MexicanDragon

Yesterday: Rough. Typical crappy work things + dealing with feelings @ work. Bah. Then I go to pick up Zoe from afterschool care. The director comes out to meet me on the sidewalk and lets me know that Zoe never made it there, and that she had gotten on the regular bus... something she has never done before to come home. She is the only person on this stop, and the driver doesn't normally stop in the afternoons, and she didn't get off. Only when the rounds ended and Zoe was still there did the bus driver notice a problem. She knew where Zoe lived (since the wife is no longer here, I go out with Zoe to the road and see her off daily), she brought her all the way back home. This was still an hour or so before I made it home from work, and no one was home. Zoe doesn't have a key, as she shouldn't, for any reason, need to be home without me here. I freaked out. I sped home to try to see if she was on the grounds at all. After checking a few places I took a moment to gather myself and she wound up being at a neighbor's place. It scared me to no end. I shook for two hours. I had talks with her. I had called the wife to see if she knew where Zoe was, and she wound up leaving work for an hour to check on us/talk to Zoe as well. I seriously doubt Zoe will ever do something like this again... but just thinking about it, I'm still a little shaken. I had a buddy come watch the kids an I went to an Al-Anon meeting. I got up today and have kinda had another rough day, though as I'm about to go pick up Zoe now, it shouldn't be QUITE as rough this evening as long as she's where she's supposed to be. Jesus... I've made myself physically ill over this... **BRENT**

Doctors are silly. Pretty sure it's all stress, which is starting to subside. Nothing a bottle of good bourbon can't handle. (That's a hint for you, Colin). So... went and picked up the kids and had the talk. It was emotional, mostly for Zoe and Kristen, followed by myself with Xavier *starting* to understand about 35-40 minutes in. I think it was good for the wife to go through this (we were separated for 5 months last year, but I was the one who handled the talk with the kids, and dealt, alone, with the fallout). It's over. I didn't want it to be. I was miserable much of the time with her, and even the great times were probably only "good" at best. I was dreading this day, for a long time. I found, though, that like most of the people close to me have told me, I am feeling better without her. Even though it's only been a few hours, I'm feeling better. Goals for tomorrow: Don't puke up blood / go a day @ work without crying over this / care that my back is hurting (I didn't today - care, that is - just too much other shit). I'm going to make it, things will be better. Even though I've always known this... I think after the past few hours.... I "KNOW" it. It feels good. **BRENT**

Yesterday would have been 9 years together with the wife and I. This morning I had her get her shit out of our apartment. She left a lot. Never really was that good at following directions. I woke up this morning to my back still hurting worse than yesterday, but not horribly so (threw it out last Thursday). I puked up a little blood this morning. About to go pick the kids up and jointly tell them that Mommy isn't going to be coming home anymore. Best day of my life. **BRENT**

Hey Thaddy... welcome back. IIRC, I believe you had the SN I wanted for my HF-1s (3 higher than mine). I think we had worked it out with TTVJ to have him switch for us, he OK'd it, and then... heh... forgot. Remember that? Ahhh, the good ol' days. **BRENT**

I shoot with my Mind's Eye. **BRENT**

Thank you for all the thoughts and well wishes, everyone. It truly means a lot. I'm going to get through this, and honestly, it is for the best. I don't want to badmouth the wife, but it hasn't been good for a while, and I've put up with too much. I plan on doing what is best for myself and my children. Taking it day by day right now (though really, it's not even been a day just yet), but as some philosophers from the middle of last century put it... "I'll get by, with a little help, from my friends". And I will. I got my ass handed to me by some friends tonight, lovingly, and it really helped to put some things into perspective. I feel much good will come of this. Lots of pain, sorry, heartache, emotasticism... but good in the end. If When you see me being a little bitch about it, feel free to put me in my place. I'll probably stray off the path a few times, though I'm going to try not to veer too far. 'Twill be for the best. *hugs* to all... now to sleep. I've had 1.5 hours since I woke up Sunday morning. **BRENT**

Marriage ended a few hours ago, took a nap, woke up, talked to friend, got on HC, now to get ready to go through the motions at work. **BRENT**

Heh. I know. **BRENT**

That's what I was thinking re: computers (and 2 gigs isn't that much space for most people most of the time, these days), but I was wondering about the phone/iPad apps. Do the files get pushed to those devices as well, or are they pulled when requested? 2 gigs is maybe a percent or two of hdd for most hard drives, but maybe 15% of an iPhone's storage. I'm not running a phone OS right now that is supported so I can't tell just yet. **BRENT**

^ What he said. I guess "cloud storage" was kind of a light description. Quick question, though... with it syncing across multiple devices (including phones), is that data automatically synced even to you phone? Say if you put some music in there from the desktop, does the phone client (along with all desktop clients) automatically grab it, or what? I'm mainly wondering about the phone app right now. **BRENT**

Validation. I like it. Also, it seems I am now up to two friends, as I had a litttle bubble pop up saying I've been bumped up to 2.8 GB of storage. **BRENT**

Free extra 250MB with a DropBox account Came across this recently and thought you guys might be interested. 2GB of free cloud storage which you can access from any computer (for the most part) and there are even iPhone, iPad and Android apps out (with Blackberry coming soon, for the 2 people here that still have blackberries). The link above will start you out with 250MB extra for free (there are a couple tiers of paid options to allow more). One nice thing is the ability to share files with people (I imagine you send them a link or password to the folder). Could be a way to squeeze a few more albums/videos/pictures out of your iPhone, possibly. Just a thought. Oh yeah, for everyone who uses that link, we each get 250MB extra space. So if you do it, you start with 2.25, and I get 250MB more. Then you send it to other people, get more MBs... mmmm... more MBs. There is an 8GB limit to the free stuff, so if you have 32 friends, BAM, 10 free gigs in a DropBox account. **BRENT**

Luckily for you, there are places that sell these, in both new and use, stock and modded trim. Should you be so inclined, you can always, you know, go buy some more! **BRENT**

Dammit... ^ that was my 900th post. I was going to use that for buying something. Oh well. I found this a few years ago, and the above made me want to share it with. It makes me smile every time I watch it. **BRENT**

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You should buy some ThunderPants from NoNoNoNoNoNo. **BRENT**

Not today, but this past weekend I consumed my first beer. Well, it was technically a beer, sort of. Solidarity with my best friend, who is now recently no-longer-engaged, 2 hours after the fact. Magic Hat Wacko. Seems to use beet sugar for fermentation. I feel like I should have been in an episode of Doug. **BRENT**

Where is the "Like" button for this one? **BRENT**

Also... maybe you want to try different browsers, update java, or... well... mess with the firewall. This chat is finicky at times. **BRENT**

Get a job, hippie! **BRENT**

Birthday Cake - Android app on AppBrain **BRENT**

You still using you 128kbps MP3s? **BRENT**

Stumbled across this today: How to Turn Your Android Phone into a Fully-Automated Superphone Looks interesting. **BRENT**

Heh... I now know my laptop screen's calibration is off, as I can read that. Heh. **BRENT**

Already sold. 443$ shipped. Too bad Dinny didn't get it. **BRENT**