Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Planning for Christmas
Well, I am planning for my first homeless Christmas. The first step is to find out the schedule at the church I clean. It turns out, they are shutting down their child development center on December 21 through January 7; and they will be completely closed on December 24, December 25, and January 1. The next thing I need to find out is their service schedule. I also need to find out when the school will be completely closed for the holidays and what the local public library hours will be. With a little luck, I will be hired by Liberty Tax to prepare taxes, so I may be able to spend some of this time at a tax office preparing for tax season. We shall see.
I had three dreams a few days ago that I just have to get written down before I forget.
In the first, I am sitting in what appears to be a classroom. Apparently, I fall asleep in my dream. When I wake up, people are moving their chairs into an arrangement like a school bus. I try to move my chair as well, but I am blocked by a table and cannot align with the rest of the class. I apparently fall asleep again. I wake up to being asked a question that I don't hear. I feel puzzled. The teacher says, "Just tell us about how you have started exercising." I introduce myself, mention that I am an accounting student, and that I have not yet really started exercising. The other students just stare at me.
The second dream has me sitting in the pew of a church. There is some sort of play going on. As I look forward, something rises toward the ceiling. It feels like a huge popcycle stick covered with decorated paper plates. It go up for a long time, until it finally falls backwards from its own weight. The person who was raising it is furious. He raises some sort of large paper man and proceeds to tear it to pieces. He then storms through bundles of brown paper and up the aisle. There is now someone sitting next to me. It is a woman I recognize, although I cannot remember her. She says, "Well, that's Bob for you."
Lastly, I am standing in a bright room. I turn my head to look behind me. There is a bed with a man lying in it. I return my gaze forward. There is now a very unkempt and crazed looking man in front of me. He is carrying a flat-head screwdriver. It sucks on it and then threatens to stab me with it. Something happens, causing both of us to alter our gaze. When I look forward again, he is gone. I turn my head to look behind me. There are four men walking in slow motion toward the bed. Three of them are naked; the other is wearing a pair of white tights with the crotch cut out.
This is when I wake up. I would love to hear what Freud would have to say about these dreams.
In the first, I am sitting in what appears to be a classroom. Apparently, I fall asleep in my dream. When I wake up, people are moving their chairs into an arrangement like a school bus. I try to move my chair as well, but I am blocked by a table and cannot align with the rest of the class. I apparently fall asleep again. I wake up to being asked a question that I don't hear. I feel puzzled. The teacher says, "Just tell us about how you have started exercising." I introduce myself, mention that I am an accounting student, and that I have not yet really started exercising. The other students just stare at me.
The second dream has me sitting in the pew of a church. There is some sort of play going on. As I look forward, something rises toward the ceiling. It feels like a huge popcycle stick covered with decorated paper plates. It go up for a long time, until it finally falls backwards from its own weight. The person who was raising it is furious. He raises some sort of large paper man and proceeds to tear it to pieces. He then storms through bundles of brown paper and up the aisle. There is now someone sitting next to me. It is a woman I recognize, although I cannot remember her. She says, "Well, that's Bob for you."
Lastly, I am standing in a bright room. I turn my head to look behind me. There is a bed with a man lying in it. I return my gaze forward. There is now a very unkempt and crazed looking man in front of me. He is carrying a flat-head screwdriver. It sucks on it and then threatens to stab me with it. Something happens, causing both of us to alter our gaze. When I look forward again, he is gone. I turn my head to look behind me. There are four men walking in slow motion toward the bed. Three of them are naked; the other is wearing a pair of white tights with the crotch cut out.
This is when I wake up. I would love to hear what Freud would have to say about these dreams.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Google Drive kind of sucks
I want to backup the files on my 500 gb external drive, so I thought I would use Google Drive, since it is available. First, Google Drive required me to download an app to put on my Mac (which is running 10.6.8). Okay, I did that. The app created a folder much like the Dropbox folder. I am simply supposed to move files into the folder, and Drive is supposed to sync with my folders. Unfortunately, this never happened. There is also no option to start a sync, although there is an option to pause. Maybe I am just too impatient, but I am really not happy with there being no information on whether or not my files are syncing or have synced. Therefore, I went back to the old way of getting files out to Google Drive: I uploaded them. At this point, I would have to say that the new Google Drive sucks as compared to uploading file and compared to Dropbox. Since Google+ is also suspending my account for not using my legal name, I think it is time to cut back on my use of Google products.
