what he made in the lab (20 - 22 hr)
SkyeDS: life is going to be good again, twelve months ahead of
schedule
evile: excellent :)
SkyeDS: I'm sorry I gave the wrong impression the other day, I was
afraid I was going to.
evile: Dont' worry about it.
SkyeDS: and upon rethinking it, if you had good reason/strategy for
going to something on her invite rather than [aunt L]'s or whatever, and
you had good reason/strategy for needing support, I could be reasoned
into it.
SkyeDS: just a kneejerk response to say no automatically to any
invite bearing her name (kneejerk reactions bad, I know)
evile: nope, I'm going Prime Directive with the [brother A]/[rubber pig] situation
evile: If I ever get a knock on my door and look out the peephole and
she's standing there, she's dead, but other than that, no contact.
SkyeDS: that they were reasonable with [Dad], and with [sister H], is
hopeful
evile: yup
evile: J-Law is totally right "a day off is always followed by an off
day"
SkyeDS: lol
SkyeDS: unless day off = Friday
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: if I didn't drive two hours every day I'd work a 4/10 and
take fri off completely
evile: I wish I could.
SkyeDS: as it is I work 4x9 and then half day Fri
evile: that's pretty nice.
evile: I'm taking my birthday off...no way I'm coming up to this
shithole on my birthday.
evile: let them use someone else as an excuse to eat garbage and
stand around gabbing all fuckin day.
SkyeDS: nodnod
evile: oh well. less than 45 minutes to go, and then home &
polydinner. Today won't be a total waste of time.
SkyeDS: :)
evile: It was really nice having some walking buddies on Monday.
Seems like we may try and make that a more regular occurrence.
evile: oh, dear. they added fried twinkies to the menu at alligator
grill...
SkyeDS: lovely
SkyeDS: that doesn't even sound good to me when I'm having sugar
cravings
evile: tried them at Plucker's out of curiousity...haven't been too
tempted to do it again, but then there's this part of me that
says "all this fuss can't have been for the way they do them at
Plucker's, maybe Alligator's are really good..."...and you'd think I
would just learn my damn lesson about wierd fried crap from the
Bakehouse.
SkyeDS: nodnod
evile: Just got email from Sir M, apparently he's going to be
at dinner tonight :)
SkyeDS: :)
evile: Nikiyoy will be in class, but Onyxlynxx will be there, and maybe
Kulilinei, if she doesn't stay home with Kai. Tonight is Knighthorse's date
night with Kili...so we'll see. I told her she should bring him, but
she's actually one of those parents who doesn't drag her kids around
everywehre, just in case the kid is bored/bad and bothers other
people. Imagine that!!
evile: I love Knighthorse--he's the only parent who laughs at all of my
baby-hating humor.
SkyeDS: I thought they broke up
evile: Knighthorse and Kili? She's moved into a new place and he's moved
out to the house/land with Kulilinei, but they still see each other.
evile: I don't know if they're 'just friends' or what these days, but
they're still on speaking terms & such.
evile: She had been walking all over Kulilinei and Knighthorse, demanding (and
getting) more than her fair share of the resources of the household,
and then engaging in drama & such that were disruptive to the baby
and to the adults peace of mind, so some new boundaries/rules were
put in place that may have felt to Kili and/or Kulilinei like a breakup,
but not to Knighthorse.
SkyeDS: nods
SkyeDS: I'm glad she isn't in a position to hurt Kulilinei or teh baby
anymore
evile: I think it's healthier for all concerned. And I'm glad that
she hasn't been written off completely; she needs sane, decent people
in her life to give her a model of behavior that she may end up
emulating....
evile: I would hope, anyway.
SkyeDS: nods
SkyeDS: wind to your wings, have a good time at dinner :)
SkyeDS: <not off till 7
evile: OK. Have a good evening :)
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