November 07. 2004 22:25

My computer nerd side kicks in

The proper and absolutely perfect expression for what I just found out is "wtf??". I've been having problems with IE not showing the source anymore, so I tried finding the solution from the Internet. (I've noticed the most efficient way to solve any problem with Windows is typing it in Google and going through the message boards. Worked again.) You know why the source didn't open in Notepad like usually? Because I had a shortcut on my desktop called "Notepad" O_o That was the one and only reason and everything worked just fine immediately after I changed it to "Notepaddie". There's no other expression: wtf? I just can't comprehend this O_o

I've been having other weird problems with my comp, too. First it lost Calculator so completely that I had to ask Ravie to send the .exe file to me. Then it lost all references to IE except for the Start menu shortcut (which might only be intact because it's not in the default folder, maybe?) and the weird thing is I can't find the .exe file anywhere even though it still works just fine. There are two iexplore.exe files on my computer, but the shortcuts aren't pointing to either of them and if I try to open a file using "open with" and selecting one of those .exes, they don't work. Yet, when I click the shortcut IE opens normally and works like nothing's changed. Except that for some reason it doesn't display raw php files graphically anymore, so I have to save them as .html or upload them to server if I want to see more than text. I have no idea if this is a virus or something, but I've went through my comp several times with different anti-virus programs and haven't found anything. If anyone who reads this happens to know how to fix things, please tell me... (Wow, wasn't that "out-reaching" for a diary I write for myself? I'm trying to avoid directly addressing you there :P)

And no, I don't want any s**t about changing to Mozilla or something right away... So what if they're a bit better? IE is right there, no extra installing required. As long as IE can do the things I need I'm keeping to it. Though, it seems right now it can't... At least if I can't get these bugs fixed.

So, now that I've wondered and complained enough, I can get to what I've really been up to. I got really anxious about all the stuff I have to do, so I decided to firmly sit at the computer and get something useful done this weekend.

Well, firstly I took the few sentences I couldn't understand to one of the Japanese tutors. It's just amazing how from a few unconnected sentences he could tell the speakers sex and age group. I didn't understand any of those nuances when I translated the thing and now I feel like I should take the whole thing to the tutors to check that I didn't make any silly mistakes... But that's a bit too much, I think. I'd love to be able to tell all those differences... Makes me want to try even more!

I worked hard at animation class and finished the storyboard, but I didn't want to start animating yet because I didn't have my laptop there. Animation class is cancelled for the next 2 weeks, so until then I can't do anything for that project, because I don't have a tablet at home. I'm a bit worried about how much I can do before the deadline is supposed to be here, but then again, there's not much I can do about it and I don't think they really expect me to, anyway. Most of the animations the last year's students made were really short and crappy... I'd just want to make a really fine animation, so I'm a bit sorry that there is so little time to do it... (I just read that my classmates got an award from Pixoff for their animation, I want to make something worth awarding, too...)

After animation I decided to nail that scanner, even if it'd take me ages to understand the Japanese. Actually, it wasn't that bad after all, so I got some things scanned! Yay! I solved the problem of the non-existent ftp program by writing a little script that enabled me to upload the pic to my server through a browser. So, I'm finally able to update new pics to my website! Didn't do that yet, though. Instead, I got carried away with the layout pic I drew and, well, finished the new layout yesterday... That wasn't really what I was supposed to do, but it was so much fun, and I can kinda count it as using the time that was freed by the animation class being cancelled. I was gonna do it soon, anyway, so why not enjoy it when I'm in the mood for it. I'm gonna keep it away for a while more, though, so I can prepare some of the drawings to be updated at the same time.

Today I've been working on that paying web project that I should've finished ages ago. Like, thousands of years ago. That's the main reason behind my anxiousness, really, I can't relax until I've finished it. It's just that I'm so fed up with the project that I don't wanna think about it -_- But I tried to think about php and not the actual project, because I love php and it's only the interaction with the client that I hate about the project... I got the extra scripts written now, but my head's gonna explode if I try to apply them to the page right away... Too much to think for today. I'd really want to got a little bit more done, but I don't think I'll be able to if I don't have a break.

And I should have a script for a children's manga ready for tomorrow. I thought I'd be able to first work on the web project and then the manga today, but now I don't feel at all like writing children's stories. My head is way too full to write anything (I have considerable difficulties even writing this) and children's stories are really difficult for me. I'd love to write them and I think I kinda have the mindset for it, but somehow I can never come up with an idea. It must be the way I try to think too complex scripts again. I have to have it done tomorrow, though, so I think I'll have to sit here and try to get into the mood. Oh, I'm so gonna take that break first.

There must be some kind of a problem with the way I deal with big workloads. There must be, because I never get enough done even though I work as hard as I can. I always end up doing some minor thing that need to be done but isn't at all as urgent as the major things, and so I feel like doing a lot during the day but the major projects never seem to get anywhere. Right now I really want to finish that web project, but I can't because I have to write a script, and I know tomorrow there'll be lots of new things I'll "have" to do. Sigh. And my head is still so full of things that I'm not making much sense here, even though there were so many things I wanted to say again. And I don't really wanna proofread to make this more logical. Sigh. It'll go up like this, dammit!

Oh, and I started the diet again, this time more seriously. Well, I started it right after my parents left, but now I feel like trying my best again. I think I'll have to start really counting what I eat, otherwise I'll just be too fuzzy with this whole thing and it won't work.