I thought I would check out Microsoft's SkyDrive, since I also have an email account with them. SkyDrive has 7gb of free storage compared with Google Drive's 5gb. SkyDrive also has an app available to create a folder to put synced items into. However, the app requires 10.7, and I am only at 10.6.8. I could still use SkyDrive to upload folders, but that took forever using Drive, so I am not all that enthused about trying it.
Okay, I just tried syncing something smaller, a folder with 2.4mb. Nothing happened for what seemed like the longest time, then I got a "unable to connect" error on the drop-down menu. After that, the toolbar icon (that looks like the three-arrow recycling logo), started to change hues. When that stopped, the files were in both the folder and the on-line drive. I suppose my difficulty was trying to load too much as one time. I will proceed using smaller files and see what happens.
I started a 483mb folder at 1:24 p.m. Before it began to sync, I opened the drop-down menu and clicked "Pause" then "Resume". Within 1 minute, the icon started changing hues again. The title of the folder has appeared on-line, and little check marks are appearing next to the file names in the folder as they sync. As of 2:57 p.m., the sync is still running. I am beginning to wonder if it would just be more beneficial to forget this and start everything fresh. I forced it to stop so I could go on with other things.
While waiting for this procedure to complete, I checked my backed-up .zip files. I have almost 31gb of old backup. Combining SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox, I have a total of 13gb to use. I guess I need to start deciding which backups are really needed.
I thought I would check out Microsoft's SkyDrive, since I also have an email account with them. SkyDrive has 7gb of free storage compared with Google Drive's 5gb. SkyDrive also has an app available to create a folder to put synced items into. However, the app requires 10.7, and I am only at 10.6.8. I could still use SkyDrive to upload folders, but that took forever using Drive, so I am not all that enthused about trying it.
Okay, I just tried syncing something smaller, a folder with 2.4mb. Nothing happened for what seemed like the longest time, then I got a "unable to connect" error on the drop-down menu. After that, the toolbar icon (that looks like the three-arrow recycling logo), started to change hues. When that stopped, the files were in both the folder and the on-line drive. I suppose my difficulty was trying to load too much as one time. I will proceed using smaller files and see what happens.
I started a 483mb folder at 1:24 p.m. Before it began to sync, I opened the drop-down menu and clicked "Pause" then "Resume". Within 1 minute, the icon started changing hues again. The title of the folder has appeared on-line, and little check marks are appearing next to the file names in the folder as they sync. As of 2:57 p.m., the sync is still running. I am beginning to wonder if it would just be more beneficial to forget this and start everything fresh. I forced it to stop so I could go on with other things.
While waiting for this procedure to complete, I checked my backed-up .zip files. I have almost 31gb of old backup. Combining SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox, I have a total of 13gb to use. I guess I need to start deciding which backups are really needed.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Shoe insoles
A while back, I bought a new pair of boots to wear during my cleaning job. After wearing them once, they already began to fall apart. In an effort to get use out of my investment, I purchased some of those gel insoles. I first tried the Dr. Scholl's blue and purple gell. I cannot recall when I purchased them, but the gel in the heal has already deteriorated. Today I purchased a WalMart generic called ProFoot for around $5. The package says "satisfaction guaranteed", so I am going to be testing the longevity of these insoles as well as the guarantee, which I will definitely use if these things fall apart the way the Dr. Scholl's did.
Just put the ProFoot insoles into my boots. Honestly, they feel pretty good. The top is some sort of faux suede, and my foot feels cool and like it is standing on a plush carpet. This is kind of neet. Now I really hope these last longer than the Dr. Scholl's.
Just put the ProFoot insoles into my boots. Honestly, they feel pretty good. The top is some sort of faux suede, and my foot feels cool and like it is standing on a plush carpet. This is kind of neet. Now I really hope these last longer than the Dr. Scholl's.
Goodbye, Google+
Well, Google+ has just told me my screen name is no longer good enough. I either have to post under my legal name or my G+ account will be suspended. So, it's goodbye to G+; hello to Blogger. This space is now going to be filled with even more banal trite than before. You are hereby warned!
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