Well, I've realized it's been a few days since I last posted. To an extent I've not really had much to post about. My ankle continues to get better, my computer continues to give me trouble, and my overall situation remains largely unchanged.
To hopefully try getting issues with my computer out of the way soon, I'll start with it then move onto other things. Turns out I'm later going to install Ubuntu 8.10 again, as I've run into an interesting problem in 8.04. I can listen to music, I can watch video files, and I can watch Flash videos (YouTube and the like), but I cannot listen to music or other video files after having watched even one YouTube video without first logging out then back in. This is, of course, very annoying. I have realized though that I hadn't properly tried using Samba in 8.10, as I forgot to set up a Samba password and also forgot to actually share any files or folders. Big "oops" right there, especially as the computers were able to see each other on the network, just not access files cause I didn't realize I need the Samaba password.
Moving on to other things now. I got a few shirts on Monday. Got two long sleeved "undershirt" type ones, a purple and a red one, a black turtle-neck sweater, a red 3/4 length sleeved v-neck sweater, and a pink sleep-shirt with adorable chibi-penguins on it (and some matching bottoms). I luckily now have a few long sleeve shirts that properly fit, so I won't be needing to look for any for some time now (hopefully at least). I could use some more pants that properly fit, though that will be a pain to find as I'm tall and slender, a couple baby-doll shirts (they fit better and help show what little chest I have), and maybe another skirt. I could use one that's more girly/casual.
I didn't actually pick up any fabric on Monday when I went shopping, so making the dress is delayed. I'm also now debating making the steampunk durndl first, as I think I'd wear it a bit more, but that is a more complicated outfit to make and I'm also hesitant cause I've not made anything fitted for myself yet. I also don't have a finalized idea on the steampunk dirndl, and I have to have that done and then draw up how to make it in order to know how much of which fabrics I'll need.
One idea my mate had on helping us earn some extra income to help cover the cost of Medicare premiums, plus a little extra, if we do start earning extra is donating plasma. Some places claim to pay up to $200 a month if you donate twice a week, which since it's just plasma the body can reproduce quickly (unlike full blood donation which takes considerably longer). Not only would it give a steady baseline amount (assuming I can work my schedule enough to do it) but it would be beneficial to others as well, which is always a huge plus. It's at least something to look more into, as then my mate and I might be able to bring in up to $400 a month from it, which would be enough to cover what we would need. We'd still want to find another source, to help save up faster, but it would be a good start.
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Hi! It's Jebediah from FSTDT. I read your post about wanting to attract readers, so I decided to come on over and check it out. I really enjoyed reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteI was actually going to tell you about the plasma thing, but then I saw you discovered it for yourself. A bunch of kids here at school donate. Here, you get $30 per donation. I know a few people who ended up looking like heroin addicts because of it though.
I look forward to your next post.