so not only does the thing not boot up, but apparently there's smoke coming from the processor. the repair shop nearby to me wanted £250 to repair it, which would include wiping the hard drive. i didn't want to do this, so i'm looking out for parts for cheaper.

also, my adsl router is now broken. so i cannot get online from home. it's a real pain, but hopefully it should be sorted out soon.

i would dearly love to see more of these charming fellows.

my brother is still in hospital, they're taking another look at him today (with tiny cameras) and hopefully he'll be back home either this evening or on saturday morning, he's been in there since monday. i'm sure he really, really wants out. i would.

christmas is coming soon and i have no idea what to do. i have one present in mind for someone, but i'm usually really bad at this sort of thing. i hope i can find stuff.

so at some point during the night my computer decided not to work. it'll turn on, but the monitor doesn't display anything, i don't hear the usual "your computer is starting up" noises from the box, and nothing comes out of the speakers...

the weird thing is, i had left it on overnight and when i came to wake it up this morning it didn't do anything.

this isn't good at all. i've left it switched off for now, i'll see if anything's working when i get back from work. sigh.

this homebrew nes version of gta 3 probably isn't going to appear for a long while, but when it does it definitely looks like it'll be worth a look. the guy seems to be putting a whole lot of effort into it, anyway. i just love pixel art.

work work work. la la la. i actually have projects i'm working on now, it's kind of a surprise. of course, i post in here instead of doing it, but hey - baby steps. right? i actually think i'm going to head off home early today. there's only going to be me and one other guy here, so it's not like i'll get found out.

i keep looking forward to new year and all the little plans i have. i'm going to have to look for a hostel in london, see what sights i can see, it'd be a lot of fun. as well as that, i have trips away to enjoy, the first season of chapelle's show to watch, buffy to entertain and frustrations with flatmates to keep me busy. i like making plans. one of my ex-girfriends, tamara, didn't like it. said that i should think about the now, rather than planning all this stuff far ahead in months' time. but i like doing it, i like knowing that i have all these fun things to do ahead of me, i like looking forward to being with people, being places, doing things. so i do it. i get excited, it's the way i am. don't get me wrong, i think about the way things are now, i don't just ignore what i have to do in the next week or so, the situations i'm in, and so on. but it's comforting knowing what lies ahead.

so right now, i'm going to grab my lunch, sit around for a while and eat, and think about riding on ferris wheels in manchester and train journeys and new years eve parties and smile.

this will be awesome.

i can't wait. i would ask for it for christmas, but to be honest i'll just order one when they come out later this week.

i had an amazing time this weekend, it was so good. although now i haven't slept in about 2 days, so i keep wanting to take naps at work. go me!